Leave the Rest to Me (Continued)

ruler viciously drove her flag into one of Hydra's heads like a spear, but the snake heads came charging in one after another.

Jeanne d'Arc looked around and came up with a plan.

She leaped onto Hydra's body and kept jumping.

One head, then another—jump, jump, and jump again.

At last, the heads caught Jeanne d'Arc's opening and lunged at her—

As though it had been pulled by a rope, that head could not reach her!

The remaining heads immediately seemed to lose their bearings, pecking here while another head suddenly thrust through several others.

After several rounds of struggling, the heads were nearly tangled into a dead knot!

"Excellent, ruler. But unfortunately..."

assassin clapped, raising an eyebrow.

ruler's heart skipped a beat, and she covered her mouth.

But assassin used magecraft and targeted saber!

"What?" ruler took the hit to protect saber, and then—

The nearest snake head sprayed venom at her!

"Aah—!"

Jeanne d'Arc collapsed to the ground, powerless.

She had not expected assassin to resort to such a trick.

On the surface, it was venom, but assassin had used magecraft to draw her attention, bringing her close to Hydra so she could not evade the venom?

Truly... impressive.

Semiramis let out a long breath and snapped her fingers.

After much effort, Hydra finally broke free from the knot.

"Go, Hydra. Enjoy tonight's dinner."

Jeanne d'Arc propped herself up with her flag.

assassin was truly cautious. Even in a situation like this, she was unwilling to do it herself? Was it merely because there was some risk?

At the very least, she had to cover Lord Saber's retreat before leaving!

"My lord—" Jeanne d'Arc leaned on her flag, gasping for breath.

Hydra crawled toward her, moving swiftly.

Could she not stop it?

Jeanne d'Arc despaired.

Then nine bolts