1
Jade flinched, and in that moment, the black archer threw her aside.
2
Get up at once, you weakling." "You raiton," the black archer breathed.
3
Coiling forward, she brought the knife down hard, aimed at the black archer's throat.
4
Jade calculated her odds of turning and firing before the black archer got a shot off.
5
Jade did not come back down, however, which broke the black archer's rhythm and froze him in confusion.
6
She stumbled into a table, and the black archer caught the stool before it could crash to the floor.
7
The black archer jumped over the sweep, but by the time he landed, Jade was already back on her feet.
8
With the last block, she stepped in and twisted the stool to trap the black archer's wrist between its legs.
9
Hands behind her head, Harmonious Jade rose into a striking cobra position over the black archer, kneeling and straddling his waist.
10
As it came free with a sharp crack, Jade dropped down on the black archer and drove a crushing ax-kick into his temple.
11
The tangle finally ended when the black archer backed away in a quick quarter-circle and snaked his ankle around the leg of a wooden stool.
12
"At least that much common sense," the black archer said.
13
"That's right, grave robber," the black archer whispered.
