In the middle of that bloody night, the fight was far from over.
"Oh my?" Dr. Augen said with a surprised look on her face.
"I thought you had accepted your death by now, but it seems like you're more persistent than I thought", she added.
"As if I would. I haven't kicked your ass yet", I replied tenaciously.
Then, I called Shaylee and told her that we'll stick to her plan.
At first, she wasn't confident about it and was concerned that I wouldn't be able to cover her without using my bow, but then, she saw my determined gaze, and remembered that she'd decided to rely on me.
"Ok. I'll trust you", she said after getting up, and took up her attacking stance.
"Oh? I see you're ready for a round two, nice!" Dr. Augen said excitedly.
"At least this time try to entertain me a little bit then", she added with a vicious look on her face.
She's definitely making fun of us, but we have no time to worry about that, I thought, then said, "Let's go", as Shaylee started running towards Dr.Augen who saw her coming, and launched another knives attack.
Even though it was coming at full speed toward her, she didn't stop running and continued her way with no fear in her eyes, only focused on taking Dr.Augen down.
Then, at the moment the impact was about to happen, a bunch of arrows thrown at full speed by Jemuel countered the knives which gave a chance to Shaylee to close the gap between her and Dr.Augen.
How is he able to match my speed without a bow? I don't sense any magic emanating from him, what is it then? Dr.Augen wondered.
I don't exactly understand it myself but the more I throw this arrow the more my capacity to throw them increase.
It's just like during my fight with Karl. Heat gradually began to rise in my stomach after that, it started to spread throughout my body, I added.
Is it in relation with my mana? Since that I know now that there's some flowing through my body, it became a new factor that I can't ignore anymore, I was wondering.
Then, back to the fight, Shaylee planted her right foot deeply on the ground with which she created an explosive acceleration that allowed her to get closer to Dr.Augen.
She's fast! Dr. Augen thought, being surprised.
Next, Shaylee launched a side sword blow aiming at the throat of Dr.Augen which she dodged. Then, by the time she dodged it, shaylee was fast enough to follow up with a powerful kick to her left hip which sent her flying to the other end of the room breaking a few furniture on the way.
"Wow! Great Shaylee!" I shouted joyfully.
"It is far from over! Stay focus!" Shaylee shouted while taking her stance.
"O-ok!" I answered.
After that, Dr. Augen got up with a few scratches all over her.
"Oh my... I gotta admit, you surprised me on this one", she said while cleaning up the bit of blood that was flowing from her lower lip.
"I guess I'll have to be a little bit more serious now", she said after throwing away her broken glasses. Then, with her right hand, reached for her lower back at the level of her waist under her coat, and started charging quickly towards Shaylee.
She's coming, thought Shaylee, ready to fight.
Arrived a few meters in front of Shaylee, Dr. Augen finally pulled her hand out from under her coat and, delivered a powerful blow with the weapon hiding below at Shaylee who countered it with difficulty. Her weapon was a kind of dagger, bigger than the normal, with a rectangular blade looking like a cleaver knife.
Around the dead bodies, their clash started to accelerate and became so intense that you could hear the high-pitched sound of their crossing blades but, you could also tell that Dr. Augen was giving Shaylee a hard time. With her sharp and powerful attacks, Shaylee had few opportunities to go on the offensive. As a result, she found herself on the defensive most of the time.
By dint of being on the defensive, Shaylee became more and more exhausted, which ultimately created an opening for Dr. Augen who, intentionally sticked her dagger in the ground to free her right hand. Next, she slipped under Shaylee's sword, right punched her in the stomach, and finished it off by sending her head crashing to the ground with a powerful reverse kick as if her head was a soccer ball.
"Shayleee !" I cried out in concern for her and then, without thinking, instantly rushed to her aid.
I threw several arrows into Dr. Augen's blind spot, which she noticed and immediately picked up her dagger to counter them. During that split second, I slid to the ground so that I could find myself under her chin and give her an uppercut but, as I started getting back up to deliver it, she was quick enough to react and at the end, gave me a powerful kick in the jaw that sent me lying on the floor.
It was only one hit, but it hurt horribly. Will I ever be able to eat again? I wondered in unbearable pain.
"Don't be in such a hurry, your turn will come soon enough"; Dr. Augen said calmly, looking down on me.
Is it already the end? In just one hit? Of course not! Even if I have to crawl, I will stop her! So, I firmly grabbed her right leg then, shouted, "I won't let you hurt Shaylee anymore!" with all my might as I gave her an unwavering gaze.
Without moving for a second, she stared at me with great joy and said "Lovely! Those eyes full of passion, I desire them!" excitedly.
"But I have to finish the half-devil first so, I can't let you continue to keep me here any longer", she added then, started kicking me in the face with the sole of her free foot.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful not to damage your eyes", she said as she kept kicking me in the face.
"I would appreciate if you could not damage my face at all!" I exclaimed.
The more she kept kicking me, the more I felt my consciousness starting to fade.
Honestly, what did I think I could do against such a monster? In the end, there was nothing I could do to resolve this case nor to protect Shaylee. I see that I'm still as weak and useless as I've always been...
Haha, I think it won't take too long before I pass out...
I wish I could have done more... I'm so pathetic... I thought, frustrated as she kept kicking me.
After a brief moment of silence, a voice arose...
"Good job Jemuel ! You held on to the end!" Shaylee shouted.
After that, Dr. Augen immediately stopped kicking me and turned to face Shaylee.
Huh? Shaylee? I thought while I was slowly opening my eyes.
"Thanks to you, I was able to recover enough strength to defeat our enemy!"
"I'm sorry it took so long... But now... I'm ready!"
"I'll make sure your efforts won't be wasted so, raise your head and witness the fruits of your actions!"
"Raise your head Jemuel and assist to the fall down of your enemy!" Shaylee declared as she took a strong and pround stance.
Shaylee...
Man, I'm so lame. The girl I wanted to protect must have cheered me up but, I guess I needed it, I thought, the heart lightens, wiping away the few tears I had shed.
"Truly lovely, you look more confident than at the beginning", Dr. Augen said after licking her lips.
"Yea, I sure do cause this time I'm gonna take you down for good", Shaylee replied firmly.
"I doubt that will ever happen because I'm going to take you down first", Dr. Augen said as she took a stance with her dagger.
Then, Shaylee, standing straight while holding her sword vertically in front of her, closed her eyes and entered a deep concentration.
A sharp wind suddenly picked up and, energy coming from everywhere around us began to gather around her sword which then began to shine.
As I looked more closely, I noticed that this energy was coming from lower spirits certainly at Shaylee's request.
The more she gathered, the more violent the wind became.
After she finished building up energy into her sword, she moved her right foot one step forward and lifted up her sword above her head.
It was then that Dr. Augen quickly started running towards Shaylee who, opened her eyes and unleashed all the energy stored in the sword by giving a powerful straight swing with it while shouting "Sword of the Spirit!"
A bright white light engulfed the entire space and, a big explosion took place.
It was so big you could hear the sound of it and get a quick view of the energy released by Shaylee rising skyward from, the north side of the poor district where, Lore and Bert went to inspect.
They obviously noticed it and wondered what happened.
"We should go join them, they must be in big trouble", Bert said worriedly.
"You're right but, it won't be easy to get there", Lore said seriously.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Bert asked.
"I know you're here so, show yourself before I come to you and kick your ass. I don't know who you are, but you've kept following us since we entered this side of the district, so I guess you won't let us get out of here quietly, Am I right?" Lore said.
"*Sigh* Seems like I've been caught", a young boy said, looking 14 with brown spiky hair and wearing a dark blue cloak, emerging in this full moon night from behind a chimney on the roof of a house.