Dodging a punch from the red Therian I quickly swung my sword upward slashing at his chest causing him to fall back onto the ground, letting out a loud “Yelp!”. His blonde haired friend ran to his side yelling out “Bro!” in concern.
“It’s no use! We can’t win! If this is the power of a Rare item. . . We don’t stand a chance!” The green haired student legs were trembling in fear and I couldn’t help but let out a sigh. ‘This is going on too long. I have to find Shiro not fight a bunch of random people. This is all Salomon fault. . . I will slap him on his bottom 1,000 times now!’ With a scowl on my face I turn to look at the remaining enemies still conscious.
“ Okay, now let stop this already. This is getting ridiculous and I don’t know even know where to start with this. . . So I guess the most important thing I should ask is this. Who are you working for and what is your goal? Standing at my full high I tried to intimate them into giving me answers.
The blonde haired student spoke first shaking slightly. “W-We’re part of Oniwaka’s team. . .” The green haired student also spoke up not meeting my eyes. “W-We were ordered to look for an Infernal Summoner with dark hair and glasses. . .” Before he could say anymore the red Therian quickly hit him over the head.
Standing up from the ground with a glare on his face the red Therian look at his two friends. “Dumbasses! You aren’t some comic book villain! Don’t blurt out all our secrets just cause we lost!”
Calming himself down the blonde haired student stood at his full height and frown at his friend. “Y-Yeah, idiot! If Oniwaka finds out we let that slip, he’ll have our hides!” The green haired student looking like he was going to pass out quickly lowered his head to his friends. “Sorry! I’m so sorry!”
“Get a grip. . . and make a run for it!” The red Therian quickly turned around and started to run away and then other people who came with him also got up then ran in random directions. “G-Gotcha! Sometimes ya gotta just turn tail and run!” The blonde haired student quickly followed the red Therian and the green haired student seeing his friend running away quickly followed them nearly tripping over his feet.
After a few minutes I was left by myself and I let out a long breath then got into a crouch and put my head into my knees feeling extremely tired. I could kind of see a bright light coming from my phone then heard a certain someone cheering.
“Whoohoo! Well fought, Master! I’m proud to be in your service! Um. . . Master? Are you okay? Do you need the bathroom or something?” I could feel Salomon poking at me and I quickly grab for him. With a dark look in my eyes I started to put at his cheeks ignoring his cries of pain.
“Aren’t you a lovely butler! LEAVING me ALONE when it was looking bad! I should spank you 1,000,000!” I was pulling hard at his cheeks not stopping until I was such he was in enough pain.
“Well, I feel better now. Hopefully they aren’t too far away. I kind of lost myself there for a second.” Slapping myself on my cheeks lightly to give myself energy I started to walk in the direction the group of students ran in.
“H-Huh? Master? We’re going after them?” Rubbing at his red cheeks with tears in his eyes Salomon look at me in confusion. “Something about what they said is bothering me and I just want to make sure they aren’t talking about who they are talking about.” Increasing my speed as I avoid bumping into anyone I tried to see if I can see a group of students.
“Come to think of it, they mentioned an Infernal Summoner with dark hair and glasses before they ran off. You don’t know anyone like that, do you?” Frowning lightly and lowering my head from Salomon question stares I give him an answer. “It kind of sounds like a friend of mine. . .”
“Ugh. . . I, for one, would prefer to avoid getting roped into any further trouble. . . In fact, I would advise against taking on any battles you aren’t positive you can win. . . But seeing as I’m here to answer my Master’s every beck and call, I shall of course do as you wish and hunt those scoundrels down!” Salomon puff out his chest proudly with his eyes closed with a smirk on his face.
“ The humbly distinguished Lil’ Salomon is at your service! This is no sweat for a Level 3 App Searcher such as myself. Even if you’ve only fought an opponent once, I can find them with the Player Locator. Watch closely how I bend the App to my will and. . . There! Scoundrels located!” My phone pinged on a location and Salomon gave me a little bow.
I stop walking and look at Salomon for a while causing him to sweat nervously under my stare. Then I gave him a small smile and pat his head gently. “Good demon butler.” Then I was walking again following the directions on my phone ignoring Salomon happy shouts from behind me.
“They came this way. . . It appears they’re in a district of Nishi-Shinjuku. . .2-Chome? Their signal is coming from that direction. They seem to have come to a stop, but-” Salomon voice was cut off by a loud scream from ahead of us.
“That was a hell of a scream. . . It came from the same place those scoundrels should be!” I started to run in that direction still hearing screams that just urge me to go faster. When I finally arrived there was so much blood.
There were a bunch of little demons creatures surrounding the group of students from earlier who were badly hurt. “Ahhhhh! H-Help me!” The blonde student was on the ground backing away from the little demons with tears coming out of his eyes.
“EEEEK! It hurts! It hurts! I’m bleeding out. . . Ahhh. . .” The green haired student was holding onto his stomach which was bleeding so much from the injuries he had. “Guys! Hurry up and close your Apps!” The red Therian took out his phone and his friends followed but it was quickly taken by the little demons.
“H-Hey! It took my phone! G-Give it. . . AHHHH!” The blonde haired student was attacked by the little demon as soon as he tried to get his phone back. “Cough! Blargh. . .!” The green haired student coughed up more blood from moving too quickly toward the little demons.
Looking at the little demons and back at his friend the red Therian had a nervous look on his face. “What the hell?! Damn it!” The little demons started to attack him again and he cried out.
“ This doesn’t look so good. . . It looks like they’re hurt pretty badly. . .” There was so much blood everywhere I felt myself getting kind of light headed. “Lil’ Salomon what are those things?”
“Hmm? Since we haven’t fought one of those yet, I don’t have much info. It’s certainly not of this world, though. Could it be a Stray Transient? From the looks of it, it must be a low or mid-level demon of some kind. Oh dear. It snatched their phones. Now they can’t close the App. They can’t run either, so they’re really in for a beating. Oh well, it’s not like it can kill them.” Shrugging his shoulders Salomon ignores the screams of the students being attacked.
“Hold up. . . If a Battle Zone has been established, that means. . . Could they have been challenged by those demons?” I start to walk over to the group of students being attacked by the demons and summoned my Sacred Artifact and start to raise it up. “Wait, Master! Where are you going? Don’t tell me you want to help them!?”
“Of course! They are clearly in pain right now and need help!” Salomon got in front of me and wave a finger at me. “It can’t be done, Master. You simply can’t influence anything within a Battle Zone from the outside. Anyway, it will all be over soon. The battle will end once they’ve been beaten to a pulp.”
Lowering my sword with a frown on my face and try to ignore the screams of pain. “Isn’t there any way to help them? Like force the fight to end?” Putting a hand under his chin Salomon gave a thoughtful “Hmmm”. “Well, there is one way. . . but you would have to reinforce them in order to do it. That’s the only option. It just isn’t possible to crash a battle as a third party. The rule that battles must be fought one-on-one between two parties is iron-clad in this App.”
“But never mind that. Why would you even want to help those scoundrels after they attacked you?” Giving a Salomon a frown and look at the group of students being attacked. “They did attacked me but I can’t just stand by and watch. This doesn’t sit well with me. Also they have some information I need too.”
Salomon nodded to himself with an understanding look on his face. “Oh, I see! We have yet to make them spill the beans! Of course! Brilliant thinking, Master! Waiting around for their defeat would just be a waste of our time!”
As if they just notice us the little demons turn to look at me with a tilt of their little head and a “Screech? Kree?” escaping their stitched up mouths. ‘This would be really cute if there wasn’t blood everywhere and screams of pain.’
Throwing a fist up in the air Salomon let out a cheer. “Here we go, Master! Time to crash this party!” I raised up my sword again and rushed towards the devils who let out a loud SCREEEECH when they realize I was going to attack them.
