Mercenary Harem in Murim Novel

Taking the strange axe from her cut hand, Head threw it at Anya and Sherly.

Bang!

The axe flew fast and it was heading toward Anya. She watched it coming and smirked.

"Hap!"

She jumped up, avoiding the axe and landed on top of it. Her feet were on top of the blade, and she didn't move an inch.

"Dodged~ Is this all you can do?"

She spoke playfully, her eyes filled with mischievousness.

Anya wasn't a frontal fighter, she was an assassin. Her job was to take down the enemies quietly and from behind. However when push came into shove, she wasn't a pushover.

Especially not after Sherly helped her awakening her Qi.

"It's my turn then."

But that didn't mean she had to use it in this fight.

Jumping down the axe, Anya's figure turned into a blur once she touched the ground. She rushed toward Head, with her clawed hand ready to tear her apart.

Head couldn't see her coming. She had lost track of Anya's movement for a moment and raised her hand at the last moment to protect herself. Blood spurted out of her hand as Anya's claws cut through her palm.

But Head didn't flinch. She pushed her Qi and prepared for an attack. The thick and murky Qi moved in a spiral around her, and she was ready to send it toward Anya.

However, she didn't get the chance.

"I have more than my hand to attack."

A metal tail whipped at her, and it hit her hard in the side. The tail was covered with spikes and it was so sharp that it cut her easily.

Blood splattered on the ground.

"Ah! You bitch!"

Head screamed in pain and her body moved uncontrollably. She was having a hard time staying up, and her mind was filled with anger and pain. She couldn't think straight, resulting in her flaring her Qi to send a dark wave at Anya.

"Die!"

Dark Qi had rather strange properties. It could corrode and decay anything it touches. It was so powerful and dangerous that no one had ever survived it.

Sensing the danger, Anya's wings extended from her back and began to move. They moved at high speed, pulling her into the sky and away from the dark wave.

Her expression was grim. She knew that if she got hit by it, she would lose everything.

"Whoa that's dangerous."

Looking down, she saw the damage that the Qi wave caused. The buildings around Head had been destroyed and the ground was corroded into nothing. The whole place was covered in black and brown colors.

All human puppets who were unable to move earlier were damaged beyond recognition. Their skins turned black upon contact with the dark Qi, and their bones were charred and broken.

They had no chance of survival.

"I have to kill her soon." She decided.

If the enemy's power kept increasing, it would be harder to beat her. She needed to end this quickly and get out of here.

With that thought, she folded her wings back and rushed toward Head who took out a syringe. Anya didn't know what kind of syringe it was, as she lacked the knowledge about medicine. But she knew that it was dangerous.

Chiaki had shared one enemy's information, and she definitely said not to allow that enemy to eat pills or inject a syringe into her body.

"No, you don't."

Raising her clawed hand, Anya targeted the syringe. But she was already too late.

Head stabbed the syringe into her own chest and pressed the liquid in it. The blue liquid entered her body and she smirked at Anya.

"You're too slow. Now I will be able to beat you."

Her body began to swell up again as the blue liquid took effect.

Surprisingly, that swell only happened instantly before her body returned to normal. Still, there were blue veins running through her arms and legs, and her power changed. She felt stronger and more powerful than before.

Her eyes turned yellow, and she felt like she could take on the world. She couldn't help but smile as she saw Anya coming toward her, ready for an attack.

For her, Anya's movement looked pretty slow now. In her hand, a dark axe made from Qi appeared. Her muscles and power grew, and she swung it hard.

Compressed air followed the axe's movement, and it flew toward Anya faster than the speed of sound.

Anya saw the attack coming but couldn't dodge it. She didn't have enough time to react. She used her metal wings to shield herself and prepared for impact.

Bang!

The air hit her wings and shattered it. The remaining force hit her clawed hand, creating a deep wound and sending her flying backward. She rolled on the ground, and blood trickled down her mouth.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

'Shit.' She thought.

She didn't expect the enemy to have this much power.

Her wings and main weapons were damaged.

Not only that, her inside was damaged, and her arm had a nasty gash on it.

"Haha... Is this what they call a dangerous situation?" Anya muttered and licked her wound. It was healing at a rapid speed as her Nanites fixed it.

She had no time to be distracted, however. She had to make a decision, and she did.

With her wings and clawed hands damaged, she decided to discard them. They would only be in a way in this battle. She didn't need them anymore.

"Really, why did Leader ask me to do this? Protecting someone isn't my strong suit!"

For the first time ever, Anya complained. Her wound was healed already, and she lowered her body. Her hands touched the ground and she raised her ass slightly, making a pose like a cat.

'I want some reward later!' She thought as she moved the Qi inside her.

Among all the members, Anya wasn't the brightest in terms of intelligence. She was pretty simple and hated complicated things. Hence, she couldn't really apply the method to store Qi in her Nanites that her Leader thought.

However, she was gifted in a different place. She had instinct like an animal, and she could control her Qi very well just by her feeling right after awakening.

As a result, she reached 6 Stars in just a few weeks, awakening her Qi element. She didn't even need to think about using it. No, it was more like she didn't think she would use it before.

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Chill air spread to the surroundings as a light blue Qi gathered around her. The ground was slowly covered in ice, and the air became colder and colder.

The cold wind touched Head, and she frowned. She had no idea what was happening but she could feel Qi gathering around Anya. It wasn't by any means powerful, but she knew it was going to be bad for her.

"Are you ready?"

Anya's voice was cold and clear. Her eyes were focused, and she had a smile on her face. Ice covered her hands and feet, forming clawed fingers and toes. Her metal tail was also covered in a similar ice, making it look like a spike as it moved around her.

"Here I go."

With that, she rushed toward Head. Her speed was faster than before as Qi enhanced her body. She was like lightning, moving left and right to avoid Head's attacks. With each steps, cold spread from her feet, forming a thin layer of ice on the ground.

Head's movements were slowed down due to the ice. She could only see a blur and decided to feel her enemy's Qi to predict where she went. And that was easier than before.

"Right there!"

She swung her axe to the left after sensing Anya's Qi.

Unfortunately for her...

"Boo! That's wrong!"

Anya's voice rang from behind and she thrust her clawed hand forward, aiming for Head's chest. She knew that Head had strong defense and Qi, but her ice would break it down.

And it did.

"Gah!"

Head screamed as Anya's clawed fingers broke through her chest, tearing her ribs and piercing her. Purple heart was hanging on Anya's finger, and it was frozen solid.

Without hesitation, Anya crushed it and pulled her hand away. She didn't know why but her feelings told her that a bad thing would happen if she didn't run to safety. She trusted her instincts and jumped away.

She ran to where Sherly was, who had just finished to stop her bleeding and picked her up.

"Wha- what are you doing, Anya?!"

"We're running!" She shouted and carried Sherly on her shoulder. "Now!"

"What do yo- oh no."

Before Sherly could finish her sentence, she felt a large amount of Qi gathered behind her. When she turned around to look, she saw Head's body swelled up and it turned into a huge ball. That didn't look good.

In every kind of story, when the enemy abandoned their human's form, it usually meant they were preparing a last attack that could take down everything in its path or having a strange power up.

This time, it was the former.

Sherly understood that with just a look and patted Anya's shoulder, prompting her to move faster.

"Run faster! Aah, this is so bad! We're going to die!"

"Don't move too much, Sherly!"

Anya ran as fast as she could, her eyes focused on the evacuation Hall that she saw in the distance. From what she felt, the explosion would surely take out the evacuation halls if she did nothing about it.

If the evacuation hall was destroyed, the Emperor would be in danger. And if she put the Emperor in danger, her mission would fail and Leader wouldn't praise her.

'I can't let that happen!' She thought as she came into a halt, throwing Sherly to the ground. She turned around and faced Head's expanding body.

"Ouch!" Hitting the ground, Sherly yelped in pain. She looked at Anya and saw her looking at the expanding enemy, who was now as big as a house. "What are you planning to do? Don't think of doing anything stupid!"

Anya ignored her. She didn't know why but she felt like she had to do something to prevent the explosion from destroying everything.

With that thought, she ran toward Head, ignoring Sherly's shout from behind.

"Anya!"

But it was too late. She was too far away to catch up. She was running with all her strength, and she was about to reach Head.

'I should bring her outside the city before she explodes.'

A superhuman's body was not only strong, but they could also withstand a lot of damage. Anya had a plan in mind to move this huge ball of flesh outside the city before it exploded, as the explosion would be devastating and destroy everything in its path.

However...

"Whoa!"

It wasn't as easy as it sounded.

Dark Qi surged forth from the body of Head and expanded like a black mist, covering everything in its path. This Qi was like an acid, corroding and destroying everything it touches.

"Ah, why are you so hard to kill? I won't get any praise if I let you do as you please!" Anya complained.