Out of desperation, Anna pointed her sword towards those men.
"Anna?" Elle woke up and looked at Anna with a confused and slightly scared expression.
Why? Well… because there was a red stone etched on Anna's forehead.
Anna, who hadn't realised why Elle was looking at her with that kind of expression, made a slightly confused expression before she started losing consciousness and her senses started getting hazy as moments passed.
"Anna?!" Hearing Elle's scared and worried voice, Anna regained control of her senses and looked at those men pointing their weapons at them. Her eyes looked at her system, trying to figure a way out, however what she saw put a shock through her mind as her eyes opened wide.
[Name: Moonlight Princess
Level: 45
Class: Warrior of the Threads of Silverlight
Attack: 56(+23)
Defence: 80(+34)
Strength: 72(+45)
Wisdom: 34
Intelligence: 90
Mana: 5/14386
Stamina: 7/445(540)
Stat Points left: 24
Status: Under the curse of the Red Gem. ]
'What?!' She couldn't comprehend what was going on as she frantically checked her system over and over again in the hope that it was all a lie and not really happening. However, the more she looked at it, the more she was consumed by despair.
-Clash
A sound of swords clashing snapped Anna back to reality, and she looked in front to find Elle using her swords to block the attack of one of the men, who was trying to attack her.
"Sister… we are going to be fine. We just need to wait till Grandpa sends help… we are going to survive… right?" Elle spoke as she struggled against the attack. Hearing her words, Anna tightened her fist and did her best to fight against whatever that was trying to take over her. She then looked at Elle and said,"move back!" with a firm voice.
Hearing her voice, Elle smiled a little before taking a step back and…
-Clash!!!!
With a loud bang, Anna attacked skillfully, pushing that man away a considerable distance which caught everyone by surprise. It was so because the Red Gem had enhanced Anna's raw power and with the skills she possessed, it became quite a strong attack despite lacking mana. Even Anna was surprised by the sudden increase in her raw power.
Looking at her movements and power, the men took a step back as they nodded at each other.
The wind started getting harsher and harsher, and the atmosphere became much colder as mana started surging in that area. With the lake on one side and people on the other side, Anna and Elle were clearly on an edge right now.
Elle had full mana and stamina, but looking at those men, she wasn't skilled enough to handle even one, forget about ten of them by herself. As for Anna, she could barely keep up with 2 of them. Anna then thought about something and asked those men with a glare,
"What is it that you guys want?"
One of those men scoffed before he glared at Anna shouting,"I am not talking with a Demon." and dashed towards her. Elle came between them and looking at Elle's action, the man halted a bit before speaking,"kid… Do you have any idea what you are trying to protect?"
Elle looked at that man with a glare as she spoke,"my sister." She couldn't understand what the purpose of that question was.
"Ha! I knew it… you have no idea what is going on, do you?" he spoke as if he finally figured out a mystery he was struggling with. He then looked at Elle with a sympathetic look as he spoke,"Listen girl. That thing.. It's not your sister anymore. She will be dead by the time she fully transforms into a demon. As someone who deals with this kind of stuff on a regular basis, trust me, if you don't kill her, she will only grow more and more powerful with time. So, stop wasting our time and let me kill her so that we can both save people from more trouble."
Listening to his words, Elle tightened her grip on the sword. She looked at that man with a piercing gaze before she shouted angrily,"Over my dead body, you son of a b*tch!"
Hearing her words, that man was irked a little before his demeanour changed and he moved towards Elle.
"Bind the Demon. First, I will destroy this little b*tch in front of her, then I will brutally kill that Demon in front of this b*tch!" He spoke with a wicked and anger filled voice. The other men didn't like where this was going, but since this man was their head, they couldn't help but follow his commands.
-Whoosh
Anna, listening to their conversation, tried to kill that man, but before she could reach them, the other men stopped her. Immediately, a bunch of chains began binding Anna as she struggled to set herself free.
That man first moved towards Elle and Elle attacked that man with her full force using her best skill… however he caught it with one hand as if it was nothing. He looked at Elle with a scary look before he kicked her in the gut and made her fall to her knees.
Then he punched her face, making her fall to the ground. He looked at Anna with an evil smile as he began to smush her face with his foot and said,"oh, such a beautiful face, what would happen if it were to be crushed. Oh! I wonder," he spoke before he began increasing the force on Elle's face.
"YOU B*STARD!!!! LEAVE HER ALONE!!! HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO A CHILD!!! YOU MONSTER!!" Anna shouted with pure rage as she looked at that man. The man only smiled more wickedly in return as he kept crushing Elle's face. Elle was trying her best to set herself free, but as the force kept growing, she could only wriggle under the pressure.
"Now what would happen if I say that there are deadly pins installed on the sole of my shoes?" he spoke and Anna's eyes turned wide open as she shouted,"YOU DARE!!!"
"Oh yes! I dare-" as soon as he spoke, he got blasted a distance away and a black-haired, green-eyed kid stood in his place as he glared at that man. That kid had a furious expression on his face as he looked between Elle and that man, before he spoke with pure rage in his voice,
"Do you have any idea… what have you done?"