- I watched the grotesque figures from behind the gnarled oak.
- They were demons, no doubt about it. Horned, hulking, and radiating an aura of malice that made the very air feel heavy.
- The worst part? This wasn't supposed to happen yet. This wasn't part of the game's storyline this early on.
- "Are you sure about this, Goreg?" a nasally voice hissed. "The capital is the main prize. Why waste time on the outskirts?"
- "Idiot," a deeper, guttural voice rumbled, presumably Goreg's.
- "The capital is a fortress. They'll expect an attack there. But these smaller cities... they're vulnerable. We'll draw their army to the capital, make them think we're preparing for a siege. Then, when their forces are concentrated and their defenses are weakest, we strike the real targets."
- The plan was chillingly brilliant. A diversionary tactic, a feint to cripple the kingdom from the inside out.
- I couldn't let it happen. My mind raced, trying to find a way to intervene their plan and not ant of them escape.
- I took a deep breath, focusing my new found magic spell.
- I channeled my energy, not into a direct attack, but into a sound manipulation spell.
- I extended my will, creating a silent zone around the area, a bubble of nullified sound that would not let any sound escape and made me walk without any sound.
- With the forest's natural sounds silenced to me, I crept from behind the tree.
- My boots made no sound as I stalked closer, my gaze fixed on the nearest demon.
- It was a smaller one, with twitching ears and a scaly tail. I took a chance, using my most potent spell - a fast bullet-like matter mana.
- It hit the demon square in the chest. The creature shrieked, a sound that pierced my sound barrieratound me, he crumpled to the ground, smoke rising from its form.
- "What was that?!" Goreg roared, his head snapping in my direction. The others followed his gaze, their red eyes locking onto me.
- The sound spell around me was now useless; they had heard the shriek of their fallen comrade.
- I dropped the enchantment and stood my ground. "It was the sound of your failure," I said. "I know your plan."
- Goreg's massive form tensed, his claws flexing. "A human? You dare interfere with the will of the Abyss?" His laugh was a deep, grating sound. "You're a fool, child. We outnumber you. We will tear you limb from limb."
- The other demons, their features contorted into snarls of hatred, spread out, taking up a fighting formation.
- They were fast, moving with a predatory grace that belied their size. The air crackled with a malevolent energy as they prepared to attack.
- I gripped the hilt of my sword Lumine I carried. I was one against many, I couldn't back down now so I started the fight.
- One of the demons charged forward his claws sharp but I deflected with my sword, and then other one appeared after him.
- They tried to overwhelm me, but I was not deterred; I channeled light magic into my sword and lunged forward.
- I instantly killed one of the demons and shifted my attention to other one.
- They started to change their way of fighting from attack to speed and flying tactics.
- I used wind magic to attack them and gravity magic to make them unable to fly.
- And I instantly activated a spell I don't like to use, 'Eternal pause' a time attribute spell.
- It's an area type spell that make time very small in a specific area and everyone I acknowledge as an enemy will move very slowly but I can move freely.
- I used that spell making them unable to move and I used 'Sword Dance' to attack them with speed and precision.
- After the spell stopped all the of them got slashed in an instant and died with a shock on their faces.
- I got a heavy body and head ache from the using the spell, this is why I don't use the spell.
- It put a heavy toll on my body and my mind, after some time thr aching disappeared and I went back to the my dorm and rest there.
- I was thinking about the attack and why they started to attack now and not in the middle of the second-year as the storyline tells.
- And why is the story is changing little by little: The appearance of the principality, Rose is in love with me (Leon), Allen is different from the game one, the demons attacking early in the story.
- A lot of things changed and different from the story but I don't care if it changed or not I will fight till the end.
- Thus I slept with all that thought in mind and what will happen in the near future.