It happened faster than Sunny could perceive — which should not have surprised him, considering that his perception was crippled and limited to what Nephis and Saint saw.
What was surprising, however, was that Saint had not sensed the danger either, despite being attuned to elemental darkness.
One moment, she was standing at the border between light and darkness.
The next moment, the darkness moved, pushing the radiance back and enveloping the taciturn Shadow.
And a split second later, something moved in the darkness, lunging at Saint with impossible speed.
It moved faster than the speed of sound…
But not faster than Saint's hand.
Before Sunny could even react, Saint had already raised it and manifested her dark sword, coldly skewering whatever it was that had lunged at her on its tenebrous blade.
She tilted her head slightly, looking at the attacker.
Sunny saw it at the same moment, too.
