With her right foot struck on the ground and her left foot placed behind her to maintain her balance, Benihime crossed her arms above to block the attack from the scorpion's tail.
The stinger went deep inside Benihime's hand before it flung her up so high that her body went slamming against the ceiling before she fell flat on her stomach.
Snorting, Benihime slowly stood up from the ground, 'W.. why can't I use my magic properly? She thought to herself.
She suddenly spotted the scorpion, with its stinger up and ready to strike at her. Benihime instantly balled to the left while evading the multiple strikes of the scorpion.
Benihime then used her hand to flip herself above the second scorpion behind her before clenching her fist and giving out a heavy rageful cry.
Her fist was embedded with blue mana covering her whole hand as she landed a heavy blow to the scorpion.
Bassh!
The scorpion's head smashed against the ground, leaving only the blood from its shattered brains to drip from Benihime's hand.
She stood close to the dead scorpion before she faced the other one, "Just you…" Benihime uttered.
Benihime sped straight at the scorpion with her whole body brimming with blue scorching magic energy, but just when she got close enough to strike, Jira suddenly showed up in front of the scorpion.
He had an irritated look on his face when he easily snagged Benihime's punch and gave her a powerful slap to the face in return.
The slap fastened hard with her cheeks as her body went straight to the ground with ease.
"Pathetic, I thought valkyries were supposed to be strong, immortal beings with unbelievable powers. But what I'm seeing in front of me is just another damn weakling." Jira abused, carrying the same irritated look with every word he spoke.
Even Benihime was shocked by her sudden decrease in strength, and she had a rather vague idea of what could be causing it.
The valkyries are known to be extremely powerful beings under the direct power of the god of thunder, Odin.
But due to the fact that Valkyrie had now been placed as a criminal, the blessing from Odin was no longer with her, which carried almost 78% of her whole powers.
And since she was the commander and the rest of the ladies were only following orders according to Odin, they will not be losing his blessings.
Scrowling, Benihime slowly stood up from the ground, "Listen here." She voiced out, "If it's a fight you want, then be prepared because I don't plan to hold back anymore!".
"Good! I was just about to say how boring you were, if you had let that slide." Jira mocked before he lifted from the ground and charged straight at Benihime.
Benihime did a split on the ground, dodging both of Jira's sped up punches before she grabbed his leg and pulled him to the ground.
Jira fell to the ground and was immediately a bit startled when he saw Benihime landing in his position with an elbow.
A smirk suddenly formed on his face as he aimed his finger at Benihime.
Benihime knew this was an attack, so she roared with her arms covering her face while she still kept her momentum.
A fast glowing line left Jira's finger and immediately caused a huge explosion that Benihime was caught in.
And although she was right in the middle of the explosion, she kept her aim with her and didn't stop for a second.
Darting into the fire from the sky, Benihime landed on Jira, causing the ground below them to implode on itself.
It didn't take long for Jira to leap out of the massive dust and land on clear land while he looked at the crater Benihime caused on the ground.
"She's quite tough, I'll give her that." Jira muttered as he placed his finger on the blood spewing on his chest.
Once the dust cleared, it revealed Benihime standing on the scattered ground, panting heavily as she held her right hand.
The right side of her armor was completely busted from the blast and some parts of her face were having blood marks and dark burns.
"I take back what I said… you are not pathetic." Jira yelled from above the hole, "If anything, you fascinate me!".
Benihime was so tired and damaged to reply that all she could do was glance up at Jira and attend to what he was saying.
"How about I make you an offer you won't refuse." Jira announced with a smile, "No doubt I still want those three artifacts you have with you, but why have only that, when I can have you too… I want to be my bride".
Benihime was still for a while before she was able to mutter up a word from the shock, "What?".
"Think about it, you can leave the god realm and be my queen, ruling over demons instead of serving some god." Jira sighed as he spoke.
Panting.
Benihime let go of f her right hand and looked up at Jira, "I don't think you understand the words that just came out of your mouth, if I were to marry an arrogant fool like you… then I'd be an insult to the soldiers who I fought alongside with, to rid the world of fools like you to begin with".
"For someone who was about to die, you sure have a sharp mouth." Jira uttered before he sighed, "Okay… you leave me no choice then".
Snapping his fingers, a round portal appeared on the floor and burst into multiple lights.
Once the lights were dimmed, Lilith appeared on the ground, chained up with red glowing chains.
She hummed on the ground, fear written on her face as she struggled to free herself from the bondage.
"Lilith!" Benihime called out and wanted to run over to her aid.
"No no no, stay where you are." Jira chimed in, with a Demonic looking blade aimed at Lilith's head.
Benihime instantly halted,
"Now, let's do this again shall we… show me the items you have with you, Benihime." Jira asked, a sinister smile on his face as he pushed the sword closer to Lilith's neck.
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