Kaye stared at the creature with fear. This was not a beast she was normally capable of taking on. Elementals had to be countered by magic casters or pinpoint snipers to hit the core in their centre, and each second fighting against this beast was a disadvantage. Elementals never tired, while mortal races normally did.

She pulled out her blade as she watched the elemental. A small smirk came to her face, despite her disadvantage. This was a perfect chance for her to impress the Demigod.

"I will kill you and take your crystal!"

Kai shook her head as she pulled out both her curved blades, moving into a strange pose as she pointed one blade forward, the second blade behind her head as she leaned lower to the ground as she prepared herself.

"Do not use shields. this creature will either use blunt force or the water can just go around."

Kaye gave commands out to her soldiers as both of them tossed the shields to the side as they pulled swords out. Kaye gulped as she knew what she had to do.

"Can you both buy us some time, we have one chance at winning this."

She prayed to the Demigod she had never met to grant them the strength to win.

The elemental moved first, its speed slower than what anyone expected. It almost looked drunk with its strange movements, gliding sideways before moving straight towards one of the sergeants, its large arm moving upwards as it swiftly came crashing down. While the soldier had managed to move to the right, avoiding the main blow, it was sadly not the same for the aftershock.

The water fist crashed into the floor, the entire surface below smashing and cracking as a thunderous echo boomed, the sergeant tossed away by the aftershock, smashing into the wall with a thud as she started to cough up blood.

"Mina!" Kaye moved to block the path to the injured woman, the other Sergent moving to pick her up and move her out. It was already down to two on one, as she wanted to have no casualties.

"You have disturbed my sanctuary! The goddess may forgive but I! Do! Not!" The elemental boldly proclaimed in a guttural tone as it charged again towards Kaye.

Kaye braced herself, knowing she would have to take the blow head on. The two soldiers behind her trying to escape would be caught in the water if she avoided the blow.

Her sword pushed forward as she watched the elemental stumble towards her. She shut her eyes, bracing for the impact as she felt fear holding her.

But the impact never came. She heard instead the tapping of footwork against the stonework, and hissing from a clearly annoyed water elemental. Her eyes opened up again as she looked at what was going on. Her jaw dropped wide in surprise.

Kai was dancing, her body twisting past the slow but strong blows from the water elemental, her form twisting as the dual curved blades struck into the elemental’s body, slicing chunks out as the water-like goo hit the floor. The creature seemed annoyed as it was struggling to fight such an agile creature.

"Stop moving!" It shouted, slamming its large fist down to the ground again, attempting the same trick as last time.

The ground shattered again, the shockwave even stronger than before. Kai swung her blades upwards, pulling her body back as the water fist came down against her. She moved like a blur, stepping forward and jumping above the fist as it was about to hit the ground, plunging both her blades into the beast as she held on tight. The shockwaves rattled the ground and air around her, almost blowing her back.

After a few moments, she pulled another chunk of flesh from the creature as she stepped back, twirling a few times as she got back into her stance. The elemental grew a deeper shade of red as it charged again towards Kai. Its large fist crashing down a second time as Kai prepared to perform the same maneuver once more.

But the elemental was not a stupid creature. Its large fist slammed into the ground as it felt Kai’s blades slice into its gooey water-based flesh. Quickly shifting the mass from its right hand to its left, the other fist became massive and full, quickly swinging a right hook with speed much faster than before.

Kai quickly pulled her blades free without doing much damage, pulling back as she cartwheeled away several times before spinning and dropping into a stance. She had avoided the blow, and was even holding her own against the elemental.

Kaye felt in awe of this woman. It was no wonder they won the last imperial expansion war. She had heard all these plant women were capable fighters, but if each one of them could fight to this extent, it would be horrifying, to say the least.

The water elemental screeched loudly, pissed that this woman was winning in the fight against it, its body glowing as it used some of its magic to control the blobs that had come from it, quickly turning them all to water as the ground became soaking wet within an instant. Kai struggling to keep her footwork on the floor.

The elemental glided across the water, appearing before Kai once more, its large fist slamming down to the ground. Sadly, this time, Kai was unable to launch herself due to the surface. She was barely able to get out of range as the fist slammed to the floor, causing ripples and another force explosion, catapulting Kai into the nearest wall.

Kaye felt fear come back into her heart, staring at the creature that had turned back towards her. She was now alone against this creature, her sergeant still tending to the wounds of the other woman. Kaye gulped down her worry as she stared at the elemental, boot smashing into the floor as she used her own weight to push aside the water and dig her feet into the ruined stone floor. She used the broken parts of floor for grip as she moved forward.

"Dieeee!" she screeched as her sword pierced upwards.

The tip pierced of her sword plunged into the orb that was in the elemental’s chest, her arm buried deep inside the elemental. The core cracked slightly, but remaining in one piece. She watched the elemental freeze and stop moving.

"I… I’ve done it! I've defeated it!" she squealed with glee, her smile growing as she cried tears of joy.

An impossible feat had just been accomplished.

"Thank you, Demigod, for looking over me!" she said, grateful for her good fortune.