Carter crouches down with the others as they watch the dimly lit building and the patrolling guards. Carter turns to Serah and gives her a blank look, not quite sure what to say. “So tell me again, you find rapists and abusers, and you what? I don't quite think I heard the last part correctly.” He says, just hoping to confirm the wild words that came out of Serah's mouth.

Serah rolls her eyes. “What's so hard to understand? I capture them and offer their souls to my demon friends, who, in turn, reward me with riches and power. It’s really quite simple.” She says somewhat impatiently.

Carter tries to clear his throat, but it felt like something was blocking it. “Okay, just making sure.” Carter says before deciding to just forget about it for a moment. That bit of information would take a while to process.

“Okay, so these are the guys. They’ve been on my radar for a while but I didn’t quite have the confidence to take them on quite yet. It's currently a little out of my league, but I think, if we play this right, we’ll be able to massacre these bastards.” Serah explains.

“What exactly do these guys do?” Nickie asks, somewhat curious.

“They lure young girls from villages and bring them to the city, after that, the girls are forced to become sex slaves. They have no compensation and no lives outside their use for sexual pleasure. I would’ve attempted to slaughter these bastards earlier, but these guys have a sword master guarding the place. But today… Today is different… Today these guys die.” Serah says with determination.

“What’s so different about today?” Nickie asks.

“Today, I was able to simulate my sword domain. So I’ll have no problem executing that sword master.” Serah says, appearing full of confidence.

Carter raises an eyebrow. “Are you sure?” He asks, somewhat in doubt. He wasn’t sure exactly how a simulated sword domain matched up to bonafide sword master. “Maybe we should come back with more people?” He suggests, wondering if this was the right moment to regroup and strategize.

“Don’t be a baby. C’mon, let’s go.” Serah says, giving Carter no more time to think about it as she jumps out of her hiding place and leaps down on a patrolling guard.

Carter looks down and watches as Serah cleanly and quietly incapacitates the guard. “Fuck. I guess this is happening.” He says before deciding to not think about it any longer. He lets out a sigh before promptly jumping down from the building.

Nickie smiles and follows. This should be fun. She thinks as she jumps down from the building.

…

…

Serah was able to take out a decent amount of the patrols before someone finally caught on. They sent all their guards out in groups to search for the trespasser.

Serah decides that being silent was no longer useful so she simply begins her massacre without consideration for the noise. After slaughtering a few guards, she drew the attention of the rest, and eventually Serah, Nickie, and Carter were facing off against a large group of them.

Serah smiles. “Let’s do this.” She says before rushing into the crowd, her body glowing purple and an edged wind-blade extending from her sword.

Carter lets out a sigh as he raises his staff. This is going to be noisy. He thinks as a flame erupts on the staff head as he takes aim and fires. A large fireball shot out into the crowd before exploding, taking out much of the guard.

Nickie takes out a wand, forming ice spears in the air before rapidly taking down one guard after another.

As for Serah, she preferred her fighting up close and personal; she weaved through the crowd slaughtering through the guards while she painted the ground red with blood.

It wasn’t long before the weak guards were all taken care of. Serah doesn’t hesitate and struts towards the building.

After opening the door, she saw that the place was lit by candles filtered by red glass, and various erotic paintings were displayed on the walls. It gave off a sensual atmosphere.

A man behind a desk, looks up at Serah, somewhat surprised. “Do you have an appointment?” He asks with a raised eyebrow.

Serah smiles. “Cut the shit. Where’s the sword master?” She says as she raises her bloody sword.

The man’s eyes widen, realizing the situation. “Right this way, ma’am.” He says as he stands up and leads the way.

Serah follows the man through a hallway. Behind closed doors, Serah could hear the sounds of various women’s moans echoing out into the hallway.

Carter, unable to handle the atmosphere, looks down, hoping to not see anything he shouldn’t. Somewhat anxious, as various feelings bubble up inside of him, he begins to hum a song to calm himself.

Nickie smiles and caresses Carter’s arm. “Hey, calm down.” She says, in a somewhat teasing manner.

Carter jumps a little in shock before realizing it was Nickie. “Please don’t touch me right now.” He says before taking a deep breath.

Nickie smiles and leaves him alone to process the situation.

Eventually, the man stops at a door before gesturing inside. “He’s ugh… Currently preoccupied…” The man says. This man could have tried to trick Serah in some way, but instead, he lead them right to the sword master, while he was not in the state to fight. It was sort of a douche move, but the man didn’t care; he was rather lazy, and since this place no longer had a future, he was content to leave while he could.

Serah shakes his head. “All that worrying for nothing.” She says, somewhat in disappointment. “Alright. Good job. You may go.” She says with a wave.

The man smiles and bows before hurrying away.

Serah slowly opens the door, muffling the various sounds with magic, before walking in.

Inside was a man grunting over a bent over woman. Serah lets out a sigh, and with a hint of hesitation at the easy kill, she pierces through the sword master’s neck.