Even though the stone the magic deterrent user threw at Karina only grazed her head, it was enough to leave her a few moments out of combat as she recovered herself. After she did it though, looking around her, the situation didn't seem to get any better despite her dealing with the cultist woman and the magic deterrent user. The sightless woman, Syella, still had a lot of tricks under her sleeve and the unnatural way her body worked only made things even harder.
The noble man, differently from what Karina thought about him, was being incredibly useful in that fight with his illusions even though he didn't get directly in combat. It was not far fetched to say that if he wasn't there, Chres would already be dead.
Despite how things were looking, even though they were being able to at least hold themselves, they were clearly loosing. It was only a matter of time until the reinforcements arrived. And if they did, they would find the group exhausted and wounded. An easy target. But they had a last hope. Thanks to Chres' quick thinking when he yelled to smash the candles. Dirty Bastard was fighting against Syella and despite his successful blow against her arm, it didn't seem that it affected her that much despite the loud cracking noise it made when hitting her. Unfortunately, Syella's blows to him were
very effective. Wounded and loosing blood, DB still found strength to get up after Syella's attack. He wouldn't be able to hold much longer.
Fortunately, Chres was finally able to smash the jade candles. Immediately, a blinding light shot out of the crystal jade candles. It was so bright that it forced Karina to turn away. Judging by Syella's desperation, it was even more effective against her and the cultists. That was exactly the window they needed to escape.
Syella's screams of hate, anger and frustration were clear as she ran by them, blindly trying to find where they were, only to fall from the roof, her body slamming on the ground below. Even being a Sightless, that would definitely slow her down.
At the same moment, the small familiar from before, Sil, appeared again, still with that same cheerful voice almost as nothing had happened.
After Syella fell though and Karina's eyes got accustomed with the light, she saw an interesting thing happening. From where the candle was smashed, the light was still lingering. Their surroundings were clearer, almost as if that intense light from the candle were interfering with the distortion. Even though the sun was still green, meaning that they were obviously still inside the distortion, their shadows and everything else around the candle, where it's light still lingered acted normally.
For some reason, the jade candles when smashed could create an area where the distortion couldn't reach, making them effectively invisible to cultists. It was certainly an information worth keeping.
Thanks to the healer, Chres was able to stand up and they were finally able to get away. Hark led the group through small, tight alleys until they arrived on an empty building, the hideout they would use to spend the night. It was small, having only three rooms but it was enough for them to rest. As everyone started sitting down, finally catching a breath after running away from the cultists, fighting against them and spending a good deal of time walking sneakily until they got to the hideout.
As Chres started a fire, preparing some food, Karina finally realized how hungry she was. While in the middle of the combat, hunger wasn't an issue. But as soon as the adrenaline waned and the combat was finished, things were different. She was really thankful that Chres was cooking something now. She felt that she wouldn't be able to hold much longer.
Just as they started eating Chres talked about their lack of information. What he said was true, they knew nothing about the cult and knew even less about that man who called himself 'Gin'. The only thing they knew so far was that the cult was their enemy and that was it.
"Thank you." Karina said as Chres handed the food he prepared to her.
"And No... You're not the only one..." she replied to Chres, taking a big bite on the bread Chres gave her.
"I still think the cult are our enemies and I know better than to trust anything that Syella woman said to us but I can't get one specific phrase she said out of my mind... What exactly is this... Unspoken Pact?" Karina asked, with a serious expression.
"I am starting to doubt who between Gin and the Cultist is more dangerous to us... I don't trust either of them..." Karina said, with a dark expression as she took another bite off the bread. Her words would have been even more effective only if the delicate way she was eating, being careful to not get herself dirty, wasn't so adorable. Despite her skill and her cold behavior when fighting, she looked almost like a cute, small animal when eating.
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