The Land Of Thorns
bad things part 4

Edgar watched closely the walls of the hallway around him, he realized that they were close even though he felt something strange in his opinion, he said, and of course not long after that he saw the room he was heading to was now within his sight, he looked towards the two of them who were still in the same position.

‘It looks like Silvi hasn't finished implanting that magic on her. Why is it so long?’

That was what Edgar had in mind when he saw the two of them, and without saying anything to them, Edgar accelerated his steps into the room first.

Instantly Edgar entered the room, with a flash he stopped his steps and jumped back to avoid a knife flying towards him.

He did not know where the knife came from, until finally the other knife flew towards him, he finally realized where the knife came from. The knife that flew towards him was like coming out from behind a wall just like that.

“Who's there!”

Edgar's scream only caused a small echo that allowed him to re-hear his own voice.

Back another blade flew towards him which this time flew so streakily as if not giving it a pause to stop dodging it, however Edgar was still able to surpass it because the knife looked slow to him which made it seem like dancing. He lowered his head, jumped up and moved here and there preventing the knife from injuring him.

“Do you want to do this continuously? I'm sorry, but I really don't have time for this right now!”

Edgar said back and instantly made the knife that flew towards him stop being thrown at him.

Edgar saw someone step closer to him, saw it made him turn and glued to see someone approaching him it looked like coming out from behind a shadow on the wall. Just looking at his clothes made Edgar remember.

He clearly saw a person in all-black clothes who completely covered all parts of the body up to his face. Edgar watched it carefully.

‘He is not Akhsan, he looks shorter.’

Edgar thought as he looked at the mysterious person that became clearer as he approached towards her and he saw her curves that looked more feminine.

“Looks like you're not someone I think about.”

Edgar yelled at him who came back not getting an answer from him.

Edgar had absolutely no idea what this mysterious person was up to, even he did not know where his eyes were going because the clothes he was wearing really closed his eyes making Edgar could not guess the direction of the attack later if he started to move.

The mysterious man leaped quickly shortening the distance between the two and with a knife in his right hand he aimed for Edgar's neck, his sudden attack making Edgar a little slow to respond to avoid it, the knife was so close to threatening his neck.

He repeatedly woken the knife at her and Edgar tried to keep avoiding her even though he found it difficult to balance himself while he was still pounding Lilia.

The mysterious person saw an opportunity and quickly took out another knife he swung it with his left hand and gave a small incision right at the waist. Then Edgar kicked him with all his might making him bounce away from him.

Tskkk!

Urghs!

Edgar heard a soft voice coming out from him as he kicked him, it really sounded like a woman.

Then Edgar saw the incision wound on his waist that made him breathe quite relieved because the incision only made him bleed a little, not a fatal wound for him.

“So you're a two-handed weapon user. Looks like you really want to show that I am in an unfavorable position.”

His tone sounded annoyed as he said it, then in a short time it gave Edgar an opportunity to leave Lilia, which he did, he leaned against the nearby wall to distance himself from the distance the mysterious person would attack later, he did not want to add any wounds on Lilia's body back.

The sound of footsteps sounding closer and closer towards the room they were in made the mysterious person turn towards the source of the sound coming, making the mysterious person turn towards the source of the sound, Edgar knew that the sound must have come from both of them because the source of the sound came from the direction of the road he had been on.

The mysterious man threw the knife in his hand at Edgar and pulled out another knife and quickly approached Edgar, and did not want to greet him, so Edgar came running to him, the blade that flew towards him was just like a rock that he so easily agitated with his sword.

Their weapons held each other.

‘This knife smells sharp, what is poison?’

Edgar thought when the mysterious person's weapon was so close to him, this time using a knife that had been covered with poison with a stinging smell, unlike the knife previously used.

Knowing the poison made Edgar frown, and by harnessing his power, Edgar pressed down on his restrained weapon, Edgar pushed with all his might to make the mysterious person unable to hold him back when dealing in a power struggle.

“How can you be in this place? Are you desert rogues working with the bangasawan who helped these bandits and who is the noble who holds the contract? Say!”

Edgar shouted at him which made him only still silent to hold the restrained weapon pushed towards him, although his face was not visible but Edgar knew that he was watching.

“Are you surprised someone like me knows about how you work through a contract?”

Shouted Edgar back to him.

The contract that Edgar was referring to was a special contract that was only done by the desert band of bandits to give assurances to anyone who hired them to be protected from other assassin organizations including by the hitmen they hired, that was why only certain nobles had contact with them because it was worth so high to gain immunity from the killing target.

The contract was made on a sacred oath by giving weapons written in their own blood and writing their real names. They believed breaking the oath would incur the wrath of the god of death whom they believed to exist.

In the midst of the dispute Silvi and Roderic enter the room and immediately they stop their steps to see the mysterious man is facing Edgar.

“What happened? Is he one of the bandits in this place, his clothing tastes are so bad!”

Roderic exclaimed which made the two of them pay attention to him.

“I can't explain it. Roderic, tell Silvi to take Lilia out of this place, and run towards the underground passageway. Fast!”

“Ha? The three of us and he's just alone wouldn't it be easier if we were together - equally attacking.”

“Have done it! He's been waiting in this place, I'm sure he must have prepared a trap in this room.”

What was said by Edgar made Roderic pay attention to the surrounding, the light of the room was dim enough to make him unable to see the parts of the room covered by shadows, and, that made him feel confident about what Edgar was saying. This room was truly the best place if he was indeed preparing a trap.

The mysterious person began to dodge, he took advantage of the opportunity of Edgar's care that began to loosen, and he kicked him. Edgar then replied, The two of their weapons clashed against each other, Edgar slashed those heavy slashes at him.

The blade was indeed shorter than the sword but the mysterious person was so confident that not only did he dodge Edgar's slash, he even used the blade to fend it off with the right timing, and counter-attack floated a successive kick at Edgar and he quickly jumped back with acrobatics. At that time he avoided the wind magic that Silvi let out in between their fights.

Repeatedly Silvi used her wind magic gusts, repeatedly also the mysterious person was so agile to avoid her, but that made him so cornered because he continued to avoid the slash of Edgar and Silvi magic that alternated so solid.

“Do you still want to continue jumping around like that?”

Edgar's words to her threatened an unfortunate situation for him.

Yet he still gave a surprise, he floated the blade of the blade into the corner of the sky of the room, they noticed that the knife was speeding towards the corner of the sky behind them and what Edgar thought of the trap turned out to be true, the blade that was thrown out allowed him to activate the trap he had set up. The two of them now saw the blade flying towards them so many appeared from behind the shadows.

But they both survived because Silvi quickly cast a magic that made the wind that was released it resembled a ball around them and protected the sky - the sky stopped the blade.

The mysterious person took out a leather bag that he threw to the ground, and created a puff of smog that reduced their visibility but what Edgar did not expect was that the mysterious person threw a lot of knives, he said, from his direction Edgar realized that it was directed at Lilia who was alone unprotected.

Edgar was shocked, he felt indifferent to the mysterious person, all he had in mind was chasing after the knife - the knife he was trying to protect Lilia yet it was so late because the knife was faster than him with such a difficult look that Edgar only saw the knife penetrate a puff of smoke, threatening Lilia's life.

Seeing the two of them who were not focused on him made the mysterious person take advantage of the situation, he began to run quickly to escape from this room through another path that previously Ludi and Uncle the tavern owner headed to.