The demon flinched and his eyes widened.
For a moment, his expression was one of stunned disbelief.
"W-what…" he frowned. "Wait…"
He tried to process it, then finally blurted, "You are one of us who fell to the plague."
He suddenly stiffened as the realization truly hit him. "House of Asha'vail? I thought everyone in that family was wiped out. I can still remember the children were stoned —"
"SHUT UP!"
An explosion sounded as Aika descended heavily, wrapped in the flames of decay.
Her blade clashed with the demon's raised spear, and both of them gritted their teeth as they locked in the violent struggle for a split second.
They then detached, but then, the demon, who was faster, slashed his shaft in an unforgiving arc at Aika. The slash was accompanied by an invisible blade of aura that divided Aika from the torso.
However, just before she was hit, she had burst into ravens, so the vicious strike only ended up killing dozens of ravens.
