Jacob turned around hearing Maria drop. He wasted no time in grabbing her spear from her hands and thrusting it towards the words nearby. He felt a great impact from his strike and watched the words slowly disappear, signaling he had successfully killed whatever had just injured her.
"What happened? Are you alright?"
Maria held on to her face and stood back up slowly.
"I don't know what happened to me. It felt like my entire body had been completely frozen right when I was about to kill that damn monster."
Jacob's heart dropped.
'Is she already considered stronger than an Elder Beast?! Was it because of how powerful the last few creatures she has killed were? How does her power work?'
To Jacob, it didn't matter right now how her power worked. All that mattered was that protecting her from anything that may injure her further.
"Just stay close by to me. I'm going to borrow this spear of yours."
"You can throw it if you want. It never seems to disappear from my possession."
