"This is taking too long!" A scrawny short man yawned, playing skillfully with a sharp dagger, rotating the blade multiple times in the air.
"Get ready Shadow, he should be here any second now." A dark-haired handsome young man spoke seriously, unsheathing a golden sword behind his back.
"Hey, tell them too! They're just sitting around!" The short man shouted, pointing at two girls behind him. They were unbothered as ever, fixing each other's hair.
"You're no fun, Shadow, you should be more gallant like Valiant!" The two girls merrily laughed before standing up, staying behind the one they called Valiant.
"Hmf." Shadow sneered, ignoring the lot, going back to playing with his daggers.
"Can't believe our dragon slaying quest got stripped away from us for this... I needed dragon bones for a new staff." One of the girls, who had fiery red hair, pouted, stomping her magic staff to the ground.
"Demon... close..." The other girl, who had blue hair and a blank expression in her eyes, mumbled, pointed her small fingers in the air, the others immediately turning serious.
The short man called Shadow squinted his eyes, then immediately disappeared from sight. As for the rest, they took battle formation, the handsome Valiant in front, his golden sword ready to engage. And the two girls behind, their hands extended, chanted spells, sending multiple glows through the young man.
After a moment of silence, Valiant's face tensed, a red blur appearing in the bright blue sky ahead.
"You have to intercept him in the air and bring him down!" The red-haired girl shouted, seeing the red blur get closer.
"Nothing an S rank adventurer can't handle!" Valiant chuckled, sending a wink at the girls behind.
Valiant took a deep breath and slightly ducked, and with a burst of leg movements, he dashed up in the air.
A loud boom then ensued as Valiant intercepted the red blur at the perfect moment.
Up in the air, Valiant smiled widely, slashing his sword down, sending the red blur flying to the ground, falling with a loud thud, dust particles floating everywhere.
"I expected more of a challenge from a Demon Lord. Maybe we'll subjugate the Demon King next girls!" Valiant laughed loudly as his foot reached the ground again. The two girls behind slightly blushed as Valiant winked at them.
The three's small flirty moment was interrupted as a loud, deep laughter echoed from within the cloud of dust. Valiant's face turned serious, staring ahead where two pairs of red eyes glowed eerily.
"Interesting, all of the Kingdom's powerhouses are held down in the borders." The cloud of dust cleared, revealing the tall red demon, eyeing the party curiously.
"Not answering? It's okay, you will all die anyw-" Robus stopped in his words as he felt something poke him from behind. Turning around, a short man had his dagger edged deep within the his red skin, dark blood flowing out of it.
"How I steal your spotlight, Valiant!" Shadow laughed, as he disappeared again, letting go of the dagger.
"Interesting..." Robus whispered, pulling out the dagger behind him, the wound instantly healing.
The demon then laughed, quickly turning into a red blur, dashing in a specific direction.
"Ahhh!" Shadow's grunted loudly as somehow, the demon managed to locate him and grab him by the neck.
The two girls flinched as they realised that Shadow was been caught, raised up high for them to see. The demon then stabbed Shadow, using the very dagger that he had been stabbed with.
"Show me more!" The demon shouted, tossing Shadow's corpse aside.
"Spells!" Valiant shouted back, bringing the girls out of their trance as they immediately started chanting. The blue-haired one sent a blazing fireball while the other sent a bright holy spear.
A giant explosion then occurred as they managed to have a clear hit on their target. Not waiting to see the outcome, Valiant trusted his guts and immediately dashed towards the cloud of dust, his sword ready for a straight thrust.
The handsome man's eyes widened as he realized that there was no one where he was. His heart then skipped a beat, hearing the sound of bones cracking behind him.
Turning around, he was immediately greeted with a gruesome scene. The demon smiled widely, raising his arms high, where each girl's head was within his grasp, their faces distorted and bloody.
"Rubby! Azura!" He shouted, tears forming in the side of his eyes, staring hatefully at Robus.
"I'm going to kill you!" Valiant turned into a golden flash, heading straight at Robus, his sword hungry for vengeance.
"The Demon King was right." Robus whispered, dropping the corpses to the ground, smiling widely as Valiant's sword was inches away from him. The sound of flesh tearing then went through Valiant's ears, warm liquid gushing at his hands.
"I won't get bored hunting them." Robus smiled, the sword going right through him, not affecting him in any way.
"M-monster!"
These were Valiant's last words before he was torn in two, his remains tossed aside like trash.
"Hopefully I get more of these on the way." Robus chuckled as he spread his wings, turning into a red blur as he continued flying East.