Armaros stared at his mother in surprise before he spotted the rest of his siblings with her as well, even his youngest sister Valeria was there as well as he couldn't help but look at his family with a godsmacked expression as his jaw dropped at seeing them appear so suddenly.
Aurelia looked at her son as he was wide eyed at her appearance, he also saw his sisters looking at him as well. There were also other servants of the family with them as well.
"Attack." Aurelia said in a commanding tone as the knights roared and charged at the demons.
His sisters stood in place as they saw the demons who were attacking as Aurelia looked at her daughters with her usual cold expression as he gripped her lance.
"Don't sit idle. Fight and exterminate then all." Aurelia said to her children.
"Yes mother." The five sisters said at once before they started to attack as well.
Claudia, Arianne and Solana went in close as they used their swords to attack the demons while Fleur and Valeria attacked using Holy Light lances as Aurelia looked at the demons in the sky as she looked at them coldly.
She crouched a bit and then jumped straight into the sky as the ground cracked immediately as a crater was formed as she hovered in the sky as she looked at the demons as they were surprised by the woman who was now in front of them.
Aurelia looked at them coldly as she pressed her lips together, as she was also feeling the same revulsion that Armaros felt when he saw them, but for her it was more pronounced as she gripped the family lance as she looked at them like they were nothing.
She then disappeared from view and appeared behind all the demons and the next second they were all sliced up before their entire bodies were eradicated by Holy Light as the sky was alight from her attack.
On the ground the sisters were on a rampage as they were feeling the same hate for the demons like their brother as the three oldest were attacking with fervor. The other two weren't behind as Fleur and Valeria were also attacking with Holy Lances as they weren't allowed to fight in close combat just yet due to their age.
Armaros watched his family for a while before he activated his mana as he dashed towards the home of the village chief. He saw that the place had been damaged but he didn't care about that as he sliced up two demons as he crashed through the wall and saw the chief holding the case with the sword and having a artifact in his hands as he looked scared.
Armaros's eyes fell on the sword in the case as the chief saw where he was looking as he held the case close to him as he felt scared.
"Give me the sword chief." Armaros said to the man with a no nonsense tone.
"Th-This was the sword of the hero. I can't just let it—" The chief said before he cried out in shock as the case was wrenched from his hands by the boy.
"This sword is meant to be used, not put in a case, especially during a demon attack." Armaros said as he broke the case and pulled the sword out.
The chief cried out when he saw the sword being taken so brazenly but Armaros didn't care as he held the blade and looked at the man.
"Why are you just standing here? Where are your servants?" Armaros asked the man as he made some swings with the sword.
"They ran away, I stayed behind to protect the sword." The chief said as he was squeaking as he saw the sword being used.
"Well, the sword is in my hands now. So either hide here or run. Even if the Dawnbringers have come, it doesn't guarantee your safety." Armaros said to the man as he got ready to fight.
"The Dawnbringers? The hero's family?" The chief asked in shock when he heard that.
"Yes just stay here." Armaros said before he jumped out of the same hole he had made in the wall with the village sword and his own sword.
He could feel the holy energy in the sword, and he could also feel some sort of connection to it as well. But that was all it was, as he charged through the village, hacking and slashing as he killed demons as he saw his mother and sisters also killing the demons as he increased his speed as he sped past many as they fell on the ground, either decapitated or sliced up, the swords in his hand allowing him to kill them more easily.
"Big brother." Valeria said in shock as she saw him kill three demons at once as he tore through the battlefield, drenching his path in the black blood of the ones he slew.
And the fierce expression on his face as he slew them while being covered in the blood of the enemies as he is unlike thow she had seen him before in their home.
And it was evident that her sisters and mother had also noticed it as they were looking at him surprised as he grit his teeth and jumped and stabbed the head of a large demon before he wrenched his sword out as he kept on his killing spree.
"His swordsmanship is impeccable. Especially with two blades at once." Claudia said in shock at the sight as she can see that her brother is using their family technique with great skill.
"The skill he has with his swords is very great, even greater than my own." Arianne said in shock as she saw her brother dispatch of more of them.
"I never thought that he would be like this." Solana said as she shot a Holy Light lance as she watched her brother kill the demons.
Then he was quickly slowed and his feet were held by the earth as it covered them as he looked up and saw a large demon slamming his hammer on him as his eyes widened. His pupils dilated as he saw it coming as he increased his power and disappeared before the hammer fell as he slammed into a house as he gasped.
But he quickly recovered as he dug his sword into the neck of the demon as he cried out in pain, especially since the sword also had Holy energy surrounding it, which meant that it was very painfull and effective on the demon as he cried out in pain as he decapitated him as the head flew into the air and he was fully drenched in the blood of the demon.
He jumped down and spit out the blood that had went into his mouth as he coughed a bit as he wheezed as he felt that he had reached the last of his mana reserves. Even though it had only been an hour since the attack, he has been constantly using his mana and even if it was mostly for only increasing his physical power, the fact still stands that he has been using it nonstop and has depleted most of it.
He could feel that his mana has lowered to dangerous degrees and if he were to keep on using it like this then he will use all of it in the next few minutes. And even then, the amount of damage that he has accumulated in this time is also there as well.
"Can't stop. Have to save them." Armaros said to himself as he drank another healing potion as he looked at the demons who had decided to make him their target.
"Come on them." Armaros said as he got into the stance.
His sisters were watching and they had managed to kill most of them, with many fleeing after realising that they can't defeat them. Fleur raised her hands to attack them as she gathered her mana.
"Don't." Aurelia said as she kept her eyes on her son.
Fleur and her sister's were surprised by that but they didn't refute their mother as they looked at their brother as they could feel that he has also used most of his mana and has almost fully used it.
As for Armaros himself he looked at the demons as he didn't activate his mana, instead he ran with his normal speed, but when he neared them he immediately used it and enhanced himself as the sudden increase in speed surprised the demons as he quickly went for lethal strikes as he was a blur as he sliced their necks and stabbed the last two through their chests before he decapitated them.
After they were done he scanned his surroundings but he didn't find any demons in the vicinity, nor could he sense any of them. He stayed like that for a few moments as he was ready for any surprise attacks but it didn't happen.
"So it's done huh." Armaros said as he felt the tension leave his body as he relaxed as he let his grip loosen.
Both his swords fell on the ground and dug into it as he went on his knees and then screamed out, like he was declaring the fact that he has survived the battle. And also because of the battle and due to the constant pain he had felt for the use of mana.
Aurelia and her daughters also watched this display as they were surprised at the sight and they drank it in. The sight of Armaros on his knees, both his sword stabbed into the ground, him and his weapons covered in the blood of his enemies with their bodies strewn on the ground as he screamed out in the middle of it all.
'Like a lion who had won a battle and is announcing his victory.' Aurelia thought to herself as she looked at her son as he became acutely aware of the gifts that she has on her person.
Her daughters were also looking at their brother with wide eyes as they were seeing the same sight and were finding it hard to reconcile the image of their brother with that of the one they had been familiar with back at their home.
The way he acted in their home could be akin to a docile animal, but the way he had acted during this battle was like that of a beast who is more than ready to slaughter his enemies if they dared to go against him.
"He really acted like a Dawnbringer in the fight." Arianne said as she looked at her brother as her sisters agreed with her.
'I have to agree.' Aurelia thought to herself as she looked at her son as she remembered her Clan's decision as she came to her own conclusion.