“Ah!”

Mia turned her head with a shout after feeling a presence behind her, but a large hand quickly covered her mouth. At the same time, another figure grabbed Raymond by the waist and covered his mouth.

“Ah…!”

“Hmm?”

The knights turned their heads after hearing Raymond’s curt scream. Over in the distance, far from the road, they saw Mia and Raymond being overpowered by a figure under the tree.

“Princess!”

“My Prince!”

They stopped what they were doing and ran toward the two figures in alarm.

Swoosh!

Almost simultaneously, a short ray of light split the air with a compressed boom.

Thuck!

“Keugh!”

In the blink of an eye, a dagger cut through the air and struck the wrist of the figure covering Mia’s mouth.

“Kyaahk!”

Mia instinctively bent down, and the figure turned his gaze while feeling a sharp, stinging pain in his wrist.

Kwuoooo…

Even though the figure barely met the eyes of the dagger’s owner, he felt an overwhelming presence bearing down on him. He felt his whole body stand on edge after being subjected to the suffocating, menacing spirit.

Most importantly, the dagger’s owner was way too fast.

“Run!”

The figure shouted before flinging himself...