During the time that the battle was taking place between Ki and the large man, Marilyn continued her fierce and fast piercing attacks on the leader of the mercenary group.
All of a sudden the leader began to feel more pressured as time passed and he continued to try find an opening in his enemies movements,
So far he was put in the defensive position because of Marilyn's fierce offensive but because he had been holding some of his strength back he did not notice that Marilyn was adjusting to his movements and coming up with new variations of attacks to counter him.
A cold look appeared in his eyes as he blocked an oncoming attack with his sword and reached behind his back with the other hand.
He grabbed onto the hilt of another short sword that was hung on his back just above his waist and removed it from its sheath.
As he pulled it out he backed off a little and took a stance as his main short sword was facing up while the other was facing downward.
As he slashed down with his main sword his other sword swung up just passing by each other as he pushed back her rapier strike.
The man continued forward to try break through by overpowering her and breaking her rhythm and it looked like he had succeeded in doing so.
Unfortunately as he got closer he arm pulled back the rapier almost by the time he reached her body.
The swords swung towards her almost catching her in a moment of weakness but she managed to raise her dagger up in time to parry his main strike away from her body and dodged the other by stepping out of its range of attack.
Over the years she had sparred with Ki who was of the same realm as this man at the time and now she could adjust to such an enemy no matter what change of tactics they chose to use.
Before the man could adjust his body after missing his second attack the rapiers tip had already entered his waist and was pierced deeply.
After successfully wounding him she kept a distance so that her rapier thrusts could still hit but she would be out of range of his short swords.
The battle did not pause even after wounding him, as a mercenary leader he had been wounded many times in battle but he still fought through the pain and seized life with his own hands.
He no longer analysed his opponents movements when he was fighting and instead relied entirely on his instincts that he had honed in battle.
After several fierce clashes he managed to break through several times but every time he found an opening it seemed like the moment he stepped into it he would put himself at risk.
Meanwhile near the tent, a pair of eyes watched the fights happening with a haughty look in their eyes.
After witnessing the enemies power that was able to destroy the mercenary group with just two people and the other hidden enemies within the forest, she began to plan on how to overcome what was happening.
Suddenly she looked over to Marilyn with a chilling look in her eyes and stepped out of the tent revealing a sixteen to eighteen year old young girl who was well developed and beautiful.
She wore clothes made from expensive materials that were a little revealing as it flaunted a little of her legs and chest.
A noble lady she would normally dress modestly according to noble etiquette and rules but this lady behaved as if she did not care for such things.
In fact she seemed to care more about increasing her appeal towards attracting the opposite gender.
She did not let herself get distracted and ran towards Marilyn who had her back to her.
As she got closer her hand stretched out to grab Marilyn by the back of her neck and her hand started to take out a white colour as even the veins on her hand were visible and white in colour.
A greedy look appeared in her eyes as she saw that she was about to succeed in attacking the girl in front of her.
Just as her palm was coming into contact with the back of Marilyn's neck suddenly a pain spread out as something pierced through her outstretched hand.
She turned her eyes to her hand and let out a shriek of pain as she saw the knife that had yet to be removed from her hand.
Just as the girl halted her footsteps and took back her hand after being wounded Marilyn had a look of relief in her eyes and then turned serious. "I should of been more cautious… well, no more time left to continue playing these games."
She had learnt all she could from this battle and if she continued any longer she would just be wasting her time fighting her opponent.
Just as enemy wished to seize a chance to strike the rapier had already been thrust straight to his throat ending his life swiftly.