The atmosphere in the vicinity became dangerous a powerful killing intent filled the air, no. A bone chilling killing intent, followed by the piercing cold air, accompanied by the howling wind sent a shiver down their spine.
Nikita didn't move nor did she try to take a defensive stance. She simply waited for the three to make their move.
Swoosh~
The man on the right pulled out his short sword and charged forward, shortening the distance between them in an instant. He promptly slashes horizontally with his short sword.
"Eh?"
The man widened his eyes when his sword slashed through empty air. Before his sword could reach her Nikita had already moved from that spot.
"Argh!"
The man standing in the middle let out a loud cry as his right arm was cleanly removed from his shoulders. From the beginning he was the one she was after.
After all her instinct was telling her he was the strongest. It's natural to take out the strongest of the group and finish off the weak one afterword.
"Tch."
The man clicked his tongue as he thrust his dagger still in his left hand. However, a beautiful sword made of ice instantly materializes in Nikita's hand.
Clang~
The sound of swords clashing resounded as sparks flew about. Both Nikita and the man in the middle was pushed back. However, unlike Nikita who only staggered back three feet he had to take five steps back.
(Che isn't this bitch too strong?)
He wondered. As he looked at his trembling hand, it was only for an instant, but it felt like his left hand had just come in contact with an iron bat.
It was common knowledge that demi humans were physically stronger than humans but, Nikita's strength was too absurd.
"Fufu... as I thought you seem capable of giving me a challenge even with only one arm, you're still capable of dealing with my attacks. Not bad."
Nikita muttered her admiration sincerely. It was fun to be able to fight strong opponent it filled her heart with elated joy. However, before she could continue a shadow swooped down from behind her. Suddenly the sound of a blade cutting through the air sounded.
Clang~
Sparks flew as the attacker's sword was easily stopped by Nikita who had effortlessly stopped the blade by creating a dagger with her left hand. She then proceeded to rotate her body 90 degrees swinging her sword in her right hand horizontally towards the attacker's neck.
"!!!"
Suddenly, the surroundings changed, the last thing he saw was his headless body still standing on the ground before his head eventually fell noisily to the ground. Soon, his body followed with nothing to support its weight, it eventually fell to the ground. Meanwhile Nikita's silver hair fluttered as she was going "Fufufu." while placing her hand elegantly at her mouth.
"Now which one of you wants to be next? Don't worry I'll take my time and be gentle. Let's have fun."
she said as her lips curved upwards into a faint smile. Her smile was so innocent that it would be hard to believe that she had just mercilessly killed someone in cold blood. Meanwhile the other two attacker's brow was twitching.
(This woman... she just brutally murdered one of my companions and now she is laughing like It was nothing)
"Tch! Don't screw with me!"
The one-armed attacker exclaimed.
"Mother of fire blast my target, fire blast!"
He shouted at the same time a magic formation appeared before his outstretch hand. Soon a torrent of flames was shot forward. The cold temperature soon became hot blowing away the cold air. Nikita stared at the flames coming towards her in amusement, she tilted her head slightly as though pondering something.
Boom!!!
Soon the area where she stood in seconds ago was now engulfed in flames. All the ice melted in an instant. The one-armed attacker smiled sure of himself. 'Fire blast' was his most destructive spell while it took a large amount of mana it was worth it.
"Against that monster I'll have to use all my strongest cards."
He said while heaving a sigh. While it was a shame, he couldn't complete his mission of bringing her back to the boss, he didn't have much choice as she was a dangerous opponent. He turned his back hoping to leave when.
"Mm... not bad, that spell just now was powerful. If I didn't have this barrier, I'm sure I would have been defeated."
Nikita said somewhat bitterly. The one-armed attacker froze in his tracks and turned around. His eyes widened when he saw the unharmed Nikita standing still in the same spot as before. Her radiant silver hair looked dazzling beneath the illumination of the silver moon. Her beautiful dress was straight and didn't look torn nor dishevelled. As for her gorgeous snow-white skin there wasn't any sign of burn or damage.
Around her was a pale blue transparent barrier made entirely out of lightning. If one were to look closely her nine-silver tail dug deeply in the ground. Nikita was greatly surprised the amount of power behind that spell honestly scared her. She was going to put up an ice shield but decided to discard that decision in a split second when realizing that her ice would be useless against such heat.
(Hmm... I guess I should go all out now. Despite only having one arm my instinct keeps sending me danger warnings)
Nikita thought frowning. She decided to keep up her guard as she didn't know what other trump cards her opponent may have. It's better to be safer than sorry, or so they say.
Nikita created two long swords in her hand. She focusses more on their durability rather than their appearances, unlike what she normally does. As soon as she was confident in their durability, she glared at the one-armed attacker she instantly charged forwards, the ground broke apart where she stood previously unable to endure the pressure. The one-armed attacker's body flinches when he felt her bloodlusts. It was as if he was standing before a hungry beast waiting to devour its prey.
However, despite the pressure of his trembling body he held the dagger still in his left arm. The sound of metal clashing against metal sounded Nikita and the one-armed attacker heightened their senses to the absolute limit. They both brandish their respective weapons with great skills.
Clang~ Clang~ Clang~
The two exchanged blows while moving at high speeds. To any bystanders all they could see or hear was the constant sound of metal and the sparks that would fly about whenever their weapons clashed. In terms of advantage Nikita was the one in the lead considering she still had both of her hands, and her beastly senses were far greater than that of a human.
While the one-armed attacker was at a disadvantage since he had to deal with both swords Nikita was swinging around plus her silver fox tails would also attack him occasionally, made it difficult but, thanks to all his years of experience in combat, he was able to deal with them. Though it's obvious he won't last much longer considering he had lost a lot of blood from his missing right hand, his face had already lost most of its colours and was paler now.
"Fufufu... such a shame I'll have to end this. But be glad. For giving me a wonderful battle, I shall end this without causing you too much suffering."
Nikita announced in a cheerful voice. The one-armed attacker's face twitched.
"You bit*h! Are you insulting me?!"
He exclaimed. She was acting like she had already won, for him who held great pride in his skill it was an insult he couldn't ignore.
(Damn it! I lost too much blood, any more than this, and I'll... no, impossible the great me dying. To this half-wit)
He thought as he gritted his teeth. The state of his body was in poor condition if he isn't treated immediately, he will probably die. To think he would be forced to use his strongest trumped card.
The one-armed attacker took off his coat revealing his youthful appearance for the first time. This surprised Nikita as he was quite handsome. He seemed to be roughly 19 or 20 and he had long brown hair and green eyes.
"Hmm... to think you would push me this far don't resent me for what I'm about to do. It's time for me to unleash my strongest attack."
He declared.
"Oh? Your strongest attack, you say? Please do."
Nikita replied her mouth was upturned into a smile.
"You pretend to be all graceful but in reality, you're actually a sociopath, aren't you?"
The man said while looking at Nikita weirdly. Only a crazy person would be happy in this situation. Towards such a question Nikita tilted her head.
"You're right I am a psychopath. I kept the image of an elegant and graceful woman when on the inside I take pleasure from ripping my enemies to shreds."
Nikita admits honestly. The silver fox race wasn't a gently race by any means they were an aggressive race and loved doing battle. That's why it was only natural for Nikita to be the same. Even though she hates being compared with those of her kind.
"I see... well then at least tell me your name?"
He asked before taking a stance with his dagger.
"I'm Nikita, and you?"
"I'm a D ranked adventurer the one who will claim your life, Alric."
He said soon flames began to rotate around his dagger. Condensing it took the form of a giant spear. He held on tightly to the flaming spear and drew his arm back before he threw it at great speed in Nikita's direction.
"Oh...?"
Electricity soon started surrounding Nikita's body creating a spear made of natural lightning. After seeing her opponent's strongest attack, she decided to meet it from the front with her own strongest lightning attack. The two spears flew through the air at supersonic speed before meeting from the front.
"!!!"
A loud explosion occurred followed by intense heat and. Rubles and debris flew about from the explosion. Once the smoke had died down and scenery became cleared what greeted their sight was the figure of Alric lifeless body that was impaled by a lightning spear and hung on one of the damages walls his blood staining the ground.
"Sigh, such a shame he had to die. He was a really strong opponent too."
Nikita mumbled before standing up. She took one more glance at the surroundings before turning around. She had promised she wouldn't take too long, so she tried to hurry back. It was easy for her to imagine the sight of Alya's smug face while saying something like "As expected it seems you were not able to do this important task on your own, I guess you beast aren't worth anything after all."
Nikita's face twitch just from imaging that scene.
"Sigh forget it. I'll prove her wrong someday."
Nikita said annoyedly before she started walking away when.
"!!!"
"Guh."
Nikita widened her crimson eyes as she coughed out a mouthful of blood. From behind one of the attackers held a long sword that penetrated through Nikita's heart. He was the one she had ignored to deal with Alric, who she considered the most troublesome.
"Kukukuku.... you shouldn't have let your guard down. Whenever someone achieve victory that is when their most vulnerable."
he said mockingly. His sword pierced through Nikita's heart as he twisted the blade, forcing it through as much as possible.
"Ugah."
Nikita groans as she coughed out fresh blood, blood filled her lungs. She was now experiencing the sensation of drowning.