"You know this bitch?" Tina asked as she looked at the woman on the ground. She looked around to see the other women in the area struggling to stand or crawl away.

Grace went to her knees and looked into Maggie's face unsure of what was happening. She could hear the voices of the other women shouting for help and felt a pit form in her stomach as she recognised some of them.

Seeing her in shock, Tina decided not to waste the opportunity Jake gave them and decided to deal with all the other women on the floor.

Grace grabbed her leg without looking. She breathed heavily and her face had no problem showing her distress. She looked confused and sat there for several moments unsure of what to say.

Tina forcefully removed her foot and walked along. "Don't worry I'm not gonna kill any of them. At least until we figure out what's going on."

Grace gave a single nod and watched as she choked out all the women in black on the ground while occasionally 'fighting' (giving one or two punches) the few that managed to stand up.

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Tina had gathered them all in one area and Grace felt more and more hopeless as she unmasked the women and saw more and more familiar faces.

"What the hell is going on?" she shouted. Even as they were nowhere near the housefire and the night was quite cool, Grace had broken out into a cold sweat. She was crouched on the ground with her hands on her head, distraught by what was before. It was a far cry from the sunny girl who constantly smiled a few days earlier.

Tina couldn't help but feel annoyed at seeing the little shit who pissed her off a few days earlier looking like this.

"For the time being," she used her spear to cut the shirt of one of the women open and took it off her.

"Woah, Tina, even if you roll that way, don't you think that's a bit much?" Grace asked.

Tina kicked Grace's ass, nearly causing her to fall over, with a nasty look on her face.

"(Hmph, I don't know why I worried about you, you flat-chested harpy!) Don't give me that shit, unless you have rope!"

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She removed the woman's shirt, fully exposing her chest for the world to see, and used the torn shirt to tie up her hands and legs.

"Huh, I guess even you know the difference between work and pleasure." Grace commented as she got up and rubbed her bum.

"Say another word and I'll strip you then force you to walk around that town near here," Tina said as she removed the armour, then tore the shirt of another woman.

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In the manor, Avis smelled the scent of smoke as she kicked away Elizabeth.

"Ah, it seems your friends have already been dealt with. I hope you won't take too much time joining them."

Elizabeth looked disinterested.

"(Tsk, I have to hurry. Who knows what Tibaut and the others are being put through.) It seems you're filled with nothing but provocations. Will you not tell me the reason for this assault or will I have to beat it out of you?"

In their preliminary spat in the room, she noticed Avis trying to lead her back into several wires strung up around the room.

("Is she trying to get me to give myself a deep cut evading her? No, these are just one of various ways she can defeat me.")

She readied her sword and Avis came soaring towards her. She thrusted her sword at Avis but the maid dodged it with no issue and wrapped a wire around the hand holding it. Before Elizabeth became an amputee she managed to grab the wire and through brute strength pulled Avis towards herself and headbutted her. In that brief moment, she managed to remove the wire but it left a deep cut on her hand and even removed some skin when she pulled it off.

She sent her upper body to the floor and grabbed her sword. As she swung herself upwards for an upward swing, Avis had backed away, especially wary due to this encounter.

("Hmph, even when I do manage to wrap the wire around her she manages to escape it with a limb intact. It's been a while since I've fought somebody on her level.") Avis thought as she looked down to see a cut made through the middle of her skirt. She sighed and pushed up her glasses.

It was Elizabeth on the offensive sending various slashes in her direction. Avis decided to try something different and managed to parry Elizabeth's sword. She tried to land a blow on her but promptly brought her fist back when Elizabeth made a wide swing towards her arm.

("Even with the poor visibility, she realised I only wrapped it around my hands.")

She threw the string around her, perhaps hoping to slice her in two but Elizabeth jumped before she had the time to close it and aimed her sword directly at her face. The maid managed to dodge but the sword sliced her shoulder. She immediately followed with a kick when Elizabeth landed on the floor but she barely managed to block with her sword.

The force of the blow however sent into a nearby wire and sliced into her side. It wasn't deep enough to reach her insides but it was bad regardless. She tried to back away but Avis managed to snare one of her fingers and cut it off.

Elizabeth used her sword as a feint and kicked Avis away but it was obvious who was worse for wear.

Avis had seemingly no intention to chase her down.

"Three minutes," Avis stated. "In three minutes you will die, thanks to the poison in your system."