C1149 Half a Step 7(1)

The voice of the first part of the sentence came from in front of him, and the second part came from behind him after an extremely short pause.

It only took the blink of an eye - no, there was not even the blink of an eye - for the Killing Princess to disappear from the shadow's sight and circle behind her.

So fast!

The shadow pulled out its dagger and turned around to slash at the Night Crow