Death Guns In Another World

''It's a demon.''

Incursio declared after a moment of silence.

''What?" The girls were shocked, but their surprise had just begun.

''The weakest type, the Chaos organization, is trying to mass produce them. You will face them as well as monsters in the incoming war.''

The girls were so shocked that they could not immediately offer a reply.

Incursio knew this would happen when she brought them here and shook her head and told them the real purpose of their visit here; it was not only to tell them this.

''I want you to face it.''

Silence descended upon the whole room until the chained demon started struggling, seemingly trying to escape from its chains to tear them apart.

''Release it,'' Maria said after a long moment of silence; however, they didn't know the whole story yet; they could not waste such a good opportunity as they could get valuable information from this fight and better prepare countermeasures in the future.

Incursio smiled; she knew the girls who would soon become her sisters, the ones that would make her into something more human-like.

She immediately flicked her fingers, and like dominos, the chains restraining the demon started snapping one by one.

Meanwhile, the five girls were having a meeting; they were deciding who should be the leader and what kind of formation they should use. This would be their first time fighting in a group with their numbers, and without doubt, a situation like this where they should need to fight in a group in the future was bound to happen, so they could use this opportunity to better coordinate.

Maria let Artemia be the leader as with the latter experience; she was a better fit for the role than her currently; she could stay behind and watch, to learn from her. The others nodded, not finding fault in this.

As the leader, Artemia decided she would be the vanguard alongside Maria and Sakuya, and Luna and Saeko would be at the rear. Luna was the essential core member because she was their healer; although different from your typical healer as she could also fight in the frontline; the princess didn't want her to let fight in the frontline. Because once injured, she would spend her precious mana to heal herself, which might become problematic when others would need healing, and she would have run out of mana by then.

The second reason she asked her to stay in the rear was that the enemy would be shocked once discovering that Luna was dangerous, the enemy could become momentarily distracted, and the others could use this opportunity to attack together. It's a pretty good tactic.

At the same time as they were ready, the last chain restraining the demon was snapped, and the latter immediately launched an attack.

''Rawrrrrr!"

Its claw cut through at such speed that even Artemia, the fastest of the five, was shocked.

''Fast!" Sakuya remarked while reading her katana to block the blow while Maria created a white mist to slow down the demon.

Artemia attacked with her spear; the three were in perfect synchronization; however, to this surprise, the demon turned into a mist and dodged their combined attacks; the next thing they knew was Maria flying in the air; her mouth fell open, and blood flowed out.

Bang!

She slammed against the wall behind them and coughed another mouthful of blood.

''What?!''

The others were shocked; Incursio was watching the fight by stepping in.

Puff!

Maria coughed blood again as she tried to stand up. Every movement sent waves of throbbing pain through her chest and back. It was exhausting, and she felt sick, but there seemed to be nothing she could do about it. She wanted to give up; there was no way she could keep going feeling like this. Maria closed her eyes and relaxed her muscles. She took a deep breath, and then another. It was her best attempt to regain her composure.

Her head felt eerily light, everything seemed to spin around her in a blur of motion, and her legs could barely carry them. But after a few more moments of pure focus, the Ice empress managed to block out the pain enough to make it nothing more than a minor annoyance. It'll last a while, but she'll manage. She had felt like time; it had been quite some time already.

She didn't see the demon's attack coming at all; she wondered what the hell had happened, looking at Incursio standing there with her arms crossed and looking at three girls surrounding the demon; Maria shook her head; she felt like only Incursio saw what happened.

''How are you feeling, Maria?" Luna, who arrived beside her, asked, and she responded honestly.

''In a pretty bad shape as you can see.''

Luna nodded before performing her Holy art, the radiant blessing on Maria, the latter felt her injuries healing in an instant, and even some of her stamina was recovered.

Now back on her feet, Maria observed the demon for a moment. None of the attack launched did much damage as if the demon's skin was unbreakable.

''Luna, you'll attack it with your light element.'' Maria arrived at this conclusion, and Luna, who was itching for a fight, nodded.

After strengthening her body five times, Luna launched an attack; she arrived above the demon with a kick, the latter having felt coming turned into a mist and materialized in another location but to the demon's surprise, Luna was smiling. Her right hand was aimed at the demon; a light beam shot out from the hand and collided against the demon's arm, slicing it apart.

''!!!!!!!!"

The demon emitted a sharp shriek, having one of its arms sliced off.

The girls exchanged looks and smiled; the Light element seemed effective against the demon, unlike the other elements, which could not deal much damage.

From that point onward, the five attacked simultaneously, with Luna being the main attacker; the demon tried to escape, afraid of the Light element; however, the others restricted its movement while Luna punched the hell out of it. The once mighty demon had turned into a child getting bullied by many adults.

Soon, the five managed to kill the demon. The latter body turned into five small black smoke which penetrated their chests, forcing the five to kneel as they felt they were being remolded.

''Good not bad. Have a taste of your first demon.''

The girls were so preoccupied with what happened inside their bodies to respond to Incursio.