Leave no witness, I beg you! part 4

I watch in complete and utter despair as Ryota pulls out his sword from her chest and Mia falls limp to the ground with a liveless expression.

Her beautiful pink hair stained with dirt and blood spread wide around her head. Her bruised body and reddened buttocks made a pitiful picture to behold and I'm left in shock.

It's true, she wasn't human, she was cheerful, kind, talkative, a bit annoying, but most importantly, she was pure hearted like no adult human I've met so far.

She was supposed to be a man hunter demon who feasts on bodily fluids, but she was so...

"Stupid..."

I say out loud with a tear running down my cheek.

She was stupid, she refused to feed on humans despite knowing she would become more powerful if she did so. It was as dumb as a vegetarian wolf, she was so against feeding on humans she even went bankrupt buying health potions to be able to sustain herself.

When we first met I was wary of her, but thinking back she gave us all the money she had at the time, knowing full well it would mean she wouldn't be able to buy potions after she ran out.

I feel a slight push from my back, then another from the side.

She really loved my potions and she worked so hard to earn them.

Another push, this time I feel something warm running down my chest, it's blood.

The warrior, the thief and Kinta had been hitting me non stop as I watched Mia bleed out in front of Ryota who held a victorious smile on his depraved face.

"What is it? are you mad I killed your plaything? why do you care she wasn't even human. But don't worry, after you're dead I'll make sure to not let the others feel lonely tonight hahaha!"

After being kicked, punched and stabbed several times my legs fail to support me and I get on one knee.

"She... was... she was a better person than the lot of you!"

"What's wrong with this guy!? why isn't he dead already!?"

"Hurry up, use your poison!"

"I'm fucking using it already!"

They spoke without stopping to hit me and try to jab their knife into any unprotected spot, but they were failing miserably.

I grab a knife that was stuck into my vest and parry an incoming hit from a shortsword. The knife breaks and the sword grazes my cheek. Without even blinking I make good use of my crouching position and hit the warrior in the jaw with an uppercut taught to me by Luke.

He always complained how Bob was a difficult sparring partner for him because of the difference in height, that is until he learned this move.

The warrior fell backwards just like a tree when you chop it down.

>Enemies 7/12

Kinta was left speechless and took a step backwards, but the thief took a step forward instead.

"I didn't want to use this against a lowly F ranker like you, but you're a lot tougher than you look. Feel honored because I'll show you why they call me the crimsom dagger"

I feel like mocking his obvious nickname, especially when he pulled a red dagger from his sash. But I don't have it in me anymore, not after seeing what they did to Mia.

The thief takes a step closer swinging his dagger at me in a slashing manner, leaving a red trace in the air. It looked just like the tip of a burning stick that moved fast at night.

I try to block the attack with my forearm but the dagger cuts through my flesh like butter.

I pick the dead warrior's sword from the ground and try to hit the thief, but he's too fast and dodges all my attacks. Even worse, everytime he parries using his dagger the sword is chipped until it bearks completely.

"Hahaha! This is an enchanted dagger, it pierces through armor and shatters any weapon!"

"It does? uh..."

I say as I take my bastard sword from the scabbard.

As soon as my skin made contact with the grip an eerie black aura starts surrounding my blade, I don't know if they can even see it but it looks almost like a dark fire.

All it takes is a swing from my arm to shatter his dagger to pieces.

"No, no fucking way, he's a fucking monster!"

The thief tries to make a run for it, but he doesn't stand a chance.

I wave my blade around slowly leaving a small trace of dense black aura in the air, it persisted in the air for a few seconds before disappearing.

Then I swing it towards the thief puting all my strength behind it, allowing me to send a blast of the dark fire in his direction. Somehow I was able to know exactly what would happen, it was as if the sword was telling me how to use its energy.

What I didn't know was what would the thief do after noticing my incoming attack in the distance. As he ran past Kinta he used him as a human shield and the blast of energy made a deep cut across Kinta's body nearly cutting him in half.

"Argh! Daaad! Daaad, it hurts so much dad! save me!"

Without even caring about the hostages he was holding, Ryota ran towards his son, passing right next to me completely defenseless. Yet, I didn't move a muscle to keep him from saying his farewell to his son, which was a lot more than he deserved.

The reason why I let him go wasn't something vain like kindness or pride, in reality, I simply remembered something after wielding my sword.

Mia was still lying on the ground, but Sera had turned her over and placed her face onto her lap. Just like myself a minute ago, she was crying her soul out in sorrow after Mia's death.

I slowly walk towards them and kneel in front of Mia and pour a copper vial on her mouth.

After a faint cough she quickly regains her counsciousness.

"Mas-ter, are you ok master?"

"Mister Ryu! you brought her back from the dead! this is a miracle!"

"I'm fine, how are you feeling?"

"I'm *cough* I'm fine, my chest hurts a little and I feel... a bit aroused"

She whispered the last part blushingly.

"You horny demon!"

Sera quickly let her head fall to the ground after hearing the last part.

"Ouchies! why did you do that! I was dead you know!? and I am a horned demon, not what you said!"

"Ok, I'm gonna stop you two right now. it was nothing like bringing Mia from the dead. When I grasped my sword I remembered that Mia is, in fact, not human. As a succubus she's weak to anything holy and I've heard holy water is highly uncommon in Celarent, it was almost impossible for Ryota to have a sword soaked in holy water"

"Wow! master is so smart!"

Mia clapped her hands in quick movements making her breasts jiggle mesmerizing me for a short second. Watching her like that no one would believe she had been stabbed through the heart just a minute ago.

"You guys! how can you be so careless!? Battle is not over yet!"

Fena said angrily with reddened eyes. So far I've been completely ignoring her, not because I don't care about what happens to her but I thought she may feel a bit awkward talking to me naked as she was. She's so shy she even had trouble speaking to me in a day to day situation and I thought this situation was less than ideal for her.

"There's no reason to fight anymore, we can simply escape and..."

>Enemies 8/12

My thoughts get interrupted by a sudden message in the display and a loud scream was heard at some distance behind me, it was Ryota mourning his son.