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- Blood and Gore

- Fantasy Violence

- Sexual Violence

- Use of Alcohol

- Mature Humor

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Polaris Dark - Chapter IV

My vision returns and I find myself sprawled on the ground, the same clothing from the previous trial now tattered and ripped in areas. Ouch, my head hurts. So did the princess fall over or something? That thought was dashed when I can hear the roar of fire from outside whatever room I am in right now.

"Check Health"

Health: 712/2250

What happened here? I can hear angry yells, frightened and agony-filled screams and shrieks, and some clashing of metal on metal periodically. I slowly get up and look around, finding myself inside some sort of cellar, behind a couple of barrels smelling of some sort of fruit wine. A window pops up and some very disturbing information.

*Ding!*

Quest: Fate of the Ameryst Princess Difficulty: D-9 Tier: Chain Hidden Profession Trials: Part B

The invasion force has broken through the castle and now there are scores of enemy soldiers as well as friendly troops in the vicinity fighting each other. The enemy forces are numerous and have a huge advantage while the elven soldiers are not as organized from the surprise attack.

The High Elf king and queen have successfully escaped with a small detachment of elite elven soldiers when you volunteered (kind of forcefully) to distract the enemy and become a decoy with a few of your personal guards to draw the enemy soldiers away from the king and queen. The prince has the main army cannot make it in time to sweep away the enemy and so you must escape as well.

Be careful not to get pinned down by enemy soldiers; they will rape you if you are not careful enough to avoid their grabs. Free yourself from their grapples the best you can so that you can escape from being raped. If you are raped three times, you will automatically fail the trial as you will be too exhausted to move any further. The exhaustion counter will be available when the trial starts.

Be warned, you must fight with both your mind and body to be able to escape this situation. Ready your battle gauntlets, ready your bow and fight off soldiers that wish to take you for themselves! The trial will start once you exit this cellar, check the set of techniques and a single skill you have acquired to accomplish this task! A cyan arrow will show you where you need to go.

Quest Objectives

- Complete the objectives of this trial presented to you:

> Take down at least two enemy soldiers with close-combat techniques (0/2)

> Take down at least two enemy soldiers with ranged attacks (0/2)

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Quest Failure Conditions

- You cannot free yourself from capture

- You die before this trial ends

- Exhaustion Count (0/3)

Bonus Objectives

- Avoid enemy calling for reinforcements

- Rescue three injured soliders (0/3)

- Rescue three women (0/3)

- Rescue one child (0/1)

A cyan arrow appears on the ground in front of me and points towards the door of the cellar.

So it comes to a real war-like situation where one side is losing badly and the other side is rapes, pillages and loots like barbarians. So that's the reason why this trial has a warning on it. It seems that I really do have to be careful if I want to stay "clean" and escape without actually experiencing the downside of being female in a losing battle.

I do as the window suggests me to and open up the inventory and technique menu to see what I have. I first equip the battle gauntlets that are in my inventory, making them appear on my hands while I examine them a little.These are silver-white battle gauntlets that resemble gloves more than gauntlets as they cover less than half my forearm along with my hand and wrist. It has metal knuckle protectors with a sort of flexible and soft cloth material lining the inside.

I also bring out the bow from my inventory as well as a white-silver belt to hold the bow on my back but note the lack of arrows. The bow is of the same type and design as the one I used during the first trial, allowing me to be use to the draw weight and the size of the bow. The bow increases both my magical attack and my physical attack by 100 each, bringing up the total attack to 107 and 115 respectively. I equip the belt and place the bow on my back before I check on the skills I have to finish this trial.

"List all techniques, list in two categories; melee then ranged, alphabetical order. Show new skill after the techniques."

"Ding!*

Spoiler: Information

Techniques

Aero Slash Type: Offensive Proficiency: 0.00% Class: Connector Circle: Adept Mana Cost: 10MP Rank: Initial [Wind] - - - A wide-slashing kick that is enhanced by wind magic, causing glowing magic trials to follow the kick. This technique can be activated multiple times. The number of times you can active it consecutively increases as your proficiency with the technique improves.

Current activation limit: 8

Cooldown: 12 sec Technique Damage Max Hit Type Slash Kick 128% 1 P-Crush

Crescent Kick Type: Offensive Proficiency: 0.00% Class: Counter Circle: Adept Mana Cost: 60MP Rank: Initial [Wind] - - - Avoid the enemy attack and strike the enemy with an arcing back flip kick that generates a small, glowing green arc of wind magic that does multiple hits before it fades away. This technique can cause the target to bleed from the sharp wind crescent blade.

Perfect Evasion: 1

20% Chance of inflicting

Cooldown: 8 sec Technique Damage Max Hit Type Back Flip Kick 84% 1 P-Crush Wind Crescent 8% 6 M-Slash

Mirage Drop Type: Offensive Proficiency: 0.00% Class: Falling Strike Circle: Adept Mana Cost: 150MP Rank: Initial [Wind] - - - Move at a speed that causes a fading afterimage to appear at the point of activation. Appear above the designated point and stomp downward, hitting the ground (and the target if present) with both your legs enhanced by wind magic while releasing a spiraling wind energy around your body. Striking the ground results in a small explosion of wind when you hit the ground.

Drop Range: 3m

Cooldown: 30 sec Technique Damage Max Hit Type Fall 100% 1 P-Crush Wind Spiral 11% 5 M-Slash Ground Stomp 158% 1 P-Blast Wind Burst 52% 1 M-Blast

Reflex Anchor Type: Support Proficiency: 0.00% Class: Hindering Circle: Expert Mana Cost: 80MP Rank: Initial [Wind] - - - Shoot a magic arrow that causes the target to become entangled in magic wind threads that hinders the movement, reducing agility and evasion as well as staggering the target for a moment. This technique also interrupts whatever the target is doing at the time of the strike. This arrow is fired straight forward instead of following a ballistic arc, dissipating at the one hundred meter mark.

Range: 100m

Reduces target agility and mobility by 25% for 10 seconds

Staggers and interrupts target technique or spell

Cooldown: 22 sec Technique Damage Max Hit Type Magic Arrow 100% 1 M-Pierce Anchoring 15% 1 M-Blast

Revolver Burst Type: Offensive Proficiency: 0.00% Class: Multi-Hit Circle: Expert Mana Cost: 30MP Rank: Initial [Wind] - - - Fire six translucent pale blue magic arrows at the target consecutively without any hesitation. The arrows fired with this skill fly in a straight line, dissipating after a hundred meters.

Range: 100m

Time in between shots: 0.5 sec

Cooldown: 4 sec Technique Damage Max Hit Type Magic Arrow 100% 6 M-Pierce

There is also a skill I have gained as well as these techniques for this trial.

Spoiler: Information

Mistral Arrows Skill Type: Basic Setup Proficiency: 0.00% Skill Class: Magic Arrow Circle: Master Skill Cost: Mana Rank: Initial An archer should never run out arrows or else he or she would become defenseless in a battle. This skill gives you the ability to create arrows made of pure magic and use it to shoot at enemies for a small mana cost, allowing you to fight without relying on regular arrows. These arrows follow a straight line path instead of an arc, dissipating after flying for a hundred meters.

Range: 100m

Uses Mana to manifest magic arrows, using 5MP per arrow.

Cooldown: N/A Skill Damage Max Hit Type Magic Arrow 100% 1 M-Pierce

For all spells, techniques and skills, there are different ranks and circles it is associated with. The proficiency ranges from 0.00% to 100.00%. When the proficiency reaches 100.00%, the rank will decrease by 1. Ranks are separated into 5 stages, with 5 as the lowest and 1 the highest. When the rank is maxed at 1 and the proficiency reaches 100%, one must have a corresponding "Circle Manual" item to breakthrough to the next "circle".

There are ten Circles of expertise, from the lowest to the highest: Basic, Novice, Apprentice, Adept, Expert, Master, Saint, Imperial, Exceed, and Deity. There is a rumored eleventh, pinnacle circle but that one has never been confirmed so we can safely ignore that one.

Judging by the skill, it looks like the "missing" arrows are not missing at all but rather unnecessary. With these techniques and this skill, I should be able to deal with a small amount of soldiers in a single area.

Alright, I check the condition of myself, confirm that there is no problems with this body, and then move quietly towards the cellar door. I open the door slowly and slowly move up the stairwell, vigilant to my surroundings and the multitude of sounds that permeate through the air. I reach the top of the stairwell and take a look at the area, hiding behind a pillar that is part of the doorway to the cellar.

Beyond the stairwell is a small outdoor courtyard and it looks like a disaster area with both enemy and friendly soldiers' bodies strewn around, bleeding out with swords, axes and arrows embedded in the corpses. The ground and walls are painted with crimson blood and dark lumps of gore, making it seem like a portrait of ruin and calamity. There's a reason why all of the realistic death and destruction doesn't get to me is a coping method that works very well during the time I see this, but would cause a lot of problems after the event.

Even though my body and face shows a small bit of fright and concern, my mind is actually much calmer than normal. It's like my brain and body telling me to get through the situation first before breaking down. After the event though, I will collapse and let out everything that I had been withholding; crying, anger, disgust and all other sorts of emotions. This was part of my training during my childhood to repress my thoughts and opinions in formal settings unless there is a problem with someone.

As I am right now, I will have to deal with the rest of the problems later. I slowly reach behind my back and take the bow out as I slink out of the shadows of the pillar and move to where the cyan arrow on the ground is pointing towards. As I move, I can hear the shrieks and cries as well as lots of yelling and swearing. The louder sounds of cries, yelling and clashing of metal on metal cover up but not hide the softer sobbing and... is that moaning from the men?

Spoiler: 18+ From Now On

I head into a hallway the arrow is pointing to and nearly get seen by two men when turning a corner. I quickly stop and step back, hiding at the corner before peeking out slightly. I can see a total of four human enemy soldiers over there along with one elven woman and I do not like what I am seeing: the elven woman is being held down by two men, both of them raping the poor girl at the same time. I can hear her desperate sobbing and crying, still struggling to get away while the other two men are watching their surroundings, probably waiting for their turn.

I shudder and wince with each cry from the woman; this is different from dead or dying people as I can suffer the same fate if I get caught and although this is a virtual reality, it so realistic enough to feel the awkwardness and humiliation from being forced. Forcing myself to keep calm and look for a window of opportunity to strike down all four soldiers without being noticed.

Speaking of which, stealth attacks can deal additional damage and puts the target into dazed state from the confusion and surprise of a sneak attack. This is the rogue's specialty: their set of techniques and skills work with this in mind and can increase the power and efficiency of sneak attacks. Although I, as this character, am not a rogue, dealing sneak attacks will still be more effective than a frontal assault.

Due to the lighting in this area, the soldiers cannot see me peeking around the corner and this gives me a chance to take them all down before they even notice. I estimate the distance from the group over there and my position to be around six meters or so.

"Haah... Haah... You are one fine fuck bitch!"

"Damn, that ass is tight and hot!"

I wince again from the vulgar word and the sobbing of the woman being raped.

I take a deep breath and do a countdown in my mind.

3...

The two men watching the surrounding area turn away from my location.

2...

"I'm going to breed you like the bitch you really are!"

1...

"N-No! P-Please don't do i-it!"

Time to act.

I trigger the skill and pull on the bowstring, holding the bow horizontally and immediately activate the technique while aiming at the two standing soldier's heads three magic arrows each soldier. The glowing pale blue arrows made of pure mana shoot out quickly, striking the two soldiers three times each without them even noticing before it was too late.

Critical! Fatal Hit! Surprise Attack! 357 Damage to Krisengarde Kingdom Soldier A Lvl. 9

Critical! Fatal Hit! Surprise Attack! 334 Damage to Krisengarde Kingdom Soldier A Lvl. 9

Critical! Fatal Hit! Surprise Attack! 362 Damage to Krisengarde Kingdom Soldier A Lvl. 9

Critical! Fatal Hit! Surprise Attack! 372 Damage to Krisengarde Kingdom Soldier B Lvl. 9

Critical! Fatal Hit! Surprise Attack! 394 Damage to Krisengarde Kingdom Soldier B Lvl. 9

Critical! Fatal Hit! Surprise Attack! 325 Damage to Krisengarde Kingdom Soldier B Lvl. 9

These enemies are definitely overpowered in terms of health. A level nine player, no matter how much of a damage-soaking tank he or she is, will never have about 900 health points. I am not sure about advancements, but this is pretty ridiculous if they are not advanced soldiers.

Both of the soldiers here only have 900 health to begin with and dealing literally triple damage to each soldier with that technique killed both of them in three seconds flat. Even with their helmet, magic arrows don't get stopped as easily as physical arrows. This is the deciding factor I came up with to go with this plan. The two soldiers fall over, all but living. Turning from living beings to corpses within three seconds.

Without missing a single beat, I aim towards the soldier raping the woman in the ass and activate the skill before shooting a regular palish-blue translucent magic arrow at the same place. That guy is so into raping the woman when the two arrows hit him, he ends up in a daze. Changing targets, II turn to the soldier underneath the woman and by this time, four seconds have past and I activate again, sending all six magic arrows at the offending man's head, over-killing him while the one shot in the head with the technique to fall into a daze and stop thrusting his member inside the woman.

I quickly dash towards the dazed soldier and pull him off the elven woman since he is still dazed before kicking him in the head eight times in succession using , dealing on average about eighty six damage per kick. Combining the damage from the two arrows and eight consecutive kicks, the soldier buckles and dies from the assault.

The elven woman is still sobbing but she turns around, wondering what the sounds were and the magical lights that struck the man's head underneath her. She quickly gets off the now dead soldier and sees me before bursting into tears and running to me. Her clothing is in tatters, making her almost completely in the nude. I quickly put the bow back on my back and catch her, embracing her and comforting her while she is crying from both happiness for being saved as well as sadness from being raped and humiliated.

My own eyes are welling up in tears from this incident; this woman is going to be devastated from this. I shake away that feeling of crying right away: if I get distracted from this, not only will she get into trouble again, even I might get myself into the same incident if soldiers discover us here. I give the woman a moment more before I pat her should a bit to try to get her attention.

"I know you are sad and you are hurt but please hold it in for now. We really need to get out of here before the enemy soldiers discover us here..."

The woman can't stop crying and is still holding on to me tightly, making me feel a little more tense as if soldiers really came in right now, this is going to suck. I quickly grab on to the woman's shoulders and shake her more and she finally stops holding on to me and looks at me with tear filled eyes.

"I know you are hurt and unhappy, but please, we really need to get away from here before someone discovers us here. Please, at least be strong for me...?"

The elven woman sniffles a little and tries to stop her crying, making a rather shaky smile and nod to me. I quickly give her a quick hug before back away slightly to watch my surroundings.

"Alright, please follow me and try not to make any sound; we need to find a way to get out of the castle without getting caught... I'll ask for your name later once you feel a bit better."

The women brushes her mid-length golden locks out of her greenish-blue eyes and nod to me again, a small sob escaping her lips. She is about half a head shorter than me so she will not be spotted as easily and can probably hide in spaces if it comes to that as a final resort.

As soon as I get my bearings after saving the elf maiden, I follow the cyan arrow, navigating around obstacles with the woman following me. As we round a third corner, I quickly stop the woman from moving by raising a hand. An elven soldier is being cornered by three human soldiers. It seems the elven soldier is already injured from a previous encounter and now cannot fend off and escape the three soldiers entrapping him against the wall.

"Please wait here for a moment," I quietly whisper to woman behind me. I look back and see her nodding, her sniffling already slowly stopping.

Because the bow is not in my inventory, I manually equip it by taking it off my back. Although equipping the bow using an inventory requires no work, it takes about five seconds for the item to appear and you cannot do that while in combat unless you have a certain skill. Manually equipping items is easier though someone can interfere with it or knock the weapon (if a weapon) out of your hand before you can use it.

Let's see... I peek out of the corner and see that the three enemy soldiers are toying with the injured elven soldier, poking at him halfhearted way while laughing at his attempts to avoid the spear or block it with his sword.

I analyze the situation carefully, taking note of every possible factor before deciding on a course of action. Heading out into the open area, I crouch down and aim my bow at the very left (my left) human soldier. As have been triggered, a translucent pale blue magic arrow appears, ready to be fired. Like before, I use the technique again and fire the first three at the soldier on the left and then the last three at the soldier in the middle.

All six arrows strike true and takes down the two soldiers in the three seconds of the skill. The third soldier, however, is skilled enough to not go into a daze and turn around. Even though he sees me, he does not falter and takes me seriously, holding his spear in a defensive manner while rushing towards me.

His idea is good; normally an archer's weakness is close-combat and rushing forward can startle him or her from shooting again. However, rushing towards me is actually not a good idea and there are two simple reasons that make this a bad idea. First, I cannot fumble a magic arrow, making it impossible lose my attack option instead of needing to back away. Second, the class I have currently isn't an archer.

It's the second reason that breaks this poor soldier's heart. When he reaches about five steps away from me, I use the technique and disappear from his view, startling him. One moment later, I fall from about five meters in the air, my feet smashing into his head, knocking him down while wind energy spirals around me, dealing even more damage before slamming him into the ground. My feet then slam on the ground, causing a burst of wind magic that knocks his fallen body away.

Fatal Hit! 213 Damage to Krisengarde Kingdom Soldier C Lvl. 10

This one is a little stronger than the others but that doesn't really matter too much right now. I am not going to bother with opening the rest of the damage logs, it will just be repetitive and not really useful. Anyhow, the soldier isn't down yet as the total damage of 476 damage. The soldier struck by the technique recovers quickly and cautiously approaches me with his spear in a ready position, having been punished for his mistake of thinking that I am a simple archer.

Not that I need to do anything anymore as he completely forgot about the injured elven warrior from before. The elven warrior had taken the initiative to sneak up on the enemy soldier while I pummeled the latter to the ground and in a single breath, he stabs the enemy in through the unprotected neck before I complete the set with a magic arrow through his forehead.

The human soldier crumples to the ground as the pale-blue magic arrow disappears.

The injured elven soldier comes up to me and tries to kneel but nearly collapses from his injured left leg. I stop him from doing so and support his body so he doesn't crumple like the human did, albeit not dead.

"P-P-Princess! Y-You are alright! I was worried that something happened to you..."

"Thank you for your concern," I reply while remembering the situation on the quest window, "although my father and mother did not like it, I acted as decoy to draw away the enemy soldiers and succeeded. I hide in the cellar before coming out to find a way to escape..."

I think the woman hiding feels that the enemies are all down, so she comes out from the behind the corner and surprises the soldier and he nearly falls over from her appearance, covering her breasts and crotch with her hands. Just a moment later, he immediately rights himself as he seems to recognize her.

"A-Ashia! You're here!"

The woman's eyes widen and her eyes are filled with tears.

"R-Rien... Oh..."

She chokes into sobs and run to the elven soldier's arms and they both hold each other with the elven woman crying again while Rien, the elven soldier, holds her tightly while a few tears fall from his eyes.

After a moment, the soldier remembers the current situation and comforts Ashia before looking to me.

I bow my head down slightly and my mood drops a little from this exchange. It seems that Ashia and Rien are more than just normal acquaintances.

"I'm sorry," I start, "I wasn't able to get to Ashia quick enough..."

Ashia backs away from the soldier for a moment and turns to me, bowing her head deeply and speaks to me, stuttering over a few words from her still crying a little.

"N-No... Even t-though I was violated... your highness has kept me from being defiled by their seed... I am forever in your debt..."

After a small exchange of comforting words and embrace, I quickly assess the situation and check the quest window to see that the bonus objectives of rescuing the women and injured soldiers have both reached (1/3).

"We better hurry," I softly say, "We do not want to get hemmed in by the enemy if they are successful in taking over the castle."

The two elves I saved nod and we all start moving again, with me following the cyan arrow while the two of them, whom obviously can't see it, follow me. Along the way, the three of us pass a rather empty laundry area and end up finding something new for Ashia to wear to cover her body. Ashia also spies a small knife in the room and takes it as well just in case. I don't change to anything else since the dress I'm wearing is only torn in places and not decimated to the point where it is revealing.

Wait a moment, if I'm still wearing the royal clothing and accessories, wouldn't the enemy realize that I am an important character and try harder to capture me?

Checking the equipment and accessory on me right now, I decide not to change even if it draws more attention. The rare equipment and accessories provide some decent protection and when I compare it to regular clothing, it is nearly 30% higher in both physical and magical defense even though it is in a rather bad state of repair. It also has agility and dexterity boosts so I'll take my chances.

We finally reach the end of the hallway after ambushing two more pairs of enemy soldiers along the way. With my ranged magic arrow support and Rien fending off the spear-wielding enemies. The three of us hide behind the pillar marking the end of the hallway while I slowly peek around the pillar to take a look at the area.

This area is a large room with a lot of broken furniture, blood, shattered metal and wooden pole pieces. There is nothing here but dead bodies and crimson blood paint on the floor. I then take a look at my two temporary companions, seeing their pale, fear-stricken face, I have to thank my parents for helping me stay calm in such psychologically traumatizing events, even if it is only a cover until I can rest.

Making eye contact with the two of them to get their attention, I motion for them to follow me and they calmed down slightly and started following me. We move quietly across the room and pass the broken double doors on the other side. On exiting the broken doorway, a lump of something strikes me in the head, knocking me down and dealing a substantial amount of damage to me.

-442 Health

You have been knocked down and put into state for 10 seconds

That was unexpected and I panic a little while on the ground, stunned for a moment from the sudden hit to the head.

The two elves following me are surprised as well, Ashia quickly stumbles to my side and kneels to check if I'm okay while the soldier rushes over to defend me against whomever that threw whatever it was. That action is not necessary though as it turns out that it is just something that was tosses over the wall. I turn my head to see what had hit me and find some sort of broken doll...

I can hear the cries of a child on the other side of the walls of this outdoor area as well as laughter of men. I note the high pitch feminine cries and realize what is going on, my mind calms down automatically due to the training, giving me back the ability to think clearly. When the 10 seconds are up, I quickly get up to my feet and express some urgency in my words to the other two... not before surprising Ashia

"That doll was thrown over the wall, you can hear a child on that side, we have to go help her!"

The two of them nods and realizes the urgency of the situation and quickly follows me as I take a detour to the door at the far left of the outer wall. Reaching the broken down door in three seconds, I stop and peek around the corner to check on the situation without being found.

There is a group of six human soldiers here surrounding a small elven girl, laughing at her while one of them are holding up a rather ragged doll of some sort of above his head, laughing and bullying the elf girl. They'll probably take her away after they have their fun and sell her to slave merchants or something.

I will stop that from happening at all costs; I do not want to see, or even imagine, a child harmed like this. I closely watch their movement and decide on a risky path of action. This plan will only implicate me if it fails though even then I should be able to escape with my high agility. In comparison, those soldiers over there should not be as fast as me, especially if they are only base-level 9.

Telling the two about my plan, of course the two of them want to object, especially Rien as he is one of the elven soldiers that protect the royal family. I reply that there is no time for deliberation and insist that I'm the only one that can play the role of the decoy since Ashia is not exactly combat ready while Rien is still injured. In the end, they relented and we start the plan.

Because the soldiers and I are much further apart than the previous fights, standing about thirty meters away unlike the ten to fifteen meter distance from previous encounters, I take careful aim the bow and walk out from hiding while the two of them prepare the save the child. I let out all six magic arrows of the technique at a single target as I do not know what level these soldiers are at. They're equipment looks better than the other enemy soldiers we've come across so far so I know that I should not be careless.

Even though there is more distance, straight-line firing magic arrows shoot like guns: they won't miss at this range. The six arrows hit their mark, surprising the other five soldiers as the enemy I chose as the target falls over, dead before hitting the ground. The remaining human soldiers draw their weapons and whip their heads around frantically, trying to find the culprit that killed their comrade. The elven child just stares in shock from someone dying but does not utter a sound.

Before the five spot me, I manage to get off a on another human soldier and I start running in a direction that will allow me to move the furthest away from Rien and Ashia. At this time, the soldiers spot me and start shouting out obscenities.

"Damn! That's a noble, get her!"

"That bitch! She killed Kren!"

"Let me at her! I'll fuck her till she loses her mind!"

"Kill that bitch!"

"Hey! Not till we have our fun first!"

I turn around and fire the magic arrows of at different directions, all facing towards the five soldiers that are now running at me, with one of them slower due to being affected by my the . The soldiers are a little stunned due to the glowing magic arrows that move in a straight line but like all veterans of an army, they are able to avoid most of them.

The slowest soldier gets hit in the shoulder due to the lowered mobility and agility, knocking him to the side a bit, slowing him down a bit more.

89 Damage to Krisengarde Kingdom Soldier C Lvl. 7

I turn around and continue to run swiftly away, drawing the angry, yelling soldiers away from the elven child as well as Ashia and Rien. I slow my running speed on purpose so the soldiers can slowly catch up. If I outrun the soldiers too quickly, they'll turn back and my plan would go astray. Ahead of me is an apple orchard the Queen loves and helps maintain with several gardeners.

The orchard has not been touched, probably because the field and trees are at the back of the palace and the invasion did not start from the back. In the orchards, I glance back to find the human soldiers gaining on me, clearly still running after the bait dangled in front of them without caring about their previous endeavor. Putting on a small burst speed I dash behind a tree and disappear from my pursuer's view.

The soldiers are further angered by my disappearance and quicken their pace to catch me. As they are runner towards the trees, I pick a target and swiftly aim at him, revealing myself for a split second. By now, the soldier hit by the has his mobility and agility return to normal and is just slightly behind the rest of the soldiers. His view of me is blocked by another two soldiers and so he will be the target of my arrows.

Six magic arrows, one after another, flies towards the soldier front of my intended target. The two soldiers blocking the last man's view move avoid the arrows and shouts out more obscenities at me. The last man notices the arrows way too late and is put down by six magic arrows to the head, leaving only four angry men left chasing after me. I do not think I can fight off four people at once and so I vanish behind another tree, moving diagonally to obscure their view. I can still hear I lot of obscenities from them and they're getting closer.

"That fucking bitch is going to die in the most painful way possible!"

"Forget killing her like that, I'll f..."

...I'll tune out of their swearing and fantasies of me that will never happen. I hope...

I stop running from them and hide behind a tree as they spread out a little to try to cover more ground and to stop me from escaping to the sides. Like the soldier inside of the building, these four are making the same mistake of thinking that I am poor at close combat. This suits me just fine.

As one of the soldiers get close to the tree I am hiding behind, I wonder if I can shoot the magic arrows while on the move. On the forums, a lot of players with the archer archetype profession have posted many articles on how moving while shooting has a huge accuracy penalty as well as sometimes fumbling an arrow or tripping due to lack of concentration.

The higher level players report that the both the rate of accidents and the accuracy penalty are lowered as your character's dexterity increases. They also discovered that the speed at which the archer moves is also part of the accuracy penalty calculations if you shoot while moving, All the posts were done with physical arrows though, so what would happen if I were to use the skill?

I guess I'll find out when I have the chance to. A see a shadow of the soldier coming past my tree and leap out and activate , sending an arcing kick imbued with wind magic at his chest, knocking him back a little and surprising him with the power of the kick.

Surprise Hit! 161 Damage to Krisengarde Kingdom Soldier C Lvl. 7

I then execute the remaining seven consecutive kicks of the technique and send him to the grave without him even knowing how I took him down. I still have my bow in hand and so I activate , aiming at the soldier that just appeared from behind a tree. two arrows strike his head while the other four embed themselves in his torso.

Due to the surprise attack, one critical hit and two fatal hits to the head, the level 7 soldier is dealt with within the three seconds of the technique.

At the moment, a something or someone grabs my arms, knocking the bow out of my hands and wrenches my arms behind my back, making me let out a cry of pain and surprise. I can see the other human soldier spotting me and heading slowly towards me with a very nasty smile. Right beside my right ear, I hear a cold, lustful whisper...

"Heh... You are a dead fucking bitch..."

Oh no, I completely forgot to watch for the other two soldiers.

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