Just at that moment, the person targeted by Selestia's race magic was being beaten very severely, being held down by two men while a third was hurting his face.
-You demihuman slaves are truly useless creatures- that person, a woman, caressed her face while the poor demihuman slave closed her eyes with terror imprinted on her battered face.
Blood was pouring from his nostrils, mouth, and from some recent cuts on his face.
At first glance, the lack of fangs typical of his semi-human race, the Feline clan, was more than visible. Apparently, they were stolen, and it certainly wasn't done in a gentle way.
-It's always the same, they are totally incapable of fulfilling the orders we give them, then they complain that we treat them very badly- the woman who apparently was the owner of the demi-human brought her right arm back, forming a fist with her hand and as if there was a spring behind her arm she threw a tremendous blow to the entire face of the unfortunate demi-human who crying complained of pain -you are not even good enough as a slave, your maximum usefulness is to vent my anger-.
He punched him again, but this time with much more force.
The punch was so powerful that the slave was thrown back at least two meters. She fell to the ground on her back, hitting the back of her head hard. In tears she put her hands behind her in an attempt to relieve the intense pain that tormented her-uuuuhhh-.
Blood was pouring from his nostrils and loudly, and the same was true of his mouth. He spat out some blood as tears washed away the dried stains on his face.
Her cruel master and the two men who had recently been mistreating her walked towards her with insulting airs of superiority. On the faces of these horrible people was drawn a certain smile which only denoted very high degrees of malice and an overflowing desire to hurt the semi-human slave.
-I will have to punish you again because once again you have failed to bring me a potential slave from this filthy city- with that, the woman placed her hand exactly in front of the injured girl's face, letting her see the ring that served to control the collar that the slave was wearing.
-I think there's nothing that can be done...- and he said it with an air of malice while he enjoyed how the slave writhed on the floor, tightly closing her eyes and clenching her teeth. All this in an attempt to endure as best as possible the punishment given by the slavery collar that marked her as the property of her sadistic master.
-M-Master P-Please- she murmured with great difficulty -t-this time I was very close. G-give me one last c-chance- she really tried to earn one more opportunity to carry out the horrible act of kidnapping, but what else could she do?
The evil woman sighed with a certain air of weariness -Hey, we've already talked about this, right?- this time and with the thumb of her right hand she pointed behind her right towards her companions who began to laugh -if you failed again my friends would rape you and this time I wouldn't do anything to stop them, I would leave you at their mercy for a whole day-.
The two men behind their teacher touched their member while licking their lips, radiating an unfathomable lust -as your teacher, I am very concerned about your performance. I really do not want to hurt you, but you leave me no other choice, I hope this punishment will help you improve your performance so you can fulfill my orders- such a cruel lie only caused the poor slave to bite her own lips hard and wrinkle her face in total and true despair.
I look at his subordinates - I leave her in your care, take care of her, but you better not break her - with this I look reluctantly at those two - remember that she is my precious toy and the one who does all my bidding, I will kill you if by abusing her so much you are unable to fulfill my orders -.
-HAHAHAHAHAHA YES BOSS!- those men exclaimed between joy and ecstasy.
-Uuuucckk uweee... j-just one more chance... I beg you teacher, I know that now I can do it- she pleaded immersed in bitter tears looking at the one who is her owner -I beg you, don't let them abuse me-.
Unfortunately, her pleas were completely in vain. Those two men pulled her legs, trying to take her to the dark part of the cold alley where they would nauseatingly assault her integrity, carrying out a truly disgusting and reprehensible act.
-You make too much noise- with this, the boss took off the ring that controls the slavery collar and threw it towards her minions, one of them took it and held it tightly in his fists, now the slave was totally at the mercy of the two.
-You two- he called them- before you start and screw up, make sure I don't yell and don't screw up. Is that clear?-.
-No... p-please... don't do it- she was slowly dragged by both legs. Looking up at the sky she released more tears, no longer having the strength to continue resisting -maybe this is my punishment for trying to do something so bad to the people who live in this city- more tears began to fall down her pretty face, she no longer had the energy to at least try to resist.
So she decided to simply surrender to what they would do to her, uttering only one plea to herself -please, Gods, someone help me.
At that moment, passing very close to the face of the woman who owned the slave, an arrow of light appeared.
It literally grazed the woman's face, causing a very superficial cut on her cheek, but that wouldn't stop the blood from seeping out; she would have completely lost her mind if she hadn't managed to step aside at the last moment to avoid it - but what the hell...? - she asked herself out loud when that arrow stopped a few centimeters from the face of the semi-human slave who had her eyes half-closed looking at the arrow in front of her.
"Hey?" she managed to mutter just as the static arrow vanished in front of her.
-IDIOTS DODGE IT!- shouted the cruel teacher, although her warning was somewhat late as at least eight arrows of light traveled at incredible speeds impacting against the subjects who did not manage to hear their boss as they were watching as the first arrow of light faded away.
-AAAAAGGGGG- both screamed in pain just seconds after the arrows hit them. The one with long hair was hit in the abdomen and shoulders, but his partner was not only hit in the abdomen but also in the knee. Exactly in the area of the joints of the left knee, the pain must be unimaginable.
The control ring fell to the ground as he used all his energy to soothe the pain in his knee.
The teacher looked up at the skies, seeing that above them all, there was a girl floating, pointing an arrow of light at them. "With what light magic?" the woman said to herself, planning some offensive, now all that was left was to distract her possible attacker while she came up with a plan. "I see that you were really trying to kill me with that magic attack."
-Even if you don't believe me, that wasn't my intention- said Selestia without stopping pointing at her enemies -I only used that magic spell to find the girl they are trying to abuse- there is no way Selestia would give any information that she can use racial magic, much less that she is an Elf, at least from their position they wouldn't see her.
-T-it's the Elf- the girl on the ground could recognize the young woman who had indirectly saved her, she did so by recognizing Selestia's voice.
To Selestia's chagrin, the woman who could be a mercenary managed to capture in great detail every word uttered by the slave - an Elf, so you are an Elf - with the revelation the woman seemed to have completely lowered her guard, as her cautious attitude seemed to have disappeared.
Now a disturbing joy was reflected on her face - an Elf - he said again.
-Tch- Selestia hissed, pointing with her open palm towards the mercenary. -Damn- she complained again, glancing sideways at the demi-human. -Why didn't you keep quiet?-.
-THIS IS SPLENDID!- it seemed as if the unfortunate woman had lost her mind, but that was not the case, because she only screamed with happiness with her face full of malice and in total control of herself.
I look at the slave -IN THE END YOU TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE USEFUL BECAUSE THANKS TO YOUR USELESSNESS YOU WERE FOLLOWED AND NOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THIS ELF!- the woman smiled again -there will be thousands of buyers and the bidding for her will rise to the heavens, I will sell her at an incredibly high price-.
-I will be rich and someone influential- both arms were suspended horizontally in the air without taking their eyes off the one who would be the key to their new fortune.
-But boss- said one of her subordinates- if you do that and don't inform your superiors of the acquisition, we'll only get into trouble with them...-.
SHIS
The poor man didn't see it coming at all and because of that was totally unable to defend himself.
Wielding her short sword without the slightest hint of effort and without anyone being able to see the moment she unsheathed it, the mercenary woman horribly decapitated the man who was supposed to be her partner in crime.
From the neck area and as if it were a small fountain of water, a huge amount of blood emerged, shooting towards the skies in gushes, it was so intense that it resembled a kind of fountain which threw crimson water into the environment. The mercenary was completely soaked by the blood of her deceased companion and despite that she had not shown even the slightest hint of regret.
The head of her "partner" fell to the ground with a look of anger, while the woman did not flinch in the least. She looked very unwillingly at the one who was the victim.
-You're a real piece of trash- Selestia replied, -killing your partner just to give you a warning-.
-Warning, you say?- the mercenary giggled lightly, making Selestia feel truly disgusted -I don't need useless, fearful people near me- with that she glanced sideways at the only subordinate left alive, who returned a look full of fear.
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-I don't care about them in the slightest, much less the semi-human trash- with his thumb he pointed behind him indicating those mentioned -if you want you can kill them and I won't do anything to protect them, that way you won't worry about me using them against you- he said smiling maliciously, giving another idea which was horrible -or if you want I could kill them myself, either way, this is just between you and me...-.
-You really are a disgusting human being- said Selestia.
-What are you talking about?- the mercenary laughed again, replying as if Selestia had really said something stupid. -All human beings are like me! We only seek gold and to be superior to everyone! We want to have power and to subdue the weakest and for them to follow each one of our orders and if they don't, they only have to die-.
-YOU'RE WRONG!- Selestia descended and just as both bare feet touched the ground she sent a true death glare and full of hatred towards her enemy who in her opinion was the one who was saying a lot of stupid things.
Selestia didn't realize what kind of attitude and feelings she directed towards that person. It was not at all worthy of a proud Elf.
But that woman included in that disgusting statement people she loves very much - my father, my brother, my friends and even the person I like are human beings whom I love and adore with my life. Don't you dare put them in the same bag as those disgusting humans of your same ilk who share such baseness of thought.
And what would the woman do? She wouldn't let herself be disturbed by such a statement, in fact, she didn't care in the least that they hurled insults at her. But the way the Elf acted and the way she let out a feeling very unbecoming of the Elven race -I see, she is the daughter of the annoying governors of this filthy city... I will use the fact that she loves those humans to distract her-.
-I'll keep saying it- the mercenary laughed again with a plan forming in her mind -the humans you treasure are the same shit as...- she had to step aside as Selestia with bloodshot eyes fired a total of ten arrows of light again aimed at her.
-If you say anything bad about them again, I will force your mouth shut- Selestia did not beat around the bush, she had too many reasons to stop this woman at all costs -I will take you with me and you will be interrogated even if I have to break your legs-.
-Your future master will love to corrupt and destroy that confident attitude you have-.
This is how the battle between these warriors would begin, the mercenary did not beat around the bush either.
-Fire Elemental Magic: Twin Spear Of Fire-.
The mercenary did not waste the slightest second. Two rather long spears made purely of fire were created in her hands.
-Tch- Selestia clicked her tongue, sending a magical impulse from her feet to the ground without letting her guard down. The mercenary woman narrowed her eyes, noticing a slight current of magical energy approaching her from the ground at high speed. In time, she managed to realize Selestia's intentions, because before the magical attack stopped her, she jumped.
Just at that moment, rocks resembling pincers emerged from the ground. Selestia intended to incapacitate her opponent as quickly as possible, who proved to be quite good - she was able to dodge it - she thought to herself.
The mercenary woman landed a few steps back, she would not give her opponent time to come up with any other plan so she decided to attack Selestia who was relatively close to her -you will fall before me, Elf, then, prepare yourself for a beautiful life of abuse and slavery-.
He didn't throw the two fire spears, first he sent the one in his left hand making Selestia groan again under her breath.
-Tch- she wanted to be able to dodge the attack without any problem, but there was another problem. The fire lance was made, as its name suggests, of fire. But it is highly concentrated fire and could cause serious damage to the surroundings if it hit the walls of the alley.
-Water Elemental Magic: Double Water Dome-.
Reviving the strategy her brother had used ten years ago when fighting their mother, she used the domes as a defense. When the fire lance was inside the dome, it exploded, causing a large amount of water and steam to be shot out in all directions.
Selestia is much stronger than she was back then, now fifteen years old. That's why the dome was also much more resistant, she was not affected by the explosion. The only thing that bothered her was the steam produced that for a brief moment would not let her see. Her eyes moved from left to right when she saw a figure approaching very quickly towards her, as if she had made a jump.
The figure had the shape of a woman and approached very quickly, without making a sound.
-Your surprise attack won't work on me- she said and just when the mercenary woman was close enough and within reach, she dodged the blow she thought her opponent threw. Doing the same, she threw a very powerful right hook to the mercenary's unprotected abdomen.
-Kuaj…- she heard the moan of pure pain, Selestia looked towards where the silhouette's face was.
The steam slowly dissipated, there was still a lot of it, but at least she could see her enemy's face.
She stood with her mouth open and cursed herself for having fallen for such a trick. In front of her, the one who had received her tremendous blow was none other than the demihuman with her eyes tightly closed and crying profusely. They had used her as a distraction. She also noticed that the poor thing had her mouth completely gagged with dirty cloths, which was why she could not make the slightest sound.
-It seems that my surprise attack did work- behind her, Selestia heard the mercenary dedicate those words to them. The mercenary cruelly used the steam produced to her advantage to approach her slave, gag her and quickly forcefully threw her towards Selestia who was waiting for her.
The Elf was reprimanding herself for having fallen into the trap, now she was almost at the mercy of the mercenary woman who without wasting time used the other fire spear that she had not yet thrown.
Everything seemed to happen in slow motion, the mercenary woman carried the arm in which the fire lance waited to be used.
Selestia pushed the demihuman away from the blast range as far as possible. She prepared to fully defend herself from the fire magic attack, but when the mercenary was about to connect with her attack, she missed.
She was only a few centimeters away, Selestia didn't understand how she had missed - Was she tired or did she have terrible aim?
Unfortunately, he realized too late the woman's true intentions.
She felt a sharp object invade her integrity, penetrating and cutting into the right abdominal area. Selestia closed one eye, giving her all and enduring the pain as best she could.
-You still have many years left before you can beat me, my pretty merchandise- he mocked in Selestia's face and as if it were the hand of a clock he turned the knife clockwise, the sharp part of the knife that marked 06:00 would now be marking 09:00. With this action he enlarged the wound even more and blood fell to the ground in greater quantities.
With a jump I dodge a slap from Selestia, taking several steps back and staying in the same direction as her.
Selestia brought her right hand right to the area of the wound, putting pressure on it with her hand -auck- she groaned again, very annoyed, as the steam began to cloud her vision even more.
-Air Elemental Magic: Current of the Winds-.
The wind current magic attack consists of forming a strong current of wind. With this Selestia intended to get rid of the water vapor that had not yet left once and for all. She had had enough of it and it only meant her disadvantage in this fight.
Now she looked at the hand she had used to press on her recent wound - it's very deep - she thought to herself.
He immediately concluded that the wound was indeed deep for certain reasons such as: it was bleeding continuously and the level of pain was much higher than a superficial wound. Immediately with his free hand he tore something from his white upper garments and used them to continue putting pressure on the wound, trying to absorb the lost blood.
"You're finished," said the mercenary, revealing the knife with which she had stabbed her. Some of her blood was still dripping from it and she could even see a small piece of skin hanging from it.
-You think that with just this you will beat me- Selestia returned pretending not to feel anything at all until her gaze focused on the knife used to hurt her, when the blood stopped dripping, a purple liquid dripped again falling to the ground. Her eyes widened and clenching her teeth she looked at her wound.
-I see you understand your situation- the mercenary laughed with insipid airs of superiority -my knife has a little secret here- she showed her knife again pointing towards a small slit on its surface -inside it has a secret compartment filled with the venom of a baby feathered serpent, the venom comes out through this slit-.
She swung the knife to the side and instantly a few purple drops of that venom shot out -even though the snake is a baby its venom is still deadly, if you are not treated in at least three hours the venom will cause paralysis and then you will have an agonizing death- she let out that lunatic face that characterized her again -but that's only if you avoid moving because the more you move the venom will act faster and you probably won't be able to last the three hours-.
Selestia looked at the ground, clenching her teeth in annoyance and breathing somewhat heavily - that just means I'm at her mercy... it's not possible that she predicted all this -.
-From your face I can guess that you're wondering how it all ended this way...- the mercenary woman thought she had won the fight, soon the poison would take effect and she would have Selestia as her ticket to a life of luxury -I devised this plan taking into account that you are the daughter of the governors-.
-And what does that have to do with it?-.
-It was easy to predict your course of action, since you are the 'young lady' of Gignit City. You wouldn't let my magic spell, which is capable of causing terrible havoc and possibly a fire in your city, crash against the walls, as it would explode violently and spread everywhere-.
Selestia's eyes were beginning to widen -so the best way to proceed was to receive it head on with a defensive magic spell, since you are an Elf, I know that you are capable of using Water Elemental Magic, the best option in this case because if you dodged it something bad would happen. Obviously you would use a magic spell on par in strength as mine- the woman began to sketch a sinister smile full of satisfaction.
-The clash of the attacks caused the steam to disperse throughout the area, I used a pretty strong spell to have this amount of steam. Then, I used my useless slave as a distraction because I assumed that while you were blinded you would use some magic spell to locate me, that's why I cast it so as not to give you that opportunity and that you would have to act quickly while I positioned myself behind you-.
Selestia couldn't believe it, to what extent this woman had calculated each movement to be made. What's more, she even planned a distraction so that she would divert her attention and not be able to locate her.
-While you were knocking my filthy slave out, I intended to attack you with my spear, once again a distraction because at all times my only intention was to poison you, if I burned your beautiful skin there would be a possibility that your sales value would decrease and I want to be able to sell you at the highest price-.
Pearly beads of sweat formed on Selestia's face, the poison was already starting to take effect. But leaving that aside, the expression on her face did not give her credit for what she felt - this woman is a damn monster - she thought once again to herself, realizing that she had been dancing in this person's hands the whole time.
This is the difference between people with little accumulated experience versus those with too much battle experience.
Selestia realized that she had nothing to do -now I know I won't be able to defeat this woman- her options were diminishing, she knew in advance that running away now and looking for help would be stupid because she wouldn't make it, continuing to fight would only make the poison spread faster through her body -I must find a way out of this, if only Christopher were here, he would know what to do... someone is coming-.
-Once you are completely paralyzed you will be mine, my sweet and cute merchandise. Don't worry! I will treasure every gold coin I earn thanks to you- the woman walked back to Selestia thinking about the good life she would have thanks to her.
-You won't get away with this- Selestia looked her in the eyes, but her face was now much calmer and even somewhat animated.
-Don't you think it's very arrogant to say that in the situation you're in? What? - The Mercenary didn't know what happened.
At that moment the woman felt something really strong crash into her head, precisely on the left side. A blow was connected to her, and in her opinion a monstrous one, since the force of the impact sent her crashing against the wall on one side.
When he was able to dislodge himself from where he had crashed, he realized that his head had been opened because a good amount of blood was dripping from it.
She looked at the person responsible for attacking her like that, it was a little difficult for her to focus her gaze because her head was spinning.
-Thank you very much, Neledia- Selestia truly felt relieved to have an ally at this moment, in fact, the aforementioned presence made everything a little easier.
Now who is Neledia?
She is a renowned guardian within the city belonging to the Beastmen race: A strong Werewolf.