8 CHAPTER 8

The blue robed man's face had turned pale. He was not expecting the opponent to be this strong. They were monsters. These weren't humans. He thought if he took monsters with him he would have been safe, but no ! There were bigger monsters on the planet.

Meanwhile, Rachel was having a bit of trouble with her opponent.

Seems like my opponent is strong. I just need to be a bit faster, Rachel thought. She was barely surviving the onslaught by the opponent. He had not given any openings to Rachel. If this was herself before meeting Arata, she would have been dead by now. But now understands the meaning of flow. All her life she had been planning and her brains thought several steps ahead. She always thought not how to win, but to crush her opponent. This egoistic way of thinking had got her to where she is now. But due to Arata, she had now understood the meaning of taking it slow. She had quite improved on her defensive abilities.

"What's Wrong ! You must be tired now. Just die girl !", the black robed man screamed at Rachel. Rachel had to win this fight. He was probably the strongest of the three fighters assembled here. Rachel had to deal with him.

Rachel thought several attacks ahead, what her position will be, but she couldn't. Her whole body was occupied and she couldn't think. Let us focus on his patterns first, Rachel thought. But she didn't have much time. Energy was being sapped out of her. She was becoming really tired. What would Arata do ? she thought. Think Think… NO! I can't think like that. I have my own style. I am not the type of woman to rely on others !

She planned a counterattack against her opponent. As the opponent was going for her hand, She too, went for the opponent's head. The opponent was surprised. Rachel did dodge and attack, but she was grazed and blood flowed out of her body. Rachel had not bled in a while. But so was the opponent. Opponent's neck was also grazed. Both of them were still.

This gave Rachel a chance to breathe normally. The opponent touched the wound on his neck and said "Interesting…!", and came at Rachel at full speed.

This time Rachel had gotten used to his attacks a bit. It was easier for her to handle it. She too counterattacked this time. Again she was grazed, but it was slight and her opponent was dealt a blow on his leg.

"YOU !!!", the opponent went mad. This all she needed. A mad opponent. This is the type of opponent which was the most easy to deal with. Because, this type of opponent was the most predictable. She calculated his attacks and launched strikes on him, wounding him badly.

And lastly, went for the opponent's heart and scooped it out with her knife. That was the finishing move of the Black Vatican. The opponent fell lifeless.

She then rushed towards where Igsem and Arata were.

"Stay Away ! You don't know who you are hurting !", the blue robed man screamed. But it was too late. Arata, who was fighting the summoner said, "Don't kill him."

"I know", Igsem replied. She then took the blue robed man in the air.

"Don't Worry, I am a healer.", Igsem said with dark eyes.

"Noo !!", screamed the blue robed man. Igsem moved fast and cut him a hundred times. The man was screaming in pain. She healed him back and repeated this cycle, over and over again. Igsem had a scary expression on her face while the blue robed man screamed in the silent night. Or at least he tried, because Igsem had broken his vocal cord and not healed it. He lived in eternal agony. Mean while the summoner was fighting Arata.

But he was no match for Arata. Arata had improved his La Campanella attack and also was a bit stronger than Rachel. So the summoner at Bronze rank was no match. Arata, this time decided to fool around. As he had already killed so many people during the Examination, it was time for him to kill properly. He went for the opponents arms first and cut them. His both arms flew out.

"Aaahhh !", the summoner screamed in pain. A monster. He is Strong, the summoner thought. Very strong indeed. So he begged for his mercy, but got none.

In the end, his heart was also scooped out by Arata.

"A beautiful thing I must say. Without this, a person is nothing.", Arata said. Igsem had finished torturing the blue robed man. He had fainted from all the agony now. At this time, Rachel came to Arata with a heart in her hand.

"Oh you too !", Arata asked Rachelwhile looking at the heart in her hand.

"Yes, do you want it ?", Rachel asked Arata.

"No, I already have yours and you already have mine. There is no more need to gift any hearts.", Arata said with a flirty voice.

"Let's get back with this man first. Looks like the capital's situation is going to change will these fucking betrayers.", said Igsem.

Arata and Rachel threw the hearts behind and left towards the base.