The World of Beasts: She's Got Their Hearts

"It's Gideon! I should get rid of a man as smart as him. Those idiots wouldn't have regained consciousness and supernatural abilities had he not created that potion."

Ophir, which had flown over and caught up, immediately spotted young Gideon's tiny figure standing directly below Analise.

"You might have taken that stab for Analise, but you're not escaping this time!" With a flash of energy, Ophir formed a transparent dagger and dove straight at young Gideon.

"Gideon!"

When Ophir's figure flashed across, Analise quickened her pace. She drew her Purification Bow and fired at Ophir without hesitation.

The arrow sliced through the sky just as young Gideon noticed the incoming figure. Ophir was descending fast-faster than Analise, whose light yellow cloak fluttered behind her.

As Ophir's blade materialized, it was instantly struck down by the Purification Arrow and vanished.

"Damn it!" Ophir gathered its energy and summoned another blade, which he hurled at young Gideon.

But young Gideon started running away after he sensed the hostility.

After a few minutes of running, young Gideon saw Analise land beside him. She blocked Ophir with a swift strike of her dagger.

Ophir, the figure in black, looked humanoid. It was possibly a male, but its features were too hazy to tell. To Analise, however, he appeared as a young man who looked like he wanted young Gideon dead.

Of course, Analise was aware that she, too, was one of Ophir's targets to be eliminated.

"Seriously! You're..." Driven crazy, Ophir brandished another transparent dagger, which it plunged at Analise.

However, Analise was vigilant. She deflected the strike and countered with a forceful kick to its lower body.

Ophir might be a system, but it could still feel pain because it was housed in a human host.

"Gideon, what are you doing? Run!"

Analise plunged her dagger into Ophir's chest when she noticed that it had lost its vitality from the pain. After that, she dragged young Gideon along and ran.

"Analise, you're looking for trou

Ophir bellowed from behind.

Standing up, he extracted the dagger lodged in his chest and flungit at Analise and young Gideon

"Look out, Analise!" Echo warned.noveldrama

Analise shoved young Gideon aside and leapt to safety.

The dagger whooshed past and embedded itself deep into a tree, the handle quivering in the bark, proof of just how much strength was behind the throw.

"Echo, can the Purification Arrow force Ophir out of its host?" Analise had already aimed her bow at Ophir as she asked Echo.

"I can't be sure, but you may give it a try. This situation involving Ophir is new to me, and I do not have experience dealing with it."

Frowning, Analise released the arrows at Ophir in quick succession, but only one had successfully hit its shoulder.

Ophir let out a muffled grunt. It had lost all control of its left arm, as if the arrow had severed its nerves.

Its left arm hung limply by his side. The dagger he had just conjured clattered to the ground and vanished.

"How is that possible?" Ophir stared at its arm in disbelief before turning to Analise.

Clearly, Analise and Echo saw the effect as well.

"Analise, now! Shoot again!"

"On it!" She pulled the arrow back and shot Ophir with it.

Ophir, sensing the danger, immediately dodged the attack and escaped. This was

not the right time to kill Analise.