Chapter: Money makes the world go round

Chapter 1: Money makes the world go round
In order to finally annihilate the people, all demons united under the almost invincible general Lenya to form an all-destructive army. The humans would be able to defeat the monsters if they allied themselves, but since humans also fought among themselves, peace negotiations were as good as impossible, let alone a common army. So all her hope was with two half-demons, seventeen-year-old Teiga and her two-year-old brother Kenji. Both were children of the demon leader Lenya, but they helped the people for large sums of money in the fight against their opponents.

Teiga slowly entered the little hut where the President was. Again her brother had got them a job. In the meantime every second country needed your help, but even the richest were impoverished by the war, so that Teiga no longer knew who had enough money, that it was worth the effort and that the choice of their customers was now left to Kenji.With his fiery red eyes and light green eyes he still looked a bit childish for his fifteen years, but he was a good strategist, mostly devising combat tactics that had often saved Teiga's life, since the impatient half-demon with the yellow eyes and the blue-black hair mostly rushed into battle without thinking. She clearly hadn't inherited that from her demonic mother, who could be spontaneous but always liked a plan she could rely on. After both half-demons sat down, the man across from them began to tell.
"We are very happy that you have come to help us," said the President of Waldenz, a small country in the east, to Teiga, who was eager to finally get another job. Her brother Kenji sat next to her and listened carefully.
“It has now been about a week since the demons took our capital, Kathuun, so all the men are now housed here and in other villages.We had enough time to withdraw the troops. However, we didn't have time to save the women and children, we had to leave them in the city. “He was silent for a moment and looked at the floor while Teiga yawned loudly. She had got used to these sad stories over time. “Two days ago we received a message from the demons that the women and children were still alive and that we should pick them up. We suspected it was a trap and only sent a few scouts. When the troop was discovered, these demons killed the women right in front of their eyes. "
“It's really a sad story, but if the women are already dead, what do you need us for? “, Teiga asked confused. “The women are no longer there, but we believe the children are still alive. That's why you should sneak into our capital Kathuun and free them, every single one. “Kenji, who found this story very sad, felt sorry for the fate of women.It often happened that the demons took hostages, he had often had to watch it, but it was always a bad experience. Teiga, on the other hand, didn't seem to touch it at all. Although she had turned away from her mother precisely for this reason, she had fought for the demons for a long time and saw everything with her own eyes, while Kenji mainly developed plans and protected the demon headquarters, where only a few brave ones strayed, however, who immediately from other demons were destroyed. Teiga said, “Okay, now that we've got this sorted out, let's get to our pay! "
"We ... don't have the money ..."
“Oh, it's all right, you don't have to pay me the whole amount now. Half now, the other half as soon as I am back here with the children. "
"You ... must have got it wrong ... we don't have any money."
Teiga gave Kenji a withering look.He'd brought her here on the grounds that the job would definitely be worth it. He stared at his feet and didn't look her in the eye. “Well, if that's the case, I won't take the job. Bad luck! “Now Kenji got up and pulled out a crumpled sheet of paper. “Um, I'm sorry, but we'll take it over, little sister. I've already negotiated a contract with the people here. You can't say anything against it. “Teiga couldn't believe it.
As soon as they were back in the open, she yelled, "How dare you !? These people have no money, cannot pay us anything, but you still take the job! What is the crap !? “Kenji immediately started to apologize. “I felt kind of sorry for these people. I just felt sorry for them, can't you understand? "
"I can't buy anything from pity," Teiga replied stubbornly. Kenji shook his head.“I know you think that at least one should benefit from this war, but we can't just let them down just because they're poor. Besides, you can't change anything, the contract is binding. See it as your first free good deed, a new experience. "
“I can't buy anything from good deeds,” his sister repeated monotonously. Although she had turned away from the demons, she had not been able to shed her old traits, such as her cold-heartedness.
“Have you never helped someone without taking money for it, but only because you felt sorry for them or you found them sympathetic? “Teiga shook her head blankly. “I'm giving up. You are just a heartless stubborn head. “Teiga didn't let that sit on them and they went to Kathuun, arguing, to free the children.

“Do you even know where Kathuun is? “, Teiga asked shortly after they left town.“Somewhere behind those hills back there. “He pointed to a small range of hills in the distance, behind which a large city with four towers gradually appeared.
They sneaked past the guards at the city gates and climbed the city wall, from which a small path led to the largest of the four towers. This path was only guarded by a single guard. Teiga and her brother hid in the shadows. Kenji immediately began to think of a plan. “Listen to Teiga, the kids are probably in that big tower over there. So if we manage to get past that guy, we can ... "
Teiga interrupted him angrily: "Hey, why do you always think up the plans? Let me go too! “Kenji shook his head. “Your plans are to rush out, knock down the first demon that comes your way, turn all their people on us, and then hope that we can finish them off.If we do that, they'll definitely kill the kids. But if you really want to, maybe your plan is good for once. What is your plan? "Teiga smiled contentedly and replied:" We'll knock that guy down! "Kenji was about to protest when Teiga quickly said:" We don't even know whether the children are really there in this tower. The guard there is one of the lightning demons, look at his blond hair. We grab him, ask him about the children and if he tells us something, we pick the children up and leave! "
Kenji couldn't say anything about that. He nodded in agreement and Teiga immediately began to sneak up on the guard from behind. When she was about three feet away from him, he turned and saw her. He stared at her with pale blue eyes. "What do you want here? ", asked he. Normally Teiga would have killed him immediately, but she couldn't attract any attention.She had to think of something quickly.
"Um ... yes, well ... I'm here because ... I'm supposed to relieve you here as a guard! Go on, I'll make sure that no intruders come! “The lightning demon didn't seem to believe her right away and looked at her confused because he had been told that he was not allowed to leave his post until evening. He had never seen this girl with the other demons either. It was determined by the new warriors that Lenya now sent to reinforce in order to destroy the last people who were still hiding here somewhere. Yes, it had to be like that! The young woman immediately took up his post and smiled gently on his face. So he avoided her and made his way to the stairs that led down to the armory. So straight in the direction of Kenji's hiding place!

Okay, now I have to think of something. Kenji can kill him easily, but these demons here will smell the blood instantly and then the kids will be finished."Um, you can't go over there because ... uh ... it comes to mind ..."
The demon stared at her in annoyance: “Can you actually speak in full sentences? "
Wretched bastard. What would I give to be able to slit it open now ...
“Hey, Sky, down here! “The demon and Teiga stared down the wall in surprise. Another demon was standing below and beckoning to them. "Oh, it's you. Is it about people's bases? I'm coming! “Sky quickly jumped down the wall. “Huh, that was a little close! You can come out, Kenji. "Angry, Kenji came out of his hiding place and shouted:" SOMETHING close !?
What was that supposed to mean? You almost had ... "
Teiga didn't listen at all, waited until Sky and the other demon had turned the corner and then crept over to the tower while her brother followed her, still mumbling angrily. The tower had a thick iron door that Kenji broke open immediately."Oh ... looks like we took a little too much time."
All the children were dead, and Teiga and Kenji could do nothing but search for survivors under the bloodied corpses. But they soon realized that it was hopeless. “Teiga, let's go out. There is nothing more we can do here. Most of them have been dead for a few days. ”Teiga strode on through the room, knelt in front of some corpses and tried to get a pulse. Each time she got up, shaking her head. Kenji couldn't stand the sight of the dead children any longer and wanted to leave the room when Teiga screamed excitedly: “Hey, come here quickly, she's still alive! “Kenji turned around immediately and ran to Teiga. In front of her was a little girl with short-cropped brown hair who was coughing slightly. Kenji wanted to look for more survivors, but Teiga whispered that she had already examined the others and that they were already dead."Come on, you carry her out. I fight our way free. Now that we know that all of the children except her have been murdered, we can stand out and kill a few demons. I want to take revenge on the guy from just now, this Sly or whatever he was called, for his stupid comment. "
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