The other Player moved with sudden, explosive burst of speed, catching Ishiki off guard. Within a second, Jake was right in front of Ishiki.
'Damn it!'
Ishiki summoned [Curved Bone] with frantic mental command—reaching for the pale blade that had become extension of his survival instinct.
But nothing happened.
The bone-white sword didn't materialize in his hand as it always had, his hand was... empty.
'No... NO...'
His mind failed to create a coherent thought and went blank all of a sudden. His heart meanwhile, was not so calm, it was beating so fast that Ishiki felt a strong urge to puke.
In the next moment, a sharp pain ignited in his neck.
One of Jake's daggers had penetrated flesh, the cold blade sliding between vertebrae and severing crucial veins of his body.
