Author's Note: I didn't go through with the lemon……I didn't want to make that out of my characters…..sorry to those who were looking forward to it!
Chapter 4-Demons raid Prontera
"Where am I?" A confused Aru said as he looked around the strange place.
To his left, he could see the walls were made with a medieval theme. Lanterns and candles were used as their source of light. Aru looked to his right this time.
"Aaahhh! Julia!" To his left was one sleeping Julia le Rouge, whose lips so close he could almost kiss them. But no, he wasn't that type of guy, was he?
Julia opened her eyes and rubbed them, but was shocked to see Aru just staring at him. She quickly got out of bed, blushing so hard she could've sworn her skin was burning. Suddenly the door opened. Aru got out of bed too. He sensed a feeling of……..danger approaching. The door slowly crept open.
"Black Mamba?" Julia asked herself.
The door was now fully opened and a man stepped in.
"Good Morning! I am the owner of this Inn. Is this your first time in Prontera?" The man said.
"Erm…technically yes, because we passed here on our way to Geffen from Al de Baran 9 years ago." Aru replied, scratching his head, feeling so stupid.
"I don't think so." Julia said.
"Then let me be the first to welcome you!"
The man smiled as did the two.
"…….so how did we end up here again?" Julia asked while pasting a confused look on her face.
"You fell from the exodus network as some alchemists claimed, although how, I will never know. So anyways, I heard the crash you two make, and when I when over, I saw you two hugging each other, Julia there was crying on your shoulder, so my conscience told me to take the young couple in."
Julia and Aru blushed very, very hard. They looked at each other, trying to see the other's reaction on their predicament, but when they saw they were looking at each other, they quickly turned away.
"You ARE paying, right?" The man asked.
Large sweat drops trickled down their faces.
"I'm gonna go look around town first……" Aru said as he briskly walked out of the inn.
"….I'll go with him." Julia said as she followed Aru.
"This insanity cannot go anymore! Demons have been raiding various cities of Midgard!" One of the council members shouted.
"Yes. Yes. I know. But there is nothing we can do." The archmagus said.
The large doors of the room swung open. Outside was Black Mamba, who seemed to be enjoying their helplessness.
"Magi! Get her!"
Thousands of people wearing a purple cape and a hawk-like helmet charged at her at top speed.
"Now we're starting to have a little fun, aren't we?" Black Mamba said arrogantly.
Her mere laugh killed them all. Their skeletal frames emerged from their body as they were charging at her.
"Seems as though they've had a change of heart!" She said, once again, putting on a devilish smile.
"Jupitel Thunder!" One of the council members yelled. It backfired, and a large bolt descended from the roof and destroyed the whole tower.
A black mist engulfed the ruined tower as reporters and people crowded at the foot.
"Aru!"
"Hm?"
Aru and Julia were by now in the center of Prontera where all the people were. Julia had seen a humungous bolt rain down on Geffen.
"Something happened to the Arcane tower! We have to go!" Julia said as she pulled Aru's hand. Aru let go of her grip.
"We can't. I just know something's going to happen to Phoenix."
"So this wasn't about your essay, wasn't it?"
The people of Prontera suddenly screamed a deafening scream. They all fled in fear. Aru and Julia turned around to see several spider-like demons.
"J-Julia, did that bolt bring this to town?"
"I don't think so…."
The demons started charging at them. Aru pulled Julia and himself out of harm's way. He then started casting.
"Your magic might backfire!"
"Do we have a choice?"
The casting went through to Aru's surprise. He didn't expect him to be able to cast such a complex spell especially now that the magic is going haywire.
Vines sprouted from the ground entangling one of the demons. It then burnt up, including the demon and went back into the ground with the demon's burnt skin.
"Don't worry. Just a hundred more to go." A mysterious alchemist said.
"And who are you?" Julia said as she tried casting too. A large wall of fire blocked the demons from passing through.
"Lucas. Valentine."
Aru didn't really care who was there, as long as he was help. He cast another spell. Fog started to fill Prontera, the demon's skin was now corroding, although the humans were fine.
Lucas drew out a bottle containing a black-like substance. He threw it at the horde of demons, and upon contact, exploded, killing a large percentage of the demons.
Julia kept blasting them with summoned souls. It seemed to be working perfectly.
Aru cast once more, this time attempting to summon a fire spirit to pass through Prontera and burn their souls. It failed miserably, and a tsunami formed at Izlude's bay just south of Prontera.
"I'm sorry….."
"There's no time for apologies! Come on!" Julia pulled his hand, Lucas stopped them.
"Hold your ground. Trust me. Please."
"If you break our trust, you'll suffer in the underworld!" Julia menacingly said.
"That will never happen." He threw a bottle into the air, forming a protective barrier around them. The tsunami passed them and drowned the demons.
"They're getting quite good." Black Mamba said as she threw out her last cigarette.
She was on one of the roofs of Prontera, watching them fight.
"Of course….the people are going to be in a fit once they find out they did the tsunami!" She giggled. "This should be worth watching!"