Huge nails piercing through the air were blocked by a shield . t was the Avalon Army of the VVestern Kingdom leading the frontline . Holding their shields up high against Dadenevvt, they were ali at around the level of knight class soldiers .

We cant let it advance any further!

Frillezas defense force were assisting the the Avalon Army as well . The composition of their forces were mostly ordinary soldiers though, but at this time, their morale was as high as the city walls . Their hearts were a flame with the desire to defend their home against this new threat, having just beaten the Outsiders .

As the knights and soldiers fearlessly fought their corpses piled up, naturally forming barricades . VVhile they delayed the advance of Dadenevvt . the magtcians were casting spells from the re ar Third-Circle magtc . vtth some Fourth-Circle magic mixed in . flevvthrough the ar demonstrating the overvvhelming might of the Avalon Army *8oom* *60001*

t was raining magic

Numerous magtc spells exploded across Dadenevvts body . momentahly screenmg ts body from vievv The unprecedented plethora of magtc spells ignited hope for the knights m the fronmes . but . . .

Rooooaaarrrrrrr

After the smoke faded away . they couldnt believe what they saw .

Dadenevvt s body was untouched . vvtthout so much as a single scratch The huge body seemed as good as new .

To make matters vvorse, a vvave of heat emanated from its mouth . The scorchina vvave of air forced everyone nearby . ncluding the battie-hardened knghts . to cover their faces The commandmg officer . Kelly . who vvas stuated in the fronme was in a State of shock .

What on earth is this devi . . .

The Avalon Army vvas a troop of veteran soldters

that had fought agamst the Shadovv Wor1ds on an

nnumerable number of occasons . Hovvever, even

their full povvered offensive couldnt make

ths giant demon so much as tvvtch

(Order Blade] dd not do anythmg to t . and ali

other magic simply bounced nght off

They had never been in this kind of fight

before They couldnt see a path to victory .

They simply didnt know what to do . The scope of this disaster was beyond vvhat they could wrap their heads around Arrrgggh!*

One of the knights screamed as his body vvas perced by a giant finger nail . His body vvas rapidly stained by the blood as it spread everywhere from the wound There was an ever increasing number of soldters dyng at the shore in a similar manner . .

The knghts and soldiers were barely holding ther line of defense . and morale was slovvly declning Unlike them . Oadenewt looked to be in perfect condibon A mxture of sorrow and resgnation had started to appear on the faces of some of the defenders .

The demon itself was an impregnable fort . and as

it moved . it left a trail of slaughter in its

wake .

Is there really no way to btock this^

The bamcades they had constructed during the fight . and had paid for vvth the blood of ther brothers in arms . were about to be demolshed . The demon roared Then the rune on its body started to glow red . as if on fire Commander Kelly mmedately knew what ths meant . after previously experiencmg t . and was about to order a retreat

But before that . a huge exploson hit Dadenevvts head Dadenewf s neck . which had not moved evcn a bit from the earter volleys of spells . was bent at an unnatural angle . Thanks to this . the heatwave from the mouth was shot towards the sea . The sea appeared to part . as f fleeing from the massve heat beam . This was a testament to the povver packed into that attack The dark nght sky became bright as dayight .

And most importantiy . there were no casualbes .

Not a single person on the battiefield was hurt from this attack

Dadenevvt rolled its eyes around seekmg the origin of that magc spell . t was a power strong enough to actually hit and damage it for the first bme .

The magc came from Zod Axarion .

The one and only great Seventh-Crcle magcan The leader of the wortd-class Mage Tower . Unltke other magicans . he stood in the middle of the chaobc battlefield .

Axarion!

I mII cover you Conbnue the battie

But there are so many injured . . . *

Dont worry about that

A vvomans voice came from behind them . t was Prisctla vvho was revered as the Saint of the Church of Artems .

She heghtened her concentration by closing her eyes . A vvhite light spread out from her body and enveloped the bodies of the knjghts fighng against Dadenevvt

Their wounds ali healed in seconds Small wounds ddnt even take a second to recover Severe njuries also healed m just a few moments Even the wounds of sotders vho were on death s doorstep closed and healed . Within the space of just a minute . even they could get up and resume battng .

(Wide Rccovcry)

t was ndeed a power strong enough to be called a miracle . As a result . the frontline of the battle had stablized and recovered a little bit .

Prisclla sweated lke rain, and the color of her face quickty deteriorated .

Zod turned tovvards her .

Dont push yourself too hard . *

* . . . I wont .

Zod looked at Dadenevvt and again cast magtc

t was m ths vvay that the battle continued

Romantica looked into the scope of her magc tool camly . The battle conbnued to unfold in-front of her Adjest . Pram . and Desir were locked in combat against Crow Mask .

The fiaht was one-sded Even though Adtest and Pram had joined in to support Desr . they were ali busy defcnding and runmng around avoiding Crow Masks attacks

That unique type of magic comes from his nght hand . . .

t was a very odd technique . t endlessly rotated as t changed its shape This unknown magic technque was mstantaneously pouring out incredible flame in great volme n a moment, the vhole group of buildings nearby collapsed as the streets shattered .

If I go against him in a drect match my Clothes ne mII break right away .

If it were Desr at any other time . he would probaby have already reversed that magtc . but ths bme hes struggling just to cast magic vvhle defendng himself and his team .

Crash* *Bang!* Vhomp*

t was nce a busy Street, but now ali of the buildings lining it were shattered and destroyed beyond recognibon The skeletons that were nce hjdden now revealed for ali to see .

The magcan standing before them was mtghty ndeed

VVhat I can do is . . .

Aim for the moment of mattenbon

Romantica felt a cool sensabon from the nfle

as she held t against her cheek

Crow Mask had nobced the first sniper shot and

cast defense magic in bme . His reflexes and

intuition were indescribable

But I cant give up now .

The same attack vvouldnt work again . against him This one shot was her best chance Romantica vvanted to pull the trigger so many times already, but she controlled her impabence and conbnued to take great are .

Through the scope, Romantica spotted Crow Mask simply avoiding Adjest s attacks .

He continued to act as if ali of the damage done by Desir and Adjests magtc attacks dtdnt evcn faze him

Is that coat enchanted with Fourth-Crcle magtc defense?

t must be simar to the Clothes ne

Hovvever, even Crow Mask had to be careful of Prams attacks . Blood was drippng from his side . Prams Blanchium sword was ab!e to penetrate defense magtc and hurt him due to ts spectal nature As a result . Crow Mask invoked space magtc to blow away Pram and maintain a safe dstance

Desir and Adjest also knew about this . so they tned their best to keep Pram close to ther enemy .

Adjest unfolded (Frozen Palace] magic . She tried pressng Crow Mask vvith her most excepbonal magtcal ablty through hundreds of projectile ice magic

However, Crow Mask was not onty good wth spabal magtc but also a sorcerer vho was vvell versed in the magc of fire (near Ray)

Crow Mask invoked magic that melted Adjests ice magic and (Frozen Palace] surrounding them n a straight up confrontation . she was no match The pillars crumbled dovn and the chandeler fell to the ground Ali of a sudden . spatial rifts appeared and arranged themselves into a partcular formabon vvhte flying tovvards Adjest Spatial magic had been invoked .

Gasp!

Adjest raised her sword and hasbly invoked defense sword magic .

(Magic sword: VVhsper of Kizard]

The most potent Third-Crcle defensive magic . Desir invoked addibonal defensive magtc (Wind Coat)

Intense shockvvaves shot mto Adjest

Boom!* *Bump!* *Bang!#

She was pushed far back Luckily . she didnt seem to be harmed t was ati because Desr helped her out at just the nght bme

Desir helped Pram and Adjest by fending off the magtc that was cast towards them . At the same time, he was conbnually trying to reverse Crow Masks unusual form of magic .

The tesseract that vvas shifting shape near Crow Masks hand was roughly a Sixth-Circle technque

t changed every second and seemed to have thousands of possble permutations . but in order to reverse t . it was necessary to interpret each permutabon t woutd drive one crazy just attempting to reverse the magtc one permutabon at a bme .

not to menbon . . . me .

The tesseract type of magic was indeed powerful . but it obviously consumed a great amount of povver t vvas vsible from the movement of Crow Mask that he vvas startng to gel exhausted from maintammg it .

n addibon . due to the conbnued struggles of other party members . he let his guard down against the smper

t vvas the perfect opportunty for Romanbca She held her breath and lined up the target in the crosshar . Crow Masks spabal magc vvas about to be invoked nce again Noy^

She pulled the trigger . The Thrd-Circle magic that she had loaded . (Storm of Avaros], vvas compressed and fired vvith the help of her nfle . The magic bullet vvith the penetrabng povver of the Fourth-Circle streaked through the air and crashed into the target Kabooom*

A small storm erupted . The strona gust of vvind npped through everything in ts path Crow Masks body flevv in the air and crashed mto the rubble of vvhat was nce a fountain Fnally . Romantica inhaled deeply VVas it successful?

The dust storm settled and the figre of a man

appeared The edge of his robe was slightiy torn

and he vvas covered in dirt

Immediately . Romanticas hopeful mood morphed

mto dsappointment

Is he reatly a monster? . Wait

Hovvever, something vvas definitely different this time There was a small crack on the mask . Crack*

The crackmg mcreased in volme vvithout anyone even touching the mask . And t finally tre in half and fell to the ground . His bare face had appeared .