*trigger warning: blood, violence*
Tia did not expect the fox lady's claw would extend like that. Tarte pulled out the claw. Blood spew out of her neck. Shocked, she limped off and began to lose consciousness.
Have I… lost…? No… Don't lose to her… Mr. Zal has believed in me. I will not die here…!
The girl held herself together, pressing the wound and quickly searched for a healing potion in her waist bag.
Tarte herself was wounded, too. She cannot deal the finishing blow with all her stamina being strained past its limit. She focused to heal herself with magic first.
After getting a potion to heal her injuries, Tia was still subjected to the traumatic experience she just had. She barely had the strength to stand up again.
"How surprising," the Vector stated. "You should've been on the other side when I struck your neck like that. Why are you still alive?"