The Devil's Temptation!

“Father–”

“I don’t want to hear it.” The Mayor silenced his son who was about pleading for Anna’s freedom, “she picked her choice, so let it be.”

Nicholas had a lot more to say since he couldn’t picture Anna fighting them all by herself, but he was compelled to remain mute before he made the situation even worse for her. Regardless of what she’s doing or not, she saved him from a demon bite and this isn’t the right way to repay her for it. This is wrong but his father won’t listen.

Anna on the other hand, was more than ready as her gaze traveled amongst the group of assassins dressed in black attire. She’s never felt so bold and this energized before that it sort of frightened and excited her at the same time.

Roshan had the urge to intervene after seeing his mate get surrounded by a group of crazy assassins, but was unable to utter a word as something about her demeanor and unbalanced aura piqued his interest. He really wanted to see what would happen next cause truth be told, he was liking this side of her.

Seeing she had no plans of giving her choice a second thought, they advanced forward with quick silent steps that the only thing heard was the light wind that rustled the fabrics of their attire, but Anna didn’t move, her eyes looked calculative as though she was picturing the scene in her mind and when they got really close to the point of attack, she leapt into the air. The slight wind helped with her lifting as she smoothly landed on the safer side but that wasn’t the end as she swirled to look at them, a tiny glint flashed in those pretty eyes of her as it challenged them.

They advanced at her direction and this time, a sword was directly aimed at her, but she took a large step back to evade the attack but another one approached her from behind.

She sensed it quickly and dodged it on time, only to end up clashing her blade with one of the assassins and redirecting the attack by pushing his sword away. The scraping sound of iron reverberated in the corridor, an effective move that left both Nicholas and Roshan staring in awe.

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“That move correctly advances one from going defensive into attacking in a matter of seconds.” Nicholas impressively muttered in his head, obviously taken away by her unknown skill and he was correct about that, cause Anna was the one in the lead here, yet something about her stances and unique movement were familiar to him.

“What are you doing?!” The Mayor yelled at the assassins who were nowhere close to catching Anna due to her swift and perfect movement.

Feeling somewhat angered, one of the assassin’s swayed in a fit of rage and lunged at her, but Annalise counter-cut against his attack on time, leaving her with an opening as she targeted his arm with the hilt of her sword. The impact came a little too strong as it weakened his arm, forcing his sword to clatter to the ground and a look of pain contorted the assassin’s face.

Annalise hadn’t forgotten about Roshan yet and from the corner of her eyes, one of the assassins had used her distracted moment to sneak against Roshan who was still held by the magnetic force and before he got a chance to strike.

“No!”

Anna stretched her hand forward in an attempt to stop him but what happened next left everyone staring in disbelief. An invisible force shot through her palm and went straight at the assassin behind Roshan. The impact of that force was so unexplainable that it sent the assassin flying across the room and slamming his back hard against the wall before sprawling to the ground.

A shocking gasp was what Anna heard as it left her lips and she quickly kept her hand at her side. Her heart raced as she shook her head in skepticism, already convincing herself that there was no way she was capable of doing something as mystifying as that.

Silence filled the corridor as all gazes shifted to Annalise, even Roshan had to stare as the sight wasn’t something he expected at all, it felt like he just received an epic scene that was amazing and confusing at the same time.

The Mayor’s eyes widened in obvious disbelief when he saw the sword in her hand glow in a shimmering bright light and when the befuddled Annalise noticed it too, she quickly dropped the blade as if it was a ticking bomb that would explode if she held it longer.

“The Myriad Strike?!” The Mayor mumbled in disbelief as his cheeks furrowed in a serious manner. How did she know of such a technique???

“Miss Ann..” Nicholas too was left to stare in admiration rather. A myriad strike is more of a secret technique practiced by mages/witches. It’s not something that is capable of being taught, it comes naturally to the people born as a special soul, but how did a human??...

“Master Nicholas! Did you see that?!” William looked like someone who was getting ready to pass out anytime soon as the situation just got confusing. He brought out a handkerchief from his breast-pocket and wiped his face with it, before fanning himself and trying to stay alive to witness more scenes.

Seeing as everyone’s attention was no longer on him, Roshan trickily crouched on one knee and freed himself from the force that held him down. It was something he grew capable of doing without much effort, but not with people watching.

He stood straight again, pretending to still be trapped by the magnetic force and the bloody color in his eyes slowly returned as he mentally prepared himself for something.

“Who taught you the Myriad Strike?” Came the question from the mayor and before Anna could respond, all it took was the blink of an eye from everyone and she was no longer seen, except for the unexpected wind that followed.

Puzzled, everyone’s gaze alarmingly shifted to where Roshan was trapped and the demon wasn’t there either.

How did he escape??

“Where did they go?? Find them!!” Came the Mayor’s strict order the moment he realized what just took place in his presence. The assassins scattered themselves as they seperated to go search for the two beings, knowing they couldn’t have gotten that far yet..

“Father.” Nicholas hurriedly walked up to his father who still looked very much dumbstruck, “did you see that? It’s impossible for a human to do such father, a myriad strike like that is not something we can ignore, does that make Anna one of us?” He asked, but with a hopeful smile his father couldn’t see since he had his back facing his son.

“I don’t know, I can’t explain it either.”

“Where’s mother? She’s a strong Mage of Ark Ville, she can surely provide us with the answers.”

“She’s not here,” he turned to look at his son who quickly regained composure, “the recruited assassin’s sent to Stonhill just completed their mission, so she’s gone to get them.”