Chapter 40: Danger
Swiftly dodging to the side of the attack Sarah quickly puts down Ming'er so she has more freedom to her movement. Surprised that Sarah was able to sense and dodge their approach the shadow momentarily froze before recollecting themselves which gave Sarah ebough time to place Ming'er down and get into a comfortable battle stance that would allow her to react instantly to any change to the situation as she doesn't know if there are any other assassins hidden in the dark.
Putting herself in Iai stance Sarah guards Ming'er as she knew from the way the assassin attacked that Ming'er was the target and not her... she was just collateral damge from being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wary of Sarah the assassin didn't attack outright they only threw throwing knives to probe Sarah so they could come up with a plan of action to finish this as soon as possible before they get caught by the academy. Noting Sarah's reaction speed to the knives the assassin concluded that Sarah was only a level 8 which wouldn't trouble them at all.
With re-found confidence they rushed at Sarah with a curved dagger which also had miniscule hooks that would cause extra damage when pulled out as the hooks would grip the surrounding flesh and rip it out. Angered by the fact that the person in front of them had a look of disdain in their eyes as they looked at her as if looking at a bug they can squash at any time. Sarah's blood burned with indignation as her pride as a beast reared its head which caused her to think of extremely cruel ways of treatment for daring to look at her this way.
Sarah was confused at the extreme change that just happened to her mentality however she attributed it to the fact that she had absorbed the bestial part of herself back at Tian Long's cave therefore inherited some of her bestial traits which included the immense pride and arrogance that beasts held towards humans, especially divine beasts.
This confusion presented a chance for the assassin that should have never existed however there was no medicine for regret as Sarah hastily defended herself before the assassin could decapitate her. The assassin using this opportunity to take the advantage kept madly assaulting Sarah as their time was running short before they had to leave which would make it harder to get another chance such as this again. Thanks to their rush in ending the fight Sarah found a gap in their defense and struck for their heart with dongchuan, hastily defending themselves the assassin meets dongchuan with their dagger which shatters on impact as dongchuan froze the dagger and then when Sarah applied more force the dagger shattered.
Frozen by their surprise only to break away a moment later however it was too late. Fear. Unprecendented fear was present within their eyes as they witnessed dongchuan going for their heart. In their last moments they bring out another dagger identical to the one they had before only this one had an eerie glow to it and threw it to Sarah.
As soon as the assassin took out the dagger her instinct screamed danger but she was mid swing and had put her full power into the swing. Piercing their heart with dongchuan Sarah didn't have the time to celebrate as the dagger went for her heart as well. Unable to dodge completely Sarah saw the world slow down as her blood pumped at a million miles per hour threatening to burst her heart from the stress of beating alone. Entering this state Sarah saw as the blade inched ever closer to her heart but their was no longer any panic left in her heart as she used this new state to control her body to perfection and shifted her body in a way that the dage wouldn't hit any vitals however she hadn't accounted for the hooks on the blade and only realised her mistake when it was too late.
Collapsing to the ground Sarah spasmed in pain as the dagger glowed darkly as whatever power it held took effect. Gritting her teeth and standing back up despite the immense pain Sarah walked over and pulled dongchuan out of the assassin shattering their body at the same time as their body had been frozen by dongchuan and sheathed it. Despite the immense action that took place no noise was able to transmit itself which Sarah accounted to the assassin as they would obviously not want to get caught from making noise. Sarah further deduced that this was possibly the reason they rushed so much at the start.
Walking over to Ming'er Sarah carefully picked up the sleeping girl in a way that would make sure that blood didn't get on her. Although she was in unimaginable pain Sarah pulled through it and managed to make it to the mansion. As it was in the late evening most people were in their own rooms. Groaning from the strain she eventually made it to the room and opened the door.
"Mistress, about time. I got the beds you wanted" Huo said wothout turning her head as she was arranging some flowers at thier bedside to freshen up the scent of the room.
"Mistress?" Confused as to why there was no reply she turned around after saying mistress in a lighter questioning tone.
*Bang*
Slamming the door shut Sarah quickkly laid down Ming'er on the floor and then collapsed as Huo turned around to look at her.
"MISTRESS!!!!!!" Screaming out in a mixture of surprise, rage and fear Huo dashed over to Sarah's side.
Checking the injury of Sarah Huo winced in phantom pain as she tried to imagine the pain her mistress was being put through, the worst was that blade seemed to be vibarating at a high frequency which would progressively worsen the injury.
Ming'er awakening because of Huo's scream groggily got up. Eyes widening at the scene in front of her she screamed out big sis in the same tone as Huo. Huo quickly moved Sarah to the bed prepared and then she proceeded to ask Ming'er to stay beside Sarah as she rushed to get and elder or anyone of authority within the academy that could come here and check what is wrong with her mistress. Although the obvious answer is that she was stabbed but she meant more towards the blade as it was clearly not a normal blade as it was vibrating at high frequencies and whenever she tried removing it she could feel the blade tugging on the surrounding skin and muscle tissue.
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