They have fallen asleep, it is still dark, by the noise of some birds, it is early morning.
KEKI AND TOIRE are inside the shearam.
They hear some galloping noises of horses or beasts not far from there.
When TOIRE wakes up, he looks at KEKI next to him, she's awake, listening.
An instant is enough for them to place the direction of noise that, increasingly heard closer, they also manage to hear a much lighter noise, is the noise of the branches of the trees that are on the floor when cracking.
No doubt there's someone on foot and they'll most likely come chasing her.
TOIRE removes the branches from the entrance of his hiding place, quietly tells KEKI to wait, he will only peek out to see what happens.
TOIRE takes his weapons, asks KEKI to stay hidden.
It comes out of hiding a little bit.
Look in the distance, at a long-haired, blonde girl in a squire's suit, who runs desperately trying to escape those two men who stalk her, they are mounted on two strange mutations of beasts.
They corner her playing with her.
One of them carries a sword, the other a whip.
Sometimes attacking, others almost crushing her with the beasts, sometimes causing her to fall to the ground.
TOIRE has been approaching, hiding among the trees.
The girl is skilful dodging, however, she looks tired and already brings scratches on various parts of her body for everything they have done with her in this stalk. Men mock how helpless you see.
She is on the ground, with one knee recharged and on the other rests.
She's agitated.
They also talk about how cute she'll look when she's mercilessly maniaced.
They laugh as they approach with the beasts to ram her.
The girl looks at them courageously, she gets up and starts running towards a nearby tree, manages to place her shoes on a bulge of the tree, climbs a branch of it, when one of them is passing very close to the tree whipping.
The girl dodges it and throws herself on the beast, pulls out a very small, thin-tipped dagger and fits it into her neck, that's exactly where that man pulled the rein of his beast and is instantly reacting by rising, so that his snout will reach the young woman.
She barely manages to escape the jaws of the beast who has become enraged, as she can, rises and runs, that seriously wounded and angry man, uses his whip to hit her, throwing her to the sore ground.
That man, with a hand trembling by pain, winces, removes the dagger from his neck. Blood sprouts from his neck.
The other man has approached him.
The second man is no longer going to play with her. He tells her that even without life she will be able to use her body to enjoy it.
Then the beasts will eat it.
They were so busy with the girl that, they did not see when TOIRE arrived who arrives on one side who, jumps on the beast resting on the shoulder of it, with his sword cuts off the head of the one who brought the whip.
The beast rushes to begin devouring the body of whatever its master was.
Whoever carries the sword is alert, he attacks TOIRE with the beast, as he approaches, will also use his sword.
TOIRE would dodge it smoothly, only, the beast hits him with a ponytail throwing him to the ground.
The young woman reacts, looks at TOIRE on the ground somewhat dazed, also sees the evil one mounted on the beast approaching him.
She gets up as fast as she can, taking advantage of the moment her attention is not on her, the young woman jumps on the animal's paw, climbs with a rope on the back of the beast, coming down her back, she uses her dagger by burying her by the back right in the heart and pulls her down using her own weight causing her to scream in pain , she quickly turns around and readys to jump off the beast, only that the evil one is stretched and catches her by the hair, leaving her hanging on the side of the beast.
The terribly sore one directs his sword towards the young woman on the side.
He did not realize that TOIRE had climbed on the beast and pulled the girl to the opposite side of the sword, getting him, if he hurts her, but only on the leg.
At this moment, TOIRE releases the girl and with both hands, cuts the evil one with his sword from the neck to the collarbone, the young woman has fallen to the ground with the sword embedded, which causes her leg muscles to tear, she dulls a scream.
While she tries to straighten out the sword so she can pull it out.
Very close, he sees the body of the evil one fall, his eyes open.
The first monster has devoured the first corpse, the second, when losing his rider, pounces on the flesh, among the beasts fight the corpse.
TOIRE helps the young woman get up, they walk away quickly, she is hurt, when she finishes eating, they might be attacked.
The beasts have greedily devoured the corpse and pounced on them.
TOIRE runs with the girl in tow towards the shed.
Seeing that it won't be enough, he stops, leaves the girl on the ground and prepares with his sword to receive attacks from the beasts.
He hasn't noticed that KEKI is behind him.
A few meters away.
KEKI's aura is felt in the environment, this catches the attention of the beasts and the two young men.
When you turn TOIRE, you look at it with concern.
She tells her to step aside, she hasn't recovered yet, she must run away.
From KEKI's body is expelled a gust of wind that is strengthening further.
TOIRE and the girl look at her in amazeed.
The beasts throw themselves at her ignoring TOIRE and the young woman, passing on one side of them.
KEKI is in complete calm.
KEKI raises his hand and puts his palm in the direction of them, from the tip of his fingers, lets out a blue light that, when he reaches them, chars them.
The two young men are stunned.
While TOIRE breathes in relief, the young woman is very happy.
TOIRE helps the girl get up, as they head towards her, the young woman tells her that was great, she would like to be able to learn how to do that.
KEKI seriously tells him that, to achieve this, you have to pay a price... She... he certainly doesn't know what he's saying.
The situation gets tense.
None of them mention anything on the way to the arbor.
As soon as they enter the shed, they can see KEKI at the bottom of it.
KEKI mentions that the girl must be taken care of... TOIRE, with a grimaces somewhat sad, it is said that, he also needs to be taken care of.
The young woman, who listened to TOIRE, looks him in the eye.
When he hears himself, he doesn't say anything anymore.
Help the young woman settle on one side of the shed and cover the entrance again.
end of chapter 9