Free Major Demons by Randall Morris Page B

the blades of the first two but the third scratched her on her arm.
    “Get behind them. Get on their side. Find a blind spot. You have to be quick. Think of it like chess. You need to stay several moves ahead. You need to dodge the first attack but then be ready to be out of the way for the second and third as well. Ready?”
    Sarah nodded. The three Shadow clones attacked again and she successfully evaded all three swords.
    “Good. Now we’ll work on counter-attacking.”
    Sarah went to draw her sword but Shadow shook his head.
    “At what point in teaching me how to fight with a sword will you actually… you know… let me use a sword?”
    “Counter attack with your fists and feet. Then we’ll work on adding the blade.”
    The three Shadow clones attacked. Sarah evaded their attacks and countered when she could. She tripped one and punched out the other two. Shadow grinned.
    “Fine. Now you can draw your sword.”
    Sarah drew her sword and the Shadow clones disappeared. Sarah looked back at Shadow and saw him facing her with his angel’s short blade drawn.
    “If you’re ready, let’s do this.”

CHAPTER 15
     
    Aim led his new sniper team silently through the mountains. His new team had shown remarkable progress once he had adequate weapons to train them with and a larger number of demons to select from. They surrounded the small group of Nightmare’s demons and found hid behind rocks, desert plants, and whatever else they could find. Aim was eager to feel the true power of his new weapon. As Aim located the minor demon in charge, he placed his crosshairs on the demon’s head. He fired. Before the other demons could look for the sniper or react in any way, Aim’s team fired and took them out. Aim motioned for his sniper team to move in.
    “How many did we get?”
    “Seven, Lord Aim.”
    Aim frowned.
    “This is going to take forever.”
    Jess teleported next to her brother.
    “Seems like your new gun is working a lot better than the old one.”
    “And?”
    “And you owe me for helping you get it. I’m basically the reason you got it.”
    Aim addressed at one of his snipers.
    “Inventory the weapons and armor. Throw the corpses in the nearest river.”
    His sniper nodded and went to inform the rest of the team. Aim turned back to Jess.
    “And?”
    “And I know you have a list of valuable weapons that the Dragon is protecting. I want to know what’s written on there as far as mage staffs.”
    “Not sure. My memory has been pretty bad ever since the… what did you call it? The Aim Clusterfuck Campaign? Yeah… I don’t even know if there are any mage staffs on my list.”
    “Come on. You owe me.”
    “A debt I’d be happy to repay if you’d quit throwing my failure back in my face. I have a competent sniper team now and a much larger army. I’m also working off the death debt I owe to Murmur. Things have changed. Do we have a deal? My information for your word that you’ll stop?”
    “Fine. It’s not really fun anymore anyways. I’ll leave you alone about it. What do you have for me?”
    “There’s a magical staff on the list. Ruyi Jingu Bang… or the compliant golden-hooped rod. It was the magical staff of the immortal monkey king. The Dragon wanted it and took it from him. It was guarded by an army of giants that are supposedly immune to magic and very resistant to physical attacks… so I have no idea how in the Hell you’re going to get it. Most of the giants went with the Dragon to Earth. Only three remain at the moment according to my scouts. Good luck making a plan to get it.”
    “I assume you’ll be going with me to retrieve it? You owe me for…”
    “Yes, yes. Of course. For White Death. Once we get your magical monkey staff… that’s it. You’re paid back. Then we go our separate ways and become major demons.”
    “Do you think the Dragon will ever make us major demons when he returns if he finds out we stole his legendary weapons?”
    “Not a problem. We just have to