Turtle in a turtle

She had summoned out her tree familiar to provide that barrier in time.

I knew that if she hadn't acted in time, it would have been bad for Wang Rong, so I said, "Thank you."

With the same smile as usual, she said, "We're still working together, so of course I would help our allies."

I was a bit taken aback by this, but I also gave a nod in response.

I certainly didn't expect her to say something like this. After all, in the first place, the cooperation that we agreed to was just something that we agreed to to help ourselves.

I needed her because of her power as one of the five top contenders.

I had wanted to use her as a form of cover since she was someone that attracted a lot of attention, which would help draw attention away from me. 

But now it seemed that she had been quite sincere in our cooperation that she would even do something like this.