"keep the formation! focus to kill that female beast first!"
"sir!!"
They raised their sword and focused at the Half-beast in front of them.
"wait.. is that...from blood?"
"you mean its war paint? huh, you know how crazy these monsters are"
"yeah, that makes sense.."
Shanti swiftly ran toward them and raised her short knife.
In that moment, she realized something.
"sir Yana's robe...is very warm"
She never wore something like this before. Normally, this kind of thin clothes couldn't completely block the cold air, especially at night.
It's little loose for her because it's made for man size, but it still gave a very good protection from cold air for her.
-whuss-
-dharr-
Several arrows were flying toward her and some skills almost hit her.
"i need to focus... -fuuh-"
She remembered her savior's order.
"then, their leader first.."
The distance between them was getting closer.
"men! ready! surround it and give space for the rangers!"
It only needed few seconds for them to surround Shanti.
More than thirty soldiers were needed to make the formation to surround her. They took the initiative to attack their enemy.
-dash-
Five men dashed toward her while using their skill and technique.
[WIND STEPPER II]
[TITAN ARMS I]
They came with their best skills and techniques.
Shanti raised her short knife and pushed her left leg to the back as the booster when she wanted to dash foward toward her enemies.
In that moment, she realized something that she discussed with her savior earlier.
Three men marched toward her while the other two going to her right and left side.
"space... management.." She mumbled
-dash-
-whuus-
The enemy's sword almost hit her head but she moved her head a bit to evade that.
"huh?"
He didn't understand with what happened in front of his eyes. Instead taking some distance, his enemy was dashing toward him and closing the gap between them.
He could understand if it was about one on one fight, but this was one versus five. How could this monster just approach them like that without thinking about the risk?
That monster's action made his technique losing its timing and calculation. If that was what the monster targeted from the very beginning, then he was in danger.
Of course, that was what Shanti looked for.
From her experience back in the forest when she fought Arshon and his men, she already knew where she needed to hit her enemy.
One swift swing with her short knife toward her enemy's throat and.....
-zraasssh-
"-kgggh-"
Bloods splattered in the air while the other two's attack heading toward her.
"don't you think you won't pay for that monster"
One fast stab was directed at her side and the other attack was aimed at her torso.
Shanti already put her right foot firmly on the ground when she did her attack earlier, so she could do the next move without delay.
-dhar-
Shanti moved backward to dodge those attacks and....
-kraang-
Their sword clashed. They didn't expect that their synchronized attack became a back fire for them.
Both of them were vulnerable to be attacked yet Shanti knew she couldn't take that chance.
The other two soldiers who separated from those three already executed their technique.
-dharr-
Their target vanished from their sight.
"wha...?!"
"look out!"
-buugh-
Shanti dashed and pushed the two soldiers who still tried to recovery from their fail attack in front of her.
Their balance was lost and they were pushed for more than one meter.
"It targets our captain! ranger! prepare!"
One of the soldier in the front row realized what she's trying to do, but Shanti didn't stop her movement.
-krrt-
She took a jumping stance and focused her muscles to do that.
-dharr-
"kggh!!"
The moment when she jumped, she could feel that her hair were being pulled. This made her jump fail.
"don't you think we will let you do as you like monster!!"
One of the soldier pulled her hair and raised his sword.
-krrrrrrrrr-
This sensation.... this pain.... this strange touch to her body parts...
She remembered how that man treated her in the prison. How that memory would never leave her mind for the rest of her life.
"KHAAAGGHH!!"
-ngiiing-
Her scream made the soldier's ears hurt and he let off her hair.
In an instant, she jumped back and pushed the soldier behind her.
The soldier lost his balance while Shanti already raised her short knife.
-zreeb-
One clean stab to the throat.
-brugh-
Not stopping there, she grabbed the soldier's sword and turned around toward their group captain direction.
"Keep the formation!! fill the gap! ranger, prepare anti-projectile skill!!"
[ROGNIR'S CALL I]
Shanti raised her short knife and pointed the sword to the front.
with the effect of her blessing, her short knife became a bow and the sword became a big arrow.
No one there knew what happened.
-krrt-
Shanti pulled the bow string and..
-DHARR-
The big arrow flew and pierced anything in front of it. One, two, three, four, five bodies.... no one could stop it.
It stopped after piercing more than ten soldiers bodies.
Because of that attack, the path in front of her became clear.
-dharr-
She dashed and took one sword on the ground with her.
The group captain realized what danger would come at him.
"men!! square formation in front of me! full guard and..."
It was too late.
Shanti already used her blessing and released the second arrow toward him.
-DHARR-
Shanti looked at them with the same expression that she showed earlier.
With empty looks and no expression on her face.
-----( Chapter 160 "Shanti the Half-beast" )-----