My Lifeline

Chapter 2: The next sorrow

The hero again charged and swing her sword aiming for the neck, the demon king swiftly evade every attack. She steps back a little and cast a magic. "Ice lances: UNLIMITED!"

He steps back and forth dodging the magic attack, he looks like dancing with it. A smile appeared on his face as if he was trying to provoke her. She stops the magic and charged again, she get near to him and swing her sword from below, and rose to aim for his head again. She failed again, it is seem he was powerful enough to read every attack she does. The demon king turns around and hit her in her face with a heavy blow kick.

Another kick hits the hero in her stomach, and pain can see in her face then it follows hit heavy punches. Fatigue starts to build up in her, including all the battles she does. She tries to catch her breath and cast another magic, magic that allows her to move faster.

She dashes in every direction trying to distract him. On his left, she tries to swing her sword enchanted with magic. Out of nowhere, the demon king draws a sword and blocks the first attack. Faster, she dashes faster again, swinging her sword from the top and trying to hit the head. *clang* He matches her speed and blocks it again without moving too much.

Again and again, increasing her speed trying to match the speed of light. But, every time she add speed her body starts to take a toll, she was aware of it but she didn't give any thought to it. The hero not only trying to speed up her movement, but she also trying to increase her attack power knowing it is also multiplying the toll on her body.

But, all of her efforts turn into ashes, and the demon king, for the first time, *BBOOOM* cast a wide-range explosion of magic that covers the whole room. The roof, the floor, and the wall are destroyed. The hero fell outside then followed by the demon king, floating down in the direction of the hero lying flat on the ground.

He walks slowly till he reaches the hero, then, he kicks her in the stomach. Pain can be obvious on her face, she was just fourteen years of age, yet, she was suffering both emotionally and physically. He kicks her again which causes her to fly and her body hit a big tree. The impact of that causes her a broken rib. "aAAaAaaaagh! It hurts!" She can't contain the pain anymore. Tears flow from her eyes like there is no tomorrow to suffer again.

"HAHAHAHA LOOK AT YOU HAHAHA."

"Humans are such insane creatures hahaha. I do really bad about you, but, it is funny they send a young lady like you on a battlefield to fight HAHAHA." he laughs and laughs, showing how he was mocking the human race.

She continued crying, then started to puke out her stomach. The pain lingers and the reality that the demon king says is all true. In her mind, she was asking the one they called God, 'WHY! Why it is me, I already suffer enough before, why do I have to feel this pain again?'

The demon king raise his hand, and a greatsword appeared floating above him. "Stop crying, child and I will finish your suffering now." He stands firm and slowly moves his hand as if he is telling the greatsword to kill the hero.

"Die her-"

*ssssssshoot --boom* magic ball consisting of smoke that causes fog hit the demon king direct to his face.

"Pick her up, we have to run." a familiar voice she heard for fourteen years of her life in this world. She was lifted and then they run away. As the fog faded away as far as they go, she finally realized what happen. The other orphan, her family, came to be her aid and help her. Tears starting to fall."*sob* W-why? What are you doing here?"

"Of course, to save you. You are our youngest. We can't let you die." her older sister justifying their action, the third in the family according to age, named Jess.

"That's right, we will escape this place and we will not be coming back." the oldest brother, Carlito. They continue running in the middle of nowhere, finding ways to different places.

Then the hero, the youngest among them named Lyra, continued to cry while being carried by her second older brother. "H-hey, Lyra can you stop crying? My back is too wet with your tears." then he laughs. "Carl, where are we supposed to go? I think we should rest a bit. It's been a while, and we are already far."

"We can't, Joseph, we are not sure if the demon king is still looking for Lyra." Carlito says.

"I can walk, brother."

"No, I can see broken ribs on you. That would be painful if you try to move." the fourth among them says, named Ash and Lyra's second sister. "And I do agree with big brother, we should keep moving."

"That's right, we can't afford to fight with the demon king, we are powerless against him." Jess additional words after hearing Ash. "We must continue."

"But I should be here fighting, I'm the hero."

"We don't care, you should not fight you are just a child. Adults the ones who should be responsible for the safety of the young generation, you are not." Jess seriously says those words and makes the hero feels like she is someone important and irreplaceable.

It's been a few hours since they escape, they never stop nor take rest from walking. Carlito and Joseph take turns carrying the young girl. Everyone is already tired.

While walking, Ash steps on tree roots and fell flat on the ground. Everyone turns around and asks if she is fine.

"Hehehe, I'm getting clums--" *sssswwwiiiissssshhhhh*BOOM*

A greatsword fell from the sky at the speed of light and pierce through Ash's body.

"ASH!" blood scattered on the ground, and some hit them.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA, DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN ESCAPE FROM ME? PATHETIC!"

The demon king suddenly appeared, and grab the greatsword that was currently stuck in Ash's body. *swish* The demon king pulls out the sword and swings it in the air. The hero was filled with rage from what she saw. Pain, her heart tighten, and starting catching her breath because of anger. She cannot talk, she doesn't know how to express those feelings. She tried to move and yet her brother stoned in place, tightening his hand from shocks that's why she can't let go of her brother.

The demon king continued to laugh. The hero feels a sensation of fire in her chest, like power surges through her body yet, she can't do

anything. She was still injured. At that moment, crying is the only thing she can do. she knows herself, she can't defeat the demon king.

"R-r-r-un....." Ash words.

"Eh? Still alive haha." then he steps no Ash's face. He laughs and laughs, you can tell from the look on his face why they called him the demon king.