Two pair of emerald eyes scan the room in search of prey. When suddenly Alya's eyes landed on the black coated man standing alongside Bai.
A mysterious smile then appeared on her luscious pink lip that was exquisite enough make one gulp. Suddenly her beautiful figure disappeared from everyone's sight.
"!!!"
Boom!!!!
The body of the black coated man was sent flying across the room and crashed into a bunch of boxes that were lined up in the corner of the room.
Alya appeared before him and before anyone had time to react drove her leg into the black coated man's solar plexus.
"Wha?"
Bai along with everyone present widened their eyes in shock, Alya who was standing roughly twenty feet away suddenly appeared like a ghost.
"Mm... that's all it took. Huh? In that case this should be easy."
Alya said with a nonchalant expression. She then made eye contact with Nikita; Nikita nodded her head in understanding.
She got to her feet and ignored the cries of her wounded body. In her gazed was Bai who had injured her from behind.
She licked her lips seductively as she moved forward. She kicked off the ground and raised her sword upwards before bringing it down.
Clang~
A loud sound of sword clashing against sword sounded as Bai managed to stop her sword with his own. However, due to the powerful force of Nikita's swing his legs were forced back.
"Hah... for such a petite body how can you have such strength!?"
Bai roared in frustration. As he used his sword to support his weight as he sunk to one knee. It was already embarrassing enough that he was forced back by a woman in a single strike. And now he was forced to his knees.
"Tch."
It was already common knowledge that those from the silver fox race possess superior physical strength but, Bai was an extremely prideful person.
He couldn't accept that there might be someone physically stronger.
He clicked his tongue as he lunged himself towards Nikita. He swung his sword continuously creating the false image of multiple swords coming towards her instantaneously.
Reading the flow of trajectory Nikita narrowed her crimson eyes and also swung her sword many times creating the image of multiple swords.
The beautiful metallic sound of swords clashing resounding intermittingly. Meanwhile a short distance away from where Nikita and Bai were locked in combat a fierce battle was taking place between Alya and the green haired man.
Alya stayed at a far enough distance and fired countless wind in the form of blades.
The green haired man swung his sword cutting down the wind blades coming his way. Alya had a huge advantage as she bombards him with wind spirit art in the form of blades at a distant, the green haired man's face became drench with sweat from his vigorous movements.
As for the others who were present Alya kept her vigilance and kept them at a fair enough distance where their attacks couldn't reach her.
"Hehe he.... Not bad you're doing great, but... How about this."
Alya stretched out her fist and suddenly, a large twister surrounded the green haired man's body in a vortex.
Blades made from wind surrounded him from all side giving him no possible chance of escape.
"Why don't you give up? Just so you know, it's impossible to escape unless I allow you, too. Of course, I have no intention of doing so. It's not like you have any noteworthy information anyway."
"You Bit*h!"
The green haired man exclaimed. Alya then clenched her fist and the twister closed in, his body was then ripped apart and shredded from all side his blood and flesh splatted against the ground.
Seeing that, Alya naturally lost interest as she observed her surrounding searching for stronger opponents to face.
The battle between Nikita and Bai was still as fierce as ever, they both brandish their respective swords with perfect precision. Although Nikita had the advantage in terms of physical strength Bai had for more combat experience than Nikita.
The amount of fatigue and injuries that was slowly accumulating was not small.
Alya watch on with a pleasant smile as she watches Nikita's expression as she fights, she then abruptly raised her right hand as a shield to protect her head.
Bang!
"Guh."
A speeding kick suddenly came out from nowhere and aimed towards her neck, her face grimaced as her delicate hand trembled from the impact.
The black coated man widened his eyes as his kick was stopped.
"Fufufu!! Not bad, aside from that demi-human woman and her abnormal sense I didn't think there would be any humans who could sense my presence."
He said voicing his honest praised.
"Hmph, you overestimate yourself. And I am far from being merely human, you know. My body is connected to the wind, so even if I can't perceive your existence physically. it's still impossible to truly escape my perception."
Alya snorted as she explained with a relax expression. Gift were special blessings granted to different individuals by the world. They don't rely on mana to work so; the activation of one's gift is normally impossible to notice unless it has an effect that can be seen with the naked eyes.
The black coated man's gift the 'Stealthy king' a gift that allows the user to hide their presence to the point of being completely unnoticeable.
Accompany with the artifact that allows him to erase his scent truly was a dangerous combination. However, Alya is the great wind spirit, a being completely connected to the wind.
Even though the 'Stealthy king' allowed the user to completely camouflage their presence it doesn't change the fact that they are still physically present.
To truly hide from Alya's senses means that their ability has grant them some kind of obscuration from the wind. As long as your body is surrounded by wind it's impossible to get away from Alya, the spirit of wind. And so, sensing his presence was easy for her.
"Mhm... It seems you're going to be a tricky opponent even worse than that girl."
"I could say the same to you."
The two raised their vigilance towards the other. And in a split-second Alya swung her hand a wave of wind then went towards the black coated man.
Sensing the danger of the attack he promptly jumped high in the air allowing the wind to pass beneath him. While still being in midair he threw one of the daggers hidden inside his coat.
Though, it was easily stopped by a wind barrier surrounding Alya from all sides. Seeing that he clicked his tongue before pulling out another pair of daggers. The battle between Nikita and Bai continues.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Bai swung is sword horizontally. However, Nikita avoided it by twisting her body backwards as soon as she straightens her posture, she swung her sword vertically. As a result, both were pushed back.
Nikita continues to breathe heavily as she clutches her sword tightly. At this point she had already accumulated numerous injuries on her body.
Several gash wounds could be seen on her dainty smooth skin, it was clear that her opponent was better than her in terms of swordsmanship even though she didn't want to admit it. Bai was strong. However, instead of feeling fear she felt excited.
Nikita was a proud existence, probably one of the proudest but, she wasn't arrogant enough to say she could beat any one she faced; after facing him for some time, she was starting to notice it.
It was impossible to win only through the use of swordsmanship alone. The person before her was obviously well trained in the use of sword.
(If I can't win through sword then I have other ways)
She thought her cherry lips curved upwards into a lovely smile. Seeing that look on her face gave Bai a terrible feeling as his instinct sent danger signals to his brain.
"Tch, you guys! What are you doing, use magic and attack her from a distant!"
Bai ordered his subordinates who were still having trouble participating in such a serious battle.
"O-okay."
"Understood."
"Yes sir."
"You!"
Nikita narrowed her eyes at the three men dressed in mage clothing. They were the ones who had fired that magic before and destroy her dress she still hasn't forgotten about that, seeing them brought back that feeling of rage she felt before she was rudely interrupted.
"I should definitely repay you guys for what you did back then."
She said before holding out her right hand towards them. Seeing that a bad premonition filled Bai's head as he tried to stop her.
"Sh*t!"
Bai exclaimed when he realized he wouldn't make it.
"Endless frost."
Nikita spoke the words that signal the activation of her attack. At that moment white mist was released her body and covered an area of twenty meter filling the room.
Bai who was running towards Nikita hurriedly stopped in his tracks and leaped into the air avoiding the mist.
As for everyone else unfortunately they didn't make it and was covered by the mist.
Soon the mist subsided, and the view of the room became visible to the naked eyes, what greeted their eyes were beautifully well-made ice sculptures of the men who were covered. Their figure sparkled faintly by the illumination of the silver moon, shining through the window.
"Be glad, your unworthy selves get to become my masterpiece."
Nikita brought her hand to her mouth and said to herself.
"Sigh, next time you're going to use such a dreadful long-range spell please inform me before hand."
Alya said while looking at the sculptures. The only reason she didn't end up like them was thanks to her wind barrier that protected her. Even the black coated man was turned to ice just like everyone else.
"Fufufu! Oh, does that mean without that shield you'd be at the mercy of my attack?"
Nikita said somewhat mockingly. Alya's eyebrow twitched at the thought of being at the mercy of Nikita.
"No way, me the great wind spirit being at the mercy of a mere beast, don't say such tasteless joke."
Alya retorted sharply. Nikita's eyes glowed dangerously as her silver hair stood upwards, her crimson eyes met with two pairs of emerald eyes for an instant spark flew between them.
Boom!!!
A loud banging noise was able to bring both girls back to their senses as they gazed into the direction of the sound.
"You! Will pay for this!"
Bai roared while gazing at them with bloodshot eyes. He then looked at his men who were completely encased with ice and tightly gripped his sword.
Alya looked at him with disinterested eyes. While Nikita was gazing at Bai with admiration. The fact that he was able to avoid her wide range attack 'Endless frost' was worth praising.
At least from Nikita's perspective.
"This one is really persistent, isn't he?"
"I agree, shall I allow you to do the honours?"
Nikita asked gesturing towards the angry Bai. Seeing that Alya stepped forward, Bai's muscles bulged as he swung his sword, but....
"Guh."
His swords slashes through empty air as Alya's body dispersed into wind and blended into the atmosphere.
Without him noticing a long sword made out of spirit art materialized above him hovering in midair, soon a small and delicate hand grabbed hold of the hilt.
Alya who was hovering soundlessly in the air with her long silky green hair fluttering behind her raised the sword upwards wrapping it in a vortex of wind.
Meanwhile Bai looked around in confusion wondering where Alya had went. However, he soon gave up on Alya and turned his sights on Nikita who was standing a short distance away.
"It looks like your friend went ahead and left you behind. Huh."
"Hmm, who knows."
Nikita answered without much enthusiasm. Seeing that he frowns.
"Hmph! Why don't you reconsider you earlier decision and become my woman? At least then I'd let you live., now what do you say?"
Nikita says nothing and only stared at him with a look of pity before opening up her mouth.
"Like I said before I appreciate your kind offer but, I can't be your woman."
"Hmm... and why not?"
"Because you would have to be alive in order to do that."
She replied bluntly. However, Bai's face contorted into confusion as he tried to comprehend the meaning of her words. At the same time Alya threw the long sword downwards towards the unguarded Bai.
A strong gale was released as the sword travelled at supersonic speed; the sound of heavy wind became audible.
Just when Bai was going to attack Nikita for messing with him, he heard the sound of cutting wind and the feeling of danger looming over his head overwhelmed him.
He raised his head and saw a sword coming towards him before his vision grew dark. The sword penetrated through his head stabbing his skull, causing his blood to flow out.
The sword then dug into the earth before dispersed into natural spirit energy as his body fell to the ground.
"So heartless..."
Nikita said looking at the bloodied sight before her. Wind gathers and the figure of Alya was then formed as she covered her mouth with her hand and said in a mischievous tone.
"Ara, aren't you a psychopath who loves to rip your enemies to shreds?"
"You! how long were you watching me?"
Nikita asked while narrowing her eyes, Alya only giggled playfully while ignoring her stare before muttering in a serious tone.
"Unfortunately, killing the enemies is the only way to ensure they don't become future threats. I wanted Haruto to see the ugliness of the world firsthand no, the ugliness of mankind if you're not strong enough, if you're not tough enough, and if you're not cruel enough, you'll eventually die by someone else's hand..."
She muttered listlessly in a tone too low to hear.
(He hasn't shown any development has of yet but, I wanted him to eventually grow out if his naivety but, there is not that much time left before....)
"Alya is there something wrong?"
Nikita inquired while peering at her face closely. She started talking before her face suddenly became clouded.
"Hm... no, it's nothing anyway we should go. Tomorrow we're going back to that guild, remember?"
"Yeah."
Nikita nodded her head, the two figure vanish from that place in an instant.