At that moment I lost it, Valeria just died infront of me...no... I clearly knew she would die yet I let her rush ahead...

"... I'm gonna break you..[limit break] " those were the only words that left my mouth.

I used [storm dash] and infused rea with [ice giant's strike] and slammed down hard on it's face.

But the fire elemental took it head on with both its arms and even smiled...he was mocking me.I was already enraged as it is.

I didn't give up and used [dragon's rush] and infused lea with another [ice giant's strike].

3 slashes did no damage and only knocked him back...

"Not yet!" I was determined to take this fire elemental down.

I infused both rea and lea with [ice giant's strike] before smashing both of them on it but he only grabbed both blades and slammed me on the ground, he kept pounding his fist on my body.. My hp dwindled down faster than I can react...

My vision become blurry and all I could think about was strength to survive, to be able to go home...

"Strength! I need strength!" I kept shouting in my head before I lost consciousness.

"Young one... You must not die... " out of the blue I heard a voice in my sea of consciousness.

"Who are you?" I asked

The black and quiet space then turned stormy there was rain and thunder everywhere before the thunder formed a dragon head.

"I am Raijin the thunder dragon! " his voice echoed throughout the space.

"How did you enter my mind? " dude that's breaking and entering, I can sue you you know.

"That golden dragon tricked me to sending my daughter to you! " he roared with anger.

"Your what?! " I didn't know any of this

"My only daughter Raija! If you die then so will she! "

"Sorry to disappoint but I'm dying out there" I shook my head

"Don't worry human, I will help you out!"

After his voice fell, I woke up and found myself being held by the neck.

Power quickly surged into me and the dragon tatoo on my arm glowed blue, the fire elemental was shocked and threw me away.

I managed to stand up and when I looked up I saw thunderclouds forming.I used [storm dash] and picked up lea and rea along the way before using [ice giant's strike] on his feet.

The [ice giant's strike] threw it off the ground, I quickly cast a rare skill I recently learned, [whirlpool] on the ground.

I chased after the fire elemental and while mid air, I gave it a combi slash before slamming it into the center of the whirlpool.I was still mid air when numerous thunder snakes coiled around me.

I fell down thrusting downwards while numerous thunder snakes coiled around me.if looked from you from far away, it would look like a blue meteor crashing down into the ground.

I stabbed rea straight through his chest while the whirlpool complemented the thundering snakes and amplified its effects.

The fire elemental kept roaring and even punched me a couple of times but I countinued slashing down until its chest downwards was cut in half.

I supported my body rea and limped towards Valeria's body I struggled to bring out a potion while limping towards her but will this help her? Won't healing cause damage to her.

In the end before I could reach her [limit break] wore off and my body which was riddled with wounds fell down to the ground.I felt pain all over my body before I finally fell unconscious.

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I felt something heavy on my stomach so I opened my eyes and found a recording stone placed on top of my stomach.I quickly played it and heard an unfamiliar voice yet the message made me stand up and equip my skin tight assassination gear and weapons before quickly heading out.

When I was outside I saw a blue meteor illuminate the sky and crash down on a location not far from here, the others also woke up and started rushing to the location of where the meteor fell even ignoring rhe fact that they were wearing incomplete armor.

While I was running, Lord Ryan caught up with me along with the three generals but what we saw next left us dumbfounded.

There were small pits everywhere and some of the trees were even burning, it was utter chaos however what really surprised us was that Arachne was rushing over along with the woman master Lyan saved but they were both carrying master Lyan who was unconscious and had his entire body covered in blood.

The healer, Mrs.Margaret quickly rushed over and kept casting healing spells while I stood frozen on the spot...

'My Master was seriously injured,where was I?' I kept asking myself that question while I looked at his body.

His weapons were fine but his robes were burned crisp and you could hardly notice that it was once a robe while his armor was too shattered for blacksmiths to fix but his body was riddled with wounds.

"...a! "

"..ra! "

"Mira! " I was pulled back to reality thanks to Arachne.

"Let's go you'll catch a cold out here!" I looked around and no was there,just the two of us.

"H..how is master?!" I won't be able to forgive myself if something bad has happened to him.

"He's fine! His body stabilized an hour ago" Arachne had puffy eyes,clearly she has been crying all this time.

"Take me to where he is!" I swear to myself that I will nurse him back to health

"He's sleeping in the private room... " Arachne said as she led the way to Master's room by the healer's tent.

When we entered,Valeria was there sitting beside master's bed while holding his hand as she slept. I swiftly checked his body which was wrapped up like a mummy.

He was sleeping peacefully but every now and then his face would distort in pain,everytime this happens I could only helplessly watch and wipe his sweat away. The night passed and dawn soon came,Valeria woke up.

"I can watch over master Lyan, you can go and eat your breakfast" I was still vigilant when it comes to her.

"No! I also want to take care of him" she shook her head and insisted on staying.

"I insist you go eat your breakfast and rest in your tent. " I won't give up that easily.

"You're still wary of me right? " after a brief silence she replied.

"Yes" since she knows already what's there to hide.

"I'm half undead" she looked straight at my eyes and seriously spoke

"You're the reason master is like this! " I was stunned but I quickly draw a dagger from my legs and pointed it at her neck.

"You're the reason master is so injured!" The dagger only punctured her skin as a droplet of blood flowed out.

"I know that's why I'm here doing my best to help him! aren't you the same?!"

She fearlessly replied

"We are not the same!" There's no way I have something in common with her.

"You kept blaming yourself for being unable to help Lyan so much so that you would rush out the moment you hear the one who injured him" she completely saw through me.

"So what?! I swore to myself that I would always be by master Lyan's side and protect him from every danger that comes his way!" This promise dates back to when I was still a child.

"Are you sure you only wanted to protect him?" Valeria was usually timid and shy but why did she suddenly turn courageous?!

What she said made me drop my dagger and look at master's face.

"No I only want repay him for all the kindness he have given me"

"That's my line, Stop lying to yourself! "

"Shut up!! " she got under my skin

"Enough!!" master Ryan entered the tent and reprimanded Valeria and me.

"Mira go and get some rest, you too young lady" said master Ryan.

"But.. " I wanted to stay

"No buts, Mira I know you're concerned but let us take care of it Lyan, go eat breakfast and rest" master Ryan said with a stern face.

We left the room and headed off to our own tents. I took of my gear and went to bed.

It was mid day when I woke up so I off to the cafeteria to eat lunch and afterwards looked for Arachne. She left masters room yesterday with dark clouds above her head however when I entered their room I saw nothing.

'I'll just go visit master then' I thought to myself but Valeria was already there and was wiping off master's sweat.

I could only quietly leave, if we made a racket master Ryan will reprimand us again so I walked away to the edge of the mountain...

Being alone really does make you think of things...'why wasn't I be there?!' I started blaming myself again.

'Master and I rarely had conversations' I thought as sat down by the edge and hugged my knees.

'Why couldn't he bring me to his battles?'

'Maybe I'm too weak'

'I'm useless'

'I trained since childhod for him but I couldn't even be there when it mattered'

'He's going to throw me away won't he'

Tears streamed down my cheeks as I fell deeper into my depression.

I only raised my head when the war horn was blown.

'It's the undead's fault that master was injured...I will kill every last one of them!' I thought to myself as I ran to my tent and wore my entire battle gear and rushed off to the frontlines.

The vanguards were all doing fine holding the line of defense but I jumped over them and landed in the middle of a horde.

"You will all fall to my blade as revenge for my master! " I roared out beheaded the closest undead, I went crazy on the battlefield slaughtering every undead that came close.

I kept on killing every undead I see.

"Death to the living! " an undead came rushing but with both my daggers I quickly sliced off both his arms before beheading him.

"Die woman!" another undead attacked from behind me but I swiftly moved to the side and stabbed both my daggers at his eyes and afterwards slashed my daggers downwards.

"Human... Die!!" an undead knight twice my size swung his cutlass but I jumped back and used [shadow walk].

I quickly vanished from its line of sight but he still kept swinging his cutlass hoping to hit something.I went behind it and used [phantom strike], my daggers gave off a darkish blue shine.

Critical strike! The effects of [phantom strike] was to have a 100% chance of hitting a critical hit dealing additional +150% damage.

His ribs were broken and were falling apart but he still stood up kept on attacking me.

"Fall!! " I roared out before using [corrosive strike] throwing one of my daggers. [Corrosive strike] was a skill that breaks the defense of whoever was hit with it

Using the other dagger I cut off its lower jaws before kicking off his head. The undead knight fell down on its knees before vanishing into smoke and leaving behind a magic stone.

That battle took a lot out of me but I wouldn't let it end there, I started rushing forwards and killed another undead ignoring the fact that my body was aching all over.

After killing more undea, I almost collapsed but I grit my teeth and kept standing, an undead appeared from behind me and swung down its rusty sword however before it could hit me, Valeria, out of nowhere, grabbed the undead's head with her claws and crushed it to a pulp.

"What are you doing here?"I asked her as I grabbed a dagger from behind me

"Are you an idiot?!" She was angry

"What I do is none if your business!"

"What do you think Lyan would do if he woke up and found your corpse?!" She slapped me and said

What she said left me speechless,it was true I was a bit too rash with my decisions

"If you want revenge then kill me instead! " she continued.

"Tch... I'll kill you after this!" I have to thank Valeria later for slapping some sense into me.

And like that in the middle of 500 undead two women went all out and stopped the advance of the undead.