Armaros skid on his knees as he narrowly dodged a large rock which demolished the house near him as he quickly corrected himself as he dodged aerial attacked from the airborne demons as he zoomed through the ground and sliced up a demon who appeared in front of him quickly.
"Fuck!" Armaros shouted as he dashed to the right as a fireball fell the place he had just jumped from as he had to immediately raise his blade and block the attack from a demon.
'The village has been completely overrun!' Armaros thought to himself as he kicked the demon away which surprised the demon.
He used this moment to grab ahold of the demons sword arm which surprised him as it was an unorthodox move, and something that isn't used in combat, especially when both are using swords.
But Armaros didn't think that as he threw the demon straight at a boulder with great strength as he slammed into it before he was crushed by the boulder as it fell on the ground as the boy ran again.
'The demons in the air are more focused on me. This will at least give the villagers more time to escape.' Armaros thought to himself as he ran as he felt his body burn from the mana as he decapitated four demons as he made his way through the village.
Only for him to feel his strength weakening as his eyes widened at feeling demonic energy wash over him as he looked around and spotted a demoness with her hands towards him as he felt demonic energy. He quickly changed his trajectory and rushed the demoness as she smirked.
He then jumped up as spikes appear from the earth as he landed on the ground and had to run away since two demons attacked him with spells as he grit his teeth at being attacked constantly as he turned and ran back. He flooded more mana and increased his power and blitzed the demons and killed them as the almost went numb from the pain that he experienced due to doing that.
But his eyes worked alongside his ears and other senses as he decreased the mana output as he wiped the blood on his left cheek as he ran again. He panted as he ran as the battle was starting to take its toll on him, and even though the guards and fighters of the village are able to fend the small army off, they couldn't kill a large number.
"Someone save us!" The voice of a man drew his attention as he turned to the direction as his eyes widened.
A man was running with him daughter and a demon was running after them with his sword held high. Armaros didn't need a moment to charge towards them as he didn't want them to die, but he was stopped as one of the larger demons landed a few feet in front of him and cracked the ground and kicked up dust as Armaros had to stop in surprise.
Only for a large great sword to cleave through the dust as the large demon roared as he attacked him. Armaros immediately dodged to the sword as the great sword which easily dwarfed his body slammed on the ground and kicked up dirt and dust and the force of the blow also knocked him to the side.
'There are too many of them!' Armaros thought to himself before he had to lean back as a sword passed right through where his neck was.
The said sword was wielded by a demoness as she smirked at him with bloodlust in her eyes as she roared and dished out attacks. Armaros's eyes widened in alarm as he deflected the attack with his sword before he managed to stop the attacks as he locked blades with her as she grinned at him as she was taller than him.
"Haha! You're just a child." The demoness said mockingly as she looked at him with a vicious grin.
"This child is about to kill you." Armaros said as he surged his body with mana.
But that only served to make her more excited as she pushed him back as he balanced himself, only for him to be attacked by the large demon who lashed out with his blade. The attack was barely deflected by Armaros as he used his blade, though he felt his arms and shoulders burn from the effort, which didn't help much due to the pain he is in due to the use of his mana.
"Daddy!" The cry of a girl caused him to look at where the two villagers had run.
His mouth fell open in horror as the man was cut down by the demon and the girl was on the floor and crying as she looked at the demon who turned to her after killing her father.
"No!" Armaros shouted at the thought that a child will die in front of him.
He charged forward and immediately conjured a Holy Light Sphere which shocked the demons when they saw it but he used this moment to throw the sphere quickly which hit a stream of Demonic energy from the demoness. But it wasn't powerful enough to stop the attacks as the sphere hit and engulfed the demoness as she screamed in pain as she died.
"Hah! A slave of the heavens! Die!" The larger demon shouted as he glared at him as demonic energy surrounded him.
Armaros felt dread pool in his stomach as he saw that but he knew that even though the demon was obviously larger and stronger than him, he was smaller and from what he can see, much faster than the larger one.
So he didn't waste more time as he shot a Holy Light Sphere at the demon who easily sliced through it as it exploded in light which momentarily blinded it. Which Armaros used to slip under his legs as he sliced throughout the back of his legs as the demon roared in pain. It also helped that the openings were much larger in this armor as he slammed another Holy Light Sphere which caused the demon to cry out in pain as he fell forward.
But Armaros immediately raised his sword and blocked a strike from the demon who had attacked the father and child as he was pushed back as his eyes glowed with mana as he glared at the demon who had attacked the child.
"Don't think that you will win." The demon said to him with a glare.
"We will see." Armaros said as he impaled the demon through his chest with a holy light blade that emerged from his chest.
"What?" The demon looked at him in shock at the sight before he cried out in pain.
But Armaros used this moment to attack as he quickly moved the sword away and decapitated the demon as his head flew into the air. He grabbed the demons blade and turned to the larger demon and saw him getting up as his legs were healed.
'As if I am going to let you have the chance to get up!' Armaros thought to himself as he jumped towards the demon and stabbed both the sword through the back of his head.
The demon cried out in pain as he was impaled through his head as blood gushed out and drenched Armaros in black blood as he jumped back and landed uneasily on the ground as the demon fell down, dead for sure this time.
Armaros took a few seconds to collect himself as he turned and ran towards the little girl as he saw her looking at him in awe, though there was still fear and despair in her eyes as her body is shaking.
"Are you okay?" Armaros asked the girl quickly as he decrease the mana he was using.
"Y-Yes." The girl said with a nod which was a relief to him.
"Good. Then go find a place and hide. Somewhere, anywhere, I'll draw the demons attention to me. Okay." Armaros said to her as he was frantic.
"B-But my daddy is hurt." The little girl said as he winced as he knew that her father is dead.
"I'm sure he is fine. Right now I want you to just run and hide. I'll take your father and put him someplace safe." Armaros said to her as she sniffed and nodded.
"O-Okay." The girl said as she ran away as he watched her go.
He wanted to go with her, he so wanted to go with the child and protect her. But he is not even capable of properly protecting himself and he was able to survive this long by a small margin. He won't be able to protect her, but he could at least draw the attention of the demons towards him so that she has a higher chance to be unharmed.
He then grabbed the girls father's corpse and ran and deposited it beside a stack of hay which was surprisingly unharmed in the chaos. But even then, the screams didn't stop.
"Save me!"
"No! Noooooo!"
"Great her—"
"God of Light! Protect u—"
The screams of the villagers were all around him as he grit his teeth as he ran towards the sources of the voices as he can see more of the villagers who had moved to a singular place, which meant that most of the villagers were concentrationd in one place, and easy pickings for the demons.
Even though the guards were fending them off and those who can use magic were also contribution, it wasn't a good situation as people were getting killed and the villagers were practically trapped as they are scared out of their minds as they are in a circle formed by the guards.
Any who were able to get inside the circle were either killed by the demons, or they ran away. But he knew that they wouldn't last long as the guards were quickly being taken our and the other villagers don't have enough power to keep on fending off the attacks.
But the fact that so many of the villagers are here meant that the demons have also concentrated here as well. Which he took full advantage of as he flooded his entire body with mana as he grit his teeth and charged, his swords cleaving through the air and necks of the demons who weren't able to notice him.
But then he had to dodge fireballs and lightning strikes from the other demons as they turned their attention to him as he glared at him and charged, using the two swords in his hands to attack as he attacked with a flurry of blade strikes as he used his family swordsmanship with both arms as he attacked and also used Light blades as well.
He was then swept using a big gust of wind as he was slammed through a house as he crashed through it and fell and rolled on the ground as he gasped and coughed out blood as he used shaky arms to pick himself up as he panted while spitting out the small rock in his mouth as he winced.
He was dirty with the dust, dirt and blood covering his body, the constant and continued use and flow of Mana through his entire body has caused him to feel pain, and his own physical body is also hurting, but he is able to deal with it as he was able to get himself to calm down as he tightened the grip on his swords.
But this time he didn't have to charge as more than a dozen demons jumped over the demolished house, their weapons ready as his eyes widened as he once again used his mana, though he knew that he would run out his mana soon since he has an above average level of Mana as he got ready to attack.
But a pillar of light rose from the ground a few dozen feet away from him which immediately got the attention of him and the demons and villagers. Then six lances made of Holy Light shot out of the pillar and killed the demons which were attacking him as Armaros's eyes widened in recognised.
The pillar of light died down as he is able to see the ones who had appeared with such a grand entrance as he couldn't help but gape in shock.
"Mom?" Armaros said in shock at seeing his mother as his eyes were wide.