Book One The Black Lion Old Version

Specter of the past part 4 painful truths

Edelgard was the first to wake up. She looked and saw Monica, who was still asleep. Then she heard loud noises, which caused her partner to wake up.

"Did I just hear swords clashing?" asked Monica, getting up quickly.

"Yes," Edelgard said, not wasting time as she grabbed her weapon. Along with Monica, they both left their room and saw assassins running straight at them.

She barely had a chance to block the assassin's sword. Monica quickly cast a thorn spell, which pierced through the assassin's chest. The black-cloaked person that Monica just killed made it difficult to discern the gender, but she had no time to waste. Gender was completely irrelevant right now. There was a battle, and Edelgard would ask questions later.

She noticed her other classmates were also up with their weapons drawn and in their fighting stances. There were individuals that Edelgard did not recognize, and the strange garb that those in Fodlan would not recognize.

Six people in strange masks looked like something straight out of a horror story; they looked like demons. They had their weapons drawn, and other bandits and assassins backed them.

Yuri was battling one of them. He was doing well, but Edelgard couldn't focus on what he was doing. She had to focus on her own survival. Then the assassins turned their eyes towards her, and two of them charged.

She blocked the first blow, but barely managed to block the second one that came from behind. It would have been a killing blow if it wasn't for Ingrid stepping in to block it. Without saying a word, the two women silently agreed to focus on their respective foes. Edelgard focused on the enemy right in front of her, unable to determine the gender as it was completely unknown. This person's skill was clearly not that of an amateur.

She was not able to keep up very well. No opponent she's ever fought before has ever been this skilled. She couldn't read the person's movement; it was as if they were trained with no emotions. Her opponent struck at her on her right side, and blood dripped to the ground. She had never been injured before, not like this.

She heard Dimitri clashing blades with his own opponent and Claude struggling against his own. Then it clicked to her the target of this attack was them, but why? She would have to get answers, and she would have to do it by surviving in the battle.

The opponent she was fighting was far more potent than her. It seemed like the person was everywhere and nowhere all at once. She saw after-images, likely one of the jutsu she had heard about in her training sessions with Kurenai. She had trained to counter this technique, but she had no experience with someone who used it so effectively.

The opponent made hand signs, and the earth around her started shaking. She couldn't dodge the jutsu, whatever it was, and stalagmites were everywhere. This person was determined to kill her, and she was getting overwhelmed. She cursed herself for not having lightning jutsu to counter this.

At the same time with Ingrid

Edelgard struggled against her opponent, and Ingrid couldn't come to her aid. The opponent was not only more skilled than Edelgard, but also faster. It seemed that this attack was specifically targeting Edelgard and the other house leaders. Ingrid had to defeat her opponent to come to Edelgard's aid, but she found it impossible as her opponent countered everything she did. Additionally, her opponent wielded the same kind of weapon as Ingrid.

"To think that I would be crossing blades with the daughter of Gunnar Galatea interesting indeed. I wonder if you're as good as Roderick?" her opponent asked, which made her twitch. How did this person know her brother?

"By your expression, you are wondering how I know your brother; it doesn't matter. Know that you're just like that fool."Her opponent increased their speed so fast that Ingrid couldn't keep up, and her eyes couldn't keep up with her opponent.