Chapter 111 - In The Chaos

"Wha..."

"Bitch!"

Two Sky Pirates beside the man I killed made and showed a different response. One of them froze while the other approached me with a weapon raised high into the air.

I pulled my spear out of the neck of that man then I took two steps back. I dodge the swing of man A's sword. 

And of course, man A didn't stop his attack. He approached me again. Faster than before then giving me other attacks to cut off my body.

Clang! Clang!

Our weapons hit each other quickly and powerfully. With this exchange, I can guess that man A no longer seemed to have any desire to capture me. 

His eyes were bloodshot while the dense killing aura he emitted made my fox tails swing stiffly.

He makes me uncomfortable. 

I don't like this and extending the fight is not a wise decision. So, I decided to end this fight as soon as possible. Especially when man B joins our fight after he wakes up from his daze.

Clang! Clang!

We - three of us - exchanged attacks for quite some time. Wounds appear in each of our bodies.

Yes, I'm fast and I'm having a hard time facing them.

Why?

Because they have good coordination and teamwork. Man A constantly blocks my attacks while man B always sneaks around to deliver deadly attacks to me.

Man B who relies upon speed is more dangerous than man A who relies more on strength.

"[Power Slash]" Man A launched Arte to cut off my left shoulder.

"Shit!" I cursed. Then as fast as possible, I shifted my body to the side to dodge the Arte.

Of course, I didn't stop moving. Instantly, I moved my right hand that is full of energy to take my Silver Longsword.

"[Quick Draw]"

My Arte flew to cut man A's throat and unfortunately...

Clang!

Man A managed to fend off my attack.

Coming from the side and taking advantage of my blind spot, man B launched a surprise attack.

"[Wolf Fang]"

An Arte came and I bent my body to dodge it.

The surprise attack failed to hurt me because I had Heat Detection. Even though I couldn't see man B, I always felt his heat and knew where he was when he keep moving around.

I turned sideways to keep my distance from them. But they didn't want to let me go easily.

They approached and attacked me again.

Clang! Clang!

Again, our weapons hit each other. Time passed and suddenly, I threw my spear at man A with all my strength.

Swosh and Splat!

The man couldn't dodge it. He just stood there making a surprised expression as the spear pierced through his stomach and nailed him to the deck.

"Damn bitch!" Shout man B.

He attacked me blindly. His dagger was moved so irregularly. And his speed increased.

He keeps attacking me, doesn't care about the injuries I give him. His methods to launch attacks make me have a hard time dodging his attacks. 

I got a few cuts and stab wounds before man B died. As for man A, he died because of blood loss.

I picked up my spear and looked around to find Ruciel. However, the things I found and saw made me sick.

I've seen murder but this, this is an indiscriminate massacre. The Sky Pirates really didn't care about the lives of others or the lives of their comrades.

They keep killing and killing, never stopping.

They continued to make a crazed shout in this chaos.

Dozen of people's corpses lay on the deck, blood splattered everywhere, cries of despair and madness appeared alternately, people were dying, and worst of all, the evil side of people was clearly visible.

"It's stifling," I whispered.

A moment later I run when I found Ruciel. 

She was my destination. 

I have to help that girl who is currently confronting two Sky Pirates. She doesn't look good in a good position.

I passed people who were fighting also dozen of spells. And every time I passed the Sky Pirates, I gave them a gift of slash or two.

Every once in a while, I kill them. 

And now, I killed a Sky Pirate who trying to catch a wounded woman, who is a crew of this Airship.

"Thank you," said the woman who then drank a bottle of Potions.

I leave the woman and I ran to Ruciel while launching surprise attacks on the Sky Pirates.

The work I did give Adventurers and crew of this Airship a chance to kill sky pirates.

And yes, my little work didn't stop this plundering.

This nightmare continues.

A few steps later, I arrived at the place where Ruciel fought the two Sky Pirates.

Yes, the Sky Pirates discovered my presence but they were too slow.

"[Wind Cannon]"

"Gah!"

My spell sent a man flying far enough.

As for the other man, he turned away from Ruciel to attack me. Luckily, the guy was slower than the man B I had fought before. Because of that, my Arte...

"[Impale]"

Splat!

"Cough! Cough!"

My Arte took this man's life after penetrating his left chest.

"...thank you," Ruciel said.

Then, mirrored the woman earlier, Ruciel drank a bottle of Potion to treat her injuries.

Yes, Ruciel is strong but she looks ragged now. 

And I think that's partly my fault. I didn't give her a weapon intended for a melee fight. And yes, it seemed like she didn't get a chance to snatch a weapon from someone else.

As for the other reason...

"[Appraisal]"

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[Name: Kurno | Age: 22]

[Race: Dog Beastkin | Lvl: 37]

[Job: Sky Pirates, Airship Crew]

| HP: 68/116 

| MP: 23/30 

| SP: 97/130

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The Sky Pirates who attacked our airship were quite strong. Their average level was at 34, their strength was on par with C-Rank Adventurers.

"You look fine," Ruciel said. She glanced at me to check on my condition.

Yes, even though my clothes became tattered, I didn't have enough injuries. It happened because I have Nature Vitality. My wounds heal faster than anyone else's.

"I've been drinking my Potions," I told her.

Then, I gave Ruciel a Dagger. At the same time, my eyes never stopped to look around.

The danger was everywhere and I didn't want any of them to approach us when we weren't ready.

In addition to the danger, I realized that our allies had suffered a defeat. It happen because, In addition to strength, we were also outnumbered.

"It's not good," I whispered.

The Sky Pirates didn't disappear even though we had already killed quite a number of them.

"Can't you use that annoying mist?" Ruciel gave me some of her thoughts.

I shook my head. "That mist targeting everyone, allies, and enemies, it would be too risky if I used it now."

"How about turning into a monster?" Ruciel asked and she pulled me into the back of a pile of barrels to hide.

"I need two more days before I can transform again," I explained to her. At the same time, I saw the condition of her body.

I made a nod when I saw the wounds on her body disappear quite quickly.

"What are you going to do now?"

"We're going to kill those Sky Pirates one by one." My ears twitched as I said this plan.

To be honest, I wasn't sure and I lost my way or maybe, I didn't know what to do in this chaos.

The real world didn't give me the objectives I had to do.

"Killing their captain will make things easier. You know that?"

I turned to see a man called Cooper Head. "[Appraisal]"

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[Name: Tarni | Age: 31]

[Race: Human | Lvl: 54]

[Job: Sky Pirates Captain, Commander ]

| HP: 289/374

| MP: 67/90

| SP: 217/279

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He's stronger than me.

He's pretty scary.

And he's fighting the Captain of our Airship in equal ground. 

I didn't want to disturb their fight so I shook my head. "We're going to have a hard time dealing with that guy. We're going to finish his men first."

"All right," said Ruciel, who prepared her Dagger. "Are you ready?"

"Follow me!"

Out of the hiding place, I ran towards the nearest Sky Pirate. Ruciel was right behind me. Together, we killed those Sky Pirates using a surprise attack.

Our strategy worked despite having to try hard to get close quietly while taking advantage of the blind spots of those Sky Pirates.

< Acquired a Skill! Stealth |Lvl 1 >

[Stealth | Lvl 1] [Passive]

[+ Hide the skill's owner presence from the enemies.]

< Level up! 6 to 7 >

< Level up! 7 to 8 >

Leveling up makes me happy. However, for some reason, I feel disgusted now.

Obtaining Exp by killing people wasn't a pleasant thing.

And yes, thanks to the work we did, our allies got better in their fight and it seem, we got back the upper hand in this chaos.

"If this situation continues, I'm sure—"

I stopped talking and as soon as possible, I turned my body around. I prepared my spear and a moment later...

Clang!

A Great Sword struck my spear strongly. That attack also threw me quite far.

I rolled around on the deck a few times before I stopped. I stood up as quickly as I could and shouted, "Ruciel run!"

"Run? Isn't that word fit you better?"

That question made my body flinch. I jumped away from the source of the sound. And sure enough, the person I didn't want to fight stood in front of me.

"You look pretty strong. Let's fight until one of us dies!" Tarni yelled and ran to me.

Standing here I shouted, "Why!?"