Author's Reincarnation in a Fantasy Setting-Chapter 272 Portal [2]
As I was standing there, perplexed. The size of the portal floating in the air increased all of a sudden and another demon jumped out of it. And this one ignored Ryfin completely and was heading toward me.
Though Ryfin had noticed it, and he'd spotted me as well.
"Watch out!" he warned while constantly fighting against the two other demons. But he was late.
By the time his voice reached me the demon was already more than halfway through and just a second away from reaching me. It took me a moment to realize the situation as well. But when I did I wasted no time and used [Foresight]. Though in the process I had forgotten what I was dealing with.
My skill worked as it should and showed me all the possible futures for the upcoming 0.1 seconds along with the one that was most likely to happen. But before I could do have acted on it the demon was changing its course.
Its claws came for my chest and would have scratched right through my heart if Req hadn't pulled me back in time. I avoided getting killed by a hair's breadth.
The beast landed a few feet away from me and then turned behind. I reacted based on my instincts and did the thing that I shouldn't have done.
I raised my hand toward the beast and using elemental magic I launched a big blazing fireball toward it. The fireball burnt through the air and clashed with the beast resulting in a fiery explosion.
However, when the flames died out the beast stepped out of the smoke totally unscathed. The fire had done nothing. And I knew it wouldn't, because normal magic didn't work on their skins. At least, not the fewer power spells like a simple fireball.
But I still cast it. Why? Probably because I was scared and was panicking badly. Worse than I've ever done. I was trembling and my hands were shaking when I thought of everything that was about to come.
The demon growled as it took measured steps toward me, staring at me with the eyes of a predator. I gulped in nervousness.
At the same time, I felt someone's fingers intertwining against mine. Looking to the side of my shoulder I saw Req holding my hand and looking at me with calm and composed eyes.
She nodded, her eyes not straying away from me. There was no need for words in a situation like this, I knew what she meant. And that was enough to bring me back to my senses.
I nodded back and then took a deep breath. As I exhaled, I let all the tension flow out of my body. Finally, I was calm. And could fight and make the right decisions properly.
Req noticed this change and the usual cheerful smile returned to her face as she transformed into the sword with a flash. In my right hand, I now held the Requiem sword.
"Now, let's get at it for real," I said as I faced the demon who was about to attack.
I took my stance and the next second the demon jumped at me with both of its paws wide open and sharp, long claws extending from its fingers. I raised my sword in front of my head and blocked its attack. f𝗿e𝙚𝘸e𝐛𝚗𝐨𝙫𝚎𝙡.c𝒐𝐦
Although the force behind it was much stronger than I'd expected and it caused the ground below me to crumble and cave in about two feet deep.
The demon moved but I was using [Foresight] and predicted its next attack. The demon stood back on two feet like a bear.
'It will clap his hands and produce a shock wave in an attempt to put me off balance.'
Before the demon had the chance to do that I changed my stance and held the Requiem sword with both hands. I swung it down straight and an arc of black light was released from the blade of the sword.
The arc of light hit the demon and with an impact, it went right through him. The demon stood still for a second until its body separated from the middle and both of his sides fell to the ground. He was peeled like a banana.
'So that's Dark Edge, huh?'
[Pretty handy, isn't it?]
I was still only able to use it for close range since the arc of light died out before reaching a faraway target, but it was useful nonetheless.
Turning in Ryfin's direction I saw that he had finished the other two demons as well. And I'd to say, I hadn't expected him to do this. I knew that he was strong and that there was something weird about him. But I never could have anticipated for him to beat two demon beasts at the same time.
For the moment there was no other beast coming out thus I walked up to him.
"Don't come here. Go and stay with the rest of your classmates," he said when I approached him.
"It won't be of any use. There's nowhere left to run," I said as I pointed up at the sky.
He followed where I was pointing and looked upward. There were a thousand new portals opening and their size was increasing too. Soon, millions of demons were going to rain from these.
"Will you try listening to what I have to say for once? The academy had already prepared for this situation long ago. So shut up and go," he stated.
Listening to him I remembered how the students had escaped the initial stages of the calamity in the novel. All of them were transported to a secret and safe location using a big teleportation circle. Right now, he was probably referring to that.
But remembering that at least cause me to worry about one less thing, and it was Anya. She was already with Leon and while I saw him as the worst piece of human trash ever made, I was able to trust him when it came to playing hero and protecting girls.
There was no need to worry about her escape route as well since the academy will take care of that. With these things out of my mind, I could focus on others.
"Sorry, but right now I have somewhere else I have to go," I said.
"Do you even—ah, then again. You will probably handle it. Fine, do whatever you want," Ryfin said as he raised his sword once more. "But if you want to leave, do it quickly. Or else you'll be stuck," as he finished that sentence three demons jumped out of the portal above the coliseum.
I didn't know why he thought I would 'handle it'. But I had no time to dwell on it. ｆ𝘳e𝒆w𝗲𝐛𝘯𝐨νe𝚕.cｏ𝓶
Turning around, I summoned the sheath of the Requiem sword and put the blade inside it. Then running out of the coliseum, I left for Roswell city.
