NOVPUBThe sinking Bandera City was crumbling step by step, becoming as fragile as dust in the wind and seemed likely to be consumed by the battle at any moment.
In the sky, a massive energy vortex started to form, the profound eclipse finally arrived, obliterating and swallowing everything around it.
With the breakout of the battle, cracks began to spread on the remaining upper layer of the city-state. These cracks were bottomless, and murky airwaves spewed out from them, as if the gates of hell had been opened.
The magnificent towers and grand ancient buildings of the Protoss Empire in the battle became as fragile as paper, collapsing one after another, becoming remnants of history.
The black-robed man who appeared suddenly was even more difficult for Sigrid to deal with, wielding black chains more potent than Asksan’s sealing magic. At this moment, her actions were much slower than before. Meanwhile, Asksan was more effortlessly preparing his Sealing Skill and released it instantly in an area where Sigrid could not avoid.
With their join forces, Sigrid was put in an unprecedented predicament.
She was forced to evade continuously, each time with great difficulty. Whenever she tried to counterattack, one of them would interrupt her timely, preventing her from using half of her full strength.
Fighting two-on-one weren’t the worst part, the worst was that her opponents could coordinate with each other.
The eighth-order epic summon was causing her a great deal of trouble.
Even so, she was unwilling to kill the black worm first.
In the absence of information, killing it rashly could lead to even more severe consequences.
There were several possibilities. It could either inflict a deadly negative status on her, or the worm would evolve into a more troublesome form. In the most extreme case, killing it would cause her catastrophic damage, leading to an immediate loss.
Both of her enemies were adept at control and output, making it impossible for her to change the battlefield. She could only resist them while dealing with the negative effects of the summon, and also being careful not to accidentally kill the worm.
Even so, Sigrid was unwilling to show weakness, relying on her physical strength and intention, she was constantly looking for a breakthrough between the two.
Although the victory condition for her was not to win, but to escape, it seems impossible to even escape from the city-state today.
The only way now was to seriously injure the black-robed man first, forcing him to the point where he couldn’t maintain the summon of the large-scale, eighth-order epic summon, [Abyss Black Worm]. The best strategy when you can’t get rid of a summon is to get rid of the summoner!
"Sigrid, there are still several hours until nightfall, surely you’re not hoping to hold out until then?"
Asksan watched Sigrid, who was still resisting, focused his magic at his fingertips, where the direction he pointed was slowly distorting the air, forming deep grey cracks that seemed capable of crushing anything instantly.
Grey lines in the space were blocking Sigrid’s evasion range.
He knew well the characteristics of this woman. Even at a disadvantage, as long as she could hold out until nightfall, she would gain unreasonable full attribute enhancement and regeneration under the moonlight.
There was one time he almost fell into her hands.
But today, they had all the advantages of time, place, and people. She would never be able to wait for the moon to appear!
Finally, during Asksan’s attack to restrict Sigrid’s movements, she seized a moment’s opportunity, rushed out in silence, her body like silver lightning attacked Asksan again.
But at this crucial moment, the black-robed man had already caught her movement. The black chains that emerged from the ground weaved into a cage, shattering her attack. At the same time, the grey lines laid by Asksan began to expand until they intersected and exploded.
The powerful impact caused Sigrid to be thrown away, rolling several times on the ground before she finally stopped.
She struggled to get up, but the injuries and the pressure of the two men made her feel incredibly sluggish.
The more she fought, the clearer she became, it didn’t seem easy to hold out until nightfall.
"Bishop of Hegemony, you are very brave, but, you should know, how much chance of winning you have now."
The voice of the black-robed man resonated, cold as wind.
"The little guy waiting for death outside, is that your new Saint Heir? Isn’t it time to abandon him and summon your ’Mind Power Doll’ back to help you?"
Asksan’s magic continued to roll out unceasingly, disturbing Sigrid’s mentality effortlessly at this moment.
He didn’t expect that Sigrid would choose such a weak new Saint of Hegemony. If not for that burden, her combat power would be a few points stronger, and her hope of escaping alone would be a little bit higher.
For many years, Asksan had never found the Bishop of Hegemony so easy to fight.
Despite being prepared for the next decisive battle with a new sealing skill to kill Sigrid, it was too coincidental that she had actively come to this desolate northern border of the empire.
"What a pity, I had hoped my Saint of Nirvana would kill another Saintess of Hegemony, but after today there will be no more Hegemony Branch in the world."
"..."
No matter how much Asksan’s words annoyed Sigrid, she remained silent, blood trailing down her brow and into her frosty eyes, which held only the calm intent to battle.
She had promised to protect the Saint Heir, and she would not break that promise.
In this world, she had courage and credibility, and she would not sacrifice them for the sake of her life!
...
On the edge of the ruins of distant Bandera City.
From Lanci’s perspective, Sigrid was no longer the careless girl who idly chatted with him, but a lone warrior goddess being cornered by a god-like opponent.
This once unrecognizable city-state was constantly accompanied by deafening sounds and intermittent deadly silence in the air. If the silence continued, it implied that Sigrid’s life had been taken.
In a city-state that could fall into deathly silence at any moment, Lanci could clearly feel the distance from the distant battlefield he couldn’t cross was the distance between humans and gods.
Even if he was standing here, he could be severely injured at any moment by the aftershocks from the battlefield, were it not for the protection of the Silver Glow Doll.
To participate in a battle of this magnitude, one must be at least of the seventh-order. Otherwise, every detail, every moment, would result in the fragile human body instantly evaporating.
However, after the appearance of that mysterious black-robed figure comparable to a bishop, Lanci was certain that his boss had no chance of winning. She needs a little help.
"Doll, do you have your own consciousness?"
Lanci gazed at the silver glow doll, which looked identical to Sigrid, and asked.
The silver glow doll nodded.
Though Sigrid mostly controlled her, she would operate autonomously and fulfill Sigrid’s order to protect Lanci when Sigrid couldn’t take control.
"Can you protect me and take me somewhere else later?"
Lanci gazed earnestly at her as he continued to question.
The Silver Glow Doll hesitated for a moment but then nodded.
Her command was to protect the Saint Heir, and the Saint Heir’s priority is higher than her judgment. So, without Sigrid’s command, she followed the Saint Heir’s request.
Lanci tapped his toe and stared at his shadow.
The cat boss in the shadow was already crying from fear.
"Cat boss, prepare to use the spell for me and do not bring the [Fake Stone Tablet-Wind]."
He instructed softly.
Using the [Fake Stone Tablet-Wind] under these circumstances could potentially lose Sigrid’s trust at a key moment or seriously interfere with her judgment.
In the worst-case scenario, she was extremely reckless and would rather go all out to die with Asksan than be saved by the Great Priest and fall into his hands.
"Okay... Okay..."
Even knowing Lanci was messing around, the cat boss could only shakily respond with a faint voice.
After instructing the Cat boss,
Lanci’s gaze was squarely on the Abyss Black Worm.
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