(Thank you very much to Yunqi Qinggu, Yan Yu Jiangnan, and Yuezuki Tatsuha for your rewards!)
"Whoosh—!"
As the sharp sound of something tearing through the air spread above the forest, Charlotte saw a flash of light in an instant.
It was reflected moonlight!
Moonlight reflected off the crystalline surface of an arrow formed from ice!
Like an arrow, a fierce ice spear shot out from the depths of the dark forest. It grazed Felix's shoulder and mercilessly flew toward the forehead of the completely unprepared Charlotte.
"Charlotte!"
Just as the arrow-like ice spear was about to hit Charlotte's forehead, Sigmund let out a low roar, snapping Charlotte out of it.
Charlotte immediately threw herself toward the ground beside her, abandoning all concern for appearances.
Almost the moment Charlotte lunged aside, the ice spear streaked past where she had been and struck a tree behind her.
"Bang!"
The aged-looking tree was cleanly pierced through, leaving behind a hole the size of a human head.
Seeing the splinters flying from the trunk and that savage hole, Charlotte's pretty face turned pale as she thought of how close that attack had come to striking her head.
If she had not dodged just now, Charlotte would undoubtedly have died!
"Whoosh—!"
Just as Charlotte was still shaken by the close call, another sound of air being torn apart rang out.
Then, a blur suddenly appeared before Charlotte.
Before Charlotte could even lift her head to see what the blur was, another shadow lashed out from it like a whip.
It was a long-handled greatsword gleaming with a cold arc of light!
The blur that had appeared before Charlotte wielded the long-handled greatsword, bringing up a howling gust as it viciously swung the weapon down at her.
"Bang!"
A dull impact sounded in the next