She quickly healed Tina and the one winged woman looked on in ire.
She kicked off the floor and within three steps she was before Elizabeth. Tina grabbed her leg, shocking (literally) her, with Elizabeth aiming for her neck. She dodged the sword strike and flung Tina off her leg with a football kick, like a rag doll.
She turned around and swung an elbow towards Elizabeth, that left the edge of her nose with the skin scraped off.
She wrapped her arms around Elizabeth, pinning her but a stab in her side had her letting go. It was Agatha who had given the wound with her claw weapon. Unfortunately, like Tina's spear, she couldn't push it more than an inch into her body.
The monster woman paid her no attention as she noticed a spear strike headed for her head and slammed it upwards with a punch.
(“She can react to them now?”) Tina wondered seeing this.
This threw off her tempo and allowed the woman to approach her. She swung the spear down but the monster woman dodged it and jumped to the side and off a nearby wall. She didn't get the distance she anticipated due to Elizabeth grabbing her leg.
(“She's faster than me!”)
She slammed her to the floor but the woman responded in quick fashion by bringing her leg forward and throwing her into Tina.
From the momentum of the kick, she managed to backflip onto her feet and started charging at the both of them, now floored.
Elizabeth got up, quickly pulling Tina to her feet who was still slightly disoriented from the earlier headbutt and the woman slowed when she noticed Tina holding her spear.
(“?”)
Tina was confused but Elizabeth had an inkling as to why.
(“I'm sure of it. Tina's magic was the only offence from us that did any meaningful damage.”)
The burns covering her skin together with her caution of the spear made it obvious she didn't want to deal with Tina. Or at least wasn't a fan of it.
She clasped her hands and… threw them down. She turned around and walked off, clearly annoyed.
Agatha and the others did their best to put on a strong face as she approached but she paid them no mind as she walked off.
(“What _ pain. _h__ is t__ m_ch eff_r_.”)
Were the thoughts in her head as she walked off.
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Tina tried to chase after her but Elizabeth quickly grabbed her arm. She took her arm off. “Why are we letting her run away!?” She shouted.
“Tina at least wipe your face off before you start complaining.”
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She put a hand on her face and when she took it off, a slick coat of blood was attached to her hand. Tina even took a moment to cover one of her nostrils and blow the blood that had accumulated out of her nose.
Lily gagged and Nora looked on, disappointed by her uncouth display.
She wiped the blood that was still left under her nose.
“So, what? Are we just gonna let that bitch run away? I'm sure as hell not gonna-”
Elizabeth flicked her head and Tina reeled back and clutched her forehead with tears in her eyes.
“Be real, Tina. If we continue attacking that woman, I'm not sure I can guarantee your safety. (Judging by the fact she likely encountered those cultists and left herself as bloody as that… it wouldn't be unlikely to assume she's a natural part of this dungeon.)”
“Who gives a shit about my safety, I didn't become an adventurer to run away. Besides, she only broke my nose!” She retorted, wiping the blood off her face with a shirt.
“(You pain in the ass! Do you know how much of a gamble I took healing you? You're lucky the others weren't close enough to see your mess of face or I might not have been able to so freely heal you. Sigh.) I'm very sure you'd like to reunite with Ezekiel but please do so at your own discretion. I'm not going to say I led you astray.”
Tina's eyes flared and then in a move Lily didn't expect, she calmed down. She exhaled and kicked some dust left on the floor.
“Tch, I know we still have other stuff to do down here.” She softly answered. “Like confirming if that priest bastard is dead and finding the man in black. But is it just okay to let her walk off?”
“With the current structure of our group, it's unlikely we'd defeat her without casualties. And I feel it'd be missing the point of getting rid of these monsters in the skin of men if we allowed a single one of us to die.”
She leaned against a wall, somewhat exhausted, (from the healing) thinking it was the fight that had worn her down this much.
She looked to the others there and remembered the most help they could manage was surprise attacks when she focused on the enemy.
“Ugh, whatever, let's get moving.”
“Amazing, Elizabeth, you're a real dog whisperer. Or in this case, she's more of a bitc-”
Tina walked over and grabbed her hair. Lily struggled trying to release her hand and kicked wildly in the air.
“I'm pretty sure the saying is cat whisperer you dumb little martial arts wanna be!”
“Let me go you asshole, I'll cut your head bald if I lose any strands from this!” Lily threatened while in a position not recommended to do so.
“Who gives a shit, also why the hell weren't you helping me out there? I thought you were support?”
“I was supporting, how was I supposed to know she'd have a head thicker than yours!?”
Tina raised her higher and she further struggled, kicking at Tina's knees, to no noticeable benefit.
Agatha sighed when she realised the woman had walked with one of her claw weapons by her side, looking at the now bare hand and Nora rolled her eyes watching the two bicker.
“Let's get going,” Elizabeth said as she turned around and walked in the same direction as the monster woman.
“Huh? Why are you coming this way?” Tina asked.
“We're heading back?”
“Wha- why? Aren't we gonna explore the place to find out where that man in black is?” Agatha asked.
“First comes something more important.”
“Don't tell me after you said all that, we're gonna fight her anyway?” Lily lamented.
Elizabeth shook her head. “Though we should slow down if we hear her footsteps.”
“Wait a minute, then what are we doing exactly? Are we gonna follow her?” Nora interjected.
“Let me speak for a few moments please.” The ladies quieted down. “Given the fact that we have other comrades that might try to come down to this floor, it's imperative we head back and warn them first.”
The ladies all went “Oh!” in unison with some nodding while others softly placed their fists into their hands.
“Yes, now let's get going before they run into any trouble. If we're lucky they should still be on the second floor.”
She quickly began jogging and the others followed behind in tandem.