89 Eyes filled with intent to kill (1/2)
Lilith was assuming her usual samurai stance and observing the two slayers in front of her.
The slayer with the wide claymore was resting his weapon on his shoulder and waiting for her to move before he could attack. His tool was powerful but it was too big and slow. If he tried to engage first Lilith would simply dodge him and find an opening to slash him.
Luckily he wasn't alone and had the aid of his bow and arrow user by his side. If she moved first his friend would simply shoot her. Even if she managed to parry the arrow that would give a chance for him to strike her with his claymore.
The battle would be decided by who would make the first mistake.
All three silver metal warriors were thinking the same thing and carefully watching each other's movements.
Silence was hovering the air until the bow slayer started to engage in a conversation.
”Hey... I remember you...”
”...?”
”You are the girl that helped the crossbow mage to escape from our base!!”
”...”
”It's you, isn't it!!?? You are trying to hide under this red chicken disguise but that's the same sword and armor from before... Do you have any idea how much trouble you caused us??”
”...”
Lilith didn't say anything. She already had a lot in her mind to deal with. She couldn't be bothered with some random guy who was angry at her for trying to save her friend.
However, she realized she could use this chance to get the opening she needed so much.
”That's right, that was me... But you and your group were the ones who came after us first... Am I really in the wrong for fighting back after being attacked first?”
”You foolish brat... Don't you know that our mission is a noble one?? We were just trying to get the girl's help to clear this place from the demons!!”
”Indeed... And she said she didn't want to help you... And then you threatened to harm her sister... Does this sound like the actions of a noble warrior to you?”
”You insolent... What is the safety of one girl compared to the glory of becoming the heroes that saved an entire kingdom??”
”... Glory...?”
”...”
”I see... So you people really don't care about protecting the innocent at all... It's all about fame in the end...”
”...”
”I'm glad... I can now cut all of you without a single drop of regret!”
The man with the metal bow aimed an arrow towards Lilith's head.
”You're welcome to try... Chicken girl!”
The slayer with the claymore tried to calm down his partner, but it was already too late. The bow user launched an arrow towards Lilith who used this chance to vanish in thin air with her speed.
The two slayers became alert as to where she would attack first and began to scoop the area.
The claymore user aimed at the ground and realized that his friend was about to be slashed.
”Kairon!! Duck!!”
Kairon heard the warning from his friend and lowered his head to dodge a swing from Lilith's blade.
”Tch!! So close...”
Lilith used this chance to vanish again and tried to repeat the process. Kairon looked at the claymore warrior with eyes of confusion.
”Sebastian... How did you see that...?”
”Look at the ground!!”
Kairon followed his command and realized that while Lilith was indeed fast on her movements, anywhere she stepped in she was causing the snow in the area to leave a trail.
”Shes coming again!!”
Lilith tried to strike one more time but Sebastian managed to parry her attack by following the behavior of the snow.
Lilith was caught by surprise from her attack being blocked and gave Kairon the opening he needed. He released three arrows towards her while she was distracted dealing with Sebastian.
She managed to move out of the way and vanished in thin air once again, but since the two slayers could follow her thanks to the snow they didn't become worried.
”Kairon!! Aim at that location!”
”Got it!!”
Kairon saw the direction Lilith was moving towards and released three more arrows again. Lilith could see the metal objects flying towards her and halted her movement before it could get too dangerous. But the moment she did so, Sebastian leaped towards her and swung down his massive claymore.
”Gotcha!!!”
”!!!”
Lilith observed the man with a huge weapon coming towards her, and realizing she would be able to dodge it in time, tried to parry his attack with her sword.
”Ugh!!!”
She managed to block the impact, but the claymore was so heavy that she was almost buried into the ground.
”Kairon!! Now!!”
While Lilith was busy trying to hold back Sebastian's claymore with her sword, Kairon used this chance to shoot her one more time.
If she tried to dodge it Sebastian would squash her. But if she did nothing, the arrows would end up piercing her. She needed to choose the less harmful option.
Without a moment to waste, she pushed Sebastian back with all her strength and moved her attention to slice the arrows in midair. But as she did so, she ended up giving her back to Sebastian, who used this chance to smash her with his claymore.
”Guahhhhh!!!”
Lilith went flying from the impact and fell on the snow. Since she was now sharing the body of a monster harpy, the damage from silver weapons was much more harmful than before. She could feel her back burning with pain.
Taking the chance while the opponent was down, Kairon shoot more arrows towards Lilith. She saw the objects incoming and quickly moved to parry them again, but just like last time, Sebastian rushed towards her and swung down his weapon towards her.
”Ugh!!!”
She leaped out of the way but the impact from the claymore with the ground raised a pile of smoke that blinded her view. And before she could notice, five arrows were flying towards her coming out of the pile.
She managed to block three of them, but one pierced her leg and another her arm.
”Kaaahh!!”
Lilith fell on the ground feeling the burning pain of the silver metal on her monster body. The slayers took this chance to mock her.
”What were you saying before? About how you would use us to vent some stress?”
Lilith was at a disadvantage. The snow was telegraphing all of her movements and the two slayers had just as much silver metal as her, if not more. They were perfectly able to match her power and speed.