A Helping hand (and a shield)

William knew that man. His name was Eugenold Von Schildton. William met him shortly after being recruited when he was arguing with a high ranked officer. Eugenold spoke William out of trouble because he was already a sergeant at the army. Eugenold was from Shieldton and fought in the civil war when he was 19. His home fortress held almost 4 years which was longer than any other. 9 years later when the war began soon William and Eugenold met.

"How long has it been? 11 years since the war first began. Way too long", William wondered. Eugenold made the shield a little bigger and blocked the second fireball too.

"Actually only six years. I saw you at your promotion but I got transferred to the southern front", explained Eugenold.

"Either way it's nice to see an old friend at a time like this. What exactly brought you here?" William asked joyfully.

"That huge noise of course! And you aren't the only one with the high rank now my friend. I am now the captain of the Royal Guard but I guess my work didn't start very well hahaha", Eugenold laughed.

"We have a demon to kill. No time for chatting anymore!" William ordered.

"Let's get work then!" Eugenold shouted.

"Oh, so you brought me the main course. William, you were only an appetizer!" Iskarriot screeched. Eugenold shut down his shield and drew his massive battle axe from his back. His axe would be impossible to use by an ordinary man because the axe was simply huge. But Eugenold weren't anything like the ordinary. He was almost two meters tall and was able to lift over 300 kg weights. The siege where he fought had trained him to be one of the thoughest soldiers ever. One time he had to fight against a platoon all by himself.

"Bring it on demon! I am not afraid!" Eugenold shouted. Iskarriot lunged towards Eugenold and tried to kick him down but the big man didn't move at all. Eugenold got a free opening and slashed the demon to it's chest. Iskarriot screeched in pain.

"I ordered a squad of guards here. The demon is killed before my shift ends", Eugenold said confidently.

"So the dessert is on it's way. Guess I have to go through you first!" Iskarriot said calmly while holding his deep wound on his chest. The demon was bleeding through many cuts and was clearly shuddering. Purple blood poured on Iskarriot's clothes as he started casting a spell. The demon Lord said something on a language William or Eugenold neither understood. The extra height Iskarriot had gained by scratching William's face disappeared but so did his injuries.

"Ah... I had forgotten how refreshing the healing spell feels. I should've fought more on my spare time in hell", Iskarriot mumbled with a smile on his face. Under the torn clothes was now only perfectly red skin without any sings of the earlier cuts.

Just then the guards that Eugenold had ordered here appeared. Nine armored soldiers marched into the hall that had been turned into a battlefield. Four of them had spears and three were armed with maces. The all had kettle helms and shoulder plates. Their chainmail chest armor clinked and boots clattered on the stone floor as they moved to formation.

"Only nine? It was supposed to be 10! Where is the one who's missing?" Eugenold asked with a little frustration in his voice.

"Umm... We apologise Sir but Marcus was left behind because his boot was wrong sized so he went to replace it", one of the guards explained.

"Wrong sized? I had only one pair of boots back in the day when I fought in the siege and it lasted for 4 years! These royal guards have been living in a luxury I say!" Eugenold shouted.

"The dessert is here already? Well my sweet tooth is tingling so maybe I'll take them first!" Iskarriot screeched and attacked the royal guards. The first guard tried to thrust with his spear but Iskarriot moved swiftly past it and bit the guard's neck. The other guards weren't fully ready on their formation yet and now they only watched as their comrade was being sucked dry.

"Hmh. What a mudblood. I had to suck him up completely. Maybe if I kill you all I can get enough strength!" Iskarriot complained and threatened the soldiers. They were visible terrified as Iskarriot grew in size again. He went from being a little over 140 cm tall to almost 160 cm in a couple of seconds. Also a red horned tail grew out from Iskarriot's pants. The tail was at least 2 and half meters long and fiddled around idly.

"I'm afraid I'll have to stop you right here", Eugenold said confidently and stepped in front of Iskarriot. The demon lord looked tiny in front of Eugenold and his battle axe. Iskarriot hissed and punched two hits into Eugenold's armor in a blink of an eye. The big man had to take a few steps back to recover from the attacks. Iskarriot had left two dents into the shining armor. Then the demon lord jumped against one of the royal guards. The guard dodged the attack but accidentally dropped his mace. Iskarriot grabbed the guards weapon and threw it towards the guards head.

"CLANG!" the guard's helmet tolled as the mace hit the lights out from him. Iskarriot sucked a little blood from the unconscious guard's wrist.

"Oh this is much higher in Mana! I can feel the power! Hahahahaa!" Iskarriot laughed a demonic laugh.

"We have to stop him before he gets too powerful! Are you ready my old friend? On my mark!" William ordered and guided Eugenold. Iskarriot stood there trying to guess what move his enemies were planning but it was too late.

"Now!!!" William shouted. Eugenold began his vertical swing and William his horizontal slash. Iskarriot grabbed William's blade and stepped out of Eugenold's axe's way evading both attacks. But Eugenold was stronger than Iskarriot had thought so he quickly swinged from down to up slicing Iskarriot's left hand that was holding William's blade.

"AAARghsss! My hand!!!" Iskarriot hissed and screeched in pain. His left hand was lying on the ground in a pool of purple blood. William and Eugenold were distracted by the chopped off hand so Iskarriot used his tail he had grown to attack the guards that weren't ready. The tail struck a deadly blow to one of the guards. He tried to block it using his mace but the tail dodged and impaled him.

"Oh god! It went through chainmail! This could mean trouble!" Eugenold shouted in panic.

To be continued--->