Astoria's POV
I stood in front of the last remaining monster while holding my sword. I am out of breath, my muscles are sore but it seems this final fight could only be faced by me who has experience dealing with a witch before.
"You've been slaughtering my children without any mercy. It pains me to see them die without having the time to enjoy their life. It's time for you to die, human." I can see a surge of strong mana coming from the witch but there's nothing I haven't faced in this long and tiring war.
"What's your purpose?" I asked as I got myself ready for any sudden attack.
"My purpose? Does any action require purpose? The North seems the perfect place to breed monsters. That's all I care about. And, I was told that the North has no significance. So I was tasked to destroy that land and make it my own." Huh?
"You were tasked?" The witch smiles.
"It's funny really- that your own kind would order a witch like me to destroy you and whatever is left of you. It's a pity to think now, is it?" Someone ordered this witch to do what she's been doing?! My comrade who died in vain without ever seeing their unborn child, my knights who died protecting the borders for the sake of the North- they all died because someone ordered this monster to attack us?!
"Whoever your master is, I will make sure to bring justice to the atrocities you've caused me and my knights. I have lost many of my closest comrades because of you. To avenge their death, I need your head and parade it all the way to the North." The witch laughed.
"You may try, human."
I didn't wait long to launch an attack towards the witch. She remained calm as my sword made contact with her wand. Even though a witch is a long ranged attacker, this particular one seems to be an experienced close combat fighter.
"You must have been surprised by how well I've been caring so far, right? Even a witch could train its body like a knight would." I smiled before grabbing my dagger with another hand and stabbed the witch right in her chest.
"How dare you! What happened to the law where knights should always fight fair?!" I smirk before twisting the dagger even deeper into the witch's chest.
"When did I ever say I will fight fair?" I let go of my sword before grabbing the witch by the neck and slammed her back on the ground. The impact made a fairly large crack on the ground.
"You bitch! You'll regret this!" The witch grabbed a hold on my neck and started chanting. She seems a bit surprised since her spell didn't work on me.
"You- you're not human, are you?" The witch asked.
"I am part human and part fairy. But I guess spending a lot of time in the battlefield made the fairy blood in me dominant against my human part. Any sort of spell will never work on me. But you- you're going to rot and die a painful death." The witch finally realized something as I kept pushing the dagger deeper into her chest.
"What have you done?! That dagger!" I watched as the witch choked on her own blood.
"A good demon friend of mine told me secrets about the witches and their weaknesses. You will experience such excruciating pain that will force you to beg for me to kill you." The witch's eyes turned white as the poison started to make its course into her bloodstream.
Moloch and Augustus came running towards me as they finally managed to take control of their end. This war is ending but-
"Tell me the name of your master." I whispered into the witch's ear.
"Never."
I sighed and pushed the dagger deeper into her chest.
"Your children are all dead! Even if you survive this, your master won't be given a second chance. What's the point of being loyal to such a master?" The witch chuckled.
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