The sound of clashing swords could be heard as Matt focused on dealing heavy blows to the weaker one while dodging the other two.
Still, some wounds were visible on his body.
But he persisted until he managed to land a decisive blow on the guy who had been attacking the most. His sword pierced his chest and destroyed his heart in a moment, which made him smile, but he had to jump to the side to dodge the blow of the other two.
The one who attacked him quickly kicked the body of his stabbed companion out of Matt's field.
They noticed that this guy got a little stronger from consuming some of his other partner's blood, which made it more difficult for them to kill him.
So, he didn't hesitate to do that, and as soon as he did, he pulled out a bow from his bag. He wielded it quickly and launched three magic attacks towards Matt.
'Tsk, this again.' Matt thought angrily and had to jump to the side quickly to dodge the arrows coming towards him. Still, these arrows bent their trajectory and continued to follow him.
The versatility of the devourers had been a nuisance to him, prolonging this fight.
Matt quickly jumped away as the arrows chased him and made one of them hit the ground, but the other two still followed behind him, and just then, the other devourer attacked him from behind.
Matt then grinned and leaped into the air, causing the arrows to bend their trajectory.
"Heh, that's going to hit you faster." Said the devourer beneath him, but Matt simply grinned and increased his body weight drastically to fall on top of the devourer.
'What the hell!?' Thought the devourer in shock, but he didn't have time to think.
Soon, Matt's fist slammed him hard into the ground, raising an intense explosion, and then he felt his body being lifted into the air...
The next thing that hit the devourer was the pain of having two arrows stuck in his stomach.
Matt smiled then but didn't have time to rejoice; he noticed someone attacking him from behind, so he prepared to move.
But it was too late; an intense blow to his side sent him flying for a dozen meters as he rolled on the ground.
The pain made him get up slowly, 'Shit, these bastards have a lot of tricks.' He thought in pain, but then he noticed something, and his heart skipped a beat.
'Shit...' He thought, noticing that he had been beaten away from Isla, and those guys didn't seem to care about his own injuries.
"Isla, run!" he shouted, but he noticed she wasn't moving, so he tried to get there in time...
'Shit, I'm too far...' He thought and saw how those two guys pulled out their guns while jumping over her with sinister smiles on their faces...
Isla felt her head spinning, but when she noticed that Matt had been hit, she returned to herself and noticed what had happened.
"...I'm sorry..." she said softly. She knew Matt had been hit because of her.
She could stand up to one, but why wasn't she doing it and letting Matt face off against four devourers alone?
'...It's because I'm weak and useless...' She thought as a lot of evil thoughts swirled around in her head.
She looked up and noticed that the two devourers wore the sinister smiles she remembered.
Those smiles revived the trauma in her heart, but she didn't close her eyes.
'...If I keep running away... When am I going to be strong?' she thought.
The trauma in her heart was enough to make her eyes fill with red tears, but she clenched her sword when she thought that.
'...Right... I can fight...' She thought.
Maybe she was just talking to herself, or perhaps she was remembering the past, but just as the two devourers were about to hit her, she raised her hand forcefully and screamed...
"AHHHHHH!" Even though she didn't understand why she had screamed, she felt the need to scream as she threw a punch towards the one closest to her.
This surprised the devourers, who did not expect her to react, and her attack hit the arm of the nearest devourer hard. Even so, the force of the attack was so powerful that it pierced the bones and cut the devourer almost in half.
She didn't even notice because she lowered her head in fear of that sinister smile.
Anyway, she was sure she would die.
Those guys were so close to her; it would be a miracle if she survived...
That's why she lowered her head so it wouldn't be so painful...
Still, her attack was enough.
Matt used his dimensional move several times until he reached above these two bastards.
With a swift movement, he pierced that place and the body of the devourers while stopping at high speed on the other side.
The bodies of the two devourers were finally broken into several pieces by Matt's attack, and without them realizing it, they were dead.
Matt sighed in relief when he looked back and noticed that Isla was okay, though he noticed blood dripping to the ground, so he quickly hugged her.
"Isla, what's wrong!?" He asked and flipped her over...
Her eyes were red, not because she had cried a lot, but because she was crying blood.
The trauma in her eyes was evident, surprising Matt significantly.
But when she noticed Matt coming to her side, she couldn't stand it anymore and fell into a deep cry, hugging him tightly while shaking slightly...
Her cry was not a normal one, for she was crying blood.
This was the first time Matt had seen someone cry blood, so he was surprised but quickly got up to go to a safer place.
After a while, Isla stopped crying.
'How traumatized must she be to cry blood?' Matt thought as he looked at his clothes, which were stained with blood from her crying, and soon, she looked up to see him.
"...I'm sorry. I'm no use." She said softly and looked down apologetically.
Matt smiled to reassure her, "Traumas are not easy to overcome." He replied.
But he had never been a good counselor, so he gave her a hard stare.
"And certainly, you have been of no use. But that doesn't mean you're not useful. As you see, I'm not a good advisor, but if you want, I can teach you how to fight and become a renowned assassin. I can teach you what I know. Maybe your trauma will go away when you have killed many of them and realize that they are harmless when you have power." He spoke.
Isla was surprised when she heard him say this.
She hadn't expected him to be such a bad counselor, but his words surprised her the most.
They were not words to comfort her, but they certainly warmed and made her feel good. Perhaps they comforted her. So, she didn't hesitate to kneel in front of him, in an unexpected move by Matt.
"Please... Teach me how to fight..." She said softly.