assistirfilmes Case 18: Confronting the unexpectedly friendly(?) demon.
Case 18: Confronting the unexpectedly friendly(?) demon.
Case 18: Confronting the unexpectedly friendly(?) demon.
''Tian Yun.''
''Yes?''
''Explain briefly what a demon is.''
While flying with the subjugation squad from Lightning Tiger, Kierra asked Tian Yun.
''Um... usually, it is a cultivator corrupted by a certain source, or sometimes their own negative emotions.''
''I see.''
Tian Yun turned forward again, but her eyes stayed on Kierra.
'What a wonder...'
The white lotus had heard about Kierra from Yu Chen a while ago, but even Yu Chen didn't know much about the archwizard's past. Really, she couldn't imagine where Kierra must have come from. Another reality?
Silly idea.
Tian Yun shook her head and concentrated on flying again.
Meanwhile, Kierra was deep in her thoughts. If what Tian Yun said was true, then the concept of demons here differed entirely from that in her world. Demons back there typically referred to mostly mindless creatures born from pure dark mana or it mixed with other entities. They were unconditionally hostile to anything other than their own kin and universal enemies of the world.
This was indeed curious for Kierra. Did the demons here also use dark mana or dark qi? Was that even a thing?
Well, she would find out soon enough.
As the squad entered the Yunluo mountain range, a wave of uncomfortable energy hit them. The air felt like it was contaminated, but the squad kept flying ahead. Demons were extremely dangerous creatures in the Central Divine Realm—not only did the cultivator who got turned into a demon have to have a solid cultivation base to withstand the process, but after transforming, they were typically multiple times stronger than the original.
Eventually, they reached a large cave located at the foot of a mountain. The air had gotten so bad that many were frowning. Kierra was different, though. For one, she had gotten used to this kind of thing after the Great War with demons back in her world, and more than that, she was curious since this was the first time she encountered this energy.
After Kang Jiang spoke to the guards outside, they headed in. Looking at the back of Kang Shuren, who participated in this instead of her brother because he was forced to stay with Yu Chen and Bai Qing at the sect, Kierra felt this was an excellent opportunity.
Watching someone fight and use their energy was usually the go-to way of gauging their talent in magic, aside from intelligence.
''?!''
Suddenly, there was an eerie squeak coming from inside. The squad immediately stopped.
''Brother, can you scan the area ahead of us?'' Kang Jiang asked one of the elders.
''Of course.''
A little while later, the elder burst out in a cold sweat.
''Kierra!''
Together with Tian Yun's urgent shout, Kierra found the corpse now standing blankly beside her. It stared at her intently, not moving an inch.
''What?'' She asked.
''...''
Not hearing an answer, Kierra let out a sigh and raised her arm to the side. With a simple gesture, a slim mana sword manifested in her hand. It had an ocean blue color, slightly see-through, and left behind vivid traces of mana when swinging as well.
Aside from being beautiful, though, this sword could even split a mountain squarely if Kierra used the correct technique.
When Tian Yun and the others surrounded the thing with their weapons out, Kierra raised her hand and pointed her finger at its head.
''Boom.''
⌈Wind Bullet—4★⌋
A gentle whisper from Kierra resulted in a strong and concentrated gust of wind shooting at the corpse's head. In normal cases, it should have exploded its head altogether or at least sent it to the wall, but this time was different.
With its hand covering the head, the corpse was still standing strong even after blocking Kierra's spell whole.
'Interesting.'
While the squad was freaking out over how strong the demon was, Kierra was intrigued by its attitude. It seemed this thing was here just to protect the plant and nothing else.
''Shuren.'' Kierra called. ''Can you fight this thing alone?''
''I'm afraid not.''
Kang Shuren's face was utterly unchanging, as usual, but Kierra could sense the nervousness behind it.
So Kierra replied. ''Just do it. This will serve as a test as well, so do your best.''
''...Ah?''
Deep inside, Kang Shuren was scared to death. She could feel ominous death energy escaping this strange demon! Couldn't they just leave it alone if it wasn't attacking them like this for whatever reason...?
''Um...''
''I will assist.'' Kierra pushed Kang Shuren forward. ''You won't die. And you all stay out.''
Kang Shuren had no other option besides fighting. With all her courage, she pulled out her sword and took a battle stance. Seeing Kierra also pointing her sword at the demon, Kang Shuren was suddenly motivated.
This was an opportunity to fight together with the legendary Kierra!
She was determined to prove her worth and fight a cool battle with the archwizard, but only when the fight began did she realize one crucial problem—Kierra's swordplay was utter garbage.