The fight continued. Gan Yelin who's just only 15 years old was starting to struggling, holding herself against the man infront of him.
'Tch! I can't shake this man off!'
Nan Heng warched the both of them, right behind a tree.
'She is getting pushed back.'
"What's wrong? Getting tired already? Im not even using my full power right now!"
The man was using a small dagger.
"Tired? Im just getting started!"
'Yeah she's just bluffing. Even a normal people like me can see it, she is slowing down.'
After all, Gan Yelin was still just a teenager.
'I really want to help her. But, i can't even fight. Even in my previous world where there are no dangerous enemy like him.'
'I can only really hope she win, but seeing her condition... if she lose, i must distract him.'
Nan Heng didn't want the Death Empress to be enraged, finding out one of her children died.
Gan Yelin's sword clashed with the man's daggers, multiple time. Before they took a step back at the same time. Right now, Gan Yelin was standing with the last energy she had left. Her body was already exhausted.
'I can't make this fight go any longer.'
She put her sword right infront of her. While closing her eyes. Her sword began to emit a silver aura, enveloping the sword.
"Y-you what are you trying to do?!"
Her breath became calm. Nan Heng who was watching this, widened his eyes.
'Thats!'
Nan Heng knew that. The Perfect Breathing technique. It was a technique that must be learned to become a true martial master and swordmaster. Since it allowed you to become more focus and precise. And your mind also became calm, not worrying about a single thing.
'I will put everything in this one strike.'
Gan Yelin, steadily raised her sword, lowering her body. Planting her strength on her right foot.
Perfect Breathing Technique -Perfect Concentration!
Moonlight Sword Art -Descending Moon!
Gan Yelin charged toward the man, her speed was comparable to sound. She targeted the man heart, but the man instinct saved him. She missed the heart just by a finger. Slicing off the man left arm.
"AHHHH!"
The man screamed in pain, while falling to the ground. Blood started pouring out from where his arm got sliced off. Nan Heng watched her in amazement.
'I can't see her movement!'
Gan Yelin stood still, her vision start to become blurry.
"N-no... my body..."
After that Gan Yelin slowly fell down, lying on the ground. Her breathing become uncontrollable.
"I-i... can't... pass out.."
After that she fell unconscious. The man who screamed in pain, turned his head around, looking at her.
"You bitch! Nevermind playing with your body."
The man slowly dragged his body toward her.
"Because of you! I, will die!"
"Before that happend, i will kill you!"
"Oh no!"
Nan Heng quickly ran to Gan Yelin. The man thrusted his dagger, before Nan Heng quickly blocked it with his right hand. The dagger pierced Nan Heng's hand.
"Kugh!"
The man look at Nan Heng.
"Who are you!"
Nan Heng pushed the dagger up, with his strength. Making the man unbalance and fall to the back. The dagger fell from the man's hand.
"Me? I am a nobody."
Nan Heng sat on the man, before punching him several time with his right hand.
"S-sto- Kuagh! You cow- Gah! Do you have no sh- Argh!"
"Think of whatever you like. There is no such thing for me when battling to the death."
"Y-you Bas-Kuoogh!"
Nan Heng punched him several time, the ground around him, slowly turned into a dark red coloured. As the man's blood start pouring out from his head. As if its not done. Nan Heng continue punching the man's face. His face were no longer recognizeable.
As his face, were already messed up. Some of his skull were already revealed. Finally, Nan Heng stopped his fist. His hand were filled with blood. The blood came from the man he just killed and from the wound earlier.
"A-ah i just killed a human."
Nan Heng looked at his hand. For the first time, he killed a human. He dirty his own hand. Nan Heng did not feel any sense of guilt or regret. It was a sensation he never felt before, He felt relieved.
"Am i still human? Why do i feel relieved?"
He questioned himself, is he, even still a human. He felt relieved killing another human. Nan Heng shook his head.
"No, im a nobody here. I felt relieved because im still alive right now. I felt relieved because i didn't feel threatened anymore."
Yes, his feeling of relieved. Is because he survived today. Nothing more or less. Nan Heng look at Gan Yelin, who was still unconscious.
'But still, since when did i care about someone? Since when, i start worrying about the death empress being enraged? I can just let her die and ran away from here as soon as the death empress got enraged.
Most of his life, no one cared about him. His family, schoolmate, and even his boss. Only because of his worker friend that he finally got the chance to interact with other people. His mind was telling him.
"Kill that girl."
"Kill that girl!"
"KILL THAT GIRL!"
He slowly picked up the man's dagger from before. Nan Heng approached the unconscious Gan Yelin.
'Should i... kill her? I can just bring this weapon and left her body here with that man.'
Nan Heng could easily get away. As he raised the dagger, he hesitated. Noticing that she was only a teenager. He dropped the dagger on the ground.
Nan Heng placed his arm on his left chest, right at the heart. He shook his head, realizing that his inner thought was about to overtake him.
"... is this 'your' feeling?"
He got saved by 'Nan Heng' feeling. His, belief.
"You... are just trying to survive... don't forget the [ending] you wanted to see."
A voice appeared inside Nan Heng head.
'The ending i wanted to see...'
He wanted to see a beautiful ending, a warming ending.
"Right, thanks, for reminding me that. Had i killed her, i could have never see that ending."
Nan Heng sat down beside Gan Yelin. Placing his hand on her hair, stroking it gently.
"How pitiful, a beautiful girl like her to endure such fight."
"I'll wait until she start showing sign of waking up. After that, i'll head to Hengdan Province."
"Right now, im just gonna watch as the sun rise."
He look at the sun, slowly rising from the east. Nan Heng formed a smile with his lips.