“—!?”
Sensing the ever-increasing aura of a Limit Level expert emanating from Parion, Liel, Hart, and Gray’s expressions turned grim. They knew they were no match for this Sun Apostle.
Even Shien, in his normal state, felt a slight threat from Parion, making him frown slightly before relaxing.
Only Shafney, seemingly unconcerned by Parion’s change, or perhaps having noticed his strength from the beginning, suddenly smiled.
“I remember now,” she said playfully.
“You’re that little follower from a thousand years ago, the one who ran faster than anyone on the battlefield, then, after the Demon Race’s defeat, was the first to jump out, claiming to uphold Mother’s will, unable to accept surrender, then secretly taking a group of your supporters and following that person’s every move, right?”
Shafney’s words stunned Shien and the others, while the smile on Parion’s face froze.
Shafney, as if not noticing this, looked at Parion with a smirk.
“You’re here to stop me, is it because you’re still as overconfident as you were back then, or is it Hermis’s order?”
—”Hermis.”
When this name left Shafney’s lips, several people’s expressions changed.
Liel’s expression shifted.
The two Apostles behind Parion were also slightly moved, showing a hint of fear and respect.
And the smile on Parion’s face completely disappeared.
“…It’s that person’s order,” he admitted in a deep voice.
Shafney laughed, a disdainful and mocking laugh.
“I knew it. That guy is always chasing unrealistic dreams, just like in the past. Is he still so obsessed with becoming a Demon Lord?”
Shafney seemed truly disdainful.
“…Your words are a bit too much,” Parion forced a smile, “After all, that person was almost our little brother. If it weren’t for bad luck, being born a few hundred years after Airi, he should have been the sixth Demon Lord.”
“Indeed,” Shafney chuckled, her eyes devoid of mirth, “That’s what he always thought, which is why he’s so unwilling to give up, isn’t it?”
Her sarcastic words made Parion’s face darken, but he couldn’t refute them.
Looking at him like this, Shafney’s gaze became even more contemptuous.
“So? Is he targeting me this time?” she asked, amused, “Instead of pestering my little Airi like before, he’s now after me? I have to say, he’s becoming bolder. Perhaps he’ll even target big sister soon.”
A terrifying aura gradually emanated from Shafney.
If the auras of the others present were like waves, then Shafney’s was a tsunami, making even the blood-red sun in the sky tremble, causing Liel and the others’ hearts to pound.
Parion’s expression became increasingly stiff, a hint of fear in his eyes.
Limit Level?
So what?
Before a Transcendent Level being, it was nothing.
“Before Mother passed away, you were planning to help that Hermis fellow become a Demon Lord, then become his top executive, and gradually have him replace us sisters, becoming Mother’s most favored son, making you the third most powerful being in the Demon Race after Mother and him, right?” Shafney said, her gaze towards Parion chilling.
“Then let me see if you’re truly capable of that.”
Hearing these words, Parion finally couldn’t stand it any longer.
“Attack!” he shouted.
With a wave of his hand, a blood-red, fetid wind swept through the crimson space, distorting it and turning the world upside down. The sky seemed to fall, and the earth rise, only the blood sun remaining in place.
The distorted space turned into a vortex, swallowing Shafney and the others.
“Master Shafney!”
“Damn it!”
“This is bad!”
Liel, Gray, and Hart exclaimed, their magic power surging as they struggled, but they couldn’t escape the spatial distortion and vanished.
“Boom!”
Shafney, however, unleashed her magic power, effortlessly shattering the space and suppressing its distortion, remaining in place, unmoved.
Besides Shafney, only one person was prepared for this sudden attack.
That was Shien, who had been watching from the side.
“[Bestowal: Fixation].”
He chanted softly, his magic power rippling outwards, stabilizing the distorted space around him.
Shien had the Fixation property of Bestowal Magic, capable of fixing even spatial distortions.
“Eh?” Parion, who had turned the entire world upside down, was surprised. He had been paying attention to Shien. Besides Shafney, Shien, the Hero, was his biggest concern. But he had other plans for Shien. Compared to Shafney, a Transcendent Level Demon Lord, Shien wasn’t as much of a threat. He intended to isolate Shafney with spatial distortion, deal with her first, and then slowly deal with those transported outside.
Unexpectedly, Shien resisted the spatial distortion and remained.
“Hee hee.” Shafney, not caring about Liel and the others’ disappearance, was pleased that Shien could stay by her side with his own power.
Shien glanced at the surprised Parion and blinked.