She used her small stature to her advantage, charged straight at the Ape, and dug her dagger into its chest with all her strength. With a flashy critical hit effect, the enemy’s HP was reduced to nothing. A scream came first, and then the sound of shattering. Within the scattering debris, Silica turned her body and charged at a new target. Her HP bar had already gone into the red danger area, but she didn’t even care anymore. She saw only the enemy she had to kill, as if it were enlarged to fill her vision. She forgot even her fear of death and was just about to attempt a doomed charge below the swinging club. A pure white light slashed across the two Drunk Apes from behind them as they stood side by side. The bodies of the two Apes were each split into two in an instant; then they shattered and disappeared. As Silica stood numbly, she saw a male player just past the haze of scattering fragments. He had black hair and wore a black coat. He wasn’t all that tall, but an overwhelming presence radiated from him. Silica stepped back as she felt an instinctive fear. Their eyes met. But his eyes were silent and as deep as the darkness. The boy sheathed his one-handed sword back into the scabbard on his back with a clank and then opened his mouth. “I’m sorry. I couldn’t save your friend” Strength left her body as soon as she heard this. She couldn’t stop the tears running down her cheeks. She didn’t even register her dagger slipping out of her hand and falling onto the ground. As soon as she saw the sky-blue feather on the ground, she fell to her knees in front of it.