This was the result of her countless hours of training, the very foundation of the confidence that had allowed her to escape the jaws of death time and time again.
However.
Lynch, upon seeing this, merely let out a soft sigh, as if pitying her for making the wrong choice.
He didn't even move a muscle.
The very instant the poisoned needles flew toward him.
The [Tide's Tear] pendant hanging from his neck glowed faintly, and a shimmering curtain of water instantly enveloped him.
"PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!"
The three poisoned needles, each capable of piercing a steel plate, struck the Water Curtain Shield and merely created a few ripples. Their speed rapidly decreased as if they had been caught in a swamp, and they fell harmlessly to the ground.
And at the same time.
The female assassin's figure had already shot through the window, seemingly making a clean getaway.
But in the next moment.
"THUD!!!"
A dull thud rang out.
"Ahhh—!!"
