"What do you doing?" Shouted Viridiana. No response has been given back.
"It's enough." After a couple of minutes of walking in the alley, Vaterian stopped, and instruct Igor.
Suddenly, Vaterian pushed Viridiana to the wall, forcing her to lean on it. "Miss de Montferrat, you know that man always been attracted by beautiful lady, not even emperor of Carpathians can resist it." He put his finger on her lips, telling her to stay silent.
He slowly moved his finger along her jawline and hold her chin, forcing her to look at him. "Do I ever tell you the reason I leave Wester? It's very simple you know, there's a nobleman, he is the kind of person who always kept his attitude and principle as a noble. And hard to say, but he is actually pretty hot, I just couldn't hold myself when I saw him."
Viridiana now had a chance to look closely at Vaterian, although she won't ever wish to have it. He had bright blue eyes as opposed to Igor's green eyes. He had neither beard nor moustache, the small injuries left around his mouth showed he had just shaved it today.
As Viridiana inspects Vaterian, he went forward and look Viridiana's face from the side "Quite unfortunate for him, I'm a person with weird fetishes, When I look at the painting hanging on the wall in our school, the first thing that draws my attention is always the portrait, the jawline of them it's just a masterpiece." Viridiana felt the wind blown by Vaterian as he talking, It flew past her ear like he is touching it, gentle but terrified.
She look at the entrance of the Alley, all she found out was Igor, standing there, blocking the way and preventing her to see anything. "I kindly ask for your attention miss." Viridiana felt a tap on her shoulder, she turned around and Vaterian stared at her.
"Why I always get these undisciplined, naughty bugger, just like the noble. But lucky me, after that sweet, sweet night he can only look at me. It's sad, that the official decided to snatch it away from me and try to legally claim their trophy by accusing me of a murderer. By the blessing of Seliana, I escape. Now I am eager to have a substitute, Miss Viridiana de Montferrat." Viridiana try to get away from Vaterian, but even she used all her strength, she still failed to do it.
Vaterian kept Viridiana in place with his right hand, while covering her eye with other hands. "Don't mind if I do, Miss Viridiana, de, Mont, fer, rat."
Behind Vaterian's hand, he nod his head toward Igor, who now stood in front of the man, holding his sword in both hands in near ward-stance. His shoulder faces forward while his leg was placed perfectly as the footwork told by his teacher, the leading leg is bent and placed with small-angle while back leg stays straight, the sword stay beside his right hips, tip toward the back.
"Why do you always get the best part? Even with the last time" Shouted Igor. "Keep your mouth shut, If you drag the guard here, then we will all be hanged." Viridiana Frighten, sweat start to appear on her skin.
"Let go the girl and hands up, otherwise you won't make it out without injuries." the leading man yell at Igor with a dagger in his hand, but seems like they are also not willing to draw the guard's attention, they are controlling their volume. Even those man is a bit suspicious, they still bring some degree of hope to Viridiana.
"Calm down man, We wish to have some friendly conversation with this lady, make sure to follow the rule and come in one by one. So now give us some time and piss off, then we will consider giving you the chance to do anything you wanted." Said Igor in a rather calm voice, but he maintained his stance showing he never expect peace.
"We are not a bunch of mobs like you, let go off Miss de Montferrat or we will let you taste the blade!" Shouted that man, but he exposed something.
"Miss Viridiana? seems like those merchants forgot to hire someone with a brighter brain." Igor laughed out loudly, as the man at the back kicked the leading man to the ground.
Viridiana hearts drop to the deepest part of the ocean, none of them were friendly. "Wait for us to solve this issue." She heard Vaterian whispering to her, which only brings her more anxiety.
The man quickly climbed up, with full embarrassment, and charge straight to Igor. "Ach! At last, I still need to fight, what a life."
The man tried to stab Igor, he lean his body forward, pointing his dagger forward as far as possible. Obviously, he was poorly trained, not a single trainee would charge in blindly like him.
Igor face it seriously, despite the opponent being obviously poorly trained. He raised his sword quickly next to his head, parry the opponent blade, the tip of the sword almost touching the man's nose, similar to an ox stance.
The man tried to move his dagger but it was stuck by the cross-guard of the sword, the one inch of distance between the blade and Igor is so close, yet so far.
Igor didn't stop his action, he step forward and push the man with his shoulder, causing him to lost his balance, As soon as Igor saw that, he turn his sword around, holding it on the blade instead of the handle, strike the man heavily with the pommel, It's a classic Mordhau(murder-blow).
The man fell to the ground instantly, losing all his consciousness. Igor pointed his sword at the ground in front of it, while his body remains the same as in near-ward, It's the fool stance.
"Not bad, I had a long time didn't see any young man can wield his sword as well as you did." The voice can from the guy, staying at the back for the whole time. He drew out his sword and dagger.
"I told him to bring his sword, but this thug did not even have one, how did he become a leader from one of the biggest gangs?"
"From the north? Or his teacher from there? no people in this land use such a combination, especially an arming sword." Igor started thinking about those questions, but his opponent won't wait for him to get his answer.
He closed into Igor and attempted to stab him with the sword, Igor quickly responded to that by raising his sword, pointing his tip toward the aggressor, a classic trick for the fool.
The man didn't feel surprised, he quickly pushed Igor sword away from him with his dagger, while keep advancing. Igor quickly stepped back, pull his sword out and parry the incoming attack, the sword was so close to him that he can see his reflection on it.
As Igor pull back his sword, it freed the dagger. The man quickly reversed his action, pushing Igor sword away with his sword, while threatening Igor with the dagger.
This time, Igor chose to advance.
Igor quickly step to his left side, keeping his body away from the dagger while he pushed his opponent sword upward, creating an opportunity to strike in. The man realized it, but he was too committed to the strike, unable to pull back, Igor flip his arm around, the sword turned like a windmill as Igor intended, creating a strike aiming at the man's right arm.
The edge of the sword quickly tear through the cloth, but nothing happened other than revealing the chainmail underneath. Realizing this, Igor quickly pulled away from the man, hit the dagger away with a strike, and parry the sword strike from the top.
"Far better than I expect, been in professional training?" Said the man, after he get back his balance and pulled back. He knew without his armour, he won't be able to move his right arm. Igor didn't reply but raised his sword high at his right and lean forward, A right von Tag, he is prepared to offence.
As the man just finished his sentence, Igor strike heavily from the top, a classic Oberhau, the man tried to make a panic defence with both his weapon, he had no space to evade this attack due to the limited space in the alley.
Suddenly, Igor kicked the man in full force with his leg, while the man used all his strength to defend himself from Igor's blade. The man didn't fly away thank for one of his legs is supporting him, but the massive pain cause him to bend down his body and Igor quickly snatch his weapon and throw it toward Vaterian.
Igor used the same trick he used before, a Mordhau toward the man head, bringing him into a short nap.
"They are not that strong, isn't it?" When Igor start searching the enemy for any valuable clue, Vaterian tried to keep Viridiana in check. Viridiana knew what she might face, she make a tough decision.
Viridiana open her mouth and try to bite her own tongue, Vaterian instantly notice it and stuck his finger between Vidiriana mouth to prevent it to happen.
"Hey! look what I found!" shouted Igor toward Vaterian, but he was shocked by what he saw, Vaterian holding Viridiana in place, limiting her movement while sticking his finger into Viridiana mouth.