"Die!"
Ess, who had been slapped flying, once again met Sophia as she came crashing down from above.
This time, because of her position, she had no room to dodge and was caught around the waist by her opponent.
Her right hand reacted with a speed that seemed to bypass her brain entirely.
As she punched with all her strength and warped Sophia's head out of shape, another furious roar came from beneath the armguard.
See? The trio had to stay together.
Fu Qian was very pleased to hear the unmistakable, if distorted, voice of Charlotte coming from beneath it. He could practically feel how fired up she was.
"You knew all along?"
Unfortunately, the person involved didn't see it that way.
As her arm struck back on its own, Ess's eyes widened. Her voice was full of disbelief.
"How could you possibly know?!"
"You did a pretty good job hiding it."
Fu Qian didn't mind giving her a fair bit of recognition as encouragement.
At the same time, he gazed up at the top of the box at a forty-five-degree angle, his posture still full of the lofty dignity of one who served Heaven's will.
"But I just know... Maybe this is our destiny. Also—don't get distracted."
The next moment, he even reminded her again.
She had heard that line for the fourth time. After everything that had happened, it had finally become a warning with the force of a curse.
Ess immediately looked down at herself. Driven by a powerful sense of unease, she abruptly changed the motion of her right hand, which had been trying to break Sophia's limbs, and awkwardly tried to shove her away.
Boom!
Unfortunately, she was a step too late.
The instant she moved, a spark wreathed in brilliant golden light had already