“Get out of the way, Miss.” Yua hissed, still limping while holding her shoulder. “I have to finish this.”


    The priestess with ck hair shook her head. “Stop! You don’t understand why we’re doing this!”


    “So, make me understand.” Yua is still walking.


    Instead of answering, the priestess gasped. She gritted her teeth and said. “Even if I wanted to say it, I couldn’t…. Our tongues were magically sealed…. This was done so that we wouldn’t give any secrets to those who would take advantage of this ce….”


    “I don’t understand. What benefit can there be from confining that many people here?” Yuaughed bitterly, pushing the priestess to shift.


    However, the priestess hugged the kunoichi’s body.


    “Don’t do that, I beg you!” The priestess wept. “Leave it alone! I’ll ask the others to free you!”


    The priestess’s hug wasn’t really that strong, but because of her extreme pain, Yua couldn’t free herself.


    A rope descended from the hole that Yua had passed through. Meanwhile, the guards’ footsteps had begun to echo around therge room.


    So, Yua was forced to take out her final anesthetic dart, then stab it into the neck of the priestess, who fell down immediately._.


    “Don’t break the seal!” One of the guards shouted.


    The other guards had started to enter from various doors in the room. Some had also descended using ropes.


    However, the distance between Yua and the seal was still five feet.


    “Arrrgghhh!!!” Yua forced herself to run, then jumped. Her hand extended forward.


    The guards were screaming, begging Yua not to do that. Some even shot her with arrows.


    Everything felt like slow motion to Yua. She thought that she would not be able to reach the seal.


    However, she had not given up. She stuck out her hand to the max.


    “Arrrgggghhh!!!” Yua screamed again as her body fell. Several arrows pierced her body, adding to the pain beyond measure.


    “Don’t kill her!!!” A guard in a slightly different outfit gave the order. “We have to dig up information from her.”


    The guards surrounded Yua while pointing their katana at the kunoichi.


    Yua justy face down on the ground. Her mouth formed a faint smile.


    “T-the seal!” One of the other guards shouted.


    The calligraphy writing on the seal evaporated into ck smoke, leaving a nk white paper.


    The tip of the seal turned out to be slightly torn off by Yua’s index finger.


    The guards’ leader, an aged man with a thick mustache and a slightly different outfit from the others, took off his helmet, then hissed at Yua, “Do you know what you just did?”


    ***


    Hearing her dog’s loud barking, Elise woke up.


    “What is it, Mona?” Elise rubbed her eyes and straightened herself from the ground. “Don’t be so loud. The vige guards will hear you.”


    However, the dog barked even louder, then ran towards the vige.


    “Woof! Woof!!!”


    “Hey!” Elise was forced to stand up and chase the dog. “Where are you going!? Came back here!”


    The pet’s body grew to its original size, just like when it had first met Elise.


    Once out of the forest, Mona stopped, growled, and lowered her body, staring intently at the vige.


    Seeing the behavior of the dog, Elise also looked towards the vige.


    Some vigers came out of their homes, stumbling and screaming in pain.


    “What the fuck?” Raymund muttered.


    Elise held her breath at what she saw.


    Gradually, the vigers’ skin color turned blue, green, or red. Not only that, but horns also began to grow on their heads, their teeth grew like fangs, and their eyes became more bulging.


    ***


    The priestess gasped when one of the guards stuck a piece of cloth to her nose. The fabric has been smeared with a special liquid that can make people wake up instantly.


    “You can still smile, huh?” The guards’ leader folded his arms across his chest, looking at Yua, who was sitting on the floor. “You think this is funny, huh?”


    Even though she was tied up, Yua could still widen her smile. “Of course, I can still smile. I just defeated an evil like all of you. It was something extraordinary.”


    Yes, everything is done. She can return to her master. Although she is still worried about Taka’s condition.


    Two other guards entered with Taka, then sat the ninja next to the kunoichi.


    “Looks like you got it hard, huh?” Yua was still smiling, seeing her friend’s body and face full of wounds.


    “You too.” Taka, whose body was also tied up, smiled back.


    “This madman defeated dozens of us.” The guard carrying Taka snorted in annoyance. “We have to work hard to beat him.”


    “This is not the time to chat.” The priestess walked quickly over to the seal and inspected it. “Get me the paper. I have to make a new seal. And Kurosaki-san, prepare the soldiers to fight what ising for us.”


    “Alright, Yamaya-sama.” The guards’ leader bowed deeply and began to give orders to his troops.


    “It will be tough because it’s a full moon now.” The priestess named Yamaya gritted her teeth, looking at the broken seal.


    “Don’t worry, Yua-san,” Taka said as he saw the kunoichi’s surprised expression. “The seal-making ritual will take a long time. The vigers have time to escape or evene here to prevent the creation of a new seal…. Well, they do have to fight the guards, but at least they have a chance.”


    “So, in your eyes, we are really evil, huh?” Yamaya clenched both of her fists.


    A small chuckle escaped from Yua’s mouth. “This morning, I saw a small child who was badly injured after being beaten…”


    “Yua, sorry I have to give you this bad news.” Raymund’s voice sounded so devoid of energy. There was a pause before the god continued. “Those vigers became monsters…. No, they became terrible demons.”


    Yua looked up with wide eyes. “Demon? Vigers?”


    “Huh?” Taka frowned. “What are you saying, Yua-san?”


    Yamaya stood in front of Yua, looking intently at the kunoichi. “I don’t know where you got your information, but it really happened. It’s because this seal has been broken.”