Soul Lovers

The Hunters' Invasion (2).

The flames on the touches in the room were so fiery and dazzling, casting each shadows of the women on the floors through the walls against the cool wind coming from the window behind. The intensively looked between both women says one thing.

Only one person is leaving here alive.

Luna tightened her fist under her chin while the marked woman smirked, pointing the huge sword at her.

Luna making the first step, took a glimpse around then rushed towards the marked woman with a punched but it was blocked using her huge sword as the force from the impact still sent her flying out of the window, immediately, Luna followed her by jumping out the window also.

“I will not allow you to mess up my King's room!” she yelled with a fist held up high, falling towards the marked woman.

The marked woman landed with her huge sword thrusted to the ground, glanced up at Luna coming down with rage in her eyes and fist. Her eyes dilated as she swiftly avoided the impact that hammered, rupturing through the ground causing a mini earthquake.

While inches away from the impact, the marked woman glanced at Luna inside the dust in amazement. She'd never seen a woman this strong but heard stories about a certain clan consisting of only women who strengths are beyond normal.

“What manner of woman is this? Not only her size, her strength also is far greater than my expectations.” She wobbly said then she glanced at her sword and spotted a little c***k on it.

She was stunned.

Luna's fist was still buried in the ground in the crater she created as the dust finally died down around them. she removed her fist from the cratered ground.

The marked woman tight-lipped smile at Luna.

“You don’t want to mess up your King’s room, but what about your King’s compound?”

“That’s for me to worry.” Luna replied as she stood up.

“You are strong, I guess that is your so called potency or whatever you beings called it,” the marked woman said, spinning the huge sword in her hand, “This sword was made by one of the best Inhumane sword forger in all Kingdoms and sold in the black market, I know cracking it will take a lot of strength from you.” The marked woman said,

"... ... "

"Oh?! Your Kingdom ain't the only one that trades with the Imperial Inhumanes,"

“What’s your name?” Luna asked.

The marked woman smirked.

“Since you are going to die anyway. I do tell. Am an Hunter from the Forest Nymphs Kingdom, I’m called, Isabella.”

“You know what, Isabella?”

“What?”

“Your kind talks too much!!” Luna said as she went to Isabella with a kick, Isabella reeled back from the kick, that same moment she touched her huge sword, giving out a strange and awful smell in the environment as it glowed in the color of jade.

She swung it around smiling increasing it poison to spread through the air while on the sword.

As she was doing so, Luna bolted to her just before reaching her she stopped, her body shook helplessly, having the sensation of whirling and wanted to fall then she managed to hold her self up while she scowled at Isabella.

“Ha. Ha. Ha. How the mighty has fallen.” She walked to her, “This darling~ in my hand have the ability to extract my poison onto itself. So glad I told you my name before you die.” She mocked as she licked her lips.

Luna slowly knelt down, shivering, breathing heavily. Isabella reached were she kneeled, placed the huge sword on Luna's head with both hands.

“I never get to know your name. But it doesn’t matter. Adieu!” she pressed the sword down to Luna’s head suddenly, it was caught by the poisoned death. Probably she won't be the one dying today in the hands of this enticing woman, gripping onto the huge sword blade tightly with one hand as she strained grunted this made Isabella terrified.

She'd knew her poison was strong enough to kill ten fully grown Beasts from the Beast kingdom then why was she having a hard time killing just one woman from the Aurora clan.

“I told you didn’t I... you talk too much!” Luna growled as she gripped it more tightly pushing Isabella back. The huge sword broiled more into her hand.

“Impossible, women were never meant to be strong like this!!” Isabella cried, trying to push her huge sword back into Luna’s head, strained grunting, with all her might and soul.

“I’m strong?" Luna scoffed,"have you met my older sisters,” Luna said as she unsteadily raised one of her kneel up the ground beneath her feet cracked, “this is between you and I. Am... ” She slowly raised her self up also lifting Isabella from the ground, Isabella tried to removed her hands from her sword but Luna firmly held her wrists to the sword hilt with her other hand. “… actually the youngest and the weakest woman of my kind… ” As she spoke Isabella kicked Luna's side repeatedly while grunting in the air, “… but that wouldn’t stop me in becoming the most respected Royal Guard in the Kingdom… like you foretold. Keep. On. Dreaming.”

Luna lifted her kneel and gave Isabella a direct blow with her kneel straight to her belly with that impact Isabella coughed out blood from her mouth as it rolled down her chin.

“Am sorry! Please let me live!!” Isabella pleaded as Luna removed her hand from Isabella's then grabbed her neck while the terrified woman speedily let go of her hands from her sword, held Luna’s hand against her neck this made Luna in dropping the huge sword to ground

“What is your mission here? As far as I know you Hunters infiltrating the walls can't be done by only one side outside my Kingdom alone, this is done by an inside job also and who can that be?! Answer!” Luna asked, staring into Isabella now reddish eyes under the twinkling stars.

Slowly above them, thick black clouds covered the stars in the sky.

“I will tell you. Who sent us. Just, please let me live. I have families and a lover I left behind in my Kingdom.” Isabella gasped.

Luna nodded and dropped her.

“He... sent us.” She confessed as she held her neck.

Luna narrowed her eyes.

“He is from… ”

Suddenly, the clouds rumbled, immediately, stroke Isabella with the force pushing Luna backwards.

“Ahhhhh!!!” she cried as the lightning electrified her body, ultimately scorching her with no recognition.

Luna gained her ground then took notice of the sky.

Before long, Abbey jumped to her front.

“Sorry for that, if I don’t do anything she might have escape or do something worst to you. You know how trickish the Forest Nymphs Kingdom can be. Ah! you probably don't know yet. Because you haven't fight one until now,” Abbey said, stared at Luna’s bleeding hand, “Look for a healer, it’s dangerous to prolong the poison in you.” He commanded, Luna bowed immediately.

“Yes, Lord Abbey.”

“Very good.” He went to Isabella scorched body, carried her under his arm then glanced at Luna. “Am taking her to the King. See you later.” Abbey said, while Luna peered at him as he travelled through the sky in lightning.

-

At the garden, Randall with Oshoshi were searching every area of the garden.

“She is here somewhere.” Randall said, he looked at Oshoshi, “Did your kind followed you here without you noticing anything?”

“No my humble King, am really sure we weren’t followed. Why do you ask, my humble King?”

“I sensed the vigor of my Daughter from where am standing but I can’t see her and the Prince. How come?” Randall lifted his arm on his beards totally forgotten he had also fought Kontar and won in the past while inside her barrier. He stretched his arm, staring at the floor. “Hmmm. This is strange.”

Oshoshi took a step to the pond, staring at the grey salmons swimming and wondering what was the King talking about, then he remembered something.

“What?! It can’t be. If the King really felt their vigors that means… that means… ” He whispered, turned to the King to tell him about a certain being that possibly have the ability to manipulate the environment more like an illusion. This is the hand of Kontar I'm sure of it.

Randall looked at him with his eye brows raised,

“One of your Kingdom Hunters did this.” Randall said before Oshoshi could speak. He nodded while Randall put his hand on the ground. “Please be safe.” He whispered.

...

Inside Kontar's invisible barrier, almost everywhere was frozen, huge craters with all kinds of broken ice were on the floor. Suddenly, someone crashed into the ground creating another huge crater at the center of the barrier field.

Inside the crater was Wren breathing heavily as she slowly stood up with one ice orb floating behind her.

“Big sister!” Dryad cried while he was tied down to the ground by the vines from Orchid's hand.

Orchid curled his lips with the look of tranquillity.

“Give up already. Princess or I will squeeze the little brat to death! Which I'll do by the way with or without you giving up.”

“Big sister don’t mind me—Fight your way out of here!" he turned his face to Kontar, "if you can beat her the invisible barrier will be lifted!!” He yelled.

“Will you shut up!!” Orchid fumed, slowly crushing him as Dryad shrieked, Wren sighed heavily then she raised her hands up, surrendering herself, Orchid smiled.

"Eh?! Giving up already," his eyelids lowered. “Kill her.”

Wren closed her eyes, Immediately, the two Hunters went to her with great speed about stabbing her with their pointed vine arms without warning both Hunters were destroyed instantly by an unknown force without able to regenerate.

Kontar and Orchid gaped at the incident.

Not until. A mysterious but welcoming light shined with five figures shown right behind Wren.

Dryad with the two remaining Hunters stare with awe.

She turned and looked around then her eyes dilated.

She smirked.

"What took you guys so long?"