Chapter 52: Ch50. RE: [World Quest] (8) - Not holding back
Sarissa barely had time to breathe before Miles lunged at her again, his scythe a blur of obsidian. She threw herself to the side to avoid the downward arc that Miles described with his blade, her feet skidding against the ruined pavement as the scythe carved through the air where her neck had been just seconds before.
He was toying with her, she could see it. His movements were too fluid, too precise as if he knew exactly how she would react. This wasn’t the same Miles she had fought beside before.
He wasn’t just faster, he was untouchable.
"You’ve been holding back all this time..." She said through gritted teeth, parrying a horizontal strike that sent her reeling. Miles said nothing in return, though.
The thought sent a wave of fury crashing through her, but she swallowed it down and forced herself to focus. She couldn’t afford distractions, not against him.
[You have accepted the quest: Sands of Time]
[Objective: Kill the Player Miles and retrieve the anomalous item]
The notification flickered in her vision, but she didn’t need the system to tell her what she already knew.
If she wanted to survive this, she had to kill him.
But what was that about the anomalous item? Was that the item she would be able to use, in order to level up her [Regression] skill, after all this time?
"Is this really how it’s going to be?" She bit out, flames igniting at her fingertips.