Vol. 5 - Chapter 22

Ash

The beginning of the battle properly came with a few startled grunts from demons up ahead, and the clanking of the soldiers' boots against the ground as they roused. 

Kasumi's doing it,  Ash thought, looking out toward Pearl. 

A couple of wrath demons who had been busy tearing each other apart looked away from the keep and ran off to see what had come. A Gluttony demon who had been in the process of swallowing a seemingly dead Lust demon whole stopped, with the demon still in its gaping mouth, and began waddling in the same direction. 

Ash inhaled slowly, as the dark city became illuminated by orbs of flame that shot out into the air. She looked back at the general and the man nodded. 

"Their backs are turned," he let everyone in the keep know. "Now. Charge!"