18 Retreating (2/2)

”Not bad, but I must warn you, being so defensive will not allow you to win this fight!” Leo shouted out as he was struggling to gain an advantage against the woman who was now his opponent.

”You haven't proven that you are worthy enough for me to use some of my more advanced techniques on. But, you are criticizing my choice in combat against you?” the woman said in a calm manner. Due to Leo being unable to get by her defensive stances, she felt rather confident at this point.

”Damn it, even if I decided to use both my sword and my dagger to face her, I still do not think that I could get by her defensive maneuvers and stances. Knowing she has so many more hidden, is rather terrifying to me.” Leo pondered as he continued fighting the woman without pulling out his sword.

In the distance, a loud scream sounded out which caused Leo to flee backwards. The loud scream was Jack being stabbed and heavily hurt by his opponent's weapon. This situation seemed to be heading in a horrible direction, and it even caused the woman Leo was facing to respond.

”If you would like, I can allow you to head over to prevent your friend from dying. You are not worth my attention and if that is the case, you have no chance of harming Jacob.” the woman told Leo as she folded her hands behind her back after picking her cloak back off the ground.

”Oh, then I must thank you for your kindness. It seems that you have no problem watching your friend die.” Leo said, before another scream sounded out.

”Well played, we will meet again. I just hope for your sake, that you are stronger than you are right now.” the woman said as she quickly retreated into the forest behind her.

It turns out that before the battle that had taken place here, Leo had not just given Martin some of the potion, but, he also gave Jack some of it as well. This allowed Jack to catch his opponent off guard before landing a finishing blow.

Now with Jack completely healed, Natalia now able to rest, and Leo at full power, Jacob halted his attacks against Martin. At this time, he knew that if he continued to push Martin back, it would give his friends enough time to surround him.

”Hmph! You may have survived this time, but do not think for a moment that this is over! I, Jacob, will be the one to bury your corpse under my scythe and throw your soul down into the underworld!” making his statement, Jacob removed the flames on his weapon and his blood lust and chose to retreat.

”Thank you Leo, if it was not for your potions, we would have not found the opportunity to survive that battle. Let's head back to that village immediately so that we can from there head back to the city at full speed. Only in the city walls, will we truly be safe for the time being!” Martin praised Leo as him and Jack helped him off the ground.