The silver-furred lycan's paw comes crashing down on Hakuto, its claws a split second away from tearing through his chest, when...
SCREEECH!
A sharp metallic screech cuts through the silence of the night.
"What the fuck...?!" Itsu mutters, his eyes wide in shock.
His paw stops dead in midair, his long, razor-sharp claws blocked by a sword before they can reach their target.
But this is no ordinary sword.
It has a thick, slightly curved blade forged from a crystal-like material that looks like diamond, with an intense white light glowing from within.
Hakuto is the one holding the sword. His arm is also covered in armor made of the same glowing crystalline material, stretching from his wrist all the way to his shoulder.
Claire and Irina stare at him in silence, still in shock.
Even Itsu can't believe what he's seeing, and instinctively leaps back.
