Chapter 176 - Damsel In Distress III

Her body outline blurred through the border, her hands stretched to the side with her upper torso leaned. She zoomed through, the abrupt clash of the daggers sprouting from side of the bracelets tearing and slashing through the imps, a bright flash of light with each demon hit.

Empowered by the technique of furious fire, she dashed through their midst, her attack cutting out a straight route through them.

Her body heaved, excitement flushing through Aderonke like never before. She felt alive, feeling the power that was coursing through her body as she had dashed through the midst of the demons in like no time at all. 

She had simply swept her way through their midst and all through them like they had being no resistance. Imps were really not that a tough nut for her to crack. At least, ever since the first encounter that she had had of them. 

In fact, if she had the idea that she would eventually be facing off some horde of imps, she would not have panicked as she had done from the time before. In fact, she would have boldly gone up ahead to attack them, there and then and then dusted her hands, like some sort of hero, walking back home. 

It would have been truly the moment, had it been she had not encountered the demons from before. Except that the only trace that they had ever being demons were the horde of Imps screeching at her as they prowled about the night airs for her Sage flesh. 

The heightened beating of her heart slowed down as the energy that she had gotten from the boost finally dissipated away from her body, once again, letting her return to the limits of what was human. She frowned, her body still leaned forward with her legs spaced out and her hands splayed to her side. 

She had come to hate the ending of such techniques. If only she could elongate the time of the techniques such that she could enjoy the feeling for much longer. Humans really were short of the amazing things that she could access. However, even as amazing as the fact that with the technique of furious fire, she could surpass her human limitation, it ended short. 

It was therefore not as exciting as she would have wanted. Something that she would have to complain about, that is, if she did run into the Story Teller again. Only then would she be able to tell him about this because form the way things were, he was just about the only one who could understand her. 

And to think of it, when he had saved her back then, his power had been amazing. So much more powerful than the meagre power that she had within her. He had easily suppressed her when they had to clash back then in his bid to save and then had promised to help her out on the new found path, with the powers she now had. Even though she did not really take into consideration the time it took for him to run his technique, that is the full extent of them because he had just about knocked her out easily, she was certain that his techniques could run for longer. 

yes, techniques, that was what he had called these moves. And she was certain that if she did train very hard and learnt to master her powers, she would one day be able to surpass him in power and then, maybe. Just maybe, have the ability to enjoy her powers for a longer time than what she had to enjoy at the now.

Already, she had used the technique furious fire and that too, twice in a short time. The rebound effect was definitely going to be far more than what she would have faced on a normal day. The Story Teller did advise her her then that until she had learnt full mastery or somewhere close to half mastery, only then could she be careless enough to use her powers in quick succession. 

Until then, it was suicide because not only did the usage of her powers alert the nearby demons of her, it also meant that after she was done with the powers, she could face a backlash and depending on how much power was used, the backlash could be rather severe. Her body was not yet developed to handle the effect of the power yet. 

That was why he had given her the bracelets she had o her wrist now. He had told her that with the bracelet she would be able to protect herself without having to rely on the power too much. 

there was something called a cooldown effect, he had mentioned. If the cooldown effect did happen to her when she was right in the midst of demons, then the bracelet would come in handy. With it, she could be able to hack and damage some of the demons about her, until, her powers could be ready for another burst.

The story teller had mentioned that the bracelets were enchanted and that all she would need to down as to activate with the state of her mind, that is base on how she felt whether scared or not, and then she would have the power of the bracelet to command. 

it was that simple. The Imps were that simple enough for her to defeat but then she did not want to rely on the bracelet even as she looked behind her and saw the line of the imps closing up again. 

Her senses fired and she stood up straight, just looking slightly over her shoulders as the line she had hacked through closed up and the demons started to smile mischievously for her.

"Talk about weird." She mentioned and looked forward. 

"One more blast and I should be okay!" 

She would make the technique again and then sprint her way back tot he compound and then race to her house. Once she was there, all of this would be gone in a jiffy. 

That was what she thought.

"Law of War; Furious Fire"

Unfortunately nothing happened. She heaved in shock, clenching her fist then. It was not supposed to happen, she had felt the stirring within her c.h.e.s.t, had she not?

One more blast was what she said. One more blast was what she wanted. but now when she needed it, the blast would not come. She had entered into cooldown period already. 

And unfortunately for her, the demons had started to multiply. Loud screeches erupted from behind the container and the house as Imps started to emerge, pushing their way through the cotton trees.

They seemed to have been let loose fr the surroundings as all of them began to race to the road, inevitably crowding the path through which she was going to to take, that is, if she dared as much as slow down.

"Shit! Where are they coming from?" Aderonke cursed out, her c.h.e.s.t heaving continuously as fear surged through her entire frame just about then. She leaned forward and then pushed her body , willing herself to run all the way. 

Just then, the first Imp lunged at her from the side and she turned, swiftly edging out the left elbow in a sharp curve through the air.

"Shit!" Aderonke cursed once again, seeing as the demon imps reached to the street, their more nimble forms flying over the gutter like nothing. 

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Sunday sighed and then closed his eyes. The energy he was getting from Bane.

It was thinning out.

He looked to Shino and smiled, slowing down as Bane's ears pricked up within his soul space.

'You would not suppose that there are areas of demonic concentration about?' Bane asked.

Sunday repeated the question and Shino frowned. 

"It feels like this a fight going on, somewhere." Sunday repeated another line of Bane's words and Shino's lips parted.

Shin frowned at those words, confusion visible in his face.