24 Slaughter (2/2)

Not even paying attention to the remaining warriors, Jack suddenly turned around with one of his daggers meeting Nathan's sword. The impact of their weapons caused the air around them to burst out causing the remaining warriors to fly backwards in fear of being sucked up.

”Not bad, to match me in raw strength with only one dagger means that you deserve to die under my blade!” Nathan shouted out at Jack as they both clashed once again.

This next clash of their weapons caused small craters on the ground underneath their feet to show cracks. The previous exchange could be said to be a test that both men gave each other. However, this next one, both men used their full power and both hands.

Like this, Jack and Nathan continued to exchange blows while neither one was showing the other an opening. At this moment both men were evenly matched with their raw strength and it shook fear into the onlookers nearby.

”Martin is this your answer?” with a cold gaze, Natalia turned towards the approaching Martin while asking him this question. As a witch, Natalia lacked confidence, but now with this new power, her true self during battle has appeared.

”I do not want to fight you, but from your actions today towards the men of this village, I have no choice but to cut you down in the name of justice!” Martin halting his advancement shouted to Natalia.

In truth, he felt confident to hold her off in a stalemate due to his armor. However, his body trembled seeing Natalia's cold killing intent towards him and calm words.

When training, Martin's armor would be able to easily protect him from Natalia's spells. This was before her strength increased to such a level, however, Martin still had some of Leo's potion left on his side.

”Surrender, or you will be the one who leaves their life behind today.” without hesitation, Natalia gave Martin an ultimatum. At this moment, Martin's life meant very little to Natalia, but, she still wanted to give him a future.

”You think that you have the capabilities to order me around?” angered by Natalia's ultimatum, Martin started to charge her with all his might. At this moment, he was blocked by a massive serpent made of flames. The serpent whipped its tail at Martin and was able to push him back flying while he spit out some blood from his mouth.

”Then die.” remaining calm, Natalia replied to Martin as she ordered the serpent to rush Martin, giving him no openings to escape.

”Damn it, how is this kid able to last this long against me when I can barely hang on?” Nathan thought as his sword clashed what seemed to be the hundredth time with Jack's daggers.

Nathan's endurance was slowly fading; however, Jack was repeatedly able to continue fighting at his maximum strength without wavering in the slightest. Knowing that Jack also had some of Leo's potion left as well, Nathan felt a sense of danger.

”If this continues, we will most likely be killed, and this village will no longer be in our household's control. I need to hang on as long as I can!”

”Agh!” with a deafening cry of agony, Nathan could hear Martin's scream as the serpent finally pierced through his armor while taking his left arm with it! With his armor being pierced through, the fire the serpent was made of, started to burn Martin's body from his insides!

”Martin? No!” trying to dash towards Martin's position to save him, Jack used the opening and his swift speed to pierce Nathan's head with both daggers.

Just like this, both cousins had finally surrendered their lives to Leo's squad. Even now, Jack had not used any of the potion on his side, and Natalia showed no signs of weakening either.

Shooting vengeful stares to the surrounding villagers, Jack and Natalia made their way back into the building where Leo was. The villagers quickly fled into their homes with the help of the village guards who finally made their way over. Seeing Nathan and Martin's corpses on the ground, their reinforcements decided to wait here for the culprits to show themselves.

Knowing that both Jack and Natalia had done this, Hans now the commander of the guards and militia warriors of the village, sent a scouting party to the city to report this incident to the alliance. With Nathan now dead, the alliance needed to immediately send someone just as capable in order to keep this village safe during monster attacks.