Chapter 309: Who wants me dead? [2]
Brandon’s fingers clenched around his daggers, and he lifted the blades.
’Now... who wants me dead?’
He glanced at Ayane and spoke "Ayane, stand beside Yeon and protect her."
Huh? She glanced at him over her shoulder "But-"
"Just listen to what I say; i can protect myself, she needs protection. She is not an awakener..."
Ayane glanced at the woman who was trembling in fear and nodded her head "Alright."
Before he could fully settle into the fight, a sharp streak tore through the air toward him.
The arrow cut across the dome, and Brandon quickly slashed his dagger.
The right-hand dagger sliced through the arrow.
CLANG!
The arrow shattered into two perfect halves and each fragment spun harmlessly before falling down to the ground.
Suddenly, the dome trembled and the barrier’s surface writhed like liquid emerald energy.
From every side and from the edges of the distorted space, cloaked people poured in.
Cloaked figures stepped forward with their faces hidden beneath shadowed hoods.
One attacker’s eyes gleamed with a violet light as she spun, creating a storm of jagged crystal blades that tore through the air like shattered mirrors.
Another formed a whirlpool of sharp, metallic discs that screeched through space.
Looking at this, a soft sigh escaped Ayane’s lips.
*crack*
Her eyes suddenly flared with a golden light, and her entire body coiled.
For a split second, she didn’t blink and then in a blur of movement, she struck.
CRACK!
The air around her vibrated with a low roar as her body blurred, moving faster than the eye could follow.
In her hand, a katana formed from concentrated ether, and without hesitation, she lunged at the nearest attacker.
The first cloaked figure barely had time to scream before the blade struck.
THWACK!
The katana’s edge cut cleanly through her neck, severing it from the body in a fluid arc.
The blood splashed in the air and the woman’s head tumbled silently to the floor while the body collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut.
SLASH! SLASH!
Another attacker lunged at Ayane from behind, but her katana flashed again with a spark of yellow lightning, cutting through the attacker’s chest before the strike could connect.
*sleesh* *splash*
Blood sprayed, glimmering like dark petals in the swirling ether, as the body crumpled under the force of the blow.
Brandon dashed forward and he deftly dodged past a wall of incoming spikes, slicing tendrils of dark ether before they could wrap around his limbs.
8swoosh* A cloaked figure thrust a spear at his chest, but Brandon twisted his torso and sliced the spear, snapping it in half mid-flight.
*scheech* Gripping the dagger, he plunged it straight into the attacker’s throat, ripping it completely.
The body twitched for a moment before falling to the floor.
*SWOOSH* Another attacker hurled a wave of ether shards that spiraled toward him.
Brandon vaulted through the air, spinning mid-leap to slash through the ether torrent, shattering the shards into glittering dust.
Keeping the momentum, he spun and slashed the dagger at the attacker’s torso. *sleesh*
He raised his left blade and plunged it straight into the attacker’s chest as blood sprayed out. *puchi*
As he pulled the dagger out, the woman’s body collapsed. *thud*
Another attacker attempted to conjure a fog of shadow, but before it could engulf them, Ayane’s blade sliced through the darkness, leaving a clean gap like a window cut into the night.
Another woman raised her hands, twisting the air into sharp-edged blades that darted toward his throat.
Brandon’s eyes narrowed, and with a swift pivot, he sliced through the blades in mid-air, sending them apart in harmless sparks.
But suddenly the blades exploded outward in concentric rings.
*THOOOMM*
Brandon dodged the explosion and hurled forward, kicking the attacker right in her chest.
The impact slammed the woman backward, and her armor buckled before she crashed to the floor with a sickening THUD.
WHUMP!
Another attacker raised her arms, and the air around her twisted violently, forming a ring of jagged black spikes that burst outward in an expanding wave.
*SHOOOMM*
The spikes surged toward Brandon like a sea of thorns.
Without flinching, he dove sideways, landing in a crouch.
*sleesh* His left dagger slashed through the front spikes, while his right dagger spun and shattered those coming from behind.
As the last few shards fell, he dashed forward and, with a brutal upward kick, sent one attacker sprawling into a nearby wall.
*THUD*
Another cloaked figure chanted under her breath, and the ground beneath them heaved.
*FEEENNN* A streak of pulsing violet energy rose from the floor like a poisonous bubble, spreading in all directions.
The surrounding walls quivered with the expanding wave.
Brandon’s eyes sharpened instantly, and he leapt forward, slicing through the attack’s surface, shredding it into fragments before the blast could touch him.
*THRASHHH*
Landing on the floor, he spun on his feet, slashing his dagger, and the head of the woman flew up in the air.
*SLEESH*
Seeing the enormous blue fire slash hurling towards him, his gaze condensed ’Fire...?’
A streak of silver energy passed through his eyes, and he gripped his dagger before slashing at the incoming attack.
*SLEESH* A massive arc of silver flames arched in the air, clashing with the incoming attack.
*THOOOM*
The white flames and blue flames clashed in the air, forming a small explosion.
Jiyeon looked at Brandon in awe as he has become more powerful and ruthless than the last time she saw him.
Without breaking stride, he jumped forward, and his right foot slammed into the attacker’s knee.
*crack* Bone cracked under the force, and the woman’s blade clattered to the ground.
Before she could react, Brandon’s left dagger slashed across her throat, opening a gushing wound that spilled blood.
Suddenly, dark tendrils of ether twisted toward him like snakes.
Brandon sprang sideways, slicing the tendrils into segments before they could coil around his limbs.
Mid-leap, he twisted and delivered a flying kick straight to the woman’s chest.
Her body slammed backward against the wall, and her limbs trembled before collapsing down completely.
Ayane’s katana, formed of pure concentrated ether, sparked and danced with yellow lightning as she carved through attackers with breathtaking precision.
One by one, their necks, arms, and torsos were severed with swift arcs, blood spurting and splattering the floor in thick, dark bursts.
"Mr. Brandon, stay sharp!"
Without slowing, she plunged her blade through a charging attacker’s chest, ripping apart armor and bone in one devastating blow.
Another attacker channeled a dark energy sphere and hurled it like a cannonball.
The sphere barreled toward him, trailing arcs of crackling energy.
The ground under Brandon’s feet cracked as he dashed forward with explosive force and met the cannonball head-on.
His daggers shredded the sphere apart in mid-air, scattering sparks and smoke in all directions.
The pressure wave that followed slammed the walls but failed to touch him.
An ether disc appeared behind the attacker, pushing the woman forward, and Brandon aimed for her torso and plunged his dagger.
*SCEECH* Blood poured out from the wound and the body immediately fell down.
However, at this time Brandon noticed something odd ’Huh... why are they not screaming?’
He killed a bunch of attackers till now, but no one screamed in pain when he ripped their throats or split their torsos.
’What am I killing?’