Survived This Land

V

The mountains rose far beyond the sky, if you wanna call it a sky. Hunter and I headed out towards the canyon. "How exactly will I kill a fire demon?"

"With weapons. We're gonna stop off to meet with a friend of mine. Another half demon, He makes weapons and good ones. Not human weapons like that gun there."

I shrugged and looked down at my .45 holstered to my waist. "I guess my .25 will do no better." I pulled out another gun that was holstered on my ankle.

"What are you expecting to happen? Why guns?"

"I also have a knife here," I pause and pat my bowie knife. "I was expecting the usual you know a starved fire demon to come up from hell and suck me down to his realm and try to feed off me but I have to kill him with help from a half demon living down in the same realm."

Hunter sternly,"Don't be a smartass."

I slide down a steep slope and lower myself into the canyon and Hunter follows. "Who's this friend?"

"Sven, he's more demon than man but he's a forest demon."

"Sounds Sweden. Or Svenden," I attempted to mimmic a Swedish accent.

"He's old Swedish. 2,347 years old to be exact."

"Yay! Different cultures!"

"Shush now!"

We continued our journey through the canyon for another two hours or so in silence. Well, we were silent. Screams and screeches bleed through the canyon to our ears.

"Are we-..."

"Yep! Down here."

Hunter slid down into a crevice that was almost invisible. I accompanied him further into The Underground.

"It just gets funner and funner."

"Sven! We are here for your services!"

"Hunter? Who's that with you?"

"This is Brooke. Karluclus brought her for his meal."

"So I see. Quite a mark he left on you, girl."

"Yeah, where are you..uh..Sven?"

"In my weaponry room."

"Sweet can I see your creations, I heard they're great!"

"Sven. We need weapons to defeat Karluclus. Ice Weapons. The girl may need training."

"I have what you need here. Give me until tonight to have what you need completed though, until then rest and use the iron swords to train her."

"Thanks dear friend."

Hunter led me to a wall of many swords. He lifted an iron sword with black markings in the blade. "The markings are for success, strenghth, skill, and intuition."

Hunter handed me the weapon and lead me to a large arena. "Scarth Titcus!"

Doors open and four creature come out. Their scale covered bodies are almost nothing but muscle. "SHIT!"

"These are Lixaids. Not too hard to defeat. Try to kill them all and careful, they work as a team."

"Not too hard." I mumble and dodge one of their large crushing jaws. They were the size of moose and had a mix of a crocadile's head and a falcon's. Two came at me on both sides while the other one swung it's tail at me. I sliced one of their tails and dodged the others. A horrible screech followed and a bellowing roar from each of them. The two coming at me crashed into each other just as I jumped up. I came down with the sword right at one of their heads. It dug deep into the Lixaid's skull. It screeched and got back up with my sword in it's skull! "I THOUGHT THEY WERE EASY TO KILL!"

"Find their weakness and they are."

"GOD DAMN BASTARD HAS MY SWORD THOUGH!"

"Get it back!"

My breath got knocked out of me as a large tail swung into me. I coughed blood and felt like I cracked a rib or two. "Mother Fucker!" I started running towards it. It looked startled then I was less then two feet away when another tail hit me in the back and flung me towards the other bastard. The bastard fucking smiled as I hit his side. I was completely surrounded then I remembered my wonderful bastard. I pulled out my bowie knife and turned to stab the smiling bastard. I felt it's heart stop and it's smile faded. The dumb bastard was dead finally. I turned to face the others, they all had the look of fear. I knew better than to charge again. I waited. I stood there for almost twenty minutes before the stub tailed bastard came at me. I lept to the left and rolled under it's feet then dug my beautiful bowie knife deep in it's chest. It fell on my right arm. I pulled my knife out of it and held it in my left hand waiting while trying to escape. Fuck! I was stuck! Lightbulb moment: I cut into the Lixaid just above where my hand was and used it's blood to slide my arm out. I'm fantastic! The bastard with my sword came smashing into where I was just trapped under the stub tailed Lixaid. He got knock out cold. Dumb bastard! I laughed out loud and pulled my sword from his skull with ease then killed the bastard.

---I say bastard too much---

The last one was hidding in a corner, attempting to hide in a corner actually. I aproached him. He looked up. This was the one that never hit me. Why show I kill him? He was young and looked scared. I dropped my weapons. He looked startled and jumped out at me. He had tackled me I was trapped beneath him.