Arcane Journey

Chapter 247 The Pulse Cannon Waiting For The Rabbit
The purple haze spread out.

Originally, the upper body was bloody and bloody from the flames and lightning, and the high-ranking devil Rilamier, who was in a state of embarrassment, has completely shown a completely different figure.

From the appearance, she looked like a young girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, her long dark purple hair was braided into two long ponytails, hanging down to her slender waist.

Unlike ordinary erinyes, this high-ranking devil didn't wear armor and horned helmets with a unique style suitable for combat, but was dressed in a dress like a court noble lady.

The jet-black velvet gothic skirt, paired with blood-red lace lining, set off the white, tender and delicate skin, which is well-maintained at first glance, which makes people's heart skip a beat.

Under the skirt, the girl's slender and slender legs were wrapped in black stockings, and the small black leather boots of the same color made her look even more seductive.

On that delicate and beautiful face, the dark red eyes with thick eyelashes, graceful shape, and small lips painted with pink lipstick, can't help but make people fascinated, and even give people a feeling of falling into her temptation. Fallen is also willingly dangerous charm.

In Brian's view, if the Turani angel summoned by Myrcella is the embodiment of beauty and elegance, purity and perfection, then the devil in front of him belongs to the completely different beauty of darkness and depravity.

This is something that only fallen angels can have. They were born in light and fell into darkness, and even more difficult to look at because of the pure darkness.

That kind of pure beauty is a dangerous and fatal temptation. Once you sink and degenerate, there will be no turning back.

Legend has it that the first erinias were angels from the upper planes who fell through temptation or sin, and erinias are often mistaken for celestial beings in their missions of conquest and corruption, gaining certain benefits from them.

They don't need words or actions, just by being there, they can attract countless people to actively participate in it like moths to a flame.

The same is true for the high-level erotic demon in front of him.

Brian had known for a long time that Rillamil, like Zariel, Lord of Hell in Avernas, was a fallen erinia from an angel of the archons.

It's just that she is not as lucky as Zariel. She will be favored by the Lord of the Nine Hells. While becoming the Duke of Hell, she also has her own form.

Even so, her almost overwhelming face is hard for ordinary people to resist.

If she appeared in public, as long as she showed some means, there would be a lot of men kneeling at her feet.

At this moment, the girl was pressing one hand to the skirt and the other to her mouth, acting like a well-bred noble lady, staring coldly at Brian who was not far away.

Being stared at by a devil whose strength has reached a high level of legend, Brian did not feel the pressure he imagined. On the contrary, he felt that the girl in front of him seemed to embody another side of the noble lady—weak, petite, subconsciously He aroused his inner desire to protect, and he didn't want her to suffer even the slightest harm.

Obviously, his mind was affected.

"Tell me, what punishment do you intend to accept, mortal!"

Although Rilla Mier's voice was still as cold as ice, the anger in her heart gradually calmed down due to her soaring strength, as if Brian was like an insignificant little ant in her eyes, who could be strangled to death at will, and there was no need to get angry for him.

The high-ranking female devil's cold words full of threats were soft and pleasant to Brian's ears, full of a lazy and seductive taste. It felt as if she was weak and powerless, lying naked on the silk and soft cloth. On the bed made of velvet, it's like being plucked by anyone.

"Put it away, your chicken wings and charming halo won't attract me, miss."

Brian was unmoved in the slightest, and set his calm eyes on this charming and seductive woman, and said playfully, "I'm disappointed, I'm not interested in you at all."

In the game world, as he has experienced Zariel's redemption plot, he has naturally accumulated a wealth of experience and knowledge in dealing with devils.

As Zariel's military adjutant commanding the bloody battle in the abyss, Rilamier will inevitably be pulled out by countless curious players.

It was precisely because Brian knew her quite well that he had the courage to face the real body.

Although the moment the other party opened his mouth, he even had the illusion that he was experiencing the burning passion with him in a trance, but his years of experience with women and the will barrier of psychic powers were enough to make him restrain himself at this critical moment. Mind, stay sane.

The situation here immediately attracted everyone's attention.

After all, as a high-level devil from Bator Hell, Rilamier's sudden surge in strength is enough to make everyone fearful.

Relamie showed her real body and immediately reversed the stalemate in the battle.

With an absolute advantage, Hajhorner notified the red-robed wizard to stop the seemingly meaningless fight with Myrcella.

The long-term battle had already consumed half of his magic props, spell scrolls, and spell slots. Apart from capturing the city of Araby, his goal was the female lord's mage tower, which he coveted most.

In this case, if the master of the mage tower is forced to die and die with the mage tower when he is dying, then all he will get is a pile of ruins, which is not worth the loss.

What's more, from the energy fluctuations that erupted from Relamia, he could clearly feel the terrifying power hidden in his body.

Hajhorner watched the situation not far away with great interest.

Even he himself has to admit that the astonishing potential shown by this descendant of the empire from Harua may even be moved by the Supreme King when he sees it.

But at this moment, he has provoked a high-level legendary devil, and it is obviously impossible for him to escape at this time.

Recalling the humiliation he had suffered because of the other party and the ridicule of the shadow princes, Hajhorna's killing intent was churning in his scarlet pupils.

He immediately watched Brian vigilantly, ready to intervene with all his strength when he escaped with the help of the Mage Tower.

Seeing Hajhorner's actions, the red-robed wizard also heaved a sigh of relief.

Among them, he was the weakest. Between ending the battle easily and attacking with his life, he naturally chose the former.

Moreover, this was still a battle in the tower of a legendary mage. In many spell confrontations, he was almost taken away by the opponent's spells. The pressure he faced can be imagined.

With a thought, he immediately summoned back the glue addict who was still entangled with Brian's dragon skeleton golem in midair.

After receiving the news that Hajhorner was alert to the enemy's escape, he recited the spell silently, secretly preparing the spell to block the space.

Feeling the sudden drop in pressure, Myrcella did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but took advantage of the situation to withdraw from the battle.

As the tower owner of the mage tower, she has an innate advantage. Even if she is faced with two intruders who are stronger than herself at the same time, she can handle it with ease.

If it wasn't for her scruples, she could even take the red-robed wizard away instantly with the cooperation of Ta Ling.

But the energy channel temporarily built by Brian is her most deadly weakness. Once the energy is exhausted, the situation will be broken instantly.

Immediately afterwards, Myrcella suddenly discovered that it was time for the Turani angels summoned by the high-level alien alliance. She glanced at herself apologetically, and then returned to the unrestrained wilderness of the upper plane.

Severin, who turned into an ancient dragon, did not return to his human form because of this. He hovered high in the sky, with a pair of pupils shining with lava-colored light, calmly monitoring everything around him.

The departure of the Turani angel made Myrcella seem to have lost the last straw. She quickly sent a voice through magic to signal Brian to leave as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if we continue to delay, no one will be able to escape in the face of a terrifying high-ranking devil in the end.

As the Tower Master of the mage tower, it is not difficult for Myrcella to teleport him out in an instant.

However, things were completely beyond her expectations.

After receiving the news that Brian rejected her kindness, Myrcella looked at his back in disbelief.

She saw that Brian not only did not choose to run away from the high-ranking devil that was pressing on him, but went forward calmly and calmly. His shiny black eyes were full of the confidence she was familiar with.

This made her break into a cold sweat secretly.

"I have to admit, you do look like a very interesting mortal." Relamie looked at Brian's composure, and her eyes full of anger gradually became playful, "Because of this, let me treat you The soul is more interested."

"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in you LKD erinmons at all." Brian looked into the other's eyes and replied coldly.

This is also a very important aspect in conversations with high erinyes.

Because the eyes of erinyes almost all have some special charm ability, if you are talking to other races, then not looking directly into the eyes of the other party is at most disrespectful or ignorant of the rules.

But Erinite is different, if you don't look directly at her and speak, she will think that you are irresistible to your own charm, so she will rub her nose and face out of vanity.

Hearing Brian's ridicule and looking directly into her own eyes, Relamie's suppressed anger rose again.

However, this time under the pressure of absolute strength, she did not choose violent sanctions.

She squinted at the female lord behind Brian, and threatened playfully: "I don't need you to be interested in me, but what if I make the things you are interested in the same as mine?"

"Rilamier, don't waste time, get rid of them quickly." Severin, who turned into an ancient dragon, urged her through magic sound transmission.

"Severin, shut up! I don't need you to tell me what to do." Rilamer responded coldly.

She encountered a lot of unexpected surprises today. Not only did she find a strong-willed soul like Myrcella, but even the mage lord in front of her, whose strength had not yet reached the legendary realm, made her unable to help but look at her with admiration.

If all their souls are brought back to Avernas, after they grow up, they will definitely be a powerful help in the bloody battle in the abyss.

Although the task entrusted to her by the Duke of Hell is to cooperate with the Dragon Cult to complete the great plan of Tiamat's return, but collecting powerful souls in the material world and trading with some greedy mortals is also a top priority task .

Otherwise, she would not risk being discovered by the supervisors of the upper plane and show her true strength.

Venting her anger was just one of her reasons for doing this.

The most fundamental reason is to preserve their souls as completely as possible when killing these two people.

Based on her past experience, she could judge that the potential of the mage lord in front of her was probably more than one grade higher than that of the female lord.

If the other party voluntarily traded with her, with the assistance of the Grand Duchess Zariel, it would be a breeze to raise him to the legendary realm, and he could even become the most potential subordinate of the Duke of Hell.

How could she easily let go of such a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity.

What's more, she has long seen that these two people are at the end of their strength, and it is easy for her to kill them.

"It seems that you have not been able to see your situation clearly from the beginning to the end." Rilamer raised her right hand, and the magic sword engraved with mysterious runes emerged out of thin air, and she held it in her hand, "In that case, I will let you Feel what despair is, and see if your mouth is still so hard."

Her gaze instantly locked on Myrcella's body, and in the scarlet eyes, a murderous intent shot out like a substance.

Myrcella's expression changed slightly, and she watched the female devil vigilantly.

Hajhorner and the red-robed wizard were like two people eating melons, watching all this with interest.

Seeing this, Brian already understood that the other party was planning to get serious.

Taking advantage of the moment Ryramie turned his gaze to Myrcella, he flipped his palm and took out a spar that was shining with light and constantly changing pink and indigo colors. At a fast speed, a small six-pointed star array is depicted in the air.

"not good!"

The ancient red dragon Severin, who had locked his eyes on Brian from the beginning to the end, was aware of his intention almost the moment he took out the spar.

Severin disregarded Relamia's previous warning, and gushed out a mouthful of scorching dragon breath, sweeping towards Brian like a raging tide.

Although the situation in front of him seemed impossible to reverse, his always cautious character made him unwilling to see any accidents.

The raging flames and raging hot wind rattled Brian's hair and clothes, but he remained unmoved and let the dragon flames engulf him.

The moment he finished drawing the magic circle, the spar in his hand came out and landed precisely in the center of the hexagram circle.

"Roar!!!……"

The terrifying roar of the dragon came from the sky, and instantly ravaged the entire different-dimensional space.

Severin forcibly suppressed the shock of why Brian survived his dragon's breath unharmed, his wings flapped violently, he turned the dragon's body around, swung the tens of meters long dragon tail, and lashed towards Brian.

—— "Dimensional Jump!"

Brian had expected it a long time ago, and passed the teleportation spell in advance to avoid the sweeping sweep of the roaring dragon's tail.

Seeing the relentless ancient red dragon, with a thought, the arcane storm condensed by the chaotic energy of the four elements surged out like a tide, sweeping towards Severin who was swooping towards him.

As a magical spell beyond the system's cognition, "Arcane Storm" also absorbs Severin's dragon's breath through the fire element immunity characteristic of "Arcane Energy Resistance", and the power that erupts makes the ancient red dragon worship The leader of the Dragon Sect saw it, and had no choice but to avoid it for the time being.

Severin's attack naturally attracted everyone's attention immediately.

When they turned around to check and subconsciously prepared to stop it, it was already too late.

——"Oath from another world!"

Brian gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain from the wound on his left shoulder caused by strenuous activities. With a thought, he activated the special ability attached to "Blessing of Tianjie Mountain".

In an instant, the six-pointed star array he temporarily engraved in the air was instantly joined with the large summoning array he had arranged in advance in his wizard tower.

"boom!"

A majestic sacred energy rose from the spar in the center of the circle, interweaving a picture scroll from the Heavenly Boundary Mountain.

At the same time, on the sixth floor of the distant upper plane Tianjie Mountain.

A seven-story pyramid temple complex in the holy city of Yeshira.

An owl-like emissary with silver-white brilliance shining all over his body, passed through the graceful arch decorated with thin golden and silver lines, came to the interior of the pyramid temple, and landed on a stone pillar with a flat top.

"Master Akaleon, the envoy of the throne." The envoy of Ye Xiao respectfully said to a tall, stalwart, noble and majestic envoy who turned his back to him:
"I received a call from the patron of Tianjie Mountain from the material world. This patron wants to get your help through the covenant."

"I've already sensed it." The envoy of the throne pondered slightly, his deep and majestic voice echoing in the temple, "You tell this patron that according to the regulations of the Oath Alliance, he is not eligible for my help."

"But... the item he used to activate the Alien Alliance is a bright steel golden crystal." Ye Xiao's envoy hesitated, and said: "He said, if he is not eligible for your help, let me give you a sentence. "

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In the different-dimensional space of the main material world.

Looking at the layer of sacred twilight permeating the picture scroll rising from the six-pointed star array, and the sacred mountain rising slowly from the vast silver ocean, the expression of the ancient dragon Severin hovering in the sky suddenly became gloomy down.

Originally, he was curious about the meaning of Brian's arrangement of an inconspicuous hexagram, but after seeing this, he finally understood.

This is not a summoning circle, but a key to activate the circle.

There is no doubt that the real summoning circle has already been arranged elsewhere in advance by the opponent.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized how deep the scheming of this young mage lord was. He had predicted it in advance, or deliberately provoked Rilamier, making her reveal the real body of the devil.

"I reminded you a long time ago, don't waste time, kill them as soon as possible." Severin's words contained a trace of anger that he tried to suppress, "The other party has already communicated with Tianjie Mountain."

"It's too late to do it now!"

The high-ranking devil Reilamier clenched the magic sword in her hand, tried her best to conceal the panic in her heart, and comforted herself coldly:

"Besides, with his strength, I don't think he can summon the archon protoss enough to destroy me."

She is a devil whose strength has reached a high level of legend, and only a strong person at the lord level among the envoys of the throne can pose a sufficient threat to her.

Before she fell, Rilamier was the envoy of the holy city of Yesila on the sixth floor of Tianjie Mountain. Except for people of the level of the Seven Martyrs of the Heaven Realm and the lords of each floor, there are only a handful of opponents who can defeat her.

That being said, Severin begs to disagree.

Because he saw that even though Brian was seriously injured, he always maintained a calm and calm demeanor, and he felt as if everything was under control.

This made him start to worry about whether there would be a problem with the ancient red dragon attacking Mokou Town.

On the other side, feeling the anger floating in the female devil's eyes, Brian immediately raised his vigilance to guard against her hateful attacks at any time.

Devils cannot leave the Nine Hells on their own, and although Asmodeus, the Lord of the Nine Hells, can change this rule, he hardly ever does.

Therefore, with the help of Zariel, the Lord of Avernas, what is the difference between letting Rilamier come to the material world and smuggling out of the country.

Once exposed or voluntarily revealing their identity, and being discovered by the archon gods who are the supervisors, they will send divine envoys to descend to the material world to expel or kill them.

Although this is a rule, few mortals do it because they simply don't know how to contact the envoys of the upper plane, the Heavenly Boundary Mountain.

Even if some powerful spellcasters contacted the Heavenly Mountain God Envoy through the covenant, it would be difficult for them to summon the powerful Archon God Clan to assist them in expelling the demons from the lower planes.

The patrons of Tianjie Mountain are different.

Just like in the real world, they have mastered the contact information of high-level police officers. Once they find a criminal gang with a greater threat, they can directly call a large group of special police officers.

Rilamier flicked her blood-red wings, waved the magic sword in her hand, and swooped towards Brian like a sharp arrow.

—— "Arcane Barrier!"

Faced with this situation, Brian directly mobilized all his arcane energy and power points without thinking about it, to prop up a protective barrier for himself.

"boom!"

Facing the furious blow of High Legend's all-out attack, even though Brian tried his best, he still couldn't stop it.

His already seriously injured body flew back flat almost close to the ground. The moment he landed, accompanied by a cracking sound, intense pain hit his whole body, almost making him pass out.

At the same time, the spells of Severin, Hajhorner and the red-robed wizard also came one after another.

Facing this fatal crisis, the figure of the female lord Myrcella appeared in front of him in time. She wasted the last energy of the mage tower without any scruples, and joined forces with the tower spirit to block the attacks of everyone.

Just when the high-level devil vibrated its wings and rushed to the sky, ready to chop off the accumulated dark energy, the majestic holy energy finally gushed out from the magic circle, filling the entire different-dimensional space.

The turbulent waves of holy energy surging in the air suddenly lifted the four of them, including Rilamier, into the air, preventing their further attacks.

A tall, stalwart, dignified and majestic envoy descended in everyone's sight.

He has light hair, flawless golden skin, and shimmering blue eyes that are loving and warm.

On his awe-inspiring yet calm, calm, and unshakable face, there is a sense of profound wisdom and firm belief.

The majestic Throne-Avatar flaps snow-white wings, wears ornate gold full body armor, and carries a huge rune-carved greatsword.

"It turned out to be Akaleon, the number one fighter under the guardian Xi Etil!"

Severin, who turned into an ancient red dragon, was startled, and immediately said to Hajhorner through magic sound transmission, "Don't waste time, tear the space barrier immediately, and run quickly!"

The guardian Xi Aitier is one of the members of the Seven Martyrs of the Heaven Realm, and he rules the sixth holy city of Yesila on the Heavenly Realm Mountain. The strength of the number one fighter under his command can be imagined.

Severin really couldn't understand how Brian summoned this celestial boss to the material world.

——"Teramante's space tearing technique!"

Hajhorner took out a precious scroll without hesitation, tore a hole in another dimension, and disappeared together with the red-robed wizard and Severin.

On the other side, seeing Akaleon, the envoy of the throne, Brian let out a long breath, and sat up with difficulty supported by his right hand, preparing to be a qualified melon eater.

A powerful embodiment of order and good, the Throne Archon governs the Celestial Mountains with close but stern command and an unwavering devotion to loving rule.

Their job is to be the judge of Tianjie Mountain, and sometimes they will take the initiative to take the responsibility of imposing justice and punishment on the most vile and depraved.

Such duties require extreme patience and dedication, and most throne archons are extremely annoyed at being called to the Material Plane.

Still, if bargained carefully, a Throne Archon can be a surprisingly effective ally.

However, the envoy of the throne in front of him is not an ordinary envoy, but the lord of the envoy of the royal family on the sixth floor of Tianjie Mountain.

The Lord of Avernas, Zariel, the Duke of Hell, was once a throne envoy who was in charge of monitoring the bloody battle in the abyss.

Because of her fall, this envoy named Akaleon was able to take over.

"They have already escaped." Myrcella saw the confrontation between the high-level devil and the envoy of the throne, and immediately came to Brian.

"They can't escape. I'm waiting for them outside the Mage Tower. The gifts I prepared for them are waiting for them." Brian gasped, poured down a bottle of healing potion, his face temporarily recovered a few traces of blood, and said to Myrcella. Said, "Open your eyes of insight, and I will show you a good show of waiting for a rabbit."

Myrcella waved her hand, and a magic mirror appeared in front of the two of them.

The scene of Severin, Hajhorner, and the red-robed wizard escaping just emerged in the magic territory.

Brian concentrated, closed his eyes, and quieted his mind on the spiritual link he established with Ms. Polaris before he left.

"Ms. Polaris, is the Magic Pulse Cannon ready?" he asked.

This time it is an ultra-long-distance cross-regional strike, so it is necessary to build a transmission tube that can connect the astral world and the material world in advance, which is similar to a wormhole in the real world.

The fourth volume of the Nether Scroll, Plane Mechanism [Boundary Research], mainly records the knowledge of the plane mechanism and the gate of another world.

Explains the connections between the different planes of existence and how magic works on them, also includes building temporary colored pools, astral vessels, vortexes, etc.

"It was ready half an hour ago." Ms. Polaris' chuckle came into Brian's mind.

"Then prepare to attack." Brian ordered.

In an instant, the familiar cold mechanical voice of Taling No. 1, who was in charge of commanding the battle, came from his mind:

"The construction of the temporary astral realm management is completed!"

"The tactical teleportation channel has successfully connected to the astral vascular system!"

"Connect the pulse cannon system!"

"Start a cross-region strike!"

"Extract the energy of the element pool!"

"The magic energy crystal superconducting pulse gun is charging..."

"...30%...70%...100%!"

"The energy is activated!"

"Three strike targets have been locked!"

"Turn on the powerful blessing of super magic!"

"The temporary colorful pool was built successfully!"

"Magic Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannon... launch!"

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On the other side, the three people who escaped from the Mage Tower were suspended in the sky above Araby City, slowing down their flight speed.

"Why hasn't Rilamier escaped yet?" the red-robed wizard looked at the mage tower and couldn't help asking.

"I'm afraid she won't be able to escape." Severin's ancient red dragon status has not yet been lifted, flying over the city of Araby, causing most people to scream and run away.

However, he didn't care, and even breathed out a mouthful of dragon's breath, burning to death a Battle Mage guard who tried to come to check.

"Indeed." Hajhorna said with a gloomy face, "This devil probably has an affair with that archon named Akaleon. I can feel the strange feeling in the eyes of the two."

"What should we do next?" The red-robed wizard touched his bald head and said unwillingly, "Should we just run away in such a humiliating way?"

"What else do you want?" Severin replied with a gloomy expression, "We can't take them down in the Mage Tower, let alone outside the tower."

After this battle, he had already decided in his heart that he would never get involved in the affairs of the Kingdom of Cormyr in the future.

Not only did he not get the wealth Hajhorner had promised him, he even wasted a chance to become an ancient red dragon.

Every time he incarnates as an ancient red dragon, he needs to sacrifice a lot of wealth to the five-color dragon queen.

Right now, he can only secretly pray that the three ancient dragons he sent to wreak havoc on the Kingdom of Cormyr will return safely.

Especially the red dragon attacking Mokou Town, his instinct was telling himself that the red dragon might be in danger.

"Hajhorner, don't forget our original agreement." Severin warned with a cold expression.

His dragon mad lock is not a complete form.

If one wants to achieve the level of power of Sammaster, the founder of the Cult of the Dragon, one must personally go to the ruins of the elven city hidden in the supreme glacier.

Because 25000 years ago, the original dragon madness was created by the elves of this city, rising from this city, allowing the elf civilization to reach its peak in the world of Toril.

"Huh? What's that?" The red-robed wizard raised his head and exclaimed, "Why is there a colorful pool in the sky?"

"It's rare to see, it's the colorful pool of the astral world." Hajhorner looked at the red-robed wizard with contempt, "It's the transmission channel between the astral world and the material world."

"No!" He seemed to realize something, and suddenly changed his color, "Run, this is..."

Before Hajhorner finished speaking, three dark purple energy beams rushed out of the colorful pool and shot at the three of them at the speed of light.

The highly condensed terrifying energy came in an instant, and before the three of them could react, it mercilessly pierced through their bodies.

While the red-robed wizard screamed in horror, the protective barriers, flesh and clothes of his whole body were all evaporated by the terrifying energy, and only dropped a few pieces of good-quality magic equipment.

Although Hajhorner's reaction was timely, he still couldn't dodge it. His protective force field collapsed in front of the deep purple light beam, and he encountered the same fate as the red-robed wizard.

Severin transformed into an ancient red dragon, whose body covered the sky and the sun was pierced through a transparent hole as thick as a bucket. He let out a mournful wail, flapped his dragon wings, sprinkled a bloody rain, and staggered and disappeared into the Horn of Storm Mountains direction.

"Is this the magic pulse cannon?" Myrcella, who was watching the battle in the mage tower, was completely shocked and muttered to herself in disbelief, "It's just too scary, just one shot, let three of them, two of them Dead and seriously injured."

"It's not that simple." Brian shook his head slightly. Under the effect of the life potion, most of his injuries have recovered.

"Hajhorner is a Shadow Demon Web instructor, and it is very possible to escape this disaster through the double shadow. Lars, as the red-robed wizard of Searle, definitely has a backhand for cloning. Let him use this Opportunity to transform into a lich."

"Anyway, this attack will at least make them stop for a while." With Myrcella's support, he stood up with some difficulty, showing a relieved smile.

Then, the two turned their eyes to the fallen angel and the envoy of the throne who were still confronting each other.

(End of this chapter)