As Elvira fear was taking over her heart, Ais inwardly shook her head in disappointed. Not at Elvira but she was disappointed in herself as she remembered her past.
'Ais: *sigh* No wonder when me and Lord fought for the first time in Orario, he said I am a disappointed as swordswoman. Looking at this Elvira, I now understand how I was fighting that time. Without any technique without any skill, I was just swinging my sword with brute force and calling it swordsmanship.'
Sighing again, she looked at Elvira who was struggling on one of her knees.
'Ais: In reality, even while using "Arielle", my current strength is just slightly better than Elvira. The reason I can easily defeat her is because I can clearly see the flaws and openings in her attacks. This is not something the previous me could have accomplished. Anyway, time to end this.'
Thinking till here, Ais put even more force in her azure Lambent-Light. Elvira, who was trying her best to stop the sword, had her claws pushed back. Soon, even while blocking, azure Lambent-Light touched Elvira shoulder and was digging in it.
Elvira: Guh!!!
Elvira let out a miserable voice as blood was flowing from her now cut shoulder. Elvira could sense her end coming as the azure sword dug deeper into her shoulder. But then...…
SWOOSH!!!
Suddenly, Ais sensed a new presence in her domain. She abruptly turned her head back and saw a claw just 1 cm away from her face. Her eyes opened wide in shock as she saw the approaching danger. She was just about to use her "Tempestas-Occidere" when...…
FWOOSH!!!
A blackish-purple ball came out of nowhere and attacked the person.
BOOM!!!
???: Grh!!!
The person let out a painful voice and stopped his attack for a moment. That was enough for Ais to kick Elvira and jump away.
BAM!!!!
Elvira: Argh!!
Elvira was thrown away again as Ais maintained some distance and looked at the new arrival. This person looked like a teenaged boy with red hair and white eyes like Elvira. He was wearing a black T-shirt, grey pants, and black shoes. His skin was also pale The boy turned and looked at Misdreavus with rage. Misdreavus's the one who launched "Shadow-Ball" at the boy and helped Ais just now.
Ais was looking at the boy seriously as Misdreavus floated at her side. She expressed her gratitude to Misdreavus in a low voice.
Ais: Thanks.
Misdreavus: ......…
At first Misdreavus became stunned when it heard Ais's "thanks" then it nodded its head in enthusiasm.
Misdreavus: MIS…. MIS… MIS
Elvira: My son, Bram. You're back.
The boy named Bram moved his attention from Misdreavus to Elvira. The boy was also the one in the Well outside. He was the one who turned his head backward and saw Ais as she walked away from the Well to enter the house.
The boy then approached Elvira and asked in a caring tone.
Bram: Mom, are you okay?
Elvira: Not completely. But I will be when I will rip this girl apart and drink her blood.
Bram: Mn.
Bram nodded as he helped her mother to get up. While he was doing so, Ais was looking at his back. There she saw an injury that appeared on his back when he was hit by the "Shadow Ball" of Misdreavus. Ais gave a glance to Misdreavus at her side before turning back to Bram.
'Ais: With the boy's speed just now, I can tell that he is as strong as me. Otherwise, he won't have to able to catch me off guard just now. Means both the mother and son are at Level 3. If that's the case, then it shouldn't be possible for Misdreavus whose strength is at Level 1 to be able to injury him. Yet, it did.'
Next, Ais curled the corner of her lips.
'Ais: I see. So, that's how it is. That black ball of Misdreavus was like a different form of magic. But it's still magic. In other words, these people are weak against magic attacks. Maybe because they don't have any magic themselves.'
By now Elvira had stood up. She and her son were both glaring daggers at her. Then Bram disappeared.
SWOOSH!!!
Ais also moved.
SWOOSH!!!
She appeared in front of Misdreavus block Bram claws.
CLANG!!!
She already guessed that he would target Misdreavus because not only did Misdreavus stop his surprise attack but also injured him. Misdreavus also realized that when Ais moved to protect it. It then hurriedly entered its ghost state and disappeared. Just at the nick of time when Elvira also attacked it.
SLASH!!!
Elvira: Tch.
Elvira clicked her tongue when her attack only hit the air. Hence, she changed her target and attacked Ais's back.
Ais, who already sensed Elvira, suddenly, parried Bram claws behind her. While she also turned 90 degrees and dodged Elvira claws. Both Elvira and Bram became shocked as they saw that both of their claws were now approaching each other. Because of that, they hurriedly changed its direction.
BAM!!!
POW!!!!
Elvira: Argh!!!
Bram: Guh!!!
Though how could Ais let go of this opportunity. The moment they changed the direction of their attacks, their speed also decreased a bit. At that moment, Ais gave a kick at Bram abdomen and an elbow strike at Elvira face.
FWOOSH!!!!
FWOOSH!!!!
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
Both of them were thrown back in opposite direction and smashed at the wall. Lowering her leg and arm, Ais looked at both one-by-one. At this time, Misdreavus who was floating high in the air was looking at Ais with sparkling eyes. This was the first time it had seen such a strong human.
You should know that in the "Pokémon" world, even though humans there are stronger compared to the average world, their strength still fell short against pokémon. Well, there are some special humans like "Aura Guardians" or "Psychic Users". These humans are very rare. Too rare that Misdreavus had never seen one before. That's why it became fascinated witnessing Ais's strength.
Ais moved and appeared in front of Elvira. She decided to end her first because she was more injured than Bram. Though Elvira didn't plan to let Ais succeed. She directly tackled Ais the moment she appeared in front of her. Ais narrowed her eyes and side-stepped to dodge. The moment she dodged, she raised her azure Lambent-Light to sever Elvira's neck.
Nevertheless the a few seconds that Ais took to dodge, and attack were enough for Bram to get out of the wall and charge at her. Sensing Bram approach, Ais let go of the chance to end Elvira and moved back.
FWOOSH!!!
Bram attacked missed as he stood in front of her mother as if protecting her.
Elivira: Son. This bitch is too strong. Call them otherwise or we will both die.
Bram also understood the gravity of the situation and nodded.
Bram: Mn.
Then he opened his mouth wide and let out a high-pitched scream.
Bram: Eeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The scream was so loud and irritating that Ais had to cover her ears with her magic. While Misdreavus started feeling dizzy. After a minute, Bram stopped.
Suddenly Ais sensed a new presence in her domain. However, that was not the end. With time more and more presences started to appear. She abruptly turned her head towards the first floor. There she was a person coming out of one side. The person only had one arm. His clothes were haggard. He was missing many parts of his muscles. His eyes were white, and he was looking at Ais like a mindless doll.
As Ais was also looking at him, more such people started to appear one-by-one. They all had white eyes and were missing some parts of their body. All their bodies were covered with blood. Suddenly one of them who was trying to push others stumbled on his foot and fell.
BANG!!!!
BANG!!!
ROLL!!!
After rolling on the staircase, he finally reached the ground. Still, as if he didn't feel any pain. He stood up and looked at Ais. And then it attacked.
Zombie 1: GHAH!!!!!!!!!!
SHING!!!!!!!!!
THACH!!!!
Before it could touch Ais, she severed it head.
SPLAT!!!!
PLAT!!!!
THUD!!!!
As Ais was looking at the now dead Zombie, others on the first floor rushed at Ais altogether. Their population was so much that Ais decided to take the fight outside. Otherwise, she will get cramped in this small hall. Turning, she charged towards the entrance door of the house.
SWOOSH!!!!!
BANG!!!!
Destroying the door, she reached the open field. However, just when she was about to turn to face the zombies following her, she stood on her spot. She opened her eyes wide in shock. There were almost hundreds of zombies standing in front of her. All were looking at Ais as prey. Moving her head to the side, she saw more and more zombies coming out of the Well.
That was not all. There were at least a thousand zombies standing outside of the manor. They were trying to enter the manor by climbing the gate and the walls around it. Even the weakest zombie had Level 1 strength. In other times, Level 1 being was nothing in front of Level 3 being. However, if there were thousands of such Level 1 being against a single Level 3 being. Then things changed.
Holding her azure Lambent-Light, Ais readied herself for a long bloody battle.
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*A/N: Please throw some power stones.
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