D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

Kat pursed her lips as she held the glowing whip that was slowly draining her energy. The glow gave it a nice golden sheen that certainly enhanced the look but for the amount of energy it was draining Kat had to assume that it was doing something else.

”I just don’t know what that something is…” said Kat as she managed her best attempt at a whip crack. It… landed… roughly on target. The dummy was completely unphased by the ’attack’ and didn’t even rock backwards.

Kat looked over at Kamiko who was still just observing at this point after moving the box over to the ’opened’ section. ”Do you know how to use a whip?”

”I was taught the bare basics when I was training to see what weapon I liked the best. I can’t say that I’m good, but throughout my training I was able to at least manage to crack the whip and get some force behind my blows.” Said Kamiko.

Kat happily surrendered the whip to Kamiko who winced as it changed hands. ”Oof, yeah this thing is a real power hog,” grumbled Kamiko. ”It has to do something impressive if it takes this much energy… unless…”

Kamiko wrapped the whip around Kat and the glow got stronger. Kat however didn’t really feel any different. ”So is this supposed to be doing something?” asked Kat after a few seconds had passed.

”You’re not feeling strange at all?” asked Kamiko

”Nope” Kat answered automatically.

”Well… that’s very strange. This damned thing is still draining my strength. I’m going to drop it and see if it drains you” said Kamiko as she let go of the whip.

Kat watched it dropped and then saw the golden glow flickering for a little bit before holding strong. Kat took a few experimental steps around and flexed her wings. Having the whip settle in the crook between her wings and her back wasn’t the most comfortable thing, but it wasn’t bad enough to call a problem.

Kat spun around lightly in place, and determined that she wasn’t being drained by the whip at all. What’s the point of having a whip that drains its user instead of its enemies. ”So… I’m guessing this has to have some sort of effect we aren’t seeing” said Kat. ”I’m not losing any energy at all. The amulet isn’t lighting up, and I’m really not sure what else to do.”

”Verbal commands?” queried Kamiko.

Kat shrugged and flicked the end of the whip back over to Kamiko who proceeded to say mostly random commands like ’water’ and ’wind’ trying a few others such as ’bind’ or ’teleport’ and ’disable’ but nothing seemed to make the whip react at all. ”Hmm, can you get out of the rope?” asked Kamiko

Kat tilted her head to the side and said. ”Pretty sure I can yeah.” Kat simply used her tail to lift the whole thing up and over her head freeing her arms.

”Well, so much for the idea that it could trap people. Surely they would have thought of that when designing it. Tails are common enough of a trait in demons.” Mumbled Kamiko. ”Guess we just need to bring it up with Boss”

Kat nodded and put away the whip, filling out the forms for it explaining the energy drain on the holder and the fact it didn’t seem to do anything to the person. While Kat was doing the writing Kamiko opened the net box to reveal what looked to be a greyish silver sword with a blue core. Kamiko tapped it lightly and the metal rang indicating it was all one piece.

It had a darker grey cross guard and a red pommel. Kamiko swung lightly at the dummy and it connected. However, at the midpoint of the swing there was as bright flash of light and the dummy rocked back slightly. Kamiko also noticed her demonic energy had drained. Just a slight bit that was quickly regenerated, but it served to reinforce that something had in fact happened.

”Watcha got there?” asked Kat.

”An enchanted sword I think. Seems to pack an extra punch when it hits the target. Do you want me to try it on you?” asked Kamiko.

Kat shrugged. ”You know how it is Kamiko, I’m not worried.”

Kamiko still cringed at the response but agreed. She lined the sword up and swiped at Kat’s shoulder. This time, it was a couple seconds after the sword connected that the burst of light came out of the weapon, and Kat felt like a second blade was stabbing into her for a moment.

Checking the gem, she found it was glowing at a seven, but that the 5th gem was also glowing brightly. *I wonder what that means? Could it be the first little bit was a five and the second was a seven? Perhaps the other way around?* Kat sighed as she realised the damage had already closed up and she couldn’t use the healing process to judge which was worse.

”It seems to have a double strike enchantment or something,” said Kat. ”As you were cutting me it felt like I was stabbed a second time during your attack.”

”I’m so sorry” said Kamiko

Kat looked at her like she was crazy and Kamiko’s cheeks gained a bit of colour. ”Look, I know because of the amulet it doesn’t hurt, but I still feel bad.”

”No harm done Kamiko, don’t feel bad about it.” Said Kat.

Kamiko kicked at the ground and gave the sword another swing mostly just because she felt like flicking her wrists out. However, as the sword reached the midpoint, a golden replica of it shot out of the end and flew into the wall of the warehouse. It shattered harmlessly there, but for five seconds nobody moved a muscle.

”Well” said Kat

”Well indeed” said Kamiko.

”What would you classify that as…” said Kat as she looked over her shoulder. The warehouse wall looked completely undamaged though Kat knew that the golden sword had at least a little bit of a kick to it.

”If I had to guess I’d say… projection enchantment? I’m not an enchanter so I don’t know the names of these things off the top of my head, but they are mostly self-explanatory so I’d guess that I’m correct enough for it not to matter.” Replied Kamiko as she started the write up. ”Second strike was the more damaging one?”

”Not sure,” said Kat as she shrugged. ”I’d guess probably? We can test it again?”

”No” said Kamiko before Kat got the idea to far imbedded into her head. 

”Well, alright then” said Kat moving on to the next box in the warehouse. Inside she found a tiny sceptre with a cartoonish bat on the end with glowing white eyes. Picking it up, Kat felt her energy drain for a split second then stop.

*Hmm, now what does this do.* Kat pointed the sceptre at one of the dummies and nothing happened. Frowning, Kat tried to push more energy into the sceptre and instantly a swarm of bats exploded from the tip.

Kat quickly stopped powering it but there were already easily thirty bats flying about. They all charged at the dummy flying straight through its form before returning to the sceptre and disappearing as they touched the cartoon bat.

Kat felt herself grinning. *This is actually really cool. I mean, the bats didn’t seem to do any damage to the dummy but I imagine this will work better on a real target.* Kamiko up for some more testing?

Kamiko eyed the staff and shrugged, hoping that this wouldn’t cause Kat too much pain. Handing the staff over, Kat took a few more steps back to give the bats plenty of time to swarm.

Kamiko pushed some energy into the staff and the bats burst out again. But unlike Kat, Kamiko kept channelling her energy into it, letting a steady flow feed into the sceptre. Kat stood still as the bats impacted her, flying through her chest. It felt like she’d been punched lightly over and over again as the flew through her. It wasn’t so bad until she realised the bats were taking little bits of energy every time they made it through her chest.

Kat decided to try dodging a bit, seeing if the bats only moved in a straight line. They didn’t. As Kat moved around the bats kept coming and kept draining away energy. It wasn’t much but it was starting to become noticeable. ”Kamiko I’m losing energy from each bat. It’s not horrible I could probably stand up to a few minutes of this but it’s the same amount ever time.”

Kamiko lowered the weapon, but the bats kept coming. Nodding to herself, as if something had just been confirmed, Kamiko stopped the flow of energy and checked on Kat. Seeing that only two gems had lit up Kamiko through her hands around Kat and pulled her into a hug. ”That… that was probably scarier then the sword.” Said Kamiko into Kat’s shoulder.

”Hey it wasn’t that bad” said Kat rubbing circles on Kamiko’s back to calm her down. ”I’ve only lost ten percent of my energy and it’s refilling fast. Plus look, two gems.. It didn’t hurt me.”