Two Horned Demon

Asher and Berk watched as an eight foot tall creature stood between the guards.

It had a humanoid form with two arms and two legs, but its entire body was covered in armor. Unlike the carapace of the one horned demon they had seen, this armor was segmented just like a normal armor set that a human would wear would be like.

But it was part of the creature's body itself and provided it great protection. 

It had a large head with pig-like features. A snout like nose in the center of its face, while two yellow eyes that glared at all the guards around it. Its mouth was full of sharp teeth, with fangs and two tusks jutting out. The most striking part though was its two horns on its head that grew out from the side of its head.

"GRAAAAAH!" The two horned demon let out a war cry as it swung its hammer like fists at the guards.

~CRACK~CRACK~CRACK~

The guards stood no chance against the demon, finding their bones crushed with ease.

~THUD~ THUD~

Their battered bodies were knocked away with ease, life draining out of their lungs.

"He… he… help…" The guards wished to cry for help but could not.

The pain filling them was far too much and prevented them from screaming. Even uttering a single word was a great task and they were barely able to do it.

Unfortunately for them, the two horned demon was not going to let them have any chance at all. 

~SMASH~

It stepped on their heads, and crushed them like a watermelon.

~gasp~

Asher and Berk were left speechless at the actions of the Two horned demon. The power that it had shown was completely on a different level than the One horned demon that they saw earlier. 

"Grrr…" After killing all the guards, the two horned demon looked at the other injured demon.

It walked up to it and placed his hand on the creature's head. 

~Tremble~

This made the one horned demon tremble, before a sickening sound was heard.

~RIP~

The Two Horned Demon dug its claws into the one horned demon and pulled out its entire head!

"Wha— What… What is it doing?" Asher couldn't believe his eyes.

Berk didn't have any answers either and he could only continue to watch as the Two Horned Demon seemingly mutilated the corpse of its supposed kin.

After having ripped the One Horned Demon's head, the larger demon stuck its arm inside the corpse and seemingly searched for something.

~SQUELCH~

Blood and guts spilled out of the headless demon's neck, as the Two Horned demon violated its corpse. The scent of foul demon blood spread in the air, which was much stronger than earlier. Even though many Hornless demons had been killed and their blood had been spilled, the scent was never this strong.

~SPLAT~

After half a minute of searching, the Two Horned Demon finally pulled out its arm from the other demon's corpse. It was now holding a dark red crystal in its hand that was about the size of a small olive. It had an irregular shape and with the blood covering it made it seem like a bloodied stone.

"Grahahah~" but the two horned demon was feeling quite pleased with this crystal.

It looked at it for a couple of seconds before crushing it with its hands.

~KACHA~

The dark red crystal was shattered with ease. But when it did, a dark red energy poured out of it and surrounded the two horned demon.

~HUU~

The Two Horned Demon huffed deeply, breathing in all the dark red energy from the crystal. It entered the beast's snout and made its eyes turn bloodshot.

"GURAAAAAAAAA~!" It then raised its hands into the air and let out a cry of joy, feeling euphoria.

But its excitement was cut short, as a certain scent entered its nose.

"Guo?" The Two Horned Demon became alert and looked around.

"Hide." Berk whispered, hoping that the two horned demon hadn't smelled them.

Asher held his breath and watched as the demon sniffed the air, searching for something. 

"GOH!" It suddenly snapped its neck towards them, causing both humans to freeze.

The Two Horned Demon narrowed its eyes and stared in their direction for a second before sniffing the air and turning back. It seemed to have found what it was smelling and started to move in that direction.

A minute later, the Two Horned demon had left the sight of the two humans and they couldn't help but take a breath of relief.

"Finally…" Berk muttered, feeling quite exhausted.

Asher also felt the cold sweat on his back. The fear he felt when watching the demon was simply on another level.

"What was that thing?" Asher couldn't help but question. "It killed the guards with ease… even one star warriors were nothing in front of it." He was quite stunned.

"It was a two horned demon called an Orc…" Berk replied, trying to calm his breath.

"You've seen it before?" Asher asked.

"Once… but only a corpse." Berk answered. "One of them had escaped the Dungeon and was caught by the soldiers of the fortress on the outskirts of the Crude Lands. I saw it when they were transporting it to the city." He explained.

"When was this?" Asher couldn't remember anything about this.

"Before you were born or your mother was in the Crude Lands." Berk answered before confirming that there was nothing dangerous around them. "Come, we should hurry. There's no telling of more of them will be coming." 

Asher nodded silently and continued onwards with Berk. Though they had no idea that they were only walking closer to the danger as five minutes later, a cacophony of cries was heard.

"NOOO!"

"RUN! IT'S A DEMON!"

"MARIA!!! NO!!!" 

"TIDEMOTHER SAVE US!"

Asher and Berk, who heard the cries, froze in place. 

They were not unfamiliar cries… they belonged to people they recognized.

"It can't be!" Berk's eyes went wide as he started to sprint towards the direction of the cries.