Breaking the barrier (part 2)

"Bad luck?" Hearing how sure Teria was of her position, I could only shake my head with pity. And here I already believed she had some brains hidden underneath that storm of hair of hers… "I think you forgot what was the only reason why I made that promise to you in the first place."

At first, the aura of the girl told me that she was intent on ignoring whatever I would say. Yet somehow, I managed to surprise her to the point where she stopped her advance and actually looked at me with curiosity.

"Do you think my memory is so bad? I recall it very well." Stopping in her tracks, Teria placed her long sword on her left shoulder while angling her arm to be able to execute a powerful, overhead slash whenever she would deem it necessary. "You didn't want the unnecessary bloodshed so you decided to just make a deal. But now that you broke your promise…"