BLAM! CH-CHIK! BLAM! CH-CHIK! BLAM! CH-CHIK!
The battle raged on, the Chimera like creature had engaged in a fight with Xenthos & The Scientist. The Scientist provided cover fire while Xenthos tried to close the distance between him and the monster, the creature hissed and spewed a glob of webs at Xenthos, sliding to a stop he kicked up a wall of rocks blocking the web shot but blocking visual of the beast as well. A crack formed and then two massive talons broke through, Xenthos leaned to the side dodging one and then ducked to dodge the other. Raising his arms he caught the beast’s mandibles as it dove at him to try and bite down on him.
“Xenthos!!” The Scientist shouted in a panic as she aimed at one of the talons and tried to shoot it off, firing at it and chipping away at the armored exoskeleton until she could see the joints. Soon she heard small hissing sounds and summoning a glowing hand she pulled herself away, looking down to see a swarm of small spiderlings from the creature. Landing against the wall she took out a small orb and dropped a small flash with orange liquid inside. She began shaking the orb causing it to start glowing and heating up until it was an orb of fire.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKQrj8pgt9
“Hang-”
“Haaaaa!!” The Scientist looked on seeing Xenthos lifting the beast up and above him by its mandibles causing it to flail and hiss, turning around Xenthos slammed the beast down on its back and leapt into the air. In that moment the scientist tossed the fire bomb down onto the creature and its spiderlings engulfing them in a fiery swirl which Xenthos came down into causing a large explosion of blue and orange flames. The flames dance throughout the cavern creating a momentarily blinding light that, once subsided, revealed the webs had been torched away. Jumping down she walked to the small creator Xenthos had created and looked in, she saw the blue energy emitting from his hands but that wasn’t all. There was a red burst that came from his left hand which quickly vanished upon him seemingly coming back to his senses.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4VmuPX2h5
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“Xenthos? You with me?”
“The defender… Is she?” Looking towards the webs she sees the defender is not burnt to a crisp, she looks at Xenthos and nods before walking over to the defender.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFjWFhDR9t
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“She’s fine, unfortunately…” Looking at the bodies she saw a gruesome sight, one she’d rather not describe or had seen. Xenthos picked the woman up and began to carry her in his arms.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP98CygH7d
“Let’s take her back to the village, everyone… Helloooooo!”
“Are you talking through the hand?!” Xenthos heard Lee shout through the device, he looked at it then the Scientist.
“We found a defender, Xenthos and I are taking her back to the village.”
“We just gonna ignore this?!”
“I only found armor bits after slaying some demons.” Utsukushī responded through her device surrounded by bodies and bodies of various demons. Big and small.
“We’re having little luck, we’re following a- Whoa! Ibaraki!”
“Wha? Oh snap!!”
“What’s happening?! Sun! Status report!”
“Ibaraki is glowing! Something’s happenin-”
KZHOOW!
“Ibaraki come in! Ibaraki!!” Xenthos shouted into the device gaining no response…
The ???
“Hey. Hey Sun, wake up…” Groaning Sun woke up and began coughing and choking for a second before looking up and spotting someone nearby them. Asmodeus sat on a tree stump eating an apple or some kind of fruit. He was looking at something, Ibaraki pulled Sun to try and step away from him. Sun put her shoulder on his arm to carry her away.
“Do You Know What This Is?” Sun’s vision returned, he was standing beside Asmodeus looking down into a large hole, he still had Ibaraki. He began to move away slowly but-227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6YQemVtkp
“I’d Suggest You Stay With Me, You’ll Want To See This.” Asmodeus took another bite of his fruit and pointed towards the hole. Sun stepped away again but this time he got closer to the hole and noticed it was oozing Miasma in large quantities, the vast amount caused him to gag and step away from it quickly. Asmodeus rose his hand and drew a various symbols into the stones beside them(ミアズマゲート), he points to it and then taps his own head with a finger.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3b7A3s6Vl
“I Suggest You Remember This. Oh And By The Way, I’d Assume You’d Like To Take Notice. One Of The Survivors Is To The West Of Here Which Is Also The Way Back To Your Village. Now… Run.” Once Asmodeus’s words ended a loud beastly roar was heard from the gate as a massive swirl of toxic flames burst from the gate and a sinister laugh was heard from within, Sun saw several massive shadowy things emerge and then he noticed they were heads. The eyes began to shine and then they attacked.
“Mgh… aaaah. What happened??”
“Hey… heh ouch.” Ibaraki had awoken to seeSun was heavily injured, poorly wrapped makeshift bandages wrapped around his body. Using leafs and various other plants.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqehYw4XpY
“How ya feeling? Kinda had a bunch of issues earlier from the various demons I had to duck and dodge but hey we made it out.”
“Holy crap Sun are you okay?”
“Yeah I’m fine, luckily I found a Myōbu… Little suckers are always the biggest help. Managed to heal me a bit and wrap me up good. Always trust a Myōbu, one of our Fiend creeds heh.”
“Phew… at least I know you’ll be okay. What happened while I was unconscious??”
“Well.. You brought us to this gateway and your old enemy pal we met from earlier was there.”
“Asmodeus?!”
“Yeah… Guy seemed conflicted… Told me some valuable information about it. It’s a Demon Gateway, one of the various things tying them to our world… Something is in the gates… Maybe we can close it, we can take back our world. I also found one of the survivors." Sun pointed to the unconscious defender, it was a man with brown hair who seemed currently unresponsive but was definitely alive.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiYRvVzvNT
"They'll be fine, I managed to clear us up some air." Lifting a Han sun pointed to the entrance of the cave and there was a bunch of dead demons of various varieties littering the entrance and the pathway to the cave. Along with bits and pieces, small little ritual spots were shown and with a small flash. The bodies vanished and were purified thus making the air more breathable.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihHwrU66R8
"Holy crap, way to go Sun."227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhw83vRirzK
"Thanks... But… ngh. I've got a question. What’s with the glow? You can teleport or something? Because I’ve got no issue with it I just need to know-”
“I’m a time traveler.”
“What it iiiis ookay then. Time traveling, so are we in the same time period?”
“I think so, if we weren’t I think it would’ve hurt more? Since well when it first happened Xen Xen and I were in pieces, clothing and armor wise.”
“I see. Ngh… so we’re possibly in the same time period meaning home isn’t that far away… Ngh… nice nice.” Ibaraki put a hand on Sun’s chest and his face gazing into his eyes before leaning in. Sun blushed and stared at her watching her get closer and closer before placing her forehead against his. Moments after their bodies connected the cave began to glow brightly, the light returning to Ibaraki again causing a small light emerging from beneath her. Sun noticed the light but just kept his eyes closed and let her hold him and then.
KZHOOW!
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