66 Ruthless (1/2)

Upon witnessing his conrade die so suddenly the head guard grit his teeth in anger and roared. ”DIE!”

His fighting style switched from defensive to offensive and applied more pressure to his attacker.

Another clash of swords the opponents strength was beginning to weaken, another strike knocked his sword from his hands and then a final blow took off his head.

As the head guard cleaved the assassins head off he quickly calmed himself down.

He was the eldest guard in his mid 60's, experienced in fighting spirit beasts, humans and had encountered many dangerous situations.

Usually when he would erupt with all of his strength with determination to kill them there would be a peroid after the kill where most people would let their guard down.

An experienced veteran as he was he would not show such a weakness.

An arrow flew again towards him from the leader of the assassins, upon reaching the head guard he lifted his sword and blocked the arrow accurately.

When dealing with assassins the best way to determine where they would attack would be most fatal spots on the body.

Having dealt with situations like this before allowed him to accurately determine where the arrow would be aimed.

A look of surprise showed on the head assassins face before aiming again at one of the other guards.

This time he aimed low, letting the arrow go through the gap between one of the other assassins legs.

The arrow passed through and pierced through one of the guards knee.

The head guard glared at the head assassin in response after witnessing another one of his men hurt.

The assassin took action because of the opportunity granted to him and stabbed the falling guard in the heart.

In response to another death the head guard wanted to kill that very assassin, with a swing of his sword he cut off the assassins arm which held onto the blade still pierced into the other guards heart.

Another arrow came towards the head guard again, this time hitting him on his shoulder.

This time was not a fatal wound, a skilled assassin must learn to adapt to any situation and learn their opponents habits.

The guard had his defenses up against him even while fighting but their were slight openings which he could still exploit.

They were all humans with emotions, seeing those they had trained and fought together with for many years die so suddenly would provoke their anger and lead to making slight mistakes.

Although the head guard was not as emotionally unstable as the others he still chose to attack the assassin in response to at least lessen their numbers and threat.