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nThe Earl refused to believe what had just happened. His eyes… it couldn’t have been wounded. He couldn’t have lost an eye, could he?

nHe was an Earl, the son of a Marques. How could he have taken on a wound from a boy that was barely a man?

nHis face flared with pain, but perhaps due to the thrill of the battle or the anger in his heart, he found himself capable of ignoring the pain.

nHe raised his sword back up, let out a massive scream, and forced the tendons on his leg to tense up. Then, he pushed against the ground and flew right toward Ning.

nHe placed his sword in front of him and readied himself for shattering the barrier. However, that was not what happened at all.

nNing had seen him coming and created a barrier to stop him. Only, he didn’t create the barrier facing the man, but sideways. He made it so that the thin side of the barrier was what the man came across. Searᴄh the Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

nAnd when he landed there, his speed dropped drastically as he got closer to the center.

nThe barrier couldn’t cancel out all momentum, but then again, it didn’t have to. The man’s momentum was just too strong for him to be completely stopped, but slowing down by itself helped Ning massively.

nNing had enough time to dodge his attack and move to the side while sending back one of his own. Now that the Earl had used his power, Ning had a few seconds to fight him normally.

nEven though he was one-handed now, he moved his spear in intricate paths. Like a snake moving in between tall trees, his spear seemingly curved around the sword slashes, going for the man’s body.

nThe Earl’s armor blocked most of the attacks, but the more Ning fought this man, the more familiar he got with his fighting style and the better he got. Even though he was missing an arm, he was now much better than when he had both arms.

nThe two fought and the man was pushed back. Ning put some distance between the two of them as well. The man’s spring-like dash was going to be used at any time and he needed enough distance to react to it.

n‘I don’t have much energy,’ Ning thought. And his barrier was bound to prove useless now. The man certainly knew his trick, right?

nHis only chance was to create multiple barriers, which was what Ning did.

nThe man was sneaky enough to attack him from the side too, so Ning created two barriers around him, both at an angle. Like two shields held in both hands, facing away at an angle, Ning remained protected from all directions but the back.

nThe man moved and moved around.

nNing followed a blur and barely managed to catch up with a bang that landed on his side. The man hadn’t realized that Ning had created a barrier facing the side and slammed onto it.

nThankfully, he hadn’t used his sword this time around, or Ning would’ve been in danger. Ning canceled the barrier and made his move on the man, attacking him. His spear finally found flesh along his cheek, but it was shallow. He pulled it back, letting a spray of blood to the side.

nBefore he could attack again, the man rolled to the side and moved away.

nNing tried to follow, but a single step caused him to stumble a little. He blinked, trying to figure out what was wrong. He felt as though he was drunk, but…

n‘Blood,’ he thought, looking down at his arm. The adrenaline had made him stop feeling pain at the moment and because of that, he had even missed the fact that he was losing a lot of blood.

n‘I can’t bleed out,’ Ning thought, quickly ripping off his own clothes. He tightly wound it around his arm, barely managing to make some sort of knot with his single hand.

nHe had tied it tightly enough that it stopped bleeding.

n‘I need better medical attention,’ Ning thought.

nThe sound of running horses caught his ears and he looked to the side. He saw a cloud of dust in the distance and knew that people were coming toward this place.

nGiven that they had come here after the Earl, there was little chance of them being on the same side as Ning. He was way too wounded to fight more people. He needed to get out of here.

n“You bitch!” the Earl suddenly cried out, pulling Ning’s attention back toward him. He was facing the other side, now looking at a shivering Shara who had come out.

nShara looked horrified, her lips quivering. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” The words mumbled out of her lips as she slowly walked out from around the frozen house.

n“Grab her!” the Earl ordered and the corpses walked over each other to grab Shara.

nShara couldn’t seem to be able to do anything at all. She seemed shaken from whatever she had seen, from whatever she had done.

nShe didn’t even move as one of the corpses grabbed her roughly and started dragging her toward the Earl.

n“Shara!” Ning shouted. “Move! Do something.”

nShe seemed to come out of whatever state she was in and realized what was happening. “N- no!” she shouted. “Let go of me. Leave me -“

nThe corpse fell face-first to the ground and Shara dropped next to it. She tried to get up but another two got to her and grabbed each arm of her.

n“No!” she shouted, and both of those corpses fell as well.

nThe Earl tried to control them with his mind, but they didn’t respond to him at all. The Spirit within their body was gone.

nThe Earl was shocked for a bit but gained his composure soon enough. “It’s… it’s true,” he said. “I didn’t believe them. I thought they had lied. But… you… you really are one of them,

naren’t you?”

nShara looked toward the man. “One of what?” she asked, now wanting to know more. “Do you… did you… know my father?”

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