Reincarnated as an Energy with a System

1679  A New Power

The woman got back on her feet slowly, looking at Ning as she did. The spirit controlling her body at the moment was confused. It hadn't realized that Ning had any power at all. Ning looked to the side and saw that the fire had covered where his knife had been tossed. Finding it would be difficult. But, that was alright. The fight was over anyway.

He looked at the woman with her bleeding face. With how hard he had hit her, there was no doubt that her forehead wasn't broken. It wouldn't take long for him to defeat her.

He had remained by the cart to use his Spear, but the fight had begun so abruptly that he had been moved away from it. He either needed to get back to it or…

The woman charged suddenly with no prior impression of attacking. Ning had been reading for her still and jumped to the side.

He punched her in the face as ran past him. When she fell down, he ran to kick her. But the girl was already turning around, ready to grab his leg again.

Ning didn't let that happen and quickly pulled his leg back, jumping to the side before kicking. He struck the woman right in the forehead.

He didn't yet know if he could change anything besides his hand and forehead, so the kick was a normal kick from him. It should have been enough to knock out had it been the normal woman, but the spirit was more than strong.

It remained away, trying to fight back.

It attacked, swiping at Ning's feet. Ning jumped back, flipping once before landing in the distance. The woman got back up and looked at him, the silhouette of her figure being hard to judge with the fire behind her.

Ning barely saw an outline of her face and from what he could see, she was smiling.

'Smiling?' Ning thought, confused. Ning couldn't understand why she was smiling at that very moment, but the next moment, the answer became apparent.

The woman turned around and dove into the fire. She rolled in it and got back up, staring toward Ning while within the flames. Her skin began burning, but the woman showed no pain.

She simply took the butcher's knife from the flames and slowly walked out toward Ning.

"Shit!" Ning said softly, realizing she had gotten the knife. He had to be careful now.

"Kekekeke!" the woman laughed exactly like someone possessed. Then, she lunged for Ning, swinging the knife crazily.

Ning dodged back, jumping away from the knife. But the woman charged toward him while swinging left and right. He dodged the slashes and made it a little away from the cart when suddenly he stepped on a bit of a hole in the grass and slipped.

He fell back, slamming his back onto the ground. The soft grass softened his fall, but the woman was not on top of him, the heat from her body still burning her.

Ning tried to move but she grabbed his only arm with her spare arm and pushed it to the side.

She looked down at him, but Ning could barely see anything aside from the shine of blood on her cheeks.

"Now, don't cause any more trouble and just die," she shouted, swinging the knife down at Ning's chest.

Ning prepared for the impact and… CLANG~

The woman paused in confusion when she heard what she did. She looked down, confused. She pulled back her arm once again and swung back down at his chest.

CLANG~ CLANG~

"Metal! Are you wearing an armor underneath?" the spirit asked before saying, "No, this is your ability. Your damn ability." Nôv(el)B\\jnn

She raised her knife up and plunged down on Ning's forehead.

Ning immediately took a deep breath and closed his eyes while changing the skin on his face into iron. The knife slammed down and he heard the clang again.

"Why!" the spirit shouted and Ning heard the clang again. She raised her arm another time and… "Argh!" the spirit cried, the woman's face a look of horror. Ning felt fresh blood spray on his face. He looked up and saw the woman sitting straight on top of him. The woman gazed away for a long time before slowly turning her head down toward her chest.

A spear came out of the front of her chest and pushed in from the back. She slowly turned around.

Lightning flashed in the sky and she saw who was behind her.

Shara stood behind her, holding in her hand the spear. She had stabbed the woman in the back, piercing her body entirely.

"You…" the spirit said slowly before suddenly swinging the knife back at Shara.

Shara stood still and the knife simply passed through her.

"Did you see everything?" Ning asked.

"Y-yes?" Shara said. "She attacked you for no reason."

"No!" Ning shouted. "There's a spirit inside of her. Destroy it."

"Huh?" Shara asked, confused.

"Spirit!"

Shara seemed to realize what it was that she had to do at that very moment. She let go of the spear and grabbed the woman's face from the back. At the same time, she used whatever power it was that was within her thanks to her being a Reaper. The spirit was suddenly pulled away from the woman, leaving a gasping Oly behind who didn't know what was happening.

The woman fell down to the side from shock and immediately began convulsing in pain and agony as all the wounds that the spirit had her take overwhelmed her at once.

Shara moved back, horrified.

"N-Ning! We should help her!" she said.

Ning shook his head. "No," he said as he slowly got back up and looked at her. "She tried to kill us. No, she nearly succeeded. I won't save her."

Ning looked down at the woman who had lost consciousness. He couldn't help her even if he wanted either. The wound on her body was way too much to save her.

"Let her die for her crimes," Ning said. "That is the only salvation she shall have."