I could feel her pressure growing stronger with every furious step she took. She no longer looked like a refined knight but more like a bull charging at me with a sword. Even though she seemed about my age, the aura exploding from her felt refined enough to belong to someone in their forties.
I had to find a way to suppress her…
In the distance, Beelzebub was having the time of his life. I could see him darting around the two guards, freezing them in place and biting them whenever the chance arose. Every bite he took sent a faint pulse through my veins, feeding into my strength. The longer he kept it up, the better my odds became.
"Eyes on me!" Silver barked, and her sword crashed in from the side with such force that it felt like the whole mountain was coming at me. I didn't dare take that head-on. I dropped low, my back almost touching the ground as the blade sliced right over me. Frost surged through my leg as I kicked up at her chin the moment the swing missed.
