A pursuit began.
The young Sword Master, no matter how strong, was still young in the end. Her past glories led her to misunderstand her own Strength. Thus, even though she fought with all her might to protect her wife and daughter, the seemingly endless and unimaginably strong enemies managed to wear her down to death.
The Swordsman died of exhaustion, and the courtesan sacrificed herself for love; it should have been a tragic love story ending there.
However, just as those Assassins were about to leave, the cry of an infant broke the silence.
From the belly of the pregnant but deceased courtesan, a Ghost Infant emerged, its initial cry infused with terrifying Magic Power that chilled the Assassins to the bone.
The cries of the most talented young Witches in legend are said to manifest as innate Magic, but such talents are seen but once in a thousand years. Yet now, this ominous Ghost Infant born from a corpse seemed to be just such an existence.
