(Lian Li POV)
This blonde bitch was both fast and strong, but not fast or strong enough that I couldn't deal with her myself.
Unfortunately, that also meant that I had my hands full with fighting her and I could provide no assistance to the others.
At this point, I have already realised her nature as some sort of vampire, if the fangs and the blood she was controlling were not already enough of a giveaway.
"I was first!!" She roared while slashing her claws at me. "I saw darling first! He belongs to me!!"
I ducked under another one of her slashes, barely avoiding the blade made of blood that sailed over my head.
The blade struck the rock face behind me, easily cutting into the rock and leaving a gash that bubbled and boiled on the stone. If that had hit me, my body would no doubt be the one that was boiling.
"Hmph, more like you forced yourself on Him, didn't you? Unlike you, Master chose me!"
I struck out my fist and unleashed a blast of electrum coloured lightning towards her face. Just looking at her face made me want to mess it up so bad.
The vampire bitch summoned a blood red shield that deflected the lightning away, allowing her to close the distance between us.
I barely managed to raise my arms in time before her fist struck my defence, sending me flying back to crash into the mountain.
Recovering instantly, I rolled away from my crash site, right before another fist smashed at where my face had been.
I sent a bolt of lightning her way, striking her on her back and embedding her into the mountain in the crater I had made. Taking advantage of that opening, I followed up by summoning a column of lightning from the sky to engulf her.
There was a screech of pain before the vampire bitch flew out from the blast, looking a little burnt but otherwise unaffected.
Before I could defend myself, her fist had buried itself into my gut, sailing right through my defences.
I had expected there to be some sort of pain but something translucent had formed around the impact site and repelled her away from me, shielding me from the punch.
For some reason, I felt something in the air was beginning to crack before the vampire bitch reached out and stopped it. I knew it was because of her since a trail of blood had extended from her fingertips to wrap itself around something invisible in the air.
"Trash! You pieces of trash!!" She screeched, her eyes glowing red. "Why does he protect you so?! What makes you all so special that he placed so many layers of protection on you?!! Darling belongs to us!! Not you!!!"
She pulled her fist towards her side and I could feel something being forced out of me.
Sensing that it would be bad if she succeeded, I shot out a spear of lightning aimed at her face.
The vampire bitch raised her fist and deflected it away to blast the tip of the mountain off, the bitch not even fazed by the attack in the slightest.
I gasped as a light sphere the size of a watermelon was wrenched out from me to float into her hand and a sense of loss suddenly overwhelmed me.
For some reason, the ball of light felt like Master, or at least a part of Master. And right now… That bitch was reaching out for it as though that thing belonged to her.
LIKE HELL I WOULD LET HER PUT HER HANDS ON IT!!!
A sense of rage bubbled up from my core and I shot forward in a blur of electrum.
Punching out both my fist, I smashed into both her face and chest, blasting her away from the ball before her fingers could touch it.
I immediately caught the ball carefully with my hands and hugged it to my chest, afraid that it would disappear if I were to leave it unprotected.
This came from inside of me, no doubt about that. Then the memory of that Cain bastard resurfaced in my memories. Did she try to do the same thing?
I immediately tried to find what was wrong with me, what was missing?
Did I still love Master? Without a doubt.
Ok, nothing's wrong with me. But then what is this sphere?
Before I could make any guesses, the vampire bitch shot out from the crater she had made to reach for the orb, her fangs bared and her face scrunched in an ugly snarl.
I twisted away from her to protect the orb and felt her nails rake across my back.
I hissed, expecting pain to blossom from where she had struck but nothing of that sort happened.
Looking behind, I noticed the glow of a shield fading away like the previous one, protecting me from the attack of that vampire bitch.
She screeched at me and tried to attack again, this time I gave her a lightning blast to her face that sent her crashing towards the ground.
I took the opportunity to look around the field as well, finding the rest of my sisters also locked in combat with the other two pieces of trash.
The red haired one was engaged with Manami, Kiyomi, Diao Chan and Tsuki, the four of them managing to keep her at bay with their Techniques and Spells while she defended herself with her fire.
On the other side, Eris had reformed herself into one body as she fought the ponytailed one with her sword, their blades creating small shockwaves that rocked the mountains with every strike. Behind her were Brendan and Elaria, both of them supporting our swordswoman as much as they could.
I don't know what Elaria was using, but it looked different than the usual weapons she would use, this one firing off beams of light instead. Unfortunately, it only served to annoy her opponent more than anything else.
Amongst them, I noticed Manami, Diao Chan and Brendan were also holding on to the same light sphere as I was, most likely also forced out by the bitches they were fighting.
The light sphere pulsated in my hands and I wondered what I was supposed to do with it, it was obviously taken out from me but how do I put it back?
I looked back down at where the vampire bitch had crashed, only to see a blood red spear tossed towards me that struck me in the stomach.
Again, the invisible shield flared to life and absorbed the impact like it was nothing, even though I was pretty sure that spear could have cleaved this mountain in two easily.
I raised one of my hands and shot another bolt of lightning at her, an attack she avoided by disappearing in a puff of black smoke.
I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand, my instincts prompting me to turn right as something hit me in the back and sent me crashing down towards the earth.
The invisible shield around me flared again, protecting me from both the attack and the crash, though it still caused a part of the mountain to break and roll off the side.
I looked up to see the bitch floating up in the sky, looking none worse for wear despite all the attacks I've thrown against her.
It was obvious that we were at a standstill.
I wasn't strong enough to beat her and what must be Master's love is protecting me from her attacks.
"Pathetic! Utterly pathetic! Why does he protect you so?!!" The bitch screeched.
I sneered, "Isn't it obvious? Master loves us more than he ever did you. He never belonged to you."
She let out a roar and blinked in front of me to punch me in the gut, only to be repelled by the barrier that manifested around me.
She skidded along the ground before looking up to snarl at me, "Bitch… You're all weak and pathetic. You're just a fledgeling goddess who hasn't taken full claim over your domain. You can't defeat me!"
I was about to shoot an insult back when I noticed someone standing a short distance away, looking at me with sparkly eyes.
A smirk formed on my face and I tucked the orb under my arm so that I could lift my empty hands in front of me, as though I was carrying something.
"I know… But she can."
The strongest loli in existence teleported herself into my hands.
