The villager fell on the ground as he bumped into something.
"Please don't kill me."
He covered his eye with his hand, he thought it was a demon.
"What are you blabbering about."
A human voice, he slowly took his hand, three mages were standing in front of him, his eyes seemed relieved as he saw the necklace on the mages neck, the symbol of the kingdom magician.
Quickly he stood up.
"Who are you—" Heza asked the man, he noticed the man hand. "—what happened to your hand?"
"I'm the villager from Westran village—about my hand, the story is long but—" he gulped and added "i want to tell you that there's a demon over there." he pointed towards where the place where he came from.
"Sir Heza."
The mage beside Heza nodded to him and nodded to the other mage, Heza nodded back.
"Sir go back to village quickly and don't come back here no matter what you hear."
Heza told the villager, he nodded then ran towards the village. Heza and the other mages quicky used their magic, they flew very fast towards the place the villager pointed.
They arrived in front of the cave, they looked at surrounding, a few trees look destroyed seems like get crushed by something big. They smelled blood all over the place but they feel something weird because there's not many blood stain.
Slowly they walked towards the cave entrance. But as they walked Heza stepped onto something, he slowly knelt and look at it, a sword with kingdom symbol on it, he felt faint a sense of dark aura from the sword as he held it. He stood up then look into his colleagues.
"Something definitely has happened here—" suddenly growl voice coming from inside the cave making them surprised.
Heza giving them a signal to follow him, slowly they followed him, as they stepped inside the cave they cast a fire spell to light the cave. Slowly they walk inside as the dark aura grew stronger. They heard a sound of something chewing, slowly they get close to the figure, they saw big demon sitting while eating, blood all around that demon.
Crunch.. Crack.. Echoing sound of demon eating a person.
Heza signaling his colleague to slowly walk out of cave, at outside the cave they began to make a plan to kill that demon.
"I don't think we can fight the demon inside. If we fight there, there's no room for dodging moreover that demon size is massive and It would be a disadvantage for us."
"I agree sir." his colleague agreed with him and the other nodded.
"Then we cast the spell outside and burned him."
Heza and the other get ready, and then they started to cast magic.
"Fourth circle : Heavy flame." A large fire burst from Heza magic circle, quickly the other follow him "Third circle : Heavy flame."
Swoosh... The cave began swallowed in fire, the demon scream very loud as the flame began burn.
Few minutes passed, they stopped firing the cave, smoke coming from inside and the smell of something burnt. But they still feel dark aura coming from inside, suddenly sound of steps coming from inside.
"Damn it, this demon level is different from what we thought."
They shocked as hand coming from inside, then the demon scream very loud.
"Argh.... You mere mages, how dare you."
The demon walked out, his body burnt and smoke all over his body but slowly the wound recovered. Suddenly blood coming out of demon hand and forming axe.
"You'll regret what you've done, mere mages."
Heza frowned, he seems not expecting the level of demon would be this much, his colleagues froze in disbelief seeing the demon appearance. The demon jumping towards them and swing the axe above them. Heza clenched his teeth as the demon jump. He look at demon, then.
"Fourth circle : Royal shield!" Magic shield appeared on his top.
But because the force from demon very strong the magic shield broke and the impact making them thrown to back, the axe slammed to the ground making dust all over in the air, while Heza land on his knee his two colleagues fell on the ground.
"Damn it—" Heza looking at his colleagues, added "—Hey you two focus! Don't get lost in your head!."
(This is will be hard if only three of us and our level couldn't match this demon, i didn't expect there will be high demon hiding in this village)
Slowly the dust gone, suddenly the demon charges towards them, he swung his axe.
"Fourth circle : Holy shield"
Bam... His attack blocked by the shield, but now is different his axe melting as it touched the shield, smoke coming from the axe. The demon surprised quickly he take a distance.
"How dare you using filthy magic."
His axe gone. Heza smiling at the demon, the demon eye widened, he feels mocked. Heza nodded at his colleagues.
"Third circle : Thorn coils." thorny roots appeard from below the demon tied his feet making him couldn't move.
Heza then followed up.
"Fourth circle : Heavy Ice Missiles." A big magic circle appeard on his head formed a big missiles-like ice.
The ice coming towards the demon, he trying to move but couldn't, he quickly stretched his hand forward, his blood trying to form as a shield, but the other magician suddenly.
"Third Circle : Holy Water."
The water hit his hand making his blood dissapear, his body began smoking too. The demon eye widened as the ice coming faster towards him. He tried to stop it using his hand. Thud...
***
Few minutes before.
Lukas slowly open his eye, crimson glowing making it visible in the darkness. He slowly waking up. He sit on something, he quickly using his hand to feel it, he pick it up, he shocked it's a skull of person, he realised that he sit on top of apile human skulls.
He throw it, his hand began trembled. A dark surrounding not a single light coming inside, the quiet atmosphere making him panic. He quickly stand up running hoping he would find the edge.
Few minutes Lukas running, he stopped, exhausted and couldn't find the edge. His breath gasping as his sweat dropped, he fall to his knee.
(What the hell is this place, i gotta find way out i can't stay in this place."
Lukas looking around, suddenly a he heard a voice.
"Lukas... Lukas..."
A ghostly voice through the silence and sound of step coming towards him, slowly he see a figure. He see Feline with blood coming out all over his face trying to reach Lukas.
"Lukas help me..."
Lukas eye widened, he taking step back as Feline get close to him.
"Get away... Get away from me, i'm sorry..."
Lukas taking step back, but suddenly his back touched something, it feel like wall, making him couldn't move. Feline getting more closer towards him.
"Get away from me.."
Feline hand reaching him, he quickly closing his eye and turned his face away, his chest beating very fast. A breath dry on his neck, suddenly he feel a hand touching his cheek.
"Lukas.." the voice change, it become normal and warm, she added "Open your eyes and look at me."
Lukas slowly open his eye, he see Feline face went normal, she smile looking at him warmly. Lukas eyes began glassy.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry you ended up like that.." He began crying.
She hugged him, his tears dropped, the burden in his chest slowly began to ease. Feline stroke Lukas head then place her hand on his cheek as she slowly ease him out of the hug.
"Lukas look at me, you don't need to be sorry, and this is not your fault—look at my eyes!." Lukas turned his gaze into Feline eyes, she added "you don't need carry the burden alone... you don't have to feel sorry for everything, you know who responsible for."
Lukas looks stunned as he look into Feline eye, he's not moving locked into her eye.
"This kingdom is the one who responsible for all you've gone through.. They're the one who made your life miserable." She smiled widely.
"You're right... The kingdom is the one who made me like this." His voice flat seems controlled while his eye looks empty.
"Good boy—" Suddenly her voice change, as her appearance change, she turned into a man, his head had two horns while his teeth looking sharp, suddenly big wings coming from behind him like an angel wings but the color different, white and black. He then smiled, a quiet laugh rumbling in his throat.
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