Claude's pupils contracted to pinpoints. Had the Spirituality Gem not sensed danger in time and prompted him to lunge forward, that blade would have taken his head-
There was no doubt this was a meticulously planned ambush, but he couldn't quite understand who wanted him dead.
The Church of Steam and Machinery wouldn't use such methods. But if it was another organization-he couldn't think which of the secret organizations he worked with he had offended badly enough for them to send a Pyromaniac and a Demoness to investigate his movements and ambush him.
Was it the Iron and Blood Cross Order or the Demoness Sect?
Did someone in those organizations not want him to open Fourth Epoch Trier?
A figure swiftly vanished into the darkness, never exposing the slightest opening.
Although Lumian-na had often criticized Franca's intelligence, she demonstrated the full extent of her abilities in combat, slipping back into the darkness immediately after unleashing her All-Out Strike.
She really is a competent Assassin-I think I know how she digested her Assassin potion now.
Watching Franca fight, several thoughts immediately surfaced in Lumian-na's mind:
She hasn't disguised herself, but she seems to have plenty of combat experience-didn't she live in my sister's peaceful world before? She's only been in this world for a few years. Without anyone teaching her, even
an Assassin couldn't fight as though she'd received professional training-
Jenna was the best example right before Lumian-na's eyes.
So where exactly did Franca get her combat experience?
Or is this some exceptional talent born of her lack of intelligence?
Lumian-na couldn't quite work it out, but her eyes never left the distant monk. She, too, cautiously tried to blend into the darkness, preparing to seek another opening.
But just then, the monk shouted furiously, "Why must you force me?"