The situation was getting out of hand now.
When he was about to kill that bitch this person suddenly came out of nowhere and threw him to the other side of the bar with ease.
It could have been so easy. If he had just killed that bitch, he would be a free man by now. Everything was on his side. He was able to recover some of his strength back and with how the bitch's condition was getting worse, she should already be dead by now.
BronzeHammer pushed himself back onto his feet and stared at the newcomer, "Are you with her?"
Hearing him, Skadi who originally was focused on FrostNova, moved her head towards him.
"Are you BronzeHammer?" Skadi said lightly, "I hope I didn't find the wrong person."
Realization hit him, making his eyes widen in shock, "Are you the bounty hunter that Chris hired?!"
He knew what he guessed was true, even without her acknowledging or denying him. If she was on that woman's side, she wouldn't ask who she was. With her asking who he was, he knew for a fact that this woman was the so-called best bounty hunter of the sea.
Did she wait for him to be weakened by the women so that he would become an easy target for her?
What a terrifying person she was.
She was a monster.
If he had known that the bounty hunter would come face to face with him this fast, he wouldn't have made Chris send out his bounty.
Although the fight in the previous encounter was that he focused all of his attention on Frost Star, Skadi took off an arm because he didn't react. But judging from the swordsmanship demonstrated by Skadi at that moment, it is definitely not a person who is waiting. Losing the bronze hammer in the right hall does not know how to fight against Skadi, no matter how you think it is like falling into death. Environment. There is no way. He can only bow his head again and beg for mercy, and slowly raise the remaining hand, indicating that he has no intention to fight:
"Please, let me go. I am willing to compensate the bounty hunter."
Hearing this, Skadi's brows frowned slightly.
She did not expect that the other party would beg for mercy this fast. He must have heard of her before for him to be acting like this.
As he watched him laying his head on the floor, begging her, she saw a Warhammer nearby.
Making her way to it, she picked the weapon with ease and tossed it to the man.
"Pick up your weapon." Skadi said briefly, "I'll only use one hand."
When she was done talking to him, Skadi slowly made her way to the now-laying FrostNova. It looked like she couldn't hold on anymore.
Glancing at his weapon in shock, he tried to process what happened just now.
He didn't expect that Skadi would choose to give him another chance to fight back even though she could easily kill him now.
What was going on?
Was she pitying him or was she too prideful to kill a weak person?
He bet both because this was something he would do if he was in her position.
With that in mind, he pushed his body and grabbed his hammer with one hand. Gritting his teeth and lifting himself up, he stared at Skadi's back as she walked towards the lying Leader of theYeti.
Skadi didn't even care that her opponent was holding his weapon behind her back.
"I do not know if you could hear me but I think you already know that your body is at its limit now," When she was near enough to FrostNova, she muttered, "If you want I can end the suffering by cutting your head. I will make it as painless as I can."
FrostNova did not say anything to her.
It was true though, what she said.
She was almost out of time. She overestimated her body, thinking that it could hold on longer. It was a miracle that she was even dead by now.
She could feel the newly forming crystals on her body stabbing into her skin, making her bleed.
As crystals were forming outside of her body, it was doing the same thing inside of her too. This made every breath she took felt like it was about to be her last.
She tried hard to resist but to no avail.
It was now too severe to control anymore.
She moved her head to look at the woman above her. The sun was behind her head, making FrostNova's eyes widen.
This scene felt so familiar to her.
Her, lying on the ground. Slowly dying and being looked at by someone standing above her under the sun.
The only difference was the first time something like this happened to her, the man was trying his best to save her while this time this woman was about to end it.
As the Oripathy slowly took its effects on her body, she could slowly feel the ray of the sun hitting on her skin. When was the last time she felt this?
"Hold on for me…. You're going to be alright, I promise"
… Ah
She remembered now. It was when she first met him.
So this was it for her? She was about to die.
As she felt the warmth of the sun on her skin, if she was about to die like this she did mind it then.
It was a pity though.
It looked like she couldn't fulfill any of her goals.
Sure enough, she failed as a leader.
With her remaining strength, she nodded to Skaid and muttered, "... Goodbye then."
With that, her eyes fluttered closed and she lost consciousness.
Skadi nodded, and then slowly pulled out her black big sword behind.
"If this means anything to you, I hope you can relax in your next life," Skadi said softly, then raised her sword above her to end this woman's life.
However, just before she could swing, a familiar voice shouted in the bar.
"Skadi! Stop!"
Skadi stopped.
"Lin Ye?" She turned to look at Lin Ye who ran in, frowning slightly, "Why are you here?"
A chance!
BronzeHammer sprang up to her suddenly. He rushed to Skadi at a high speed, aiming to kill her as fast as he could.
Even though he lost a hand, he still had some strength left in him.
From what he heard from her, if he was able to kill Skadi, he would easily deal with FrostNova that was nearly dead.
If he failed to kill her… what choice did he have?
Rushing toward Skadi, he readied her weapon as he was nearing her.
Skadi slowly turned her head, and her dark red eyes met him.
At that moment, he felt every cell of his body scream to him to run but it was too late for him to do anything.
Skadi turned in the direction of the big sword and swung it faster than he could react.
The sound of a blade cutting through his blood rang in his ears.
His body was cut into two, right in the middle.
He was about to scream but he was already dead before he could.
He fell to the ground, twitched twice, and completely lost his voice.
Skadi flicked her sword to get rid of the blood on it and put it away. There was no change in her expression as if she had not killed a person just now, but she just cut a shrimp.
At this time, Lin Ye had also rushed to the now unconscious FrostNova's side.
Looking at the Frost Star, who had lost consciousness, a small smile slowly appeared on his face.
"It really is you," Crouching beside her, Lin Ye murmured, "What happened to you, Yelena?"
He was preparing to look directly at the condition of the Frost Star. But he was stopped by Skadi.
"It's no use," Skadi said slowly, "With her conditions, even the gods would not be able to save her."
Lin Ye did not say anything to this.
Hearing no reply from him, Skadi was about to pull out her sword but was stopped when Lin Ye slowly pushed her hand away from him.
"Even the gods can't save her?" glancing up at her, he chuckled, "Luckily for us, I am no god."
{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}
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