Chapter 146 - A Demon Girl

"Ow, you are pressing against my leg wound!"

"Oh come on, you are constantly grating against my shoulder wound!"

"But I can't really help that now, can I?"

I saw myself walking with a four-horned demon. I was missing my left arm, while she was missing her right leg. She had one arm wrapped around my shoulder to hold her up, but was brushing painfully against my wound.

We weren't moving the fastest as it was hard for us to coordinate moving while she had one leg and I had two.

In a certain sense, we were having a three-legged race, except there were actually only three legs.

My current mental state was going a little haywire, so seeing this vision made me quite irritated. I wanted to get out, but didn't know how or if I even could in the first place.

The four-horned demon and I continued walking through the forest with ragged breaths.

It felt really boring, frustratingly so.

I wasn't entirely sure if it was because the vision was actually taking a long time or my impatient state, but I just wanted it to be over.

The four-horned demon sighed as we traveled.

"...I'm hungry."

I turned to her and raised an eyebrow.

"Didn't you just eat my arm a moment ago?"

The four-horned demon rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, and didn't I just tell you about the whole problem about being a demon?"

I blinked a few times awkwardly.

"Ah right, you need a lot of food."

The four-horned demon sighed.

"Yes, it will probably be a great burden for you to bring me along."

A short moment of silence lingered between us as we continued forth.

Suddenly, a chuckle escaped me.

"I suppose you will just be one more that I carry with me."

The four-horned demon laughed.

"It's going to be a damn heavy burden. You know that right?"

I shrugged my shoulders, then immediately winced in pain right after. After all, my arm was currently missing, so shrugging my shoulders meant I scratched the wound against the four-horned demon's shoulder.

After shaking my head, I finished my sentence.

"I'm basically carrying the weight of the world already. I can't imagine you will be that heavy in comparison."

The four-horned demon giggled.

"Wow, you can even carry the world, you must be so strong."

A smirk formed on my face.

"Why of course."

As we kept on walking, I eventually stopped and pointed at a bush with quite a few blueberries.

"Wait, I remember being able to eat those berries fine. Would you be able to eat it as a demon?"

The four-horned demon nodded.

"When it comes to food, there are practically no differences between demons and humans. Even what we find appetizing is pretty much the same."

I scratched the side of my head.

"Ah, I see."

With that, we slowly walked over to the bush and the four-horned demon hurriedly picked berry after berry. She ended up rustling the bush quite a bit in the process, almost like they would disappear if she didn't get them fast enough.

Only when she was about to eat the last berry, did she pause.

"Ah, did you want some?"

A chuckle escaped me.

"I just wanted one."

The four-horned demon cleared her throat.

"Alright."

She gently plucked the last berry and brought it over towards my hand.

"Here."

After bringing my hand over, she dropped it. I tossed it into my mouth and chewed.

"Thanks."

The taste of rotten leg had still lingered in my mouth. However, the moment I bit down on the blueberry, a strong sweetness spread through my mouth, covering up some of the bad taste left over.

As we continued through the forest, we encountered a wolf. It was much smaller than the wolves I was used to seeing. However, the current size of the wolf seemed more normal.

Much more normal, in fact.

The wolf slowly walked forward, staring at us intently. It could probably smell the blood from our injuries.

I furrowed my brows.

"Damn, I really hope this is a lone wolf."

The four-horned demon smiled.

"If there is a pack, that simply means there is more to eat."

I sighed.

"More to eat for who exactly?"

Without warning, the wolf howled.

I clicked my tongue.

"Ah, it is a pack."

I reached for my belt and pulled out a knife. After taking a step forward, breaking off with the four-horned demon, I pointed it towards the wolf.

My eyes widened while my pupils constricted.

Then, I was behind the wolf, while the wolf had a bloody mark on the bottom of its neck. It was in the middle of howling, but was cut off.

Then, it fell to the ground lifelessly.

The four-horned demon raised an eyebrow.

"Is the howl for gathering other wolves?"

I turned around to look at her.

"Uh, I think so?"

The four-horned demon hopped a little, losing her balance with one foot.

"Then why did you stop it? There won't be any problem if they come."

The corner of my lip twitched.

"I don't have good memories of being swarmed by wolves. Plus, it's not like they aren't going to come. They still heard the howl after all."

The four-horned demon hopped over to a tree and placed one hand on it for balance.

"Ah, then we just wait here?"

I blinked a few times.

"...My preference would be leaving. Maybe if we both had our limbs I would be willing to try, but not having my arm really limits me."

The four-horned demon shook her head.

"If it's only wolves, I should be able to take care of them all."

I looked at the four-horned demon silently for a few moments.

"Even if there are thirty or so?"

The four-horned demon smirked.

"That would just be better. You may want to get behind me. Having four horns symbolizes my strength, but not how in control I am of that strength."

After hesitating for a second, I walked behind the four-horned demon. However, that turned out to be rather pointless.

That was because we were suddenly surrounded on all ends by what seemed to be about forty wolves.

I cleared my throat.

"Um, what is the plan?"

The four-horned demon rubbed her chin with her thumb and forefinger.

"Just a second. I'm thinking of a spell that won't mess up the food."

Nearly a hundred eyes that seemed to be glowing were looking intently at us. At first, they were only circulating around, but they gradually began to approach.

When I saw the scene in front of me, I felt my rageful state calm a little bit. This made me wonder if the wolves still moved in packs once it snowed.

If that was the case, then I lucked out all those times in not encountering a pack consisting of forty giant wolves.

The four-horned demon was muttering to herself.

"Fire? Maybe that would even cook them preemptively... No, that would probably burn them."

At this time, the wolves decided to stop circulating and start closing in. Beads of sweat formed on my forehead. After tucking away my knife, I patted the four-horned demon on the shoulder.

"Uh, sorry to disturb you, but they are getting closer."

The four-horned demon waved her hand dismissively.

"I got it, I got it."

The wolves started to get even closer and were going a bit faster.

In the meantime, the four-horned demon simply continued muttering to herself, even opting to close her eyes.

"The earth spell? That wouldn't burn them... but it would also crush all the meat."

The wolves seemed to think that the two in front of them were helpless prey and began to run towards them.

This made me anxiously shake the four-horned demon's shoulder.

"They are coming!"

As for the four-horned demon, she ignored my shaking completely.

"Ah right, why didn't I think of that."

The wolves pounced, prompting me to scream.

"Shi-"

Before I could finish speaking, the four-horned demon picked me up by the waist, then threw me up into the air.

All of the wolves pounced straight towards her, but she just leisurely swung her arm around in a full circle.

...But it didn't seem to be doing anything.

I reached my hand out.

"No!"

The wolves continued forth, about to land on the four-horned demon. And they did.

However, upon collision, they split in two, with a horizontal cut. Then, the halves of wolves fell to the ground lifelessly.

Almost like that was a signal, every tree within fifty meters began tilting away from the four-horned demon, almost like they were trying to give way. With a smash, several trees landed on the ground, leaving stumps in their original location.

The four-horned demon sat down on the stump next to her.

"The water spell."

I fell back down from the air and the four-horned demon caught me before I hit the ground.

She flashed a smirk.

"See? Even if there were a hundred, it would be just as easy."

I nodded in a daze.

"Y-Yeah...."