RISE OF THE SWARM

Liam smirked at the assassin's shock. "Yeah I can see you ." He said with newfound confidence, but inside him his body unknown to him began to break. The foreign energy inside him pulled eratically breaking his body bit by bit.

The assasin didn't waste time, he lunged once again his blade raised once again, he directed his mana towards his blade infusing with a shadowy edge.

"Shadown strike." He uttered.

Liams looked at the attack, his eyes gaining a silver tint due to the energy. He brought his fist coated in the flames towards the blade. The two met in a clash forcing each other back a few steps. The assasin looked at his hand seeing it slightly tremble. Strong he though, his blade had also retained a couple of attacks with the foreign silver energy eating away at his blade.

His eyes widened I disbelief. Don't let him attack your weapons he has some type of corrosive skill he said to the surrounding assasin telepathically using mana.

They nodded each staring at Liam with newfound caution. Three of the four charged ahead, two approaching from the side in a pincer attack.

But Liam didn't step back no he rushed ahead meeting the assasins head one. He could allow them a coordinate ated attack, he would lose if he allowed them that opportunity.

The charging assasin quickly stopped in his tracks, quickly bringing his arms into a Cross guard stance. He hadn't expected Liam to charge in blindly like that.

Liams fist connected with the man's blades. The man instantly catapulted back crashing into a nearby wall. His stood up staring at his blades which now boasted multiple fractures. He also felt the bones in his forearms fracture as well. But that wasn't the worst part. He couldn't feel his mana circulating whatever Liam had done je had cur of his mana flow.

Liams smirked seeing the power of his attack but before he could press his advantage the two pincering assassins attacked. Their blades aimed at his side. If it their attack landed Liams death was guaranteed.

But Liam reacted faster. He moved his hands in a blur catching the blades in his hand. With a shout he pushed the power outward into the bladed, instantly setting them alight. The assasins quickly let go and retreated seeing their blades turn to ash.

Liam smirked again ready to attack.

"Death."

The fourth assasin appeared behind him to fast for him to dodge. The assasin attack landed. He stabbed his dagger through Liams back. Liam screamed in pain as he felt a searing energy rush into his body destroying his insides but it was instantly put out by the grey energy.

But the damage was done. The assasin Liams had attacked earlier rushed again launching a knee kick empowered with mana right at Liams face, launching him back. He landed on the ground hard. The flames on his hands immediately going out.

He tried reigniting them by forcing the energy back into his hands on for him to experience serious backlash. His arms tore apart multiple vessels rupturing , the once dormant and tame energy was the same one now hurriedly destroying his body.

"You over exerted yourself." A voice from withing him rung in his mind. He tried to respond but the pain was too much for him to think straight.

The assasins didn't let this opportunity go to waste. One of them rushed dagger in hand raised ready to strike at the Liams neck.

The dagger decended.

Suddenly a streak of silver cut through the smog.

The assasins dagger never reached Liam. It was met with the edge of a long blade. The assasin barely had anytime to react to the attack before his arm was severed flying into the air. The assasin stumbled back clutching the stump where his arm used to be blood sprayed everywhere across the ground.

Liam's vision blurred but he could just make out the figure that saved him. She stood tall and poised sword in hand dripping blood her black hair which he had never seen before from her. It fell down her back with grace and elegance. Ell. She swung her sword once once earing it of the blood before pointing it at an assasin.

She didn't spare him a glance. Her focus entirely on the assasins.

"Who sent you? And how did you find out i was here." She asked the assasins her ade drawn.

"Wouldn't you like to know princess." The assasin smirked readying for an attack.

" you know what thankyou you made our lives easier now we don't have to use that brat to lure you out." The assasin said with a smirk.

Liams stared on, princess where they talking about Ell. Was she princess?

The assasknunged their shadows extending launching projectiles in rapid fashion. Ell moved like a phantom. Her blade danced reflecting the shadow bolts with ease. Liam stood mesmerised this level of sword mastery it was unreal.

She appeared before one of the assassins in a blur her green eyes glinting. She swing. The assasins head was lobbed of launched into the air.

But she didn't stop there, she disappeared once more appearing before another assasin. He tried to jump back but he was to late. Ell released a flurry of attacks towards the assain instantly dicing up the man.

The other assasin seeing his companions brutally massacred opted to run. He dug into his pockets removing a small black sphere. Smoke pellets. He threw them to the ground a black fog instantly erupted. He turned aiming to flee, only to find a sword lodged through his throat.

Ell unlocked her sword wiping away a drop of blood that had landed on her face. She spared a glance toward Liams before walking towards the assasin who she had severed their arm.

" who sent you?" She asked once more.

The assasin burst into a mad laughter. Before turning to the princess.

"You monster." He uttered before his head exploded into a rain of blood. Yet none of it landed onto Ell.

Suddenly a whistle. Garrik stepped into the light.

"A suicide pact whoever sent them really dosent want to be found out. Seems you have enemies princess." He said once again.