"Now I am definitely looking forwards to killing you..."
Her growl was filled with such malice I actually found myself somewhat shocked, only to realize it made sense considering... well... now she had been zapped with electricity twice, and that was probably two times more than she had been zapped in a long time.
"I'm guessing there just isn't a world where you might... I don't know, surrender and tell me why you're here? I mean, the gig is up; you lot aren't bandits, we know that much, and us fighting is going to lead to someone dying..."
Her lips curled into a ridiculing sneer as she growled "Yeah, that someone is going to be you! What, used too much juice just now frying my two underlings? Getting scared? Or is the mental strain of popping your murder cherry wearing at your itty bitty mind, hm?"
The immediate attempt to speak down to me was grating, but I just stared at her for a few seconds before letting the mana flow freely once again, coating my weapon in it and preparing myself for what was to come.
"Really, couldn't we just resole this peacefully? There is no need for more bloodshed, let alone-"
Before I could even get those words out the woman darted forwards and tried to slit my throat with her gale shrouded daggers, snarling at me like some kind of animal and immediately letting me know that I was just wasting my breath.
Speed was still her primary weapon here, and even though the strength in her arms wasn't that high her overall power was thanks to her speed; that wonderful formula of mass and acceleration reared its head here since the mass was low but the acceleration...
It was enough to send me back a few steps when she collided with me, the woman forgoing the more favorable and 'safe' hit and run tactics that would work wonders for her and instead just trying to strike me down here and now.
That caught me off guard a little, so even with my spear intercepting her blades I was still put into a difficult spot since she applied a lot of pressure very quickly, and my response window was far too minuscule to do anything of value before she launched another attack.
Those daggers whistled for my armpits, ribs, hips and any other 'open' spot in my armor that she could think of, forcing me to opt for defense instead of offense and putting a lot more pressure on me as I had to deflect everything lest I take a wound I couldn't recover from.
"What, cat got your tongue now dumbass?! Realize I still have a chance here?!"
She took a moment to sort of gloat about this dance of ours, breaking my concentration for a very brief second and causing me to frown at her before resuming my defense; she didn't get closer nor did she manage to do anything physical with that momentary lapse, but even still that just proved that I could be distracted...
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Rhefia PoV
"C'mon handsome, stop looking over there and look at ME!"
The rock below me feet was turned into a fine dust as the Leopardkin slammed her axe into it, causing me to arch my brow at her as I bounced away to maintain this distance between us, something that seemed to only make her more excited.
"Kinda hard not to, what with you being... well, a whole lotta woman."
The bellow of laughter she let out had me smiling as well, almost making me forget that she was definitely trying to kill me as she instead just treated this like some form of blind dating... which was weirdly refreshing.
"Yeah~? Like what you see, stud~? You got that nice compact build too; easy on the eyes, probably sculpted beneath that armor of yours... like a statue, but fuckable."
"I would imagine any statue is technically 'fuckable' so long as you put your mind to it."
Jumping away from a cleave that actually seemed to cut the air, I rested my spear on my shoulder and stared at the Leopardkin for a moment as I contemplated something, only to have to jump away again when she tried to cut me in two once more.
Her grin and laughter didn't take away from her immensely powerful swings, but sadly for her I was just a bit too quick and far too comfortable dealing with people like her thanks to... well, a few reasons actually, mainly coming from my time fighting against idiots like her.
It was fun to challenge the biggest person to a fight, and I learned a lot from it each time I did it, so here I was, dodging her attacks and flirting with her even as we made it abundantly clear we wanted to kill one another.
"Why don't you just stand still for me then, stud~! I'll lop those legs off and carry you around with me as a personal fuck toy~!"
"Sounds unpleasant; I quite like my legs, and that would make hunting rather... difficult. Though if you were to strap me to your back I imagine that would work?"
Swaying to the side and avoiding the butt of her axe haft that threatened to cave in my chest, I stepped around her and contemplated just stabbing her in the back here and now, only to find myself staring at her back instead.
Or more specifically I was taking in her firm, leather clad ass that definitely wasn't as juicy as Astra's was... but with it being all muscle and attached to this crazy bitch swinging an axe way heavier than me around, it definitely was just as alluring.
Plus she had that adorable feline tendency to flick her tail this way and that while she moved to 'help her stabilize' or something, which only drew the eye down towards those chiseled cheeks of hers...
Humming to myself and continuing to ogle her, I avoided the next attack and added "Why don't we make a deal then, Miss Leopard? Surrender, tell me what I want to know and then maybe I'll think about letting you ride me for a bit.", which made her chortle as she grinned at me.
"Tempting, but if I ever find myself in bed with someone it only goes one of two ways; I'm fucking them because I'm better than them, or they're fucking me because they're better than me. So unless you beat me..."
The gauntlet was thrown down and I had a reason to take this 'seriously' again, something that was very much needed since I had been debating just killing her or leaving her alive... and now I had my answer.