Chapter 112: Miho
—Lily's POV—
"Block it, Miho!" Lily shouted, thrusting both her arms outward as a torrent of wind blades burst from her palms with sharp, cracking whistles.
Miho—a petite girl with tangled black hair and dirt smeared across her cheeks like she had rolled through the forest floor moments earlier—scrambled forward.
She was the same timid servant who once hid behind Aric; now she clutched a brown beast core tightly in both hands while desperately squeezing it as she channelled her mana through it.
A bark-like, translucent brown barrier bloomed into existence before her with a splintering shimmer, forming a wall that shielded her entire body.
A barrage of sludge projectiles hammered on it one after another.
Thud, splatter, thud,
The barrier rippled violently with every hit, but it held firm.
"Good!" Lily called out, her voice sharp with focus.
With a metallic flash, she drew her sword and lunged toward the beast.
