Unchanged, even though Pannis had already stepped into Nellie's attack range, Nellie's body made no countermeasures. It was almost as if she was cooperating with Pannis's plan to stall for time, but the more it went on, the more uneasy Pannis felt. Pannis believed that among all the living mortals, no one understood Nellie better than him, whether it was her thoughts or her combat abilities. He knew her as well as he knew himself, and this was exactly why he was uneasy because he was well aware that none of this made sense.