Demon blood festival of Kairouan part 1

The next day was the banquet. The Varangians and two sentinels of embers were in the dining room on one side, with Ghersengs in their full armor on the other. Everyone was present except for the youngest ones, Liana and Gwon.

The prince came into the room with the queen like she was a hostage.

"Well, doesn't all this food look great? I have always wanted to try Saracen food," the prince said and sat down.

"Well, everything looked good, but unfortunately, I just lost my appetite," Joan said.

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In the meantime, Gwon and Liana were walking through the palace halls.

"So stupid we couldn't be part of the party. The food would have been so tasty there," Gwon said.

"How can you tell?" Liana asked.

"I have a good smell. So, why do you think we couldn't be part of the party?"

"You've got to be kidding me. Don't you remember how much trouble you have gotten into since we arrived on this moon world," Liana explained in a tired tone.

"So why are you with me and not at the party?"

"Because Doreen asked me to watch after you..."

They then saw a lone Varangian soldier walking around the halls all alone. Liana grew suspicious and ran after him.

"Shouldn't you make sure I don't go and cause trouble, so you shouldn't run off somewhere?" Gwon yelled back at her.

"Yes, so that is why you should follow me. No, you have no choice but to follow me."

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Following the unknown Varangian, they found two witches lying dead on the floor. Liana and Gwon saw a large door open, with a trail of blood leading to the other side.

They peeked and saw the Varangian staring at the bookshelf with iron bars in front of them. As the Varangian tried to touch it, the bars burned his hand and forced him to take its proper form, that of the demon Caval.

"Cursed these bars. A sorcerer must have made them because they destroy anyone who tries to touch them. It will take me time to corrupt them so I can free my brothers," Caval said.

He then started to write on the floor by carving into it. As the divine texts began to appear and be done, wild divine winds started to gather. As the winds picked up, they became corrupt and turned into pandora's foul winds.

The bars started slowly rot away, with mouths and horns appearing on the covers of the books.

"Patience, my brothers. It won't be long, and you all will be free. You will soon be able to possess or kill any person in the city of Kairouan," Caval explained.

Liana and Gwon watched in horror as the unknown being bent the wild divine winds to his will. They had never seen anything like it and knew this monster was insanely powerful and dangerous. They had never felt such sinful divine energy and felt like they shouldn't make a single sound.

"I recommend you kids, just take a deep breath and remember to breathe," Caval said.

Liana's and Gwon's eyes widened in terror as the monster knew they were hiding behind the door. Two of the demon's tails wrapped around both of them and dragged them to the open.

"I can give two young beings for two lucky brothers of mine. You two are lucky as you get to become part of the great demon festival of Kairouan," Caval said while laughing.

At the moment, Gwon was too scared to think, but Liana wasn't and created a sword made from light to pierce the tails of Caval that had wrapped around them. The demon yelled in pain and released both of them.

"Aaah, a young divine one. You will make a great being to be possessed," Caval said in a sinister tone while trying to grab Liana with its long arm.

Gwon, in his Seng form, bit on the arm of Caval, ripping it apart. Caval then took a few steps back and regenerated his arm, like it was nothing.

"Interesting...." Caval said while he stared down at Gwon.

Gwon came in between Liana and Caval, with his sharp teeth showing.

"Alert Rufus and the rest of them. We can't defeat this thing by ourselves." Gwon yelled at Liana using his telepathy while in his Seng form.

"But you can't defeat him alone," Liana yelled.

"I can hold him long enough. We both have no idea what this monster is, but we know whatever he wants is bad."

Liana knew what Gwon said was true. But before leaving, she created a large light sword that appeared right before Gwon.

"Use this sword to fight him. It will last for around ten minutes, but it might give you a chance against that monster," Liana said right before she ran off.

Caval then used its tail to get two books from the shelf before the bars burned him, preventing him from gathering more. Caval then cut his hand and dropped a few drops of his demonic black blood, which also contained his divinity, on the books that woke the demons. Though smaller and less evolved-looking than Caval, they still stank with vial winds of pandora.

"Go after the girl. I will then give you two bodies to consume," Caval yelled and ordered the lesser demons to chase after Liana.

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Liana was running through the corridors of the palace and ran into a couple of locust witches.

"No running!" yelled one of the witches.

"GET AWAY!" Liana yelled.

A demon threw a spear, made from its flesh, piercing one of the witches, who died instantly. The other demon then pinned Liana down, with its strong arms and claws piercing Liana's skin.

"HELP ME!" Liana yelled at the other witch.

Instead of helping, the witch was paralyzed out of fear and turned around, about to flee. Then the second demon caught the witch and immediately started to eat her while she still yelled. Unlike Caval, the two demons seemed like wild beasts hungry for flesh, blood, and carnage.

The demon pinning Liana down got too excited about the witch being eaten alive and suffering, so it let Liana go and join the other demon. While the witch was screaming as the second demon started to eat the face of the witch, Liana continued, trying to reach Rufus and the others on time.

The two demons reeled in their focus back on Liana as the witch died, like it was no fun anymore as the witch didn't yell in pain anymore.