Around them, Nihil toppled, struck by their own deflected shots. Several had gotten close enough to feel the bite of Avar’s blade, and she’d tried to make it quick, striking to kill wherever she could.

It pained her to take so many lives. But these were Nihil, who had pledged their lives to chaos, destruction, and death. They were all of them murderers, many times over. And they wouldn’t think twice about killing her if they were able. So she cut and thrust, parried and pirouetted, and whittled down their numbers until the path ahead was clear.

Star Wars The High Republic The Eye of Darkness Chapter 60