Limits.

The woman was a bit stunned that I actually stopped and turned around towards her . I ran at my fasted speed towards her with 2 daggers, one in each of my hands . She smirked and though I want to try close combat again but I had different plans this time .

She took out the whip again and when the s.p.a.ce between us was only couple of metres, she lashed with the whip . I didn"t dodge, I ran straight at her . The whip hit me in my chest and it was very painful but I persisted and swallowed the pain . Her face was shocked when she saw this . This moment of surprise gave me time to get close . I was now within the range of one metre . I threw couple of daggers at her from that range while slashing at her with my other hand .

She wanted to avoid it but because of the proximity and my speed, she could either avoid the daggers or my strike . She chose to avoid my strike, which I think was a better option myself and used the whip to deflect the other daggers .

I knew she would choose one or the other and I was waiting for that . Because she avoided my strike I was now very close to her, I pretended to strike again with my right hand . She tried to block it but I was sure she immediately noticed that there was no strength in that attack . It was a simple decoy .

My real attack would come from my left hand . I took a step forward and thrusted my fist towards her . She had no time to dodge and so, she chose to block my attack . This was also expected by me and I needed her vision to be blocked for a second .

Within that second, I retrieved the last vial and attacked with my left hand again with lightning speed . She didn"t expect for my attack to not arrive and so she took down the guard that was covering her face . The next instant "Boom!" "Crack" .

I punched the vial full of Cloud Haze Poison into her face . I didn"t believe that my poison didn"t work . Even if someone had some immunity, if I injected that poison straight to their blood, I would expect to see the effects . That was my plan .

I punched the vial full of Cloud Haze Poison into her face . I didn"t believe that my poison didn"t work . Even if someone had some immunity, if I injected that poison straight to their blood, I would expect to see the effects . That was my plan .

Her face was full of cuts due to the vial and the poison already seeped inside her body . In liquid state it was much more powerful as it was more concentrated . The liquid state could not be kept for long as any contact with air would immediately make the poison start to change into a cloud form .

The woman screamed and backed away . I also backed away and started to run again . I wasn"t certain this will work but I wanted to at least try it out . "If she dies, that"s great! Otherwise, it may give us some more time to run away and lose her" I thought to myself .

I could hear some screams behind me and then "You little b.a.s.t.a.r.d . You will pay for this" . I didn"t turn around to check, I simply ran . Sh.e.l.ly was also running beside me, due to the time I was running and fighting with this old hag, Sh.e.l.ly was allowed to rest a bit . Sh.e.l.ly recovered somewhat and could keep up with me but I imagined that the broken sh.e.l.l produced some pain as well .

I could hear the old woman shouts growing fainter and fainter . I turned around just to a.s.sess if she is still on our tail . To my surprise when I turned around, I saw that the old woman had bloodied face with purple tint on it . I guessed it must"ve been the poison . I could also see that she was struggling . It meant that the poison did work on her . She must have had better immunity against the poison therefore the cloud could not affect her .

I could hear the old woman shouts growing fainter and fainter . I turned around just to a.s.sess if she is still on our tail . To my surprise when I turned around, I saw that the old woman had bloodied face with purple tint on it . I guessed it must"ve been the poison . I could also see that she was struggling . It meant that the poison did work on her . She must have had better immunity against the poison therefore the cloud could not affect her .

The liquid on the other hand was concentrated and even I was starting to feel a bit ill, despite the fact that I took the antidote already . I didn"t want to faint in a critical moment, I took out another antidote from my bag and drank it . Sh.e.l.ly was fine and had no symptoms of being poisoned .

We ran outside of the village, and the old woman behind us was already on her knees . I could hear her cursing "You b.a.s.t.a.r.d, you will pay for this!" then "Even if I die, I shall haunt you to death!" . I could hear unwillingness in her voice . Even though she had better skills and was stronger than me and sh.e.l.ly put together, she was tricked by me and I was the final winner .

I didn"t return to the village because she might have been faking this to some extend . We continued on towards the forest and escaped the sight of the village . I needed to tend to our wounds before I could check out if that woman died or not . If she did not die, I could run immediately and at the top of my condition, she wouldn"t be able to catch us . If she died, then that would be even better .

We ran like this for 2 hours when I finally decided to stop and take a rest to heal our wounds . Sh.e.l.ly only received one attack and so it"s sh.e.l.l was cracked a bit but other than that, it was fine . I on the other hand, had many wounds . On my legs, arms back, chest and side . The wounds were done by the whip with metal barbs in it . The skin was ripped and loads of blood came out . Thanks to my knowledge in the Art of Medicine, I wasn"t bleeding as much as any normal human but I still felt pain and still lost a lot of blood .
I didn"t return to the village because she might have been faking this to some extend . We continued on towards the forest and escaped the sight of the village . I needed to tend to our wounds before I could check out if that woman died or not . If she did not die, I could run immediately and at the top of my condition, she wouldn"t be able to catch us . If she died, then that would be even better .

We ran like this for 2 hours when I finally decided to stop and take a rest to heal our wounds . Sh.e.l.ly only received one attack and so it"s sh.e.l.l was cracked a bit but other than that, it was fine . I on the other hand, had many wounds . On my legs, arms back, chest and side . The wounds were done by the whip with metal barbs in it . The skin was ripped and loads of blood came out . Thanks to my knowledge in the Art of Medicine, I wasn"t bleeding as much as any normal human but I still felt pain and still lost a lot of blood .

I took out the Vital Liquid and smeared it on my wounds . With the medicine applied I felt another discomfort besides pain . It was as if worms were drilling inside my wounds . "Arrrghhh . This hurts!" I screamed and laid on the ground without any strength . After a while, I applied some of the liquid to Sh.e.l.ly"s sh.e.l.l as well, for it to heal better .

This process of healing with such a low level medicine, would take at least a day and there will be scars left as well . If I were to use advanced medicine on such wounds, There wouldn"t be any scars left and the time it would take to heal would be 10 times smaller .

We rested for a whole day and Sh.e.l.ly would go somewhere to hunt small animals . Sh.e.l.ly already had big appet.i.te and because we were both wounded, the appet.i.te for food increased as well . The next morning, I could see that my wounds were starting to scar . This meant that I could run and do everything but not at my full power . I said to Sh.e.l.ly "We shall go and check if that old hag is dead or not . If she"s still alive, there is nothing else we will do . We will just leave this place to travel further north" . Sh.e.l.ly nodded it"s head and we traveled back to the Limestone Village .The woman was a bit stunned that I actually stopped and turned around towards her . I ran at my fasted speed towards her with 2 daggers, one in each of my hands . She smirked and though I want to try close combat again but I had different plans this time . She took out the whip again and when the s.p.a.ce between us was only couple of metres, she lashed with the whip . I didnt dodge, I ran straight at her . The whip hit me in my chest and it was very painful but I persisted and swallowed the pain . Her face was shocked when she saw this . This moment of surprise gave me time to get close . I was now within the range of one metre . I threw couple of daggers at her from that range while slashing at her with my other hand . She wanted to avoid it but because of the proximity and my speed, she could either avoid the daggers or my strike . She chose to avoid my strike, which I think was a better option myself and used the whip to deflect the other daggers . I knew she would choose one or the other and I was waiting for that . Because she avoided my strike I was now very close to her, I pretended to strike again with my right hand . She tried to block it but I was sure she immediately noticed that there was no strength in that attack . It was a simple decoy . My real attack would come from my left hand . I took a step forward and thrusted my fist towards her . She had no time to dodge and so, she chose to block my attack . This was also expected by me and I needed her vision to be blocked for a second . Within that second, I retrieved the last vial and attacked with my left hand again with lightning speed . She didnt expect for my attack to not arrive and so she took down the guard that was covering her face . The next instant Boom! Crack . I punched the vial full of Cloud Haze Poison into her face . I didnt believe that my poison didnt work . Even if someone had some immunity, if I injected that poison straight to their blood, I would expect to see the effects . That was my plan . Her face was full of cuts due to the vial and the poison already seeped inside her body . In liquid state it was much more powerful as it was more concentrated . The liquid state could not be kept for long as any contact with air would immediately make the poison start to change into a cloud form . The woman screamed and backed away . I also backed away and started to run again . I wasnt certain this will work but I wanted to at least try it out . If she dies, thats great! Otherwise, it may give us some more time to run away and lose her I thought to myself . I could hear some screams behind me and then You little b.a.s.t.a.r.d . You will pay for this . I didnt turn around to check, I simply ran . Sh.e.l.ly was also running beside me, due to the time I was running and fighting with this old hag, Sh.e.l.ly was allowed to rest a bit . Sh.e.l.ly recovered somewhat and could keep up with me but I imagined that the broken sh.e.l.l produced some pain as well . I could hear the old woman shouts growing fainter and fainter . I turned around just to a.s.sess if she is still on our tail . To my surprise when I turned around, I saw that the old woman had bloodied face with purple tint on it . I guessed it mustve been the poison . I could also see that she was struggling . It meant that the poison did work on her . She must have had better immunity against the poison therefore the cloud could not affect her . The liquid on the other hand was concentrated and even I was starting to feel a bit ill, despite the fact that I took the antidote already . I didnt want to faint in a critical moment, I took out another antidote from my bag and drank it . Sh.e.l.ly was fine and had no symptoms of being poisoned . We ran outside of the village, and the old woman behind us was already on her knees . I could hear her cursing You b.a.s.t.a.r.d, you will pay for this! then Even if I die, I shall haunt you to death! . I could hear unwillingness in her voice . Even though she had better skills and was stronger than me and sh.e.l.ly put together, she was tricked by me and I was the final winner . I didnt return to the village because she might have been faking this to some extend . We continued on towards the forest and escaped the sight of the village . I needed to tend to our wounds before I could check out if that woman died or not . If she did not die, I could run immediately and at the top of my condition, she wouldnt be able to catch us . If she died, then that would be even better . We ran like this for 2 hours when I finally decided to stop and take a rest to heal our wounds . Sh.e.l.ly only received one attack and so its sh.e.l.l was cracked a bit but other than that, it was fine . I on the other hand, had many wounds . On my legs, arms back, chest and side . The wounds were done by the whip with metal barbs in it . The skin was ripped and loads of blood came out . Thanks to my knowledge in the Art of Medicine, I wasnt bleeding as much as any normal human but I still felt pain and still lost a lot of blood . I took out the Vital Liquid and smeared it on my wounds . With the medicine applied I felt another discomfort besides pain . It was as if worms were drilling inside my wounds . Arrrghhh . This hurts! I screamed and laid on the ground without any strength . After a while, I applied some of the liquid to Sh.e.l.lys sh.e.l.l as well, for it to heal better . This process of healing with such a low level medicine, would take at least a day and there will be scars left as well . If I were to use advanced medicine on such wounds, There wouldnt be any scars left and the time it would take to heal would be 10 times smaller . We rested for a whole day and Sh.e.l.ly would go somewhere to hunt small animals . Sh.e.l.ly already had big appet.i.te and because we were both wounded, the appet.i.te for food increased as well . The next morning, I could see that my wounds were starting to scar . This meant that I could run and do everything but not at my full power . I said to Sh.e.l.ly We shall go and check if that old hag is dead or not . If shes still alive, there is nothing else we will do . We will just leave this place to travel further north . Sh.e.l.ly nodded its head and we traveled back to the Limestone Village .