Chapter 106: Betrayal
"It looks like the tea was to your liking, Commander, I’m glad you enjoyed it," Remarked Tilda, as Jules finished the tea and let out a content sigh.
"Yes, it was quite good, so light and refreshing. Thank you, Tilda, I appreciate it," Smiled Jules in response.
"You’re most welcome, Commander. Now, then...," Trailed off Tilda with a mutter, as she took out a walkie-talkie behind her back and quietly clicked it three times, before Jules swiftly sprang onto her feet in alarm as a pair of hooded figures suddenly teleported into the room, on either side of her desk.
Jules vaulted over her desk as the pair fired off blasts of wind and water at her, which collided against each other as she narrowly evaded the attacks, before manifesting her sword out of her Storage Ring.
"Wha-...how the hell did she react so fast!?"
"Damn it, I thought we had her."
"I see, you must be members of Exalt. It seems you haven’t learned your lesson, I’ll have to teach you the hard way. But don’t worry, I won’t kill you...no, I have a lot of questions for you, and I intend to have them answered. Let’s capture them alive, Tilda, make sure to-...," Began Jules, before trailing off with a sharp gasp of pain.
Her gaze shakily trailed down to the middle of her chest, a curved blade poking out through it, covered in blood. She then glanced back, her eyes widening as she met Tilda’s gaze...
"I really am glad you enjoyed the tea, Commander. It’ll be the last thing you ever enjoy," Smirked Tilda, before she pulled the blade of her scythe back out, a shudder of pain erupted across Jules’s body as blood poured out and streamed down her torso.
Jules stumbled forward shakily, her vision blurring slightly as she coughed out blood, which splattered across the floor.
She then shook her head and gritted her teeth, tightening her grip on the handle of her sword before swinging it across towards Tilda, but she couldn’t generate any real force, her swing weak and feeble.