My Sword has to Talk!

CH.8 - The Slit-Faced Woman

A woman with long black hair, fair white skin, wearing a white dress, and a mask covering her mouth appeared before the students inside the gym. All of the students except Marcus felt a cold breeze of air. It was an unpleasant feeling even Brent, who was full of rage, was conquered by fear.

Brent looks at the woman who asked, “Am I beautiful?”

Brent was unable to answer the woman; however, Marcus's scream had reached them before Brent answered the woman.

“RUN AWAY!” That was what Marcus yelled to Brent and his goons.

Brent and his goons did what Marcus yelled at them instinctively as Brent felt that the woman was there to kill them. However, as Brent and his goons dash towards the gym's door, the woman had unnaturally arrived at the door. Blocking their only exit, the woman looks at Brent and his goons.

“Why can't you answer?” The woman spoke as she pulls out a pair of scissors with long blades. Equivalent to the size of a kitchen knife.

“Hey, Lady, I don't know who you are, but let me warn you. I'm going to kill you if we don't want us to pass through.”

However, behind this threat was Brent, overwhelmed by fear of the woman's unnatural tendencies. Meanwhile, Marcus looked at the situation he was currently in; he knew that exposing his sword to other people is a big problem. But Marcus also knew if he wasn't going to do anything, it could lead the other students to their deaths.

The woman started to have tears dropping in her eyes. “Then am I ugly?” The woman asked Brent and his goons.

“We don't give a f**k about your looks! Just let us through that door, then there would be no bloodbath involved.”

“Child, answer my question, Am I beautiful? Or Am I ugly?”

“How many times should I tell you this? WE DON'T GIVE A f**k!”

The woman fixes her gaze at Brent; the woman wipes her tears and had a grin from behind her mask. She grabbed the rope her face mask, which was on her ears.

“Since you can answer, boy, then how about now?” The woman completely removes her face mask. It revealed that her mouth had a slit that reached ear to ear. Her teeth were razor-sharp, similar to a beast.

Brent and his goons were terrified by what they had seen. It caused Brent to feel his entire body become numb. It was not only Brent, but his goons as well felt the same. Then the group slowly feel lightheaded, and everything went dark for Brent and his goons.

“Lucky me! It looks like I don't have to hunt for food for the next month.” The slit face woman spoke as she looks at the unconscious students. She walks towards them and prepares to cut them using her scissors.

“Hey! Don't you dare touch them!”

The woman paused on what she was doing and turned to the one who yelled out. “Oh! I forgot there is still more, EVEN BETTER!”

“But how could you still be standing after seeing my face?”

Marcus then unwraps his Kampilan sword from its cloth cover, unveiling his nameless sword to the slit-faced woman. The woman had a startled expression written on her face upon gazing at the blade.

“That's a cursed weapon!”

“I have seen something far worst than you, woman!” Marcus yelled. “Now be prepared to get slain!”

“Hahaha, a boy like you think you can defeat me!” It looks like I am quite in a pickle. To think a hunter would be this close to my targets. However, there's still a possibility that this boy is a weakling. Also, I can not just leave my hard-earned food to be gone just because of a child.

“Mister Sword, can we win?”

“That will depend on your performance, Marcus. However, it will be a good learning experience for to fight.”

The slit-face woman then dashes towards Marcus. She was prepared to slice Marcus into pieces using her scissors. When the woman got close to Marcus, the woman immediately slashed her scissors.

“Die!”

*SHIIIIIING!* *CHIING!*

However, Marcus blocks the attack using his sword. Marcus did not amuse the woman with his action. But it was not his fault as Marcus just wanted to survive that attack.

“You're not as weak as I expected, boy.”

“Sorry to tell this, miss, but I have a mission to slay you. And to survive this battle.”

However, as Marcus was busy speaking his speech, the woman appeared behind him. *SWOOSH!* The woman slashed her scissors toward Marcus, but *CHIIING!* Marcus blocks the attack with the Kampilan and jumps away from the woman a few steps.

“Her abilities are like Big C, but far weaker and slower.”

Marcus was glad that he could fight Big C, allowing Marcus to have a bit of experience dealing with enemies who can do sneak attacks from behind.

“Hey, kid, don't move. I want to carve something in that boring face of yours.”

“Do you have to point out that my face is boring!”

Even monsters don't think I look good why the world has to be so cruel to me. But I have to worry about my looks later; what I need to do now is slay this monster. I have to do it to protect innocent's people.

Marcus then charges towards the slit-face woman. “Mister Sword, can you do the thing where you managed to stop Big C.”

“You mean activating my cursed ability?”

“If that's what you call it. Then yes, please. I don't wanna prolong this battle anymore.”

“Ha~ I never thought that you were that bossy kid.”

“Bossy, I said please, Mister sword.”

“Just forget about that, let's just end this, Marcus.”

“Aaaaaaaah!”

Marcus, with incredible superhuman speeds, dashes toward the woman, screaming his war cry.

“I see, so you are determined to kill me. Then I'll kill you first!” The woman also dashes towards Marcus. As the two reached their weapons range, the two clashed once again.

*SWOOSH!* *CHIING!* *SWOOSH!* *CHIING!* *SWOOSH!* *CHIING!*

Marcus and the woman had matching speed and power that they can block each other's attack. However, none of them still used their trump cards. The woman has already shown one of her abilities.

*SWOOOSH!* *CHIIIIIIIING!*

“Not bad, kid! However, will you able to keep with this.” The woman disappeared immediately.

“MARCUS! BEHIND YOU!”

Marcus immediately acts on the warning of his sword and immediately swings behind him. He was blocking the slit-faced woman's scissors at the right time. However, the woman disappeared again, revealing herself behind Marcus's side. But Marcus could react and slashed the woman, who also blocked Marcus's counter-attack with her scissors.

The woman disappeared again and appeared behind Marcus's back. This time without any help, Marcus successfully slashes his sword to the slit-faced woman. But the woman successfully blocks Marcus's

Then the battle rages on, but with the woman using his power to unnaturally appearing in different places in a short amount of time. The nameless sword was even surprised at how Marcus was handling the woman's surprise attacks.

This kid is not that bad at all. It looks like I didn't make a lousy choice choosing this kid. However, is he prepared for this woman's another trick?

“Why won't you just die, Kid!” The woman yelled as she continues her attack on Marcus.

I can predict her movements; not only that, but I am matching her speed. But I wonder what this feeling is. It feels incredible, like my blood and body are pumping as I hear the clash of my sword and scissors. Not only that, why do I feel happy doing this, knowing that I could die from a single mistake.

“This ends now, kid!” The woman yelled and used her power to disappear.

“I know you are behind me!” Marcus yelled as he slashed his sword.

Does she think she could use the same trick of going to my blind spot? Then going for the attack there, hasn't she learned a lesson.

However, Marcus made the mistake of underestimating his enemy. The slit-faced woman did not appear behind him but remained in her original position. Where she immediately tries to stab Marcus with her scissors.

Marcus tries to block the attack, but the distance between him and the slit-faced woman's scissors was already too short.

“No, my sword wouldn't be able to block it. I also can't jump backward. I have been too careless.”

“I guess this is the right time, kid. So don't waste it, Marcus!”

The Kampilan then unleashed a green turquoise color glow. Everything then started to get slower, except for Marcus.

“AIM FOR HER NECK!” Yelled the nameless sword to his wielder Marcus.

Marcus immediately follows what the sword spoke and slashed the slit-faced woman's head. With one swing, Marcus's weapon successfully separates the woman's head from her body. Then blood splurge from the headless woman's body, dying her white dress in red.

Then the turquoise green glow of the sword disappeared. And everything went back to its original flow of time. The slit-faced woman's head drops down to the floor, followed by her body—causing it to bathe in blood its blood.

“I-impossible…” The slit-faced woman spoke as she slowly closes her eyes.

Then Marcus drops down to the floor, gasping for air, after a long battle.

“Ah..ah..ah. I won, I won?”

Marcus then showed a smile on his face after realizing that he has defeated a monster. Then the gym's door opened; Marcus panicked as a person walks in. His heartbeat started beating so hard that he could even hear it.

However, as the person's face became clear, Marcus was able to breathe easily. After seeing that, it was the doctor of the organization who appeared.

“Congratulations, Marcus, on defeating your second Monster.” The doctor spoke.