They were faced with a woman who was dressed in a green dress that reached below her knees. She has blonde hair and even though she looked like a teenager, the spectators could feel that she won't be an easy opponent. The man beside her was dressed casually with loose t-shirt and pants that was tucked under his boots.
"They really look strong," Nina whistled. She looked at the both of them from head to toe but she did not show any fear.
She looked at the child who was with her and patted his back. They were going to face the two of them so they needed to coordinate with one another. Thanks to the master's influence on the both of them it would be easy to sync their attacks and capture the last members of the Circle of Eight.
"Do you think you can defeat us?" The woman who looked like a teenager suddenly spoke. Her high-pitched voice made Nina cringe.
"Of course. I'm pretty confident that I am much stronger than you, granny." Nina smirked at the woman's direction.
This provocation made the woman angry that she almost attacked them but the man with her grabbed her arm. The woman looked at the man with a glare but the man shook his head. The woman pulled back her hands and glared at Nina.
"Let's say if you can stay confident once you see what I can do," she grumbled. She could only feel indignant.
"Are you the one who took one of our comrades?" The man asked after the woman was done with her grumbling.
"Comrade? Oh, are you talking about that woman who was first captured by the master? The one living in the Dead Forest?" Nina tilted her head and even placed her hand on his chin.
The man narrowed his eyes. "So, it was you and whoever was behind you. Is it the World Breaker? I heard that he was strong enough to destroy a world."
Nina laughed and shook his head. "What a ridiculous name but it suits our master well. None of you can be compared to him."
"If that's the case, I would like to propose something to your master," the man said. If he could convince the World Breaker to let them work under him, it was better than being imprisoned.
"Ooohhh, a proposal. You can bargain with him once I defeat you. I am not here to talk to the both of you. I am here to capture and my master's words are absolute." Nina answered without flinching or even thinking about it first.
Before any of the two could react, Nina was already throwing bombs towards their targets. Vain's dark mana already spread around the woman and the man. The dark strings formed from his mana also attacked and easily subdued the enemies.
Nina was laughing like a maniac as she threw all the bombs that immediately exploded as they made contact with them. Several explosions happened and the smoke became thick. The mana strings loosened, so he looked at Nina and gave her a nod.
After the smoke subsided, the man and the woman weren't where they were standing. Nina and Vain calmly looked around for any signs of their whereabouts. The woman appeared behind Nina and swung the baton she was suddenly holding.
A strong gust of wind hit Nina on her back and it sent her straight down to the ground. The woman did not stop and swung her baton several times. Each gust of wind contained a sharp edge that cut through Nina's back.
The woman in the dress was laughing while attacking Nina. She even had her eyes narrowed while looking at the blood that was starting to come out from the wound that her attacks created. The sight of blood excited her.I think you should take a look at
Vain on the other hand was dodging the other man who was attacking him head on. His body was unusually hard and difficult to scratch because of how he was strengthening it with mana. Vain was extremely lucky because he was able to train with the soldiers under General Linius so he was trained to become agile and alert.
He could easily dodge the punches and kick that the man was sending his way. Vain also trained his stamina that he felt he could do it for a long time. The man noticed these traits because like Vain, he was also trained to fight.
The man stepped back to create distance in between them. He decided to surrender but seeing that none of the two people who were there to capture them would easily let them go, there was no other way but to fight. He inhaled before he disappeared from where he was and appeared before Vain.
He gave Vain a straight punch which the child easily dodged by just moving his head slightly to the right. Despite that, Vain could feel the blood that was strickling from a wound that appeared on his cheek. The explosion that happened behind him was also proof that the man's punch was not ordinary.
Vain immediately took several step backs as he looked at the man. With enough concentration, he could slightly see something that was swirling around the man's fist. It must be the man's mana. Vain then covered himself with his own black mana and a series of mana strings appeared.
This time the strings were shaped more like a tail. These tails were thick and more concentrated with mana. The air was even buzzing because of the power that the tails were exuding. There were twelve tails in total. At first, he could only do nine tails but now his power grew.
The man who saw this transformation chuckled because it was beyond his expectation. This even caught the other enemy's attention. She looked back and saw Vain's tail. On a whim, she stopped attacking Nina and went to where the two men were fighting.
"That is so cool," she exclaimed. The man with her couldn't help but shake his head because of how careless the woman was.
"What are you doing here? We still have another enemy." He gave the woman a side-eye but she only ignored him.
"That woman is so weak. I want to fight someone stronger." The woman even had the audacity to complain and demand.
"You shouldn't underestimate me, granny." Nina appeared behind them with the distinct purple magic circle shining below the two of them.
Chains of mana caught the both of them followed by a cage of black mana that enclosed the two of them. Both the woman and the man were surprised because they did not even feel the appearance of the magic circle below them nor the presence of Nina who appeared behind them. After they were caught in the trap, Nina did not forget to gift them with a loud and painful explosion.
The woman screamed in pain because inside Nina's bombs were little pins with poison and acid. The burning smell of flesh became distinct in the air and this made Nina grin. Just as she expected, inside the cage, the woman was writhing in pain because of the blisters in her skin.
Her body was also littered with the pins that Nina included in her bombs. From what she could see, the woman had a difficult time healing because of the pins embedded in her skin. She was screaming and screaming that it was starting to get into Nina's nerves.
Without thinking about it, a purple spike from below the woman appeared and pierced through her face. This attack successfully shut the woman's mouth but it also gave a brutal image to the spectators. Nina did not care though and now her gaze was focused on the man who remained unscathed despite her attacks.
The man was unusually calm and did not even make an effort to protect the woman. Nina shook her head and looked at Vain. "He's all yours now." She pointed at the man on the cage who was now separated to the woman.
