Kapitel 30: Fighting Gallard
Grabbing one of the swords, Alice continued to glare at the woman while jamming the blade into the gaps of the chains that surrounded the arena.
Activating her Sigil, a surge of power flooded her body as she pushed down on the chains in an attempt to break them.
"Glare at me all you want but it doesn't change the truth. You killed her. But that is the face I like to see. I was afraid you know? Afraid that my efforts were in vain and I would've missed such a sight." The woman taunted while Alice continued her attempts to pry the chains apart without a second word.
Seeing that she was getting no response from Alice, the woman frowned.
"Tsk, no fun. Gallard, go knock her out. Tell the hosts I want the most secure bindings for when I take her home with me." The woman sat down on the chair, having full faith in her servant.
Sighing softly, Gallard nodded his head.
"I will do as yo-"
Before he could finish his sentence, the two of them heard a snap from behind as he immediately drew his sword and parried a flying blade that was about to hit the woman.
Glancing back, he could see an enraged Alice standing in front of a pile of broken chains. Her bloodshot eyes glaring at the two of them menacingly as her first Sigil flared with an abyssal might that surged through her body.
'How did she… Even with the first Sigil granting the user a boost in strength, it shouldn't be enough to break chains of this strength.' Gallard thought to himself with a frown.
With the chains now broken, there was nothing blocking them from one another.
Grabbing a dagger from the arena, Alice charged towards Gallard who readied his blade.
"OUT! OF! MY! WAY!" Alice shouted out in pure rage. Slicing the dagger across her palm, she threw her blood towards Gallard.
Seeing this, he immediately held his breath since he knew what her Sigil's ability was. He witnessed it during her fight against Tristan yet it was still a moment too late as he could feel the strength leaving his body.
Widening his eyes, he couldn't believe the potency of her blood as it was something that shouldn't be affecting him. Yet his vision was blurring from the fumes.
Furrowing his brows, he activated his own Sigil ability as he sliced forward with his sword. A ring of crimson energy burst forth as it threatened to cleave Alice in half.
But everything was captured within Alice's vision. Stepping to the side, she dodged the ring of energy before twisting her body, launching the dagger at the woman behind Gallard.
"Forget the previous command! Kill her!" The woman panicked seeing things beginning to get out of hand.
Gritting his teeth, Gallard dashed in front of the woman and parried the dagger.
Activating his second Sigil, a similar ring of energy erupted out around him before expanding out in an instant.
Jumping over the pulse of energy, Alice grabbed her blade while glaring at the two.
She could see it, see how she should proceed with the tools she had available to her. She could feel the bleeding on her palm worsening from her active ability but it was fine. The more blood she sprayed onto this battlefield, the more beneficial it was for her!
Throwing her dagger once more, Alice landed on the ground before pushing as much force as she could into her legs, dashing towards the sword she first threw after breaking the chains.
Blocking the dagger that Alice threw, Gallard wanted to parry Alice's blade but his sword was mispositioned to parry a second time in quick succession. With him having to protect the woman behind him, it was difficult to fight how he wanted.
He would've been fine alone but Alice's attacks were much more relentless than he had expected and it was taking more out of him to fight against the effects of her poison. Even now, more of his strength was being drained with each passing second.
Gritting his teeth, he activated his third Sigil as energy pulsed out from his body, covering him in a crimson glow. The pulse caused Alice to be pushed back as she adjusted the grip on her sword to slow herself to a half.
Three rings appeared behind him as he designated Alice as the target of attack. With the target now selected, the three rings shot towards her.
'Three Sigil bearer!' Widening her eyes, Alice was glad that her first Sigil ability was one that weakened her target otherwise this fight will be much harder than it already is.
Focusing her gaze, she forced her eye to overexert itself as everything in her vision slowed down once more.
Dodging the first ring, she parried the second. But this proved to be a mistake as the ring began to shave off the metal of the blade. Furrowing her brow, she adjusted her grip to save as much of the sword as she could before rolling out of the way for the third ring.
Seeing as how the rings were swerving around to attack her again, Alice gritted her teeth and dashed towards Gallard.
Since they were looping back around, she doubted that Gallard will risk harming himself of the master behind him with his third Sigil ability.
"You did well, if you had more Sigils I'm afraid this wouldn't have been easy for me. But I'm sorry, this is as far as you get." Gallard apologised as a fourth marking appeared above his left eye.
'Four Sigils!'
Widening her eyes, Alice wanted to dodge but was too late.
Around her, crimson rings manifested themselves as her movement was restricted.
Gritting her teeth, she was unable to move a single limb as Gallard sighed in relief. Having finally caught her, he approached Alice and prepared to cut her head off in one swift motion.
But before he could, Alice opened her mouth and spat towards him.
Widening his eyes, he watched as a spray of blood splattered against his face with some getting in his mouth.
'She bit off her tongue!' Gallard thought as he never experienced fighting someone as maniacal as Alice! With her biting off her own tongue, she was able to pool enough blood in her own mouth to spit towards him.
Feeling his vision fluctuate with hallucinations haunting his peripherals, he was unable to concentrate and collapsed onto one knee.
"Run!" Gallard shouted out with difficulty as he was trying to resist the hallucinations from Alice's Sigil. But it was too late.
Having been freed from Gallard's fourth Sigil ability, Alice grabbed her blade before vaulting over him and lunging towards the woman who was paralysed in fear. The initial use of her passive Sigil ability had left her unable to run as she was just an ordinary person.
"W-wait! If you ki-"
Without letting the woman finish her sentence, Alice plunged her blade into the woman's neck. She wasn't going to let the woman have an easy death since she had toyed with Lilia in such a way.
'Since my Sigil is from the Twilight Hunter, my blood should have the same properties the drug counterpart.' Alice thought to herself as she forced the woman's mouth open before holding out her palm, allowing her blood to flow into the woman's mouth.
Watching her eyes widen, Alice continued to feed her blood even after noticing that Gallard had broke free of her Sigil's power.
Seeing him charge towards her, she fed the woman as much blood as possible before dodging out of the way.
Narrowing her eyes, Alice curled her mouth into a grind as she noticed the effects of her blood slowly activating within the woman's body.
Twilight Reflection was a drug that caused you to hallucinate and experience the greatest high. While Alice was unsure of how addictive her own blood was considering it only weakened Sigil users, she was happy to see the woman already beginning to scratch away at her own skin.
Her nails dug deep against her flesh, clawing her skin away before digging against her own flesh.
Glaring at Alice with bloodshot eyes, the woman pointed at Alice before trying to say something. However, with the hole in her throat, only gurgling sounds could be heard but it was enough to activate the slave mark on Gallard's body!
A purple brand appeared on the back of Gallard's neck as he widened his eyes. Pain surged through his body as his body's control was wrestled away from him. Moving against his own will, he charged towards Alice despite his master's condition deteriorating.
Dodging the first few attacks, Alice tried to weaken Gallard with her blood but he seemed to have grown resistant towards the effects. With her already overworking her eye, Alice was unable to react in time as Gallard reached out for her neck and slammed her against the ground.
Pinning Alice against the wall, he slowly tightened his grip.
Struggling for breath, Alice tried her best to pry Gallard's grip from her neck but his strength was firm like the mountains, unmoving.
No matter what she tried, Gallard doesn't seem to react as he continued to tighten his grip.
With her vision blurring and her arms losing strength, the world around Alice darkened as the cold embrace of death welcomed her presence.
*BANG!!!
Crashing through the walls, a ball of flames collided against Gallard, forcing him to drop Alice.
"What the hell happened here." A woman's voice rang out as Alice could feel a pair of arms catching her before she fell to the ground.
Glancing above her, she could see a beautiful woman with long black hair and a pair of pure white eyes looking down at her. Strangely enough, despite this being the first time she's met this woman, there was a sense of connection with her. Something that caused her to feel safe within her presence.
Meanwhile, Allura was angry at herself. At the fact that she was almost too late and at the fact that she didn't make a choice sooner.
Now that she was here, she'll clean up this mess and do what she's meant to do since the beginning.
Kapitel 31: Saving Alice
Holding Alice in her arms, Allura could see that she was deadly pale from the blood-loss of using her first Sigil.
Before she could reach for some healing blood for Alice, a ring of crimson energy surged towards them.
"Oi, take care of your own master first before trying to kill us." Allura clicked her tongue in annoyance as she reached out for the ring and caught it with her fingers.
Widening his eyes in shock, Gallard couldn't believe that it was caught just like that.
'If she is strong enough to do this, why is that half and half girl a slave?' Gallard thought to himself since the woman was more than capable enough of helping Alice yet only showed up now.
Shaking his head, he purged the unnecessary thoughts. The only thing he needed to do right now was to kill Alice! That was the command that his master gave him, one that he couldn't disobey even if he tried.
Crouching down, he activated both first and second Sigils simultaneously as a net of energy rushed towards them.
Placing Alice against some rubble, Allura brought out a cigarette and lit it with her finger.
"F*ck sake. I alright gave you a warning and you don't want to listen." Allura clicked her tongue in annoyance.
With the same fire she used to lit her cigarette, she aimed it towards the net of energy before flicking the small flame towards it.
*BANG!!!!!
Exploding into a giant wall of fire upon contact, Allura rushed through the flames and appeared in front of Gallard. Grabbing him by the head, she slammed in against the ground, forcing him to activate his second Sigil once more as a pulse of energy rushed out.
Snapping her finger, flames enveloped Allura's body as she shattered the pulse of energy without an issue.
"ARGGGG!!!" Roaring out in anger, Gallard ignored the flames and kicked Allura away before activating his third Sigil.
Three rings manifested once more behind him as he designated Allura as the target.
"Urg, don't make me do more work than I need to do." Allura sighed as she dropped her jacket on the floor.
She was currently wearing a sleeveless black shirt, leaving her toned arms exposed.
Taking a big breath of her cigarette, Allura ignited both her hands with fire and charged towards Gallard. Breaking apart the rings with one punch, she flickered in front of Gallard and placed her palm against his chest.
Widening his eyes, he was unable to react in time as a colossal wall of force slammed into his body, sending him crashing against the walls and breaking apart his armour.
*COUGH!!!
Catching his breath, Gallard was bleeding from his wounds as he could feel several bones being broken from just one attack. Gritting his teeth, he freed himself from the wall before glaring at Allura.
He was trying to work out how many Sigils she was using, how powerful she was and what he could do to defeat her.
Noticing this, Allura lifted her head and pulled now the collar of her shirt and grinned.
"I'm using just one Sigil, Mr four Sigils." Allura taunted, causing Gallard to activate his fourth Sigil while also reactivating his third Sigil.
Feeling her body being restrained, Allura had a lazy smile on her face while the rings charged towards her, threatening to cut her in half.
*KRRR
Hearing the sound of the restrains breaking, Gallard was in disbelief.
Little by little, the inside of the restraint started to warp as the ring of energy was evaporated before it could even reach her.
"Surprised?" Allura asked as she simply walked out of his fourth ability while being on fire.
Standing in front of him, she finished her cigarette before blowing a mouthful of smoke into his face.
Immediately drawing his blade, he tried to cut her apart, but the blade was shattered with a single punch.
Kicking him in the side of the body, Allura watched as he slammed against the walls before passing out.
Walking over to the woman who was clutching her throat in fear while also scratching away at her body, she crouched down and stared at the woman before sighing.
"Now, usually I would finish you off as well, Bella. But, since you're the target of her revenge, I'll leave you be. I'm not one to strip others of their revenge. You can also think of me sparing you on behalf of your husband since we used to be drinking buddies." Allura scratched her hair.
"But you f*cked up royally you know that? Look at what you did to that Lilia girl. Alice is going to come for your head if you don't die today. But that's none of my business. I'll be taking her from you now. Oh, you can rest easy though. If you survive today and Alice comes for you again, I won't be helping her."
Standing up, Allura walked over to Alice who was struggling to keep herself conscious.
"You can sleep. I'll take care of you now. I'm sorry I wasn't here earlier." Allura apologised as she was truly guilty that she had taken this long to decide. And this delay caused Alice the pain of losing a friend.
Looking towards Allura, Alice embraced the feeling of safety before glancing towards Lilia's corpse once more. Despite her form, Alice could see the peaceful expression on Lilia's face in her last moments.
Biting her lips, Alice remembered the short time they spent together.
'Sleep well Lilia. May you be reunited with your family.'
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Seeing Alice fall asleep, Allura sighed before looking towards the ceiling.
Jumping out of the arena, she landed on the roof and saw Gin waiting for her.
"Yo."
"Yo! My ass, what the f*ck happened?" Gin retorted before pausing, noticing Alice on her shoulder.
"She almost died. I'm not too clear but it seems like she's formed a grudge against Bella, one that doesn't end until one of them is dead. Naturally I'm going to take a neutral stance in all of this but I'm not going to neglect my duties in teaching Alice what she needs to learn." Allura shrugged.
Hearing this, Gin widened his eyes.
"Bella?! Theron's wife??? Ah f*ck. He's not gonna like this." Gin face palmed.
"Well, it's a shame but I got my own responsibilities. Care to leave a message to Theron for me?"
"Why me?! You know he's going to be pissed!" Gin gritted his teeth.
"You're the messenger. Of course, I'll have you do it. Who else would I ask?" Allura raised an eyebrow.
". . . Fine. What do you want me to tell him?" Gin sighed, bringing out a flask to drink.
"Just tell him that if he loves his wife then he should spend the rest of this time with her. You can word it however you want but the main message is for him to prepare himself to lose his wife in due time." Allura shrugged.
"Ah speaking of which, I'll give you the report on what happened outside the city later. Now that I'm taking care of Alice, I might go for a little trip to Zadash just so Alice has the time to develop herself."
"I'll come with you once I finish delivering the message. I got a few jobs I need to manage outside of this place anyways. Plus, my granddaughter's been hounding me about you so you might as well keep her with you for a while. I doubt you're taking any more jobs right?" Gin asked, offering the same flask to Allura who shook her head.
"No thanks. And no, I'm not taking anymore jobs for now. Well, unless they have connections to the strange movements we've been picking up. But sure, taking care of two brats shouldn't be an issue. She's on her third Sigil right? Want me to help her find her fourth?" Allura offered while bringing out another cigarette.
"Give it some time. She only recently got her third Sigil after all. I don't want to rush her through Sigil without her understanding their power unlike the silver spoon kids that noble raise. They only know more Sigils equal more power. Such wasted potential." Gin sighed.
"Well you know how they are. Didn't you rush your first 4 Sigils too? Anyways, I'll take Alice to a proper healer and get her body checked out. I also need to buy her some clothes since she only has this. Oh before I forget, help me forge an ID for her will you?"
Before Gin could respond, Allura had already ran away with Alice.
". . ." Feeling his anger rising, Gin gritted his teeth and walked away while massaging his eyes.
He could only hope that Alice wouldn't be influenced by Allura. If she does, he doesn't know how he could deal with two Allura's when one was already giving him this much headache.
"Since we're going to Zadash, I'll need to arrange a carriage, some provisions and clothing for the trip ahead." Gin sighed.
He had retired because there was too much work for him to do and he wanted a break. Yet despite this, Allura kept pilling the amount of work he needed to do.
Shaking his head, he contemplated how to break the news to Theron. No matter how he worded it, Theron was gonna be pissed.
"F*ck it. I'll just blame Allura if it comes down to it." Gin shrugged before leaving the area.
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