His lasbolt struck her attacker in his shoulder as it whizzed past her , close enough that hair would have singed.

She turned as in reflex, the butt of her lasgun landing square on the heretics face, smashing his face mask and dazing him. With a roar the heretic tried to raise his blade, but a punch from her knocked him back yet again, right before she brought her lasgun up and burned away his face, head and neck.

The Krieger searched for more attacker but he could spot none. He gestured in her direction and pointed back in the way she had come.

"Any more that way? No, they're all dead. Thanks by the way." She kicked away the body of the dead heretic and walked over to him. "Guess I owe you a bottle of Amasec."

He just looked at her, then jerked his thumb in the direction he had come from. He turned and began to leave.

With a sigh, she made to follow him.