NOVEL WEB Chapter 1444: An Awkward Couple
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"So you only had one Spirit…" Erdrich said.
"Due to the experimentations done to me, my Spirit Orb can Rank Up, but it's locked to that single Spirit…" Patricia said. "Not like I care, it's all I need… But quite honestly, you're the amazing one, Erdrich. Your Spirit Orb can continue growing and also developing Demonic Spirits, which nobody else can do, and your body and powers are all perfectly synchronized. You're indeed the perfect combination of human and demons…"
"I was born this way, I wasn't made in a lab," said Erdrich. "But my mother was from the demonic cult and was experimented on, by a miracle, I was born inheriting her demonic powers, and also making my own… Well, that doesn't matter anyway. I am myself, being a Cambion or not, that's not what defines who I am… right?"
"…Yeah," Patricia nodded. "I'm sorry for saying all those things… it was insensitive, I was just so surprised… A-And a lot happened, I'm still processing things… the demonic cultists will now chase me to the end of the world…"
"Don't worry, I won't let them harm you," Erdrich said. "And we'll make sure to put a stop to them, together. Right?"
"Together…?" Patricia asked, her eyes shining brightly. "Y-Yeah, I mean… of course, gladly. Um, about the kiss…. Uuh."
"I know this isn't the right place nor the right time but…" Erdrich quickly kissed Patricia again. "I really did mean everything I said…"
"Erdrich…" Patricia started crying out of happiness, hugging him again with her big arms. "Let's get married!"
"E-Eh?" Erdrich blushed, shocked it would be the girl that would propose it. "I mean… uh, gladly? But let's wait a little before we start to think about those things, hahah…"
"A-Ah, sorry… I said that out loud?!" Patricia covered her face in embarrassment.
The two were quite an awkward couple, but that was also what made them such a good match for each other, Patricia had finally found happiness, and Erdrich wasn't going to let anybody take her away from him.
With new resolve, they fought back, as an army of Demonic Beasts charged their way, it seemed the battle here had yet to end, they were grateful they escaped Hell though, as this seemed more doable.
Patricia unsheathed her Great Sword, as a Sword Berserk Talent, she possessed great ability with large swords and a wild fighting style that sacrificed her own blood while battling… her spirit helped her regain that blood as well, becoming an unstopable fighter, although she never liked showing off.
"Let's go!"
"Yeah!"
The two charged forward, Erdrich using his fists to punch through his foes, while Patricia cleaved them with her powerful sword, slashing apart dozens of demonic beasts.
"Hey! It's them!"
"So they came back… but where were they to begin with?!"
Chris and Elfriedden were the first to stop the duo fighting their way through the Demonic Beasts flooding the arena, quickly regrouping with them as they mowed through the monsters.
"Erdrich! Patricia! You guys are alright? Where were you?! Patricia's team has been looking for her everywhere!" Chris said.
"And where did you even went to?!" Elfriedden asked angrily.
"Sorry about that, a lot happened… we can explain later!" Erdrich said. "But it could be said that we paid a visit to the world where the demons come from, and let me say that it's not pretty."
"W-Wait, what?!" Chris gasped in disbelief, but indeed, they had no time, the battles continued and intensified, as the demonic beasts started being controlled by the surviving cultists that hid around, fusing into larger Hell Spawns.
"ROOOAAARRR!"
"Who the hell is making these?!" Chris angrily asked, swinging his axe and unleashing a barrage of cutting, blazing, and explosive attacks.
"Hmph, we cannot find them, we've be slain any cultist we could see already!" Elfriedden said annoyedly, using his powerful spear-shaped needle spirt to pierce and impale the Hell Spawns coming his way, freezing their wounds and slowing them down.
"Patricia, do you have any clue?" Erdrich asked, punching and kicking the Hell Spawns and tearing their limbs apart, before unleashing a bombardment of demonic fireballs against them.
"I think I know where they might be! They're hiding underground, there's a small hideout there, they probably ran down to control everything from afar…!" Patricia said. "I think they have a Demonic Crystal Core down there, one that empowers Demonic Beasts and Demons…! And looking up there, the Demon Gate from the sky has already opened!"
"Shit, this isn't looking good!" Chris said. "Wait, how did you even know about those being down there?"
"We can discuss that later, hurry!" Erdrich said, smashing the floor as a giant explosion shattered it apart, leaving behind a hole where he and Patricia jumped into. "You two stay in the surface and take down the monsters!"
As they rushed down, Chris and Elfriedden were left speechless, without even knowing the context behind half of the things that were happening such as why Patricia even knew all those things to begin with.
However, as Erdrich said, this wasn't the time for it, even less to doubt or question their friend, or the girl their friend loved. Both nodded, resuming their battle as they saw the Demons coming from the sky being… taken care of!
"Wait, they're not even reaching the city…!" Chris laughed.
"Looks like Blake's Vampire Spirits were more than enough to handle the initial wave… the demon gate isn't that big yet either!" Elfriedden smiled. "We have a chance…!"
As Chris and Elfriedden resumed their battle, Professor Umbra's students quickly noticed that Patricia had come back alongside Erdrich, not many saw them, but some did notice that they fell off a portal.
"They fell off a portal you say?!" Professor Umbra asked in disbelief. "You're telling me that they were somewhere else?! Or worse… hell?!"
"I don't know what really happened! I just saw something…!" Clarice said angrily. "Well, whatever the case, they're gone again!"
"Where did they go to now?!" Evelyn asked, who was close by.
"I saw Erdrich smashing the floor and then jumping down with Patricia…!" Clark spoke. "I believe they must have gone to defeat cultist that were underground, or something like that."
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