A Toolkit and a Torch

Random Encounter - Ch. 18

"...up!" "Wake up!" 

'What?'

Aron woke up to the sound of metal clanging and rocks thudding. They were... Running?!

Lles was carrying Aron on his shoulders, running away from... It's too dark to see.
Kael and Lumen were running beside them. The green yet dark environment were not helping. Trees were shaking while leaves were crumpling... Something is chasing them for sure.

Aron started to panic as he leaped in front of Lles. The four traversed through the dark depth of the forest. What was the sounds before? I don't know.

"It's a demon!" Kael yelled to the others, her voice tinged with panic as she overtakes Lles. 
'Demon?' Both Aron and Lumen thought. Well, looks like Lles isn't a demon anymore.

The demon appeared, large and red followed suit. Each step sounds like a boulder hitting the ground. Speaking of boulders, one was thrown at Lles, who managed to step to the side barely. The demon was slow, but Lumen was slower. Lles looked behind and there was the angel before the demon. The demon swings, but Lles managed to get in between Lumen and the danger, taking the hit. He picks up Lumen who couldn't think straight, tired, and runs ahead. He pulls out the 'demon oneshotter' sword from Lumen's hands and stabs the demon in his gut.

Surprisingly, the sword glows and the demon turns to ash. The sword drops.

Lles, a fainted angel, and a pile of ash. Almost poetic, in a way.
"It's dead." Lles shouted out to the other two, who were hiding nearby when they couldn't hear any more footsteps. Lles laid down the fainted angel and returned his sword.

Aron put the angel in a sleeping bag he had bought back in Literaria, and Lles carried the sleeping angel as if it were nothing.

Straight to Warkeep they go, which it looks like they made a wrong turn during the chase, so they had to do a detour.

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