The four figures hastily attempt to retreat but it was too late as the spell slammed into them knocking all of them back into the tavern. The short figure at the front of the groups obviously having taken the most damage.
"What the hell was that?!" Cried one of the figures who's robes had already been in poor condition. "Was that Magecraft?"
"I assume so." Another figure responded. This one wore a necklace with beast fangs on it. "It was pretty powerful for someone this young though."
"Enough yapping!" The tall leader from earlier shouted. "We've yet to have even one slip up of the hundreds of jobs that we've done and I refuse to let some random brat break our perfect streak!" The figures gathered themselves and rushed back outside where Alix was causally leaning against one of the boxes that she had moved earlier.
She barely looked up and instead focused on her nails. "So you came back. Took you long enough." Her disinterested tone provoked one of the figures that seemed more effeminate more than the rest. "Listen here, girly. I don't know who you think you are but we're way better than you'll ever be." The feminine figure gloated.
"Oh really?" Alix gently pushed herself off of the crate and walked behind it. "I doubt that I have ever heard of a bunch of idiots like you." The figure stood proudly and proclaimed, "We are the legendary D-" Before she could finish her sentence Alix kicked the crate straight towards the figure who.
It almost hit when the tall figure leapt from the tavern and caught the box while revealing his scarred hands. They looked as though someone had carved into them.
The leader turned to the other figures slowly. "I thought I told you to get the girl?" The fanged necklace figure gulped. "W-well you did sir."
"THEN WHY'RE YA JUST TALKING TO HER!" The man's rage sent a shock through his underlings' bodies and they sprung into action. The two figures rushed Alix from the left and one more came in from the right. The lanky figure stood back and pulled a few daggers from his cloak. Seeing that the fight had finally really started Alix clenched her fist and sent her aura into her hand.
The figure that approached from the right was suddenly cut off by a mana fist ramming into him. It knocked him to the ground. The other figure ignored her comrade's injury and continued forward. The feminine figure dashed forward brandishing a longsword. "Eat this!"
The sword swung downward at Alix. Alix jumped to the left side to dodge but was met with the fanged necklace figure and his morningstar. The figure swung the weapon horizontally at Alix who was still in the air unable to dodge.
Or so one would think, as Alix had already prepared a spell and called out, "Omnia Faust!" sending another mana fist straight to the ground launching herself upwards and sending out a cloud of dust that blocked her opponent's vision. Alix then pulled out another spell while still in the air and angled it to the feminine figure from earlier.
"Omina Punte." A mana foot formed and punted the figure a few meters away into another crate. Fanged Necklace jumped after Alix grabbing her arm. "So you're a sorcerer, not a mage. That makes this easier!" The man swung his morningstar toward Alix's stomach but Alix stopped the attack with her other hand and kicked the man in the chest hard.
The figure was knocked away from the girl and hit the ground hard. Alix on the other hand landed gently but was not relaxed yet as she had to narrowly avoid three knives that had been thrown straight at her.
"Gah! How'd I miss!" The lanky figured cried out. He threw out two more knives. Alix dodge these as well and began to rush to the man when she felt two sharp pains in her back. "SHIT!" She swung the back of her heel around to attack the person that slashed at her back.
The attack found no purchase as the figure easily avoided it. Alix turned to the one that ambushed her. It was the leader stood behind her wielding the daggers that she had just dodged.
It was a coordinated attack.
The man grabbed Alix's leg and stabbed into her calf with one of the knives. The girl winced from the pain and was thrown. Alix attempted to recover but was met with an intense pain in her stomach and was slammed into the ground. It was old Fanged Necklace again. "Told ya! It was way easier than we thought it would be!"
"Sorcerers really do suck in combat. I mean, sure the spells came fast but the were weak as hell?!" The Ambushed figure stated. "And what the hell was that thing she did to us at the door? That wasn't any sorcery that I've ever seen? Poor Narie's still unconscious." The lanky figure gestured to their fallen comrade.
"Doesn't matter. Just kill her. Now that we've made a scene there's no way that we can use this place as the pick up point. Send a message to the contractor." The figures nodded to the leader's order as the feminine figure stood over Alix. Her sword was ready to thrust into the girl.
"This is going to be so cathartic." The figure thrusted their sword down but was interrupted by water. Alix quickly hit the figure with both of her feet straight to the stomach knocking the figure back.
Alix jumped to her feet, wiping the dirt from her spellcaster's robe. "That was really dangerous. Good thing I always have trump cards." Fanged Necklace was frozen in shock but quickly recovered and charged the girl. Or at least he attempted to when a rat suddenly latched onto his face and scratched him vigorously.
"Leave the Pwetty Giant ALONE!" The man screamed in pain while trying to yank the rat off of his face to no avail. "What the hell is this shit! Where'd this thing come from!" The man was completely distracted by the rat as Alix walked up and hit him hard in the stomach with her fist. The pain had been great and caused the man to keel over onto the ground.
The leader stood enraged. "How the hell? What kind of scripted bullshit is this!?" He looked at his two downed underlings and flashed with rage. "That's it!" He charged straight at Alix ramming her with his shoulder. Alix's back hit a nearby wall irritating the wound that she suffered earlier.
The man clearly wasn't done as he pulled Alix off of the wall and slammed her onto the ground. He proceeded to stomp on her stomach knocking the wind out of her.
Alix continued trying to recover but never had a chance as the man picked her up again and began to relentlessly pound her stomach with his fist.
"You! ARE! SO! ANNOYING!" The leader delivered a final powerful blow that knocked the girl unconscious. The man breathed heavily and threw the girl against the wall, helplessly flopping to the ground. "FINALLY! Geez, that brat was such a-" The man stopped as he heard footsteps approaching. The lanky figure called out to the man.
"Boss, the guards are here!" The leader felt a mix of shock and more rage. "Why the hell are they coming out here? There's no one around that could've report-" The man stopped and quickly turned Alix. His mind raced and his frustration surged. "This damn girl! She must have told the guards about us before coming here!" The man wanted finish off this annoyance but had no time.
"We've got to retreat! NOW!" The lanky figure nodded and ran. Fanged Necklace supported his feminine partner and they retreated together. The leader glanced at the tavern hesitatingly before shaking his head and running after his comrades. 'I can't believe this! We just failed a mission because of some insolent brat!' The man tossed one final hostile gaze to the unconscious girl.
"I know that you can't hear this, but the Djinns will be back for vengeance you brat!" With that final threat four members of the mysterious group known as the Djinns escaped into the night. Leaving behind one team member, their target, and a troublesome witness.
...
"And you're sure that the note said that the girl would be all the way out here?" a figure wearing an all red uniform question.
"Yes sir! I don't know where the message came from but we should still check it out to be safe." The man's subordinate called out. The red adorned man was Captain Geon. He was the head of the guards in this town of Nogreni. They rushed to the supposed crime scene as fast as they could. Just as they arrived in front of the abandoned Taffy Tavern they were shocked.
"Well I guess I'll have to give you this one, Ren. This place sure does look like a crime scene." Geon awaited his subordinates response but got none. "Ren are ya ther-" The man's partner had ran toward one side of the street opposite to the Taffy Tavern and crouched down. The captain ran after them.
"Ren what the hell are ya doing? We still have to investigate the crime sce-" The man stopped speaking noticing that his partner cradled an injured girl in her arms. "Apologizes captain but..." Sala Ren slowly stood up and turned to her captain with Alix in her arms.
"This is my daughter."