After the battle on the coast that night ended,
In the mountains near the coast,
A proud, glamorous female figure stood within the pitch-black forest. Though she had withdrawn from the battlefield, she had not immediately gone far.
Annabella watched the scene on her detection device, watching the place where the black single-winged armor had vanished. She lowered her voice with an intrigued hum.
She had only wanted to see who that ace was, but this was truly an unexpected gain.
That level of technological armor, along with his own abilities—if that kind of power could be used by her...
Recalling how he had single-handedly suppressed several official elites, Annabella's beautiful eyes brightened further and narrowed as though she had found prey.
She could confirm that he was a man. As long as she found a chance to approach him during a later mission...
Extremely confident in both her charm and her body, once she made that decision, all kinds of plans and methods for dealing with men surfaced in her mind.
A seductive curve rose at the corner of her lips as she began planning.
Then, just as she put away the device and prepared to leave,
Annabella suddenly stopped! In an instant, a jolt of terror crawled up her spine. Thinking that the people from the coast had caught up, she abruptly spun around.
As her pupils contracted, she saw darkness surging through the midnight forest!
In that instant of shock, she suddenly discovered that she could not move. Trembling with extreme fear,
Annabella could only watch as darkness engulfed her!
For an instant, she only felt something like magical energy, a mark, or a will enter her body. As she collapsed unconscious, she vaguely heard a bewitching, seductive laugh.
She dimly saw, not far ahead,
The phantom