Kali switched to a reverse grip on the right-hand dagger, increasing her possible reactions to any attacks. With her fighting two versus one, her priority was to keep herself safe while trying to reduce their numbers by one. How? That's her assignment.
"Dumb little bitch, have ya already forgotten how ye're subdued before? And ya still dare bare yo fangs against us once more?!"
"She needs to be taught a hard lesson... As long as we keep her alive, the boss could heal her injuries, so let's beat her up until she's half dead!"
"..."
Kali's gaze didn't waver, keeping the two within her peripheral vision. She was waiting for the opportune moment to move. The two guys facing her also weren't simply rushing forward. Although they were talking big, they knew that they were weaker than Kali and, as such, didn't dare to attack her without making sure that they had the advantage.
*BOOOM!*
A secondary explosion, probably from a bomb that got blasted away before igniting, created a bright light, blinding Kali for a moment. She raised her arm across her face a moment later, but it was already too late. Her vision would take a few seconds to return to normal!
"Chance!"
One of the two, the one using twin pistols, quickly aimed toward Kali and pulled the trigger. He fired the left and right with about a 0.5-second gap between each shot, keeping his aim straight at his target.
*WHOOSH!*
But at the same instant that he pulled the trigger, Kali moved.
Even without her vision, she had already memorized the terrain in her mind. She ducked down, dashed to a large arc to the right, and started zigzagging, making sure that the enemy wouldn't get a line of fire toward her.
"Shit...! Bastard, stop screwing around! Aim properly!!!"
The one with the dagger cursed at the other one, seeing how all his shots missed their target. Fear gripped his heart as he imagined what would happen when Kali's vision returned. Although she was the one who lost her vision, it was they who were feeling pressured!
However, Kali's movement was too irregular. He was even barely able to keep her in his vision!
*CLICK!*
"Damn it...!"
The other man, who was still halfway reloading his pistols, cursed as he saw Kali move from his pal toward him. His breathing got even more ragged as his fingers trembled from fear and panic. But fortunately for him, he managed to reload one gun successfully before Kali made it to his location.
*BANG!* *BANG!*
He fired twice, the first one trying to aim right at Kali's head, with the second one firing almost at random due to the recoil. Kali methodically dodged the first bullet by doing a sidestep to the right, but as luck would have it, the second shot was aimed right where she stopped.
"Ugh!"
A bullet hit her right chest, embedding into her lungs and stunning her for a moment. The pain made her head turn white, but her body still moved even without her input. She was moving as if a robot, fully automatic!
She jumped forward, reaching right next to the man, and swung her backhand-gripped dagger up, like an uppercut. Her blade cut the man from his groin up to his chin, possibly splitting him in half if what she was holding was a bit longer.
The man fell on his back from the impact, with his stomach opening up and his guts spilling all over the ground as blood covered him in a flash. It was a gruesome sight, but Kali's senses had yet to return, so she at least didn't need to see it.
"Argh... fuck!"
She cursed as she applied pressure to her wounded area, which was stinging with pain. It was already difficult for her to breathe even before the punctured lung reduced her respiratory function to half.
She kept gasping for air while turning toward Cassy, who was still in the middle of a fierce battle against the man with the giant hammer.
'I should help her...!' Kali thought, but her state was far from being fit to help. In fact, she was now barely able to move!
While she was looking at Cassy's fight, the other party turned to her with a pale face and shouted in panic. "K! Behind you!"
*SQUELCH!*
But her warning was a second too late. A sword passed through Kali's stomach from behind, causing her eyes to open wide in shock.
"Looking away while fighting?! I'm being underestimated, aren't I?!"
Things took a turn for the worse when Cassy momentarily lost concentration and took a solid blow from the hammer coming from her right side. Out of nowhere, they found themselves in a very precarious position!