Geoffrey?

The assassin didn't fall for Annelotte's provocation.

He dashed forward quickly, intent on forcing her into a corner.

Even though he was only of the 14th stratum and Annelotte was a high-order magus of the 17th stratum, the assassin didn't really mind the gap. He believed that it could be made up through other means.

Those means included time, status, terrain and positioning. Stok's harsh training imparted upon him the importance of such factors.

That was why he decided to begin his attack in the tight space of her room where she wouldn't be able to put much distance between them. A magus without the advantage of range was a dead person in the eyes of an assassin!

That was why he was feeling so confident. He had dropped off two bombs at the alchemist lab just now....

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