"Brother and sister? Siblings? Seems like we have no choice but to surpass the sibling." said Noel, mocking the executives.
"If you move even one step forward, I will crush you with my bare knuckles." said Executive No. 10, bracing himself as he took boxing stance.
"Boxer? Well, you do realise that your fists can't even reach me." said S-Ranked guild member, standing besides Noel.
The S-Ranked member had a gun in hand, a rifle assault gun.
"Stupid, do you think my brother will fight you all alone? I will support him." said Executive No. 9, as she brought out her magical rod weapon.
S-Ranked member began to fire the rounds. However, the speed of Executive No. 10's was extremely high.
He couldn't dodge few bullets but the wounds were healed. It was because of the healer Executive No. 9.
"I will protect him at all costs." said Executive No. 9
Noel was astonished at the healing capabilities of Executive No. 9.
"She might be a problem." said Noel.
Executive No. 10 closed in quickly from S-Ranked member's blind spot and knocked him out with fast uppercut on the jaw.
"Tch! This is bad!" exclaimed Noel, she became unable to detect such an attack.
S-Ranked member was knocked out unconscious in one shot.
"Is that it? Is that what you S-Ranked members could do?" asked Executive No. 10, mocking Noel.
"Oh? not really..." said Noel.
She launched a brutal fast shadow cut.
The attack was unnoticed, the speed and timing was on the spot. The seventeen consecutive cuts were recieved by Executive No. 10.
"S-Shit!?" exclaimed Executive No. 10 in pain. He was on the verge of death.
But Noel kept him alive, aiming only to capture him.
However, Executive No. 9 healed Executive No. 10 within few seconds with great magical energy and power behind it.
Executive No. 10 was fully healed.
"I gotta admit Lady, I would never dare stand a chance against you. But with my sister, I can't afford to lose. The Death will accomplish what it wanted." said Executive No. 10.
Executive No. 10 changed his stance to soviet boxing style.
Noel couldn't understand what stance was that about. It only left him wide open for the counter.
Noel leapt forward, using the same shadow cut like last time. With precision. However, the moment she got close and tried to perform it, she immediately felt dizzy.
Everything around her looked as if she was hallucinating something.
Then she realised what happened. She was being hit but one-two combo. Jab and cross. The Soviet Boxing style, doesn't let opponent come closer so easily, with enough practice it could come in handy.
In traditional Soviet style, the one's left arm is stretched slight forward to maintain enough distance. They say this style is "hitting without getting hit."
Noel could see how this style worked and how she underestimated it. While it looked vulnerable, it had also its own strengths.
The cross (straight rear punch with dominant hand) was landed clean. Which is why Noel couldn't react properly.
"Ugh...I need to maintain distance until I recover the shock." Mutters Noel.
She began to step back but she couldn't believe what was coming next.
Executive No. 10 quickly closed in the distance.
Noel tried to slash down Executive No. 10 but he dodged all the attacks.
The Executive No. 10 thought katana weapon as any other normal punch used in boxing. Which made him focus.
And Noel couldn't understand that she swung her weapon but also inviting counter attacks.
Noel's face was wide open, Executive No. 10 saw through that slight opening and landed a clean right hook on temple. When Noel tried to protect her upper body and face after that, Executive No. 10 immediately slip through left and landed clean liver shot with gazelle.
"Argh!....Hu...Hurts!? Where did he even hit!?" A thought occured in Noel's head.
The blow to the liver was terrible.
As the Executive No. 10 prepared to finish off Noel, he suddenly felt huge blood coming out his back.
When Executive No. 10 turned around, he saw that the S-Ranked member who was knocked out earlier was decieving everyone by acting.
He took the right opportunity and shot down Executive No. 10 from behind.
"S...Sister...Heal me...eh?" said Executive No. 10 but he stopped.
He saw that his sister was also shot down.
"That's right, I can't simply allow anyone to heal you when you are this dangerous. I was actually nearly dead you know... Don't worry, I only knocked out you sister. Only flesh wounds." said S-Ranked member with a smirk.
"Y...Yo...Sh...It...I am losing consciousness...." said Executive No. 10 but collapsed right after that.
"Hey are you okay?" asked S-Ranked member.
"I am fine, thanks...what is your name?" asked Noel
"It's Von. Yours?" asked Von.
"I am Noel. Thanks...and I am fine, I just need a little bit of rest." said Noel.
"Oh that's good, then I will just tie these two sibling so they won't annoy anyone." said Von.
"Yeah, thanks again."
"No need for that, we are fellow guild members. It was my job to help my guild mates." replied Von, with a smile.
Noel smiled slightly at the reply and sat down to recover her own strength again.
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Meanwhile at the basement level of the abandoned college building.
"I never thought the thing I am trying to find would be at hidden basement, but I need to walk further to find that stone..." said The Death Leader.
"And it seems like almost half of our executives are taken care of by those foolish guild members. Only remaining ones are eight of you. Hold them for a while and don't fail like other losers did." continued The Death Leader.
"Understood!" exclaimed all eight remaining executives.
They all went upstairs to eradicate the guild members who raided this building.
"Soon....with that stone....I can eventually prove the world that true freedom exists. They all struggle in their life....I can't bear to watch them all suffer....They must die." said leader of The Death.
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