Em stabbed his blade deep into one guard's chest. He yanked, and blood splattered the ground as his sword slid from the gaping wound. The soldier let out a pained scream and sank to the ground. Em spun and slashed another guard across the face. Blood smacked into a nearby wall as the guard twisted to the ground, crying in agony.
A pike-wielding guard ran for Em, the blade pointed straight at him. Em tested the weight of his sword and threw it hard. It hit the guard in the stomach, and he clattered to a stop, falling to the ground.
Em spun, stabbing the two rear guards with his Hidden Blades, then pulled his last two throwing knives and hurled them at two guards. They fell, dead before they hit the ground.
Em spun again, using his Short Blade to block the incoming flurry of attacks from a knife-wielding guard. The guard lunged forward, bringing his knife horizontal to Em's neck…
Em ducked and brought the Short Blade into the guard's throat, pushing the body away.
A guard grabbed him from behind. Em elbowed his face and flipped the guard over his shoulder, but the guard grabbed Em's wrist and pulled him down. Em could see the other 11 guards closing in for the kill…
Not likely.
Em ejected his Hidden Blade and impaled the guard trying to get on top of him, and rolled to his feet.
"We have you surrounded, Assassino." They made the word sounds like a curse, as if they were spitting. The ignorant bastards…
Em grinned and dropped his Short Blade, putting his hands up…
A smoke bomb fell from his hand, and a huge cloud of smoke englufed the melee. The guards were heard coughing, and one by one screams echoed in the now-abandoned street. When the smoke cleared, all the guards, save one, were lying on the ground in pools of blood. The one standing staggered a little, then fell forwards, felled by what looked like dual-Hidden Blade holes in his back.
Em walked away from the scene, placing his weapons back in their respective places.
Then a hulking guard rounded the corner and smacked him across the face with the flat of his axe. Em stumbled and fought to regain balance before the guard swung again.
The guard swept Em's legs out from under him. Em looked up at the guard as the guard brought his axe around, stunned.
The hefty guard swung the axe—
And Em grabbed it, swung himself aroun it, kicking the guard in the face, and made the guard drop his axe. Em swung the axe, spinning while still in the air, and cut the guard's head clean off.
Dropping the axe, Em walked away from the bloody scene, the guards remaining fleeing in terror. Em just kept grinning.