"Haaah... haaah... haaah..." She grunts heavily, each step taking away more and more of her strengths. Before long, she collapses on the dirt with a ragged breath. She wraps her arms around her stomach as she curls into a ball. "...hurts..." She utters through gritted teeth, "...hungry..."
In the corner of her eye, she perceives a round shadow rushing out of some bushes. It is a boar with large tusk and a thick brown hide, black spots can be seen all over. The woman's orange eyes lock onto the animal, her right arm, wrapped in bloody bandages, wriggles uncontrollably as if something is trying to burst out.
"... Shut... Up!" She groans, clutching her head, attempting to silence the voices.
C̸̨̺̮̹͔̽͌̔̂̋̄̄͊ọ̵̠̙̞̘̻̩̳̳̒͋n̸̰̅̊̌̓s̴̙̩͕̠̮̔̐̄̑̚͠͝ủ̷̩̤̥̪̩͍̪̪͌̾m̷̛̪͎̋͝e̵̛̺͔̱̩̙̬̠͉̒͒̈́̒͝ͅ.̵̨̱̞̹̣̓̑̄̂̔̂ͅͅ.̷̬͊̐̿̅͐͐̑͘̚͘.̴̧͎̮̭̫̲͇̗̯̋́̉̇͊͜ ̷͖̫̲̰͙̀͒̋́F̶̡̫͉̭͉̒̉͑̓̾̈̉̽̎e̸̢̡͍̯̬̳͗ė̵̮̜̹̺̼̥̩̃̓̿̓̉̈ͅd̴̲̹͂̔̄.̶̢̡͕̳̼̺̩̳̦̏̄͂͐͘͘͜.̶̹͎͚̤͐̊̈́̑̈̾̚.̶̙̠͔͙̼̳͎̝̺̊͐̐̿̃͛̍̚͜͝ ̸̙͋́̑D̸͉̫́̍͋͗͠e̴͉͋̓͘v̷̯̖̖̣̠̱̗̫͚̌̌̅͑̿́͝o̶̡̤͍̖̖̜̲̔͌͋̏͠ͅṳ̸̡̄́́̄͝r̶̝̪̠̺̫̭̫͖̳̞̆̐̋̌̃̈́͘͘!̷̫̼̟̭̗͈̼̟͓̭̇́̀̉̈́̀͑̂̀̒"̶̝̟̤͉̖̓͌̄͘
The voices grow louder and louder until she can no longer take it. The skin of her right arm rips apart, revealing a new skin dark like a moonless night. Crimson veins pulse all over the limb as it enlarges, becoming twice the size of the woman's torso.
The boar, sensing something dangerous, had long run off in the forest. The woman stands on her shaky legs as she sniffs the air, her eyes have gone cold, like the eyes of a predator that has found a prey. She lowers to the ground, crimson claws digging into the dirt, before launching herself forward at a cataclysmic speed.
In a single of breath, she has not only caught up to the boar but slain it. Her claws dig frantically in the still-warm flesh of the animal, she breathes in relief, letting go of the dead animal. Her stomach grumbles once more, the woman sniffs the air before rushing across the forest, slaying any boar unfortunate enough to run into her.
***
"Siph," Saki says, her eyes fixed on the monstrous black and red arm. "I'm not looking at another Demon, am I?"
The Angel looks on, unsure how to answer. That arm does look like something a Demon would have, but that Mana she feels... It belongs to a human, there is no mistake on that part. "I don't know any better than you do... But whatever this is... It feels so incredibly wrong."
The woman turns her head, her cold orange-colored eyes resting on Saki, examining her form. The Demoness' eyes narrow, a black and purple Aura flares up as she pushes her confusion in a corner of her mind. "Hey! Eyes up here!" She shouts.
"Is that Aura!?" Nyra exclaims, looking at Saki's black and purple flaming Aura with sparkling eyes. "Since when—"
Before the Elf can finish her thought, the orange-eyed woman lunges at her, claws extended and ready to crush everything in its path.
"Fuck no you don't!" Saki exclaims, catching the woman by ankle and slamming her into the dirt before kicking her in the ribs, sending flying into the pile of dead boars. "Siph—"
"Yeah yeah, do what you need to do. Nothing will happen to her." The Angel summons a white staff with a red gem embedded into the top. She taps the bottom of the staff against the ground, Mana gathers around two, forming a red barrier. The Angel then proceeds to shoo the Demoness away.
"Attitude much... I know I asked you to act a bit aloof but damn..." Saki thinks to herself, at the same moment, the orange-eyed woman rushes back at her, swinging her massive arm down.
Saki takes a step, letting the claws dig into the dirt before responding with a kick aimed at the woman's chin. Despite her position, she manages to twist her body out of the way, sending a kick to Saki's stomach. "Okay, you are surprisingly agile, whatever you are." She says, unhurt by the kick.
The woman leaps forward, swinging her claws wildly. "Feels awfully like a Horned Demon... Despite the lack of horns... Completely mindless." Saki is trying to figure what the woman is. Usually, a Demon can tell another Demon apart from a human but this woman feels like both a Human and a Demon...
"That is not possible though... Not by natural means at least." The moment the thought crosses her mind, a wave of disgust hits the Demoness. She stomps the ground hard before delivering a punch to the woman's guts, sending her flying into many trees.
But after that punch, she stumbles on her knee. "What the hell..." She grabs her head as she feels light headed. A warm feeling runs down her arm, and upon looking, the Demoness sees her black blood dripping down a rather large wound on her shoulder.
"Aren't you surprisi—" Before she can finish her remark, crimson claws slashed her face, sending Saki crashing into the dirt. "Okay, you piss me off now!" The Demoness exclaims, getting up instantly before striking the woman squarely in the face. She skids across the dirt, eventually stopping herself with a claws.
Red crack-like marks forms over Saki's dark skin, she launches herself forward, shattering the orange-eyed woman's nose with a knee. The Demoness then grabs her black and red arms, swinging the woman over her shoulder and slamming her into the dirt but she is far from done.
Her black and purple Aura condenses on her fist as she proceeds to arrange the woman's face with blows so heavy that it feels like a earthquake shaking the entire forest. She punches repeatedly with both fists, stomps on the woman's chest and face, using her as a trampoline as she raises in the air and lands with even more force.
Until now, Siphiria and Nyra have been watching. The Angel knows Saki wouldn't lose, but the same couldn't be said about the Elf. She was worried as she watched but her expression changed from worry to horror fast.
Seeing that, the Angel clicks her tongue, "Demonic Torment." She comments, tapping her staff against the ground. Instantly, chains of light blue ice shoot out of the ground, wrapping around the Demoness and pinning her to the ground.
The red cracks resides as Saki looks at the sky. She takes a deep breath and sighs. "God dammit..."