I ran. The curse was chasing me, It was supposed to be a B rank Curse. But it was too strong to be one, deducing from our altercation the curse was an S rank. One of my teammate had his face bashed, the other was hiding. I could probably fight it off, but right now my odds weren't the best. I should try to find a way out of the curse's innate domain. His innate domain was a dense forest, but i could tell it was an incomplete one, I need to physically beyond the domain's unstable boundary. But easier said then done.
I ran through the dense forest boosting myself with cursed energy, when out i could find someone, maybe I'll contact Nanami or Todo. I sensed the exit, the curse was still chasing me but i was faster then it. I leaped off the ground into a tree branch then jumped through weakest part of the domain. I blinked.
I was mid air, bellow me cars were moving in the streets, there were so many people, walking in and out of stores. The street was buzzing with life. I Landed rolling on the ground. People stopped looking at me in surprised and confusion. I apologized and hurried away, I was in the middle of a city. What was I even doing here was beyond me, since my mission was in a shrine far from Tokyo.
I tried to get my phone, but it wasn't in my pockets. "Shit... could i have dropped it?"
Everything i had on me had disappeared, my phone, my money, my keys. I scanned the floor, of the streets, enhancing my eyes with cursed energy. I found a 10 yen coin on the ground, i went and picked it up. I searched for a phone booth and found one, I immediately called Nanami.
When the call was answered, I said:
"Nanami it's Adrien I need backup, the information about the curse was incorrect it was actually-"
"Nanami? Um... I think you've got the wrong number mister" I teenager answered my call, it wasn't Nanami. Then the Kid ended the call.
"Could i have called the wrong number?" No we were forced to memorize at least 3 sorcerers phone number. And I was certain i didn't misclick any number.
He wouldn't have changed his phone number since morning, but it was a possibility. As i was thinking about what to do, i felt an eerie sensation, I sensed a cursed spirit. Or something close to that at least. I followed the sensation, it led me north. I hid on the rooftop of a building, looking down at the street.
A curse was walking in the middle of the road, it was a towering, broad-shouldered figure with crimson-black skin cracked like scorched stone. Two jagged horns curved forward from his skull, chipped and uneven, evidence of repeated battles. He had wings, torn and asymmetrical. His arms are elongated, ending in oversized clawed that were leaking some kind of power that wasn't cursed energy. He smelled of blood and burned flesh.
"What the fuck is that..."
Was it a curse? No definitely not, It didn't have a cursed energy. The monster walked the road slowly, studying its surroundings. It was looking for something, has it sensed me? I couldn't know. The people around were walking unperturbed, though no cars were heading straight at it, they moved away. They couldn't see it but their instinct told them to move, that's what i deduced. It wasn't something surprising since people couldn't see curses too.
As i was watching at, I saw 2 people running at it. A petite girl with white hair, and a handsome young man with short blond hair. The young man had a sword in hand, he circled the creature from the right while the girl circled it from the left.
"Are they going to fight it?" Both of them didn't have cursed energy but it seemed they had some other sort of energy since they way faster than normal humans. The creature locked his eyes on the girl and went after her, he swung his fist at her, she managed to evade his attack and put some distance. The boy used that too close the distance with the monster, he jumped and landed on it's back, he thrusted his sword at his lower neck, but his sword couldn't pierce through fully, only a bit of it's top.
The monster twisted it's body trying to grab the boy, he jumped back barely missing his punch. The boy landed and started moving again drawing the monster at him. I understood what he was trying to do, but that could only work in one possible way. I looked at the other end of the street I saw a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous figure, very long black hair tied in a very long ponytail. A big circle of energy appeared in front of her extended hand, I didn't understand what it was though. Suddenly a powerful lightning bolt roared through the street hitting the monster's back.
The monster fell on one knee, but i could see what was going to happen, I glanced at the black haired girl and saw her conjuring another energy circle. Was it magic? No magic didn't exist but in fiction. I guessed what will happen and jumped from the rooftop. I focused my cursed energy to enhance my body and dashed toward the white haired girl, at the same time, another lightning bolt headed at the creature, but for some reason, since the beginning of the fight, it was only focused on the petite girl. It launched itself at the girl, she didn't anticipate his attack and froze. But i was faster, I grabbed the girl and pushed her to her to side, we rolled on the side of the road and the lightning bolt hit the monster again.
The monster shrieked a terrifying roar, it's back was burnt to a crisp. But it didn't back down, It dashed toward us again. I grabbed the girl and jumped away again, escaping from him. I looked at the girl to see if she was okay. My eyes widened, I knew her, I knew the girl. But how is that possible?