Chapter 4

I was too bloodthirsty to think.

The twelve of them charged at me.

But I was calm.

I raised a stance with a dagger on one hand.

The first one swung his sword at me, but I easily avoided it and ducked. I tripped him over and tumbled to avoid the next slash from another one. I tackled through the next one and stabbed his carotid artery. Another one charged at me, and I got on the ground. But they wouldn't leave me alone, so I had to dodge their attacks on the ground. I kicked the sword one and used his as a shield for the next slash. I used his body to get through and push them both on the ground to stab them both. Shallow tsk. Kicking it was painful.

3 down. 9 left.

As I was finishing off the two, one skilled with the bow appeared. It seemed that there were some skilled among them.

A brawler. A thief. A mage. An archer.

I must eliminate the archer and mage first. I'm barely grazing their attacks.

The archer shoots arrows laced with poison, and the mage takes time, but the magic he flings is destructive.

Time to bring out my secret weapon!

The ordinary one tried an upward slash, so I stabbed his knee. But he fought back, so he scrapped my underarm.

'This feeling is familiar.'

He was down on one knee, so I stabbed him in the chin.

An arrow barely scrapped me again. I need to eliminate him already!

But the stupid thief won't allow me. The brawler is quite tough too.

A fair fight won't do. That's why I'll use this.

When the brawler tried to tackle me, I threw sand in his direction.

"Arghhhhh!"

It went into his eyes, so he was frustrated. But it seemed that he prioritized lying on the ground.

The thief covered for him.

Their teamwork is quite good. Are they really bandits?

The thief is producing afterimages and is continuously striking me.

But the problem is that I'm immune to illusions.

He split himself into 10 shadows, and they hid in the shadows.

Focus.

All of them start attacking me, and I'm barely fending them off.

There!

I simply sidestepped, and the thief was hit by the archer's arrow.

[Light]!

It seemed that the mage covered for the thief. Tsk.

But they don't know that I'm wearing goggles beneath my robe.

The thief and the brawler charged at me.

The archer seems to be preparing a piercing shot.

Don't underestimate me!

I charged towards the brawler and used all my might to grab his arm, trip him and direct his fist into the ground. The thief aiming for my heart fell off the balance because the ground seemed to deform, and his strike hit the brawler's eye.

"Ruhaaa! What the fuck are you doing, Nick!"

The brawler, who lost his cool, started punching anywhere, and I prompted the thief to attack me.

The best I can do in these situations is dodge. But my body is reaching its limits.

I blast dust on the thief, but he parried it so I prepared another one.

The thief was blinded, so he didn't know that I latched on to him and prompted him to catch one of the brawler's fists.

I covered his mouth, so he can't scream.

As expected, the thief's face got destroyed, but my hand as well.

The thief was unconscious, and the brawler is out of control.

"... Lacta!"

The mage launched a fireball in my direction, but...

That was a ruse.

To dodge that, I had to be propelled immediately.

I'm not in the best condition, so I had to do was.

Receive his blow.

I used the makeshift bag that we used in traveling and cushion the blow.

'Ack.'

The blow was so hard that I was blown away to a tree. But!

The fireball hit the brawler, and it seems that he was screeching in pain.

I can't move...

Move..!

The archer is going to hit me!

I had to slash my wrist. Adrenaline come on!

I had to duck to avoid the arrow.

The archer is switching position.

The mage seems to be preparing another spell.

Retreating is out of the question.

Hah... It can't be helped. I'll have to force this body to take the repercussions.

[Shadow Step]

Shadow step allows me to move along shadows as long as there is a presence nearby. The forest is the best place to use this.

"Frederick! Where is he?"

"I can't see!"

I see, someone among them has clairvoyance.

In that case,

I snuck up on the mage's shadow and stabbed him in the knee.

"Fred! Behind you!"

"Bind!"

The mage let out a spell.

"Now you're done! Magic arrow!"

"Snipe!"

Both of them attacked me, and it hit me, but...

I stabbed the mage in the abdomen.

"H-how.... Can you even stand!"

I stab his throat and onto his heart.

"Fred! You!"

My body is at its limits, but... [Shadow Step]

I teleported to the shadow above the tree, and I landed on him.

We were both falling down.

He was punching me, but all I can do is hold tight to him.

"Let go of me! Argh damn it!"

I bit off his neck.

"You...!"

I used the last of my strength to bite his neck off.

He flailed, but it was no use.

We fell down, and he received the impact.

I used the very last strength of mine to jump before the impact.

The archer died instantly after falling from that height.

'huf huf huf'

My body is dying...

But I have to go back to the thief and brawler to finish them off.

I dragged my body to go back to where they were.

It seems that the thief is still unconscious. I stabbed his heart.

The brawler is just unconscious even with those burn marks...

I had to pierce his artery instead because I was not strong enough to stab him in the heart.

There, I laid off the ground.

'I'll leave the rest to Greg'

He wouldn't mind if he knows that I'm a woman right?