8 "The Salem Sisters"

Yuki gets up and breaks the chains that bind Milda. Yuki tells Marces to use the bandages on her instead. They then heard a loud explosion from nearby.

"What is that?" Marces asked.

"Just focus on healing her. After that, take her out from here. Where are the other children?" Yuki said.

"I told them to run away."

"Go and catch up to them. I'll be helping Kei." Yuki replied and then he ran to lend a hand on Kei.

Meanwhile, Kei is engaging with the witches. The reason behind the explosion is that, two other witches came. They are the older sisters of Wickella, namely Victorina and Sinistra. The three of them are known to be the Salem Sisters. Samantha is heavily wounded. Her arm continues to bleed and half the upper part of her head has been blown up.

"Please, sisters, s-save me..." Samantha begged.

The Salem Witches look down on her.

"We have no need for a pathetic witch like you in our coven." Victorina answered.

"B-But Sister---" Wickella uttered, but she knows that the words of her older sister should not be refuted.

Victorina then looks at Sinistra, "Sister, you know what to do." she said.

Sinistra nodded. She comes closer to Samantha and slowly pierces her hand onto Samantha's chest to take her heart. After taking her heart, she crushed it with her hand. Kei speaks to them, "You are the worst, killing your own ally."

Victorina glares at him. "Kei, I still can't forget what you had done to me last time. You hunters really know how to fight. But now, it seems you're all alone. Mind if we do the same to you with my sisters?" she said.

Kei is badly injured as well, but he still can move fast. However, he knows what Victorina and Sinistra are capable of. They are far more powerful than Wickella. Not to mention that Victorina is an extremely cruel witch, she would not hesitate to kill her enemy right away if she gets a chance. Sinistra uses necromancy on Samantha's body after killing her. Samantha became an amalanhig, a corpse that is still moving as if it is alive. The Salem Witches aligned with each other. They face Kei.

Kei is thinking inside his head of his next move. When suddenly, Victorina charges at him with her claws. She is fast. Kei barely managed to dodge her. His top got wrecked by her claws. He starts to bleed. He then kicks Victorina on her head and tries to send her away, but she withstands it and throws Kei to a wall instead.

Sinistra manipulates Samantha's corpse and attacks Kei, when suddenly, Yuki lunges in and cuts it with his sword. He protects Kei. "You look pathetic, Kei. Get up." he said.

Kei sighs. He used his torn shirt to cover the deep wound on his chest.

"So you're also here, Yuki." Victorina said.

"Dammit! So the three of you are all here? What a great night party! I'm so energetic right now, I can cut you all into pieces." Yuki responded.

"Sister, you can handle Yuki. Mine's the wounded hottie right there." Wickella said.

Victorina then glares at her, "How dare you! Who do you think you are to order me? You're just an adopted sister, we can replace you anytime, Wickella. Remember that."

Wickella quickly apologized. Victorina then looks back at Kei and Yuki. "We will murder the both of you in here." Then her eyes turn red from dark brown.

On the other hand, Marces is finished healing Milda. After that, he carries her on his back and escape. Upon getting back outside of the dark place of the witches, he thinks of going back to lend a hand on Kei and Yuki, but he is too scared to even get back there. Even so, he overcomes his fear and runs to help his comrades. But before he enters the hole again, two young men approach him.

"Hey, you! Stop right there." one of the young man said.

Marces stopped. The two young men come at him.

"Who are you?" the other young man asked.

"I'm Marces Horiel. I'm a hunter." he answered.

The two young men look at his outfit. "A hunter? From what band?"

"Moonlight."

"I see. I'm Mico Albertson, a Level A- Hunter. I'm the Vice-Captain of the Howling Wind Band." he said. Some parts of his outfit are made of silver plates, and the rest is made of leather.

Marces remembers the Hunter Level of Yuki, it is B plus as stated by Raine. He comes up with a thought that the guy in front of him must be strong.

"I am Harley Wollen, his comrade." This guy wears eyeglasses. He has long slicked back hair and wears a professional hunter outfit. He seems to be having numerous types of weapons attached to his body. He has battle axe behind him, a sword on his left waist, three knives on his right waist, and bombs and darts on his both legs. "We're after a fiend. We have received an information that a fiend would be summoned near Killua Town." Harley said.

"A fiend? But my friends are fighting witches." Marces answered.

"Really? Where? Let us give you some help."

Marces leads them the way down to the hole. Meanwhile, both Yuki and Kei are heavily wounded and exhausted.

Sinistra's ability is troublesome. She does not only know how to manipulate corpse, she also knows how to toy with her victims by creating illusions. However, the worst thing about their situation is Victorina. She almost killed both Yuki and Kei thrice. Her claws are extremely sharp. Yuki's sword has been broken after trying to block her claws multiple times. On the other hand, Wickella is seriously wounded and can barely move after Kei broke and cut off her legs.

"Yuki, you'll die here along with your friend." Victorina said.

Yuki takes off his top and covers his wound with it. "I'm not sure with that. Because you know, Death seems to be avoiding me. I almost died a hundred times, but here I am... still kickin'." he said while smiling.

"Don't worry, tonight will be the night that Death will stop ignoring you." she responded and started walking toward him.

When Victorina is about to kill him with her claws, a dart is suddenly hurled to her chest.

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