They ran across the deafening and bloodied empty streets. panting along the way as they heard trumpets far away. "quickly they will soon arrive and i don't know where that demon went but i still feel his gaze yet weaker" akumada said as steam puffs out his mouth each breath.
"Really? i don't feel anything besides your sweaty ass hands horn ass" she responded sarcastically as her face shows pain each heavy breath. Suddenly she was hit by something in the face and she slipped out of his hand a rubbed her face. when she saw what hit her. she was speechless and awed at the sight and her eyes widen.
"A-akumada what the hell is that on your back" she shouted pointing at him
"W-what?" he questioned and when he looked over his back he saw two raven wings sprouted out from his waist "What the hell is this?!" he shouted back as he touched it with a confused expression.
"A-akumada can you control it maybe we could use it to fly away" she asked hopefully
"i will try" he said determined and he closed his eyes his wings began flapping in a unsynchronized way "am i doing it" he asked but she dismissed it immediately "n-no you are just flapping it wildly" she said neutrally
"Lets just run its much easier" he said as he grabbed her hand again and began to ran with her as his wings followed behind him suddenly a sickly and weak goblin appeared on their path.
She slid off her hand off his as she curled it into fists and she rushed into the weak goblin. "Cascade Barrage!" she shouted as she disappeared from her position and appeared Infront of the weak goblin. her fist punched the goblin 10 times within a second making the goblin flinch immensely at the pain "Akumada now!!" she shouted as she sidestepped the goblin.
"dark ball" he chanted as a ball of shadow about the size of a soccer ball manifested in his hand and he threw it at the goblin and when it hit the goblin it left a hole in the chest of the goblin as the attack got sucked into the ground as if it never existed.
and as she finished side stepping the now dead goblin she kicked its head off making it fly off into the pavement and its blood flying everywhere. "lets go" he said calmly as they continued to run. and exhausted by now he knew one more dark ball could drain his uses of twice per day
xXx
Meanwhile 1km away from the wall
an army riding with Horses approached the city the city quickly as their armor is compromised of steel with varying design and the most notable one wears silver with gold designs
"Lets go men! lets just hope the holy demon did not got there before us." the one wearing the silver armor said grimly
"Commander bad news the city is way too silent for my hearing" a male voice said who was wearing a metal armor with twitching ears
"damn it" he said gritting his teeth as he quickens the pace of his horse
xXx
as akumada and kami ran they saw hordes of decaying goblins run after them. "Kami why would you punch that dead goblin one more time now you attracted the horde because of its blood!!" Akumada shouted as they try to flee away.
she grabbed his hand her face full of sweat as she gasped for air. "cascade barrage affected my stamina earlier you will need to flee alone i will try to distract them" she said exhaustedly but he refused and began to drag her. and as the horde of nearly undead goblins rushed at them she noticed his wings began to flap rapidly and suddenly they flew so fast they crashed into the city wall and making them bounce onto a roof.
"akumada are you ok?!" she asked panicking as she sat up and laid akumada's head onto her lap as he grabbed his shoulder in pain.
"ugh that hurt" he said rubbing his bruised arm. "how did you do that" she asked worried yet curious
"I-i don't know my body just moved by itself what should we do now since we will be wasting time waiting for those nearly dead goblins to exhaust its life" he said grimly as they saw the horde of nearly dead goblins in the distance still rushing through the streets.
she looked at him and down at his raven wings "do you remember that feeling?" she asked hopefully
"A little" he replied grimly as he sat up when his shoulder finished healing and he smiled at her brightly "why don't we try it?" he asked with a slight smile.
she smiled as she holds his hand "if i die its your loss jukai" she said with trust and teasing.
he closed his eyes as he remembered the feeling and he tightened his hold on her hand. suddenly he felt a cold breeze of air and when he opened his eyes he was in the air and he smiled. the lush green of the plains and the animals wandering around the plains. his eyes was at awe.
"it is beautiful" he heard a voice under his flying body. when he looked down he saw kami looking at the view with awe as well. "yes-yes it is" he said with unrecognized affection.
xXx
meanwhile
the soldiers arrived at the city and most of them felt the urge to vomit. "this is much worse than the asmalos village and more brutal than the alownoos village. good lord" a knight beside the leader with a sweat crawling down his cheek as his legs trembled.
as they continued to patrol the ruined city they steeled their will at the sight of hundreds of corpses and everyone of them are beyond recognizable "commander silven i request to excuse myself" a knight beside the leader said holding his mouth from vomiting in horror.
"i allow second commander viton" silven said grimly as he squeezed his hand tightly that it bled.
"COMMANDER SILVEN!! i found some goblin horde corpses and it seems like they were chasing something up north but we found nothing" a knight said to silven while gasping
"guide me to the scene" silven said coldly as he followed the knight.
when they arrived at the scene and as the dark rainy clouds overhang on their heads. silven raised his hand and began to chant. "OVER THE NIGHT OF DAWN TIME AND DAY SHALL SHOW" he said as time seems to pause one of the knight among the crowd murmured "a supernova level magic?" after 10 seconds they saw what unfolding what happened earlier by a outline of holograms without any feature recreating the scene.
"two half demons being chased by a near death goblin horde tch,. they are too dangerous to live we need to hunt them down" silven said calmly as he walked towards the horses.
"But commander silven our horses and soldiers are exhausted can we search tomorrow?" viton said determined and silven although ruthless calmed his nerve down. "sure" he said calmly as he walked towards storage.
xXx
Evening
in a cave 5km away from the city they sat at a pile of woods and leaves while akumada tries to get accustomed to his wings. while kami tries to use ignite a low ranking mahika on a pile of wood and sticks but failing miserably "come on how come i easily manipulate water but fire is so hard?!" she complained aloud "and if we don't get this going we will die from this freezing cold air"
"Ah i know don't you remember that time we played with a magnifying glass that was left on the streets kami?" he asked with a smile
"Ah that's right we used it to set a bunch of leaves to ablaze" she said enthusiastically
akumada smiled as he curled his hand into a ball with a tiny hole "Light Ball" akumada chanted as the directed light landed on the leaves and they waited and waited and then a small smoke began to fly out and suddenly it bursts into flames.
"Lets go! nice job akumada" she said brightly as she hugged him for more warmth and as she slowly falls asleep beside him.
he stared at the fire and fed it magic to make it slowly burn the wood for longer warmth. "i wonder where should we go i have no clue who to trust other than her. plus... all humans fear us now because of this things we cant control" he murmured as he slowly fall asleep beside her.
Morning
"akumada wake up if you do not i will fish by myself and leave you with charred fish" she said with a pout.
he groaned and slowly got up from the floor and dusted himself off. "ok then you take the lead s till feel my wings sore from yesterday"
"sure!" she said positively "but lets walk under the trees i dont wanna face the sun" she said
they walked out the cave and began walking through the trees they arrived at a river and they saw someone fishing at a pile of rocks. they warily watch as they became alert when the man said "you two half bloods are you going to hide right there or you will introduce yourselves" he said as he continued fishing.
akumada looked at her "stay here if he is dangerous flee without me" he whispered as he stepped into the sunny grassland and climbed onto the rock the man was sitting at "my name is akumada yami who are you?" he said defensively as the man chuckled and continued fishing.
the mans bulky body along with his large white beard and slick white hair and golden eyes were hidden beneath a worn straw hat "hmm. my name is..." the man looked at akumada with wide eyes "can i ask first do you know your parents and if so who are they" the man asked akumada with a low tone.
akumada felt the tension and he gulped with sweat crawling down his head "I-I don't know" he replied fearfully as his body failed to move.
the man stood up and looked down "santamaria" the man mumbled with sadness as he kneeled down and ruffled akumada's hair as he changed the mood "well then akumada i am tengoku rafhet and tell that half vampire girl over there to stay in the shade i will give the fish instead" he said and when akumada ran back where kami stayed. rafhet looked with resentment "those so called family members have the nerve to say that the baby died. but i will let the gods punish them with karma. right now i need to spend the rest of my life making it up for her... and if that demon shows up here i swear to atleast harm it if i could.." he said as he slowly walked to akumada and kami who is still very wary towards him.
he grabbed the bucket of fish beside him and sat across akumada and kami and he smiled "do any of you know ignite?" he asked positvely as if expecting the two kids will be immediately positive towards him.
kami moved forward steeling her will "no we don't" she said calmly yet her hands are shivering.
the man chuckled lightly as he snapped his finger "IGNITE" he chanted as the fish in the bucket began to burn. "don't worry it wont burn to crisp don't make that face" the man said as the two kids made a skeptical yet fearful face.
After the fire in the bucked died down the man took two sticks and pierced one of each piece and stretched his arms to give it to them. "what are you waiting for grab it" the man said with a grin.
akumada walked forward and grabbed the two fish on a stick and quickly retreated back to kami. he gave one to kami and they began eating 5 feet away from the man.
rafhet looked at them with a low grin and suddenly a 7ft bear pounced behind him with 7 metallic horns and dark eyes appeared. and suddenly and quietly the bear was cut into 2cm cubes and not even blood got onto his clothes. the blood and meat cubes falls silently on to the dirt and the man immediately burnt it. "BLAZE IGNITE" the rafhel chanted silently as his fish and the corpse burnt quickly.
the two kids looked at him and he scratched the back of his head while laughing "RHARHARHA oops i accidentally burnt my fish." he said as he stood up and throwing the fish to the side.
"Do you kids know mahika?" rafhet asked akumada and kami. and they nodded warily "then you know magic ranks?" he added but the kids shook their heads
"I see.. well kids let this old man explain the basics" rafhet said as he sat closer to them
"there are 3 stages of mahika. there is human limits. the second one is a prodigies stage and not many people reached it yet. and then there us the peak of a being and there are only 15 beings known to posses this stage.
the 10 demon kings and the elven king, human king, dwarven king, and the giant king and and a being i could only promise to make flinch the holy demon. and aside from them the one that could rival the holy demon are the continent beast and like their names they are as large and long as 1/10 of the world do you follow?" rafhet asked akumada and kami. they nodded and their attention piqued
"every mahika stages has 4-5 maghika states for example among the human limits they could aquire weak magic which require 1 word to activate, then decent which requires 2 words, medium requires 3 words, strong magic 4 word and 30seconds to activate completely and very strong which requires 5 words and 1 minute to activate.
then there is weapon arts it is almost the same as mahika yet it requires extensive amount of knowledge and skill to even use. a swordsmanship or any skill in combat to be in fact. and many tried but fail and ending their lives in the process because of the tiniest of miscalculations." rafhet said on a serious note. "and thats why even though you are half demons now i will be taking you as my students and you have no right to say no. RHARHARHAHRA!"
raghet laughed as the two kids frowned knowing they cant escape even if they tried.