Assassination Through the Netherworld - Chapter 91

Valentine and Miki ran for their lives those two maidens ran after them like furtive Ninjas, jumping on the branches and even catching up with them even as Miki’s speed is way faster than an average human!

“SHIT!”

He looked back and started to cut branches to slow them down, but they were as hopeless as eggs hitting a mountain.

He considered whether it was a good idea to bring them to their house, they’re smart would they be able to crawl up the trees!?

“Miki, change direction!”

The bear heed his words and stopped heading back to the house, he won’t put his family at risk, he thought about something else.

After running far enough, when he saw that no matter what he wouldn’t lose them, he bit his lips and jumped from Miki’s back.

“MIKI, GO BACK TO THE HOUSE!”

The moment he landed, that was enough for the two maidens to lunge at him ready to spill some more blood.

*SLASH!!*

*BAANGG!!*

The axe and the sword hit a relatively close place to his neck, with the disappearing visage of Miki amidst the fog, he did a pirouette to stand up, only to get interrupted when one of the maidens kicked his chest with such strength that he was literally blasted against a tree!

!!!!

*BAANG!!*!

He ducked that sword and used the momentum to slash through the maiden’s waist.

*WHOOSH!!*

Thankfully, physics did their job even if temporarily as he had hoped, the top part of the maiden fell, no longer attached to her body, but the other one with the axe came forward indenting to take on where her partner had left.

Valentine evaded once again and ran to the nearest tree, taking advantage of the small gap he had obtained.

*SLASH!!*

Just as he began to crawl up, the maiden’s axe nearly busted his calf!

Those women are too violent!

*BAANG!!*

*BAANG!!*

He crawled up the tree while the two maidens continued to slash the sword and axe against it madly, they’re really out for blood and wrath.

*BAANG!!*

*BAANG!!*

“For God’s sake, there is not a single place in this damned world that’s normal” He panted after reaching a branch, aware that any moment now this tree is going to crumble if even by the sheer strength they’re using to cut it down, he realised that not going back to the house was the best decision, their weeks’ worth of time would be erased by these damned figures, he looked down and one of them met his gaze with her gruesome expression that only continued to turn even worse, a contorted expression of worms coming out of eyes, transforming into livers and organs, the most horrible things a human could witness.

Inducing fear and trepidation, but he knows better, having seen worse.

Valentine turned around and stumbled when one of the particular hits made him know that the tree doesn’t have long to live.

He jumped into the next tree just in time for the gigantic log to crumble down, he hoped it would fall on one of them, but given their composition, that’s likely not even going to work.

‘What can I do? wait?’

He doesn’t even know where he is, can only hope that there is a tree nearby that has a mark in it belonging to them.

*BAANGG!!*

*BAANGG!!*

*BAANGG!!*

The two maidens started to hit the next tree relentlessly and he knew that they were not going to stop, what else can he do? just keep going from tree to tree? not effective.

He made a decision, jumping from tree to tree, he tried to look for one of his picturing the trail he followed together with Miki to more or less calculate the way back, doing this for several hours, several trees had already met their end, but he found something… the river channel.

‘Finally!’

He jumped on it from one of the trees.

*SPLASH!!!*

Falling heavily inside the river, his last hopes were placed in this, if not… then he’s fucking dead.

“Valentine!!” Fayette’s voice resounded from the badge, it’s been several hours already, Miki is back and he isn’t her worried voice told tales of her aging hair and persona.

“Faye, I’m in the lake, don’t come!”

*SLASH!!*

He evaded one of the swords of the maidens that entered the lake to plunder his life away, and the battle began.

“What do you mean don’t come!! what’s happening!?”

“I’m fighting someone! something!! don’t come!! no matter what don’t come it’s just going to make things worse!” If this method doesn’t work, Fayette coming here is no different than her coming to her death.

“…” The woman reserved her right to speak and promised to scold him for always getting in trouble, there is not a day that he comes out and doesn’t get in trouble!

*SLASH!!!*

Wielding only half of his spear, he pierced the head of one of the mistress and impaled her against the water, while the other managed to score a hit against his ribs with the handle of the axe.

*BOOM!!*

*COUGH!*

He spout some blood and noticed how that blood floated and moved towards them!

“FUCK! WHAT ARE YOU!?”

The battle continued, but he noticed that their movements were getting sluggish the more time he spent on the water with them, and the blood as he expected, started to disperse in the river.

‘It’s working!’

He yelled and continued the onslaught until eventually, one of them dispersed completely, but even then those vixens were adamant in at least taking him away with them, the last one sacrificed her axe to regain blood in her body and lunged at him, pushing him deep in the water and intending to drown him!

!!!!

‘They’re that smart!?’

He punched her face several times as he swallowed water, but eventually what saved him was the river itself, she had to coat herself more on the water in order to finish him off and that was her doom.

Her blood dispersed at that moment before he lost his consciousness, once again remaining silent.

*COUGH!!*

Valentine raised up with a headstart, compared to the Mahogany Tree, this is much worse… definitely much worse, he can’t even begin to believe that such a thing exists in this forest, what are the conditions?

Bloodshed?

His staggering body walked back to the house, his neck swollen from such a pressing.

“VALE!!” Fayette and Vera were both walking back and forth, waiting for him to come, when they regarded his swollen neck, and the marks he received, they knew the battle had been fierce.

In truth, the enemy is not difficult to handle, he had slaughtered the two maidens several times, but they would just come back… thankfully, the water served its purpose, that’s the only thing he could think off, if they’re made out of blood, the blood should slowly dilute its density in water.

“That’s… some fierce opponent Faye…” He embraced his two women, for a moment where he almost thought he was fucked.

“What happened exactly!? and why can’t we go!? how long are you going to do things by yourself!?” Fayette scowled with tears in her eyes, their relationship had changed and she noticed, before… she would brazenly run to his side whether he liked it or not, but now… if he said ‘stay’ that’s because the best is to stay.

Sometimes it’s better to not act rashly, otherwise, it would incur further damage, and she’s aware of that.

“They’re some blood creatures, I can’t tell you exactly how it happened, I found the cave of the goblins with Lolo, they were more than thirty or perhaps even forty, we slaughtered them all, but then…. the blood started to morph into the form of some ladies with weapons, shit Faye, they’re strong… and even when you cut them down, they still come back, that must be this place’s curse… like the Mahogany Tree… they wouldn’t stop no matter what I did and were extremely aggressive.”

“You took them to the lake, right?” Vera furrowed her brows and caressed his swollen neck, they needed to get something for that, she brought one of the potions, but Valentine rejected it.

“Let’s leave that for later, we don’t know if we’re going to need it, yes… I took them to the lake, they dissolved in there, but I was lucky.” He sighed and took the two of them upstairs, feeling like having a nap now, he hoped Lolo would be okay.

The three of them fell on the bed with both of his girls giving him a massage and checking him up and down, there were several bruises here and there, those maidens really ‘roughed’ him up.

“This forest is not normal, thankfully, that’s something that can be controlled, moreover… they attack those that attack them, not a preference… they attacked Miki, that’s right, give the potion to Miki, she was really hurt.” He groaned while directly falling on top of Fayette’s body, never expecting that the little ‘raid’ in the Goblin lair, would be so costly, however, the appearance of this Blood Maiden also gave him some ideas.

He eventually fell asleep in their house, on top of Fayette’s chest.

“We need to learn more about this forest, so far it seems like the perfect place to live, right?” Vera slumped beside them and spoke with Fayette, using a lot of sarcasm.