Sacrifice, Book 2 in the Demon Hunter Series

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Still slogging our way through the backstory of our insane humans, we'll get to the wanton slaughter of demons soon enough! Soldiers moved in tight formation through the blood soaked streets, cutting down any resistance the hellspawn could mount with a cold, calculated fury. At this point, it had dawned on most of the members of this formation that their home was lost.

No point in staying and fighting for it. Staying and dying for it. Demons flooded out of alleyways and poured out of buildings, breaking against a wall made of mortal warriors and their collective, iron will.

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Spearheading the charge, a knight of renown, his face a snarling mask of rage and hatred. Having lost his helmet in the initial push out of the coronation plaza, there was little else to identify him by.

Very nondescript, simply looking like one would expect a soldier to look. However, a very un-knightly expression was worn on his face. Teeth bared in a predatory snarl. Almost to the tower, the Hawk thought to himself as his boot crushed the skull of another demon, this one a writhing mass of tentacles and feelers, still weakly gripping at his armor. Looking up, he could see minor magics being thrown from the tower.

A flash of lightning here, a spray of color that simultaneously shocked, charred, and froze demons there. There are still some apprentices holding out there. Not everything is lost. The formation of soldiers and civilians pushed onto the main road leading to the tower.

Eerily, it was devoid of almost everything. Just one figure, sitting in the middle of the road, sword placed beside it. Feasting on the cracked ribs of a young woman, face mutilated beyond recognition. The Hawk advanced towards the figure alone, while the others took the momentary reprieve to drink, bandage, or otherwise rest, still remaining on guard. The Hawk found himself looking into a face not so dissimilar from his own, if his eyes were replaced with dozens of writhing worms, and lips made of bone and bare sinew. Too old to hunt, see? I think her brain hemorrhaged, and her mind snapped.

What makes you so special? Our peoples have been enslaved, beaten, ruined. This time is but one of many. The strong will survive, just as it has always been. The blood of kings and legends flow through us.

An explosion of laughter emerged from the seated demon, spraying the Hawk with bits of bone and blood. They let that precious woman of yours quite literally drag you down to the Hells!

How can you still hold faith? They have forgotten you! I saw a baby, two streets back. The babe itself was… no longer recognizable.

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That exact scene is playing out all over this cursed city. I have ceased to care about the gods. With only each other, against all odds. Exactly the way it was before they came to us. The way it should have stayed.

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The only thing I care about is my brothers and sisters at my back. They can beg for our forgiveness once we trample your corpses into the dust. Breathing steady, the Hawk stared into the face of this being, one of the Greater Lords. Or are we going to finish this? Standing up, and towering over the impetuous human in front of him, the demon seemed to smile.

I am quite intrigued to see where your path takes you. Remember this moment, later on. You and yours may pass. Slowly, the organized mass of soldiers and civilians moved down the street, the Hawk and the demon still staring each other down. Finally, after the group had moved past the demon, the knight relaxed, if only a bit.

A quick nod to the demon, which was returned in kind, and the knight trudged after his charges. I expect an answer - right or wrong - when next we meet.

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