A Devil's Sins

Orion City...

Karna walked along the stone streets, passing civilians and mercenaries alike with shops on each side of the road. Walking casually, fingers interlocked resting behind his head, Karna passed it all by. Leisurely glancing around at the people and business of the city he passed.

"Just one more to go."

He said to himself, reaching down then lifting the final bounty in front of his eyes. His eyes scanned the rough drawing of a younger him. Having him shirtless, standing handcuffed, his hair falling over his face save for his devilish smirk and an eye peering through the strands of his hair.

"I guess this is her trying to be funny. I guess Miss goodie two shoes didn't calculate me breaking out once they get the reward. Knowing her its probably according to her plan to have me sit somewhere until they get back."

Looking at the poster a bit longer, a short memory came to pass in his mind. Envisioning a woman lying beneath him. His hands planted near her b.a.r.e shoulders, having her own hands pressed against hiss cheeks as her deeply blushed face smiled joyously at him.

"Don't cry...I don't fault you. Free me...from this awful place."

The woman said before her eyes began rolling to the back of her head, her grin growing into an insane euphoric smile. Yet the feeling coursing through her surpassed her body's limits, smiling ear to ear as her tongue extended out. Her body f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y shifted beneath Karna, her body's rocked matching each thrust of his against her own, shifting her body back and forth to her delight. The woman's back rested atop fine sheets. As her visible euphoric climax came to its peak she continued to smile, her body beginning to stiffen and twitch. Veins visibly pressed against the skin of her neck and face She began to bleed from her eyes and nose, her body beginning to twitch. Tear fell from his eyes onto her cheek which contradicted the present smile of enjoyment on his face.

"WANTED CRIMINAL QROW!"

The sudden call from a male voice snapped Karna out of his trance like state. Placing a hand to his face chuckling at the sudden memory that had came to him.

"Heh. Man...it felt so real just now..."

"No use hiding anymore I know of whom you are!"

The voice called out to him, leading Karna to turn slightly and looking over his shoulder to see who so eagerly wanted his attention. Seeing a young man near his own age standing in knightly armor. It was Alexander, the young merc who was humiliated and injured by Aisellia and Miyaura on the first day in the city.

(Well if he's calling me by that name...)

Karna thought while taking glances at his surroundings. Noticing Alexander had made enough of a scene for those around them, civilian and mercenaries, all turning to see what was happening.

(This is probably about to turn into a fun situation.)

He thought, his smirk portraying his slight excitement at the thought itself. Karna began to chuckle at his own thoughts while turning around to face the knight in armor.

"And Remi swears it's me heh heh. I guess it's about time he said something. He's been following me around for a while, I've had to stay away from the inn when he's around. Couldn't put them at risk since you never know what a stalker will do."

The knight drew his sword from his sheathe and pointed it at Karna.

"So you confirm you are the wanted criminal then."

"I confirm nothing! You just kept staring at me specifically so I figured you wanted me attention."

Karna said lifting his hands up and shrugging his shoulders.

"Your stalking can use some work though."

"Silence! I am Alexander of the honorable Saint Knights Guild! I'm taking your bounty. You're accepted dead or alive."

Karna looked at the man silently for a few seconds before shrugging his shoulders and breaking into laughter.

"If I WAS a certain criminal-"

Karna began to say, gradually growing closer to Alexander with every step. With a smirk on his face he continued.

"Then i'd wager i'm a pretty rough catch. What makes you think YOU could capture me?"

"I could enlist help but that would imply capture."

"Oh?"

Karna questioned, stopping a few steps short of standing face to face with the knight.

"So you think you can kill me then?"

Alexander stood, tightening his grip of his sword.

"Hmph. I'm far smarter than a brute like you. Tch, Why would those two women bother with such a flea as you? You must be blackmailing them!"

"Heh heh. They're absolutely stunning right? But no...there's no blackmail involved. Just some serious luck that I can't even understand myself."

"You fiend! Such beautiful and...-"

"Well proportioned? Full figured? Ample? Voluptuous? Curvaceous? They're just damn near perfect it amazes me still whenever I look at them."

Karna quickly filled the knight's sentence wearing a grin on his face, raising his right hand in front of his face while performing a squeezing gesture with his hands. Thinking about the girls with every new word he had thrown to describe them.

"Thinking about them...I can still feel the taste. My tongue can almost remember the feeling of sliding across those ample assets of theirs."

Karna said, extending his tongue against his hand, slowly l.i.c.k.i.n.g upward until his tongue flicked off the tip of his index finger.

"You heathen! You're blackmailing them to abuse them for your own delights!"

Alexander said. Snapping Karna from his thoughts, his eyes shifting to look over at the knight. Chuckling as he did so.

"Heathen? You knights and Temple guys really love that word huh? Oh I assure you It's just as much my delight as theirs. But seeing as how you want to kill me thinking it will give you a chance with them, I'd say you're trying pretty hard for a losing battle. Take a hint and go get lost somewhere, I've already won! Heh heh."

"You dare mock me while speaking of your abuse?!"

"Hey! In my defense they enjoy it and in some cases one actually asks for it. No complaints from me though heh heh."

"Enough! I will be their knight in shining armor. Once your dead, they won't even know your killer. Five-hundred thousand bounty Qrow!"

Alexander grew a smirk of his own announcing Karna's bounty to the public of which Karna himself quickly noticed. Losing his own smirk as he could see mercenaries in the area begin focusing on him. He sighed as he could hear the mumbling of those around him reference his bounty, some even beginning to grip their weapons. Momentarily closing his eyes, Karna let out a deep sigh before slowly opening his eyes again wearing a smirk on his face.

(Heh so that's it. A city of mercenaries and killing a criminal isn't a crime, even with this many mercs, taking me out is just part of the hunt and law. Well then...)

"I've done a little research. Hmph! Ready yourself criminal!"

Alexander yelled out, getting into a stance with his weapon. Prompting the mercenaries in the area to begin drawing their weapons. Karna stood wearing a smug expression, his grin fading once a visual of Aisellia formed inside his mind. Giving him a stern reminder to avoid trouble that could become problematic for her. Letting out a disappointed sigh, Karna visually scanned the area around him. Taking note on just how many mercenaries were truly in the crowd, witnessing many hold onto and drawing their own weapons. Their eyes trained on him intensely while the civilian bystanders all looked around concerned, seeing the situation unfold.

(I doubt they could kill me, but I'd lose the deal if one of them turned me in. If one of them saw me healing it would be bad too, so I should avoid letting them shoot me.)

Karna though, irritably scratching his head in the face of his deal being complicated by others now.

(Well I think a little city-wide chase might be fun. Aisellia...Miyaura. Thanks to you two, I'm feeling more energized than usual!)

From the sideline of observers a mercenary stepped forward with his handgun aimed at Karna. Hi rugged beard and facial hair still easily revealing his grin as he spoke.

'Heh, Step aside shiny boy! This here's a real man's bounty."

He proclaimed confidently.

On The Battlefield...

From a birds eye view the battle could be seen, the large mass of bodies that filled the area before, now the remaining beings of both sides were significantly lowered. Large open spaces sporadically located throughout the complete mass but it was obvious humanity was indeed losing this battle. Leiliana and Miyaura fought valiantly alongside the remaining mercenaries above the common class who had luckily survived the battle thus far, separated in some areas while others managed to group together. Captain Leiliana could be seen still fighting using a mesmerizing display of martial arts talents combined alongside her spear mastery to fight off multiple enemies, alternating masterfully utilizing her spear to slay the goblins surrounding her and using her limbs to knock back those who slipped inside her spears range. Elegantly twisting and turning her body, twirling her weapon around the curves of her figure to strike, slash and pierce those attacking all sides around her. Due to the goblins size, some occasionally managed to get close the distance, seeing their opportunity being too close to be struck by the weapon. As she had been, Leiliana effortlessly switched her own tactics to defend herself, knocking each away with every kick to the invaders of her personal space. Giving her a moment to breathe, the break needed from her continuous fighting was evident by her rapid pace of breathe as she cleared and watched the area around her.

(Our numbers are already dwindling far more quickly than theirs. I can't tell how many of us are still alive but none will be if we keep exhausting ourselves at this rate. We can't possibly win a long-term battle.)

Suddenly Leiliana's eyes darted sideways, quickly assessing a large body moving at great speeds in her direction. The large body soaring through the air, mowing down the many goblins standing in its way. Crouching, Leiliana took a deep breath and calmly exhaling, soon leaping up high above the mass to evade the trowe goblin crushing those in its way, Leiliana looked over in the direction it traveled from, seeing Miyaura following through with her punch that delivered the large goblin from where she stood.

(Such strength. It's notably greater than the average demi-human...)

Leiliana thought while suspended in the air. Miyaura would see yet another large opponent just before her eyes, quickly launching herself forward and delivering a powerful kick to the beasts stomach. Its flesh f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y warped around her foot before being pushed off with great force once again lifting them off its feet. Knocking them back with the killing blow.

(She's killing them with a few attacks or less? Demi-Humans tend to only having incredible strength depending on animalistic favoring demonic genetics are more dominant. Yet she looks completely human yet there's no doubt of her demon blood.)

Miyaura lightly landed on her toes post displaying her strength, spinning on her right foot, quickly delivering a jumping spinning back kick to a nearby goblin. From the sky Leiliana could see not only Miyaura but the few allies remaining and enemies in the area. Being more sporadically spread out than the large collection of mass the battle began as allowing her to see Miyaura clearly. Leiliana focused on Miyaura, seeing her kick connect with the goblins. Witnessing Miyaura's foot releasing a great pressure of force upon contact, deforming the goblin with a killing blow before it's body flew into the distance.

(Thats it...but it's impossible for demons to use Artes especially so consistently. She must be channeling energy through her body and releasing it upon impact, the amount stored and released creates an explosion of power.)

With a moment to breathe Miyaura too the chance to catch her breath. Panting slightly as she watched her enemies for any movement towards her.

(You are an interesting girl Miyaura. To fend off this many is exhausting for even myself yet you're fighting hard for a battle that wasn't even yours. But with demons...it's every living beings battle. Huh? I think i'm understanding a little more. You may already realize that and you aim to use that power of yours to protect people like Aisellia?)

Leiliana reached the peak of her ascent, now beginning her natural descent towards the ground Leiliana could only chuckle to her own curiosities in Miyaura. Bending over forward, the Demon Hunter Captain held the weapon near her feet, placing one foot underneath the pole and the tips of the other on top.

(I've met plenty of kind and sincere demi-humans in my life, I've also slain many demons since I was a little girl. All this time and there is never a kind demon...)

Leiliana let go of her spear once it was secured with her feet, quickly tossing her hands and torso upward with a twist and kick flipping the spear upward as her body continuously spun as inverted upside down. The spear rapidly flipped while rising into the air near her.

(You're not fighting for yourself, or just to fight. You're pushing your body to its limits to protect someone dear to you, you're fighting with us in this battle to survive. In a way you may be more human that alot of us.)

Ending her rapid spinning, Leiliana could be seen upside down, her eyes narrowed and focused behind Miyaura. She delivered a powerful kick against her pole arm's small circular base with explosive force, propelling it diagonally downward at a incredible velocity. The impact of the launch creating a breeze of air around Leiliana herself keeping her mid-air.

The spear tore through the air from the great force of it's launching. Quickly finding its way near Miyaura who quickly and shockingly gazed upward, only reacting quick enough to witness the spear passing closely by her face. The girls eyes only able to shift to the side enough to see the pole of the weapon pass her, already missing the blade. Miyaura quickly twisted around, suddenly hearing the painful groans of a demon. Her facial expression displayed her shock and surprise, seeing a trowe goblin bent over backwards with its head f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y pinned to the ground by the very weapon Leiliana had used. Taking a second to visually process what had just happened, Seeing the large demons visually broken spine and under it's head were the crushed smaller goblins that were also pierced by the spear protruding from the large ones face. Leiliana smirked in confidence of hitting her mark before something else caught her attention on her decent down towards the ground. Looking beyond the crowd surrounding Miyaura, a demon made its way from the north end of the battle yet this demon was notably different physically. Roughly the same size as a trowe yet its mass consisted of large muscle compared to the fat the gave a trowe its great weight. The demons skin bore a red tone, tearing through both humans and goblins that stood in its path. Using its mighty claws paired with the use of the bull-like horns on its head. Leiliana looked back towards Miyaura who had been already looking off in that direction as if she were looking past those still around her.

(She can sense it from that distance?)

Immediately Miyaura looked at Leiliana with a concerned look in her eyes.

(So even with your power you can tell you can't take it down alone. You're a great fighter Miyaura but you're aware of what your own lack of training. Very well.)

With their eyes meeting, both simultaneously delivered a nod of confirmation to one another prompting Leiliana to look down to where she was landing, seeing a group of goblins gathered under her. Miyaura, with a clear visual path to where Leiliana was landing could see the gathered creatures, prompting her to look back over her shoulder to see the pinned trowe goblin. Miyaura jumped backward, performing a back flip and stomping her feet into its gut, snapping its spine the opposite way as its back was f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y pushed into the ground with great force. This action forced the spear from the beast and twirling mid-air until it landed into Miyaura's grasp. She quickly began running off the corpse and started her sprint through the gaps between enemies to make her way towards Leiliana.

The Demon Hunter captain looked towards the red beast, seeing it begin change course and heading more towards the center of battle where the girls were.

(It changed course...and its quickly moving this way.)

Her eyes looked over to see Miyaura sprinting in her direction then back to the red demon.

(Is it following her? No, it's going for her. Killing allies and foes alike to seek her out, it must be able to sense her power like she could it. It's a pride demon...subconsciously seeking to destroy those who's power challenges it's own pride as the strongest being here. It must have felt the energy she was exerting. Tch. I have no time to think of how it got here in a horde of goblins.)

She finished thinking and returning her attention to below her. Miyaura, having made it past her enemies, entered a large clearing of space. Planting a foot strongly onto the ground and throwing the spear with great force as she leaned forward at its release. Just as Leiliana touched the ground she calculated her position from where the spear was thrown but it proved useless as she could her the pain of the demons as well as the destruction left in its path, piercing clear through the bodies of the goblins. Opening her eyes wide, Leiliana could see the tip of her spear exiting the back of a trowe as if in slow motion. Reaching for her weapon, the captain allowed the blade to slightly pass her by before grabbing the pole's very end, using the momentum from the throw simultaneously lowering her stance and perform a wide circular swing, spinning her body with the attack wounding and killing creatures around her. Immediately clearing the area as she brought the spear back under her control letting the weapon finally rest on her shoulders behind her neck. Now with a cleared path between them the two women could easily see one another from the distance. From behind Miyaura the red demon broke through the crowd, sending blood and many bodies into the air from its massive swing. In it's hand was one large club the goblins had been using, having found a tool to easier clear the crowd, and now making a full sprint towards Miyaura who rested with her hands on her knees breathing heavily, being visibly fatigued.

(It caught up that quickly?! Shit!)

Miyaura thought, looking behind her after hearing the roar of blood l.u.s.t coming from the red demon. Turning around Miyaura clenched her fist, using her twisting momentum to throw a heavy punch to the red demon who had quickly entered the girls close range. Her fist connected with the beasts abdomen possessing mighty force behind it, releasing a shock wave upon impact. The red demon stood its ground as the shock wave from her own attack flung her backwards, soon landing on her feet, coming to a gradual sliding stop.

"Run to me! It's skin is too tough!"

Leiliana called out while making a full sprint in Miyaura's direction. The demon girl began to turn towards her ally yet she quickly stopped, her nose beginning to twitch as a smell entered her nose.

(Huh? This scent....Aaaah!!!)

She screamed out suddenly considering what was behind her once again, forcing herself to begin running and closing the distance between them. Leiliana who dashed at incredible speeds twieled her spear within her hand into a reverse grip on the weapon.

(Miyaura attacks seem similar to Artes. The guild train recruits for two years to grasp the concept to increase a physical abilities for a few seconds. We use the very energy inside us all, the energy of the human spirit. The original demon slayers learned and restrictively taught others how to channel ones spirit, creating a single energy. Techniques using this energy is called an Arte but it is not without physical drawbacks. If this girl uses her apparent large reserves demon energy to channel and release consistently in every attack with her lack of combat, even her durable body must screaming right now.)

Miyaura could be seen running at full speed with the red demon close behind her, its mouth open revealing its dagger like teeth. The red demon would interchangeably swing left and right attempting to mutilate swipe Miyaura with its large clawed hands. With each attempt she quickly yet barely evaded each attack. Miyaura glanced over her shoulder only to see the demon with one of its clawed hands swinging down above her head.

(Miyaura channels large amounts energy to a point and releases it all in a explosive release. By that logic...)

Leiliana began to lean forward in her sprint, her feet running increasingly more rapid along the ground before the captain threw her body forward. Her body performing a front flip moving forward through the air closely to the ground until her rotation led her feet to touch ground once again. The captains feet planting onto the ground, tightening her back muscles and flinging her torso forward. In her fluid motion Leiliana took aim and launched her weapon like a javelin. Her body almost horizontal to the ground, throwing herself even more forward to increase the momentum behind her throw. The spear left the captain's hand with a spiral snapping release, Miyaura planted her stepping foot and threw herself forward attempting to escape the beasts claw just barely missing the back of her head and swiping down her back. Its sharp claws hooking into the backof her sash. Leiliana's spear pierced the the air, its spiral rotation visibly twisting the air around the tip of its blade prior to crashing into thhe red demons abdomen, the force of the spear causing the beast to dig its heels into to ground as the blade sparked aggressively against its iron like skin. The red demons claws snatched Miyaura's sash off her just before its feet tore the ground apart on its path backwards and letting out a horrific roar as the blade pierced its skin impaling the beast and leaving both ends of the pole arm exposed front and back it leaned forward, gradually slowing down its path backwards.Just as it came to a stop, Leiliana would appear to phase into sight just in front of the demon as if her body had flickered into visual sight, quickly closing the great distance between them. The Hunter Captain stood in stance of her martial arts form with one palm held out in front of her and the other drawn back prepared to strike.

(Enlightening Palm: Rejecting Grace.)

Leiliana would thrust her retracted palm forward, swiftly yet gracefully touching her palm to the circular base of the weapon. For a moment it seemed as if the two froze in time, a gentle breeze passing over the two combatants frozen still in time. Suddenly a burst of wind exploded from between them. The pole of her weapon began to splinter and break before quickly shattering in its entirety in am explosive shock wave from its center, not only destroying her weapon, the explosive shock wave also blowing a large hole in the creatures torso, leaving its upper body barely hanging on from its sides while it began to fall backwards in contrast to its lower body standing firm from its feet planted into the ground. Her opponent slowly falling, Leiliana quickly took a short hop away from the demon before collapsing down onto her knees panting from a sudden extreme exhaustion, planting her hands firmly onto the ground to hold her upper body off the ground with sweat dripping down her face.

(Damn, focusing and releasing that much energy took almost everything out of me. At full strength even I could only do it a few times yet she's been doing it the entire battle.)

Suddenly Leiliana lifted her head, looking at the red demon's body. Seeing its flash beginning to stretch and mend where the hole in its torso was, motionless but stopping its fall backwards as it healed

(It can't be! Shit! Its no regular demon. A high classed greater demon above standard strength for their class. If there's an abnormal then...Tch, my body is too exhausted to take it out, not to mention my spear is gone.)

Leiliana's head quickly perked up, hearing the sound of a roaring engine.

(The sounds of demons and battle must have been drowning out the noise.)

It was only a second before the source of the sounds came into her sights. Witnessing Aisellia riding a two-wheeled vehicle on a path directly for the red demon. In the final seconds, Aisellia threw her weight to one side causing the bike to turn sideways on its path, leaping off at the last second leading the bike to slide and crash into the demon's legs while she continued to move in the same direction from the momentum left from the bike. The vehicles collected speed and weight swept the creatures legs f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y removing its feet from the earth, leaving the demon horizontal in the air. The demon's eyes opened wide as its consciousness returned, only able to witness Aisellia in mid-air in front of it. The human woman held her knees tucked close to her stomach as she already aimed down the barrel of her Angelo weapon. The Iron sights pointed at the demons face at point blank range. tears streaming down her face, with her expression displaying her utter fear.

"F-f.u.c.k off bastard!"

Aisellia screamed before she pulled back on the trigger, unleashing a large beam of light from the barrel of her gun. The beam engulfing the demons upper body in it's light, quickly traveling far enough to reach the goblin mass in the distance, eradicating a large quantity of them, leaving a wide empty path through their forces. Just as the beam was fired, the force easily pushed Aisellia through the air backwards at a fast pace, only able to tightly shut her eyes feeling the air painfully press against her back but she knew she could not let go of the trigger no matter what. Leiliana could only stare in the distance shocked by what she had seen. Her eyes locked in one direction, unable to even react to Aisellia herself who zoomed through the air passing her by. Aisellia's flight soon stopped, falling into Miyaura's c.h.e.s.t, being embraced by the demon girls arms wrapping around her. Feeling herself being caught, her eyes slowly opened as she smiled, being familiar with the sensation of what cushioned against her back. With her feet touching the ground once again she began to giggle before looking back over her shoulder.

"Great catch Miyaura! I had a feeling you would catch me. Or else I don't think i would have been bold enough to try that."

She said, seeing a smiling Miyaura behind her.

"Hee-hee! How'd you know it was me?"

"I knew just from the feeling, I could only think your b.o.o.b.s could make such a cushion to cover my entire back and break my fall."

Aisellia responded, giggling.

"Plus..."

Aisellia now looking into Miyaura's eyes could see the joy she held ever more evident by her matching great smile.

"Only you and him are l.e.w.d enough to use catching me as excuse to grope me."

Miyaura could only giggle knowing her hands were noticed, groping onto Aisellia's b.r.e.a.s.ts. Miyaura's hands kneading and squeezing on her b.r.e.a.s.ts once she had caught her friend safely from the air. Aisellia attempting not to giggle even further, her face becoming blush as she could feel Miyaura rest her chin atop a shoulder, seeing her eyes staring happily down to her b.r.e.a.s.ts as he hands continued to play.

"Heh, this girl."

She said before she looked forward, seeing Leiliana making her way towards them. Leiliana face revealed her confusion as she got closer. Although once closer even her cheeks had blushed red, seeing Aisellia casually standing looking, waiting for her to arrive seeming unbothered by the l.e.w.d girl fondling her c.h.e.s.t from behind. Aisellia could see the confusion in Leiliana once she stood in front of them. The captains eyes struggling to look away, being even more confused seeing Aisellia watching her nonchalantly while being groped, her head tilting curiously not knowing just what unsettled the captain.

"Are you ok Leiliana? Your face is all red. Well you two have been fighting the entire time, it makes sense you might be feeling unwell."

"I-I feel fine, just a little exhausted. I knew you two were close, I just didn't think...er"

"Hm? Oh!"

Aisellia said surprised, looking and watching Miyaura's hands play with her c.h.e.s.t.

"Oh no no. We're not a couple. This one here and a certain someone just really like my b.o.o.b.s, they're pretty obsessed i'd say. Hm? Guess i'm really getting used to it all."

"So you both aren't into women? Even being able to do such things out in the open?"

"Correct!"

"Speak for yourself Aisellia, I like both! Hee-hee!"

Miyaura announced happily, holding her large smile while her hands worked their ways. Although it was only a matter of time, Aisellia's body flinched and stiffened, her mouth opening slightly allowing a faint m.o.a.n to escape her lips. Leiliana stood in shock at what she heard and saw.

"Mm! You are right though...Down girl, thats enough."

On command Miyaura released Aisellia from her grasps, moving herself to Aisellia's side who in turn began looking around them.

"Hey...guys."

"So you've noticed too..."

Leiliana responded to Aisellia. Both began looking around themselves.

"They haven't moved closer to us at all."

Aisellia revealed leading Miyaura to quickly begin looking at their surroundings. There they stood in a large circular clearing and around them the massive enemy forces stood motionless but the girls could easily see they had all been watching from a great distance. Taking a step closer to the girls, Leiliana staggered her way beside them.

"Be careful, there's a stronger demon somewhere nearby. When demons aren't acting chaotic on impulses it usually means something stronger is controlling it. We should have prepared sooner but if its something that can command this many demons...we may have been doomed from the start."

Leiliana explained, gritting her teeth together in frustration.

"What?! How?!"

Aisellia quickly questioned, her shocked expression paired with Miyaura's own as their gazed both quickly shifted to Leiliana.

"Now's the best time if we had any. Are you two familiar with Soul Links?"

"Yes, when a humans soul becomes cursed and linked to a demon. Practically becoming both cattle and slave but for the servant, your lifespan and health becomes dependent on the demon's will to give them the sustenance to maintain their life. Most cases humans give themselves to demons to save their own life or the life of a loved one...or for false hope of power fed to them by demons."

Finishing her sentence, Aisellia thought about the priest from her capital whom offered his body to a demon.

"Correct Aisellia. More powerful demons however can force servitude on weaker demons forming their own Soul Link even if it requires shattering their minds to make it happen. If my suspicions are right...we may be dealing with a demon powerful enough to command all these goblins. Only a Goblin Shaman would be able to control other goblins with ease but this number...is unheard of."

Quickly Leiliana and Miyaura simultaneously turned their gaze in the direction the cults headquarters were located.

"Aisellia you can't sense energy but Miyaura, I know you have to feel that."

"Yeah, its f.u.c.k.i.n.g huge...

(I get it now, I'm able to sense the presence and direction of Sin while you're capable of a more precise sense, even able to gauge its power...whatever its coming from...)

Miyaura's eyes narrowed as she kept her locked in the distance. Suddenly taking a step backwards with the look of fear expressed on her face, causing the others to look at her.

"Oh no...its not coming from just one, it's like a whole army of demons are marching this way! It's too much for me to feel each one, maybe its because i'm still new to feeling things out, but there has to be around one thousand easy. Each ones just as strong as the red demon..."

In the far distance...

Thousands of demons marched towards the battle, many looking similar color variation to the red demon marched at point, behind them over one thousand demons follow behind. Creatures of varying appearances with some having monstrous animalistic features and physiology while the majority simply held the appearance of abomination to the sense of sight. Behind them all was the goblin shaman, staff in hand, his eyes rolled back for a second before returning to their normal position.

"His form is unstable. Master needs more blood, more fear, and more sin to stabilize into this realm in order to move outside the ritual site. Hmph, being able to see through other goblin eyes, it's easy to see most of those humans are dead now. But no matter."

The shaman tapped the base of his staff on the ground several times creating a deafening silence over the demon forces, instantly ceasing their march. A sinful black energy was once again drained from the corpses of the battlefield ahead of them. Reaping the darkness from the fallen bodies of both human and goblin. The collective energy directed into the body of a rather large demon who's veins began pushing against its skin as its body began convulsing. Soon its muscle mas began steadily increasing and stretching its skin's limits before erupting in a bloody mess, no longer having limits to stretch from shredding off the demons body itself. With a tap of the shamans staff into the blood, the liquid began moving, creating a circle formation similar to the one he had used prior inside the castle ruins.

A great pillar of pitch black ooze erupting from the circle, shooting high enough into the sky. Quickly catching the attention of the girls who all stood mouths agape at the sight. before it fell back down to the earth. From the black mass a figure slowly formed while shifting its shape into a massive monstrous dark form greatly towering over all. The girls could only look on in horror at the massive black figure they could see in the distance. Leiliana looked at the figure and soon turning to face the girls.

"Aisellia...Miyaura. I'll clear a way for you back towards the city...there's no reason you two should die here."

"What?!"

Miyaura cried out, shifting her gaze over to Leiliana simultaneously with Aisellia."We can't leave you! You even look like you've barely have the energy to stand. It would be like leaving you to die!"

"What else can you do Aisellia?!"

Leiliana loudly questioned, screaming with enough passion to silence Aisellia. Miyaura's attention seemed to be elsewhere in the moment, looking around as if she were hearing something.

(Who said that? Huh someones in my head.....Really? Okay i'm listening.)

Her eyes quickly looking down to the ground while they continued in their conversation.

"I may be spent but I can still fight even if its a small amount and that should by you enough time. If Miyaura carries you i'm sure you'll be able to escape the Goblins."

"There has to be something we can do! If that thing get past you..."

"....Not just Orion, it's destruction could likely wipe out the entire Deseria region of the country. If you two escape, the guild may receive word soon enough to send messengers across the country for a united front. Each country may isolate from each other to a degree but they would have to swallow their pride for the survival of humanity."

Both girls could only stand in silence with their heads hung low understanding the truth of Leiliana's words alongside the threat they faced.

"Look girls, I chose this path. This is why I fight...so I can't give up now...or ever."

"But..." Aisellia began.

"What are you going to do?"

"I...I don't know but I have to think of something."

"I may not know much right now. But you would have to fight through those goblins to even get to the big one. You won't likely have the strength to fight something like that."

"I can't deny that. It's reasonable to say I might have exhausted everything I have left just to break through those lines."

Miyaura stood silently while the two of them conversed. Her eyes staring at the ground with her hands soon clenching to a fist. After the others were finished she tightly shut her eyes as she steeled her heart in the decision she had been silently weighing in her mind.

"Leila...can break through those goblins and make a path through for me to the big guy?"

"Huh? Leila? Me?"

"Yes you, the one with the emerald eyes, pretty hair, and a body endowed with the assets and figure deadlier than your spear was!"

"Again....Me?"(A nickname...I've never...had people to give me one before. It feels....strangely nice.)

Leiliana said seeming rather stubborn in not acknowledging the praise given to her yet it was still enough to cause her to blush, shyly looking away while trying to avoid the praise and nickname that embarrassed her slightly from the fact she sort of liked the name.

"If you can do it I might be able to give us a chance against that big thing!"

Miyaura claims surprised both of them. Aisellia seeing the determination in Miyaura made her smile, choosing to fully support her friend if she had an idea.

"What can we do? You are really confident when you have an idea, sometimes they have a good basis to work with."

Aisellia said, looking over to Leiliana as she took a step closer to Miyaura's side. "What's your idea Miyaura?"

"I can't explain it all so you'll just have to trust me!"

(Just what the hell am I doing? These girls are...not your normal girls thats for sure. Hm. Living life...I thought I was just an unusual girl in this world. Something is still better than no plan. Miyaura has displayed a power and skill rarely seen She's surprised me with her tenacity and if she's still willing to fight...she plans to push her limits giving everything she has left. Aisellia is a brilliant girl who's mind is far above the average person. She may not have combat ability but her planning got them through the ambush. Not to mention she's still standing after unleashing her Angelo.)

She thought to herself while looking back at the demon remains Aisellia had slain.

(They must not even know the true power within Angelo, they are more than just weapons capable of harming demons. Unleashing it's inner power drains a substantial amount of life force from even an expert hunter and only allowing humans with a heart filled with light to draw on its true power. This devastating power is what makes only us captains capable of wielding them for even a short time. Trained in the manipulation of internal energy, physical energy and spiritual. Internally channeling these two energies into one allows us to perform techniques known as artes, allowing us to physically enhance our bodies. It takes decades to perfect on average but recruits are trained from their first day of the academy to build up and properly utilize this energy. Yet the volume Aisellia released was remarkable for someone like her. If she were an average girl it would have drained the entirety of her life. The guild master likes to say Angelo choose their wielders.)

Leiliana looked intently into the intense and determined eyes held by the girls looking at her.

"Hm...Without my spear it will be difficult but If you need a path I should be able to clear one."

"Hm? Spear?"

Aisellia questioned before lifting the skirt of her dress, not revealing just her upper t.h.i.g.h but a rectangular holster strapped to her upper t.h.i.g.h. Opening it she retrieved a thin cylinder from the holster and held it out to Leiliana.

"What's this?"

Leiliana asked as she too grasp of the item being handed to her. Once her fingers wrapped around the cylinder it suddenly expanded from both ends, quickly displaying it full Silver pole on this Naginata spear. One end a gold pommel sat on the circular base of the weapon, on the other side, it's large blade endowed with gold melding the blade to the pole.

"THIS IS-?! How?! How did you get your hands on-"

"I'll have to explain later, right now we need to think about what we're dealing with now. Miyaura, what was your idea? I'll come up with a plan, Three girls...Ones useless, and the other two are exhausted...we'll need the best shot we can get."

A great distance away...

There the Shaman stood wearing a sinister smile as the pillar began shaping into the massive creature of darkness towering over all. Six red eyes gleaming through its dark figure where what would be its face, the eyes scanning the area around itself, seeing the demons up front and immediately after, the goblin horde a distance away.

"Yes! Yes! Now you will slaughter the feeble humans, I will reign strong as sovereign of the new realm of humans under demon dominion! The most powerful demons can't enter this world yet here I, after decades preying on these disgusting human creatures, finally found a way to bridge worlds. With it I've made this demon more powerful than it could have been in its prime!"

Hearing the Goblin Shaman's words, the creature glared menacingly for a few seconds, the shaman fearfully took several steps back before the massive beings hand reached down towards the shaman.

"What?! What are you doing?!"

Were the only words the Shaman was able to speak, its head being gripped between the dark beings index finger and thumb, lifting it up until he was face to face with the demon. Just one of it's eyes easily dwarfed the shaman in size by comparison. After an extended silence, the being spoke.

"What...do you know...of my true power...inferior demon?"

Squeezing more on the shamans head, its veins began to push against its skin, its body stiffening and twitching uncontrollably as its agonizing screams filled the air around them. The demon looked forward, using shaman's abilities to connect and see through the eyes of all goblins under its control. The demon f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y hijacking the shamans mind and it its great power, forced its way into the minds that make up the goblin horde.