Unexpected encounter

Liara

I am not a typical girl.

I am not a girl like others who are just living a calm life in their house.

I am not even human.

I am half-demon.

I am the daughter of noble with a demon woman.

My name is Liara!

My parents are kind and all our servants are also good people.

I am supposed to inherit the fief of my father.

But I want to see the world, to see others countries!

But since I was born I was hidden in our mansion.

I was wondering how the world could be.

I was always dreaming of escaping.

But I have understood that it was all for my safety.

But one day when I was fourteen, I was discovered when I was walking out of the mansion.

Humans hate demons, and I wasn't an exception.

They began to attack me.

I was weak, all I could do was running away.

Since that day I was always on the run!

My father tried his best to save me but if it was discovered that I am his daughter, he'll be in danger as well so I ran away somewhere far away from my home.

Now I am sixteen, and I am in a city named "Ovneodu" it's on an island that was in the territory of "Gusshei" but was conquered by "Angot" one year ago.

I was in a INN eating my meal.

I could feel some stares on me, I could feel the hostility from these men behind me.

They seemed to be experienced adventurers, at least B rank.

They were five.

"I must go away!"

I thought.

I walked outvof the INN, and went out of the city discreetly.

The were running after me.

"Don't let that girl go away!"

"We need her to obtain the reward!"

They said among themselves.

I then ran as fast as possible in the forest.

They continued to run after me.

"STOP RIGHT NOW DEMON!"

One of them yelled from behind me as I was running in the forest.

They continued to yell as I continued to run.

It seemed to be endless.

I continued to run for half an hour but they were closing the gap.

It took an hour but they ended by surrounding me in the deepest part of the forest.

I was tired and unable to resist in that state.

But my will to not submit was stronger and I was planning to fight back untill the end.

I then unsheathed my sword.

"Oh! The little girl want to fight?"

One of my assailants said in a mocking tone.

I didn't let his provocations affect me.

I then rushed toward the nearest of them and sent a large swinging horizontal slash at him but he managed to escape my attack with a step back.

I couldn't even regain my balance that another of his comrades was already sending a punch at my face.

I tried my best to evade by shifting my head to the right but it wasn't enough.

He was really a strong adventurer, even with only his punch, he sent me flying against the big tree three meters behind me.

It was painful, blood was flowing running out of my nose.

I began to lose consciousness, it was surely because of the shock on my head.

I tried my best to stand up, but I couldn't move anymore.

But then, something unexpected happened.

The one aiming to finish me suddenly collapsed.

He friends were surprised and thought that he just fell down.

"What the hell are you doing?"

One of them asked.

"Yeah! Get up and finish that girl!"

Another said.

But there was no response from the man on the ground, he was still facing the ground not moving.

Then the one that seemed to be the leader understood that something was wrong.

He began to look around but didn't seem to have seen anything strange, but still on his guard.

And one of the men was going to approach his friend on the ground but the leader stopped him,

"Stay where you are!"

He ordered calmly

"Hum! What's wrong?"

The man asked in return.

But the leader didn't answer but gestured him to stay quiet.

Then he seemed to focus for a little while, and then,

"Show yourself!"

He said loud as staring at the tree at my left.

I struggled to reposition myself to be able to see what was there.

Then a young black haired man appeared, he was about my age at first sight but still a little taller than normal men of my age.

He was dressed in a black outfit and had one dagger in his left hand.

"Who are you?"

The leader asked him in an angry tone.

But the black haired man ignored the question and went towards the man on the ground and upturned him with his foot.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

One of my trackers asked as pointing his sword towards the black haired man.

When the man on the ground was upturned we could see a dagger that looked identical to the one in the hand of the new come planted in his chest.

"What? Since when was that dagger there?"

The man asked.

He was shocked just like everyone except for the black haired man.

Then he took the dagger of the lifeless dead body and removed the blood with a swing that was powerful enough to produce an airflow that slash a little the tree at his right.

"I planted it there at the moment he stepped towards the girl!"

He black haired man said without any hint of emotion on his face.

"What? "

The leader was shocked, he didn't see anything, so that man was that faster that we couldn't even see him move?

"Y-YOU BASTARD I'LL KILL YOU!"

one of my trackers yelled as took a fighting stance with his sword positioned horizontally compared with the ground and held with two hands.

But the black haired man staid unfazed and sight before stepping towards the noisy man.

But just as he was stepping, he disappeared and reappeared behind the his opponent and said calmly as grabbing his shoulder,

"You're no match for me!"

And disappeared once again.

And appeared right at the place he was before.

The leader was surprised but still thought that he was stronger that the man.

The noisy man was on the other side beginning to panic.

He was trembling.

"Stay calm! That must just be a little trick! You must stay calm and you'll win!"

He said to his comrade.

"Right!"

Was the answer of the man.

Then the man propeled himself towards the black haired one at high speed and his sword in front of him.

The black haired one evaded the blow like it was nothing just by repositioning his bust or by stepping back a little sometimes.

But his oppenent was still sending a rain of slash towards him.

It was useless.

The black dressed man was just playing with him.

After sometimes, the attacker began to lose his stamina it was at that moment that the black haired one sent an attack that slashed the throat of his oppenent with his dagger.

The blood was flowing out of the wound as he man was falling on the ground.

Another lifeless corpse was on the ground.

"Two down, three left!"

He calmly said as sending a stare that made my trackers shiver.

Who could that man be?

Why did he save me?

These questions were flowing in my head but I had no answer.

But the only thing I knew was that that man was the strongest man I ever seen.