Chapter 643: Star
"Your Highness, watch out!!!"
Shing, shing, shing...
Swords slid from their scabbards as several guards leveled their blades at the Faerie.
Xivier went from stillness to motion with astonishing speed and agility, charging straight toward Goys. Naturally, everyone focused on protecting him. People in this world understood the principle of taking out the leader first, too.
Clang! Clang, clang!
The white-haired figure briefly exchanged blows with several guards, then lashed out with a vicious kick at one guard's head. The tall guard reacted just as quickly, immediately raising his sword sideways to block.
Bang!
The guard staggered backward, while Xivier used the recoil from her kick to spring in another direction, vaulting right over a guard charging in from that side.
Am I going to die?
In that moment of stunned confusion, Riva heard the guards shouting. He instinctively turned toward them, only to see Xivier's slender figure rapidly growing larger in his vision.
"I'm sorry!"
Xivier did not seem to make a sound, but to Riva, who still had not quite grasped what was happening, those were the words her lips formed.
Squelch!
A chill pierced his chest, followed by a hollow sensation inside his body. Xivier had already darted away.
"Uh... hh... hh... wh-why... hh..."
Riva had never imagined anything could feel like this. The instant she pierced him, it barely hurt. Then, as Xivier pulled her arm out of his body, he felt a warm rush-that was his blood pouring out. Only afterward did the intense pain come, but he no longer had the strength to cry out.
Xivier leaped and darted through the forest, with the guards chasing behind her. Though her white hair seemed conspicuous here, they lost her after just a few minutes.
Soon, the dozen or so guards sent in