Nightwalker

Chapter Sixty-Two

I bounced in my seat as we headed towards the large black stone walls on the horizon that we could finally see better after already a half hour of riding. Another half hour passing we finally arrived at the wall. I marvelled at the sheer size of the wall that mammothed over us. Made of black stone and held together by iron metal with spikes, standing at its base I couldn't even see the top.

I then gawked wide eyed at the creatures standing on either side of the gates that looked puny compared to the wall itself. So these were demons in the flesh. They looked much like the statues only their colouring differing from the black stone. On demon was twice my height with two thick, veiny arms that hung until its knuckles hid the ground. It was a dirty red colour with thick black hair covering its arms and most of its torso though its head was bald. Six mall horns poked out of its bald head while large tusk curled up from its bottom jaw almost reaching its beady eyes that glowed a sickly, unnatural green. Its legs were surprisingly stumpy and reminded me of tree trunks.

The one on the other side was a lot smaller and lither than the first one. Normal sized arms crossed over a slender torso that I could see the bones under its brown skin. Its legs were slender and long but what made him curious was that his feet were three times the size they should be. Its horns coming from its forehead curled back over his head and came together in a point easily a few inches past its head like a helmet. It didn't have any fangs from what I could see but its eyes took up most of its face, which looked creepy, like a bug.

"Stop staring Vaden, you'll insult them." Beatrice hissed at me with a frown.

"But I've never seen demons before." I complained like a child and started to pout.

"Nakho. (Stop)" The short bug-like demon demanded in a high pitched chatter that suited his spindly bug look.

"Let us pass demon." Aviva snarled out showing her fangs and her shining gold eyes looking incredibly regal sitting up straight on her skeleton mount.

The bug demon sneered showing pin-like teeth taking up most of its mouth. "Govak hezhah qoy indelat! (fuck off blood drinker!)" It chattered disrespectfully back at Aviva annoying me greatly.

"Gwe anha vi ivezho! (Let us through creature!)" I seethed back at it while pulling Qoy from his sheath. "Ishish anhagat ogat yer ma hash anha ei vitihirat. (Or I'll kill you and do us all a favour.)"

"Jadilat ma kis! (Come and try!)" It screeched making me grin.

"Anhachomokh. (My pleasure.)" I purred and before anyone could react I had Qoy through the bug demons throat sending grey blood splattering against the black stone of the wall.

With a flick of my wrist I severed its head and grabbed its head by the horns before it could fall along with the body. A roar to my left had the much bigger demon rushing towards me. With a grin I ran up the side of the wall before flipping backwards landing on one foot between all of its horns on its head. Using my weight, I sent the demon crashing forward to the ground while I drove Qoy through its skull.

"Too easy." I sighed sadly still holding bug demons head while I severed the big ones and picked it up after sheathing Qoy. I tied the heads to my skeleton mounts saddle before getting back up onto it.

"Why did you do that Vaden?" Beatrice asked with an angry frown. Huh, I've never had Beatrice angry with me before. She's really cute like that.

I smiled at her. "They disrespected us and if we're going into a town full of those things, we need to show our dominance now before we go in." I explained easily with a shrug.