Chapter 40 - Call it a Day (1/2)

Chapter 40: Call it a Day

“Let’s go, we are done here Would you irl?”

The as picking up, blowing a cold wind on the assaulted city which forecasted the fall of rain; the dragon was already able to s storm

Walking alongside Lance Corporal Hale, Nisha was ad the efficiency displayed by the soldiers under the woman’s command; they quickly stoay their shi+elds and bows to refor the handcart in which the previous target’s heads had been stored

Once ready, a black haired guy with a deep scar pointing to his right eye nodded at his superior aiting for the signal; the man was al up at hion

“You are quite the mystery, aren’t you, little elf?”

Hale had to raise her voice to ale, which also htly as the sudden cold streak ht clothes, fitted for a battle of agility

Tilting her head, the sirl eyed her in confusion, she had been ordered to put her swords away, but she wasn’t sure where she should leave thes in her [Soul space] in front of strangers was bad

“Why would I be one?”

The corporal’s stateon, her physical appearance wasn’t exactly out of the ordinary: her transformation made her body look exactly like that of an elf, she even felt elvish in some ways, her perception and senses were just sharper than that of an average elf, but that last peculiarity wasn’t visible Afraid that her disguise was failing her, she continued to stare at the wo statement

Shocked by the dragon girl’s calm demeanour, Hale halted her steps for a moment to stare at the odd creature in front of her, then shook her head and resu disbelieved

The uncomfortable silence finally forced her to elaborate

“Where do I start … for one, how about the fact that you are talking to a full pack of twenty battle-hardened soldiers and are neither displaying fear nor are you backing down You see with confidence”

The corporal held up a finger to underline her point; Nisha was about to retort when she raised another finger

“Secondly, e found you, you had just cleaved a man in half, his blood was splattered all over you and you didn’t even blink hell, you even have soht no old are you? 12 turns? 13 turns?”

I will only be 12 turns soon … but I suppose that I shouldn’t tell her

Licking her lips, the dragon couldn’t help but notice the iron taste, she had indeed failed to note that she was covered in sanguine liquid

A few candles ago the feeling that there was blood on her hands had repulsed her, hostile soldiers agonizing over their loved ones was heavily burdening her heart; yet she was currently soaked in gore and didn’t even bother to heed it

Nisha’s reply died in her throat as she saw that Hale wasn’t done, lifting one er

“Despite your age, you don’t have a guardian with you, you don’t look particularly bothered when facing a force of over twenty well-trained soldiers either You are clearly very confident to be able to escape us, or er than all of us … combined

Not to mention the short swords s like these without a significant background

And lastly, you are literally clad in a … living shadow? Darkness? I don’t knohat it is, but I bet half ofwhether they should try to attack you and obtain your precious-looking swords or run away, since you uise from your appearance and behaviour

The only reason you haven’t been stuffed with arrows the et for us and were awfully polite for a potential danger”

Chatting in a somewhat amused tone, Hale continued to taunt Nisha, as noardly staring at hercloak

Truthfully, she had forgotten that Midnight was still around, the runes were an extension of herself like her fla them stick close to her felt natural, even more so when they were conveniently shaped in a piece of clothing; but the material was literally shadows, hence strands of darkness were occasionally wandering on the surface, giving away the true nature of her garment

Nisha stared ruefully at the runes that had cleverly disguised theht away The cloth wasn’t hindering her before the corporal mentioned it, it felt like an extra limb so to say

Not even a candle since I found out about your true being, and you’re already getting ht!

Luckily Eldrin had foreseen the need for Nisha to lie about her strange abilities, and had thought of a feays for her to explain the unusual occurrences happening around her, even if it had pained hiether, the dragon recalled one memory in particular

She was still blind, sitting together with her grandfather in front of a chess board The oldher no leeway, the result of a little tantrum she had thrown earlier

She had caught hi to talk to hiized and pro back to bite her

Autuentle wind that s her up from the inside

“It’s just a trick, ave me an enchanted item as a lucky charm It doesn’t do much by itself, just scares inferior minds, it’s an illusion, you see?”

Originally the excuse washer [Soul space], but it also fitted the current situation

She gently pulled the runes back inside- they had slightly satisfied their raging bloodlust-, and they eagerly followed her command, al the for her affection in return

Like a small animal… But let’s leave those matters aside for now, the soldiers are still suspicious, I think they distrust me I can see the fear in their eyes when they look at me

Without Midnight surging around her fraed into earlier shone through, giving the dragon her original appearance, that of a hunter; irl she seehtlancing at her as none of the such a spectacle, yet they chose to believe Nisha’s story rather than considering that the cute elf was a monster

Not that it made them see her in any more favourable way, but at least they didn’t suspect her to be one more than they initially did

Getting called out on her negligence hurt Nisha; just because she was hunting didn’t s this badly; displaying her truecould have proven to be fatal in another situation She had disregarded the soldiers because their killing intent wasn’t directed toward her, and thus they wouldn’t have been a threat in the Wilderness But this wasn’t the Wilderness

A gloo at the ground, observing the dry dirt and the dust rising in the air at each step the fighters were taking, although their walk barely produced a sound, which see heavy plate arhtest move they made

It would be nice if the rain was co on the carriage

Two more times did Lance Corporal Hale encounter eneon to do her work in her stead, forcing the platoon to face one group larger than the one Nisha had slaughtered and one group of siloo

Though a choice was given to the enemies – to either surrender or continue the discussion six feet under ground -, the full-ar reed to surrender

Wouldn’t they want to live? I think I’d never let myself lose hope

“Hale, why don’t they surrender?”