THE BATTLE OF 1000 SPIRITS

CHAPTER 9: THE HEAVY WOUND

"You're right, but I decided to thank you first because it doesn't matter if we make it here alive or if we die from being captured by the enemy, I have owed you 2 times, debt protects life" Mili said firmly even though his body continues to bleed due to injury from Holuka's previous attack, even he had enough difficulty to run fast.

Myro looked at Mili and did not speak much more, they kept running trying to escape from here.

On the other hand, Holuka immediately felt a strangeness. The arrow attack from earlier was only fired by the power of rank 2, while some of the Marquis troops were rank 4 or even rank 7, so from the beginning the enemy had no chance to kill the Marquis or all of them.

The problem is that the enemy still dares to try to attack them, which means the enemy's goal from the beginning is not to kill them all using arrows, but rather-

Holuka who realized the truth shouted loudly "Check the whole area around you, the purpose of these arrows and smoke bombs is not to try to kill us but to distract as he helps Mili! Damn it, I don't know who in the world is trying to protect that bloodthirsty woman, but no matter what happens we can't let them run from here! Especially Mili, he must die!".

Everyone instantly realized the true purpose of the smoke and arrow attack, they started walking around trying to find the whereabouts of Mili under the smoke cover.

Different from the other people, Holuka and Jirfa who are spirits are not at all looking around but rather close their eyes and feel the surrounding area. They feel the sounds and air changes around to determine the presence of the enemy, especially Houka, he begins to describe everything that happens in his mind through what he hears or the wind he feels.

Slowly Holuka caught the sound of the footprints, she drew her sword before dashing towards the origin of the sound "Disana! Don't think about running from my hand".

The blazing flames on Holuka's sword, he slashed towards the origin of the source of the footsteps sound without hesitation.

From behind the smoke, a spear belonging to Mili appeared that directly collided with the Holuka sword.

"Booooom!".

Mili who had already let go of Myro's hand and stopped the Holuka sword retreating 5 steps due to the collision of their weapons, he spewed another mouthful of blood which showed his injuries worsening from the collision of their weapons just now.

Lahipula Mili was weakened by the poison, besides that he had been injured by the Holuka sword, so his injuries were getting worse due to this collision.

Holuka was also not so superior, he was made backwards 7 steps due to the collision of the Mili spear.

Myro, who saw all the events holding his bow back and then took the spear, was ready to help Mili before something shocking happened.

"Stabs!".

Myro felt pain from his stomach so he lowered his head to find a dagger stabbing his stomach from behind until it penetrated forward, a stream of blood fell from Myro's mouth and he vomited another mouthful of blood because the wound received was not a light wound.

Under Myro's eyes, the back of him that had been empty slowly appeared the figure of Jirfa who was the one who stabbed Myro from behind.

Jirfa pulled her dagger from Myro's body and said coldly "From your attitude, I'm sure you're a soldier who has gone through many battlefields, had you fought anyone else even rank 5 though, I'm sure you might be able to escape. But let me give you some advice, no matter how strong you are, don't join in the fight between spirits or you'll lose your life! Moreover, I saw that you and Mili are not masters and spirits! I don't think there's any point in giving you this advice, anyway you're gonna die".

After the dagger was removed from his body, Myro fell to the ground and a small pool of blood formed under Myro's fallen body. Myro's previously glowing eyes began to dim, signs of life throughout Myro's body began to weaken.

"Myro!", Mili shouted in panic and angry, he ran towards Myro and prepared to kill Jirfa who was still standing next to Myro's body.

On the other hand, Mili who sensed Holuka's attack instantly ignored her. Mili knows he will die here, at least Mili is not sure of his current condition, he can escape from the supervision of 2 spirits.

Even so, before dying Mili was determined to kill Jirfa, the main reason was a revenge for Myro who had helped him 2 times.

Jirfa raised his dagger, preparing to stop Mili's attack. He was confident enough to stop Mili's spear this time because Mili had weakened a lot due to injuries, not to mention his attack this time was so rash that made Jirfa more confident to stop him.

On the other hand, the Holuka sword was very close from Mili, during which 1 Mili attack failed to kill Jirfa, so Holuka's sword must have killed him immediately which made Mili's attack useless because he failed to kill Jirfa.

Therefore, Jirfa was determined to stop this 1 Mili attack and let Holuka kill him.

Jirfa actually felt a great pressure from Mili's attack, let alone their considerable difference in strength.

Mili raised his spear without hesitation then slightly turned before slashing towards Jirfa's neck from the right side without hesitation, a great force could be felt from this Mili attack which made Jirfa break out in a cold sweat.

On a life-and-death state, Jirfa recalled what her father said back then, Jirfa's father was a great assassin as well as the teacher of Jirfa himself who taught almost all the ways of fighting Jirfa now.

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"Listen well, Jirfa!", said a man of about 50 years old who smiled amiably without the slightest trace indicating he was a murderer "We as assassins who use 2 daggers will definitely be harmed when faced with direct attacks from enemy spears and swords, especially if their strength is stronger than ours. For that reason, let me teach you a way that you need to face a strong attack from the enemy! The trick is not to resist their attacks unless-".

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Jirfa slowly opened his eyes and shouted in his mind "Throwing the enemy attack then changing the direction of his attack!".

Jirfa pushed his 2 bells with all his might that collided violently with Mili's spear.

"But!".

Both Mili and Holuka were shocked to find Jirfa successfully deflecting Mili's spear to his right side, at most Mili's spear only scratched Jirfa's armor.

"Good job, Jirfa! Now, leave everything to me. The spirit of Fire!", with a shout of Holuka, the flames covering his entire sword grew smolder as if obtaining new fuel, he slashed towards Mili from behind without hesitation.

Realizing he failed to kill Jirfa and Holuka's attack awaits behind him, Mili understands he is too rash as a result of being covered in anger from Myro's death.

Even so Mili did not regret it, from the beginning he did not have a chance to escape from here, so what is the difference between dying slower or a little faster.

Closing her eyes, Mili muttered "In the end I will die here, sorry Myro! Though you have helped me a lot, but I can never do anything to get back at you, even I failed to avenge you".

Holuka's fire sword immediately fell slashing down on Mili.