Boom!
The large demon is blindly swinging his tree around when he spots the general running up to him.
Crash!
He throws the tree to the side, trying to hide it before he is caught.
"Hey! Hey! Pick that tree back up, it's time!"
"Huh?"
"Just run that way, idiot!"
As the demon general points toward the west, he attempts to lift the tree, but fails, his back making a loud cracking sound in the process.
"AAAAH!"
"Heh."
Bum Bum Bum
The larger demon lets out a quick chuckle before picking up the tree and running in the direction at maximum speed, hoping to avoid reprimand.
"Damn imprudent fool. O-Ow."
Watching the massive demon run off in the direction he pointed, the demon general walks back to his vantage point, slightly limping and with one hand on his back.
Tap, tap, tap...
"Let's see, how is he doing."
Boom!
In front of him is a sight he didn't expect to see, the large demon locked in battle against the other man, who is dodging every strike yet not attacking back.
"What is this moronic human doing?"
"Hehehe!"
Upon seeing the wide smile plastered on his face and him laughing so hard one would believe someone told him the best joke he's ever heard, he realizes something, and his eyes widen in fear.
"W-Wait. That armour, a-and that smile. It's the AEDH's mad dog, The Crimson Berserker..."
Quickly understanding the situation, the general rushes out of his hiding spot toward the pair.
"Wait! Get back!"
Ka-boom!
Before he can stop them, the giant demon swings the tree at the smaller human, entirely missing and getting the tree stuck in the ground.
"P-Playtime over."
Swoosh!
In response, he quickly jumps on the tree, and climbs up it, onto the giant's shoulder.
"Die!"
Shunk!
Without giving the demon any time to react, he lifts his greatsword and impales the demon through the top of his head, blood gushing out.
Boom!
The demon's body falls backward, slamming hard onto the slightly rocky terrain, knocking the man off and onto the grass beside him.
"Aw, the fun's already over? Huhu..."
Tap.
The crimson man stands up as the blood stops spraying from the demon's head, and looks toward the demon general.
"Well, you're still here, hehehe."
"Aah!"
The demon jumps out from the tree he is hiding behind, trembling in fear.
"W-Wait, I'll do whatever you want."
"Oh? You-You'll give me w-what I want?"
"Yes! Anything, just let me live!"
The man in crimson slowly walks toward the general and swings his sword around in his hand.
"Hmm, let's see."
Behind him, the large demon is now entirely covered in the strange black aura, as well as every other demon he has slain.
"Nope! Hehe."
"D-D-Die!"
The demon raises his hand and shoots forward another of his black flames, though this one is much larger than the last.
Fwoosh!
The flame quickly engulfs the crimson man's body but is then set out.
"Hehehehehe! You'll need a f-flame hotter than that!"
The crazed berserker raises his sword in the air and looks straight at the demon general.
"L-Like this, huhu."
All of the bodies scattered across the battlefield which were covered in the black aura float up in the air and converge around the two. Moments later, the aura takes over the bodies and condenses them all into one large ball.
"W-What the hell..."
The man steps backward as the ball shoots forward and swallows up the demon general.
"AAAGH!"
The black aura turns to flames as the fire quickly spreads, onto trees, grass, bodies, and anything nearby. The fire surrounds the crimson man and the burning demon in front of him, forming a circle around the two.
"AAHH!"
Rolling around on the grass, the demon luckily manages to put out the flames covering his body, but not without taking some damage first.
"Y-You!"
"Ah, looks like our fun hasn't ended yet..."
"Die, damn human!"
The demon lunges toward the man in crimson, somehow managing to, despite the numerous burns covering his body, land a solid hit on the man.
Clang!
"Oh, what's this?"
The general had pulled a knife out of a hidden pocket on his pants and attempted to stab his enemy in the neck, but his knife wasn't strong enough to pierce his armour and bounced off.
"Aww, too bad, hehe."
Tap.
In response, the man reaches out and grabs the general by the neck, lifting him in the air with inhuman strength.
Cough, cough.
"You... Bas.. tard."
"Ehehehe!"
Still holding the demon in the air, he looks deep into his eyes, as if searching for something deep in them.
"Hmm, nope!"
"W-What...?"
"Nothing! I'm bored now, so goodbye!"
Crack!
The man in crimson suddenly tightens his grip, causing a loud cracking sound, and the demon's body to go limp.
Whoosh,
Fshh!
He then discards the demon's body by throwing it in the fire, turning around, and walking in the opposite direction, toward the mansion.
Tap tap tap.
"Another friend?"
As he does, barely over the sound of the raging inferno behind him, he hears footsteps running nearby.
"I hear youuu!"
He slowly walks toward the direction the sounds came from, longsword in hand.
"Sir!"
But before he does, one of the remaining knights calls for him behind him.
"Sir, we've gathered the rest of the knights and are ready to do a final sweep."
"Hehe, good! Very good!"
"Thank you si–"
Without letting the young knight finish his sentence, he beheads him and then sheathes his longsword.
"HEHEHE, hehe. He..."
Whump.
He chuckles a little bit to himself before his legs collapse, and he falls over, unconscious.
Boom!
My god, this all went to hell quickly.
Looking around, I'm in the main hall of the mansion, bits of it have collapsed and are on fire, clouding the air with dark smoke and scattered objects of various origin.
Cough, cough...
Noticing Hana, whose head reaches above mine, coughing, I get lower to the ground in an attempt to get further away from the rising smoke.
"It's okay, we'll be out soon."
I then rush towards the door, but stop a few feet away from it, noticing something to my left.
"Crap..."
With Hana's head still buried into my back, I turn to the right, in front of me is a demon, about the height of a normal person, with no horns on its head and is eating a body, now unrecognizable from the bite and burn marks all over it.
Grrr...
"Here, Hana, let's go this way."
"Huh?"
I then place Hana beside one of the walls which still remains intact and give her a quick head pat.
"Stay there until I come back, okay? I'll just be in the other room, so don't worry."
"Buh..."
"It won't take me longer than a few minutes, I promise. Here, hold on to this until I come back."
I shift my shirt to the side as I take off my mother's necklace, and place it in Hana's hands. Although it looked large on my neck, it looks even bigger in Hana's hands.
"Okey..."
"Alright, I'll be right back!"
I then quickly run into the room, reaching for the space I stored my homemade knife in, not noticing something fall out of my pocket as I do.
Tap, tap, tap.
Grr!
I reach the demon and am right behind it when it notices my presence, and raises its head in response, startling me.
"Shit!"
Whoosh!
Losing my balance, I grab the demon with one hand and attempt to stab it in the neck with the other, but fail as I fall to the floor.
Crack!
As I fall backwards, I luckily land in a position which puts all of my weight onto the demon's arm, breaking it and leaving it sticking out. But, possibly due to its nonexistent intelligence, the demon doesn't react at all.
GRR!
The demon lunges its arm forward, trying to stab me with its claws, but narrowly misses, instead scratching my cheek.
"Agh!"
Shunk!
Fueled by the burning pain resting on my cheek, I stab the demon through the cheek, breaking the makeshift handle and lodging the piece of glass in the demon's mouth, propping it open.
"An eye for an eye, bastard."
"Uugh!'
Whump.
This causes the demon to let out a low gurgle in response, spitting blood and spit at me. Seeing this as a chance, I use the chance to roll the demon off from on top of me, and pin its working arm and head down.
"Hagh!"
I place the web of my thumb in the demon's mouth to stop it from spitting in my face, and the shard of glass keeps it from biting down until the glass shatters and the demon bites down on my hand, hard.
"AAAGH! Die!!"
I promptly lift my other hand off the demon's arm, replace it with my knee, and use my now free arm to slam the demon's head into the ground over, and over, and over until it stops resisting.
"Haa, haa, huu..."
Breathing deeply, I pry open the demon's teeth, freeing my bloodied hand from its iron grip.
"Haa, fuck, that really hurts."
Somehow, I manage to get to my feet before looking down at my handiwork. Then down to my hands, arms, and chest.
Ba-dump, Ba-dump.
"AAAAGH!"
My arms and the floor surrounding the demon's head are splattered with blood. My chest has a few minor scratches and is also covered in blood and spit. Tears well up in my eyes, and my legs tremble as I look at the terrifying corner of the room, which, paired with the demon and dead body, seems like a horrific murder scene.
Harue's Journal, Page 2, Lomasian year 983
"Shit, a lot has changed since last night. It's crazy how much can happen in one day. I've gone from hiding from maids to bloodthirsty demons killing and eating anything they see. I just hope Hana won't have to see something horrible here just to add to her list of trauma... I don't know how I'll get out of here alive, but I can only try. Fuck, if anything like this would ever happen in my old world, the military would wipe them out within an hour... If only."
A piece of the page is ripped out of the corner.
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