In the long corner of the Backyard's pond... a woman in purple shinobi clothes, moved like liquid shadow made flesh.
Selka.
Fighting the SBV's Marshal.
'Marshal Kassir,' Merin's mind supplied automatically. 'The Hydra's Fang.'
The deadliest of the three Marshals of the SBV. Called "Hydra's Fang" because of his snake-imitating fighting style that can seemingly attack from multiple angles at once.
Kassir's sword moved in serpentine patterns, the blade weaving through the air in S-curves that made it nearly impossible to predict where the next strike would come from.
His footwork was equally deceptive, sliding steps that made him appear to glide across the ground rather than walk.
He struck high. Selka's dagger came up, deflecting.
He immediately flowed into a low sweep. Selka phased her body blinking out of existence for a fraction of a second and reappearing two feet to the left.
