"You ask why we do this?" The girl that pushed Sarah down planned to explain. Sarah on the other hand had her sight only on the monstrosity that approached with fear evident in her eyes.
"Did you know that the devils grant wishes? If devils then why not demons? I met this thing here a few days ago, of course, I was as scared as you but it promised to grant my wishes if and only if I brought sacrifices." She explained.
Although Sarah's attention was on the demon before her, she had been paying attention to what she said. It stood to reason that they were the sacrifices.
She wanted to grab Mia and run, however, she was petrified in fear. Beads of sweat formed around her forehead with tears beginning to drip down.
Reality had set in. What are the chances she would live? Even if she outran the creature that was stronger than her, the others obviously would not let her go.
When young demons traumatized her. She wanted to scream out loud, cry, or do something but she would not even have the chance.
She was going to die!
"Haha hahaha! Humans ...humans...HUMANS! VERY AMUSING" The demon let out a creepy laugh that shook everyone.
"Kill them and grant my wish!" The girl raised her tone.
In response, the demon tilted its long head and shifted its gaze from Sarah to the group of traitors. It stepped out of the shadows, revealing its deformed body. It had one eyeball fixed in its sockets while the other dangled around his neck area. Tentacles sprouted from its back and it had long claws in place of fingers.
'Kill them? HAHA! You do not even know what I am and you graciously fetched more people. I am the demon of deceit. I am very glad I spared you the other day and spewed lies in front of you. Now, I will kill them...but you as well." It opened its mouth revealing a sharp set of shark-like teeth.
A tentacle on his back swirled in the air before elongating and immediately driving itself in the group's direction. With speed above the level of an average human, it cleanly ripped off the arm of a boy.
"AAARGH!" He fell to the ground screaming in agony as he drowned in a puddle of his blood.
He cried for help but the others backed away, intending to run.
"Jessica, you bitch! You brought us here!" Another female blamed.
"There is no time for this Janet, r-" Another female's words were cut short when the demon launched itself toward her like a bullet and bit her head off.
Crouching, it used its teeth to rip off her flesh. Feeding on her body right in front of them. Janet nearly vomited at the sight of this but kept it in.
"I like the fear coming off you." The demon smirked as he swept his gaze to Jessica.
Once again, it pressed its feet off the ground and kicked off, leaving a few rocks to ascend in the air by sheer force used.
It opened its claws, ready to skewer the girl until a foot implanted itself onto his face resulting in its fall.
"Do not touch my girlfriend!" The only remaining male said. His love for his girlfriend slightly overpowered the fear he felt.
"Mark? Run!" Janet yelled.
Instead of doing as she said, he gave out a smirk while slightly turning his face.
"Run." He mouthed out.
Turning his head back to the demon, white flames slowly crawled up his hand as he stood in a fighting position.
"Come here demon! I will kill you myself with my blessing." Mark announces as he shot out a ball of fire.
The monstrosity proved to be very agile as it hopped to the side, dodging the ball of fire. However, there was more to come.
Mark used his fingers as well as flames to draw animal shapes that seemed to come to life. He first drew a bull of white flames that charged at the demon.
Of course, the demon was faster and jumped over it. Suddenly, a snake of white flames emerged from the ground devouring it as a whole.
During this, the bull turned back to merge with the snake and form a giant white fireball which then exploded.
Mark waited a few seconds and after nothing happened the white flames that trailed behind him extinguished. He heaved a heavy sigh, with a big wide smile.
Making a 'swoosh' sound. His smile slowly faded away with an expression of agony forming as he stared at his missing left arm.
While in anguish, a tentacle swept him off his feet and whipped him into the air then back into the ground. With his other tentacles that expanded in length behind him, he shot out a tentacle in Janet's direction.
"Argh!" Within a few seconds, her screams were heard.
"Janet!" Mark called out. He fought through the pain and rekindled his white flames. Before he could attack, he was once again whipped into the ground.
The demon grabbed his leg by piercing into it as well as Janet's abdomen, lifting them both in the air. They both screamed in agony as they were lifted upside down.
"If one of you kills yourself, I will halt my attacks on the other." It spoke with a malicious smile forming.
The two looked at each other as they panted.
"I promised your mom that I would always protect you... live." He said in a low tone, preparing to bite his tongue off.
"Ugh!" The demon grunted in pain as he felt a stinging sensation in its back.
"Let my friends go you lying motherfucker!" Jessica cried as her hand morphed into a blade with blood dripping them. She figured it was better to go fight with her friends instead of running away. When a demon puts a target on you, it is impossible to run away.
The creature slowly turned in her direction and raised its foot
"Wait your turn!" It then kicked her with all its might into the hole that Sarah was in.
"Janet, do not die!" Mark teared up as he tried to close up the abdominal wound. To his utter dismay, it was to no avail. His beloved girlfriend was going to die in the cold and be eaten. He was angry, his promises and loyalty meant nothing in the face of death.
"Jessica!" He yelled centering his anger on her, after all, she was the reason they were here.
His newfound rage was short-lived as a shadow loomed over him. As he turned back, he was greeted with the sight of shark-like jaws in front of his face.
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Jessica landed pretty roughly, even breaking a bone in her leg upon landing. She struggled to get up but finally pulled through.
She looked around to see Mia on the ground unconscious and Sarah starting into the abyss.
"W-We are....all going to die. I am going to die." Sarah whispered with tears and snot running down her face.
"Mom, dad I am scared." She screamed.
Demons were the cause of her parent's death and now she shared the same fate. Sarah was never a brave person but now she was beyond scared, she was having a mental breakdown.
"WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!" She cried out until a slap was planted across her face.
"Stop this! Act like a fucking grown-up and grow a pair of balls."
The brown-haired teen stared at the other and gritted her teeth. She threw out a punch straight to her face.
"It's all your fault that we are in this mess! I hate you. If not for you, then... then everyone would be safe." Sarah yelled.
Wiping off the blood, she returned the punch.
"It may be my fault but at least I tried to save my friends instead of whining like a little bitch." She started pointing at Mia.
Sarah then looked at her unconscious friend. She did not even try to save her but immediately fell into despair. Mia would have saved her yet she failed. She was disappointed in herself.
The ground reverberated as the demon landed in the hole with human guts and blood still hanging from its mouth.
Jessica was afraid but she took a deep breath as she morphed her hand into a blade. Charging in she recklessly swang the blade and used her flexibility to dodge its tentacles.
"I'll save you for last." It grabbed her black hair and slammed her into the ground causing blood to leak out.
"I am hungry." It stares at Mia's unconscious body.
Its tentacle stretched past Jessica heading straight for the unconscious girl.
'I have to do something ...anything but what?' Sarah panicked as she saw the attack coming.
'Fear has no place in your heart. Kill every last one of them. Slaughter all the demons.' A voice whispered in her ears. Surprisingly, instead of scaring her, it calmed her down. Her breath became steady.
She stretched out her hand and caught the tentacle with a firm grip. A black mist erupted from her hands turning into a slender sword.
With a single swing, she cut off its tentacle. Watching as the beast cried in agony.
'Has she unlocked her blessing? It's too late to do anything if she has. No matter how strong she is now she won't get better at combat.' Jessica thought as she tried to stop the bleeding.
There was a black mist coming from Sarah's eyes as she stared at her opponent.
" I WILL KILL YOU!" The demon yelled in rage losing its composure. Its tentacles were divided into thirteen and were shot in her direction.
"I will purge you!" Sarah whispered.
The teen kicked off the ground, leaving a pile of rubble to elevate off the ground. As she dashed, dodging the multiple tentacles, a black mist formed in her other hand creating another sword.
With that, she cut through the multiple attacks and performed a few flips dodging others. When she got close enough, she slashed its chest drawing a good amount of blood.
'Impossible? How is she this good at combat?' Jessica watched in shock.
The demon's first response was to create distance but as he stepped back Sarah threw her sword into its chest.
"Damn human!" In a fit of rage, it charged at the girl.
Sarah kept calm, her sword reverted to black mist and now formed gauntlets. She threw out a heavy punch to counter the demon's slash.
As they clashed, a shockwave was created, and the demon was the one to be pushed back. Losing itself in rage, it threw out many attacks. All of which the teen dodged and counter-struck, dealing a significant amount of damage.
Sarah was focused and watched its every movement.
To restrain its movement, she lodged her sword in its foot and threw a multitude of punches. Its blood gushed out, littering the soil and her body in black blood.
"ENOUGH!" It screamed. The monster's thirteen tentacles formed one large one.
With the full intention to murder, it struck in Sarah's direction creating a loud thud sound as well as a cloud of dust.
She dodged by side flipping and throwing an axe at its head.
"I-I w..ill k..ill yo..u." It stammered as it swayed left and right.
The only way to kill a demon was to remove its heart. As such, the teen prepared to gouge it out until the black haze faded completely.
"Huh?" Sarah was confused, she could no longer use her blessing.
Seeing an opportunity arise, a smile weaves itself on the atrocity's face. Pulling its arms back, it slashed her leg. Forming a deep wound to disable her movements.
"HAHAHA! Even god abandoned you! Die for me beautifully."
A single tentacle shot out and Sarah knew very well she could not dodge it. So in her final moments, she made a prayer.
" I never truly relied on any god. However, if you can hear me. Please.....please help me! Shower my wrath onto all these filthy animals. Save me and help me purge every one of them!" She prayed aloud, closing her eyes. She half-heartedly expected her prayer to work.
Instead of the pain, she felt a warm liquid gush on her face.
'What?' She opened her eyes to see the man she had bumped into twice today. More importantly, he held the demon's head in his hand.
"You kill...ed it."
"Indeed." He responded, throwing her ID in front of her.
"When praying to incur your wrath, you do not pray to either god, angels, or demons. You pray to the devil," he said as the moonlight shined upon white hair.
