The Seven World Of Fantasy

Chapter 22: Too Impossible

He stood before us, one of the members of one of the most dangerous organizations in the entire human kingdom. Maris Rufus of White Shadow.

By wearing a distinctive black-and-white mask, and black clothes that covered his entire body, that was the hallmark of the clothes of the members of their organization. Then the three long swords that were sheathed on his back, were the hallmark of Maris.

Someone who fought me two years ago, and ended up making me battered. After that he took someone very precious to me.

As soon as I saw her again now, I could not control my thoughts of seeking revenge.

I want revenge!

"In-she's the one we met two years ago." Clara was still feeling tense. Seen from his hand that was holding an arrow bow tremblingly.

"Hmm, have we met before?" Ask Maris.

"You don't remember the crime you committed? I've been wrong about you. You're such a brash person!" I said with a fury.

Maris suddenly jumped from up there. He landed right in front of us at a distance of about three steps. Clara and I immediately kept our distance from him and prepared our weapons.

"Hoh, I seem to remember that incident. You guys are a party in the rain forest, it was about two years ago, yeah. If it's not wrong, you're the sister of the girl I killed." Maris spoke to us very casually. "Then, it's good to see you guys again."

"Damn it!!"

I hit him with my sword. I really want to kill him. The man who killed my brother!

"Shim!"

Tang!

Maris deflected my attack without being seen when she picked up her sword.

"I have no business with you. So can we go as if we didn't meet?"

I continued to suppress it with the sword I was holding in two hands, but he was able to hold it with just a one-handed thin sword. This person must have gotten stronger over the past two years.

"How dare you say you have no business with me! You killed my sister! Then I'll make you feel his pain!"

Now!

No, Shin!

Wh why? Now is my chance to get revenge! I won't let him run away again for the second time!

Know your limits, Shin. Go find Riel while the guy doesn't care about you. 

Riel's?

He's not my brother! He cannot take his place in my life!

"Shin, lookout!" Clara suddenly shouted behind me.

The dzing! The dzing!

Clara fired two arrows at Maris, and I jumped backwards to open her arrow path.

Tang! Tang!

"Well! Since when did he fend it off?" Clara watched her two arrows split in half and stuck them on the back wall. 

This guy is fast and dangerous. He could split two arrows fired by Clara without being seen moving.

"I'll say it again. I have no business with you guys, so can I say goodbye now? I don't have time to serve you."

"Sorry anyway. I won't let you run away again this time!"

"Alright, alright. I'm just defending myself from you guys, okay?"

I don't like to talk much. I came back forward to strike him with a sword slash, and Clara took a position to shoot an arrow from behind. This path was too narrow for a three-man fight, greatly harming Clara's position.

 A slash! A slash!

Tang!

The dzing! The dzing!

Maris deflected all my attacks with ease. Each of his hands holds a sword and can deflect my sword and Clara's arrow simultaneously.

It's been two years since Clara and I fought together again, but we can still align our attacks so as not to hurt each other.

"Twin Slash!"

"Murder Shot!"

I did two slashes diagonally towards Maris, both shadows of those slashes darting rapidly towards her. Clara shot three arrows at once with great force, the arrow shot randomly towards Maris to make it difficult to avoid.

"Wow." 

I heard him say that, and then I started having trouble seeing him move.

He darted away from all our attacks nimbly. His movements could barely be followed by my eyes, and only the shadows of his movements appeared in our line of attack.

All of our attacks hit the wall behind Maris and left him smashed to pieces. Dust and debris were scattered around the road.

"Revelation!" Clara shouted again.

I woke up from a daydream, and Maris was suddenly in front of me. He swung his sword quickly at me without feeling it at all.

"Snipe!"

The dzing!

Tang!

Maris undoes her attack, and fends off Clara's arrow that darted almost as fast as her. Then it had not been a second since he fended off his arrow, he had already arrived in front of Clara as well.

Buk up!

Maris' hand punched Clara's stomach very strongly.

"Aackh!!"

Tubs! Buk up!

The next two attacks instantly made Clara slam into the ground with great force. 

"Clar!"

I turned around and swung my sword again towards Maris. Already many times this had happened, he deflected my attacks very easily and was able to dodge them like dancing.

A slash! A slash!

Tang!

A slash!

"Sonic Stab!"

I pierced my sword very quickly towards Maris, and only tore a little cloth of clothing on her arm.

Tubs!

He attacked my foot and made me bounce forward.

Maris coming back towards me is going to fall.

"Earial Blade!"

Utilizing my position that was still in the air before falling, I made a rotating strike in the air with my sword. 

Tang! Tang! Tang!

I managed to fend off his attacks in a row.

Maris slightly retreated to dodge, and I managed to land safely beside Clara.

The poor rabbit got a crushing blow in the heart, he was still groaning in pain and would not be able to move for a while.

Maris is still not moving from her place. It made me have time to look at the streets around us that were falling apart as a result of the attack. This place was completely muddled by our fight.

"It's stubborn, stupid anyway."

Jem! Jem! Jem!

His three long swords pierced my shoulders, stomach and thighs.

When did he throw it? I couldn't feel anything coming towards me. Then I realized that these three swords were stuck in my body.

I forget. I was caught off guard in the fight.

"Hukkhh!"

I fell to my knees and spewed a lot of blood. My right hand dropped its sword as it lost some power.

"S-shin..." Clara forced herself to crawl towards me.

Jem! Jem!

"Yeah!!"

Two small daggers stuck to Clara's hands and feet. He was silent and did not move anymore.

The poison!

I can't go to him to give you an antidote. No, "Clara. Hang in..." 

My body hurts a lot when moved, because it will make his sword wounds worse.

Maris started walking towards us, she took out another dagger from under her cloak. The dagger the maris was holding now was not a dagger made for throwing, it was a curved dagger made for cutting.

Damnit... I made the wrong choice.

I came here to look for Riel, so what am I looking for my own death for.

I can't protect someone beside me anymore. I'm sorry Clara, I can't protect you.

Maris gripped and lifted my body, then pointed her dagger in front of my neck.

After that I lost consciousness.

My eyes were dark, and I could feel nothing around me.

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Shin's...

Shin's...

Shin!

"SHIN!"

"YES!! What the hell is going on! Where's this?" I was surprised and seemed to come out of something.

Whatisit? What exactly happened just now?

"Thank God you're okay... Hueeeee!!" Clara was crying hysterically while hugging me.

"Wait, Clara!? What the hell is going on?" I am still confused to think. Why is she suddenly crying like that?

"Don't know... I don't care what happens as long as you're alive... Hueeeee!!"

Stopit! You're making it hard for me to move, you crybaby.

What the hell is going on? Why did I suddenly fall asleep on the narrow streets of this slum?

I was on a train with Clara, and we reached Deedalee City and started looking for Riel.

No, we're looking for information first.

"Hiks, hicks... Shin's..." Clara called.

Oh, my God, look at that snot stuck in my shirt!!

"Don't leave me... Shinn!!"

"Stop it, you stupid bunny!"

Bonks!

"Huaa... It hurts, Shin jahaaat!"

This rabbit is very troublesome. I should never have invited him to a group if there wasn't Kirin. Because if there was him, Clara would cry to him and not to me.

Huh!!

Kirina...

I was chasing Maris, the man who killed my sister.

Then we found him in this narrow street and a fight ensued.

We lost.

We were outclassed, and Clara lay helpless beside me from a crushing blow and was pierced by a poisonous dagger. I was struck by three swords and...

The wound is not there?

I stood up and checked all my body parts. No injuries at all. I actually felt the sword piercing my body and then he slashed me with his cutting dagger.

What the hell is going on?

"Clara, weren't we fighting Maris?" I asked him.

"YYYYYYYYYY!!!! DON'T SAY ITUU!! I DON'T WANT TO MEET THAT PERSON ANYMORE!!!"

Ahhhh! I was in vain to talk to him.

There were no injuries to my body, Clara was fine as well, and the road we fought on was back to how it was. We destroyed some walls in our attack.

What don't-don't!

Illusions.

Yep. That person used an illusion technique and attacked us with the technique.

No, he just put you to sleep because it bothered him.

What's up!?

I told you he's not an opponent you can face. Why can't I help you in that fight, because you're in a dream world.

Not likely. I have never seen or even heard of such a technique.

It was a level 6 technique for an Assassin. The Nightmare of Death. At worst that technique can kill you too, but he used it just to get away from you. He had no intention of killing.

God fucking. So all this time I only fought with him in the subconscious. What about his original ability, it must be more powerful than I saw it.

I won't let him run away again. I will not let that murderer roam this world.

Haaah. It's up to you, Shin.

When I looked at the sky, the color had already turned orange. We didn't feel like we were asleep for hours until the afternoon. We've wasted a lot of precious time looking for Riel.

"Claras?"

"Hiks, hiks. Yea?"

Haaah. Two years into a guild receptionist, spooky in front of other adventurers, but still whiny in front of his party members.

"We walked back to the bar. Let's hurry." I walked back in the direction we had been before.

Clara forced herself to wake up. His legs were still limp so he staggered while standing

It's been afternoon, it's been a few hours since Maris left. There was no way a member of an organization as great as him existed in this city for no reason. I have to find Riel before he goes to the bandit headquarters, or Maris finds him first.