Chapter 181: Arc 4, Act I, - 26: Treason
The windows and layered curtains glimmered in moonlight, while the hallways were lit golden. Jotou took a breath and sprinted forward down the northern hallway.
A purplish shadow bounced off the walls and floors, dashing forward with a gleaming purple dagger whilst a flurry of sparking yellow ran behind.
"PFWOOSH!" Caught by the corner of her eye, Jotou noticed a bright orange glow that just went up. Slowing down her pace, she glanced backwards while running.
The entrance to the dining hall was set on fire; or rather, the fire licked up and covered the doors. Her eyes widened. ’Can’t worry about that now, don’t split your focus!’ She pushed any thought out of her mind, regaining her speed.
The staff ran behind the guards before a purple shadow formed behind them and—"Slash!"—cut at the back of their—"Gah!" "AHH!"—ankles as Fumeko knocked over a maid and a butler, before she landed, hunched over on the ground.
Jotou whizzed past her, catching up to the Royal Guard clanking in their plated armour. A Royal Guard, knowing he was about to get caught, turned around with his halberd ready.
Jotou’s eyes sparked up and she bent her knees down, before slashing up around the polearm and slicing it down the pole. The guard instead grappled her form.
Jotou blocked his chin with an elbow, "ZAP!" a surge of lightning energy coerced through her left arm and went up the metal of his helmet, making him spit and spasm before Jotou threw him to the side of the wall and continued her sprint.
The metal under the fabric of the armour conducted the electricity and sent the shocks down his body, causing his entire body to constantly jitter while incapacitated on the ground.
Fumeko blinked ahead, to a group of Royal Guard still running. "ShrrrrRRRRRINK!" The dagger shredded through the plates of armour like paper.
She caught one by the back of the metal, tearing through the fabric of the Cravoltan emblem as it caught onto his spine. Another guard turned with her polearm out to pierce the brunette.
Fumeko lunged back and blinked under the halberd being thrusted and carved her dagger up the guard’s chest—carving through the metal plate like a can opener in the process.