Be Back Before Night

Two days passed since Luka went to Tero's house and promised him that he would help Tero fight against the devil.

Tero had told who the devil was, but Luka was still unsure whether that person was really behind all that.

"Hey, Tero, are you sure the devil is that person?" Luka asked Tero, who was sitting behind him.

Tero's desk was originally behind Liz, but Luka had asked Tero to change his seat.

"I am sure." Tero nodded. "I have been tracking him for five months."

"I will trust you on that." Luka thought there would be no reason for Tero to lie.

As usual, after school ended, and Luka, Ana, Liz, and Tero went on their daily mission.

It was early evening, and they were in the park, searching for the monster.

"There have been several sightings of the same monster around the park," Ana reported.

"But how are they inside the barrier?" Liz asked

"The experts said that there is only one possibility, and that is that they are born inside the barrier," Ana replied.

'I knew it.' Luka glanced at Tero and nodded.

"But how can impurities be born inside the barrier? Doesn't the barrier purify everything?" Liz questioned.

"Yeah. And we are not the only ones. The other areas' exorcists have the same issue."

They looked around the entire park and the area around it but didn't find any monsters.

"Strange," Ana sighed and glanced at Luka, her face flushed as she looked around the park, "The report said they would be here but--"

"No, they are here." Tero took out his sword. "Be ready, everyone,"

"Show yourself" Tero used a lightning attack which made the monsters visible. It was almost impossible for any monster to hide their presence like that-- even if they were visible. Since Tero was the only one who was used to dealing with them, he was familiar with everything.

"There are too many of them," Liz reported.

"10, no 13 in total," Ana stated.

Tero took out his other sword and said with a smile on his face, "This is going to be tough,"

"Watch out!" Luka took out his sword and stood in a defensive stance. "They are trying to attack,"

The monster stood still, without moving or trying to attack Luka and others.

All four of them dashed at the monsters at once. The monster finally moved, but instead of attacking them, the monsters ran in the opposite direction.

"Huh? Are they trying to escape?" Liz wondered.

'But why are they trying to escape? Something doesn't make sense…' Luka then gasped as he yelled, "They are going towards the city!"

"This is bad," As a leader, Ana had many responsibilities. She had to make a rational decision to guide the party, but she wasn't used to this, and she had no experience in that field whatsoever.

"No, it's not!" Luka said in a loud voice. He looked at Ana and others and said with a serious look on his face, "Ana, Liz, and Tero, use elemental attacks on them, and keep them stunned; I will cut them down."

Tero and Liz used lightning attacks to stun them, and Ana used a wind attack to hold them off. Meanwhile, Tero used fire attacks to make the boundary so that they couldn't escape.

"Now! Luka!" Ana called out.

Luka tightened his grip and dashed at the horde of the monster. Elemental attacks weaken the impurities, and they could be easily killed.

Luka swung his sword and killed each of them with one hit.

"Wow, that was quick" Liz awed

"I know, right?" Ana added.

"We were in total sync," Tero stated

"We make a good team," Luka said.

"You were awesome, Luka!" Liz praised Luka.

Ana lowkey shot a glare at Liz. 'I wanted to praise him first.'

Luka nodded and puffed out his chest. "Praise me more."

Ana glanced at Luka; Luka noticed Ana's gaze, but Ana immediately averted her gaze as soon as their eyes met. Ana was still feeling a little embarrassed around Luka. Whenever she saw Luka's face, it reminded Ana of that kiss-- even though she was the one who asked Luka to kiss him.

"Let's go home now," Ana stood beside Luka. "We will report this tomorrow,"

"Umm," Luka scratched his cheek as he tried to avoid eye contact with Ana. "You two, go home first. I need to do something."

"And that something is?" Both Ana and Liz were shocked. They both were waiting for the mission to end so they could go home with Luka.

"Just some stuff with Tero."

"I understand," Ana said dejectedly. She didn't want to be annoying and pry into the matter.

"It will be back," Luka patted Ana and Liz and said with a smiled on his face, "I will make this up to both of you."

"Okay," Ana bumped her head lightly on Luka's chest, then looked up at Luka and said with a flushed face, "If you come back before night, I will give you a kiss. So come back as soon as possible, okay?"

Luka looked at Tero, who was looking in the opposite direction, then moved his gaze at Liz, who was staring at Luka.

Luka cradled Ana's face, moved his face closer to Ana's, and kissed her on the lips. Ana's eyes widened, but she didn't stop Luka and closed her eyes.

After the kiss, Luka patted Ana and grinned, "I promise."

Luka then left with Tero, and Ana had a hard time explaining everything to Liz, who started pouting after seeing Luka kissing Ana.

After Ana told Liz everything, Liz was a little convinced, but she was angry as her relationship with Luka hadn't progressed much, though she has no idea Luka had fallen in love with her too.

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