"I'll end this in two minutes," she said with a smile and at the same time, she rotated her guns and tossed it to the air. It spinned for a few seconds before coming back.
Next, her figure disappeared and a sound that was similar to a sonic boom echoed to the air. The shadow warrior who stood still as a statue reacted to this voice and it prepared for the upcoming battle by assuming a fighting stance.
In mere seconds, the petite human girl is already in front of it with its weapon aimed on its head. The shadow warrior takes a leap backward to distance their position, though, the girl landed and with her right leg, it ejects her body forward just like a bullet coming out from the barrel.
The shadow warrior then raises its Katana and when their distance is about a meter from each other, a fast paced battle is started.
Kino pulled the trigger for both revolvers three times and bullets were coming out consecutively and this led to the shadow warrior either dodging the bullets or cutting them in half and it only took for a few breaths.
Kino who expected this kind of outcome ready herself for the upcoming attacks. The shadow warrior then does consecutive slashes and every slash is so fast that Kino could hear the wind getting cut.
Swoosh swoosh
Every slash aimed at her critical point and Kino dodged all of them smoothly without a hitch, still, every time she dodged. It consumed a bit of stamina so if this continued for another few seconds, her stamina would be depleted and with that, the battle will end with her body being a lifeless one.
Not a good thing to happen, so, to avoid that possibility. She must use her aura energy to block the shadow warrior's attack and back away. At that moment, she would quickly drink a recovery stamina potion.
With a plan in mind, she does it and it works wonderfully. Or at least that's what she thought but when the moment she drank the potion, the shadow warrior's figure was gone and out of the blue appeared behind Kino.
Kino who didn't have the chance to gulp down the potion and her stamina energy were blinking red every second, alarming the player or in this case the NPC whose stamina is about to run out. Kino hurriedly used her aura energy to make an invisible barrier and protected her entire body.
The shadow warrior didn't stop either just because its enemy formed a barrier, it continued to slashed it and every time it hit, it was getting more and more faster.
Series of sparks starts to appear and the sound of a metal hitting another metal gets louder and louder.
Kino whose situation is very similar to that of a punching bag keeps circulate her aura energy to protect her life and at the same time keeps leap backward to make some distance.
Seeing that its opponent was running away, it chased it but little did it know that Kino was up to something. Every time Kino ran away, there's a short delay of a few breaths.
At that moment, she put her right hand on the Elder's scale then hurriedly ran away when the shadow warrior closed their distance.
If one sees it from outside the smoke, a series of sparks could be seen with loud clang as the background, one could clearly guess that there is an amazing battle happening inside.
Just like the cat and mouse game that keeps chasing each other, the shadow warrior whose intellect is the same as any other human noticed something's missing but then, its opponent's barrier disappeared when clashed by its last attack and the petite human girl kneeled.
The shadow warrior halts its attack and forgets about something but with its win in front of its eyes, it didn't care whatsoever about it.
Kino's body is full of light wounds and bruises, her facial expression is calm as ever and it makes the shadow warrior pissed. Normally, when an enemy loses a fight to the death, it'll use any tricks to flee or bring the enemy too to his/her death.
Seeing the opponent is very calm, the shadow warrior can't help but remembering that feeling of something's wrong. Next, before the girl does anything funny, it swings its Katana to the girl's neck.
However, as it expected a flying head and blood gushed out just like a fountain. As if hitting an unbreakable diamond, the Katana didn't cut through, instead, it stopped when hitting the girl's neck.
At that moment too, the smoke cleared and faded away completely. In the progress, two figures slowly appeared.
Smile was formed on the girl's lips and if the shadow warrior had a facial expression, it would show an expression of surprise.
The shadow warrior's body petrified upon the sight and it even took a step back. Its image as a fearless warrior in Kino's mind crumbled immediately and honestly, she was disappointed.
Put that aside for a moment, after the shadow warrior takes a step back, it then observes its surroundings as it feels disturbance in the air.
It was very faint to the level that the shadow warrior must scan the surroundings with its ability for three times in a row before concluding that it is indeed true that there was disturbance in the air.
A circle that was used by mages to summon spirits or activate magic. Indeed, a circle that was similar to a magic circle is there on the Elder's scale.
It was made by using a very thin thread made out of aura, she drew these lines when chased by the shadow warrior. Though, in the process, the shadow warrior seems to notice her plan and this is the reason why she faked her defeat.
As to why her neck is able to withstand the shadow figure's sharp blade that could even pierce an ancient body just like cutting butter, was because by using the magic circle and her in the middle.
It allowed her to control the aura in the air (which is from microscopic living beings) and then, concentrate it around her neck.
Using the magic circle to control the aura energy in the air didn't cost much aura energy in her body but more cost her stamina and take time.
Anywho, the aura energy in the air flowed to her neck and whirls there, forming a ring neck before finally stopped and forming a thick and tough barrier, in addition to that, it was invisible to the naked eyes.
"You noticed it? Well, it's too late for that. Now die!"