49 K.O

Saito and company marched back to the fort with the guests. The elves kept talking within themselves while the Goblins marched before them. Nirashi walked along side him and her figure caught the eyes of many.

The elves were considered as beauty of nature but looking at the fox lady in front of them, they begin to doubt that she's even more beautiful than their princess. The elves started to whisper among themselves.

Saito could hear them whisper among themselves, but he couldn't make out what they were saying. On the other hand, Nirashi could clearly hear them talking and her ears twitched. She couldn't keep on listening to them comparing her to their princess or their queen. She's only quiet because Saito, her master, is near her and these elves are being escorted by him.

They soon exited the forest and entered the mountain path leading to the fort. Saito stopped and looked behind. All 35 goblins and 30 elves were there with no one missing. He heaved a sigh of relief and walked towards the fort.

The Goblins above the gate caught sight of them walking towards the gate and shouted, "THEY'RE BACK!". The Goblins were about to run down and open the gate but stopped as their eyes caught the sight of elves in rag tag costume. They looked at each other and immediately ran down.

Saito didn't stop and marched towards the gate with his men. The gate soon opened and they received a shock. The Iron Guard soldiers with their heavy armor on hurriedly came out of the opened gate in single file on both side.

Saito and the Goblins were shocked for a second and realized that they didn't mobilize for them but because of the elves behind them. The Goblin hunters took position on the wall above the gate and aimed their arrows at the elves while the shield bearers and sear wielders completely surrounded the elves and formed a defensive formation on both back and front, they did not even leave the sides of the mountain and closed them on all sides.

Vik, Minos, Lily, Herjar and Rou walked out with Goblins in heavy armor escorting them. "Saito! What's going on? Are you and the rest of the men alright?" Vik asked with a worried expression. Herjar stopped them and looked at Nirashi with suspiciousness.

"Saito, who is this?" Herjar's eyes were locked on Nirashi all the while. Only then did the rest of them noticed the existence of Nirashi, who was standing at the side of Saito. Saito scratched the back of his neck as he said, "Well.....you see, she's.....she's my blade or more accurately, my familiar". "Eh!?" everyone one that was present got shocked to the core. Familiar? Blade? What the heck is talking about!? That's the thought running inside their head at that time.

Herjar's eyes became sharp and something glowed in it. Saito noticed it and had a feeling that he was about to do something really crazy. Just as he suspected, his hand slowly moved to where his dagger was located.

"Oh no you don't!" Saito said. Herjar darted at Nirashi without a second thought. Vik, Minos and Rou got shocked by his action. Herjar's eyes emitted killing intent sharp as a blade. He went for her throat as he slashed his dagger at her.

Nirashi didn't just idle around and immediately conjured a katana out of thin air and countered his dagger. Herjar unsheathed his second dagger almost instantaneously and slashed at her. She duck down at the last second when the dagger was about to cut her as she pushed Herjar away using her blade which was locked against his dagger.

The moment he got pushed by a bit, she moved like a phantom and hit his diaphragm with the hilt. Herjar's eyes lost it's light and he fell on the ground unconscious. She made her blade disappear and stood beside him like nothing happened.

"WHY DID YOU DO THAT!?" Saito shouted as he hurried to Herjar. "Eh? But master, he is the one who attacked first! I was merely defending myself! Please forgive me if I did anything wrong!" She immediately went on her knees and did a kowtow. "Forget it! Lets get him inside first!" Saito said. He turned to Rou and told him, "Rou, elves are not hostiles, I'll explain later so escort them inside first!".

Rou looked at Vik and Vik nodded his head. The Goblins carried Herjar inside while the rest followed. The Goblins also escorted the elves with heavy guard on all sides like prisoners. The elves obeyed the Goblins since they outnumber the elves by a huge margin and they are ones with the stick. (Means Goblins are the ones with rights to order around since they have the weapons)

They carried Herjar to the inner parts of the fort and lay him on top of a table. "Is brother Herjar alright?" Lily asked with a worried tone. Since he taught the little girl various things, he is also an important figure in her life and she couldn't stand him being knocked unconscious. She glared at Nirashi with hostility filling her eyes.

"Lily, it's not her fault that he's like this! We all saw that he was one who charged head on like that" Saito said as he looked at her. "I know....I know it! But I can't take him being injured! He's someone that no one can hurt and also my teacher and brother! How can I stay calm after seeing him get knocked out like that?" Lily said while tears formed in her eyes.

Nirashi was feeling very sad that she hurt her master's friend. Her up straight fox ears are now low to the level. She wanted to apologize, but she couldn't. She couldn't face them because she was also in wrong.

"Miss fox lady here isn't in the wrong and we know it clear as a crystal and as to why he would charge up against her head on, we can only ask him when he wakes up" Minos said as he checked Herjar's condition. Minos let out sigh of relief. The rest asked eagerly, "What happened? Is he good?". "He's all good, just that he's sleeping sound right now" Minos said. Only after hearing this did they all calm down. Herjar is not just any dark elf. He is a part of their group and these guys gone through battle together. Even if he is a cold blooded killer, he is still their brother by bond or at least they feel that way and this feeling will never change.

They waited for a while for him to wake up but it seems he was sleeping very sound and would probably not wake up any time sooner. Saito wanted to interrogate those elves who were being treated as guests with a little bit of tight security, but he couldn't do it since Herjar knows about things he doesn't and could be of help in the interrogation, but to his luck, Herjar was sleeping like a baby.

Saito exited the room and went out. He climbed the stairs to the wall and gazed out the scenery. The forest looked endless. The green scene was deeply rooted in his heart. It looked very peaceful. Nirashi followed him up and stood behind him with her head hung low.

Saito already sensed her presence so he said, "Don't worry about it, he is not a guy to charge at someone head on like that, there must be some reason to it". "Yes" her voice was very dull. It was obvious that she's sad.

He sighed, there was nothing they could do but to wait for him to wake up. As if a sudden bolt of lightning struck him, he got an idea. "Nirashi! Come with me!" he grabbed her by hand and dragged her with him. The Goblins who were on the wall and inside the fort throw them a confused look as to why he would drag her like that. He immediately bolted to where Herjar was resting. Minos and Lily were there and Vik was nowhere to be founded. There were some Goblins standing guard for them but no one else.

"Nirashi, you can use your arts or magic or something to make him wake up right?" Saito let go of her and asked. Nirashi was quite surprise as to why he would ask her since they said that he was just sleeping, still she nodded her head.

Nirashi started her chant while pointed her palm towards Herjar. Minos and the other could not understand what was going on. Herjar's body got enveloped in green light. His body started twitching all of a sudden. "Saito! What is she doing! She's hurting him!" Minos shouted. Saito turned to Nirashi to tell her to stop, but he hold his tongue when he saw her serious face.

Herjar's body started to release some black miasma. Now everyone got serious after seeing this. "Lily! Go out and call Vik! Now!" Saito shouted. Lily nodded her head and bolted outside. The Goblin soldiers didn't know what to do but they could feel that something was not right so they retreated back to where Saito and Minos stood and got into formation. Minos already drew out his wand and got ready to handle whatever happens.

Saito started to feel very different, like something was weakening him a bit, same goes for the others. Minos warned, "Herjar is possessed! Everyone watch out for whatever comes!". Saito smirked as he thought, 'We are facing ghosts now? Yea sure, why not? This world has elves, beastkin and even damn Necromancers anyway! Why would I be shocked to see a freaking ghost!?' but in truth, ghosts are his weakness. Who would have thought that his childhood weakness would shine here? Even if he is a goddamn commando, no one would think that they would die and get sent to some random world where all the fantasy shit he or she learned was nothing but "fantasy" would really exist? No one! And he's a classic example for that.

Saito was shaking a bit and no one noticed it. Soon, a big black ball formed above Herjar. The ball dispersed and a women with XXXL tits and a slender seductive figure with two horns on her head came out of it. Her eyes were very red. She opened her arms as she shouted, "YOU ALL SHALL BE MY SLAVES! FROM TODAY ONW-" and before she could finish her words she received a punch right up her seductive face and was send flying.

"FUCKKKKKKK YOUUUUU BITCHHHHH!" Saito didn't stop there and chased after her and punched her till she became bloody. Everyone had their jaws hanging like they just witnessed something they never did. "You mother fucking ******** ******** ********************* CUNT!" Saito just continued punching her bloody face while cursing using very word he could find.

Vik soon reached the place with at least hundred Iron Guard soldiers. And the first thing they saw was Minos and a few Goblins having their mouth hanging and Nirashi showing a surprise expression and Saito punching the shit out of something.

Vik shook Minos, "Minos! What happened? Lily came out running to us and saying that something serious is happening and need help! What is going on?". Minos came back to his senses and so did the Goblins. The Goblins immediately went on their knees after seeing Vik.

"Ah? I don't know what happened, something came out of Herjar while the fox lady was healing him? I presume? Well whatever that thing was, it's being beaten to pulp by that guy over there" Minos said as he pointed at Saito, who was panting and punching while using every bit of strength he had to punch the creature.

Vik and Minos looked at each other and stopped Saito from beating the thing. Both of them calmed down Saito, who was panting like he just visited hell. "Is..... Is the ghost dead?" Saito asked while trying to catch his breath.

Vik and Minos were surprised for a second then burst into laughter. "HAHAHAHAHA! You went on a rampage because you thought that was a ghost? Dude! Are you seriously that scared of ghost? Hahahhahahahhaha!" Minos laughed like hell. Vik was trying his utmost to hold back his laughter. "SHUT THE FUCK UP! WHO IS NOT!? IT IS NOT ABNORMAL TO BE AFRAID OF GHOSTS!" Saito shouted back to defend himself. Alas, it just made the situation worse as even Vik started laughing very hard. The Goblins also started laughing. Saito looked at Nirashi and saw her closing her mouth tight while her eyes teared, it was obvious what she's trying to do. "Fuck this! What happened to that thing?" Saito asked to change subject.

Minos stopped laughing and said, "It's beaten to a pulp because of a certain someone". "Leave it, what is that thing anyway" Saito asked. Minos looked at the creature once again. Black horns with red linings, huge tits, sexy body and two black bat like wings on the back. Minos eyes went wide in shock after inspecting it. "What's wrong?" Vik asked seriously.

"This is....a succubus!"