Mercenary Harem in Murim Novel

Chapter 189 – Anya's Turn

Taking the strange axe from her cut hand, Head threw it at Anya and Sherly.

Bang!

The axe flew fast and it was heading toward Anya. She watched it coming and smirked.

"Hap!"

She jumped up, avoiding the axe and landed on top of it. Her feet were on top of the blade, and she didn't move an inch.

"Dodged~ Is this all you can do?"

She spoke playfully, her eyes filled with mischievousness.

Anya wasn't a frontal fighter, she was an assassin. Her job was to take down the enemies quietly and from behind. However when push came into shove, she wasn't a pushover.

Especially not after Sherly helped her awakening her Qi.

"It's my turn then."

But that didn't mean she had to use it in this fight.

Jumping down the axe, Anya's figure turned into a blur once she touched the ground. She rushed toward Head, with her clawed hand ready to tear her apart.

Head couldn't see her coming. She had lost track of Anya's movement for a moment and raised her hand at the last moment to protect herself. Blood spurted out of her hand as Anya's claws cut through her palm.

But Head didn't flinch. She pushed her Qi and prepared for an attack. The thick and murky Qi moved in a spiral around her, and she was ready to send it toward Anya.

However, she didn't get the chance.

"I have more than my hand to attack."

A metal tail whipped at her, and it hit her hard in the side. The tail was covered with spikes and it was so sharp that it cut her easily.

Blood splattered on the ground.

"Ah! You bitch!"

Head screamed in pain and her body moved uncontrollably. She was having a hard time staying up, and her mind was filled with anger and pain. She couldn't think straight, resulting in her flaring her Qi to send a dark wave at Anya.

"Die!"

Dark Qi had rather strange properties. It could corrode and decay anything it touches. It was so powerful and dangerous that no one had ever survived it.

Sensing the danger, Anya's wings extended from her back and began to move. They moved at high speed, pulling her into the sky and away from the dark wave.

Her expression was grim. She knew that if she got hit by it, she would lose everything.

"Whoa that's dangerous."

Looking down, she saw the damage that the Qi wave caused. The buildings around Head had been destroyed and the ground was corroded into nothing. The whole place was covered in black and brown colors.

All human puppets who were unable to move earlier were damaged beyond recognition. Their skins turned black upon contact with the dark Qi, and their bones were charred and broken.

They had no chance of survival.

"I have to kill her soon." She decided.

If the enemy's power kept increasing, it would be harder to beat her. She needed to end this quickly and get out of here.

With that thought, she folded her wings back and rushed toward Head who took out a syringe. Anya didn't know what kind of syringe it was, as she lacked the knowledge about medicine. But she knew that it was dangerous.

Chiaki had shared one enemy's information, and she definitely said not to allow that enemy to eat pills or inject a syringe into her body.

"No, you don't."

She swung her axe to the left after sensing Anya's Qi.

Unfortunately for her...

"Boo! That's wrong!"

Anya's voice rang from behind and she thrust her clawed hand forward, aiming for Head's chest. She knew that Head had strong defense and Qi, but her ice would break it down.

And it did.

"Gah!"

Head screamed as Anya's clawed fingers broke through her chest, tearing her ribs and piercing her. Purple heart was hanging on Anya's finger, and it was frozen solid.

Without hesitation, Anya crushed it and pulled her hand away. She didn't know why but her feelings told her that a bad thing would happen if she didn't run to safety. She trusted her instincts and jumped away.

She ran to where Sherly was, who had just finished to stop her bleeding and picked her up.

"Wha- what are you doing, Anya?!"

"We're running!" She shouted and carried Sherly on her shoulder. "Now!"

"What do yo- oh no."

Before Sherly could finish her sentence, she felt a large amount of Qi gathered behind her. When she turned around to look, she saw Head's body swelled up and it turned into a huge ball. That didn't look good.

In every kind of story, when the enemy abandoned their human's form, it usually meant they were preparing a last attack that could take down everything in its path or having a strange power up.

This time, it was the former.

Sherly understood that with just a look and patted Anya's shoulder, prompting her to move faster.

"Run faster! Aah, this is so bad! We're going to die!"

"Don't move too much, Sherly!"

Anya ran as fast as she could, her eyes focused on the evacuation Hall that she saw in the distance. From what she felt, the explosion would surely take out the evacuation halls if she did nothing about it.

If the evacuation hall was destroyed, the Emperor would be in danger. And if she put the Emperor in danger, her mission would fail and Leader wouldn't praise her.

'I can't let that happen!' She thought as she came into a halt, throwing Sherly to the ground. She turned around and faced Head's expanding body.

"Ouch!" Hitting the ground, Sherly yelped in pain. She looked at Anya and saw her looking at the expanding enemy, who was now as big as a house. "What are you planning to do? Don't think of doing anything stupid!"

Anya ignored her. She didn't know why but she felt like she had to do something to prevent the explosion from destroying everything.

With that thought, she ran toward Head, ignoring Sherly's shout from behind.

"Anya!"

But it was too late. She was too far away to catch up. She was running with all her strength, and she was about to reach Head.

'I should bring her outside the city before she explodes.'

A superhuman's body was not only strong, but they could also withstand a lot of damage. Anya had a plan in mind to move this huge ball of flesh outside the city before it exploded, as the explosion would be devastating and destroy everything in its path.

However...

"Whoa!"

It wasn't as easy as it sounded.

Dark Qi surged forth from the body of Head and expanded like a black mist, covering everything in its path. This Qi was like an acid, corroding and destroying everything it touches.

"Ah, why are you so hard to kill? I won't get any praise if I let you do as you please!" Anya complained.