Chapter 256: A bloody battle (1/2)

Only a few minutes went by before the last of the four orcs that suddenly decided to lash out onto each other instead of attacking the escaping humans, have fallen to the ground with a hilt of a dagger sticking out of its nape.

Once the victor of the four-man melee has been decided, Scarlet immediately sprung to action and threw his dagger with deadly precision, ending the visibly battered and bruised victor's life.

Sarah, who has been using her innate ability constantly, making sure that all four combatants continued to battle to the bitter end, suddenly heaved a loud sigh and plopped down to the ground. She was heavily perspiring, she spent most of her energy and stamina in the process of making sure that none of the escaped slaves would be subjected to any danger.

Seeing the state this purple-haired girl was in, Scarlet rushed to her aid with a face full of worry.

”Are you okay? Do you need any help?” She asked visible concern in her voice. Although she still couldn't understand the nature of this girl's powers fully, she at the very least saw that it was an incredibly powerful one, although as it turns out, it was very tiring to keep it up. Still, it was quite an achievement to handle four fearsome, seasoned, and brutal warriors such as these orcs and come out of it completely unscathed.

Unable to respond due to her spent state, Sarah could only raise her hands, stopping the girl in its track and signaling her that she was fine.

”I… *huff* *huff* I am… *huff* fine! I just *huff* need to rest *huff* a bit. Check up on Naybeah, she could *huff* still be in danger!” Between the heavy huffing, Sarah forced the words out, worried about the tall blonde woman. Despite not knowing the situation at the back, she was fairly certain that she was also forced to defend against an ambush of at least of a similar size if not more.

Reminded of the fact that the amazon had to handle a group of a similar size in the back all by her lonesome, and without the aid of any sorcery, Scarlet jumped up and rushed back to the crowd without saying a word. Not that she needed to, the fear and worry that settled on her face upon hearing her words, told everything Sarah wanted to know.

As the red-haired princess figure vanished amidst the heavily shaking crowd of civilians, Sarah took one more big breath of air and tried to stand up. Her attempt sadly met with failure, as even with the aid of her hands, she was unable to push her body up. She had no strength in her arms nor her legs. She could only look towards the back with worry visible on her perspiring face.

Only by the time she was more than halfway through did Scarlet realize that her borrowed weapon, the dagger she received from Sarah was still etched deeply in the now-dead orcs nape. Cursing her own stupidity for forgetting to take it back, she could only clench her hand into fists and hope that nothing bad had happened whilst she was at the front wasting time.

Soon, the sound of battle, weapons colliding against each other, and huffed grunts reached her ears. This eased some of her worries and calmed her agitated heart by a great deal. Hoping that the proud female warrior wasn't on her last stand, Scarlet increased her speed even further as she zapped through the crowd dexterously.

A few moments later, as she arrived a pretty gruesome sight greeted her. Two of the four initial orcs were already dead, lying in the ground in their own pool of blood with mutilated bodies. The two still standing ones were bruised, with multiple deep cuts covering that dark brown colored skins, their thick, dark blood gushing out from them, rapidly draining their waning vitalities.

Their opponent, Naybeah, the blonde amazon wasn't in any better shape either. She was covered in multiple cuts, some of them looking pretty deep and serious. Her only garment, the piece of fur fabric that covered her generous-looking breasts were completely destroyed, causing her mammaries to sway unrestrained against the wind.

Despite her state, her eyes were almost completely bloodshot, and she had the same crazed grin stretched wide on her face that she had when she jumped into battle a few minutes ago. She seemed to be just as energetic, if not even more than how she was at the start, completely ignoring the damage she had already received.

Just as Scarlet was rushing towards one of the dead orcs to take his weapon and assist the woman, Naybeah released a fierce bellowing battle cry and jumped forward once more swinging her bloodied battle axe vertically against the orc towards her left.

The orc raised his weapon in an attempt to block to incoming strike, whilst his friend swung his own weapon vertically aiming at the woman's navel.

Seeing she had no time to waste, Scarlet, leaving the way too heavy weapon on the ground, rushed forward, charging at the swinging orc, focusing on kicking him down to the ground, or at the very least kicking him far enough from Naybeah.