Eren couldn't stop cursing his luck when he saw the flying slash closing the distance between them at a rapid pace. By now his arm had been tightly grasped by the old hag despite the lightning-element mana invading her body and doing damage.
'Eren, I… I can't keep my consciousness active any… more. The rest of… the fight… you… need… too…'
'Alephee? Alephee! Fucccccck!'
Alephee's feeble voice sounded in Eren's head. She had been put to sleep due to the overuse of her soul sense.
The butcher realized the most horrible day in his life since his rebirth had gotten even more unbearable after the soul sense protection offered by Alephee was retired. This was perhaps the biggest danger he had found himself to be in ever since his new lease on life had begun.