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There was a hiss as gas was released and there was a loud sound as large objects fell to the ground. There was the loud echo of swords being unsheathed as Ning Zhuo laughter rang in the atrium. Master Guo put up a hand before the soldiers could rush forward to attack.

Yan Sha recoiled as she heard the young man's shrill voice and grunt of disapproval. "I don't need your pity. Let them come at me. I need a real challenge. I just said that I would kill everyone who is in this disgusting compound. I will murder your teacher and you all decided that you're just going to let me live?"

Master Guo's voice was high and incredibly cold. "We've silenced all of your companions. They have no eyes, no hands, no tongues. Would you like us to do the same to you?"

"How dare you?" There was a loud sound as Zhuo unsheathed his sword and swung it around hitting the back wall as he did so. "I will happily add all of your skulls to the pile I have sitting at home in the cellar."

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"How refreshing to garner an invitation to your home after all these years of pretending your talent was god given."

"It is."

There was a rush of blades drawn as feet pounded on the stone floor. Yan Sha could hear the grunts of the men and women fighting as well as the sound of the lone fighter defending himself. The ruckus increased as a sole cry broke above it all. Yan Sha peered into the open space visible to her and saw a oil covered hand flickering as it crawled forwards. She realized with horror that it was covered in blood. Ning Zhuo's rage filled eyes filled her tiny view as she pulled back. His eyes bulged out of their sockets as blood sluggishly dripped into them. They were crazed, red rimmed like a drunken man at a bar.

His voice was weak. "Please. If you help me, I'll kill anyone you need. I'm the assassin of setting suns. I ransacked the imperial manor with my father when he took power. I am valuable. I'm a prince of Caiwong."

Yan Sha remembered her father's open eyes as she held his mutilated head with her bloody hands. He was almost dead anyways, she thought to herself. It would be alright if she just gave him a place to die. His gaze was hypnotic like she was staring into the eyes of the room of snakes.

Yan Sha opened the door quietly and took his blood soaked hand. The liquid splashed as it leaked down her wrists to stain her own clothing. Yan Sha looked at the stain in her white clothing and the red crazed eyes getting closer to her. It was a tough burden for her little body. She could see there were two swords embedded in his back that were moving back and forth as she dragged him into her clean bed room. Yan Sha looked at her blood soaked palms before pulling him inside. She could see that other members of the school had lit torches so she closed the door as quickly as she dared without making a sound.

Like a blood soaked slug, Ning Zhuo tried to maneuver himself across the cold stone ground but he let out a gasp of pain as Yan Sha saw that there was nowhere on his body where there was not bleeding gashes.

"The punishment of a thousand cuts." Yan Sha said softly as she took Ning Zhuo's legs and dragged him to the opposite site of her room than her bed. She took out a straw pallet and put Ning Zhuo on top of it. "This is your bed."

She turned him over on his back and began to take off the shards of clothing that were shreds. She took of his gold armor plates slowly to reveal his pinkish flesh beneath. The few places where the skin hadn't been broken were bruised black and looked infected. Yan Sha made a hiss as she saw the full damage.