Chapter 45: Hero of the story.
"We did it," Asmond said as he stabbed his sword on the road and leaned on it, and chuckled with disbelief. "We defeated all the demons," he continued as he looked back, but his smile disappeared the moment he saw hundreds of people laying on the sidewalk dead.
"You have done a great job, Asmond," Kastor said as he patted Asmond's shoulder.
Asmond didn't say anything and just kept staring at everyone carrying the dead bodies of strangers and even their own friends. There were no smiles or laughter, everyone looked depressed and devastated even though they won the battle against the demons.
"Don't think about it too much," Kastor said as he sighed and looked at those people. "Let them mourn because that's the only right thing to do. If you want to see smiles and laughter, we need to get stronger than this so something like this won't happen again," he explained as he tightened his grip on Asmond's shoulder and shook him gently.