etter. Maybe it was just his nervousness that was causing it but he constantly kept looking over his shoulder with the uneasy feeling that he was being followed. The darkness

flaming torch in one hand and a lance in the other. As soon

a soft clanging noise made them stop. The guards immediately became alert and pointed their weapons in the direction of the noise. In the darkness, they could not see anything further than a few feet in front of them with their torches. Both men looked at

partner missing. Danger signals blared in his head and he spun around in a futile attempt to find the man. From above a drop of blood fell onto his his shoulder and stained the brown cloak he was wearing. His eyes went up a

past him and he fell on his back. The torch clattered noisily to the floor and rolled out of his limp hand. It stopped a few inches away from his motionless body, the orange flames casting ligh

e went in two ways, the group silently divided with two of them continuing after the man. The other pair went down the other hallway. They had th

woman sat in a lotus position in the middle of the carpeted floor. She was dressed in black form fitting clothes that showed off her incredible figure with a long black overcoat that was unbuttoned, leaving the material to pool behind her. Her dark hair

vealing cold black eyes that reflected her ruthless nature. She rose and opened the door to stat

woman watched him closely with an intimidating gaze for a while bef

uptions during your jou

the organization could be said to be a merciless queen, then this woman could be accurately called her ruthless re

y out, go to the west wing and t

ds lightly over the edges of the lid in admiration of the fine craftsmanship. An urge came to her to open tee the box and take a look inside, if only out of curiosity but

hing else that required h

from the ceiling and caught the spear midair. He placed the blunt end of the weapon on the floor and used it as a pivot to push himself towards the woman in av dropkick. She used the flat o

been on peaceful terms. She would be a fool to think she would be able to engage both of them at once. The fact that they were still alive despite being active enemies of her mistress spoke volumes of their strength. Their skill was nothing to laugh at either.

s ordered me, I will offer you one chance to turn around and leave before I end y

ed to his colleague. "Go and help

n turned to the young woman and twirled his sword in a silver circle, the faint outline of a smile was visible t

a coward while fighting. I

word. "Why do you care? It's not like yo

n smiled to himself; she had fallen right into his trap. With a quick jerk of the knee, he kicked the woman in the gut and sent her tumbling backwards. She landed gracefully on her feet, her body crouche