"Carghk—!"
Merriam violently coughed up blood as her body convulsed.
Both hands desperately clutched at her neck, trying to keep her nearly severed head from fully detaching.
'W-What... m-monster—!?'
Trembling, her crimson eyes slowly lifted.
They met a pair of blood-red eyes silently looking down at her.
'I-I didn't even see him... H-How!?'
Those blood-red eyes, devoid of mercy and filled only with cold killing intent, sent an uncontrollable shiver through her very soul.
Ignoring the terror gripping her heart, Merriam frantically circulated the demonic power within her body, desperately trying to regenerate the fatal wound.
"She survived."
Floating calmly beside Elysia, the Shard of Tinateria still held in his hand, Regis looked down at the cult leader lying on the verge of death.
Just moments earlier, he had intended to decapitate her in a single strike.
However, just before his dagger could completely sever her head, he felt an unnatural resistance.
