Chapter 120: Running in The Rain
It began to rain!
Azrael's eyes widened in shock and he turned to see Jane looking just as surprised!
Neither of them understood how it could be raining in the desert, but they weren't going to look a gift horse in the mouth!
Instead, they hurried and grabbed the bottles from their bags to try and get as much water as possible!
Jane ran out with the bottle and looked around for a leaf that she could use to gather the water, but Azrael didn't even care about finding a leaf! He grabbed one of the T-shirts in his bag and held it up so that it was soaked in the rainwater! He then squeezed the water into the bottle and repeated the exercise again!
Jane saw what he was doing and she quickly followed his lead to fill the bottle!
A massive thunderbolt echoed through the sky and Azrael heard Jane laugh from the side as she continued taking as much rainwater as possible.
Her clothes were wet and her hair was sticking to her face from the water, but she didn't seem to care at all because she was finally going to have water!
But Azrael suddenly noticed that the wind was still picking up!
The harsh breeze slammed into his body, making him raise his hand up to his face to prevent it from throwing him off the cliff edge.
The bottle of water he had been filling almost toppled over and he quickly grabbed it and corked it even though it wasn't filled. But Jane was still trying to get as much water as possible!
"Jane! We need to go back inside!"
Azrael shouted to Jane as he stood, but Jane ignored him!
Another harsh gust of wind blew across the cliff edge and Jane's bottle finally lost its balance as it shot towards the edge!
Jane shouted as she reached out to grab it and Azrael quickly grabbed her before she could go over the edge and pulled her back!
"Are you insane!?"
"The water!"
"Leave it! You'll die if you fall from here!"
Jane quickly shrugged Azrael off and scrambled forward to grab the bottle before it could fall off, barely managing to catch it!
She smiled and turned around to give Azrael a smug look, but she was surprised to see him staring at something behind them.
Inside the cave, their fire had finally gone out due to the harsh wind, and in the dark shadows, a figure shifted.
Azrael eyed his weapon that was resting on the wall inside the cave and Jane quickly covered her bottle as she felt her heart rate spike.
They both eyed the figure in the darkness warily as it slowly came out from the cave.
Three Lesser Daemons.
Azrael wondered where the hell they could have possibly come from.
Was there another entrance to the cave on the other side of the mountain that they didn't know about?
It was possible that they attracted the daemons here when they moved to get the water.
Azrael reprimanded himself for not making sure that the cave was secure when he first got there. If they had fallen asleep, then they could've died.
"I'm going to get our weapons. Can you hold them off?"
Azrael spoke up in a low voice and Jane nodded as lightning began to spark over her skin. Jane was blessed by Zeus and she was capable of summoning large constructs made from lightning to aid her in battle.
At her current level, she could only manage two constructs, but as she grew stronger, she was sure she would be able to summon a lot more.
Dealing with Lesser Daemons was not going to be a problem!
Azrael eyed the Lesser Daemons calmly as Jane's lightning began to increase in intensity!
Jane poured out her Essence and created a large dragon that roared in agitation as it charged down for the Lesser Daemons! The creatures all shrieked in agitation and charged for Jane and Azrael bolted in the opposite direction!
He maneuvered around the Daemons and headed straight towards the weapons!
The lightning dragon slammed into the cliff, sending two of the three daemons flying and the third daemon managed to reach Jane and tried to scratch her using its long claws!
But Jane easily dodged it and her hand sparked with electricity as she shot forward and slammed her fist into the creature's face, shooting hundreds of thousands of volts into its body!
The daemons shrieked in pain as it was electrocuted from the inside out and Jane quickly jumped out of the way as another daemon charged for her! The large lightning dragon roared and came down on the daemon again, sending even more rock and soot flying!
Azrael grabbed the weapon and he called out to Jane before tossing her the sabers!
Jane caught them and sent electricity through them as she slashed the arm off a daemon before stabbing the second saber into its head and killing it!
Azrael arrived on the scene in a flash and slashed the third daemon across its neck, killing it instantly!
Although there was a time when the daemon skin was far too tough for them to cut with their weapons, Jane and Azrael had both been training for a long time, so they were a lot stronger than back then. This allowed them to exert a lot more force with their weapons, making it easier to cut through the daemon's skin.
Azrael looked over the edge of the cliff and cursed as he saw figures on the desert floor heading towards them! The noise had attracted more daemons!
He shouted over the noisy wind!
"We have to go!"
Jane looked down to where Azrael pointed and she also saw what was happening. They quickly ran back to the cave and they both grabbed their bags.
Another daemon suddenly appeared from the cave, striking out with its claws to try and kill Jane, but Azrael was there before it could land the hit, and he took off the offending arm before using the katana to slice off its head!
Jane called on her dragon construct once more and it roared as it charged downwards and slammed into the ground where a lot of daemons were starting to gather!
Azrael cut the head off another daemon and Jane used her saber to kill two more daemons as Azrael ran out of the cave towards the edge and looked down.
There were daemons scaling the wall to reach the top of the mountain and with the number of daemons coming through the cave, Azrael could tell that there were more daemons on the other side as well.
They won't be able to get out of there by climbing!
"Jane! Can your dragon carry us!"
"It's intangible! It can't carry anything!"
"Then we have to jump!"
Jane cut off the head of another daemon that tried to scratch her before turning to look at Azrael in shock! She summoned her dragon and made it slam into the cave to give her some breathing room before she ran over to see what Azrael was looking at.
The daemons were starting to reach the top.
If they wasted any more time, then they would be overrun by the numbers!
"On three!"
Azrael shouted to Jane as he put his bag on and strapped it tightly and Jane did the same thing.
"One! Two! –"
Clang!
"NO!"
Jane's water bottle fell from her bag and her eyes widened as she immediately stopped to try and get it, but a daemon appeared from her side and swiped at her.
She was so distracted that she didn't notice it approaching, so she wasn't able to put up a defense before she got a cut along her leg!
Azrael was already in the middle of jumping, so he couldn't stop himself. But he saw what had happened and cursed as Jane summoned her construct to attack the daemon before jumping after him!
Azrael and Jane fell for more than two hundred meters to the ground!
They both landed in a crouch and rolled with the fall to cushion the impact, but Jane cried out in pain as the injury on her leg gushed with blood!
The harsh winds slammed against them relentlessly and Azrael could already see some of the daemons getting down from the mountain to chase after them!
"Let's go! We have to go!"
"My leg fucking hurts! Slow down!"
Azrael was trying to drag Jane along so they could get away from the daemon, but Jane couldn't move fast because of her leg. She could feel her Divine Essence draining quickly as her dragon construct fought against the daemons behind them, but she didn't know how long it could keep fighting before she was out.
Jane stumbled a little and tried to put pressure on the leg, but she cried out as she was sent to the ground from the pain!
A hand grabbed Jane and dragged her forward and she felt her entire body lurch as she was lifted off the ground in one pull!
Azrael tossed Jane on his shoulder like a sack of rice and immediately bolted!