Irene kept running from her pursuers, It was stupid of her to ignore the orders from HQ to withdraw, just so she could prove herself, now she was in a tough spot.
She was an undercover agent for one of the prominent parties of the hidden side of United City - Elmsworth, a prodigy that rose out of nowhere and impressed her trainers
Be it her abilities, the abilities she possessed or her beauty, everything was miles ahead of her peers and that made her eligible for one of the secret missions of utmost importance.
She had been assigned by her bosses to the city of Elmsworth to infiltrate and establish herself as a prominent member of the Iriase group and wait for further instructions. That plan was going on smoothly, she had gotten into the group acccnd established herself
Iriase was bigger than her reports ever hinted, it was a group that had a hand in pretty much every sector of the underworld of Elmsworth. From petty thievery, prostitution to kidnappings and assassination.
As long as it made money and built connections, Iraise had a part to play in it. Getting into the group was no easy task either, if she hadn't saved the life of a random bum on the street when he was being attacked by a bunch of men for some weird reason she never would have gotten in.
Turns out the bum was actually a high ranking executive in Iriase, Someone in charge of administration and finances. He was out alone without any security detail and was caught up in a gang fight.
Iriase worked in a system where apart from the very top members, no other member knew just how large or how many people belonged to the organization
They all had hubs and groups they worked with and reported only to the one above them. This pocket hubs allowed the group to function while retaining its anonymity and mystery as even if you caught one branch, it wouldn't affect the organization as a whole
After a wide clean up conducted by the authorities in the past had performed a clean up of all gangs and underworld organizations
Iriase was no exception, it was left to a shell of its former self. 3 years had passed since then and they were on the rise again with this new system, becoming one of the two big organizations that ran the city
By doing one of the heads a favor, Irene got inducted into the society at a high speed. Although she just served as a member of the security detail and an assistant of the financial head, she was privy to more information than most of the middle placed members
She had discovered a meeting between Iriase and a new organization in the shadows of Elmsworth and was going to gain as much information on it as possible before sending it back to her HQ.
However HQ on hearing the name asked her to pull out of the area and return to base, to leave the city and put an end to the efforts she had poured on the mission for 6 months.
She was reluctant and decided to go at it alone. Luckily for her, her boss the financial head decided on her being a part of his security detail for the meeting
Irene, just like any other member of the team, got prepared and set out to the meeting point on the set date. On getting there the meeting proceeded and she was selected by the aid to accompany him
Due to her looks and petite figure, she was never considered a fighter but instead as a handy toy the man kept around him, and the head had always used that to his advantage
A short time after the meeting started and there was an attack. The meeting and business proposition was just hoax created by the ones who invited Iriase
After trying and failing to infiltrate and takeover the group multiple times they baited out each head of the group, isolating them from their forces before attacking with heavy force
The attacking force, the kingsmen turned out to be a stronger group than anyone expected, although they didn't have an ascendant in their ranks, they attacked with weapons that were supposed to be unavailable to the world as of now.
Pieces of experimental tech and high class weapons that had just debuted on the world tech expo were now in the hands of what they had seen as small time thugs.
It didn't take long before the members of Iriase fell prey to their relentless assault. Irene however because of her systematic training was able to evade their attacks, making out a path for herself and her boss. They got chased and eventually she had to separate from him to buy him some time
He might be the leader of one of the worst groupss i the city but her organization could not lose the one of the links they had to it. His survival was a priority so she sent him flying into one of the fail safes she herself planted in the city in case anything went wrong before she bolted out, her direction towards the forest.
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Getsuga took a deep breathe and counted down in her head, at the moment she exhaled she let the nocked arrow fly towards its target
A petite figure running towards Getsuga's position was lucky enough to evade the arrow flying towards her direction due to her short height, the burly man chasing behind her however wasn't lucky enough to do so, the arrow was embedded straight into his throat.
The shock from the sudden strike messing up his steps, he wasn't able to sense or evade the strike because he was focused on the midget, but now that he was aware of the a helper he wouldn't get caught again, or so he thought before an arrowhead found a way into his skull through his eyes instantly killing him.
The petite figure sensing there was a figure ahead which was attacking, raising her hands before her heart she made a bunch of symbols trying to communicate with whoever was in the shadows, hoping that the figure got her signals, she sped up before abruptly stopping and pulling out 2 daggers from her back.
The second of group who was chasing after her lunged towards her while trying to retrieve the battle axe hanging from his back but a swift strike by the girl with the daggers left him unable to use his hands anymore, she had severed both arms before moving to the side to get out of his way, that however wasn't the end as two arrows shot towards him in quick succession, one aiming for each eyeball.
Just like the first he fell to his death, the petite girl and the archer from the shadows continued their assault on the remaining group of 4, supporting each other like a team that had worked together seamlessly for ages until all were taken down.
Now only the petite assassin, Irene, and the archer from the shadows, Getsuga, were left on the battlefield.
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This was the first time Getsuga had fought against intelligent species with her mind intact and the euphoria she felt couldn't be explained in mere words. With every pull of her arrow she aimed for the most effective spots were even a strengthen awakened would be relatively weakened
Her arrowhead were all laced with poisons she had concocted herself, before being enhanced by her nether as she shot towards her victims and its performance against the group was satisfactory. While she was a little pissed she missed her first shot due to her senses not accurately picking up the figure that was in front, the figure who requested for help made the battle all the more interesting.
Her movements, her strikes and positioning was not something an amateur could pull off. Getsuga herself was sure if it wasn't for the inheritance she had received she couldn't replicate or follow those movements, the figure also made Getsuga happier as she only incapacitated the opponents withouts killing them, leaving the killing shot to Getsuga and allowing her to maximize the soul points she gained from the battle.
After a short battle only two were left. The petite figure dropped her weapons before raising her hands up in surrender hoping to indicate that she wasn't an enemy, after all the archer from the shadows had just saved her life.
Getsuga stepped out from her spot, her bow back in her storage space. She approached the petite figure and had a good look at her face, she looked like a girl in her teens, sixteen or seventeen perhaps, blue eyes, short raven haired that was tied into a ponytail, height estimated to be around a hundred and fifty six centimeters, she certainly was a young girl, but why was she in such a dangerous situation?
Getsuga, not dropping her guard, interviewed the young girl about her situation and inquired about the way to the nearest town. Upon hearing the state of the city and the supposed war that was going on, she burst into laughter.
She was just worried about increasing her soul points and getting her nether reserves and the answer dropped right into her laps. She cut the heads of each of the assailants and tied them together with a string. She hung them from her back and released the petite girl, leaving her to her devices, before heading to the city of Elmsworth.
That night, the underworld came to know of the witch of calamity.