When Rem, the younger of the twins in Arlam Village, used N'Zoth's bone flute to summon the Faceless Ones hidden in a ruin deep in the forest within their territory, the terrifying spawn of N'Zoth surrounded the invaders—the poor, weak, helpless young Beast Tamer, Mary Potter, and her own magical beasts—and captured them in the village. Meanwhile, in the mansion, Ram was locked in a fierce battle with the seductive woman dressed in black, with black hair.
Ram kept using wind magic, manipulating the wind to increase her speed and defense and launch attacks of varying strength against the seductive woman. At the same time, she dodged the slashes coming at her from every direction from the curved blade in her opponent's hand, as well as the many flying blades the woman threw at her.
Both of them were incredibly fast!
In the darkness, most of the candles that had once brightly lit the room had been knocked out. Many had been sliced into several pieces by the two fighters' attacks, scattering wax and broken candles everywhere.
The few candles that remained flickered as the two women darted around at high speed. Their light, together with the faint glow from the magic gems set into the walls, barely illuminated their blurred silhouettes.
By now, many of the furnishings and decorations in the mansion's hall had been smashed, but Ram couldn't spare them a thought. She kept moving at high speed, relentlessly blasting the pursuing enemy with wind magic.
"??"
No—she had vanished?!
Ram, moving at high speed to evade her opponent, suddenly lost sight of her. Panic gripped her.
Fortunately, at that moment, she spotted the long shadow on the ground that the candlelight cast—one that should have belonged to her.
It should have been a shadow all her own,