Flora opened her mouth but could not speak.
She had actually made a serious effort, but...
Flora lowered her head to look at her arm, where a dark red mark remained.
The moment Maeve's body had touched her, Flora had felt her vision blur.
In that instant, all the blood in her body seemed to boil, then rush madly toward that spot as though someone had pulled the plug out of a bathtub.
Flora felt her heart pounding wildly, even though her heart had long since become a hollow cavity, with only the [Thing of Immortality] remaining inside her body.
It pumped blood in place of her heart, but seemed to operate at an unchanging rhythm.
Even in fierce combat, her heart had never sped up in the slightest.
Yet now, it had suddenly begun beating faster.
The dizziness of blood rushing to her head had delayed her reaction for a moment, leaving her at a disadvantage against Maeve.
As for Maeve's strength...
Flora frowned as she assessed it, vaguely feeling that it was considerable too, almost a match for her own.
And Maeve was still in human form. If she used Transformation...
Flora suddenly felt a sense of crisis. Both she and Maeve excelled at head-on combat, yet she seemed to have been outclassed.
No, I have to do something too. I can't just let myself fall behind!
Flora discreetly pulled down her sleeve, covering the handprint Maeve had left, an inexplicable sense of urgency rising within her.
Maeve did not notice Flora's private concerns. She made a trip to the Underground Prison and emerged carrying a large mass of flesh.
It was one of the Genesis School's Cultists. Most of those hiding in the sewers had ended up in a mutual eating frenzy with Maeve, then been captured