“Clang—!”
As the sword light and claw light clashed again, this time, not only sparks but also a shockwave-like gust of wind erupted, spreading outwards.
Shien and Mara engaged in a fierce battle without a word, their sword light and claw light clashing at astonishing speed, like a flurry of blades.
The clashing sounds echoed like thunder.
The ground cracked like a spiderweb.
The entire throne room shook violently, as if about to collapse, forcing the vengeful spirits back, not daring to approach the battlefield filled with flashing blades.
This gave Diere, Capeline, and the others a chance to breathe.
“Now! Retreat!”
Capeline shouted, raising her knight’s sword and shielding the female knights.
The Broken Blade knights immediately retreated towards the entrance.
“Groan!”
“Groan!”
There, mummies, sensing the commotion, shambled towards them, groaning. Possessed by death aura, they had become undead, puppets under Mara’s necromancy, and naturally wouldn’t let any living beings go.
Facing them, the female knights finally showed their prowess.
“Kill!” Capeline ordered without hesitation.
The female knights charged towards the undead, shouting.
Some remained, chanting spells and creating barriers to block the incoming vengeful spirits.
“Boom!”
Capeline’s magic power surged, and white wings spread from her back like an angel’s as she charged into the vengeful spirits with her [Magic Sword]-enhanced knight’s sword, relieving the pressure on the Broken Blade knights.
“Slash! Slash! Slash!” …
Diere also fought fiercely, her dual blades, enhanced by [Magic Sword], creating a storm of crimson blade light, cutting down the approaching vengeful spirits.
Diere, having reached level seventy, showed the demeanor of a true expert.
She glanced at the battlefield between Shien and Mara, seeing the intensity of their fight, and knew that if she approached, she would only hinder Shien.
So, Diere calmly kept her distance, slaying the vengeful spirits, trying to reduce Mara’s death energy reserves and lessen the pressure on Shien.
Unfortunately, although [Magic Sword] could cut down the spirits, it couldn’t purify the death energy.
The vengeful spirits slain by Diere and the Broken Blade knights simply returned to their death energy form and would soon reform.
They couldn’t be destroyed.
If this continued, they would eventually be exhausted.
Capeline, however, was different. Wherever her sword passed, the vengeful spirits were not only cut down but also purified by a faint white light on her sword, completely annihilated.
Diere noticed this.
“Is this the power of the Goddess of Justice’s blessing?”
With the Goddess of Justice’s blessing, Capeline possessed some abilities against evil powers.
Perhaps even if Capeline was hit by Mara’s [Grand Astarte], she wouldn’t lose her life force?
After all, the Goddess of Justice’s blessing would dispel negative forces, preventing Capeline from being affected by the death aura.
If not for this, in the dungeon, Capeline might have been turned into a half-human, half-corpse monster by Mara’s necromancy.
Thanks to the blessing, Capeline was unharmed.
So…
“What can I do in this situation?”
Diere pondered as she fought.
She wanted to help Shien.
She also wanted to achieve her own goal.
“Is my horn here?”
Diere quickly scanned the surroundings.
This subconscious action made Diere, blessed by the Goddess of Fate, luckily avoid the incoming disaster.
“…!”
Diere inadvertently spotted a figure silently and swiftly approaching amidst the undead, her heart pounding.
In the next second, Diere retreated explosively.
“Clang!”
At that very moment, the figure arrived before Diere, a cold sword light flashing across her throat.
Diere’s retreat narrowly avoided the attack.