"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
"Do you really not remember anything?" Grace asked as the two sat on the ground and grew teary eyed when he shook his head. "This is horrible. What happened?"[Unfortunately, I don't have the right permissions to access that information.]Seeing the scowl on Luke's face, Grace asked, "Did the demon king say something?"His response was to shrug, causing her shoulders to drop. So far, nothing the demon king had said had helped in the slightest. Of course, Luke had ignored a lot of what he said, but from what he saw, it did nothing to solve his memory problems or help them escape their current predicament. The rest of their party was missing too, which irritated him. Who was in his party again?"Is this because of the angels? Are they trying to get rid of us?" Grace asked.[No
The new Grace turned to him as she asked, "Are you okay, Luke?"After dealing with two Graces, Luke was admittedly reluctant to let her come near him. What if she decided to break his neck with her staff as soon as she got close enough? No, he wasn't going to let her get close until he was absolutely certain this was actually Grace. She looked at him with hurt eyes as he backed away from her. However, she was soon distracted by the other Grace, who swung her staff at her.She was able to block the swing with her staff, but she was sent stumbling from the force. As soon as the new Grace recovered, she held her staff in front of her as they stared each other down. Luke took the opportunity to slowly back away, even as his head throbbed painfully. He needed to get as much distance between them as possible while they were distracted.Making sure not to show
Once his nose stopped bleeding, Luke pulled the napkin away from his nose and said, "What happened? How did you get here?""Honestly, I have no clue. When that weird static happened, I thought it was all over. Then suddenly I found myself here and saw you needed help," Grace said."Are you sure you can't remember anything?" Luke asked as he watched her warily out of the corner of his eye.Her answer didn't reassure him in the slightest. Even though he believed the Grace in front of him was the real one after everything that happened, he was beginning to doubt again. How did she get here, wherever here was? In fact, what in the world was happening, and why was it happening? He really needed those answers several minutes ago, and the demon king was no help.Grace frowned as she crossed her arms to think about it before s