“Ahhhhhh!” Mike screamed in terror as the lifeless body of Tom laid in a puddle of blood. The red puddle quickly spreading, the tension in the air rising. Mike and Zack stood there dumbfounded, unable to comprehend what just happened. Their friend was just killed right in front of them by a little girl who just appeared out of nowhere.
Faced with the absurd situation, Mike and Zack did not know what to do. It was not everyday that a girl just appeared out of nowhere and kill someone, especially on this island.
“Ahh! Wait! Wait! I know you! You are that noble girl! Ahh! Ghost!” The usually calm Zack suddenly freaked out. Faced with such an absurd situation, the only way Zack could rationalize his was that a ghost had came to haunt them.
Slowly drawing his sword with trembling fingers, Mike screamed “ get back! Please, i have a family, don’t kill me.”
Seeing the two men over reacting and shaking in fear, Nora didn’t know what to do.
I just wanted a sword fight, why are you so scared for? Sigh, nevermind, no point trying to understand what they are thinking, i’ll be killing them soon anyway.
Mike and Zack continued to tremble in fear as Nora walked towards them with a sword in her hand.
“Mike! We have to fight!” Zack soon composed himself. Zack slowly drew his sword from his belt, the blade making a hissing whisper as it was removed from the sheathe. All the while, Mike was holding the pink hair girl firmly in his gaze.
“Don’t hold back or else it’ll be too easy, hahaha” Nora shrugged her shoulders. Nora slowly placed one foot behind her back and rushed forward. Using the mana in her body to fuel her with energy, Nora speed and strength increased drastically.
Mike dipped and weaved right as Nora was about to slashed with the short sword. Sparks flew as Mike parried, clashing metal against metal. Seeing the fight start, Zack joined the fray. With a quick slash, Zack tried to stab Nora unprotected back.
Nora sidestepped to the right just enough and the blade passed a hairs breath from the side of her face. Quickly, before the two men could respond with a follow-up, Nora swiftly slash at mike. Using his sword to defend, Mike was sent back by the force of the attack
The fight had taken the trio dangerously close to the edge of the room and Mike had his back almost to the wall, despite their number advantage. In just a few seconds, the fight was already in the two men’s disadvantage.
Taking the opening and using the environment to her advantage, Nora rushed forward to continue her offense on Mike. I should quickly take care of this guys first before they become smart enough to coordinate their attacks.
Nora thought that since each of the overseers had a sword, they were decently trained. However, Nora was soon about to realised that this was not the case.
Mike with no space to back, had his back against the wall. The sword in the girl’s hand was like a snake striking from every direction. Like a snow storm, the shimmering metal rained down endlessly. Mike used his sword to defend but the barrage of blows was too strong and fast. Mike started to groan in pain as he was soon riddled with wounds.
That was the snowdrop sword style, endless assault. Using this style, it was only a matter of time before it all adds up, causing a storm to form and burying the target in its wrath. It was not a traditional style where it covered all bases. The snowdrop sword style was solely focused on offensive maneuvers. It overwhelms the targets through endless attacks that kills the target before he even get a chance to counterattack. It was a true definition of ‘offense is the best defense’.
The snowdrop sword style had two different forms, basic and advance. What Nora was using now was the most basic form, a one handed sword style. The advance form was using dual swords. The reason why Nora was using the basic form instead of the advance form, was because she did not learn the advance form. Back when her father taught her sword fighting, Nora had only managed to learn the first form before the calamity happened. She did not had the chance to learn the advance form.
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However, using just the basic snowdrop sword style, Nora easily overwhelmed her target. No matter what mike tried to do, Nora easily read his movements and counter attacked. Seeing his actions, Nora couldn’t help but wonder what was going on. Why is the other guy not doing anything. Why does the overseer she is fighting not know a thing about fighting with a sword?
The actions of the two men were inconceivable to her. Mike was just waving his sword around like an idiot who had never held a sword before and while the other one was just standing there with his sword doing nothing. What the fuck are these two idiots doing?
Even with Nora’s low skill in the sword, she was easily pummeling the guy she was facing. Even though she could feel the level 24 guy using mana to increase his power, it felt like she was fighting a child who never held a sword in his life before. Why is this so easy?
“Zack! Save me!” Mike screamed as a swift slash sent his arm flying, leaving him one handed. Blood poured out like a geyser from Mike’s amputated right hand, causing him to squeal in pain.
Pissed off with how easy of a fight it was, Nora sent an angry slash and beheaded him. Instead of the usual smiling face whenever she killed an overseer, the expression on her face was now full of anger and wrath. Seeing the sight of a 14 year old girl with blood all over her and with a face full of fury, Zack trembled profusely and wet himself. Why is he so weak! I didn’t even managed to try different attacks!
However, what Nora did not know was that all the overseers in the camp had truly never used a sword in a fight before. The reason why the overseers were working on the island was because they were weak and unskilled. They were just here to make a quick buck. Since all they had to do was to take care of the children, only low skilled workers were hired.
They were only given a short sword and a wolf to scare the children and make sure they are kept in line. The wolves were controlled by the collars around their necks and most of the strong monsters on the island were already cleared by the higher ups. This was why Nora felt like she was fighting weaklings, because they were truly weak.
“Please! Please, don’t hurt me! I’ll do anything!” Zack went down to his knees and begged. Zack fears had already overwhelmed him. During the fight between Nora and Mike, Zack just stood there watching in fear. He did not know how to use a sword and after he failed to stab her back, he did not know what to do. Having never experienced a fight before, he had panicked and stood there watching his friend get killed. In the few seconds he was panicking, Nora had easily killed Mike.
Zack knew that there was no nothing he could do against the ghost. His mind had already viewed Nora as a ghost, meaning that no matter what she do, he was truly afraid of her. Like how did a normal girl just appear out of nowhere and use a sword so proficiently? The only way Zack could rationalize it was that she was a ghost.
Seeing the weak and pitiful expression on the man’s face, Nora anger went through the roof. You are telling me that all the overseers were actually this weak? You mean, i spent 5 days sleeping on cold hard rock and wet grass for nothing?! With how weak these guys are, i could have easily killed them when i was level 1! Goddammit!
“Fucking hell!” Nora screamed as she beheaded Zack. With anger fuming, Nora quickly left the room to check if the rest were actually that weak.
After leaving the room, Nora began running toward the group of men who were screaming in horror after finding the bodies.
Like lightning, Nora blitz around the building and was soon faced to faced with the group of 4. Brandishing her sword, Nora began pummeling them with a barrage of attacks.
“Ahhh! DEMON!”
“Ghost!”
Even when it was 4V1, Nora easily slashed them into pieces. Blood poured out like a fountain, caking Nora in blood. Now she truly looked like a demon.
With only 3 others left in the building, Nora dashed towards them to quickly take care of it. Countless bodies were spewed on the floors. Like a reaper of death, it only took a minute for Nora to find them and collect their souls. Now, the only living person in the building was Nora.
In just one and a half hour after warding the wolves pen, Nora had managed to kill every single person in the overseer’s building. Nora thought she would have taken longer, however, with how weak they were, it only took Nora one and a half hour to finish the deed.
Done with the task and her anger rapidly cooling down at the thought of being able to finally sleep on a soft warm bed again, Nora headed towards a bathroom inside an unoccupied room.
Now, all i need to do is to take a nice warm shower before i can finally sleep on a soft warm bed. I’ll take care of the children and the wolves tomorrow. It’s not like anything will happen if i wait till tomorrow. The transport ship will arrived in a few days time anyway, i got time to wait.
Oh wait! Dammit! I forgot to leave one alive for questioning. Ah oh well, after i take over the transport ship, i can interrogate one of them.
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Meanwhile..
Under the cool freezing air and the star filled sky, a wooden ship sailed through the tortuous sea. The wind whipped salt into eyelashes and onto exposed skin of those on board the wooden ship. From the bow of the boat, people could see that the harbour was coming closer and closer to them.
The night was soon coming to an end and when it finally did, the ship reached the harbour. A platform formed from the boat and landed on the stone harbour, creating a flight of stairs.
A man walked down the long platform.He was wearing a traditional mage robe with a symbol of his right chest. The symbol was silver in colour and formed a magic wand. His hawk like eyes disdainfully looked down on the man waiting by the harbour.
The man waiting had the same short sword as the other overseers. He was tall and lean with a bald head. If Nora was here, Nora would be able to see that text above the mage’s and the bald man’s head would say, level 57 and level 34 respectively.
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Boss battle time?