"Who are you?"
Flying helplessly through the high skies at incredible speed, Schwarz had not even had time to react before she was already high above the clouds.
"Yae Sakura asked me to find a skilled marksman to assist her."
Hoshino answered coldly.
Schwarz was cold, but Hoshino acted even colder than she did.
"She can't beat that woman named Rita?" Schwarz naturally came to that conclusion. "How embarrassing."
"Yae Sakura gave me another assignment."
Hoshino replied stiffly.
At the same time, a bright electric current surged through Schwarz's skin and into her body. A numb, dull pain raced violently through her flesh. Not only did it hurt, but her body also became sluggish, and static electricity made every strand of her hair stand on end. The little black cat had literally puffed up her fur.
She respected that woman... well, revered her, even.
Schwarz thought instinctively.
Of course, Hoshino wanted Schwarz to think that. Having achieved her goal, she shocked her a few more times. Closing her eyes to check, Hoshino saw that Argent Knight: Artemis's unlock progress was advancing steadily and had already reached 34%.
Keep it up. The key was not to let Schwarz touch the ground.
"I will use my electromagnetic power to accelerate this thing to one-thousandth the speed of light."
Five-thousandths the speed of light!
Schwarz only had a vague understanding of the concept, but anything related to the speed of light was usually far from simple—matter would be annihilated in an instant, leaving behind only a pure burst of energy that would punch a vent through the volcanic mass.
"You must seize the right moment, or the volcanic gases pouring out will widen the opening. You choose the location."
Hoshino held Schwarz by the scruff of her neck with her right hand while