The instant blood flashed, a Black Shadow burst from the bushes and knocked out the boy whose eyes were blooming with iridescent colors.
"Pfft!"
At that moment, Kuonji Alice, huddled in the corner, seemed to have been struck by lightning as she vomited a mouthful of blood and collapsed.
Samael's expression changed slightly. He immediately darted forward and helped the powerless Witch sit against the wall.
However, Kuonji Alice's condition was far from encouraging. A horrifying gash had opened across her lower abdomen, blood gushing out and soaking her clothes before dripping unstoppably through her fingers onto the grass. Her face grew ever paler.
Half a step too late...
Samael's face darkened, his gaze grave.
"It was... my carelessness..."
Slumped against the wall, Kuonji Alice coughed violently. Then, forcing herself to stay awake, she raised her hand and summoned dozens of Ash-grey Birds, which melted into a mass of black liquid in her palm.
Kuonji Alice then pressed that liquid against the horrific wound in her abdomen as emergency treatment.
These Ash-grey Birds were chocolates refined from magical energy. Under special circumstances, they could stop bleeding and speed up healing.
Soon, under the treatment of this special medicine, the wound on Kuonji Alice's abdomen vanished, and the bleeding stopped.
But the Witch's condition still did not improve. Her breath only grew weaker.
Samael glanced back at the black-haired boy lying on the ground, his expression turning grim.
This was troublesome. Wounds inflicted by the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception were difficult to repair through conventional means...
He had not expected that not only young Ryougi Shiki, but even Nanaya Shiki, heir to the Nanaya Clan among the Four Exorcist Families, had awakened the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception ahead of time. They even seemed to have begun gradually familiarizing themselves