Kapitel 53: Library of Mages (13)

Emily and Rose that were supposed to watch my fight with the Sky panther were now facing four people that showed up out of nowhere. Two of them were holding automatic machine guns, the other two were carrying a sword and a spear.

All of them masked and wearing black clothes with their intentions obvious as the weapons were aimed at us.

I didn't want to believe it was because of the deal with Emily's father, unfortunately, I couldn't think for any other good reason that someone would target us. Noticing that I joined them Rose held her hands up and said to the assailants. "Who might you be? Why are you trying to attack us?"

"Leve now lady, and we will let you live. We only want the guy and the girl." The one carrying the spear responded. It only confined my suspicions. It was hard to believe someone would send assassins after us so quickly, now I slightly regretted making that deal.

"Who sent you?" I asked.

"You don't need to know. But there is a message. 'You should've stayed away from the Flores family.' Now that it is done, we can complete the assignment." The guns pointed at our heads were like reapers scythes about to decent. Rose didn't like that, and with a flick of her hand, the guns glowed red as their barrels melted.

"Those two are under my supervision, unfortunately for you, I can't let them die." Fire gather around her body as a battleaxe materialized in her hand. Emily summoned her feathers, and I manifested my soul image. "I will take care of the one with the spear, Emily the two with knives, the one with a sword is yours, Dominique."

""YES!""

Rose dashed at the spear wilder and hastily pushed him back. The two that were carrying guns now switched to knives and were coming our way while the one with a sword wanted to go support the spear wielder.

I dashed between the knife wielders and with full force attacked the sword wilder! I transformed my soul image and with a soul sword fought. If I fought with my fists my reach would be much smaller then my opponents, if I want to fight him like that I had to first disarm him!

The time I spent training with a sword didn't go to waste. I could see the basic movements hidden in the flashy technique he was using. I saw gaps, only a split second big, in his movement. It was barely enough for me to use, I slashed at his chest, leg, shoulder. All of them small and not too deep.

"You…" but feeling the pain made him serious. With a big swing, he forced me to take a step back. His blade started glowing, clearly charging with power. I would be stupid to let him do whatever he was doing!

With one step I coved the distance between us and like snake clutched his wrist and with all the force in my hand crushed it. He didn't scream, realizing nothing more than a hiss he grabbed a knife with his other hand. I stopped it with my other hand. Grabbing the blade my soul image shrieked, It was just enough to stop it!

If he exerted any more strength, it would've been priced, and my hand slashed!

With a kick for each knee and twist to his shoulders, I broke both his legs and arms. He was now a pile of flesh not able to move. Looking behind me, Emily was still holding the two men in check using her feathers. Their bodies were filled with slashes, but none of them life threatening. I knew Emily had a hard time hurting other humans.

She valued human life too much to hurt them more.

But I was different. I knew what I could do, how far I could push them. My Master thought it to me the hard way, the human body is stronger and can handle more than anyone thinks.

After the two fainted from the pain with Emily, we run to where Rose was fighting. The earth was scorched, the trees burning, animals and monsters wailing while being roasted alive. Carefully we approached the battlefield, the sound of battle, and screams of a single man.

When we reached where Rose was, we saw her surrounded in armor with a battleaxe stuck in the spearman chest. There was no blood, the fire evaporated it all. "You guys are done?"

"Is he alive?" Emily asked.

"Not anymore. Don't look at me like this, I didn't kill him. He killed himself. Poison. The armor on his chest stopped most of the impact of my axe. Seeing that there was no way out he killed himself."

"Let's go check on the other three," I said and run in the direction we came for. When we got there all three of them were dead. White foam gathered around their mouths dripping down their faces.

"What now?" I asked. "Should we call the MCA?"

"It depends on the two of you. As long as we don't say anything, it will be monsters that killed them. If we say what happened there, we only be more problems. They were after the two of you, so you decide."

It is true, the MCA will not only take a long time to investigate, chances are even if they do find something they won't be able to do much. Especially if it concerns powerful families.

"It's all my father's fault. We will tell him, and he maybe will do something." Emily said. She didn't look good now and probably felt even worse. This had to be her first time seeing people die.

"I will take a few pictures. Then we go leave."

I searched their bodies, took pictures of their faces, distinctive marks, equipment, anything that could help identify them. In the meanwhile, Rose extinguished the fire she started. She then destroyed the bodies and buried the remains deep underground.