QUIZZED TO DEATH.

***On Planet Gieă. In the Outskirts of the Continent 'Eclipse of the Oceans', In a small house on top of a lonely and silent hill.

...

The beast-kin is fast and decisive with his attack, there is not a big chance at a clean retreat in the darkness but there's also no big chance that Navi can take both him and the half-dwarf on.

The beast-kin knows well that he can still make atleast a decent attempt at retreat but he wants that money!, he needs that money!. His academy's bills would be due for a renewal in a few months and forking out that much money as an orphan from the forbidden races is truly saying something.

When next would they ever get an operation with rewards this juicy or even a quarter this juicy?!.

As soon as he sees the chance, the beast-kin takes a fast step forward. He has settled his mind for a fight as he swings one of his small cutlass at Navi body while positioning his other cutlass to block any possible thrust of Navi's blade at his body though unlike what he has expected,..Navi pulls off a sudden move.

He dodges the cutlass's blade at the cost of pushing himself further at the wall behind!.

Instead of defending, Navi reacts as fast as a cat as he pushes himself backwards before turning his body as he kicks himself off the wall with a dulls sound!!

#POUM!#

Navi never truly shows his back to the beast-kin when he shoots back and away from the slash. He shifts his weight and lifts off the floor for a second as the sole of his right foot dully slaps backwards against the wall.

Navi's entire body sharply launches forward and into the air for a second but its enough!.

!!!#CLANG#!!!

Within his brief moment in air, Navi moves his swords handle while slashing his sword's cold blade like a whip. He sends this blazing fast counter attack at the surprised beast-Kin who also somehow reacts in time to block the wild strike though the momentum of Navi's strike is anything but soft.

#$HING$!¡#..

Deflecting the attack, the impact of Navi's blade against the beast-kin's cutlass's blade brings about faint metallic sparks as the sheer force of the blow forces the beast-kin to take several stumbling steps sideways and towards the half-dwarf as Navi pulls off a game changing landing.

Despite a sword in his hand, Navi affords a roll to the right for his landing as he escapes his 'cornered situation' but he is immediately greeted either a new challenge. Barely rising, Navi is immediately pounced on once more though this time, not bybone attacker but by two!.

¡!!$HING!!¡

!!!CLANG!!!

Navi's sword goes into a backwards grip as he deflects a skilled cutlass strike that falls fast and high through his right but at the same time, the half-dwarf's axe strikes to his waist from the left with a curved assault.

 sing the recoil of his sword against the cutlass, Navi skilfully retreats two small steps backwards and so, it only takes a smaller lean of his body's weight to the side in order to completely avoid the mean axe strike to his waist.

Everything is happening too fast and every of Navi's action seems to come from a layered battle instinct.

From the triggered push against the wall to blocking the cutlass strike then to dodging the axe's blade, each action comes to his body rushed though they are barely ever completed before he is forced to make another decision with his life drifting past death with each move.

!!!CLANG!!!

Navi's sword swings an attack but it is easily deflected by a cutlass.. he moves steps backwards creating a bit more space with the skillful use of the recoils of the collision.

Every second moves too fast and every move seems too slow, he heart is pumping powerfully, his palm was numb from the collision of blades but somewhere in his mind, utter calm remains.

In a part of his mind, Navi is somehow calmly analyzing even though he seems to have absolutely no time to even think about his actions before executing them. In this calm part of Navi's mind, a new plan forms.

¡!!CLANG!!¡.¡!!CLANG!!¡.¡!!CLANG!!¡..

Navi's sword strikes goes out rapidly through his skill level can barely keep up with deflecting the duos rapid assaults hence he is constantly pushed back with each forceful stike by in this cold death duel.

For now,.. Surviving is Winning.

¡!!$CHANG$!!¡..

Barely deflecting another dose of rapid cutlass blades, an axe gets thrown from out of nowhere in the dark and Navi's wild instincts fires up.

Almost completely subconsciously, Navi's transitions from his current extreme survival fight mode to something beyond in a second.

Navi's palms direct his sword without much command. Through the darkness, even though he could barely see a thing, Navi spins his sword handle while causing his sword's blade to flash in front of his body.

*!!GLANG!!*.

In less than a second, Navi's blade manages to deflect the thrown axe but as a result, he is now in a very bad posture for defence and an even worse position with his blade.

"UMMMMUUGGGH.. AHHH!!!..

A bestial groan enters Navi's ears and he is barely able to look-up before reacting once more to the attack from its source.

The source of the growl is not from the beastkin but rather from Melisa(Half-dwarf) who charges wildly at the terrible postured Navi with the intention of a brute spear-tackle. Her short distance charge begins almost as soon as she harvthrown her axe and she is about to hit her target immediately after.

With his current terrible posture and grip, Navi knows he cannot swing his blade in time to hit the dangerously close Half-dwarf so he doesn't attempt to.

With his badly positioned blade still in a backwards grip in his right palm, Navi puts a his left leg back thus giving his body barely adequate space from Melisa charging figure though enough time for his next move as he tightens his left fist before shooting slightly upwards with at much strength as he could deliver!.

!!¡POUM¡!!.

Being half-dwarf, Melisa is just a feet and a bit taller than Navi currently is and she has been kind enough to lower her face even further when charging in for a tackle.

About to make impact against Navi, Navi's left fist which are covered with reinforced knuckles smashes into her forward charging jaw that is protected by nothing but her thing bamboo mask.

At the speed of a flash, his fist tears through the air with the impact tearng through the bamboo mask while still holding enough force for Navi to feel facial rearrangements on contact.

Melisa's momentum is sent sideways and backwards but this doesn't halt the attacks of her trained partner who immediately dodges Melisa stumbling figure before raining skilled attacks at Navi.

The beast-kin's blade whistles in air as Navi performs a dodge, a block and then a sharp reflect of three consecutive cutlass swings while still retreating further and further backwards but then,..

*CLACK!.*.*¡ψ¡¡ψ¡¡ψ¡*..

The barely on lanterns suddenly comes to life as it immediately lights up the dark space with renewed energy.

Fighting in almost complete darkness, no-one is ready for such a powerful burst of light as it causes bleached visuals and minds buzzing but in this moment,..

 *SLASH/!!!*.

Blood splatters as a cold blade ruthlessly crosses through flesh, warm bones and blood. Someone stumbles backwards in the light as a sudden burst of pain corrodes his conciseness alongside a sharp wave of dizziness.

The person opposite him calmly feels fresh blood drip the pointy edge of his blade before accumulating as a drop silently drips into the ground.

From the sudden burst of light, everyone felt dizzy and stunned. Well, everyone but the one person who had flipped the switch,.. Navi.

Navi's blade and body has a new wet crimison of the beast-kin's blood on it an he has delt his blow during the brief dissortion caused by the sudden light.

The injured and dying beast-kin stumbles backwards and away from Navi with a terrifying bloody gash tearing through his left chest to right abdomen.

..¥¡THUD¡¥..

Navi coldly watches as they other guy coughs a little blood and then falls on his back. Seconds feels like minutes to the beast-kin who struggles through the intense pain and agony of a torn apart inside-out but this dying agony doesn't last for long as his body soon goes still with his yellow eyes wide open.

'Two more to go.', Navi reminds himself when suddenly, his attention is drawn to the door due to a rough scuffle.

Navi watches calmly as Troy stumbles himself out of his house main door with his(Navi's) dagger still painfully in his abdomen and hopefully in an important organ.

Taking his gaze off from the 'limper', Navi ignores Troy as he walks up to the still dizzy Melisa with his bloody claymore sword's tip trailing on the ground with scratching noises.

In the light he can finally really see Melisa fully as well as observe just how much damage has been done to her by his blow. Looking at her half broken, deformed and bloody right jaw, Navi qucts a short look at his bloody left metal knuckles.

The half-dwarf is down on the ground.. still dizzy and in pain from Navi's blow and her vision is still stabilising from the sudden burst of light. In pain and agony, her sight slowly clears yet the first thing she lays eyes on is the calm visuals of Navi who is taking slow and deliberate steps towards her.

The sound of his blade's tip crawling against the floor sending chills into her soul.

Subconsciously, despite her exhaustion she moves her body backwards with heavy breaths and eyes that no longer contain anger or grief but rather fear and anxiety for her life.

Though..

*!!¡STAB¡!!*.*PUING!###*.

"Aaaarrrgggghhhh!!!..", Melisa screams in tortured pain as her suddenly fast and heavy breaths admitted to her bodily agony.

Panting heavily, Melisa struggles to looks up as she remains still without daring to move any further.

Her scream and sudden stillness is because a seemingly indifferent Navi whose pale face and white-suit drips of fresh blood from her dead partners.. has just suddenly and ruthlessly put the tip of his bloody sword through her ankle and into the wooden floor!.

This act is obviously done in order to painfully pin her down and keep her in place!.

Seeing her pained stillness, it worked.

Navi does the stab so fast, calm yet brutally that his blade's tip goes through Melisa's ankle joint's flesh and bone with a couple extra inches of metal going into the cold floor.

Stars twinkle in Melisa's mind with her legs tensing up badly from pain yet that only brings more pain as her loud breaths gets mixed with painful sounds.

Blood starts to accumulate very slowly under her ankle as she groans deeply while trying hard to fight the urge to go unconscious from the extreme pain.

With calm steps, Navi walks to the side of Melisa's head before bending down to pick-up one of her axes that is lying on the floor by her side.

She had thrown this axe at his body just seconds ago with a speed and brutality that almost ended his life.

Calmly thinking bout this, Navi picks up the axe.

He looks towards Melisa's reddened eyes and trembling face for a few calm seconds and then.. with another swift and cold punch, he knocks her out cold.

The impact of the punch leaves anther bloody dent through Malisa's thin bamboo mask.

Getting back up, Navi moves back then pulls his sword out of her destroyed ankle. He then calmly walks towards the still open door with the tip of his blade trailing behind him once more.

Navi's steps are completely unhurried as he steps through the door. The pale moonlight baths over his bloodied suit and face as he coldly steps over his first kill while looking around.

Footsteps are very clear on the sands under the moonlight and the small drops of blood in the dirt directly points to the direction to his target.

Slowly, Navi moves down the hill as he can already see the stumbling figure of his enemy and former room-mate in the not so distant distance. 

Still walking calmly, Navi adjusts Melisa's axe in his hands and for some reason, he feels completely confident in his ability to launch the weapon.

Reaching his hand back, Navi gets a feel of the weapon and then releases the axe in his hand for a confident throw.

For a second, Navi's weapon rolls through the air with a whistle before its cold blade strikes into the upper thigh of Troy who immediately gives a pained scream as a response!.

 In the moonlight, Troy's figure falls then rolls a little forward into the dirt but he somehow prevents landing on the dagger that's already deep in his organs.

"*GROAN*..*PANT..PANT!!*..

 Still with a relaxed pace, Navi walks a little down the hill as he approaches Troy's figure while Troy claws forward in the dirt. Troy seems to desperately want to keep moving downhill but he soon forced to give up as his body barely responds anymore to his commands.

With pain, exhaustion, fear and fury in his eyes, Troy looks back only to watch as a very composed Navi walks down the slope of the hill with fresh blood still over his white-suit.

Navi's cold predatory orange iris stares at Troy's injured body and into his broken soul.

A few more steps and Navi stands in front of Troy's pathetic, bleeding figure that currently leaning back against a small rock on the hill's slope.

Troy is breathing heavily and staring up at Navi with his eyes full of tense and heavy emotions. Navi is also staring down at Troy the only difference being that his eyes holds nothing but a lot of chilling indifference.

*HUFF*..-An exhausted breath suddenly escapes Navi's lips as he gulps down a bit of saliva. The effects of his extreme adrenaline rushes is beginning to wear off and his body is crying for rest. Thankfully, he has felt much worse pains so it doesn't weigh him down much.

"..If- if you spare me I would give you all I have!", Troy immediately starts a shaky bargain in fear as he raises his blood covered palm by the side of his face in order to show all his sincerity.

"You thought it is a good idea to root out all I have and bury me instead. I highly doubt you can give me anything I want.", Navi says calmly before slowly bending his knees as he lowers himself to a level where he can comfortably look into the fear filled trembling eyes belonging to Troy.

"P.. please don't kill me, I'm just Twenty-five.. I have a whole life ahead!.", Troy say with a whole new pitch of desperation in his tone as he breaths fast and heavy.

"I'm only twelve.", Navi says calmly without much shock at the hypocrisy.

He purses his lips as he continues speaking,"..but that didn't stop you guys from trying to put me down infact,.. you all seemed to have consider it.. amusing.".

Navi says slowly while Troy's body trembles once more from both panic and pain as Navi's free hand it now lazily hovering over the dagger that stuck in his abdomen.

This teasing action makes a panicked Troy to subconsciously clench his stomach muscles thus bringing pain amidst his panic as his terror filled eyes follows Navi's finger above the daggers handle.

"You look like the most 'interesting' guy in the group so I'm going to guess that you have been in a similar situation just.. Well reversed. Think about how you felt back then knowing the death of a pleading enemy is just one action away.. then think about the decision you made to their pleas.", Navi says calmly while looking on as a new level of terror unfolds in Troy's eyes.

"P.. p-lease I would do anything thing,.. any.."

"Anything?.", Navi cuts off Troy's whimpering pleadings with a simple word and question.

"Ye.. yes!, anything you want *HUFF.. HUFF*.", Troy says with a loud gulp as he breaths loudly from his nostrils with a slim glimmer of hope now in his gaze.

"OK. I indeed have a problem that i need to solve and this problem comes in form of a question. If you can somehow give me the answer I want, I might be thrilled enough to let you go.", Navi says calmly with his hand tightening around the bloody handle of the dagger in Troy's abdomen.

They both know that pulling the dagger out spells a cold and fast end for Troy as he would immediately bleed to death.

"I.. I'll answer you,.. anything!.", Troy says with his eyes reddened. Strenght is already leaving his body and he knows that if he cannot rush to help then he would breath his last soon.

Navi nods his head slowly in approval at Troy before saying,..

"My question is, 'What truly is balance?'.", Navi says while looking straight into Troy's eyes in the cold moonlight.

Troy looks into Navi's eyes in confusion yet panic as he is completely unsure about the question or an answer to the question. Navi's cold gaze reminds Troy that although calm,.. the orange eyed demon is anything but patient. Each second more of hesitation can spell his end.

Heavy heartbeats, rough breaths, cold sweat and a trembling soul. None of these are the best conditions to think of an answer so Troy just stares deep into Navi's eyes while confused as to why he cannot find the words to describe such a 'simply-framed' question.

To Troy's own shock, the seconds ticked by gracefully but he doesn't even utter a word at an answer.

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"Wrong answer..