The sound of the slash was incredibly faint amidst the howling of the freezing wind.
It was just a minuscule graze, easily missed by the naked eye. Selene froze, her gaze slowly lowering to her left arm. A thin crimson line had bloomed across her porcelain skin.
A split second later, fresh blood welled up, a single droplet falling to stain the black stone tiles of Magniora's courtyard. Drip.
Adul was no longer standing in front of her.
Bzzzt! Bzzzt!
Golden-yellow sparks crackled wildly in the empty air, leaving behind the pungent, stinging scent of static electricity that assaulted the nostrils.
Before Selene could even fully turn her body, a silhouette blurred from her left flank. Swoosh! Eva's steel dagger, clenched tightly in Adul's grip, swung in a vicious horizontal arc aiming dead for her throat.
Selene reflexively raised her left palm. Ssshhk! A dense, high-pressure wall of water materialized instantly, parrying the lethal slash exactly an inch from her throat.
