Chapter: Will it just knock me over?

Chapter 3: Will That Just Kill Me!

Teiga ran to him immediately. “Hey, don't die now, okay? I have to give you another bang for calling me a mixed breed. “, She said, but Sky didn't respond. Yuna asked Kenji what the fuss was all about. She knew that the demons had to muster a lot of strength to use their magical powers. But surely you couldn't die from that? “Most demons can only use their abilities once a day without dying. The only one I know that used multiple magical attacks in a row without dying was Lenya. Teiga tries again and again, but still falls over if she tries only twice. Sky used his powers eighteen times. It would be a miracle if he could do that. “At that moment, the demons seemed pretty weak to Yuna, if they didn't even master their own techniques.It still seemed pretty bad for Sky. Teiga found that his heartbeat was always getting weaker. Kenji now turned to her. “If we hurry, we might be able to help him. I heard there is a village near here with some women who are said to have strange powers. It would be a little detour, but you could definitely ... “Suddenly Kenji paused. Aren't we trying all the time to get rid of this guy? Okay, he had just saved their lives, but still. He'd only given them trouble since he'd been there, Teiga especially. Now that we know the demons want to get rid of him too, we could actually let him die too. We would do everyone a favor! When he suggested the dough, she immediately cut him off to ask where this village should be. Kenji didn't understand anything anymore. The guy was sooooo unnecessary! Why did Teiga want to save his life ?????He asked himself this question all the way through the woods to where the village was supposed to be. His first thought: She doesn't have all of them anymore. His second: She's just trying to be nice because he saved her life. His third and last: She likes him. He tried to get rid of that thought as quickly as possible, but he couldn't. Especially because it was so unlikely! For Teiga, there was no need for anything like love. That only kept her from exercising. Not that she would do that very often, on the contrary: She was the laziest and sometimes stupidest person he had ever met. “How far is it then, it's not that easy to drag Sky around with you all the time! ", Teiga called to him and pulled Kenji out of his daydreams. Just in time, because at the point where he had just been standing, an arrow shot into the ground. "I hope it's not the villagers who are supposed to help us ..." Yuna muttered.Teiga worried for a moment, until she remembered that demons don't have arrows. They specialized more in hand-to-hand combat. So she immediately started explaining that they did not pose a threat to the attackers, but kept it very brief because Sky was getting weaker and weaker. “Um, we're looking for a village around here. We hope the residents can help our buddy here. If they help us, we won't fight. “, She added and looked up into the trees from where the arrow had come. Two seconds later, another arrow hit Teiga in the arm. “And I'm looking for food for my village. Our harvest was bad and the animals fled the forest because of the demons. You may not look particularly tasty, but we cannot be picky about this situation. “A third arrow was released, but this time Teiga was able to avoid it in time. Kenji was about to jump upstairs and take out the attacker when he fell down on his own.They were a little disappointed when a girl of about eight years in a white t-shirt and black skirt lay in front of them. “I'm really sorry my daughter caused you such trouble. “A woman stepped out from among the trees. She had long blonde hair like the girl and wore the same clothes. “She's a little overzealous. We didn't mean to stop you. “While she was talking, Teiga let Kenji pull the arrow out of her arm because she had no free hand because of Sky. She wasn't sure what to make of it, it could be a trap. So she wanted to get out of here as soon as possible. "Yeah, not a big deal. Do you know anything about the village? "The woman started to laugh:" Of course I know something about it! After all, I and my daughter come from here. I will be happy to take you there if you want. But don't expect too much hospitality. It's like my child said: Because of the bad harvest lately, people believe the gods have conspired against them, and they take that anger out on all travelers, just like my little Maike here right now.Not that we're a particularly peaceful people otherwise ... Oh, I'm Leilani, by the way. “One by one, Teiga and the others introduced themselves and followed Leilani and Maike through the forest. It irritated Teiga that the woman was so friendly to them in the middle of the war. However, she immediately forgot that when she saw the huge village to which they were being led.

It was very different from Amorica, which could only be positive. The only strange thing was that they only saw women in the village, all wearing black and white clothes. What kind of sect did we get into here? Teiga wondered. Everyone they passed gave them unsettling looks, especially Sky and Kenji. When they saw Yuna, however, many made incredulous faces and mumbled something in the ear of their counterpart. Teiga and the others followed Leilani into a small hut in the center of the village. Of course, they also saw the starving people on the streets, but they didn't complain about their situation as loudly as Maike.“Come on, Maike, I'd like to talk to these people a little longer. Please go back outside, OK? "

Maike didn't seem very enthusiastic about this, but obeyed. When her daughter left the room, Leilani sat on the only chair in the room while the others sit on the floor. “So ... can you help our friend? “, Teiga asked again. Leilani shook her head in disappointment: “I'm sorry, but the rumors you have heard about this village are wrong. We're just a small group of women who can defend ourselves, Amazons. The only thing we can do is fight. We are not healers. "Teiga cast a sad look at Sky, who she had laid next to her, and said:" Then you can't help us? "Leilani thought for a moment," Even if we could, we wouldn't. Your friend is a demon. Just like you two!"Kenji actually wanted to ask her how she knew that, but Teiga got ahead of him:" Why did they even bring us to their village when they knew what we were from the beginning? “Usually in such a situation Teiga would immediately start explaining that they were only half-demons and give a long talk about the differences between demons and half-demons, but this time, strangely, omitted that. “I brought you here because of the girl who is with you, Yuna. She is in danger as long as she stays with you demons. We will make them one of us. She will learn to fight and join us in battle against the demons, against you. We're still too few to do anything, but we'll soon have enough people to raise an army. Yuna should fight with me on the front line and kill you with your own hands. “Teiga got up and glared at her. “And what if she'd rather stay with us?"" Then you will die now! “Leilani jumped up to Teiga, but she dodged cleverly and had left the hut with two more steps and found that the other women had already taken up their weapons and surrounded them. “Kenji, quick! Take Sky and Yuna and run out of the village! I'll take care of this here! “Kenji was about to protest, but when he saw more and more warriors appear, he thought it better to get Yuna to safety first. He could still hear Leilani`s screaming behind him: "Well, if you had voluntarily left the girl here, we would have allowed you a less painful death, but you have to be so stubborn! “Teiga kept trying to explain that they weren't demons, but all their attempts to calm Leilani's people down were drowned out in their battle roars.

Meanwhile, Kenji and Yuna had fled deep into the woods. "Yuna, you stay here, it's safer.I go and help Teiga. "Yuna wanted to come too and said:" Basically it's all about me! Shouldn't I try to sort this out? “Kenji shook his head. “It's not just about you. Those idiots just want to know how it feels to kill someone, preferably one with demonic blood. They don't care that they destroy their only hope of defeating the demons. Take care of Sky until I'm back! “With these words he disappeared towards the village. When he got there, he saw that these "idiots" could fight pretty well after all. In addition to her injury to her arm, Teiga had three other arrows stuck in her body. She was still explaining that she really just wanted to help. She only noticed Kenji when he was standing right next to her. "What shoud that?! You should get out of here! "" Sorry, but do you seriously think I'll leave you alone in such a situation?“Teiga smiled at him. "How nice! Now the two demons can die together! “That was Leilani's voice again, apparently leading all the warriors there. Teiga replied: “Really! The whole time I try to say that we are on your side and nobody is listening to me! I actually wanted to avoid a bloodbath, but now there is no other way ...! "Suddenly someone shouted from behind them:" Stop! It is enough! “Everyone looked around at the same time and saw Yuna standing at the edge of the forest. “These two have long been risking stopping the demons and risking their lives to protect the people, so lay down your arms! “Great speech, just absolutely useless, thought Teiga. She was all the more surprised when everyone in the square listened to Yuna and actually threw their swords on the ground! “Um, why didn't that work for me? “, Teiga asked aloud.Immediately the answer came from all of Leilani's warriors at the same time: “Because she is our leader! "" Huh? “, Said Teiga and Kenji again at the same time. I can't see through now, thought Kenji. Yuna seemed just as surprised as the two half-demons. One of Leilani's people answered: “We recognized