The tip of the dagger stopped right before it pierce the guide's neck. The black blade grazed the skin below the mask, drawing a drop of blood that ran through the fair neck. Tendrils of dark thread held the arm holding the dagger, preventing it to sink into the guide's flesh.
"Fuck!" Bassena cursed and let out more binding threads from the ground as Zein stubbornly took out the knife of Acheron from his storage ring.
He bound the threads tight to the ground so Zein couldn't move his limbs, and swiftly teleported in front of the guide. "SHIN!" he yelled, furiously, at the rest of the people who were getting too stunned at the unexpected turn of events that they stopped moving altogether.
"Shit--" Han Shin immediately activated his skill as Bassena tackled the struggling guide to the ground.