When Aina and Eve sensed the presence behind them, the two immediately became alert. A dark energy coalesced in Eve's palm, and the sword in Aina's hands glowed brightly.
With blinding speed that Nox could barely follow with his eyes, they spun. Aina's sword flashed towards the intruder, and the dark energy in Eve's palm shot out!
BOOOM!
"Shit!" Nox cursed. Activating Divine Velocity, his body seemed to flicker as he moved out of the trajectory of both attacks simultaneously.
Though he had escaped the attack, he felt the brush of death. One moment later, and he would've found himself back in the Pantheon of Mythical Beasts without fulfilling the reason for coming to Eos in the first place.
It was only after the attack that the two women realized who the supposed intruder was.
"Nox!"
"Disciple."
The two exclaimed at the same time.
