Kills another Shaiksa

The sword bit deep into the assassin’s left shoulder, cutting through his armour, and he staggered backwards. He still held both sabres, but the one in his left hand hung low, pointing to the ground. There was blood running down his arm and spraying onto the grass.

Wasting no time, I pressed home my advantage, attacking his left side again. He was unable to raise the sabre to parry my blade, and it inflicted a second wound just below the first. This time the assassin dropped the sabre, but before it reached the ground I’d spun the other way and cut him deeply, high on his right shoulder.

He began to retreat; I darted after him, slicing through his armour again and again. Finally I forced him back against the trunk of a tree, raining down blow after blow, each taking its toll. I don’t know which blow finally killed him, but within seconds he was lying sprawled at my feet.

Starblade Book 3 CHapter 18