But things didn't go exactly as he predicted.
Cross raised his sword to his back as if he were going to slash, but instead, he just held it against his body. Then his body suddenly flickered like a blurry image.
The forest around him disappeared, and he vanished with it. When he reappeared, it was directly in front of Tiber, and his forest of trees swallowed the surroundings.
At the same time, the sword he held close to his body slashed down. The sharp edges cut through the air with a near-silent woosh!
Time seemed to slow down.
Tiber wasn't expecting something like that to happen. He thought he had the time to transform into his digesting Nightmare form, but it was too late. As he watched the sword come at him, he did the only thing available to him.
Tiber transformed part of his body since it was much faster.
