Boss fight - 2

Broken and dying

These words would describe me perfectly right now , watching Julett fight and getting one sidedly beaten up I did what any side character of a story would do

Getting involved

† Iron Sword †

Against a powerful demon of the upper ranks like Hikith , the best thing I was able to do was throw some explosives that barely made him itch a bit at him

And what resulted was me getting just a graze from the demon who managed to pinpoint my location using his heightened sense of vibration to locate me through the vibration I caused from my footsteps ,and just that graze alone caused me my left palm

Julett who saw the whole scene play out rushed to my aid while avoiding the ruler's attack ,and right now I'm on her arms

Hikith :" As annoying as this is getting I must say that you humans make the most interesting actions at these situations."( while holding Chris's severed palm )

Julett :" {Think, There must a way out of this situation } ... "

The whole situation was making her panick, they were trapped, her companion was bleeding out and her opponent was something out of her league

Julett :" Damn it "

Hikith the demon seeing the human's dismay through his magic eyes approached her and the other human she was holding with a smile but stopped abruptly

Thlap

Julett :" Huh? "

Feeling the texture of a scroll on her head ,she turned to Chris who was giving her a head pat with a scroll on his palm

It was an escape scroll

Julett :" Chris? "

Chris looked into Julett's stunned eyes and replied with sad smile " Goodbye, and thanks for everything "

Julett :" Y..YOU!! "

Hikith:" Accursed humaaan "

Sssss

The demon activated his magic again and shotted a tentacle of shadow at the the female human but to his dismay the human with a powerful magic core disappeared from the room entirely before the shadows reached her

Chris seeing the light of the escape scroll smiled in satisfaction ,he was really glad that he used most of his personal money to buy the scroll in case of an emergency.

" { The designation was the guild's front door, I bet she would look pretty out of place right now Ahahaha but man, having your palm severed hursts as hell} "

Fwip

Cutting his thoughts short the shadows instead grabbed him and wrapped his entire body except for his head and took him closer to Hikith who looked down at the spot from where Julett just disappeared

But veins bulging all over his body the atmosphere in the room turned twice as grim ,even gravity was effected around the demon making Chris feel really constricted right now

The demon asked with muder in his voice

" Rat....where is the human? "

Chris despite being overwhelmed with fear and demonic force that made even breathing difficult replied with the remaining grit and courage he had as he was determined to live up to being called then coolest by none other than Julett

" Go to ...hell you wild animal! "

" Hell? "

The demon responded in fury and glared at the boy ,he instantly ripped him in two with the shadows binding him ,the human's blood and internals violently jetted out as he died

Chris :" Ah- "

" I've been there and ,I hope you'll like it as much I did "

Chris died

***

Julett Fol Oliver, eldest daughter of count Millard Fol Oliver who was hailed as the best swordsman of the north ,she is a girl at the tender age of 17 ,from her childhood she too was hailed as a genius like her father in many fields, which was why many of her relatives and even mother wished that she was born a man instead as a woman could not inherit the household

But the young girl was loved by her father very much ,even though he didn't made her the successor she was the apple of her father's eye which resulted in years of pampering, but due to tha Julett started to be free from her father's overprotectiveness at a certain point and demanded to be an adventurer as soon as she was 15

Many objected as they wanted her to marry into other noble families for their family,but the young girl simply refused to her bones and due to her father always being a softie on her she managed to become an adventurer

And after registering as one ,she became successful at a very fast pace ,never tasting defeat before as she knew her limits and never stopped improving herself

She was also kind to others ,especially to those weaker than her ,and to add to that she also didn't believe in the caste system of the kingdom and regarded it as pointless and detrimental for the kingdom and took part in many developments on the cases of Revs being mistreated which was why she was at some point known as the saintful warrioress for a period of time

All these accomplishments yet right now ,she felt so weak and helpless seeing the torn and decayed body of the porter , a Riv who sacrificed his life to save her's

Indeed she returned after 2 days as fast as she could with reinforcements and her friends from the guild that she hired along with her party

They entered and defeated the monster,the demon Hikith after a fierce raid with many powerful adventurers and conquered the magic depth

Even though the girl knew that Chris would most likely be already dead seeing him die in such a cruel and brutal way made her feel guilty and weak, the thought that Chris could've escape anytime but chose to use the only means of escape he had for her made her heart feel tight ,heavy and torn

The other adventurers already went out of the room to give her and the Reddrake party some privacy, they left them to tend to their wounds after collecting some ornaments in the ruler's room along with it's corpse

Thena approached Julett and patted her shoulder as she looked at Chris's decayed corpse

" I'm sorry "

The others were also there behind their leader waiting for her while they pay their respects to their dead party members, Mina was already praying for Chris's soul and even Ginna who was particularly discriminating against Chris gave him the respect he deserved for his deed

Jan :" We need to give him a proper burial "

Julett :" You are right ".

Jan who was standing at Julett's left took out a white cloth and wrapped Chris's dead body and tighted it up and offered a short prayer to say goodbye

" Rest well my brother in arms "

He then stored Chris's inside the spatial pocket he brought

CLANK

Julett : " hmm? "

A small dagger fell on the floor of the room ,out of the dagger as Chris's dead body disappeared into the spatial pocket

Jan :" That's "

Merwin approach the two (Julett and Jan ) and looked at the dagger

Merwin :" It's Chris's dagger "

Julett took the dagger up and took a long look at the worn out and old looking dagger

Thena :" We should bury it with Chris ,he said it was precious memento of his father right? "

Julett :" Why didn't it go in to the spatial pocket? "

Merwin :" Eh? "

Ginna :" That's right wasn't it strapped on Chris's lo-- ahem "

Jan :" Is it an ego weapon? But even if it's that we should bury it with Chris's body"

Sunip :" I agree "

Ginj also nodded

Thena :" It doesn't look like an ego weapon though, Julie try injecting your mana in it "

Julett simply then turned to the dagger and poured mana in the dagger which resulted in the jem at the guard of the dagger to glowed in a red shine

***

{It's cold}

(Recalls what he went through)

{That's right I died!}

" AAAAAAAAA!!!! "

Screaming with a grim expression of dread while grabbing myself, I instantly got up panicking and checked myself

" I... I'm naked? "

Julett :" C... Chris? "

Thena :" Holy- "

Jan :" S..SHIVER ME TIMBERS! "

Chris slowly looked around to find himself being surrounded by his party mates whom he dumbfoundedly asked

" Am I not dead? "

" WAAAAAH!!! "

What followed his question was a bear hug from a crying Julett & Jan who forgot to hold back their strength and choked him out

End of chapter