Last-Ditch Struggle

"My, my. Hasty men aren't well liked, you know?"

Rinares was the first to act in response to Jack's quick shot.

Actually, Rinares could not have made it in time without anticipating it and acting at the same instant.

Rinares leaped forward, using Jack's arrow as a foothold to jump even higher into the sky.

"Huh!?"

The arrow used as a foothold was knocked off course and struck somewhere other than the core.

Jack's arrows rarely veer off course, but once Rinares used this one as a foothold, there was nothing to be done. It was like the arrow had been kicked.

"Hey! Silver! Is that allowed!?"

"It wasn't direct interference."

"Tch! You've got to be kidding me!"...