After all, it didn't have Judas's Oath!
"Fight!"
The Skeleton Warrior gave Yae Rin no extra time. A powerful aura erupted from its body; anyone timid would have fled without fighting when faced with such pressure.
However, while studying under Sirin, Yae Rin had learned how to dispel and make use of such an aura, so it had little effect on her.
At the same time, the ghosts and monsters around them began to disperse, leaving space for Yae Rin and the Skeleton Warrior.
No one else was allowed to interfere in a warrior's duel.
If any other ghosts or monsters tried to help the Skeleton Warrior now, it would probably be the first to kill them. Thus, they wisely kept their distance.
Yae Rin looked at the Skeleton Warrior before her, far from certain of herself. She wanted Sirin and Kikyo to help, but she did not dare let her attention wander. In a warrior's duel, the slightest lapse could mean defeat and death.
She had to face it with utmost vigilance.
Especially against a warrior skilled in the single-blade style—and the Skeleton Warrior before her was exactly that...
Just then, the Skeleton Warrior seemed to sense Yae Rin's unease. Its body became an afterimage as it instantly closed in before her, its katana slashing across her body.
The scent of death nearly suffocated Yae Rin. She only had time to throw herself backward... then roll across the ground, opening several meters of distance.
Yae Rin's heartbeat more than doubled as she once again felt death so close.
This time was different from the last. Back then, when she had been treated as a sacrifice, Yae Rin had already prepared herself for death.
But now, she didn't want to die! She still had two sisters who loved her