As she watched Nora Lowell's blade strike her grandfather's shoulder, Paige Summers didn't move. Instead, she accelerated her absorption of the Crystal Core in her hand.
For a moment, she had wavered.
But that very unsteadiness in her thoughts made her realize how dangerous this was. If she allowed herself to sink into it, only a dead end would await her!
Energy flooded her body, circulating through her entire system, and her mind grew clearer and clearer.
Just as she finished absorbing a Crystal Core and the scene before her began to fade, a sudden premonition of danger seized her!
'Over there!'
The moment she pinpointed the direction, a massive black shadow was already lunging ferociously at her!
Her mind didn't even have time to wonder if it was an illusion or reality; her body had already reacted.
In an instant, she summoned her knife from her dimensional space and slashed at the dark figure!
