Burning Soul

‘Claaaang!’

Just as Clarke was about to strike down Milot a small arrow came rushing towards him making him roll back a little.

The problem has just aroused as now, Clarke was aware of someone else being in the vicinity, but she didn’t have the time to worry about that now.

“Hyaaaaaaa!” She came rushing to him with both her daggers in her hand,

The first hit landed right on his daggers, but her strength lacked and didn’t even move him!

Knowing that she jumped back in the darkness of the bushes around her, while she was at it she managed to tip over the lantern extinguishing it’s flame and causing darkness to surge over.

“I didn’t know you had such a capable one!

I’m gonna have some fun with it!” he showed a hint of interest in his eyes.

“There!” She jumped from a branch nearby and tried landing another hit,

Though he blocked it yet again, effortlessly!

Yet again she rolled back to safety, she knew it was impossible for her to overpower him but the only thing she could do was to stall him.

She decided to shoot a few Arrows with her Wrist Bow, just like earlier.

A few arrows were shot from various points though all were blocked, it wasn’t that she didn’t see that coming, but still, it was depressing enough to see it really happen, the gap between their abilities was unimaginably vast!

‘Crap is there no other way!’ She was thinking about the options while moving through the darkness, Clarke’s perception was rather good, even in that pitch-black darkness he was able to keep track of her!

Now was the time to test her abilities,

She charged in yet again, this time a bit directly!

“Oho! You’ve decided to face death on your own!

Glad I didn’t have to dig you outta there!” Clarke took a countering stance and blocked her hit,

“Not yet!” She changed her pace and landed a burst of slashes on him, getting him by surprise.

It wasn’t much fast, but it wasn’t all she had gotten in her!

Another burst of strikes, this time a tiny bit faster and a bit more slashes, “Impressive, you are improving while fighting!” Clarke was able to block them all but he figured as much!

“But that won’t be enough!” It was now his turn to show why he was a Xenos!

Blocking her last hit he used a single slash to tip off her momentum,

A short burst of strikes completely rendered her movements and wounded her landing some critical hits too!

It was so fast she couldn’t fathom or even see the blade!

After that move, she tried getting back in her flow and strike back but her strike landed nowhere in air, he had vanished and appeared behind her in a split second, a move he used earlier on Milot,

“Watch out!” Milot cried out loud,

“Hmm, an assassin not being able to see through this move, shame I had high hopes from you!” Clarke had a firm grip on her neck from behind while he touched her hair trying to smell it.

A wave of chill ran through her nerves making her squeak, she couldn’t even move as the touch of his cold blade had rendered her motionless!

Any movement and her neck would be slashed down! Not even 5 mins in battle and she was already done for!

“Hmm, So now we have two of you but I can only take any one of you for me!

Huh! I hate such constriction in contracts! Though I will honour it!” His word felt even colder as he spoke these words in her ear,

‘This is the only thing I can use!’ Vivian Gripped tightly on her daggers!

“Hornor my arse you bloody shithead!

Elemental Burst!” The spell caused a huge discharge of electricity making Clarke lose his grip on her and defend against the current, this was her chance to slip away and she took it.

“You little!” He wasn’t happy with it, as his daggers were made of metal, the lightning hit him hard!

Using the momentum she had gotten she tried striking back,

‘Lightning’

With the Spell being active, her blade began conducting the current.

Each of her strikes would cause an electric discharge making him uncomfortable. He clearly had no aptitude to the lightning element.

“Damn, I didn’t think you’d have such an ace up your sleeves!” Clarke squinted to her move.

‘Just a little longer!’ Vivian who knew she was at her limit could only hope for her to last enough for the help to arrive.

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A quick burst of strikes and the lightning halo on her blade disappeared leaving her with too much fatigue. She hadn’t used up that much Mana!

“Umm, Fun’s over!

Huh!

Can’t be helped then! You’re being a headache!” Clarke showed a hint of irritation and charged in on her,

She tried countering him but his next move wasn’t on her mind,

Just like before he vanished and appeared before her, ‘Beheading!’

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