Kidnapping is harder than killing...

The time was drawing near as the sun slowly slid behind the far mountain, depriving the land of it's warm light and leaving nothing but a cold dimness. The starts were slowly starting to appear as well and it was beyond clear that the night time was quickly approaching. Sakura had already gathered all necessary information about a certain contract that someone special was about to do. Dust, a girl that she had met not too long ago. There was a strange desire inside the swordswoman, a want to meet her again. The only real question was for what reason. Was it to finish what they had started in that dark alley? Or was it simply because she found Dust interesting, someone worth listening to? It was probably mix of both and even more reasons. After all, people were complex and their motives could never be boiled down to a single objective.

Drawing near to the mansion that resided atop a smaller hill, she would scan the estate with her blue eyes from the distance. It was a solitary mansion that was somewhat distanced from the rest of the houses that were creating Shirotsume. Perhaps that alone was indicating the nature for the noble that was their target. This whole contract was rather unusual for Sakura, as she was always taking on things like killing others. But kidnapping? That was something else entirely. Truly, she was here only because Dust was. And while she was here, she might have as well helped that snake girl with all of this, perhaps earn some more trust. And if those words she uttered back in that previous place were truthful, then she probably already knew that the swordswoman was approaching fast, nearing the place where Dust was preparing herself.

Suddenly, a strange thought had entered Sakura's mind. What would be the goddess wearing? After all, she unfortunately destroyed her clothes back then in the heat of the moment. Perhaps she managed to fix them, or maybe her attire would be completely different. With how perverted her mind was, it was actually very surprising that she was wearing black oriental clothes and not something way more revealing. But everyone had their own taste in clothes. Sakura's outfit wasn't that different from Dust's either, too. The white yukata and blue haori, it was very light clothing that could be removed easily and during the intense dancing and fighting, it wasn't hard at all to tell what she was wearing underneath. Though it was definitely not for any perverted reasons, it was actually to increase her mobility as much as possible. Sakura's mind truly was set on fighting and killing mainly.

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Dust was waiting for Sakura at the designated point, where the contractors are. It was a rustic castle, almost gothic-like, giving an strange feeling to those who are close enough to it. It wasn't the target's residence, it was rather the place where Sakura and Dust would exchange the victim with the contractors. As she could feel, Sakura was nearby. This was due to her unique lineage that allowed her to detect anyone inside a 100 meter radius circle around her, but she just felt it because she drank Sakura's blood. As long she had drank the blood of any person in the world, she is able to detect them as long they are bones and flesh. The takers are inside the castle as she could feel, but they weren't what Dust was expecting, she was rather looking to the direction where she could feel Sakura's presence. Instantly, Dust could see her sillouette on the dark. Well, it was night time, and it was the perfect time to kidnap someone in that period. "You are here. I did expect you to never look at my face again." Sakura had her characteristic blue and white haori, alongside her black kimono and scarf. Dust had a scarf as well, but she was quite different. Her clothes are akin to a Hanfu clothing, but half of the skirt was cut to be held by a lace right next to the wrist. They were black outside and red inside, but both colors would mix at the entrances of the cloth. Well, the only clothes that aren't oriental are her skirt and her stockings, running across her legs with X-patterns. But it was different, like it became thigh for some reason. Also, Dust remembered how her clothes got that tight.

She was naked during that time, and after hiding for some hours, she came back to the fight scene and her clothes were in the floor, stained with blood and cut in pieces. With her temperature manipulation, she managed to unite the threads with molecular fusion, and the blood was removed with water until it got clear enough. "Well, as a punishment for removing my clothes at that day, you will suffer the consequences." Dust walked towards Sakura, and the moment their bodies were next enough, Dust fell over her body and kissed her lips, while giving a hug to the girl. That was the punishment she wanted to give, although the girl would see it as a gift, not a punishment or orders for the consequences of what she did. As she was more focused on the work they were going to do, Dust distanced her lips from those of Sakura, and said the details about the mission they were going to do. "Back to the work, our task is to kidnap the noble, but we need to ask for details about the enemies we could face. This castle is the exchange point, where the contractors are waiting for us. We will go to the noble's residence and come back here after it, and receive the money. Well, that is it for now, follow me and let's do it, Sakura." She walked away from Sakura and opened her arms, freeing her from the passionate hug. Dust was quite happy as she walked to the entrance of the chilling and mysterious castle, and waited for Sakura to tag along with her.

550 W.C.
100/100% MP - 100 HP.

Eventually hopping out of the woods, it was no surprise that Dust was already looking in her direction. There was a number of reasons why she was able to do that... noise that Sakura made when she was moving through the bushes and leaves, or perhaps that said ability of hers was the culprit. Honestly, there was no point in asking which one it was, as it probably was combination of multiple different factors. So for now, she would slowly approach the girl, as she started moving forward as well. Behind her, the building towered high. It really was a unique place, giving off a distinct vibe. With both her and Dust liking oriental styled clothing and even weaponry, the contrast was rather brutal. If they were portrayed as knights, it would probably fit in way better. But oh well, there was also no reason to be displeased because of something this trivial. After all, they would only spend little time here, not staying for too long even if they wanted to. It was nothing more than a contract, not an invitation to have a tea party. Pulling her out of observing the place was Dust's voice that sounded a little bit surprise. Did she truly not expect Sakura to seek her out? Even though she clearly said that she would when their last meeting was interrupted. Well, it was hard to trust others in these times, that was the truth. So she couldn't really blame Dust all that much. In all honesty, she was just glad that they could meet again. It was most strange, but even this coldblooded killer yearned for company in some way. It would appear that boredom was powerful thing that could get to anyone, no matter who or what they were. And then, it would strike hard and with no mercy.

The only real way of getting rid of it was to find a companion. And here she was, Dust... the girl that managed to wake up that intrigue which was laying inside of Sakura's heart, sleeping until now. Noticing the new clothes that she was wearing forced her to eye her for a while as well, taking it all in. And before she could even properly see all pieces of her attire, Dust demanded a punishment. Well, it was only natural. What kind of consequences were about to emerge, she did not know. But just in case it was something that would place her life in danger, all of her senses were prepared to fight back. Apparently she didn't know Dust all that well just yet, as the punishment was nothing more than kiss and a hug. Sakura simply stood tall and took it, not really reacting much until it was over. And once it was, she brought her fingers to her just kissed lips, aware of the fact that her eyes changed from blue to green again. "Perhaps I should do things to be punished more often...?" Those words were meant solely for her own ears, and yet she said them out loud. If Dust heard them or now, she didn't know, as it truly was time to focus on the task at hand. "Whatever evil is guarding him, I shall cut through them all. There is absolutely nothing to worry about. So for now, I shall follow your lead." Even though she was often a very dominant character, she didn't care if she was the leader or not. As long as she could punish the evil and spread her own justice, it didn't really matter who was in charge. And so, she had absolutely no problems with following Dust to wherever she was going.

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"I heard you, Sakura. Perhaps, you are imagining things? Also, I don't care about your views of justice, evil or whatever." Dust smiled as she heard Sakura whispering out loud with herself, but she didn't even noticed what she said. But, she found Sakura's opinions and views about evil, justice and whatnot as ridiculous, but she kept it to herself, as she liked her sincerity about it. Dust walked inside the long corridors inside the castle, and two people were here besides herself and Sakura; they were two young mages, one was a girl and the other was a boy. They asked them to kidnap the noble, and they were the receivers of the kidnapped. Well, the girl just left as the boy approach Dust, giving her a letter describing the process of the kidnapping. "Well, this is a old castle inside their property, but they didn't even bother to put this down. To the side of this building, there is the castle where the noble is residing. We don't know how many enemies are here, but be careful and make sure to bring the noble here. Also, she is a girl, so don't be harsh." The boy left as well after explaining everything, but Dust knew he was still here. Well, she didn't even bore to read the letter, and threw it away in boredom. Maybe they are on their hiding? She didn't know and didn't bother with it, but the only think she was thinking was Sakura.

Because she could be easily bored about that entire process of receiving information about the mission, she could end up killing them. Dust thought about that as she walked outside of the old castle, and as the taker said, the actual castle was here. She climbed the rocky stairs in direction to the mansion, that was pretty different from the old castle they were into. It was build with concrete, rock, metals and pieces of wood, as the windows were filled with transparent windows, giving the feeling of a luxurious mansion instead of a gothic-style castle. Dust didn't give a damn about the details, as she could only see a luxurious mansion like any other, but this wasn't her work, she only needs to kidnap the noble, give her and take the reward. In front of them, there was a closed gate, and no sign of guards. "You can break the gate? While you do that, I will try to detect how many people are here." She could feel four people able to use magic in some way, while the others were common civilians, unable to use even 1% of magical power. They could be the enemies, as they would use magic to protect the nobles from harm. But instead of cowering in fear, she felt a excitement as she thought she could fight. Dust took the sword held on her back, the magical artifact called Mystletainn. As a side note, she did name two of the abilities inside the sword as her language, because she didn't know their true names yet, but she theorizes they are just abilities without name, only with explanation held on them. As Dust started to thrust the sword in excitement, she told Sakura to be prepared. "If you manage to kill the first guard, I will give you something very special. They are in our way, so let's kill all these guards in the way, according to your notion of justice." And she said it, with a perverted, sinful and sick smile on her white snow face.

580 W.C.
100/100% MP - 100 HP.

Dust had apparently pretty good hearing among other things if she heard Sakura talking to herself. It was strange, but somehow, a small blush appeared on her face when she realized that. Was this embarrassment? That was certainly possible and very probable in fact. But it was good that she did not care how Sakura herself view the world... because it meant that they most likely wouldn't get in one another's way. At least not for now. One never knew, maybe day when Dust would be labeled evil in her mind would come eventually. But that was something that would never happen, or would happen in a very distant future. Not something that would require any thought at all right now. For they had a job they needed to tend to, and Dust was leading them swiftly, clearly wanting to finish this as soon as possible with little to no detours. Even the act of going through that mansion and meeting the duo, or mainly a boy, was done incredibly fast with Dust not even bothering to read the written instructions. And she had a point, there was no reason to read them. They were to kidnap someone, no need for a manual. Sakura had nothing to say about the encounter and stood few meters away for the whole time, returning to walking behind her partner once they were finished. Leaving the place they would return to shortly with the noble, they headed towards another place that was quite eye-catching, albeit in a different way than the mansion they were in just now.

Only after few steps made out of stone they had to stopped in front of metal gate that marked start of the mansion's garden. The grass behind there was lush green and well taken care of, clearly indicating that there were some people for chores inside of the house. And they would most likely have to deal with them. For now, Dust commanded and Sakura nodded. "My blade, Akatsubaki... there is no material in this world that could stop it." With those confident words, she placed her dominant hand on the sword's handle and the other on the sheath. And with several swift strikes that almost looked like one singular, the clear gashes in the metal made the whole thing fall to the ground, easily clearing the way. Truly, her weapon was made out of something that was stronger than any ordinary metal. Even she didn't quite know what it was... but it was useful indeed. And now, Dust was making an interesting offer that could possibly spice up this job, or the moments after it. "It would appear that this will be decided in a moment..." The gate collapsing made a fair bit of noise just then. And there was sure to be someone trying to check what happened. Rushing towards the wooden door that was leading to the inside of the actual mansion, she waited for a bit. And then, instead of opening, she thrusted her blade into the door at the height of her own neck. The reason why she did it was because she heard footsteps. And now she heard nothing. All they had to do was open the door to see if there was a dead body lying on the ground or if she missed to determined if she'll get her very special reward or not. She left the honors to Dust.

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As Dust opened the wood gate, the enemy punched her, and the momentum threw her some centimeters away from him. She did expect Sakura to kill him, but she also felt that the enemy was more powerful than he appears. Dust could just pluck him with Mystletainn and end it all instantly, but she decided to keep it for later. She accelerated the nitrogen atoms around her right hand, to the point they heated until the air turned red. As she targeted the enemy in front of her, the heat wave of air erupted from her hand, giving slight burns in his skin. The enemy still moved, and tried to punch Dust again with a boxing movement with both his fists. Dust tried to avoid some attacks, but she got hit by dozens of those punches. "Shit, you are one of a bastard..." Dust kicked the mage and prepared to equip her sword, and with a single movement, she managed to cut half of his left arm down from the shoulder, but the enemy didn't stop. He still clashed with Dust, and punched her in the stomach. With the shook, she jumped backwards and coughed blood when she stepped on the floor. The enemy ran, and tried another attack against Dust, utterly ignoring the wound on his left shoulder. "I will not allow my princess to be kidnapped by the likes of you, die already!" As he screamed, he tried to punch Sakura on her chest, but Dust moved her sword and cut out two of his fingers, blocking the attempt of his attack. She would need more four attacks before finishing him, as he didn't show sign of stopping his clash. But his boxing skills were weak, it was like he didn't learned how to use it properly, and you could feel his punches didn't follow the main method of attacking on boxing. Dust moved her sword again, targeting his legs as of now, but the butler avoided the attack. Dust and the butler clashed again and again, with a lustful smile appearing on her face as the battle got difficult. Dust bleed from the punches, but the butler also had received damage. As he prepared to do another attack, Dust caught Mystletainn and moved it forward. Before the butler would manage to avoid it, the sword cut his body in half, causing his organs to fall into the ground, with his intestines covering all of the mess. "Fucking shit, I would have died if I didn't used my weapon..." She buffed, with air filling her lungs every second she breathed. The enemy she faced was quite hard, but was easily to defeat him. Dust could face another worst enemy after entering the mansion, but this was fun, having to fight someone who would kill you instantly. Dust walked forward to the entrance, sure that Sakura would follow her lead. "Well, I will give the reward later. Prepare for fight, they can caught you by surprise, and here we go..." She said, before opening the front door.

500 W.C.
90% MP - 80 HP.
Damage Dealt: 160 HP.
(4x D-Rank Damage).
(1x C-Rank Damage).
(1x S-Rank Damage).
Spells Used: Heat Wave (D-Rank).

Either the person who was about to open that door managed to actually dodge her blade, or there was more than a single enemy waiting. For when Dust opened the said door, a rather bold butler attacked her with nothing more than his fists and legs, throwing punches and kicks. To anyone who was skilled in martial arts, it would be clearly apparent that this man was no expert warrior. He truly was just a butler that wanted to desperately protect this place and those who were inside. In fact, it sounded almost as if his desire to protect crossed the line of worship for a moment when he spoke, referring to a certain someone as a princess. Most likely the noble that they were to kidnap. Grabbing her sword, Sakura quickly removed it from the wooden door that it was stuck in until now and faced the way of the two. They were in the middle of clash and it was clear that Dust was winning, even though she received some damage. And then, perhaps in the middle of confusion, the butler even tried attack Sakura. Of course she instantly prepared to parry his weak fists and show him how it should be done. But her partner wanted this enemy all for herself, even stepping in front of the girl and blocking for her, continuing their battle. It was only natural that it eventually ended with the butler dead on the ground, his body slashed into multiple peaces. It would probably take more than just one dedicated butler or maid to clean up this mess. And just like that, the first target was down, killed by Dust. Which confused Sakura a little bit, as she ended up saying that she would receive the reward later anyway. Hurrying to Dust, she stopped right in front of her as her orange eyes scanned the snake woman for a bit.

And then, one of Sakura's hands moved to the girl's mouth, wiping out a little bit of blood that remained there after she caught some earlier. "My eyes will find them for us. I'll make sure to execute every single enemy before they can harm you any further." With those words, she would start walking in front of Dust instead of behind her like she was until now. And it certainly didn't take long before they could hear heavy footsteps coming down from the stairs. Soon enough, there was another butler alongside a maid standing in front of the two girls, ready to battle. There was no surprise anymore, the rooms and halls were too big for them to remain hidden for long. "I am extension of the heavenly blade, I am death itself. Repent, sinners!" With those words, a second sword, identical to her Akatsubaki appeared in Sakura's left hand, her magical energy filling both of them to the brim. With a sharp "Tsk!" The maid attack first with a spin followed by a powerful kick. But with correct stance and two swords forming a cross, Sakura easily stopped it. Of course, the butler didn't want to just stay there and watch. Instead, he intended to attack from the side with a punch, not too different from the one of the already dead butler. Using her force to push the maid back a little, she was able to easily regain her freedom of movement and dodge before that punch could land, simply slashing as the man went by, his hand suddenly severed from the rest of his body. And since she had two weapons, that wasn't the only injury on his body. A bloody gash suddenly appeared on his neck, as the phantom blade nearly decapitated him. Sadly, it was not deep enough to cut open his veins, but it was enough to send him into a painful shock.

With a simple kick, she send the poor man towards Dust who now had the pleasure to finish him off if she wanted. Back to facing the maid alone, the air around them become way more tense. Just from looking it was clear that this servant was stronger than the other two. But not strong enough to be capable of defending against Sakura's deadly attacks. "Surrender now and accept your death. I'll end it quickly for you." Showing her mercy of swift and painless death, the maid's expression changed drastically, twisting into disgust and anger. "Like I would ever allow that!" Shouting back, she clearly prepared for another attack and with sprint, she quickly got in front of Sakura, ready to punch her. There was only one problem... a bare fist could never wing against a sharpened blade. Her punch hit the sword directly, it's sharp side too as Sakura blocked. And pushing just a little bit forward, the maid's hand was suddenly split into two, Akatsubaki still digging into the flesh and moving from the palm to wrist and then the hand. Screaming in agony, all of her movements suddenly became very sloppy and weak. With a quick slash, Sakura removed her sword from the enemy, along with one part of their hand. Gripping both of her weapons, she decided that it was enough, that it was time to end her enemy. The next attack was fast, nearly invisible to a naked eye. The only proof that it actually happened was an opening inside of the maid's throat, soon transforming into a fountain of blood. "No matter how durable someone is, lethal points are still the greatest weakness of a mortal body." Educating the maid with the sense of the battle being over, she received one last punch into her chest from the dying girl who used up the last of her strength, collapsing for good. She just had to at least damage her opponent before she died, lest her honor would be shattered completely. Turning around, Sakura was now only interested in Dust and how her fight ended.

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"Bombing Dust, I will give you pain. Regeneration, Speed Control, Zashikiwarashi, let's do it." As she said it, her body was regenerating and almost half of her wounds healed. Sakura would notice her speed and strength increased as she said it. Before the knight could react, Dust ran towards him with two weapons on both her hands; one was weak and the other was an artifact, but both dealt the same damage. As the knight prepared to defend, Dust clashed both swords against him, but he protected himself with a shield and a sword, successfully blocking both swords. As Dust prepared to jump backwards, she was hit by a strike directly on her arm, making it bleed due to the cut. She decided to ignore the pain, but it was too great to the point she couldn't focus on the fight properly. Dust took the lace on her hair and used it to wrap around the cut, trying to avoid an hemorrhage coming out of the wound. As the clash continued, the knight ran against Dust and tried to move his sword against her again, but she avoided the attack directly. But it was just an trap, as her body was threw away because of a sudden impact. His shield was used as a weapon and her body suffered a blunt damage from it. "I will rape you, bastard." As she said it, she moved against him in an incredible speed. She moved both her swords against his body countless times, but he managed to defend some attacks with his shield. Running across him from all around the battlefield, he suffered cuts on his body, scratches on his shield, and countless flashes surfaced from the impact of the three swords, two from the girl and one from the knight. He did manage to scratch her and cause damage, but the knight also suffered damage from it. They continued the fight, and Dust dealt 21 blows with both swords already, dealing an maximum of 42 with their damage combined. The knight fell into the ground, totally screwed. His muscle fibers came out of his body, making his body look like a scarecrow. As Dust prepared to the next fight, the knight came behind her and punched her neck, making her to fall to the ground. Before the knight would even say he was victorious, he suffered a strike directly on his heart, coming from an person behind him. "I will deal with her. You are useless as a bodyguard, dying to a pitiful weakling like her?" Dust smiled. The strongest one was there, able to finish one of the bodyguards with bare fists. It was a girl, holding the heart of the enemy Dust was facing and crushing it instantly, like she dealt a strike against him using only one of her hands and caught his heart in the process. As Dust prepared herself, the feminine knight sighed, and called seven monsters to deal with them. She didn't say anything, she just sat down and watched the monsters, like she didn't expect both girls to survive. Dust smiled and turned her attention to Sakura, as she wanted to say; "Fight them, I will deal with this bitch right here. She is a monster like me, and only a monster can fight her in equal force!" Dust ran towards the female bodyguard, as she left all the action of fighting against the monsters to the blonde-haired girl, Sakura.

90% MP - 60 HP
5% HP Regen: 5+ HP (95 HP Healed).
20% Strength Buff: 7+ Melee Damage (7 DMG).
20% Speed Buff: 4mph+ Speed (24mph).

The member 'Shouri Ishiki' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Monster Dice' :

(Boss roll, someone?)

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'Monster Dice' :

(Wat? Where is the b0ss?)

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'Monster Dice' :

(I'm not flooding it...)

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'Dungeon Dice' :

(Okay, this is the last time).

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'Monster Dice' :

Somehow, the battle was getting more and more confusing. Sakura was done with her little battle, but her partner Dust was only starting. It appeared that her dancing partner was a bodyguard that was meant to be guarding the noble they had to kidnap from this stupid place. And she was using summoning magic as well. However, it was not only those monsters that appeared. Apparently some sort of silent alarm went off and everyone knew that there was intruder in the house. The evidence of that was sudden increase in enemies from all sides. There were at least two dozens of servants and then some all around without any explanation or warning. A big mix of the weak and strong ones that truly was intimidating with their numbers. However, it would be humiliating to run away now. Not to mention, their target was so close... and Sakura still wanted to spend some more time with Dust, as strange as that sounded. There really was only one option in front of her... and that was to pick her sword up and slaughter every single one of those bastards! Not leaving a single one alive, even if they plead and beg her to leave them alone, to show mercy... Sakura's vision suddenly became blurred as her crimson eyes shone brightly on her darkened face. "Lady Dust... please excuse me, but could you take care of both the summoner and her monsters? I'll dispatch all of the other threats and soon, I'll be back to help you any way I can." As she said those words, some of the servants finally lost their nerve and despite warnings of their colleagues to approach carefully, they started running towards the girl from all directions. "Taste my blade and feed it your blood... Akatsubaki!"

Suddenly, with a single attack, Sakura's body turned 360 degrees around and stopped in the exactly same position she was in before she carried that attack out. And all four of the weak butlers that were attacking were suddenly headless, their bodies stumbling back before falling to the ground. It was fast and seemingly painless. At least for the victims, those who were still alive clearly felt all the pain and anger. Sakura was quickly surrounded and all the servants were ready to end her life in a very gruesome way, just as she ended their friends and coworkers. But it was all useless, as the swordswoman was no longer capable of seeing the world around her. Indeed, she entered a strong trance and her blood lust was through the roof. All things that were in her sight were simply critical points on her enemy's body, places that she had to cut through to dismember evil figures that were threatening her justice. It was almost funny how easy it was. These people, they had so little magic inside of their bodies that there was no resistance at all for her swords. Without any ethernano inside of them that would protect their naked skin, it was almost like cutting butter. A very fleshy butter that had red milk mixed in with it. And yet, somehow it felt as if she wasn't doing anything at all. As if her body was moving on it's own, not accepting any orders from Sakura's brain. Instead, it was controlled by instincts and impulses from the outside environment. But even if she felt like this, there was not much that would bring her greater joy. She was born and raised to exterminate evil, and right now she was fulfilling that purpose. There could not be greater joy in life than that, surely!

As the whole world moved in a slow motion for her, the battle finally began. This fight, it would be the ultimate final battle of this contract! With this many enemies, there was no way more would be hiding somewhere nearby. Once she kills them all, it will be time to have fun with the noble that they are tasked to take. But that was then, now was now! And as a sword from one of the knights approached Sakura's body, she jumped high into the air, even touching the ceiling and basically landing on it. And from it, jumping back down at high speed and cutting blindly with all of her power. A single hand came off, removing the shield from the knight's equipment. And since she was now behind him, another strike was more than enough to cut the man apart, his body being split into two in the place where his stomach was. But there was no time enjoy his guts and blood that poured out, as there was still more. So much more to go, it was almost like Christmas! But it would be problematic to stay where she was right now, surrounded from all sides. Using her speed, she jumped again, kicking one of the maids in face and using it as a platform to jump again, flaying above the sea of heads that all tracked her like hungry birds that were being fed. All of them were hungry for her blood, but she was unwilling to give it to them. And now she had her back to a wall with all the enemies in front of her. Cornered animal was the most fierce as they say... and Sakura truly was fierce right now. The moment she entered that fighting trance, there was no way anyone would leave this place alive. Those were the rules of absolute battle that was now going down. She only hoped that Dust was capable enough to take down the leader along with all that she would throw at her.

But surely there was no need to actually worry about her partner. She saw in the past and not that long ago just how capable her new lady was. In fact, there was a good chance that she was already waiting for Sakura to finish her little side of things. It was shame that she did not yet posses any spells that would allow her to just wipe this giant crowd of people out in one big swing. But something like that would be simply way too convenient, would it not? Like this, she could at least enjoy each individual separately. And there sure was some joy in that. Another two were coming closer, running with the image if professionally trained martial artists. Two maids that were faster than the rest. And that was what caused their deaths. As one tried punching Sakura right in the face, the experienced sword wielder would simply slide to the side, cutting of that annoying hand of hers right off. In that moment of concentration, she also had plenty of time to look at the maid's face. It was... odd. That expression of surprise, slowly being replaced by fear as the blade approached and then back to the surprise as she lost the limb. And finally, the pain! Oh, the pain was glorious. Torturing others like this without just killing them in a single blow, it was way more satisfying! It was a great shame that some of the enemies were simply too weak and just died with that one single blow to the heart or their head. Humans were so stupidly fragile sometimes, it was almost infuriating. At least there was the solace of unknown future. If she'S going to continue like this, she would surely encounter stronger and stronger enemies. All of them enduring more and more, allowing her to torture them as long as she would want. With a silent grin on her face, she slide towards the other maid, forcefully grabbing her and doing a roll back with her body, slashing a giant hole in her stomach before using the momentum of the roll to throw her body at the rest of her enemies.

The way she was toying with all of them, it was constantly planting seeds of hate and wrath. But she was not interested in reaping what she sow, not at all. She only wanted to plant more hate inside of them before she would cut it all out with her beautiful blade that was finally looking up to it's name. As it was normally mostly black, right now, the blood covering it made it a beautiful red. Akatsubaki, the Red Camellia. It was such a lovely name... and now it had some weight behind it as well. Two more maids ran towards the girl in rage, but their necks would soon barely be capable of holding their head in palce as they were sliced open on their sides. Sakura simply jumped between them with her blade doing a motion of a halved moon, slicing everything apart. Solving problems, it was so simple sometimes. All that was needed was one single well aimed attack to end two different lives. And the number of enemies was reduced to roughly two tens. That was still a lot to be completely honest. But fear was quickly burying inside of them as they watched the action unfold in front of them. Even though they were all looking so confident at the start, having Sakura surrounded... now they were nothing more than a group of rabbits, ready to be hunted down, reluctant to move in the slightest. That inhuman smile and red glowing coming out of her eyes, surely, this enemy didn't even look like a normal human to them anymore. Well, in several ways she indeed was not human. But from a biological aspect, she was the same as them. Difference in ideals and power meant everything, it appeared. And the hunt had to continue without any interruptions as well!

Running towards another knight, he tried a horizontal slash that could possibly decapitate the girl if aimed properly and with enough force. Of course, that not how it went down. Instead Sakura jumped and her feet landed on the flat portion of his blade, the weight of her body and force behind her sudden jump from that position forcing his arm towards the ground. And from air as Sakura did a little flip, the blade left her hand and pierced the man's chest before he could block the thrown weapon with his shield. Landing on the ground and dashing to grab her katana, puling it out of the body who's life was just extinguished, she continued. Or at least she tried, but a dull pain suddenly echoed through her body, starting with the head. It was another maid that managed to get behind her and landed a blow with her fist to the back of Sakura's skull. It was a strong blow that deal a lot of damage. But it's effect was only for a moment and as the maid though that she managed to defeat the enemy, a blood would quickly start leaving her body through a gash in her neck that reach the veins. The world all around Sakura was turning around, showing that she indeed suffered quite a bit from that one attack that managed to get to her. And that meant that she should not allow another one to lay their hands on her sacred body. The body that was the embodiment of justice, burning away all evil doers in this world. Destroying something like that, it was the greatest sin of them all, one that had to be punished by an immediate death. Nothing less, only more. Another two knights were slowly approaching, their shield held high to protect themselves and another maid with a butler behind them.

Now it really was time to go all in. Her true blade suddenly became enveloped in flames as Sakura thrusted it into the ground along with the phantom one she made earlier. "You will suffer my punishment for your sins. You all had your chance to surrender and die quickly. But no more!" Putting her hands together, a sudden wave of energy flew out of her body and formed slightly transparent clone of herself that was made out of black energy. In fact, that was Sakura's soul forced out of her body and formed into something that could be used to fight. The clone had two swords as well, albeit with no special effects. But the damage that it could do with each swing was way more than Sakura herself could actually do with her blades. After all, the soul was ultimate tool that someone could control. And the lineage of this girl allowed just for that. Sure, it made her unable to use any magic at all for now... but she already had all of her spells active anyway. There was no reason at all to hold back. Sakura dashed to the right of the two knights while her copy to the left. That forced the two knights to touch backs. And with one strong dash from both of them to their shields, they bonked their heads and became temporarily disoriented. Before the maid and butler behind them could do anything at all, the two knights were suddenly missing a very vital part of their body. And that was their head. Two new bodies that were now devoid of any life slowly slid down until they were in sitting position, supporting one another and not falling over thanks to that. Together in life, together in death as well.

But there was no time to wait. Gaining advantage in speed was important and the two servants that were shielded until now were shocked and vulnerable. Sakura took the weaker butler while the manifested soul attacked the maid. Their movements were completely identical, hitting their enemy's chin with the hilt of their sword, sliding behind them and cutting through their legs with one sword before gutting through their neck from behind with the other weapon. And as another duo of maid and butler tried to intervene, a simply thrusting attack into the heart was enough to stop them in their tracks. The numbers really were thinning at this pace. Another butler that was alone with his body shaking tried to stop this intruder. It was nothing more than a pathetic attempt at saving his grace. But even that did not work, as the twin warriors zoomed around him, cutting away both of his arms and leaving him to bleed to death behind like nothing more than a dirty vermin. If there was anyone remaining, they ran away as fast as they could. And honestly, Sakura was bored at this point as well. Fighting the same opponents one after another, it got old very fast. The whole room was re-painted with blood, the walls, floor and furniture all completely red. And her body and clothes too, changed from blue to red as she was painted over with the crimson blood of her enemies. A deep blush, hard to see through all of that mess, appeared on her face as she looked at Dust who was surely done by now as well. "I did it lady Dust! I killed them all, hahaha! I will get my reward for all this work, right?" Speaking almost like a small, excited child, her eyes changed from bright crimson to deep green when she looked at the other girl. It was color of deep, positive affection. Somehow, Sakura started liking her partner even more than before, significantly more.

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As both the girls fought, flashes and sparks flew all around the mansion. The fight was insane, both girls were running and moving their swords in a incredible speed, while their silhouettes couldn't be seen clearly. They fought and fought, and while they clashed, Sakura was still fighting against the monsters. Dust decided to move again, but the woman didn't used her sword, she was punching and kicking Dust even while receiving cuts all around her own body. "Dance some little more, you fucking brat, do it!" She became determinate to win that fight, as both girls fought violently, with their blood splashing all over the walls and decorations inside the mansion. Dust smiled and her red eyes moved through the darkness inside the mansion, as the attacks started to damage all illumination inside the mansion hall. After some clashes, Dust and the girl decided to retreat and take some fresh air. The woman had morals, as she allowed Dust to take some breath as well, and as they breathed after such exhaustive battle, Sakura already finished the monsters and was quite excited about receiving the reward Dust promised her. But, that wasn't the time for it. "I see, but this isn't the time for fantasies. Go kidnap the girl."

As she answered the excited Sakura, the enemy attacked with her sword. Dust used Mystletainn to parry the attack, and jumped backwards in order to analyze the pattern of the woman she was fighting. She hadn't time to think about Sakura very much because of the pattern the enemy followed; attacking without time for her to react. Just as she thought that, the enemy ran and clashed against Dust again, but she had time to parry the attack as both swords clashed against each other. The enemy was boring her already, attacking with the same pattern and nothing even using a trump card, but she was surprised to see the woman decided to use everything around her as a weapon. The decorative lances, swords, knives, javelins, spikes, and daggers all around the mansion were used, and Dust tried to defend against some of them, just to be damaged by some she couldn't deflect with her sword. "Fuck it already. Magatsuchikage, activate." As the woman prepared to do another blow, some mysterious force came out of Mystletainn, forcing her to retreat. As she started to notice it, the blade of the sword melted into a black, rusty oil, almost like blood. She laughed and moved again, thinking the blade broke down from the blows it received. But as she entered the pool of black oil, her arm was blown away and broke down some window behind the hall. Before she could notice what happened, the mass of black oil moved against her as Dust used the hilt to give the coordinates to the oil, or rather, target it against the enemy. Dust smiled, and prepared for the final blow against that woman. She moved the black oil onto the woman until all her chest was cut down and all her organs would fall from her stomach. Dust dealt a great number of blows, until the woman felt to the ground due to the injuries she suffered from the attack. The woman got up and laughed hysterically, happy that she got such a strong opponent to fight. "Arhahaha, you are fucking excellent. I never bleed so much against someone!"

Dust didn't give a single damn about how she felt against the fight itself, she just wanted the woman to die. Also, she noticed her sword turned into its original form, meaning all her mana was exhausted. The after effects came just now, and Dust could feel the headache and tremors of using all the mana inside your body. As she prepared to go after Sakura, the woman got up again and sneered at her in a homicidal way. "I will curse you for kidnapping her..." As the woman felt into the ground, she grabbed Dust's left arm and said such words, while a smile formed through her lips. An chilling aura surrounded her, but she managed to forget about it temporally in order to finish the enemy, with a stab directly to the heart. Dust felt something invading her body, but this feeling soon vanished. It was like the woman really cursed her with something, but she just thought it was a placebo effect. But that wasn't the end, as her left arm began to burn inside, like a great number of fire ants were walking through all her muscles and skin. "My arm is itching... burning inside... what a hell is that?" The pain was enough to make her drop Mystletainn immediately, as her body felt to the ground. Dust thought it was exhaustion due to the use of mana, but as she wanted to formulate another theory, she fainted in the floor tainted with the blood of all the enemies Sakura and herself killed. "Maybe... exhaustion? I... don't... know... what is... that... feeling..." Dust was already out of consciousness.

10/100% HP - 0 MP.
830 W.C.

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All the enemies that Sakura faced were indeed dead or ran away. But that didn't meant that the fight was actually over. Somehow, Dust was still fighting with her own enemy. Just from that, it was pretty clear that the head of security in this place was actually rather powerful. And yet, that fight was only between them and neither wanted any interruptions from a third party that Sakura represented right now. That was somehow... very infuriating and frustrating. But it could not be helped. Her own fight that she just ended, it was apparently shorter than she had thought. It was a fact that because of her focus, her brain was capable of absorbing way more information than it would normally do, making it look like the time was slowed down for her. In that state it truly seemed that her fighting took way longer than it actually did. For everyone who was outside of that small massacre it was but a flash before the girl and her soul that took a physical form killed everyone that was standing in her way. It truly had to be a very scary sight. Not that any of that mattered now, there was no one who could have witnessed that majestic spectacle. And if there was, she would have killed them by now as well. So, she simply had to do as Dust commanded. There was still that female which they had to kidnap, somewhere in this building. Moving from one room to another, she finally found door that was locked from inside to keep everyone outside. Naturally something like that was hardly enough of a protection against sword that was capable of going through most materials found on the Earthland. With only few swings, the white wooden door fell apart like a house made out of cards, leaving nothing more than a bit of a leftover in the hinges.

And inside of the room, a girl in a pure light blue dress. Her hair was long and straight of brown color. At first look, it was an elegant and pure figure. What role she played in the dark guild industry exactly, that Sakura did not know. And she didn't really care either. There was only one thing she was required to know, and that was the fact that she had to kidnap this woman. Moving fast as a lighting, her figure probably appeared as nothing more than a swift shadow to the noble woman. And then, a pain would run through her head as her consciousness fell into the deepest darkness of black abyss. Sakura hit her into the back of her head with the sheath of her sword. Hard enough to knock any normal human out, but not sharp at all, ensuring that she didn't kill their target. And that was that, their target was acquired. Given the fact that every other person in this place was done for, there was no way they could fail this contract now. Only maybe if she was to trip now, letting the noble fall from stairs and crack her skull on the sharp edge. But something like that would hardly happen to a trained killer that this swordswoman was. And before leaving, she had to find Dust as well, so that they could leave together. Holding the small frame of the target, she carried her like she would carry any box with a single hand, between her arm and her body. And leaving the room in order to search the halls, there was nothing that could prepare Sakura for what she was about to see. Collapsed Dust who was lifelessly lying on the floor, covered with blood and injuries.

At that moment, Sakura forgot all about their job and rushed towards her, checking for any life signs. They were there, albeit very faint. Dust was still alive and that was what mattered. Strapping her blades to her own katana, she had to carry everyone and everything outside by herself. That truly was troublesome, but still somewhat manageable. At least both girls were pretty light. With the noble woman as she had her before and Dust over her shoulder, Sakura made her way towards the other mansion where she was to deposit the kidnapped girl. But before that, she left her partner lying in the grass outside. She certainly didn't want to drag her inside and show her to their employer like that. It would be more humiliating than anything, a great disrespect to someone who carried the title of a goddess. And so, she delivered the goods alone. The blood everywhere mildly spooked the boy who was waiting, but in the end they received the payment just fine. Now there was only the question of what to do with unconscious Dust. Sakura decided to threat most of her wounds and leave her laying in the lush grass for now. She was nearly perfectly hidden among the trees and bushes, so there was no way someone would find her there. She had other things to attend to, so she had to leave for now. But she would make sure to find Dust again, see how she will be doing after she wakes up. And of course, she left her part of the payment by her body as well, just to make sure that she gets it once she wakes up. There was no way she would rip her out of the deal just because she failed to keep her consciousness during the job. After all, her enemy was the toughest of them all.

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