That very day, the demon crawled across the cold steel floor like a broken animal. It choked on its own thick, dark blood with every breath — wet, ragged, and painful.“I should have killed you,” it hissed. “I never should have let you escape.”I didn’t reply immediately. I simply walked toward it, my sword scraping along the metal ground, the sound echoing like a never-ending scream.“Well,” I said finally, “we can’t go back and change the past, can we?”“Damn you… Chris,” the demon cursed. Its voice was low and cracking, almost gone.I swung my blade swiftly. *Swoosh.* Both of its hands flew off and landed with a wet smack on the floor. Black blood sprayed across the steel in ugly patterns.The demon laughed even as it coughed up more blood. I flipped it over with my boot so it lay on its back, staring up at the ceiling.“Why do you pity me, demon?” I asked, standing where its right eye could see me. Those red eyes were growing weaker, fading.It coughed again — a nasty, rattling so

“Wait—what?” I said, looking from one face to another. “You’re telling me a demon saved you guys?”“That’s the truth, brother,” Williams answered. “While you were busy fighting that mad demon outside, we had no clue what was waiting for us inside the office building. Low-level demons were hiding in there.”“Yeah,” Praise added. “The ladies ran into them first and got captured.”Jubi stretched his arms and sighed. “We didn’t know what was happening. We just ran inside like fools—no plan, no idea. They overpowered us fast.”“But trust me, we didn’t go down easy,” Praise said with a small smile. “We killed seven or ten of them before they took us as prisoners.”Dora stood with one hand on her waist. “Honestly, we thought we were finished. But they didn’t kill us right away, so we kept hoping someone would come. Never in a million years did we think a demon would be the one to save us.”I rubbed the back of my neck and let out a long breath. “I don’t fully understand what’s going on here,

"Bom-bom-bom-bom...." Eat this, mothefuckers, praise rotated his mounted machine gun to the left—the thick, long bullets tore through the demon army. One after the other they fell. "Thud."The air consumed by the smell of demon blood. "BOOM-BOOM." Jubi and John continued their relentless bombing with their rocket launchers.They fired high across the bridge, the explosion destroying the flesh and bones of the demons.Williams back me up! I raised my voice, I dashed deeper into the demon army. I was immediately surrounded by multiple demons on all sides. "Arghh." Their voices low, filled with ancient hatred and uncontrollable appetite for human blood and flesh. They moved towards me with incredible speed, the air screaming out as they ran towards me. "Bom-bom-bom-bom." Don't worry about the ones at your back brother, Williams yelled out. Instantly he took out every demon coming from my blind side. I nodded. I moved again, cutting down every one of them that stood in my way. Above a

The bridge was a dying animal beneath us, groaning and shuddering with every step. The rain wasn’t falling—it was being thrown down in solid sheets, turning the concrete into a slick trap. My ribs were a knot of white-hot pain where the white-haired one had hit me, even through my guard. The taste of my own blood was sharp and metallic in my mouth. I spat, rolled my shoulders, and felt the sword in my hand vibrate—a low, eager hum that went straight to my bones.*Feed me,* it whispered, the thought slithering into my head. *Their blood is ancient. Potent.*“Shut up,” I growled under my breath. A talking sword was bad enough. One that sounded hungry was a whole new problem.The three of them fanned out, moving with a slow, predatory grace. Blue-eyes stood in the middle, looking calm—almost bored—like we were just catching up. Yellow-eyes was on my left, trembling with a rage so pure I could feel it, his hand flexing around the hilt of the huge sword on his back. And the white-haired on

John let out a soft smile. “Damn, brother. A dream got you this scared and sweaty?”I met his face with a cold stare.“I’m just saying, brother. It was just a dream — we’re all still alive and well,” John added.“John, if you keep talking, I’m going to stop this car and beat the shit out of you in so many ways,” Williams glared hard at him through the rearview mirror.“Oh, I dare you, Williams.” John’s knuckles tightened around his seat.“Now is not the time for you two to get hot-headed,” Jubi joined in. “Right now, our major priority should be finding a place to lay down, rest, eat, and prepare for whatever is coming.”“I’m still going to kick his ass afterwards,” Williams clenched his jaw. The car’s tires screeched as he swerved around a huge pothole.“Why don’t you stop the car then? We can settle our differences here and now,” John grinned.“You both are very stupid,” Dora snapped, arms crossed. “John, shut the fuck up! Williams is your eldest brother. Give him some respect.”Dor