Chương 419: Chapter 392. Encounter With Couriers

/ CRASH! CRACK! /"!"" Don't fall back!" / CLANG! /" A Demon!" / THUMP! / As we've approached the village, a thunderous crashing sound, almost like lightning striking right next to us, startled us all. After that, the sound of metal clashing against metal reverberated in the cart. The men quickly searched for the origin of the sound. Jessie was the first to spot it and he quickly called out the cause of it.

We all quickly jumped out of the cart and followed Jessie with our eyes to see that he was rushing towards a squad of 3 Humans battling against a large, blue-skinned Demon with 3 arms, each holding a weapon, 2 swords and one axe all together. / CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! / The Demon and Humans were locked in an intense struggle, that was until Jessie arrived first, with his sword in hand. / CLANG! /" More of you? That's great! I need more heads to bring back anyways!"

The Demon's low, guttural voice seemed to be filled with glee as he leaked more and more killing intent. We all were unperturbed by it as we simply continued running forward, attempting to help the Adventurers currently fighting the Demon." Lion's Slash!"" Flame Slash!" Luke and Jessie preformed a cooperative assault against the Demon. We all quickly got into our positions, I waited to see what the Demon would do before attacking. / WOOSH! /" Really? You think an attack of that magnitude is enough?" Grip!

Almost in a bored manner of speaking the Demon canceled out the attacks of Luke and Jessie. This worked perfectly fine for me, I channeled my mana into my fists and feet and launched my attack! Jump! / THUMP! / I made contact with the Demon's stomach. Now, with my fist digging in, I shift my shoulder forward just like Mr. Mark taught me that a proper Monk should do. And just like he said, the force of my punch sent the Demon flying into a tree!

The power that a Monk has when he or she has properly channeled the mana is awe-inspiring. I could level an entire castle without breaking a sweat when I'm perfectly controlling my mana." Huah!"" What about that magnitude?" The Demon slammed into a tree near us and then a voice I didn't recognize asked the Demon a question.

I looked at the Adventurers now that I had a moment, it was made up of 3 men, they were dirty and bleeding slightly, it looks like we interrupted the Demon right before he was able to achieve the kill. How we got to this situation is something I'm sure Jessie and Ben would love to know. But I'm more concerned about the loud sound we heard at the start. It wasn't caused by this lone Demon. It sounded father away. It was like hearing a building collapse or a bomb going off."

Not bad, Ashley, but you took your eyes off of the enemy. That's a rookie mistake. Your opponent never leaves your sight until you kill or subdue him."" But I did, didn't I?" Ben offered me some advice, but I didn't see the big issue, I mean, the Demon must be knocked out from such a hard hit, right? I quickly look back at the Demon to see that he was still wide awake. I wondered how, I mean, everyone I've fought in sparring that I've landed that blow on had passed out from the pain of the attack."

Surrender now, and we may allow you to live, Demon."" For what? To be tortured for information in some dungeon? I refuse! I'll die here! In battle! As my Ancestors have before me! Now come, Humans! See if you can actually achieve what no Human has in the years I've spent slaying them! My Death! HahAhaHa!" The Demon began to cackle as blood began to pour out of his head... Though the blood wasn't the only change to come about. His body... It's growing in size, and his skin is becoming a darker shade of blue.

What is this? If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it's taken without permission from the author. Report it." Ah... He's a Berserker."" Berserker?"" Yes, it's a purely physical Combat Job. However, it does possess an Enhancement Skill like your Monk's War Aura. Only instead of being focused on proper Mana Control, the Berserker's Skill, Frenzy, is just sacrificing sanity for an increase in their Physical Attributes." Ben quickly explained what was happening in front of our eyes.

His experience seemed to bring a strange calmness to the way he spoke, which also made me calmer by proxy. But even with his explanation, the Demon we're fighting is about to become even stronger. That's something to worry about, isn't it? I quickly asked Ben a follow up question that seemed important." Shouldn't we.."" Leave?" Ben finished my thought, but it looked like he wasn't dreaming of leaving. I had my answer why, quite quickly." Earth Shot!" / RUMBLE! WOOSH! BOOM!

/ From behind us, a massive spear of earth shot in front of us and crashed into the Demon. It made an explosive impact as it made contact with the Demon's body. Once the dirt from the spear had cleared, there was barely even any evidence that Demon was there originally. All that was left where its 2 feet, the entire body that had to have been around 8' tall was gone... There wasn't even any blood. I looked back to see Jaime pointing her staff on the path that the spear had traveled.

She was standing next to Laura as she simply looked on with her arms crossed." Thank you, Jaime." Ben quickly thanked Jaime for the Spell she had cast on the Demon. Now that I think about it, that was Jaime's usual Offensive Earth Spell... But it was so fast... And the effect it had... The explosion had grown in power since the last time she'd used the Spell when we were hunting Death Bears 2 months ago. I only had one reaction to what Jaime had done, after seeing that it was her who landed the killing blow."

Jaime! Why didn't you tell us that you've gotten so much stronger!? I completely didn't recognize your Spell!"" I... My... My Spell usually isn't like that? Why would... Ah! The gloves!" / Shing! / Looking closely at Jaime's hands, I could see that her gloves were somehow attached to her staff, I say that as I could only see them as they were reforming around her hands by the time she noticed that they had an effect on her Spell...

To think that the gloves can even Buff her Offensive Magic along with giving her close combat options! I should see if Ms. Barbra could make something like that for me!? I'm sure I could get even stronger with cool equipment like Jaime has now!" To think they even Buff your Magic... Ms. Barbra really did give you something amazing, Jaime." Lucy put into words what everyone was thinking." Uhm... I'd hate to interrupt your post-battle analysis, but you're the Hero Party, correct?"

A somewhat young and light voice began to speak to us, we all turned to see the person the voice came from, a thin-looking boy with short blonde hair and blue eyes that looked like he was a high school freshmen began to talk to us as his 2 other companions stationed themselves behind him and looked around the area for any threats." No, this is perfect. You're from the temporary village, right? What happened? What was that loud sound from earlier?" Jessie quickly began to look for information from the 3 of them.

It looked like the blonde was more than happy to fill us in. We all quickly gathered around to listen in on what these 3 had to say about the current situation." It's as you can see. The Demons, they've begun an assault on the village, I'm a B-Rank Scout, the name is Phillip, behind me is the Rouge, Tyler, he's the one in the helmet and next to him is Frank. He's a Hunter. We've been tasked with delivering a report to the Guild Headquarters about the attack.""

Okay, that explains that, but what about the explosion?" Luke quickly tried to follow up about the thing that startled us the most before we all left the cart." It's some kind of Spell they're using to break the Barrier that was formed... At least that's my best guess."" You guess?"" As soon as the Demons were noticed on the horizon by our lookouts, we were immediately ordered to bring the report to the Guild Master. That's what we intend to do.

As for the explosion, it's the only thing that makes sense, I'd suppose?"" A Demon capable of Magic? This far out? With these Soldiers? But why?" Ben began to mumble under his breath about the current situation. Ignoring that, Laura asked another important question to the men about to leave." How many Demons were counted on the horizon before you lot left?" Phillip took a minute before answering, he must've needed to remember the exact number." 98, by the time we left."" 98?""

Yes, Sir, but it's by no means an official counting, as I said, as soon as Demons were noticed we were sent away. For all we know, 3 times that number could be back at the village, they obviously had men to spare seeing as how that Demon came after us."" I see. Continue on, make sure you deliver the letter. Also, tell the Guild Master about our run in, let her know that we know what we're getting into, understood?"" Yes, sir!" Jessie ended the conversation after double checking the number that Phillip had said.

He then turned to Lucy and began to speak." Lucy, from now on, I want you to keep your Trap Location Skill active. Understood?"" Yes." Lucy did as she was asked and began to look around." From now on, Ben and I will be walking outside the cart along the road, not on it. Luke, you handle the horses, don't be too rough with them, the closer we get, the more they need to be calmed. Understood?"" Got it!"" Laura, I want you in the cart and prepare Healing Spells at the ready if we need them.

Jaime, I want you directly behind Luke, you'll be the same as Laura, only I want you readying Offensive Water, Earth and Wind Spells."" Understood."" Lastly, Ashley, I want you back-to-back with Laura looking out the back of the cart, you see anything strange... A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G at all, you yell for us all and prepare to attack it with the Cutting Wind Techniques the Monks use. Got it?"" Yup! But you know, that's not the actual name, right?"" As long as you know what I mean, okay?"" Okay."

"Alright! Let's go! From now on, we're in a battle, don't drop your guard for an instant, it could mean not just your death, but everyone's!" With that, we all quickly ran for the cart and began the even more dangerous journey to the village.