Sarah opened her eyes after recovering from the impact, the surroundings were dark, a trail of dust persisted, she looked around and found a familiar face by her side.
A bright aura covered them.
It was a technique of her aunt.
Her intentions were shared with their eyes, together they eliminated the debris in their path, they heard voices from various places.
"I will help the wounded, go and distract the enemies" ordered the woman with authority, her body emanated power.
The young woman nodded, in a blink she disappeared.
Being outside of her the next thing she saw she put her on alert.
There was a man in the distance, in his eyes he was the enemy, but her mind filled with doubt.
Did an individual cause this destruction?
How did he do it without disturbing the energy?
Was he from the group that wanted to kill her aunt or did they come for something else?
Her companions were badly injured, they were a few meters from her, they healed with some grimaces of pain, Sarah helped them with the control of her energy and watched her enemy.
The man's posture did not represent a threat, he was standing with a sword at his side, thoughtful.
When her friends were healed, they warned the young woman.
"The energy doesn't work with him" they both said.
The leader's expression tensed at the revelation, she needed to check something.
"Leave it to me, support me from a distance" her companions hesitated at the words of her leader, they had tried to deflect that attack, not even the energy could with it.
Sarah ignored her companions concern, she readied her dagger in attack stance, her eyes sharpened.
She wanted to gauge the strength of her opponent before deciding how to restrain him.
Debris fell behind her, in an instant she was gone.
The man moved his eyes from her watching, a short distance away, the hissing of the air was audible.
A column of flames blocked three consecutive attacks.
Sarah yelped in surprise.
She saw through her technique, located and countered at the same time, that was different from her fighting with the chinese warrior.
In her previous battle, the clash of her weapons was used to check the weak points of the techniques, and the times that she Sarah connected attacks, the opponent did not block them, she received them sure that her Chi I would protect him.
With a complicated look the young woman backed away. She was wary of the enemy.
The flames of the man attacked taking a strange shape, it looked like a sharp weapon, she Sarah blocked the attacks, the undulating blows put her in an unstable situation.
Several sounds of clashing metals resounded, the movements of both were incredible, although the young woman had the disadvantage of her, she recovered quickly, instead the way of fighting of the flames put Sarah on the defensive.
Facing a sword was easy, but she felt like she was fighting fire itself, her dagger bending in odd positions as the flames changed direction.
That complicated situation worsened her concentration, she heard voices screaming and using energy on her feet she moved away from her.
The flames followed her, then, protecting her, a large amount of water covered the young woman.
As she used the current to return, her eyes widened in surprise, the fire did not disperse as it was natural, it kept charging at her, Sarah put the dagger between the flames and her body, an impact hit her. shook.
She was pushed to the ground by the blow, the ground shaking.
The flames wasted no time and sliced through her flesh.
A moan of pain came from the girl, resisting the force that forced her to the floor.
Her body was covered in cuts that extended from her back to her legs, her wounds were superficial, but they bled.
Gathering energy and using agile movements she deflected several blows before backing up, she was back on her feet.
"An attack that ignores natural laws and does so much damage, what kind of monster is this guy?" The young woman thought, then readied her dagger for her best move.
Her companions had cast her techniques to support her, the fire around the man rippled in a soft dance, her eyes held a sparkle as she thought.
Tama and Karin's barrage of attacks covered a wide area, Sarah was ready.
Final Assassination Style: First Stance, Six Cuts of the Funeral Path.
Her body disappeared in a breath, the wind was cut before the invisible edge, a whistle came from six different directions gathering to a single point.
Several attacks connected, however the fire that surrounded the man blocked them all without exception, Sarah did not give up and made her final blow, the one that had killed many enemies.
The dagger danced in the air toward her opponent's neck from behind her.
The man moved.
Something breaking made a noise, a sword gleamed as pieces of metal fell to the ground, the girl's expression was one of total surprise.
Barely understanding that she was passing, the flames tried to hurt her. However, the attacks of her companions had changed, whips of water covered her body and drove her away at high speed.
The enemy counterattack had failed.
Back with her friends, Sarah regained her composure, Tama passed her a dagger replacing the one she had broken.
Now she understood the seriousness of the situation, that guy had incredible power, it made sense that her aunt was refusing to run away, with him hunting her, doing so would be suicide, but Sarah would not give up, being there, she could change it, she had to achieve it.
The man began to walk, his sword held at his side, glowing red.
"The energy and the laws don't work, change to the attributes, there is no way to win, stop it as long as you can" Sarah ordered concentrating, the others nodded.
The calm with which her enemy walked made her nervous, as if he had everything under control.
"Ready" Tama and Karin spoke in unison, Sarah finished and charged towards the opponent.
Edge Attribute: Killing Style 3: Deep Cut.
Sarah used one of her attributes to enhance her attack, the fire was directed at her.
A clash of metals echoed, the sound deafening.
From behind came other powerful techniques.
Edge Attribute: Sea Lion Style: Crescent Cuts.
Piercing Attribute: Water Serpent Style: Ascending Whirlwind.
The attacks connected creating a shock wave, the young woman stepped back dodging several flame attacks, out of the corner of her eye she saw that the opponent had moved a few steps to the side.
Her eyes narrowed curiously.
"He moved but didn't attack? Did he dodge the attacks? No, one of those attacks was Edge attribute just like mine, he could deflect it with his flames, so…" His eyes widened, an idea of how improve the situation came.
Using the attacks of her companions as a shield, she returned at high speed with them.
"Tama, launch your Ascending Whirlwind again" the woman nodded preparing the attack, the man continued receiving water attacks from Karin and Sarah, he deflected them with his flames, the young woman paid attention to enemy movements.
Piercing Attribute; Water Serpent Style: Ascending Whirlwind.
The energy condensed around her creating a mass of water, it's spinning around her axis before shooting towards her enemy.
Before the sight of all they noticed how he deflected the attack with his weapon, not with fire, his eyes shone with revelation.
As the two women rained down long-range attacks, Sarah was healing her wounds.
Her thoughts focused on the information they had, planning a way to fight.
The enemy used attributes to fight, the attributes do not alter the surrounding energy so they are undetectable, that explains why that monstrous blow had connected without disturbing the energy and alerting it.
From the way he was defending himself and avoiding the piercing attribute to touch him, the attribute the man was using for sure was solid.
Each attribute has a weakness, in this case it was:
Piercer beats Solid, Solid beats Edge
After thinking about it, they had confused expressions on their faces, it was the first time they saw that attribute in the fire element, normally it was up to defensive elements like earth or light to have that attribute, this strangeness made them more nervous.
"Tama, use your attribute to attack, I will counterattack and Karin will support" the women accepted the orders, the fight resumed.
The man's steps were slow and steady, he was halfway there by that point, it wouldn't be long before the women lost their distance advantage.
Piercing Attribute; Water Serpent Style: Bullet Multiplication.
Movement attribute; Sea Lion Style: Dance of the Red Sea.
Water spheres appeared and flew through the air, the man had changed his posture, his sword waved gracefully deflecting the incoming attacks.
Sarah rushed towards the opponent without using her energetic momentum, at one point she was swallowed by a large body of water that moved like waves of the sea.
Inside the water, the young woman began to prepare her attack, the katana carrier observed the situation without stopping moving.
Sarah finished her technique, the fire and the water that she used as transportation collided, both elements resisted, but the water slowly lost strength.
Karin made some gestures with her hands.
The water rippled before splitting into several paths, Sarah running down one of them, her dagger glowing brightly.
Noticing this, the subject controlled her flames.
The fire spread everywhere eliminating routes.
Sarah jumped before the clash of flames with her attack prepared, now that there was no attribute around the enemy, it was her chance.
Piercing Attribute; Final assassination style: second posture, Guillotine.
Her body shone in bluish tones and she lashed out, the attack looked like a concentrated beam of energy.
A rumble resounded, it seemed that of a bullet exploding, the impact shook the air, the dust covered what had happened, the women stopped their attacks in expectation.
The silence was palpable as they waited, little by little the veil of the scene was revealed.
When the dust dispersed, a scene left Sarah's friends speechless, the young woman was holding her neck by one hand, her dagger had fallen far and she was trying with her strength to free herself.
Suffocating and in that situation she felt helpless, black eyes watched her with mockery, she then removed her grip on her neck.
In the moments that Sarah fell to the ground, the man's sword moved, slashing horizontally.
A sharp pain shot through the girl's body, blood raining from her wound.
The force of the cut pushed her several meters into the distance, her body hitting the ground, spinning and scraping.
The violent shaking left more blood marks on the ground.
Her friends screamed her name and ran to save her.
Sarah couldn't make a sound, the dirt gathered in her mouth, she was busy spitting it out, she almost seemed to be vomiting as she got up, her mind was unable to focus on healing herself, the resentment in her body was evident, the damage had exceeded her expectations.
She looked with blurry eyes at a shadow a few meters from her, it was moving
The man wiped the katana of any trace of blood and prepared to attack.
The young woman tried to get up, but her body did not respond, the wounds opened more with each movement.
Master Martial Art: Ultimate Sword Style: Slash
The figure of the man disappeared, a ray of white light pierced the air in the direction of the brothel, shock waves shook where it passed, the women could not defend themselves.
Sensing something, the man tightened his hold on him.
"I won't let you have so many liberties, Total Concentration Style; Guardian God Techniques: Shield, Barrier, and Absolute Recovery" A circular shield was placed between the ray of light and the women, followed by that, a shiny cloth wrapped around the entire building , is sparking from its surface.
From the sky a bright pillar enveloped the girl, she was healing her wounds, recovery was going at an incredible speed, when she took a few breaths her wounds had closed, the large cut on her chest healed with a nasty mark, she got up from the ground with renewed strength.
She using the energetic impulse she returned to her friends, as she passed through the barrier she could see how the man's sword resisted against the absolute shield.
The air shook as the subject retreated, the shield gone in a shrill blast, the barrier still standing.
From behind Sarah's companions, 7 women lined up, barely taking their places, they closed their eyes in concentration.
A woman came out from the burning building, her hair was loose falling gently on her back, although she did not wear makeup she kept her beauty, her dirty dress did not eliminate the elegance she had, the dress fluttered with each step she took, she positioned herself in front of all.
"I am Tsukumi Hadame, in charge of the Headquarters in Misaki, I demand that you present yourself and explain your reasons for fighting, otherwise, I will not hesitate to impose my force on you" the woman's strident voice shook the bodies of the people, she was charged threat and force.
Sarah smiled seeing her aunt act as usual, sure of herself, invincible.
Next chapter: A cruel order.