Rachels's body shone with a bright blue light, weakening the dark tendrils wrapped around her. Just a second or more, and she would be able to break herself free from these disgusting things.
"Too late!"
But her eyes widened in shock when she heard Hellbringer's voice behind her and could feel the air behind the bottom of her spine getting pushed away forcibly. This could only mean he was trying to punch her back, and she immediately gathered her mana to use a defensive spell.
*Splktch!*
"Ahh!" Her eyes shook when she felt the claws of a beast digging into her back. But it was not the pain that shook her since the claws didn't even go that deep. Instead, it was the fact that she was unable to draw upon even a wisp of her mana that made her heart tense and her mind thrown into confusion.