Kind Demon King

Before even her weak voice was registered in my brain, another howl made the hairs on my back rise. It was loud, louder than the previous one.

(You have been exposed to Greater Freezing Howl.)

(Iron Will neutralizes the fear effect.)

(You failed to resist the freezing effect. Your body will be freezing rapidly.)

“Greater”

I focused on one word as ice covered my body. I could feel the cold in my bones. Despite my hands freezing, I searched the pouch. It must have some kind of auto-search function since the first thing that came to my hand was a blue potion. Before I could open and give it to her, she pushed me to the side, separating us. Thankfully so since a huge shard of ice just flew between us. It was nearly big as half of my body. If it hit me, my story would have ended there.

“Holy fuck!”

I tried to get up. I had to give her that potion. But all the ice covering my body not only weighted me down but also limited my body.

(Monstrous Strength is activated. Strength is increased by 20 percent for 2 minutes.)

I managed to break the ice covering my joints and ran towards her. Smaller yet numerous shards of ice rained down on us. I managed to cover her with my body. I groaned with pain as shards hit me. I opened the potion with my mouth and poured it down her mouth.

“Growl.”

Apparently, we were taking turns shielding each other since her grip on my arm got tighter and she rolled with me. My eyes met with the beast as it clawed Blanche’s back. She screamed as I managed to roll away while holding her. Beast didn’t follow us, except with its eyes. It was smaller than the previous monster but still bigger than me though. Not only that but it was also hunched over with its front claws supporting it. It was similar to how gorillas moved. It wasn’t covered with the ice armor like the one we just killed. It had pitch-black fur but runic patterns all around its body gave out blue light. Despite all those striking features, the thing that unnerved me most was its eyes. It had blue eyes with black sclera. Just meeting with its eyes once, I could see the intelligence behind them. Intelligence and hatred. Even though we were on the ground bleeding, it went closer to the fallen beast’s corpse. It sniffed it before howling toward the sky.

“Heal Minor Wounds.”

Blanche’s voice was hard to hear. But spell effectiveness shouldn’t be related to how loud you chanted them since her bleeding stopped.

“Can you move? We have to get out of here while it is mourning.”

“No.”

Her voice was surprisingly filled with will and defiance.

“My name is Blanche Silverfox.”

She managed to get up.

“And I am not going to run away from a mere monster!”

A horrible decision really, was what I thought at that moment.

“This is not running away, it is a strategic retreat!”

I shouted but with just one step, she leaped forward. Beast looked at it and just stepped to the side, fully dodging her attack.

Well, Poyraz. Let’s be real. This is amazing for you. You probably have some bruises but nothing to hinder your movement. Especially with Monstrous Strength powering up my legs too, I could just break into a sprint and fuck off. Take the pouch and ran away while the beast rips her apart. You can get away with this magical pouch that contains a bunch of valuable items while getting rid of a Silverfox. Truly fucking amazing. No plan I could come up with would been able to create a scenario this perfect. Yet…

“Why I am like this?”

Deserters were disgusting. Even though I was just a spy right now, my years of being a warrior could never accept this. I pulled an arrow and fired it toward the beast. I managed to hit the beast right in the arm, stopping it from bringing its claw down to Blanche and killing her. It looked at me for a brief moment before swiping its claws toward Blanche.

Its defense is lower than the previous monster.

According to that glare, I met when I shot it, the moment it kills Blanche it is coming to get my ass.

(Skill Duration: 1 minute, 18 seconds.)

Fuck. It was faster and smaller so hitting it was harder. Most of my arrows just hit the air. Even the ones that got stuck on its body didn’t go into too deep. The best I could do was just stop it from finishing Blanche off. Speaking of her, she was in a bad condition. Even with that blue potion, she wasn’t able to transform to her lightning mode(very original and good sense of naming, I know.). And this beast was… different. Its reflexes were on another level. It also used ice attacks from time to time, making it unpredictive as fuck. She was beaten down. When I put my hand to my quiver I realized that I only had 3 more arrows. I must been dropped some while rolling around. I had to do something.

(Skill Duration: 58 seconds.)

Okay, I had to do something, FAST. But just mindlessly charging it would be suicide. While I have been called suicidal many times, even my stupidity had limits. I looked at the pouch.

“Auto-search.”

I said. I thought of some kind of buffing potion. Two potions came to my hand. They were brightly colored, purple and green. My first thought seeing them was they being poison but…

“Eh, fuck it. The man who fell into the sea hugs the snake.”

I drank both. They burned. I expected to explode or die but…

(You ingested Middle Tier Strength Potion. Your strength increases by 25 percent for 10 minutes.)

(You ingested Middle Tier Agility Potion. Your agility increases by 25 percent for 10 minutes.)

“I can’t believe that worked.”

My body burned. I was sure the rate of my heartbeat was doubled. I sweated and my body was shaking. The feeling was similar to what I felt when my super soldier body was first flooded with a bunch of chemicals. Fallen Soldier’s Armor covered me. Despite the side effects, I did the only thing I could do: Run toward the monster.