Phantasia: The Princess Knight 119 Test Of Strength Part Seven

Of course, Alicia was not just going to sit around and let herself be caught. As soon as one of the soldiers came near her she quickly moved and struck out. Slicing the soldier's hand off before rotating her body and cleanly cutting the same soldier's head right off. "You stupid b.i.t.c.h!" The soldiers yelled out in rage before five soldiers attacked her at the same time. 

Alicia dodged and moved as quickly as she could, severely wounding and killing all five soldiers. The Empire Commander's face twisted in anger. "What the h.e.l.l are you idiots doing everyone get her now!" 

At the Empire Commander's command, the whole group of soldiers charged forward. Alicia realized she was in a pinch at this time. There would be no way to battle this many at the same time without magic. But if she stopped here she would not pa.s.s her test so the only option she had was to fight! "No matter what I will pa.s.s this test and become a squire!" Alicia pushed away her fear and charged into battle. 

She was now fighting a desperate battle that she knew she would most likely lose. But no matter what she could not give up when it was only the second test. She still had five more tests to go, if she failed this one she would not be able to reach her goal this year! She could not have that! She wanted to start her journey to being a knight as soon as possible! With each thrust, Alicia desperately tried to kill the enemy in front of her. She was already exhausted after felling twenty soldiers. There were many sword wounds on her body and parts of her armor were cut right through. 

Blood dripped down her arm and her face. She could feel her sight going blurry. It seemed she had taken a sword at a vital point. The blood pooled under her feet as she continued to swing her sword. Nothing but sheer will, the will to survive, and the longing to become a knight fueled her body in order to keep moving. At this point, seventy Empire Soldiers laid dead or dying on the ground. The remaining soldiers and the Empire Commander himself looked at Alicia as if she was some kind of monster. She was basically standing there half dead but the air around her was that of a G.o.d. As if the G.o.d of Slaughter himself had descended on to the planet. 

Alicia's body started to teeter back and forth as the world around her started to phase in and out of darkness. All the energy in her body had suddenly disappeared. As her body fell towards the ground the last thing she remembered was a voice calling out to her. "Kell!!" 

The sounds of birds chirping and the sound of leaves rustling in the wind could be heard. Alicia opened her eyes to the sun's rays beating down onto her face. Her whole body hurt and she felt very weak. She looked down to find that she was covered in a thin cloth but her face turned black when she found it was the only thing covering her body! But as she looked around and saw seven girls sleeping next to her, only then did she let out a sigh of relief. She noticed that they were in an old falling apart cabin. You could tell it had not been used for a long time since the roof itself had a huge hole in it. As Alicia was checking out her surroundings a knock sounded out from the door. Alicia quickly wrapped herself in the thin blanket before saying: "Who is it?"

"Kell It's Ro! I am coming in." The door slowly creaked open. Ro walked in with a set of clothes in his hands. "It's good that you are awake. The girls here have been taking care of you for the past three days." 

"I was out for three days!?" Alicia was startled. She did not realize she was sleeping for such a long time.

"Yeah, it's not surprising with how much blood you had lost. As soon as I carried you back the girls went right to work fixing you up. Some of them did not sleep for two days while they took care of you. It was only through them that I found out that you were a girl and that you were actually a princess at that." Ro scratched his nose as he bowed his head. "Sorry I mistook you for a man!"

"It's fine, at the time, it was better that way anyway. So what happened after I blacked out. I only remember you calling out to me." Alicia asked.

"I had just shown up as you collapsed to the ground with them being so wary of you I was able to sneak up behind them and kill the commander. The rest was easy to deal with after he was dead. Kell… Or should I say, Dianna, these clothes are for you and... Um… Your sister… I brought back her body for you. I figured you would want to give her a proper burial. Anyway, get dressed. I will be outside." Ro gave a small bow and went to leave. He got to the door when Alicia called out to him.

"Ro… Thank you for saving me and also… Thank you for retrieving my sister's body as well." Alicia forced a smile. Ro only nodded his head and left the cabin. 

Alicia took a while to get dressed. Her wounds had not fully healed yet. She sat on the bed and looked up at the sky through the hole in the ceiling of the cabin. "Things are not done yet. I still have a few things to settle before this test is finished..." 

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