“Huff… Huff…” I try to catch my breath due to fighting all the hypnotized knights that came storming us like a tsunami.
“You alright?” Azher asks, turning his head around to me while stabbing a knight in the chest using the third sword he had taken from the corpses.
“Can’t be better.” I say, slashing the chest of a knight that was about to pounce on me. “Don’t turn your back on the enemy. I don’t wish for you to die because of my ravishing mesmerizing beauty.”
“A glance for you ain’t killing me, darling.”
I ignore his cheeky reply, more focused on my survival.
“Nineteen.” I mumble.
“You’re counting?” He asks, skillfully fighting the knights despite eyes on me. Guess that’s the level of a prodigy.
“For self-satisfaction.” I give a simple answer while in the middle of increasing my count.
“My most sincere congratulations on your imminent loss, darling. I’m at twenty-two. From when we started moving.” Azh
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