"Noda, why haven't you found us yet?" Elena leaned against the window and asked listlessly.
"He'll be here when he's supposed to be here. There's no point in worrying. From what I know of him, he's probably waiting for us up ahead." Noda answered vaguely with a straw in his mouth.
"Oh … Where are we now?"
Noda looked into the distance and answered, "We're almost at the border river. Once we cross it, we'll be in Saint-Rames."
"Really?
That's great!
I haven't been home for a long time! "
Elena's eyes lit up. Her body, exhausted from the days of travel, seemed to be much lighter.
Noda held the straw in his mouth and did not say anything. He just stared into the distance in a daze.
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Sylner abruptly stepped on a greenish-gray boulder, clenched her teeth, and leaped seven or eight meters away. After landing lightly on the ground, she sprinted a few steps and shouted, "Ha!"
She leaped over a deep ravine, and when she landed, she abruptly changed direction. With three consecutive steps, she jumped onto a boulder that was more than four meters tall!
As soon as she steadied herself, Sylvia turned around and drew an arrow. She drew the bow and nocked the arrow. Her actions were done in one breath and she aimed in front of her without any delay!
In the distance, in front of the ravine that Sylvia had just crossed, a dark figure was leaping into the air!
This was the moment!
She loosened the bowstring with her right hand and the sharp arrow shot out like lightning, aiming for the neck of the Scorpion-tailed Leopard!
The Scorpion-tailed Leopard was abnormally agile and unpredictable on land. It was difficult to shoot it. Sylvia had been waiting for this moment — it leaped into the air and had nowhere to hide!
However, reality told Sylvia that she was still inexperienced in combat.
The Scorpion-tailed Leopard instinctively sensed danger as it faced the incoming arrow. It abruptly twisted its body in mid-air!
The arrow, which was supposed to hit its target, brushed past the neck of the Scorpion-tailed Leopard with Sylvia's unparalleled arrow aura. It scratched the smooth black fur and splattered blood!
But this attack had completely failed!
If this attack missed, it meant that she had lost the best opportunity to attack!
Sylvia clenched her teeth and shot the second arrow without hesitation at the spot where the Scorpion-tailed Panther was going to land. She then held the third arrow in her hand and readied the bow, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Her body stood upright like a stubborn sapling, but she did not retreat even half a step!
The Scorpion-tailed Leopard landed on the ground with an unparalleled might. It stomped its four paws and charged towards Sylvia's second arrow without dodging!
Just as the arrow was about to hit the Scorpion-tailed Leopard's head, it suddenly lowered its body and used its iron-like tail to block the arrow. "Pa!" It blocked the arrow that Sylvia had shot out with all her might!
The arrow only left a white mark on the hard shell of its scorpion tail.
Sylvia held her breath and suppressed the side effects of the adrenaline rush that made her fingers tremble. Her entire body was tense as she stared at the figure that was full of power!
Her short bow was pulled into a full moon shape, and the arrow tip was pointed at the Scorpion-tailed Leopard that was running towards her like a small car!
"Roar!"
As if it was excited about tasting its prey, the Scorpion-tailed Leopard growled in excitement. Its speed increased slightly as it charged towards Sylvia.
Sylvia squinted her eyes and stared at the Scorpion-tailed Leopard that was only ten steps away from her. She had completely entered a state of selflessness!
All of a sudden, her body trembled slightly!
The Scorpion-tailed Leopard's figure suddenly became extremely clear in Sylvia's vision, and it became abnormally slow!
The muscles that undulated due to running, the scorpion tail that was ready to strike, and the bloody mouth that was slightly opened, ready to pounce at any time, all appeared in slow motion in Sylvia's vision!
An electric current instantly flowed through her limbs and bones. The arrow that was caught between Sylvia's fingers suddenly seemed to be coated with a layer of silver. It shone brightly and showed the silver reflection that only metal would have!
A silver light shot out from Sylvia's eyes and then disappeared.
The color of the arrow in her hand changed again. It was suddenly dyed a deep dark green and flashed with silver light.
The Scorpion-tailed Leopard did not notice the change in Sylvia at all. It leaped up and pounced towards Sylvia with terrifying power!
Although it was pouncing upwards, it gave off the feeling that a mountain was pressing down on them!
Sylvia had completely entered a state of selflessness. Facing the Scorpion-tailed Leopard that was right in front of her, she slightly raised the arrow in her hand and pointed it straight at the Scorpion-tailed Leopard's already wide open bloody mouth!
"Break."
She spat out a word in a low voice, but it carried a tremendous force — at this moment, there seemed to be countless whirlpools around the arrow, and the surrounding air was sucked in by a strong force. A strong wind blew and lifted Sylvia's silver-white hair — at this moment, she was like the Valkyrie that was carved on the city wall of Dashiell, and her whole body emitted an unparalleled and amazing momentum!
Her right fingers suddenly loosened, and the arrow shot towards the Scorpion-tailed Leopard's head!
The Dark Moon Forest was silent for a moment — then there was a sudden sound of an explosion.
The Scorpion-tailed Panther watched in horror as the arrow, which had previously seemed to have no power at all, swept up a frightening whirlwind as it shot towards it. It had no time to react as the arrow shot straight into the sinister, bloody mouth of the Scorpion-tailed Panther, which was lined with rows of razor-sharp teeth, and then shot out!
A strong wind pressure followed!
The head of the Scorpion-tailed Leopard, which had the strength of a Level Seven, was actually smashed into pieces in an instant!
The arrow pierced through the head and flew straight into the sky with the remaining force — it actually brought with it a sonic boom!
A white spiral-shaped mist that was visible to the naked eye flashed and disappeared in the air, showing the strange speed of the arrow that broke through the sound barrier.
However, after shooting the arrow, Sylvia felt as if her body had been sucked dry. She could not even lift her arms, and her body froze on the spot.
The Scorpion-tailed Leopard's head was shot in the air, and its body violently leaned back, but it continued to press towards Sylvia due to the force of its forward charge!
If Sylvia had not been able to dodge in time and was crushed by the corpse of the Scorpion-tailed Leopard that was as big as a hill, there was no need to think about the consequences.
Looking at the Scorpion-tailed Leopard flying towards its huge corpse, Sylvia felt helpless, and her legs were weak, and she could not move at all.
"Is this … the end?"
Sylvia closed her eyes in vain, but suddenly thought of the figure that had always appeared in her heart. Her stiff hand tried to stretch to her waist, but instinctively wanted to hold the dagger.
"Bang!"
A loud sound rang out, and Sylvia saw a fiery red light flash in front of her eyes. Immediately after, she felt a huge force suddenly hit her left shoulder, and her body involuntarily flew backwards.
Her body tumbled through the air, but she did not fall into the weeds that she had expected, but was unexpectedly caught by a pair of strong arms.
The feeling of sharp pain came like a tide after a moment of numbness. Sylvia slightly opened her eyes, and what came into view was a pair of deep, dark eyes, slanted eyebrows, long black hair, and a familiar smell.
The intense pain tore at her nerves, and Sylvia was in a daze, thinking that she was dreaming.
Her left arm drooped at an almost strange angle, and fresh blood flowed down the leather armor, quickly dying the grass below her in red.
"You have to hold on!
Nana! "
This was the last thing Sylvia heard before she fainted.