"There here." the vice captain alerted Ambrose.
"I know…I can sense them," he said, climbing off his horse.
Deep in the forest they sensed an immense aura coming towards them.
"Let's kill them before the others sense the aura," Ambrose proposed, as he shot up like a shooting star. Assigning another Person to take charge of the battle, she quickly ran after the captain.
They both landed deep into the forest, waiting patiently for the aura they had sensed to arrive.
The vice captain quickly unsheathed her sword as two humanoid figures on horseback slowly walked out of the darkness.
"take a deep breath. I won't let you die," the captain assured her, noticing she was slightly shaking.
With the assurance, she tried to imitate the captain's cold expression which was still hidden under the mask.
The demons quickly stopped their horse on Seeing the captain and vice captain, slowly a smile crept to their face.
"We got them," one of them said, smiling.
Just then the captain felt his heart drop to his stomach, he felt something he had never felt before and it was heading towards the soldiers that were assigned to him.
"Don't ignore us." one of the demons said, as he appeared in front of the captain, his finger aiming for the captain's head.
At the last second the captain turned, grabbing the demon's hand. He tore it off, separating it from his body, at the same time delivering a kick to its stomach, sending him flying.
The demon still wore the annoying smile on his face, as though he felt no pain. still in mid air another arm instantly popped out.
Landing on a tree he bounced back at the captain.
The second demon coming down from his horse ran towards the captain as well, his finger greasing the ground as he went.
"Step back a little." the captain directed his vice, as he removed his white mask, allowing it to vanish in midair, his green eyes glistening.
The vice captain was tempted to assist the captain as she saw the two demons charging towards him, but he looked so calm.
Stamping his left feet to ground, the earth beneath the demon that charged at him moved backward escorting the demon with it, turning back to the demon that was still in midair, he used the arm that he had separated from the demon to slam him to the ground, sending a massive shock wave through the forest. Not giving him any breathing space, he kicked the demon again, sending him upward.
Turning back to the demon that was still trying to find his way across the backward moving earth. Abrose stamped his feet to the ground and the earth beneath the demon moved forward, the demon quickly tried to move backward, but Ambros pulled him by his neck, punching him upward.
"Go back to the others quickly, don't fight, just create a portal and save those you can then leave this place." the captain orderd. "mana magic" he said, moving his hand in midair. Four black elongated Sharp objects materialized, and with a single swipe of his hand they shot towards the demons who were still in mid air.
The second demon was caught in surprise, as two of the mana blade pierced into his stomach. Seeing the mana blade the first demon quickly twisted himself in midair, trying to evade the attacks. After all his attempts, he was only able to evade one of the blades as the other had pierced into his stomach.
But his eyes widened in surprise as he saw the black mana blade he had evaded stuck to the ground, his gaze quickly slid to the edge of his vision, where it locked with a ranging deep green eyes.
A loud bang exploded throughout the forest as he used the demon's hand to slam him back to the ground. Turning back at the second demon, who was still covered in pain, he shot at him another black mana blade. The force propelled him pinning him to a tree.
******
Peter was already getting used to the fight Moving as fast as he could with the armor he wore, he ran towards the demons slicing their heads off.
"Thirty, thirty one" he counted as his blade went through the demon's neck, cutting it off with a clean slice.
From the distance he could see James, his blade moving from one demon to another.
"Ahhhhhh!," James shouted, as he sliced off the head of the last demon standing.
"Twenty points for killing the last demon brother," he said, smiling, as he walked towards Peter, his face covered in blood.
"I killed fifty," Peter said proudly.
"Out of three thousand, you killed fifty. That's quite low," Frank commented mockfully, laughing. "I killed…"
He couldn't complete his statement as only his headless body stood, blood gushing out of his neck like a fountain. Slowly his head rolled over to Peter's feet, the smile still on his face.
Peter stared at the lifeless head blankly. His brain orienting itself to what had transpired, looking up he saw Frank's lifeless body fall to the ground, blood still gushing out from his neck.
His eyes slowly got clouded with tears, then he felt a sudden airwave smash into his face, his eyes interlocking with a pair of blood red eyes.
Peter felt the world turning around, till he saw his headless body standing still, blood gushing out like a fountain, and that was the last thing he saw as everything went black.
******
'What happened here?' the vice captain asked herself, her eyes widened in surprise.
The ground was littered with dead bodies of soldiers, killed in the most brutal ways, the smell of blood filled the air. Then she felt it again, an aura that choked the very life out of her, her breath got heavy, her heart threatening to beat out of her ribs, she turned around trying to find the source of power.
Then out of the dark, loomed a pair of blood red eyes staring at her. Instinctively she turned around attempting to open a portal to escape, but her body suddenly felt heavy, as though she couldn't carry it.
"What's happening to me," she asked herself, her vision becoming blurry as she staggered, trying to get to the portal she had created. Slowly she felt something wet, her armour getting soaked. Looking down, she saw a big hole on her chest, spitting out a mouth full of blood, and she fell into the portal dead.
******
Ambros fell on his knees, his face covered in blood.
"I see you killed them."
A cold voice said, forcing Ambrose to stand on his feet again, alerted, he turned around trying to trace the voice.
Then he felt it again, a dark, oppressive, suffocating, bone chilling aura that choked his very soul. Igniting a primal instinct, screaming to flee before he is consumed.
"Mana magic. Full body armour" Ambrose said, activation grey highest skill he could think of, even though he hadn't seen his opponent.
A massive shock wave exploded through the arena, sending trees off their roots, as a huge mana surged out of Ambros, dividing the cloud as it went. Slowly the mana compressed, forming a gigantic knight, whose head brushed the cloud. It had four hands, well equipped with a shield and three glowing back long swords.
"Arhhhhhhhh!," it shouted as it fully materialized, uprooting more trees.
"That's more like it," the cold voice said.
Ambrose turned his head instinctively and so did the knight he stayed in its stomach.
Out of the forest blackened depth, a pair of red blood eyes pierced the gloom, burning with malice, watching him with an unblinking predatory gaze, filled with a silent promise of death and terror