Now she had not only witnessed a horrific murder, but had fallen into the hands of one of those people-no, that murder very likely had something to do with them!
You were such an idiot, Bernadette!
Bernadette was pale and trembling all over. "Y-you, let me go!"
"Let you go so that woman can kill you?"
Edward snapped back and quickened his pace.
He had barely finished speaking when transparent strands of spider silk shot at them from all around, instantly slicing the plants and trees in their path into fragments that filled the air.
No other choice.
Edward raised an eyebrow. Fiendfyre sprang out of thin air, burning through every strand of spider silk. Then electricity flashed in his eyes as he prepared to kill the invisible Demoness with a Thunderbolt.
Just then, footsteps came from ahead. Dubois was hurrying over with Roselle and the others.
At the same time, the Demoness's second wave of spider silk struck.
"Watch out!"
Edward immediately shielded Bernadette in his arms and rolled forward, narrowly avoiding being sliced apart by the spider silk. A sharp pain shot through his back, however, and blood instantly began pouring out-with a half-god's constitution, such a minor attack naturally could not hurt him, but right now, he had to keep up the act.
In those few seconds, Roselle's people arrived as well.
"Bernadette!"
Roselle rushed forward, his face pale. When he saw that Bernadette was frightened but unharmed, protected in Mr. Sparrow's-Edward's-arms, he immediately felt relieved.
"Papa!"
Bernadette ran out of Edward's arms and plunged headfirst into Roselle's embrace.
"It's all right. It's all right."
Seeing that she could no longer continue, the Demoness retreated without hesitation.
Green, Edwards, and the others surrounded her and attacked.
Crack!
The woman's body turned into a shattered mirror as she