Just as Pan Long hesitated, cries of battle rose in the distance.
A glance from the corner of his eye showed him that Andralina's warriors of Goodness had routed a band of Demons. They were driving them onward, cutting them down as they fled, straight toward him.
The mid-ranking Demons huddled together against Pan Long noticed them too.
Seeing the battle turn against them, the Arrow Demon was the first to lose its nerve.
Arrow Demons were not built for strength. Once drawn into close combat, they were easily killed.
That was why they never let themselves get caught in a melee. They hid amid great packs of Demons, or even behind them.
With things looking grim, the Arrow Demon immediately used its innate Spell ability. A Dimension Door opened beside it. It stepped through and vanished without a trace, no one knew where.
The whole maneuver was quick and nimble, taking less than a second from start to finish. It had clearly practiced the escape countless times.
The Arrow Demon's flight was like a signal. The Hellfire Demons followed at once, using their teleportation abilities to flee. They were not quite as swift, but their movements were smooth enough, and in the blink of an eye they too were gone.
With those ranged attackers gone, only a handful of Demons skilled in close combat remained. They were no great problem for Pan Long.
He had no intention of giving the rest a chance to escape. He slid his long blade into its sheath, took the ready stance for an Iaido draw, and charged forward with his body bent low.
The Hezrou at their head was about to flee as well. But when it saw the unknown divine envoy coming to fight a pack of Demons skilled in close combat,