With a resounding thud and a strong kick, Eleanor and Marie shattered the lanes, scattered in opposite directions, and ran away from the three knights of the north coast border, whose aim is to kill Eleanor and Marie. With Eleanor being chased by Serena, Marie was chased by Han and Yeona.
Marie dashed through the lanes, as Han and Yeona closed in on her.
"What happened, girl? Why do you feel like running now?" asked Yeona, taunting Marie.
"Trying to stay away from disgusting people." replied Marie.
"Oh, is that so? Huhh"
*Thud* *Zap*
Yeona fasts and closes herself on Marie, and they exchange a few blows. Marie fought fiercely, grappling with fists and legs, displaying the martial arts skills that she directly learned at the Queen's palace, but as she halted to fight back, Han also caught up.
Despite her valiant efforts, Marie soon found herself overwhelmed by the dual assault of Han and Yeona. She got herself hit by two blows in between, which made her grit her teeth against the onslaught of pain.
Fwoosh*
Marie leaped at high speed as she unleashed a flurry of kicks and swings infused with the power of her aura. With a swift motion, she sent forth a slicing wind that cut through the air, forcing Han and Yeona to stagger backward, caught off guard by the force of her attack.
....
There was silence, as they weren't expecting her to be this good.
"Ohh, I didn't know you could pull off something like that," said Yeona.
"Hahaha.. See, I told you. She is the best one out there," said Han.
With a mad gleam in Han's eyes, he threw back his head and erupted into laughter, his arms outstretched as if embracing the wildness inside of him he felt after seeing Marie.
"Marie..Marie...Marie...I want to have you...come in my arms...I will give you all the sensational pleasure you could ever receive. Give me your body."
His words spilled forth incessantly, yapping that echoed through the air, filling the space with his craziness.
*Tap*
Yeona taps on the head of Han.
"Shut up now. It sounds disgusting."
"Ouch*"
"How many girls do you sleep with, and still it's never enough for you?"
*Huff* *Huff*
Breathless and clutching her stomach in pain, Marie looked at both of them, who were behaving like madmen.
*TAP* *TAP* *TAP*
As Marie saw that they were distracted by conversation, she seized the opportunity and ran away.
"Ahh- she ran away," said Han.
"It's because of you, idiot. *Tap*" replied Yeona, hitting him on the head.
"Let's chase her before she runs far away, and we have to summon Hon for it."
"Sighh* Yes."
Han and Yeona sprinted after Marie, and as they reached the end of the lane, they made a sharp turn, their breaths quickening with anticipation. But as the mist slowly dispersed, they found an empty path ahead, realising that Marie was nowhere to be seen or heard nearby.
"What the-" expressed Yeona.
"Where did she go?" replied Han.
Yeona properly gazes around the surroundings. From the bushes and small trees and the edges of the lane.
"Her footsteps can't just vanish away like that unless it's her Infusion but data didn't reveal anything like that." said Yeona.
"So that means.."
"Yes, she is hiding herself. She is somewhere nearby."
"I see."
On high alert, Yeona and Han cautiously take their steps ahead.
"Stop hiding, Bitch," said Yeona.
"~Come out, Marie; I won't hurt you, okay?" said Han.
The melancholic tone of Han was creepy as it sounds, and to add more layers to it. He summons a knife in his hand.
In the web of lanes, where each opening and path had multiple intertwined lanes connected, Marie had concealed herself behind one of the walls. Silently observing and listening to Yeona and Han.
Just then, Yeona heard a sound from the edge of a lane. She approached carefully and quickly turned to see...—but found nothing there.
"Ahh- this is irritating," says Yeona in anger.
As she ran out of patience to find Marie, she summoned colourful beads in her hands.
"Oii Oii, that will cause lots of damage around." says Han, trying to control Yeona, who is holding mysterious beeds.
With a flick of her wrist, Yeona tossed a crimson bead into the air, its glow piercing the mist as she commanded its trajectory in a certain direction with her hand. In an instant, the bead unleashed a torrent of red-coloured electric destruction, obliterating everything in its path and clearing the way ahead.
"Whaaaa—look at that," says Han. "The destruction.."
"Hmph* Let's see when you can stay hidden like that," said Yeona.
Yeona flicks and throws another bead in the air, commanding it to another edge of the lane.
*GRRRRRR* *Boom*
This time, the path Yeona cleared was just beside Marie. She sees that, and instantly chills run down her spine as she realises that if that attack hits her from behind, she'll be dead.
*Gulps*
Peering cautiously from the edge, Marie strategized her approach to engage one of them at once, as she couldn't attack both of them at once. Observing Yeona unleashing those destructive attacks, Han chose to remain on the sidelines, as he didn't want to get caught up in Yeona's attack.
*Flick*
As Yeona lifts another beed in the air and destroys another path in the maze, Marie observes her moments carefully, and her eyes glimpse with sharpness as if she has figured out an opening.
~It's risky, but I can try that.
Marie says it in her mind.
"Han, stay away; I am launching it," says Yeona.
"Ohh God..Okkay Okhay.." replied Han, running on the side.
"Well then, let's see how you will hide from this one," says Yeona.
With a deep breath, Yeona unleashed her power, sending three coloured beads swirling into the air.
"CIRCULAR GAMMA DISCHARGE!!"
With a graceful sweep of her arms, she directed the crackling, destructive energy from three different angles, each surge pulsating with intensity as she spun around.
"Hahahaha, it will surely perish all of your cells from the body, Bitch!!! There won't be anything left." Yells Yeona.
The lightning cracks up in the air, destroying and dusting everything in its path.
Huff* Huff*
As the dust settled, Yeona gasped for breath, her chest heaving from the immense strain of channelling such a powerful attack. Amidst the haze, a scene of destruction, with only three-four lanes remaining of the once sturdy walls.
"Now..you know what happens when you test my patien-." says Yeona.
*Clinck*
A sudden, jarring sound sliced through the air, a knife embedding itself into the side of Han. Startled, Han and Yeona turn their heads towards it. And Marie takes that chance of distraction, which comes running from behind a broken wall.
Marie sprints towards the open back of Yeona, whose attention was drawn by her approaching footsteps. Too late to react, Yeona turned just as the force of Punch, charged with an overwhelming aura, surged towards her face.
"AAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" Screamed Marie.
**THUD*
The force of the punch struck Yeona's face with such ferocity that she was sent hurtling through the air. Her body flew uncontrollably before crashing into the ground, carving a path into the lane as she tumbled before finally coming to a stop.
*Hufff* *Huff* *Huff*