Beatrix walked down alone in a path lit only by dim lights. The surroundings were filled with silence and only a sound from the people whose talking inside the house. No one noticed that outside their house, a female student who broke the school's rule which was about not walking alone at night, she was walking towards death soon.
Within a short period of time, Beatrix stopped in front of an old wooden warehouse and looking from the outside, it looked very old and was just an empty wooden warehouse that had been abandoned left.
Beatrix opened the door and walked in slowly. Inside was filled with the remains of old trees. The wooden floors in many places are rotted and look unlivable at all. If she wasn't for being hypnotized, there would be no way she would have walked into a place like this.
The sound of snapping fingers rang out once.
Beatrix regained consciousness. She found out how she ended up in this old wooden warehouse. Looking left, and right, there was only darkness here. There was only a small light shone in from outside, but she could hardly see the surroundings clearly.
"Where am I? This is…" Beatrix said in confusion.
"This is a place where someone can hunt you until the last second of your life." A mysterious voice sounded from the wooden ceiling rafters above the house. Beatrix looked up and saw that it was a man who looking down at her with frightening eyes. Although it may not have seen him very clear, but he looked like a murderer who was looking at the prey beneath him.
Beatrix immediately conjured up her magic wand to prepare for this battle.
"Who are you? And how did you bring me here?" Beatrix asked.
The man didn't answer, but jumped down from the wooden ceiling rafters to the wooden floor below until there was a loud noise. Their eyes stared at each other without fear. Beatrix was brave enough to fight him and prepared to always use attack spells.
"Please allow me to introduce. My name is The Killer, which you probably know very well, lol." the man said but scary laugh.
"The Killer??? The number one assassin!!" Beatrix's face turned pale when she realized who the other person was.
"It is truly an honor to meet you. Someone has hired me to kill you. Of course...the wages are quite expensive." The Killer said.
"Even brought me to this wooden warehouse. Killing me from the beginning would be better." Beatrix said with doubt because with this assassin's abilities it would even be easy to kill her.
"A cold-blooded murderer lures his victims in slowly, slaughtering them like a masterpiece of art. And...to destroy the evidence, leaving no trace, not even a drop of blood..." The Killer said, his expression immediately changing from normal to solemn.
The sound of snapping fingers sounded again. This time, a light blue magic shield appeared that covered the entire wooden warehouse. The sounds of the people inside the house that were coming from outside the wooden warehouse immediately disappeared. The atmosphere at this moment was nothing but silence and there was no sound of any movement in that area.
"This shield of energy creates an illusion for the people outside. They wouldn't know that we were inside this wooden warehouse. No matter how many times you scream, no one will hear you." The Killer said in a cold voice.
"Why do you tell me about this?" Beatrix asked curiously.
"I'm happy to tell you, lol." The Killer replied.
"You talked too much." Beatrix said.
"Of course, having the mission of killing the daughter of a nobleman who received the death penalty. It is indeed a masterpiece of art that is hard to find." The Killer said as he slowly approached Beatrix.
"Don't come in!" Beatrix sensed the cruel aura and hurriedly shot the power of ice magic at the killer first.
*Scorching*
A metallic sound came out all at once. All the ice magic was easily destroyed in front of her.
"How is that possible?" Beatrix stood with her legs shaking in fear.
In front of her, it appeared to be a silver claw that was the main weapon used by Assassins. The Killer pointed with his finger at the wooden pole in the center of the wooden warehouse where there was a candle. Then, a small flame appeared on the candle, allowing them to see things around here more clearly.
The Killer has a handsome face but hides a psychopath inside. He has short black hair and scary, pitch-black eyes. A smile that spread so wide was terrifying. He was looking at Beatrix like a murderer who watched his victim and preparing to slice her into pieces like the art he had drawn in his head.
Beatrix tried to cast both fireballs and ice magics non-stop, but was easily destroyed by The Killer with every attack.
"Just give up. Lol." The Killer laughed with satisfaction.
"Someone, please help me." Beatrix said, her voice shaking.
At school, Mariel saw that Beatrix and Mania hadn't returned yet. So, she went out to look for the restaurant area where the two of them worked part-time in the evening. When she arrived, she found that Mania was standing and talking with a group of employees who were the owner and other students.
"What happened here? Have you seen Beatrix?" Mariel hurried over to inquire with concern.
"Mariel, she has disappeared. We searched around here and couldn't find her." Mania said in a trembling voice as tears streamed down both cheeks.
"Where was the last time you saw her? " Mariel asked.
"At the restaurant because Beatrix volunteered to take black garbage bags and leave it at the back of the restaurant. After that, no one saw her again." said by a female student.
"Then let's hurry and inform Principal Hector and other professors immediately. I'll try looking around here again." Mariel said hurriedly, impatiently.
"Understood." Mania promised as she led the others to the school building to inform Principal Hector and others immediately. Mariel immediately went to investigate the back of the restaurant but did not find any clue.
"The wall doesn't have any holes around it, but.." Mariel noticed something unusual. So, she took out the flashlight, looked at it and found that Beatrix's footprints looked like she was walking through the wall.
"How is that possible? This school had the highest-level magic protection shield and warning poles. It shouldn't be possible for any magic to deceive it." Mariel said with some doubt.
"The person who did this must use some kind of highest spell, which can evade the detection of this for a moment." A voice sounded in Mariel's ears.
"Lord Magmatrion." Mariel answered.
"Your friend is in danger, let's go find her now. I'll try using my search power one more time." Magmatrion said impatiently.
"Thank you very much." Mariel replied, rushing towards the school gates. The two magician guards were standing in the way.
"You aren't allow to leave the school this time!" one of the guards said as he prepared to cast a spell to block her.
"Out of my way! " Mariel shouted loudly and summoned the Dragon Slayer Sword, then she let Magmatrion use it ultimate power to break through the blockage of the magic barrier. The sound of the magic sword's fire slammed into the two guards until their bodies flew and slammed into the large door, causing them both to crawl. Mariel hurriedly pushed the doors apart and headed into the city.
Mariel looked through the alleys but couldn't find any sign of where Beatrix had gone. The more she searched, the darker she felt. She was even more worried about her friend.
On the other side, Beatrix used all her magics to deal with the massive attack of The Killer until he started to be unable to resist these spells, but it turned out that he enjoyed chasing his prey more.
The sound of a knife pierced Beatrix's left palm and slammed into the wooden floor, causing her body to fall against the ground. Blood continued to flow from her left hand.
*Scream*
Beatrix's pained cry as she struggled to pull the knife out of her palm.
The sound of another knife sticking into the palm of her right hand and piercing the wooden floor again. Beatrix now looked like she was pinned to the ground. The excruciating pain spread throughout her entire body as she cries rang out without stopping.
"It hurt...someone...help...me." Beatrix tried to scream for help.
The sound of a sharp metal claw piercing Beatrix's right collarbone until the sound of bone breaking could be clearly heard.
*Scream*
A loud cry sounded as blood spurted out from her right shoulder. Consciousness gradually began to fade.
"Wait for a moment. You will disappear from this world...forever..." The Killer leaned down and whispered coldly against Beatrix's left ear.
"Anyone..." Beatrix's tears fell as her voice began to be soft. She thought of her mother, her maid, and her two friends, Mariel, and Mania. It was like the last image that popped into her head.
"Mariel! The wooden warehouse over there!" Magmatrion's voice shouted, pointing there at the signal.
Mariel ran towards an old wooden warehouse that looked like there was nothing inside, and accelerating the combined power of both of them slammed into the wooden door with full force, causing it to be shattered all over the place.
Scorching!!!
The sound of the magic sword's fire slammed into The Killer's body, but he sensed the danger and hurriedly retreated to avoid this attack. As for the wooden wall on the other side, the power of the magic sword burned until it burned a large hole.
"Mariel!" Beatrix cried out in joy.
Mariel didn't say anything else. She rushed over and pulled both knives out of Beatrix's palm and used her healing power to make the wounds return to normal again.
"There usually the hero who appears all the time is a man. How can it be a woman this time?" The Killer teased.
"I'm sorry, but now the hero is a woman like me instead." Mariel answered with a fierce look in her eyes and her Qi boosted to its limit.
(So what? In this woman's body, I am a man. Therefore, the hero comes to help the heroine, that's all) (Chai thinking)
Two people stood facing each other without fear. The Killer was surprised that an ordinary female student would be able to break through the shield of his powers. This means that this person must have extraordinary skills.
"Oh...Dragon Slayer Sword, I heard that a 2nd generation owner has been discovered. I really didn't think it was a woman like this. No wonder you were able to enter my specific battlefield." The Killer said.
"Am I good enough?" Mariel asked.
"Good, like this, my double kill of art will become even more beautiful than before. Lol!" The Killer said and laughed with satisfaction.
"Art? Do you think that killing people is an art? Pervert!" Mariel said.
"I'll take that as a compliment. Other people just compliment me on how handsome I am. But if you say I'm a pervert, I'll like it. Lol." The Killer spoke.
"Let's just stop talking about it, it wasted chapters written. If you have anything good, show me!" Mariel said while accelerating her fire magic power to the max.
"I accept your order, my young lady. I really admire you." The Killer said as he turned on his dark magic to full power as well.
"Be careful, Mariel. The Killer is very vicious." Beatrix warned in concern.
"Be conscious, Mariel. He is a deadly killer. I warn you." Magmatrion said in warning.
Mariel didn't listen to this warning again, she attacked to The Killer by swung the sword with all her strength, while The Killer blasted dark magic through his metal claws as well.
Clunk! Clunk! Clunk!
The sound of two magical powers clashing with each other with full force, causing a loud noise that shook the entire wooden warehouse.
"!!!" Claudia seemed to have a premonition of something.
"What's the matter, Claudia?" Deric, who was writing up a plan, asked curiously.
"I had a bad feeling. I suddenly thought of Mariel." Claudia said.
"It's nothing. You may think about her so often. It's only been a month. So, we can find time to stop by and visit Mariel together next time." Deric said.
"Yes, dear." Claudia responded, but in her heart, she was still secretly worried.
Scorching, scorching, scorching!
Mariel slammed her sword power into The Killer without fear even though she is the underdog. The wounds and clothes torn all over her body from The Killer's two metal claws made it clear just how far apart she was from the opponent. It didn't take long for them to fight through over 100 moves.
"Not bad, but you still weak, lol." The Killer, who was a little serious, sneered.
"Shut up!" Mariel became enraged as she quickly stabbed her sword into the killer's face.
"I got you!" The Killer said, easily dodging the flow of swords.
The sound of the claws inflicted three serious wounds on Mariel's left thigh, causing blood to stop flowing out.
"Oops!" Mariel hurriedly activated her healing power and pulled out a bandage from her skirt, then she bandaged the wound to stop blood from flowing out because the wound was quite deep.
"My beautiful art. Tonight, it will be the night I paint two murderous pictures that will be masterpieces for a long time." The Killer said, closing his eyes as he thought of the images in his head of the two murders in front of him.
"The most perverted!" Mariel yelled out in anger. Dark magic power began to replace fire magic power until the opponent could sense it.
"Oh...You had dark magic too...It's hard to find. This art must be priceless, lol." The Killer spoke and became more excited.
*Scorching, scorching, scorching*
They used dark magic power to attack each other without anyone giving in. Mariel, whose vitality was starting to run out, still didn't give up her effort to continue fighting and even tried to find weakness points on the killer but she still hadn't found it once.
"Unbelievable. There were no weak points at all. Nevertheless, his moves were meant to strike at my death spot. If I don't hurry up and do something." Mariel complained in her mind.
"It's time!" The Killer said and smiled suspiciously until Mariel sensed the impending danger.
Scorching*
The dark magic power swept out. The target was not Mariel, but it targeted Beatrix behind her instead.
"No!" Mariel immediately adjusted her stance and turned around, rushing to grab Beatrix before the dark magic could reach her friend in a second.
*Scream*
Mariel's voice cried out in pain.
The dark magic energy slammed into the center of Mariel's back, causing the Qi throughout his body to become completely agitated.
The two girls rolled on the ground until they were motionless. Mariel couldn't stop coughing up blood because of this situation, she only cared about her friend's life, and it caused her body to receive full dark magic power. She couldn't stop shaking because this dark magic tried to disturb the flow of Qi in her body to the point where it couldn't be determined as she had hoped.
The Killer slowly approached and acted like a murderer looking at his two victims who were helpless to escape again.
"Come on! Mariel! Get up!" Beatrix shouted in a trembling voice and expression. Those eyes looked towards the Killer approached with both claws extended.
The sound of claws pounding Mariel's back caused her clothes to tear and scatter. Her back was cut open by claws, causing a large wound with blood gushing out non-stop.
*Scream*
Mariel cried out in utter agony, but she still protected Beatrix from any harm.
"Screamed out again, I liked your voice, lol!" The Killer laughed with satisfaction.
Mariel hugged Beatrix even tighter than before. Her consciousness began to fade more and more. Even if she had to die, just helping her friends to be safe would be enough.
"Mariel! Please get up!" Beatrix cried out with tears streaming down both her cheeks.
"Mariel! You can't take it anymore. Get up!" Magmatrion shouted in Mariel's mind, but she hardly responded anymore.
"I must protect you." Mariel cried out in a soft voice.
The Killer stops his attack. Then he slowly leaned down and grabbed Mariel by the neck and lifted her up until Mariel's body was floating above his own head as well as Beatrix's.
"I can't breathe." Mariel tried to use both hands to remove the killer's hand from her neck.
"It's time now. My first beautiful piece of art." The Killer said as he used the claw of his left hand to aim at the center of Mariel's back.
"Don't do it!" Beatrix pleaded with him.
"Get up and run away. Bea.." Mariel said in a soft voice one last time.
The sound of a metal claw piercing Mariel's back and piercing her chest. Blood spurted out like a burst pipe, her body trembled and then stopped.
Beatrix's screams echoed throughout the wooden warehouse.
"Scream! No! Mariel!!!!"