Chapter 213 - Chapter 213 A Leech Lady

As Thomas let go of the spear she hopped back and said "You are a strong opponent." Thomas shrugged and said "Say what you want by already know that there are people far beyond my level." The woman thrusted the spear towards Thomas's head and said "Just because your a fearsome foe doesn't mean you should treat me like I'm irrelevant." Thomas tilted his head and barely avoided the spear as it grazed him he said "I'd prefer hand to hand but so far this spear doesn't seem all that useful." As a drip of blood fell from his cheek the woman smiled and said "I was a little off." Lily stared at Thomas and shouted "You better stop playing around, I won't forgive you if you get yourself hurt!" Thomas glanced at her and said "Fine, I'll just stop then." The woman pulled her spear back towards herself and licked the blood off of it as she smiled and said "With this I'll be able to use strength parallel to your own." Thomas began to walk away as he said "I have to go, we might fight again but there's no guarantee." The woman punched Thomas in the back of the head and said "As if I'd let you go, after mocking me your as good as dead." Thomas turned around a stared at her as he said "So you still want more?" Rita glanced at Lily and said "I don't think he can really be blamed now that he's tried to stop." Lily sighed and said "I know, but he still caused this." Thomas grabbed one of her arms and lifted her over his shoulder, making her collide with and break the ground." The woman laid there for a moment and began to laugh as she said "You have much more strength for me to steal." Thomas yawned and said "Spare me the details, unless you wanna spill your abilities and tell me why you got slightly quicker." She glanced at him and smiled as she said "I'm surprised you noticed." The woman stood up and said "I already have some of your strength but I want more." Thomas held the cut on his cheek and said "Let me guess, you can mimic my power through my blood?" The girl nodded and said "I'm actually surprised you guess it." Thomas smiled and said "It may be a shot in the dark but when I was walking through the town with Rita I did notice a board with your image on it." Thomas tapped her forehead and said "You've been following me for a while." The woman nodded and said "Of course a strong prey is good for me." A purple aura began to come out of Thomas as he said "I kinda figured you'd challenge me if I did this, however I'm surprised no one else shown up." The girl smiled and said "I'll let you in on a little secret, I killed all of the other competitors that were going to show up." Thomas nodded and said "I kinda figured that would happen." Lily glanced at Thomas and asked "If you knew she was a murderer why would you just walk away." Thomas pointed to the cut and said "After licking it I figured she had what she wanted and would leave us alone." The woman punched Thomas in the jaw and said "Even if you know what I can do and who I am it means nothing if I kill you." Thomas glanced back at her and said "You know your kinda annoying." Rita glanced at Lily and asked "Are you still gonna yell at him if he stops a criminal." Lily shook her head and held her hand up to Thomas as she shouted "I'll enhance your speed!" Before Lily could do anything Thomas grabbed the woman by the throat and held her to the ground as he said "Before we finish things tell me, what species are you?" The woman began to laugh as she said "Species?" The woman bit into Thomas's hand and said "I'm a human but I suppose you can call me a leech." Thomas punched her in the face cracking the ground beneath her head as he let go and stood up. Thomas grabbed her spear and said "If a killer kills a killer there is one less killer." Lily stared at him and said "Don't do it." Thomas glanced at her and said "For murders like me and her it's already too late." Thomas shoved the spear through her chest and said "If the world didn't have people like me, or her it would be a lot more peaceful." Rita glanced at Lily and asked "Is he really like this all the time?" Lily nodded and said "Unfortunately he does kill people pretty often." Rita stared at Thomas and said "Then Poppy was right about you having ulterior motives when you left?" Thomas nodded and put his hand on the ground as he said "If there's issues I normally try to deal with them myself." As the women's body sunk into the ground Rita stared at him and asked "Are you really fine with doing this?" Thomas stood up and nodded as he said "Killing a killer is still wrong, but it's not as bad as killing innocent people." Thomas began to walk away as he said "Now that this matter is settled I'm going back to the inn." As he walked back he glanced up into the sky and said "Poppy keeps coming close to but so far she only gets people to show up." As he walked Lily and Rita caught up with him as Lily asked "Why do you kill?" Thomas glanced at her and said "I'd say it's to protect people but that would kinda be a lie since it's only certain people." Thomas shrugged and said "Of course some of those murders that I've done were basically accidental but that still doesn't justify them." Rita nodded and said "Then you do regret killing them." Thomas glanced at her and said "You can quit mentioning it." Rita nodded and said "Alright I'll leave it alone since it seems like a touchy subject." Lily leaned towards Rita and whispered "He's actually really nice so don't worry about him doing that too often." Lily glared at Thomas and said "And as for you, I can't believe you ignored me and killed her anyway!" Thomas glanced at Lily and said "I didn't kill her." Lily stared at him and said "Don't lie to me, you said killing a killer is different." Thomas nodded and said "Exactly I never said I killed her." As Thomas turned around he caught a bloodied spear and said "I came close to killing her but I never crossed that line." The woman smiled and said "You knew I was alive?" Thomas took the spear from her and picked her up by the throat as he said "Maybe me and you should swing by the guards." Thomas glanced at Rita and Lily as he said "You guys go on ahead I'll be back in a moment." As Thomas vanished Lily smiled and said "He's not totally hopeless." As Thomas reappeared in front of three guards he dropped her on the ground and while she was gasping for air he said "I caught your perp, I managed to avoid most of the vital organs but I'd recommend getting her to a doctor relatively soon." As the guards picked her up Thomas waved and said "I'll take my leave now, just make sure she doesn't kill anyone else." Thomas turned around and began to walk away as he said "Watch out she bites." One of the guards looked at a wanted poster and said "Hold it." Thomas glanced at them and asked "What is it now?" The man held a spear to Thomas and said "Your the new pirate lord we were told to watch out for." Thomas scratched his head and said "If this is about people being murdered in this town it wasn't me it's the woman I just gave you." The men put the paper down and said "Then perhaps you'd come with us and answer a few questions." Thomas sighed and said "But I really wanted to sleep." One of the guards put a hand on Thomas's shoulder and said "If you really didn't do anything then just come with us and answer a few questions." Thomas glanced at them and said "Just ask the damn question and stop wasting my time." The men stared at him and asked "Were you the one who destroyed the nearby island." Thomas glanced at them and said "Yeah that was me but I put it mostly back." The two soldiers raised spears to Thomas and said "For destruction of the kingdoms property we will have to arrest you for further questioning." Thomas glanced at the women and said "Fine by me, I can keep an eye on her while I'm there." Thomas glanced back at the guards and said "But I'll need you to tell the owner of the Rolling Ship Inn that I'll be a while."