Ash only spent a few minutes looking through the city on her way to the portal. The bodies of demons and humans alike, some of them reduced to ashes thanks to Vermia's mass resurrection, littered the stone and snow. The smell was the worst part. The scent of death was so intense Ash swore it would be here long after they cleaned everything up.
There was too much going through her mind. Satsuhiro's injury, the look on Kaori's face when Ash had re-entered the room and found her with Ren's dead body, Vermia's unconscious body on the bed next to it. Ash shook her head, trying her hardest to focus.
Technically, until this portal closed, the battle was still ongoing. She flew through the air, over the burnt bridge, and towards the giant diamond-like rift. Outside of it, Ash saw a few lone demons staggering through the area, aimless and wounded. She flew towards them and with a few quick slashes from her claws, the three demons were dead.
