Chapter 180 - The Two Strange Figures

"Hey, Shino. its a good thing we branched here finally. Who would have thought that the Sage who I was coming to was actually being assaulted by demon imps?" A chirpy voice sounded from behind them. 

The sound of the voice made Aderonke gasp out unconsciously, her eyes widened. She still had her hands resting on the knee caps of her legs as she heaved, trying to catch her breath. 

But then, she ceased breathing, a different type of dread filing her over. The first thought that blazed into her mind was the fact that the person talking could be none other than the Demons which she had sighted from before. 

The sounds of the entire area was gone, almost as if time itself had paused. he air was chilling, cold sweat breaking out on the back of Aderonke. 

If she was correct, the voice that she heard had spoken about someone. No, not about someone but the tone of the voice had been directed towards someone. She had seen more than two demons then, did that not mean that the demons had finally decided to come out thus, verifying the glimpse that she had seen then? 

Also, it was just like she had thought. The Imps were only there to overwhelm her. It was that simple. And when she had been overwhelmed and was truly exhausted, the demons would make for an entrance, making their way to her nd their moves over her to be as fluid as liquid. 

Totally smooth, Aderonke could not help but appraise the plan. However, she was the one who being planned against. 

Her skin tingled, a dreadful sensation rising in her c.h.e.s.t like she was just about to puke. The next moment, she could feel the surging swell in her c.h.e.s.t then almost as if she would throw up if she did not let out the overwhelming filling in her. It was such that was familiar to her as it was the sensation that came when she had refilled her power. 

Thankfully, she had not used then but had chosen to go for hand to hand combat. Had she used it then, then the relief that she got from knowing her cooldown was over and the fill up was at the max would never had been there. She would have been a true goner, left to the mercy of demons she barely knew. 

But, right about now, such was not the case. 

Whatever plans they had had failed. She still had a trump card in her and she wwas not going to be afraid to make good use of it.

"That makes sense. Now, less noise and get on with what you have to do. Or would you require my help there?"

She took a gulp of air as she heard the voice of the one beside her, her heart missing a beat. 

That was when it clicked, just how had she been able to get out of the range of the imps just so fast? Now, she was just about the start of the walling of her compound, just where the cotton trees began their growth, after which a little distance was the untidy waste bin dump.

The feeling of the movement which had engulfed her then was unnaturally. And it had not being her power. She had just found herself a little short of breath as she super sped through space to where she currently was at now. And yet, it had not being her power. 

She swallowed in fear now. That must have the time when the demon had gotten the time to get so clsoe to her. And she had not know. But then again, she wondered why the demon would not have just taken her out. 

Except of course, the demons were out to make jokes and have fun on her before doing what was in their hideous minds. 

'Jokes on you then!' Aderonke gritted, squeezing her fingers till the nails on them dug into her b.a.r.e skin. She reached into her soul, filling for the welling of the energy that was in there, calling upon the power that she possessed to come forth in an instant. 

And the moment she made the connection, Aderonke snarled. 

"Jokes on you if you think I am some toy to mess with. Law of war: Furious Fire!" 

It took only a burst of a second for Aderonke to adjust her body into a runn9ng pose, leaning forward and putting out her elbows inn preparedness to dash through the space, all the way to the gates. And then from the gates, to her house which was fortified against the sensory function of the demons that were about. 

THOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

"As if I need you to take down some Imps!" The other voice sounded again as Aderonke blasted out till she was out, just by the side of the waste bin. 

The moment the technique died out, she turned around quickly with her eyes wide open. What made her stay around, she did not know when she could just as easily make way to the gate and then get the way back into her house. And then all of this would be over in an instant but yet, she stayed, her curiosity piqued to the maximum.

She swallowed now as she took o the sight of what was happening. Just way ahead of ehr was a figure with a blazing orange skin and a fury to which she could not understand. He stood right in the midst of the imps like it was nothing and then twisted about, his reaction speed almost on par with hers. 

t least, that was what she imagined it to be. She did not really have the idea of what her reaction speed felt like or how fast it was. She was only making reference to the heightened state that often engulfed her when she was in the active state f the technique of Furious Fire. 

Amazing was the only word she had to qualify what she saw. The grace at which the yellow, somewhat flamey figure moved and dashed blows here and there was interesting. In a way, he reminded her of someone she was conversant with, the Story Teller that is. But in the case of this comparison, if this person was more ranged power oriented, it would have been a perfect comparison. 

But this person seemed to be more of close ranged. 

His punches seemed to be perfect and his instincts somewhat informed him of what was going before it actually happened. She was not sure if it was the fact that he was fast or the fact that he could somewhat sense future instances that was at play. 

That was, if she did know what powers this person had. Which she had no idea, All she did, right about now was merely to make amused guesses of what was happening. 

It was amazing and in a way terrifying. The same Imps with which it had seemed that she was going to have an issue with. In all honesty, she did have an issue with them but here was this person who had wiped out the imps in so less a time. 

It was simply astounding. But then again, if this person had being here to harm her, like the demon she thought the person was, then she would be done for. But then again, why would a demon would to destroy some other imps which it had sent? 

It was true that demons were not exactly united and cohesive but then demons would, no matter the amount the of hate they had for each other, destroy themselves all before they completed the mission. 

Even if they decimated themselves greatly, the last few survivors would still go about the mission and only after the mission would they now be up to destroying themselves in all totality.

It was strange, so strange that she shivered on the spot. And even more stranger was the person who she had missed. The one she did escape from who had been standing beside her then.

The strange winged fellow who had his back to her, his front turned towards the yellow coated figure even as the demon dust was largely dissipated.