The snake pushed Itself against the coercion of the ice, working Isla who was struggling to keep the ice going.
'Its… it's too strong… I can't…'
Reaching her limit, the ice shattered into pieces as Isla fell to one knee, panting as she tried to catch her breath, and this left her wide open.
The snake charged straight at Isla with its mouth open, only to receive a heavy sidekick to the face from Benihime.
The snake went crashing into the wall of the canyon, crashing small rocks to fall to their position after the loud rumble.
"Are you okay?" Benihime asked Isla, before facing the snake that was already moving toward them from the side.
Isla moved back a bit, her right hand wrapped around her stomach before she stood beside Benihime, "I'm… fine" She responded.
"Good, if you have enough strength to move, then exit the canyon with the rest, I'll hold the soul snatcher off." Benihime uttered, removing some armor around her body so she could move freely.
"No, Lady Hime, I'll fight alongside you." Isla insisted, implanting her Ice sword with magic as she watched the snake.
"Listen this is not the time to…"
[Very well done!]
The snake boosted out of the dirt and straight at Benihime. Although it was with very little warning, Benihime was still able to deflect it.
She instantly positioned her sword in front of her as a means to deflect the snake's frontal strike.
The snake's head collided against the sword and with great force, propelled Benihime back till she hit the wall behind her.
"Lady Hime!" Isla cried out, getting ready to move when multiple snakes began emerging from the ground.
One of the snakes bit Isla on the leg and picked her up before slamming her back to the ground.
It wanted to make another attack but Hina showed up just in time. Hina came landing right in front of Isla with a loud cry.
"Ahhhh!" Hina landed on the ground with the bottom of her staff, hitting the ground and releasing a massive shock wave, strong enough to disperse the snakes around her into pieces.
Once she had cleared them, she carried Isla like a princess and whispered, "Hold on tight".
Boom!
Her legs lifted up from the ground as she took a power jump to the sky and immediately landed at the other side of the canyon where the rest of the valkyries were.
Meanwhile, Benihime was still battling the snake that was very committed to eating her whole.
Her back was huddling against the wall, and the only thing blocking the snake from snarling her rib cage was the sword she placed in between its mouth.
[Resistance is futile Valkyrie!]
The snake laughed and it slowly began to increase its size and weight, crushing Benihime to the wall with force.
A smirk suddenly showed up on Benihime's face, "Got yah… come to me for your master needs you… iron maiden!" She voiced out.
The cloud above them began going dark as a giant prison containment with the statue of a maiden showed up in the sky.
The snake instantly let go of Benihime with a look of surprise on its face, [Impossible! How does someone like you have the iron maiden!].
"That's kinda the whole point of being the daughter of a god!" Benihime sent her knees straight into the jaw of the snake before she stabbed it on the ground with her sword.
That was barely enough to kill it, but it was enough to buy her some time to escape the monster and flee the canyon.
Although the snake was stuck to the ground for a while, after a few toils it got back up and chased Benihime.
Benihime ran as fast as she could, moving so fast that every step she took was unintentionally causing another shock wave for the next.
But the snake was moving just as fast; just in be the nick of time, Benihime ran out of the canyon and stood right in the middle of her soldiers
"I knew you would make it out of there." Akeno said, a smug look on her face as she hid behind her fan.
Panting, Benihime reached for the bag on the floor and was about to drink water when all of a sudden, one of the valkyries voiced.
"Uhn, guys, it's coming." A red-haired Valkyrie spotted, pointing at the snake that was still charging towards them.
"It's going to stop soon, the soul snatcher can't leave its assigned grounds." Isla informed.
But looking at how the snake was speeding toward them with no sign of stopping started leaving doubts in their heads.
One of them, out of panic, raised a barrier to cover them just in case the snake was to rush out of the canyon.
But alas they were wrong, the snake tried to multiple times, but every time it wanted to leave a huge force would push it back a few feet.
With that taken care of, the ladies could finally continue their mission toward the human empire.
But compared to when they escaped the God realm, they were even more confused now that they were in vast land filled with nothing but rocks and dry grasses.
"Uhn, do you know the next path to take?" One of the Valkyrie asked.
"The map says nothing about these grounds." Akeno informed, flipping the map back and forth as she tried to find another path.
Benihime could sight a Kingdom up ahead, only a huge gate with a view of large buildings which she believed to be a Kingdom.
But considering that she was in the demon territory, she believed the kingdom had to be owned by a demon, and settling in the demon land is the last thing she wants.
Sigh!, "Let's move toward the kingdom up ahead." Benihime said before facing her soldiers
Looking behind her, Benihime was stunned when she noticed that she had been surrounded by demons and the one at the back seated on the horse was no other than Jira.
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