Scarlet smiled, "It's been a while since I have had some excitement in life." She suddenly moved with rapid speed, bursting suddenly in front of one of the men in the side. She gripped his uniform and hurled him towards the man behind her. They collided with a Blorn tree and some leaves were jostled down.

Gauris and Henry were the only ones left. Henry shouted, with an expression filled with horror, "Monster! What kind of physical strength is this! How in the world does she do this? Is she a demon or something?"

Gauris had a bead of perspiration trickling down his forehead but he said, "Stay calm, Henry."

Scarlet grinned and raced towards him. Henry's hands were trembling and he madly slashed his sword towards Scarlet.

Unfortunately for him, Scarlet nimbly dodged all of his strikes.

Scarlet's chilling laughter rang out behind him, "Are you deliberately making this easier for me? It's alright, I haven't even had fun killing you bastards yet!" She easily circled around him and kicked down on his knee.

Henry fell down and dropped his sword. He clutched at his leg screaming in pain. He yelled, "Boss! Boss! I don't care if I die! Throw the orb at me! At least kill her along with me!"

Scarlet glanced at the last man, Gauris. He looked pained and looked conflicted.

Scarlet picked up Henry and looked right at the last man. She casually threw Henry at Gauris and said lightly, "I'll make it easier for you. Here you go."

Gauris was thrown back along with Henry, dropping the orb. Scarlet bolted towards it, catching it halfway before it reached the ground. However, her hand that was trying to catch it pushed the dagger deeper inside the orb inadvertently. Cracks blossomed throughout the orb and it hummed with energy, glowing a deep shade of purple.

Scarlet cursed under her breath. Glass shards from the orb were falling down from it and wisps of purple mana dissipated into the air. Scarlet slowly breathed out, "Okay, okay. That was too close for comfort. Luckily it didn't break."

Scarlet focused on gently placing the orb inside of her bag. She then carefully put it down on the ground behind her. She thought to herself, "I should save it to bring it back for my father and Dunlas to study."

Scarlet turned back towards Gauris and Henry and said, "Now then, tell me everything you...?"

As soon as Scarlet looked back at them, bright red slashes appeared across their necks and their eyes were staring at nothingness in horror. Scarlet heightened her senses with magic from her earring, rapidly draining it to try to sense the attacker.

Strangely, she did not feel any presence and she repeatedly looked all around her for the assailant. She heard the sound of glass shattering before her vision was filled with a deep purple glow and she heard the faint roar of a dragon before blacking out.