Revenge of the Son of the Nobles

Chapter 45: Gratitude

The atmosphere in the city was a little noisy, people were panicking from the news that their neighboring city was being attacked by a herd of demons.

Just a moment ago, a teenager in his teens ran over in panic and said that a demon appeared in the next town.

He was the son of a healer who often searched for medicinal plants in the forest bordering the next town, so the information from him was indeed trustworthy.

The soldiers guarding the city immediately prepared for the defense and sent a message to the western defensive outpost.

Some of the Academy graduate soldiers who served in the city mastered Magic and their abilities were extremely high, so they could still buy time until help from the defensive post arrived.

The problem was that if the soldiers in the next town were unprepared for an impromptu attack and had them defeated quickly, the demons would likely attack them before the soldiers at the defensive post arrived.

It took about twenty minutes until the troops from the defensive post arrived, they had to hold on until help arrived by any means.

Soldiers were on standby at the entrance of the city, witches, archers, and defensive artillery were on standby at the walls of the fort.

All residents took refuge in basements built in several places such as military headquarters, houses of worship and the mayor's mansion. Some people also make their own hiding places in their homes.

The situation of the city was so precarious, all the citizens could only sit quietly waiting for their next fate. Whether it was good luck, or just the opposite, they could only pray in silence.

"It's okay, son," a mother looks to calm her frightened son. "Siris are very strong, they will definitely succeed in driving those demons back into place."

"But I'm scared." The child who looks still not at the age of ten looked up at his mother, he then clenched his mother tighter, without realizing the fear drawn in the eyes of the mother.

'Oh, god ... Please, anything but this kid.' That was all that the mother expected.

What the mother felt was also felt by everyone in the hiding place, the news of the abandonment of a single city and a unit of soldiers had reached their ears, the terror of those demons had reached the residents of the city even before its appearance.

They all prayed in silence, there was only the sound of crying as a child and the whispers of the prayers of the religious leaders.

The soldiers had appealed to them not to come out no matter what, they would use a special knock code to tell if the situation was safe.

I don't know how many minutes have passed, but they feel they've been in this place for hours.

The children began to fall asleep tired of crying, some people also began to talk to just relax the tension when suddenly a loud rumbling sound accompanied by a great shock was heard right above their heads.

Everyone was silent, at that moment they realized something. The houses of worship above them had been destroyed, and that meant the city's defensive line had been successfully penetrated.

"God please don't ignore us." Whisper one of the religious leaders with a trembling voice.

The sound of crying children began to re-sound, even some adults began to hysterically.

The iron door of the dungeon was hit firmly repeatedly, obviously it was not the soldiers.

*BANG!*

*BANG!*

The sound was heard again, the sturdy ceiling supporting the door began to crack and the door started to slide inwards. The sound of hysterical screams became more and more, religious leaders gathered with tears while incessantly offering prayers.

*BANG!*

*BRAK!*

The iron door thumped violently against the basement floor, dust and debris from the walls flying all over the room.

The head of a giant-sized creature peered out from the hole in the ceiling of the basement, a terrifying grin appearing on his blood-soaked face. The sound of screams sounded even more heartbreaking since the appearance of the creature.

"KHR KHR KHR ...." The snarling sound that sounded like laughter was breaking down the souls of all the people there, they now realized that there was no hope for them, all they could do was to sit in a place waiting for their turn.

The creature's large hands easily stripped the ceiling of the basement, when it felt that the hole was quite large, he put his hands into the basement like someone stuffing his hands into a jar of food.

Everyone screamed, they all screamed, there was no more chanting. They only called out the name of their god on the sidelines screams of despair.

*CRASH*

*BRUK!*

The hand that was grabbing into the hole was cut off and fell, purple-colored blood splashing into the entire basement.

"GRAAAAHHH!"

The creature cried out in wrath, but it had not yet had time for its cry to be finished, its head cut off and its body collapsed to the ground.

People were glued to silence looking at all that, they still could not fully digest what was happening.

Until a young man with blond hair and blue eyes wearing complete armor emerged from the mouth of the gaping hole.

"You're safe now, leave it to us."

After that they had heard the cries of the soldiers and the sounds of battle, but their thoughts were like being somewhere else, a feeling of great relief that made them not pay attention to what was happening around them.

"We're safe, son, after this we'll go home." The mother held her son who was still staring at the hole in the ceiling with a look of shock, many times she expressed gratitude to the god who sent a savior to them.

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Characters of Alfonso Notaras Chevallaire