16: Brutal Deaths.

She slowly let go of the kid and said, "Keep running straight from here as fast as you can. Your mother should be there."

The boy nodded his head slightly and instantly ran after that and she got on her feet and ran straight towards her intended destination as fast as she could.

As she began to approach the alleyway she caught glimpses of blood and when she finally got there and looked in, she saw the two rookie knights dead on the floor and the other boy struggling on the other side.

She immediately drew her sword and that was when the boy instantly blew to pieces and the person behind all of it immediately turned towards her.

She gasped and said, "Tell me, just who are you?"

He simply laughed sinisterly and stood there, glaring at her with his dark evil gaze.

" I asked you a question, now give me an answer!" She shouted, running straight towards him.

He simply stood there, watching her as she ran towards him as fast as she could and as soon as she came close, she swung down her sword swiftly.

The attack was fast, but he was able to easily dodge it as soon as the diagonal downward slash missed, another one followed upward.

The next attack was dodged once again and she Immediately backed away with her sword gripped tightly and her lips pulled back.

She quickly dashed straight towards him and went for a horizontal slash while quickly moving to the left and he was still able to easily dodge it.

He laughed mischievously and she breathed heavily as she stabbed her sword into the floor and immediately used it as a vault before swinging her legs at him with as much strength and as fast as she could.

He moved back quickly and her kegs simply sailed past him and as soon as her legs touched the ground, she swung down her sword at him as fast as she could.

A swish was heard as her sword came straight towards him but he was able to easily grab a hold of the sword and immediately kicked her hard on her abdomen while letting go of her sword.

" You have the blood of that despicable woman running through you, which makes this even more entertaining." He said, walking slowly towards her.

She groaned as she slowly got up from the floor and gripped her sword tightly.

Her teeth were gritted and she was glaring at the person walking towards her in rage but after a closer look at him, her eyes widened in shock.

" But that boy barely had any innate energy in him. Even if he was suppressing it, there's absolutely no way this much managed to get past my keen sense of energy I don't know what happened to him or what he is but I haven't had a clear evaluation of his strength and he's clearly outmatched me in speed." She thought.

As he came close to her, he immediately jumped up high and came spinning down with a kick from above.

She raised her sword in the nick of time and managed to block the attack but his strength was overwhelming so she pushed him away with all the strength she could and immediately staggered backwards after that.

Her breathing had slightly increased and she slowly looked up to see him standing a little far from her with a smirk on his face, a fact that he was enjoying every moment.

She clenched her sword and immediately charged straight towards him with a diagonal slash but he easily dodged it and grabbed a hold of her hand.

She gasped as he pulled her closer to him and just then, he kneed her on her abdomen and quickly letting go of her hand, kicked her in the same area once again.

She coughed out blood as she went crashing into the wall and after that, a huge crack followed.

She coughed and slowly got up from the floor while picking up her sword and immediately after that, it began to glow a bright yellow.

" Sticking to your last resort right at the beginning of a battle, it's baffling how high you raise your heads right before me." He said, walking slowly towards her not minding what she was about to do.

While he was walking towards her he immediately turned to his back and saw a lance flying straight towards him but he was able to easily grab it and with a single hand, broke off the head of the lance.

" Princess Rose let us take care of him!"

She immediately turned her gaze towards the direction where the lance had come from and could see three men standing there while completely dressed in silver plate armor.

One of them was holding a bow and arrow while the other two had shields and one of them had a sword while the other one didn't have any weapon with him.

The man with the archer was the first one to attack by shooting an arrow at him and it went flying swiftly.

Immediately after that, the man with the sword charged straight towards him and he easily grabbed the fast-coming arrow before throwing it at the man who was heading towards him.

The man was able to block the attack with his shield and continued heading straight towards his destination.

When he came close to his target, he swung his sword at him but just as he moved his hand, black vines emerged from the floor and immediately slashed off his hand.

He began to quiver as he immediately gripped the shield and gripped his damaged limb while screaming loudly in pain.

He quickly staggered backward and his heart continued to beat faster as he looked at the huge smirk on the boy's face.

While he was staggering backwards, his ability to move back was suddenly impaired and a large spike immediately sprouted just a little far away from him.

Blood instantly filled his mouth and a large hole appeared right in his abdomen his comrades continued to watch with shocked expressions.

" Amal, get to the king immediately, tell him we have a formidable foe wreaking havoc inside our glorious capital." The archer said, turning his gaze towards the man standing next to him.

" But sir?"

" Just go!"

He immediately ran off after that and the archer stood there and watched as multiple spikes sprouted and more holes appeared on the man's body, to finish him off, a vine rose and slashed off his head.

He began to quiver and right after he heard the shout of a familiar voice and immediately looked to his back to see the man he had just sent off slowly getting enveloped in tree folds.

He continued to scream in pain and while watching him without the smirk still on his face, he closed his hand and mumbled, "Wood art cocoon."

Immediately after he was completely enclosed, the wood began to compress until it shattered into pieces along with the man inside it.

The archer was left in shock and immediately shot another arrow at him and this time it had a yellow glow to it.

The arrow was aimed at his head but it completely missed and kept going until it hit the wall where the princess was standing.

In the blink of an eye, the boy appeared right next to him and instantly grabbed a hold of his right hand.

The man gasped and began to tremble even more violently in fear and the person holding him immediately kicked him hard on his knee.

He screamed loudly in pain and continued to shout as loud as he could as he was pushed to the ground.

After that, he was left in a kneeling position but instead of his feet stretching out to his back, it was stretched in front of him.

He was in great pain and his broken bone had torn through his skin leaving a great amount of blood pouring to the floor.

" Please!" He begged at the top of his lungs.

He simply laughed sinisterly and twisted the man's hand before saying, "Watching you now is one of the most joyful sights I've ever gotten to see."

The man screamed louder and right after that a swish sound was heard and looked down at his body to see his upper body slowly slip to the floor.

The princess had not interfered because she was trying to launch a very powerful attack and right then, her sword had tripled in size and was glowing a bright yellow.

He turned around and began to walk towards her and as he came forward, he placed both hands together at the level of his chest and said, "Enchanted domain, realm of shadows."

Her eyes after hearing that and she mumbled, "How is he able to use acquired energy, and to such a degree."

The yellow energy from her sword slowly began to die down and an uppercut came straight to her jaw from nowhere and she was instantly sent flying.

Everywhere instantly slowly began to turn dark and in less than two seconds, she found herself inside pitch darkness.