he village and its environs. Below the stormy sky two swordmasters clashed together repeatedly in a fiercely matched battle. Each has their o

er sword behind her to block the hit before spinning around to deliver several rapid blows at him, each aimed at debilitating him but he parried them away skillfully

I'll admit. But that won

rself could tell that this fight was going nowhere. Thus she decided to try a different

at the startled expression on the woman's face. "Her little sickness has her running around looking for a cure

till did not make sense to her. With his skill and strength, he was a definite match for her. If even one of

e

ghting he

en meaning behind his words. They were not here to

else mor

" She hissed throu

d pushed back harder against her blad

l from my mistress," s

ooking back at her, a hint of amusement clear in them. "Yo

d over her like a tidal wave. She broke their impasse and immediately stepped sideways, narr

knock her sword out of her hand. Then he and the lancer delivered a double kick to her abdomen,

an to cut out his tongue even though she knew inside her heart that she was no match for him. Where it any other member of their little

k and attached it to its holster there. "

irl? That would most certainly not please get mistress, especially when c

ook kindly on thieves who do not know their plac

e head into the wall less than a centimeter away from her face. The lady was momentarily stunned at his action and inaction; he was obviously fast enough to launch the spear at such great spe

he truly cherished in his life and was not something to be mentioned carelessly in his presence, especially by her subordinates. Anger surged through him again at the thought of the person who ruined his life but he calmed himself quickly. Walking past his

t would inform every guard in the compound that there was a threat inside the area. The woman struck the bell several times to make sure the sound reached every corner of the place. Her intention was twofold: both to alert the guards as well as to present a

a warrior demanded it. They would both feel the co

it meant, they had reacted instantly. The main entrance and excite in and out of the compound, the massive

vement. They continued until they reached the edge if the building nearest to the tall walls that fenced the compound. The assassi

ently. As long as the girl they had just broken out was

nd the archer instantly as she had not even bothered to hide. The woman he has spared before stood on the corridor of the middle tower's highest floor, her bowstring

ady beginning to regret sparing her life. Beside him, the other

th what we have and come back another time to finish this onc

ow in her hand. When she looked back again, the assassins were already gone. A streak of lightning flashed in the sky above her, the opening sound to a deluge of rai

her in a f