Luke had a split second to determine what to do. He could either attempt to deflect the attack with his sword or dodge it and allow it to hit Tracy. Of course, he went with the former. With his current sword, he believed he had a decent chance of at least avoiding a fatal injury. Holding Illumina in front of him, he grunted as the eye beam struck the sword at an angle.
His arms screamed in protest as he held his ground to deflect the attack. The beam ended up passing over his shoulder, despite his efforts. Fortunately, it missed Tracy by an inch and struck the slime. The slime shrieked in pain as it dropped Tracy and formed an angry expression at the cyclops. Tracy and Luke quickly retreated back to where Violet was.
"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Luke asked as he glanced between the two demons.
"I believe so," Violet said.
[You know very well that the angels are watching this fight. What are you thinking?]Luke didn't bother answering the demon king's question and approached the slime. "Hey, you must be able to understand us. Can you speak?"The slime said nothing. However, he didn't miss the way its body tensed in preparation for another fight. He wasn't sure why it chose to stop attacking them when it could have taken them out when their backs were to it, but he couldn't waste the opportunity in front of him. It would just be a little tricky to pull off with the audience they had and the apparent language barrier."If you can't speak, then can you at least show us that you understand what's going on? If you understand, make a circle," he said as he stopped a few feet away while keeping his hand on his sword.At first, nothing happened.
The slime seemed to finally notice something was wrong, but it was too late. The poison that Violet had coated the knives with was finally taking effect, making the slime slow and sluggish. It had become easier to dodge its attacks and approach the slime that was desperately trying to keep them away. Tracy and Violet got within arm's length and sliced off its arms.It screeched as Luke ran straight for it with his sword raised. With one swing, he took its head, but he didn't stop there. Just taking off its head wouldn't be enough, and he continued to cut away at the slime's body. Bits of slime flew everywhere as he hacked away without rest. The two women joined him in cutting up the slime even more until its core was exposed.Luke raised his sword above him as if to deliver the finishing blow. Suddenly, something struck him from the side. Fortunately, he had sensed it coming and blocked
"I swear that this is all your fault," Tracy said as she ran."I will admit this is unexpected, but you can't blame me for not knowing it was capable of this," Luke said as he jumped over a piece of rubble."What are you talking about? You already knew how dangerous the slime was, but you decided it was a good idea to provoke it," Tracy said as she threw a glare at him."Everyone agreed to the plan, including yourself. Don't act like you're innocent," Luke said as they turned the corner.Before they could argue any further, Violet said, "You shouldn't waste your breath. We should focus on how to deal with our current situation."It was easier said than done. None of them had the abilities necessary to take down the demon on their own. There was a reason why they had used items when fi
"What was that last?" Tracy said, summing up everyone's thoughts."I don't know," Luke said as he stared dumbly at where the slime had been.This was the first time he had seen anything like that before. It almost seemed like a bug if he dared to say. However, that couldn't be it. This wasn't a game. This was real life. If it was a bug, that would imply that they were stuck in a video game. While it was true that they had a system that came with messages, stats, and everything else that a video game might have, he refused to consider such a possibility.He didn't want to go down that rabbit hole. Instead, he focused on the problem at hand, which was the fact that the leader of the demons was now gone. Now the demon army was leaderless, and they could only wait and see how the demons would respond to this sudden development. They rushed back to the fortr
[Things are looking bad for you.]Luke was unimpressed. The demon king didn't need to state the obvious as he cut off the fingers of the demon that had been trying to scale the wall. This caused the demon to fall to its death. However, Luke had already moved on to the next demon, so he didn't see it happen. The swarm of demons was never ending, and he couldn't even stop for a single moment.Stabbing a demon eagle in the chest before throwing it over the wall, Luke took a moment to assess the situation. The fighting had gone on for almost half an hour, and things had already turned against them. Despite their initial surprise attack, they were taking heavy casualties. He was at a loss for how to turn the tide. If Tracy was nearby, he would have asked her to use her ability.Unfortunately, she was busy stabbing away at demons trying to get past her. Even
"Hello, young heroes, thank you for answering our summons."Luke started as his mind tried to reorient itself from the three sets of memories warring in his mind, preventing him from being able to focus on what the angel in front of him was saying. Wait. Three? Before he could recover, the angel's speech was over, and several people were raising their hands or shouting at her, making it even harder for him to get his head straight."Hold on a minute. You can't just force us to be here. We have rights.""There's no way this can be real. Where are the cameras?""Fight? I've never fought in my entire life.""Yeah, why should we fight just because you say so? Send us back home."Something was horribly wrong, but he couldn't be sure what it was. His memor
No one seemed to know what to make of this new development. Anthony had stopped in his tracks as he looked between the two of them. Luke was still on the ground, waiting for Grace's answer. The way Luke was acting made it seem like the two knew each other, sparking debate about whether they were family or a couple. Grace was frantically looking for a way to handle the situation.When she approached the boy, she never thought things would spiral out of control like this. How did he even know her name? The whole situation was creeping her out, and she wanted to run away, but something was stopping her. It felt as if she would regret it if she bolted. Considering how he had been acting, he probably wouldn't take it well."What do you need my help for?" she asked, managing to avoid stuttering.His confused and lost expression was giving everyone mixed signa
Her answer only seemed to frustrate Luke, who growled, making her take several steps back and Anthony ask, "Are you okay?""I'm good," she said as she glanced in Anthony's direction before looking back at Luke.Their moment was interrupted by the angel, who seemingly didn't notice anything amiss. "Heroes, I hope all of you have had time to think about my words, for the time has come to send you on your journey.""Wait!" they cried, but the angel ignored them.Several people were shouting or demanding answers from the angel when magic circles formed beneath everyone. "I pray for your victory, young heroes."Suddenly, everything froze and took on a monochrome color. Luke tensed at the sudden change and was instantly on guard. However, nothing happened. In fact, the only person who could