Chapter 309 War is here(5)

"Who are you?" Colin asked warily as he looked at the muscular woman and she grinned

"The names War, and as my name implies, I just love battle, so will you be a dead and give me good fight, little demon." She said, stepping off of Askalad's crushed corpse with her scythe dangerously swaying in the air. Colin took a step back and groaned as the tattoo on his right bicep glowed brightly and hotly, hot enough to burn his shirt sleeve off, making War stop. The tattoos on her body wriggle happily across her skin, and she looked at Colin with a confused expression before a bright smile appeared on her face.

"Hahahaha, I should really thank that butterfly bastard when I get back, I can't believe he led me to a 'fragment'." She laughed happily and all of them looked at her confused, but then Colin's eyes widened.

'Fragment, could she be talking about the [Fragment of Mephistopheles].' Colin thought as he looked at the tattoo on his arm, burning intensely and filling his body with immense strength.

"Good, you will definitely be able to give me a good fight." She said and launched herself towards Colin, faster than their eyes could follow, and before he knew it, the blade of the scythe was only a few inches away from his face. Colin leaned backwards, the scythe passed over his nose only by a mere inch, as an energy, completely alien to him, was released from the scythe. The energy travelled in the shape of a blade arc, passing through everything behind him, the trees...the demons.

[Everyone get down.] Colin ordered through [Telepathy] and all of them quickly complied, falling face first to the ground. A few of the demons from Askalad's army were cleaved through, killing them instantly. The slash continued and cleaved into the city's wall, leaving a huge indent as faint red sparks lit on the wall. Colin fell on his back, and the orc like woman, named War, slashed her scythe down at him and he quickly rolled out of the way as she cleaved through the ground.

"You bitch." Skorn roared as he ran forward, swinging the glaive he 'borrowed' from Askalad. War blocked the attack with her scythe and one of the runes on her body glowed with a pale golden his, before her entire body was surrounded by powerful golden energy and she pushed him back. Skorn gritted his teeth as he activated [Battle Aura], and his entire body was surrounded by a fierce golden aura and red armour started to appear on his body, but it was noticeably less powerful than when he fought Colin. Both Skorn and War clashed, neither of them pushed back by the other and Skorn gritted his teeth while War grinned madly. War suddenly coughed up blood as a golden spike stuck from her stomach.

'Shit, I got too careless.' She thought and looked at Bartus who was floating in the sky and Lily who was flying towards her angrily. She took to the sky, but Colin jumped onto her back gripping her in a tight bear hug.

"Let go." War growled as she elbowed him in the face, causing him to almost fall off, but he gripped onto her wings tightly.

"Fine, but I'm leaving empty handed." He said and pulled on her wings, causing her to roar in pain, and both of them fell to the ground.

"Get off me!!" War roared angrily and a burst of energy emanated from her body, pushing Colin off, but the damage was already done. Her wings were broken and for some reason, her wounds weren't healing.

"She's not so tough, we can take her." Bartus said with a grin as spears made of gold, surrounded by a black mist, floated behind him. Colin heard his words, but he didn't agree as he felt something eerie about her....a somewhat familiar eeriness he has felt before.

"Oh, did you really think I came here alone." She said, spreading out her hands and everyone could hear tree breaking as monsters with serpentine lower halves and the top half of a woman with scales covering their skins broke through the treeline. Colin gritted his teeth as he noticed the tier 5 leader among the monsters, she had serpent hair like Medusa unlike the rest of her kin.

"Lamias and even a Gorgon. Fuck." Lily cursed as War laughed maniacally

"And so, let the war begin." She said with a expression of ecstasy appeared on her face.