章 103: 101: The caves

Maria felt the demonic presence faintly before she felt Nao's and Suna's presence which instantly shifted her focus into attack mode. Maria jumped toward the place she had felt the hostile aura from and dropped down on something.

She made sure her body weight kept the enemy pinned down while she took notice of the situation.

"O-Ouch. You're hurting me" a soft voice came from beneath Maria's feet and she instantly tried to back away as soon as she registered a kid's voice inside her mind. How weird that she had jumped down directly on top of the kid. Maria had been so sure that she had landed on the foreign aura and -

"Do not let him go. Maria, keep him down for as long as you can" Nao's voice broke Maria out of her trance and she instantly increased the pressure. The kid made a noise as if he had been hurt but Maria kept the pressure up.