Marry that woman

‘He’s right!’ Adam, the Warlord, admitted. ‘One wrong mistake could mean your end!’ And with his answer, he shocked everyone—even Rayshel was left baffled.

‘You can speak, Adam?’

‘Don’t you hear me speaking?’ He gazed around, viewing his fallen comrades. ‘You truly did a thing on my comrades! Well, I will avenge them!’ Dae joined the conversation.

‘Adam, what is happening? Why do you look like that? Why—’

‘Since when did my student get so curious? I remember you always being the quiet one. Well, beat me and I might tell you one or two things! Right now my body is burning for a fight!’

‘Mine too, hahaha!’ Rayshel bellowed. (Dae: Really, this two!) Adam started hopping on place, swinging his arms. The next moment, he threw a dagger. The dagger flew at Dae, who shouted:

‘Don’t move!’ And he was right for saying that, for before they knew it, Adam had shot ten bullets, which ricocheted in the air against the other bullets, thus changing their trajectory. The moment Dae swiped the flying dagger away with his own dagger, the bullets smashed around them into the ground, destroying it.

‘Hahaha!’ Rayshel rejoiced. ‘So you learned that move from him! Interesting!’ She shot forth, her axes firmly gripped. She was bleeding, but the adrenaline flowing throughout her body had lessened the bleeding. She could still fight—and she would. Adam remained in place and took out another dagger, which was also glowing violet. Again, he fired bullets; however, the target was not Rayshel but Dae, who had followed close behind. The bullets once again ricocheted and dropped like rain before Dae, hindering his advance.

Rayshel didn’t mind and went on with her sprint. She raised her arms and swung the axes down. She was built broader than Adam and was also taller. Yet, Adam parried her axes with one dagger, making Rayshel lose balance. Right away, Adam went into a thrust with his dagger. Rayshel took it head-on and used this chance to headbutt Adam to the ground. Immediately, he rolled to the side, evading the axes, which dug into the ground.

He heaved to his feet and aimed his gun at Rayshel, who would not be able to dodge in time. But she didn’t have to, for a rain of bullets poured down, forcing Adam to retreat. Dae leaped over Rayshel’s head and closed in. It came to close combat, where both Adam and Dae swung their daggers with a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.

However, there was a problem. Dae’s dagger wasn’t as durable as that of his trainer. Nonetheless, he went on and parried the attacks. He went for a thrust but only managed to graze Adam’s neck. Adam slammed his leg into Dae’s hips, then aimed his gun at Dae’s head.

Rayshel emerged from behind Dae. She spun and went for a horizontal slash with one axe. In a blink of a second, Adam had thrown his gun into the air and taken out a second dagger. He parried the coming axe and followed with a counter in which he managed to gut Rayshel’s arm and gifted Dae’s chest some cuts, destroying his top.

Both Dae and Rayshel were about to retreat. The gun was falling—likewise, both daggers Adam had let go of—to take out another gun. Dae reacted fast and threw a smoke grenade. The moment Adam clasped his gun and started shooting, the grenade went off, covering the battlefield in smoke.

Adam fired his bullets nevertheless, and to the others’ luck, his bullets missed their targets. Rayshel swung her axes in midair with such force that the resulting winds swept away the smoke. Then she bellowed with a strong voice:

‘This is fun, hahaha!’ She was bleeding more heavily, and she was obviously more injured, yet it seemed like her strength, her speed, had increased. Well, there was a reason why she was called the Berserker.

‘Dae, let’s finish off your master!’ Her breath was heavy, yet movements lighter than ever. Once again, she swung her axes down, yet Adam was too far away to be hit by them. Still, Adam noticed something weird and jumped to the side just in time. For the tree behind him split in two.

‘What force, woman!’ he marveled. ‘Dae, you should make her your bride if you two survive this! You would birth monster babies!’ The fire was closing in and had encircled the three. Rayshel went on with her wild slashing, splitting the trees around her, as she replied:

‘He’s right, Dae. We would birth strong children! You master is smart!’

‘He was just joking Rayshel! Don’t take it seriously!’ Due to the little space left for Adam to run to, some slashes had hit him, leaving him bleeding. And because avoiding Rayshel was no option anymore, he decided to face her head-on. Once again, his rain of bullets came to use—only this time they covered the whole battlefield, encircled by the flames.

Rayshel didn’t think twice and leaped up.
‘Dae, go! I got this!’ Dae didn’t question her decision and shot forth; the ground beneath him caved in. And he had closed the distance to Adam. Adam was fast enough to react. Dae gripped his dagger tighter. The arm holding the dagger was pulsating, and its veins were on the verge of popping. Then his attacks started—slash after slash followed. Here and there, he thrust his dagger, stabbing Adam with it.

Adam, however, simply gazed up with a smile—but as fast as his smile had appeared, it vanished when he saw what Rayshel was about to do. As she was rising up, toward the rain of bullets, she twisted, once again slashing wildly into the air. This created a windstorm that blew away all the bullets and also halted the advance of the flames. (Dae: Truly, this woman is a beast!) Adam gazed back at Dae and dropped to the ground, which was painted red by his blood.

‘Dae, you should really marry that woman!’

‘Here I am cutting you and that is all you can say? You’ve always been weird, master!’