Julies Evans' POV
Looks like I managed to fool her… for now.
The artifact, [Vile Mask], worked like a charm. Its perception-inhibiting ability paired with my knowledge of the original story were the only reasons I was still breathing.
If I hadn't known about the Vampire King title, Nolkk, or the existence of that rare race—the Parasites—my head would've been decorating the forest floor by now.
But that attack earlier…
I shuddered just thinking about it.
My back was drenched in cold sweat. The sheer pressure from her strike… it wasn't something I could describe as merely overwhelming. If I hadn't activated the S-rank skill [Ghoststeps] at the last second, I'd be dead.
Even so, the cost had been brutal.
The instant I dodged, it felt like my mind had brushed against something alien, something… wrong. A headache exploded behind my eyes, so intense I thought I'd lose consciousness right there.
