"That lass... She’s grown more ruthless." Lady Seph narrowed her eyes, sowhat doubting her own vision. The seasoned Divine Healer was the one most knowledgeable about the orphans among all the mbers of Guardian Sword. Even Kanari, Isadore and Elrin, the three most bosom friends of the orphans, couldn’t compare to Lady Seph. After all, the blonde woman watched them all grow from young children to mature a.d.u.l.ts.
"Difficult tis make strong people," Kanari sighed. "We can’t all be pampered children that hide behind our seniors anymore, Lady Seph."
"I know that... It’s just... odd."
Being a Divine Healer, Lady Seph wasn’t a stranger to death, especially in a warring period such as this. However, seeing Fionn, who in her eyes was still just a child, murder in cold blood... It was quite a surreal mont.
’First Shin, now the other orphans... I’ve heard stories, but watching them kill soone in person... It’s really unsettling.’ The Divine Healer dropped her head and stared at her feet. ’Hah... I sure am useless... I ntored countless prodigies. Enfen, the Imperial Family, dozens of healers... Yet, it’s just sothing about their generation...’
Lady Seph’s connection with Shin and the orphans was special. Perhaps too special, in fact. Rather than a ntor-ntee relationship, Lady Seph felt like the orphans were her own kin. Since leaving the Frie Clan, Lady Seph had reared the orphans as her own. Taking them everywhere she went, be it Imperius Academy or the back mountains of the Himl Empire. Wherever Lady Seph was, the other orphans weren’t too far behind.
’What am I saying... I’m just a spinster without a child.’
Shaking her head, Lady Seph emptied the useless thoughts in her head before turning towards the commander of the battlefield: "Those four girls are going to be fine. The rest of the battlefield has also been cleaned up. Only two more battles are raging on, don’t you think we should intervene?"
Kanari followed Lady Seph’s words and surveyed the sandy Payirci one final ti. The Divine Healer was right. Other than the two Bings and Isadore’s duels, the rest of the Payirci had been completely wiped clean. All the Umbras and Black Masks had been defeated, from the small fried to the big whales. All that remained, were the two pesky Spirit Venerates.
"Yes... It’s ti." The fox maiden finally acquiesced. "Lady Seph, would you assist Sister Bingying and Bingbing? I will assist Isadore."
"Good idea!" Lady Seph didn’t even think twice about Kanari’s orders. For her, Bingbing was far more important than Isadore, the brat of the Himl Empire. Turning into a ray of light, the Divine Healer rged with the Iofiel Angel and charged right towards the ijing fight.
"Oya? What’s this?" ijing Xuenkai, the Spirit Venerate who almost had Bingbing on the ropes, skipped cautiously backwards, avoiding the single ray of light. However, that was a fatal mistake. That mont’s hesitation allowed the flash of light to burst into two, landing right on the fatigued ijing Bingying and the Tier 9 Kamaitachi that had nurous cuts on her tough hide.
And then, just like magic... The injuries that the two Bings had faced miraculously dissipated away as if they weren’t even inflicted with any hits, to begin with. Not only that, but Bingying’s tired face also turned plump and red, signifying a full recovery from any ailnts she may have received. Mana was returning to their spent souls as well, and they felt as if their entire bodies were overflowing with energy.
"Yipyip! Master!" Bingbing yelped in joy as she welcod Lady Seph’s prompt arrival. "Yip yip yip you’re finally here!"
"Silly lass, you should cherish your body a little more! I know that you’re desperate to win, but think about how Shin and I would feel if you co back riddled with scars from every battle?"
"Yip! Sorry..."
The Kamaitachi dropped her ears, not willing to stare the infuriated blonde in the eyes. That abated Lady Seph’s fury just a little, forcing her to lovingly pat the Tier 9 Spirit Beast on the head. "Just be a little more aware next ti, alright?"
"Yip! Yes, ma’am!"
Annoyed by the lack of attention Divine Healer was giving him, ijing Xuenkai cried out: "Hahaha, what a touching reunion! I think that I’m about to cry! Honestly, you shou-..."
[SILENCE!!!]
Before ijing Xuenkai could breathe another word, Lady Seph’s voice burst out with fury. The Brahmin’s mouth slamd shut, just like the Divine Healer’s orders and for a good five seconds, he was unable to separate his teeth. Shivering, it took ijing Xuenkai everything that he had to finally unbind the shackles that Lady Seph had implanted upon him, and even then... he had to fall to his knees in shock.
"Hah... hah... hah... What was that?!"
Gone was his nonchalance and disgustingly natural smile. When ijing Xuenkai fought against ijing Bingying and Bingbing, everything ca too easily for him. In a certain sense, the man felt like he was punching below his weight class. However, that one word from Lady Seph changed the entire ball ga.
"Hoh... You broke free? Then what about this?" Lady Seph swiped her hand to the left, sending fifteen crystals into the air. Once they were directly overhead, the crystals broke into birds of light and sward right at the poor Brahmin. However, that wasn’t all. In her angel form, Lady Seph summoned out thousands of strings made out of crystallised light and sent them all flying.
Biting down on his lip, ijing Xuenkai summoned out his Spirit Avatar, trying his best to deflect the power moves made by the Divine Healer. Alas...
[KNEEL!!!]
Lady Seph cast her Divine Words, once more ensnaring ijing Xuenkai and crippling his abilities. Without his Spirit Avatar, the man was vulnerable to all the attacks that Lady Seph had thrown out... and boy did they work.
BOOOOM!!! BOOOOM!!! BOOOOM!!! BOOOOM!!!
First, the fifteen birds crashed onto ijing Xuenkai’s hard body and exploded without rcy. Bruises and cuts zigzagged throughout the Brahmin’s solid physique as blood poured down from his open wounds. That wasn’t the end... Thousands of strings pierced through the open wounds, a feat that was impossible without the birds’ weakening that Spirit Venerate body first. Crippling effects such as paralysis and exhaustion crept into ijing Xuenkai’s body, weakening him in ways that weren’t possible for a healer.
Angered, ijing Xuenkai hollered out: "Aren’t you a healer?!"
"What? And a healer can’t fight on the battlefield?" Lady Seph sneered. "I’ll let you know, Shin is my disciple, and who’s a better fighter than him?"
"You-!"
That was just sophistry! ijing Xuenkai wanted to yell that out. Lady Seph was Shin’s master, yes. But the whole world knew that she didn’t teach him a single ounce of fighting techniques! Lady Seph was legendary for her healing abilities, no one had ever heard of her being that proficient at combat!
However, the Brahmin was half-right. Lady Seph wasn’t a combat dic by any stretch of the imagination. The attacks that landed on ijing Xuenkai was all the attacks that she had in her arsenal. Lady Seph’s true abilities laid in enhancing her allies and healing them back to full health. The only reason why all of those attacks landed was because the man had underestimated Lady Seph from the very first second she landed.
"Lass, I’ll buff you and Bingbing for now. You finish the job." Lady Seph turned to Bingying and smiled. After sending a few holy strings of light to Bingying, Lady Seph said: "He’s a betrayer of your clan right? Do your duties as the heir."
"... Thank you, Venerate Seraphim." ijing Bingying picked up her sword and gave Bingbing the firm nod. Both of them, powered by the Divine Healer’s grace, walked towards the enc.u.mbered man with the determination to end it all.
"Damn it! Damn it! DAMN IT!!!" ijing Xuenkai hollered out, knowing that certain death was approaching. However, no matter how much he scread and shouted, his body just wouldn’t listen to him. Lady Seph’s power was just too intrusive and mysterious. The Spirit Venerate, who had little to no experience with healing, was unable to remove that shackles that the Divine Healer had placed upon him.
Which ant...
"ijing Xuenkai... As a forr ijing Clan mber, I shall give you a chance to repent your sins." ijing Bingying placed her cold blade just a centitre away from the Brahmin’s throat, ready to pierce it at any given mont.
"Repent? Don’t make laugh!" ijing Xuenkai spat. "Why should I care about the clan that abandoned ? The clan that used for my power and threw away just because I was different? Why should I care about the clan that wouldn’t give two f.u.c.ks about my legacy and future?!"
"Till the very end... You don’t see your folly."
"Folly?! FOLLY?! That’s rich! Coming from a pampered lady that was b.r.e.a.s.t-fed everything to her from birth! Just because I had a mutated Spirit I was passed up for the ijing Clan heir! But you! You don’t even have half the talent that I do, and you are served the Clan Master position on a silver platter! I’m not the foolish one! The clan is!"
".. For your selfish ambition, you destroyed the ijing Clan from the inside. Your actions that day killed thousands and wrecked millions of lives on the ijing Arctics. If not for you... We would still be a thriving clan!"
"Clan! Clan! CLAN!!! Who the f.u.c.k cares about the clan?!" ijing Xuenkai broke. "I curse you all! I curse you and all of the ijing Clan! Once the Allfather ascends, he’ll revive and rain down judgent on that bastard clan! I will make certain of that! I will-!"
SCHLING!!!
Unable to bear his putrid words no longer, ijing Bingying pushed her sword in. To make certain of his demise, Bingbing sent thousands of icicles flying into the man’s body, turning the forr Spirit Venerate into a cheese grater as his soul left his body.
"It is done," ijing Bingying knelt down in prayer. She thought of the many lives that were lost the day ijing Xuenkai betrayed the clan. She thought of the day the ijing Clan fell from the upper echelons of the Lantis Republic, only to slowly claw their way back up to the surface. And it was all because of this one man’s actions. But now... that man was no more.
"I’ve ended it."
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