The Princess And The Demon

"Eren, are you there? can you hear me?" came Rima's whispers from the demonic gate, her voice low and shaky as if she had just survived a battle, which she did...

"Rima, are you okay? " Henry couldn't contain his emotions any longer, bursting out with all the worry and missing he had kept all these days under a calm facade, he didn't realize the shivers of his voice nor the shaking of his hands and shoulders when he asked her that, his legs where growing weak as all the blood rushed to his neck and head...

"Henry..." Rima whispered happily, a wave of happiness and comfort hitting her sour muscles and exhausted mind, it was all she needed at the moment, she thought to herself, his voice

"I'am, what about you?" she asked back worriedly, not missing the fear in his voice, was it because of her? the thought brought butterflies to her hungry stomach, forcing a smile on her dry lips...

"I'am, I... "

"Save the romance for later lovebirds, tell us what is the situation there Rima, Why did it take you so long to send a word" Eren interrupted rudely gaining some death glares from Henry and an akward 'Oh'from Rima...

"We just made it to the shore, sadly we lost most of our team on the sea, only five of us made it here alive... "

"What?! "

"What happened? "

While Henry's mind drifted directly to his friends, Eren's focus didn't quiver a bit, pouring it all into the mission's whereabouts

"First we were attacked by these sea monsters, they were not larger than a child yet they were highly strong and dangerous, they are particularly attracted to human scent, i figured out they were god's barrier against intrusive humans, it is there where we lost most of our team, i'm sorry Henry..."

"It was not your fault" came Henry's sad voice

"How did you escape? and what happened then? "

"We hardly escaped, there were hundreds of them, i had to use some of my powers to escape, at first i thought the amount was minimum and it will not alert the Gods especially with the potion effect, but i think they already know we are here, not our precise location though "

"How can you say that? "

"After we managed to escape the sea monsters we were stuck inside this fog that showed us illusions, our fears mostly, we were stuck on it for quite some time, most of the time actually that it nearly killed us, once i woke up from it, i created silhouettes of energy and sent them to roam the sea to camouflage our real location, some were attacked, they were a good distraction until we made it to the shore, but.... "

"But what? "

"I think you need to see it for yourselves.... "