20 Chapter 20 Plant Demons (1/2)

As they tread towards their room to rest, Bob showed up before them.

”You have visitors, waiting just outside my door.Normally I wouldn't interfere in such things, but they are killing people and screaming for you to come outside.”

The exhaustion disappeared from Grey's eyes as she took off running, with Airow right after her.Guit and Argen both groaned as they followed, much slower.

Grey burst through the door to the inn, to find the street filled with the dead bodies of the people who had been sleeping innocently.Blood was splattered against the walls, and she could hear screams in the distance from those who had woken in panic and fled.She covered her mouth in horror, as the demon responsible rose up from the center of the street, where it had been tearing someone apart.

Leaves covered the thick thorny stalk of the plant demon, and at the end of it, a giant flower, with razor sharp teeth snapped in rage.Vines extended out from the hole in the ground it had burst out of; also covered in sharp thorns.

Drawing her sword, Grey jumped at it, slashing at the vines that rushed towards her.As the cut off vines hit the ground, they immediately rooted and started growing at a tremendous pace.They didn't grow a flower, but there were enough vines, it didn't really matter.

Pulling back the string as fast as he could, Airow shot blast after blast at the flower, keeping it from attacking Grey as she cut the vines as fast as she could.No matter how many she cut, more kept appearing.Apparently, the magic that allowed it to replicate didn't run out.

She dodged back, next to Airow, as the number of vines grew too much for her to handle, and the two were promptly grabbed and pulled into the inn.The swarm of vines, rushing at them, stopped as if they ran into a wall.

”You will never defeat this demon in that fashion,” said Argen, crossing his arms.

”They need fire to be defeated,” said Guit.”Or holy attacks, like the bow, to burn the vines up.”

”I used to have a holy fire attack,” said Grey, looking at Airow.

”Give it a try,” he said.”You are trying to defeat evil.”

She nodded, and turned back to the plant demon.It had gone back to eating the bodies around it, the bulge as it swallowed, looked wrong for a plant.

Stepping outside the doorway, and out of the neutral zone that was Bob's bar, the vines immediately went to attack her again.Taking a breath, she glared at the plant and snapped her fingers.Her entire form suddenly ignited, as if she was suddenly engulfed in flames.There was an occasional white aura that could be seen, but the effect on the plant was immediate.It tried to escape by sucking itself into the ground, but it had eaten so many bodies, it couldn't fit.

Grey ran at the plant, slashing at the vines, with the fire running down her blade with each swipe.The vines, instead of rooting when they hit the ground, burnt up, as if they were tinder.Dust filled the street as she destroyed the plant.

”More will come,” said Guit to Airow. ”These types of demons never travel alone.”

”Then we will have to leave the city, to keep the people here safe,” said Airow as Grey returned to his side, her flames gone.

Argen hung his head.”Can we leave in the morning?” he asked.