The Empress Of Crystals.

In that moment, Sylvia suddenly appeared beside Ariel, swinging her dagger as she did so. The flames which burst out of the dagger were redirected to the sides as Ariel parried it with her rapier.

Master Sylvia swung her other dagger to attack and Ariel thrust her rapier straight at Master Sylvia's neck.

Ariel was much faster, she stopped short of Master Sylvia's neck but the crystals burst forth before Master's Sylvia's swing had even reached half of the way.

Master Sylvia luckily avoided it again, by instinctively shadow stepping. She had been chanting during mid-swing.

She shadow stepped a few meters behind Ariel before shouting.

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"Ariel don't get in the way… After all this time… I have to be the one to kill him!" Said Master Sylvia.

"Negative." Replied Ariel who suddenly thrust her rapier into the floor.