Chapter 679: Starlight Stands Still for It
Count Hyde’s shouting drew the attention of Robert and all the Knights present.
If Cardinal Bro were to make a move, Trist and the other clergy and soldiers, fewer than a dozen of them, would be unable to withstand the might of a Saint!
Moreover, this Cardinal, highly respected within the Church, also wielded the scepter of Flame!
The pressure of the Sacred Domain surged like a tide, but for Verafia, the Flame Goddess, it was nothing. She tilted her little face and looked at the black-haired young man beside her.
“Is this guy talking to Anderdun?”
Her divine sense couldn’t fully penetrate yet, but she could still feel the hidden fluctuations within the Godhead of Death inside Ig.
The young girl pouted slightly, not expecting Ig to be able to persuade the other party… After all, the contract signed with Anderdun back then was only to avoid a mutual destruction, and Verafia didn’t expect him to actually help them.
She gently lowered her face, her slender fingers reaching towards her robes, as if crystal jade, a crimson glint flashed across the pure white.
Cardinal Bro suddenly raised his face, but he did not respond to Count Hyde’s shouting. His aged gaze swept over him indifferently and he said:
“Leave the matters outside the court to Trist. Kaino, come with me.”
The blue-haired young man standing beside the old man quickly responded and hurried after the Cardinal, heading towards the deepest door of the Inquisition.
Count Hyde’s voice suddenly went mute. No one stopped him along the way. Count Robert called out a few times without receiving a response as he walked into the deep prison.
“What exactly does this Bro want to do?”
Verafia slightly released the dragon scale she was holding, her golden eyes flashing with a hint of confusion. She saw Kaino pass by her, a fleeting smugness on his lips.
If Cardinal Bro’s purpose was what she thought it was, why would he bring Kaino, who was likely also a servant of the Frost Calamity, with him? But if he truly stood with the Frost Calamity, he could have easily joined Trist and the others to eliminate them…
“Lord Trist!”
Being ignored by Cardinal Bro, Count Hyde, unable to save face, raised his head and looked at the Knight Commander who had remained silent until now.
“Since His Eminence the Cardinal has assigned the task of eliminating the rebels to us… then, we shouldn’t let these people disturb our meeting with God. Lord Hyde, take them down.”
Trist merely raised his iron-gray eyes, his calm voice echoing in the silent Inquisition, making everyone feel a sense of despair as if a mountain was pressing down on them.
“Veer!” The young man beside her grabbed her wrist.
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On the opposite side, their enemies, whether clergy or soldiers, all drew their weapons. Prayers echoed in the dimly lit Inquisition, emitting sacred light. The materialized divine arts descended like a torrential rain!
Robert roared, and the Knights under his command formed ranks to resist, but under the bombardment of divine arts and the attacks of several times more soldiers, they were like withered leaves in a tide, appearing as if they would be submerged at any moment.
Ig raised the End of All, fire light burning, and simultaneously, the sword intent of “sever” flowed, and a beam of approaching divine art was shattered.
He pulled the young girl to his side, swung his sharp sword, and the steel-forged weapon was instantly cut into two pieces. The whistling sword qi repelled the approaching soldiers, and he pulled her out of their encirclement, “Veer, it’s not safe here!”
“No…”
Drops of blood spattered onto the pure white nun’s habit. Verafia shook her head, about to speak, when a trace of alarm flashed across her face, “Be careful!”
An assassin hiding in the shadows emerged, raising a short sword and stabbing towards Ig’s back!
But the young man’s reaction was faster than her voice. He pulled the young girl and turned around. The brilliant white light on the End of All split into two halves, and the light and shadow of “Solar Eclipse Style” formed an arc, slashing through the shadow and splitting the attacking Knight in two.
“Hiss!”
The blood flying in the sword qi quickly evaporated. Ig blocked with his side, and most of the blood splattered on his shoulder, preventing the young girl in his embrace from being stained. The surging demonic power instantly swept over his body, wiping away the bloodstains.
“Young Lady, I’ll take you away first.”
Beside him, the soldiers’ swords poured in. Ig’s arm pulled so hard that she could barely stand, and she followed unsteadily.
Verafia tugged hard on his sleeve, raised her little face, and said quickly, “Ig, I can use some of the laws of flame…”
“No!” Unlike the youth who always indulged her, this time, before she could finish speaking, he refused her with absolute, unwavering determination.
Ig’s familiar face wore an expression of extreme decisiveness, which startled Verafia. She shrank her little head, swallowing the words she was about to say.
However, Verafia soon felt a sense of shame, her cheeks puffed out, and she looked at his retreating back with annoyance.
This idiot, does he think this Young Lady needs to use her identity as the Flame Goddess, use her divine power, and then worry that I’ll be replaced by Herafir more quickly?
She wasn’t going to use divine power. In fact, as a Goddess Princess, the authority and laws she possessed didn’t necessarily require the use of divine power and status. In the days since she left her divine position, she had also done some research and could grasp some concepts of laws to some extent.
However, Verafia also knew that this was not the time to act like a spoiled young lady.
Just as she was about to explain, her small hand was suddenly pulled by Ig again, and she stumbled back behind him.
A scorching golden divine art beam, burning with angelic fire feathers and holy marks, cut through space and shot towards them. Ig raised his sword to block, and the End of All shone brightly. With a “bang,” his arm sank, and the powerful beam was refracted onto the floor beside him.
With a deafening roar, the tremor hit. Verafia almost couldn’t stand steady. Suddenly, the young man wrapped his left arm around her slender waist, holding her half in his embrace.
He broke free from the crowd to the periphery, shattered the condensed light spear with a palm, and raised his sword. The blue-glowing starlight radiance surged, gathering at the edge of the End of All!
The dazzling starlight sword qi was directed towards the shield-wielding Knights surrounding them, and with a straight chop downwards.
“Starflow Sword Qi Slash”——
“Boom!”
The immensely powerful sword qi descended like thunder, like pouring waves, sweeping downwards. In the terrified expressions of the Knights, they were engulfed, then submerged like pieces of paper. The brilliant light illuminated the entire Inquisition!
However, the radiance spreading in mid-air suddenly solidified.
Ig’s expression turned serious.
The Starflow Sword Qi parted to create a wide path, but it came to a halt before a single hand. The metal knight’s gauntlet reflected the light, appearing exceptionally cold.
Trist Horn, with his tall knightly figure, stood before the descending starlight sword qi, and the starlight stood still for it!
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It feels like I haven’t written a fight in a while…
