Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil

Ebony won her fight.

And with that, out of the eight Egoless slaves, three won.

Bush, Melon and Ebony. Bush even killed a criminal whose sole purpose was killing.

Pablo praised the three slaves accordingly and the people watching them also clapped a little.

After that, they focused on the next slave. Only five were left anyway.

The next slave was also a girl.

Her name was Lashes.

Pablo chose this name because she had long eye-lashes. Also, she was the prettiest of the slaves. Of course, not counting Hena in the list.

The criminal in front of Lashes had a constant smile on his face as he felt he got a lottery.

But seeing the criminals dying by the hands of Egoless girls, he became vigilant. He would not make the same mistakes as those criminals. He would not underestimate his opponent and win like a boss.

This criminal was also among the ones who molested dead girls after killing them himself. He was the ugliest criminal of them all. And that's a huge feat because the other criminals were not some Greek Gods. All of them were ugly and yet this man won single-handedly against them.

Pablo chuckled a little and wondered how Lashes would deal with her opponent.

She had a spear as her weapon and she chose it because she trained with it.

Before she was sent to Quintus by her mother, her father used to train her. Her father loved her but after he was killed due to a noble's anger because he refused to give away her daughter to that man, her mother blamed her for his death and sent her to Quintus. She was only seven years old at that time.

Nevertheless, there was no point in remembering the past as in front of her, her possible death was present.

But, at a time like this, her father's teachings came to her mind. Especially, that one point he told her.

If you ever meet someone who is stronger than you and you are powerless, do only one thing…

Lashes remembered his words and like the lovely daughter she was, she would act on those words.

Therefore…

She did what her father told her.

And when she did that, everyone's mouths went agape.

The criminal didn't move towards Lashes for all this time because he wanted to savor the feeling of waiting. So he was simply waiting, making the girl more afraid towards him.

But the next moment, what he saw made him afraid.

Acting on her father's words…

SWISSSH!

Lashes dashed at the criminal herself.

The criminal was taken aback as not in his wildest dreams did he expect the girl to come towards him herself. Where was the girl who was trembling a few seconds ago? Where was the girl who was afraid of dying? What happened to her all of a sudden? What made her face him head on?

The criminal searched for answers and amidst this, Lashes reached near the man with her spear pointing towards the man.

The man didn't feel all that afraid of this though.

She was simply a girl. She couldn't do anything to him. She only held the spear because she must have liked it. She must not have had any clue on how to use it. Still, to be on the safe side, he would simply just dodge it and kill the girl in one blow.

The criminal had learned from the mistakes of other criminals so he wouldn't underestimate his opponent. He won't try to fight her and just dodge. The simpler, the better.

However, even after all that, the criminal still underestimated his opponent.

Lashes hadn't picked up the spear for nothing. She knew how to use it. And she had the best teacher as well.

And this very same teacher, her father, told her the first point of spear fighting.

When the opponent has no weapons, and you are attacking them with your spear, keep an eye on their feet. They would, almost all the time, dodge your attack and if you keep your eye on their feet and predict where they would move…

Lashes' eyes fixed on the feet of the man and when they moved, she got to know where she had to move her spear.

The criminal knew nothing about this and when Lashes' spear reached its striking zone, the man simply moved to his left.

But as soon as he moved there, his eyes and mouth opened wide.

And the same reaction was shared by the spectators watching.

Because, nothing had changed.

The criminal again saw the spear in front of him.

But this time, the only difference was that the man had no time to dodge.

And Lashes would not waste her father's teachings. She would not let her father's teachings be proven to be wrong.

He told her that if she could predict where her opponent would move, then…

You can kill them in cold blood.

Lashes saw her chance and the next second, in the wide open mouth of the criminal…

THUK!!

She shoved her spear right inside it.

The spear came out from the back of the man's head and silence reigned everywhere.

Lashes had the strength and speed that helped the spear to pierce through the man's mouth in only one strike and the criminal, with his eyes wide open, died.

She proved her father's teachings right twice.

He had told her that if she ever met someone who is stronger than her and she was powerless, she shall only do one thing…

THUD!

The criminal's body fell down and Lashes felt proud because she did what her father told her to.

Strike first.

After killing, she sat down on the ground and the soldiers watching, clapped for her.

Pablo also had a smile on his face as he said the words he believed Lashes deserved.

"Well done, Lashes. You did amazing. After Bush, your fight was the best. Unlike other girls, you didn't wait for your opponent to come to you. You went for the kill yourself. I really like it. Great guts."

Lashes heard those words and she just beamed.

She took the life of one person and in return…

She remembered her life with her father.

Fair deal.