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Anka, Stones","bear-school-astartes-chapter-545",545,"\u003Cp>After being knocked away by Cassandra’s [Destruction Shot], Hapalos barely got up before Lann seized the opportunity to unleash an [Alder’s Rune] at his legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hapalos fell face-down on the ground, his chest capable of emitting energy lines pinned beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In combat, a helpless position like this is essentially a death sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann’s body vanished like a puff of smoke, reappearing beside Hapalos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unsure if stabbing directly into the heart might trigger a reaction from the unknown item on Hapalos’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, a core injury causing an explosion seems quite plausible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Lann held the Lady of the Lake’s Sword firmly, aiming the blade mid-air at Hapalos’s waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force technique from the [Iwami Style·One-Character Slash] combined with the balance control of the [Bear School Swordsmanship].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muscles, bones’ power, and the addition of body weight were transferred and compounded along his skeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a new achievement born under the martial philosophy of [Mindless Style]—[Great Severance]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Dite was swiftly yet steadily raised above his head... then brought down fiercely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lann named this technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade’s graceful, even elegant arc exploded with a massive cracking sound, like a giant crossbow firing from a castle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The originally stable air pressure environment was torn apart by the blade, while the chaotic massive air was drawn in, crashing down like waterfall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This swordsmanship, ideally like ’flowing water,’ has been slowly mastered by Lann and turned into his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade of the Lady of the Lake, along with the sharp airflow swirling around it, slashed into Hapalos’s waist with decisive force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden energy glow mounted resistance, but within Lann’s [Spiritual Vision], he faintly saw the flow speed of this golden energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the position he now chose, this defensive golden energy couldn’t build a steady defense in time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of the blade slicing into flesh was like cutting through a layer of iron!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agony from a deep wound cut into the spine and abdomen made Hapalos scream instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t over; the massive surge of air following the blade swiftly crashed down, tearing and enlarging the wound!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should be over, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann thought somewhat regretfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was getting excited to face an opponent he could only counter through technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interstellar Warriors were designed as weapons, and the arrogance of the Sons of the Emperor in swordsmanship and combat intensified their aggressive will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately, in a battle where the gap isn’t too wide, one side had another helper joining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the battle ends quickly and abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Numbers, nearly always an advantage in battle that can’t be ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since Cassandra as a ’numerical advantage’ has an unusually high quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as Lann was about to relax, in his [Spiritual Vision], along with Mentos’s retinal warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nearly bisected Hapalos simultaneously became extremely dangerous! Muscles rose in a morbid swell, and golden streaks on his body began spreading from his chest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed with life ebbing away, his danger level was rising dramatically!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Lann discovered the waist armor on him was emitting astonishing golden light!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another arrow tearing the air skimmed past Lann’s leg; he wasn’t the only one noticing Hapalos wasn’t dead yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost in sync, Lann reversed the grip on the Lady of the Lake’s Sword, and thrust viciously at Hapalos’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crack\"*2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two sounds, like tearing through iron sheets echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra’s arrow from [Destruction Shot] violently tore open half of Hapalos’s neck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Lann’s blade point stabbed into the brain through the temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, all sense of crisis instantly vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hapalos in front of two alert and cautious enemies, even his final counter was promptly snuffed out in the bud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the Longevity Army’s waist armor... Unbelievable, the Order Divine Teachings acquired this Persian Empire treasure since the Greco-Persian Wars, and preserved it so well!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gear appraiser trained in Sparta approached, flipping the waist armor on Hapalos with her broken spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And explaining to the foreigners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Legend says wearing this gear grants one escape from Hades’s grasp once, and the more severely injured, the stronger instead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sounds indeed formidable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann nodded, but internally held another view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Longevity Army’s waist armor from the Persian Empire was potent, yet certainly not the reason for Hapalos’s transformation into ’god’ or nearing ’god’ state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra stripped the waist armor off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unusually, the armor’s golden brilliance in her hands wasn’t as luminous as when Hapalos used it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, the divine artifacts in Cassandra’s hands are amplified by her lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lann flipped Hapalos’s upper body with his toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lower body already severed by Lann’s earlier [Great Severance], wouldn’t flip with the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Lann saw the unknown item on Hapalos’s chest, unwrapped by golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anka?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance at the object embedded in Hapalos’s chest skin, Lann, after a moment’s thought, uttered a word with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An object resembling a cross, approximately the size of an adult’s hand, with the upper part of the vertical bar forming an oval ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar to the cross’s purpose in Christianity, Anka is a religious device in ancient Egyptian polytheistic beliefs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides something obviously from this world, there laid a seemingly ordinary stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This stone being flat, also hand-sized. The Anka Cross was inserted into this stone, together embedded in Hapalos’s chest skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden line patterns extended from the location of these two items. As if activating these line patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You recognize these things?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra asked Lann curiously, Demon Hunter shaking his head with furrowed brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t be sure, just have an impression, must find a knowledgeable person to confirm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then find Herodotus.\" Hawk Trainer said confidently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven’t met anyone more learned than him. Maybe Socrates could silence him in words, but in matters of knowledge and history, Herodotus could be his teacher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann had no doubts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I’ll trouble you to act as an intermediary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled at Cassandra, then drew the Dragonbone Dagger to pry these items off Hapalos’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the items left, Hapalos rapidly shrunk to around 2.5 meters within a golden light, reverting to original state, even more shriveled than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if drained of nutrients and energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra and Lann glanced at each other, both somewhat amazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Cassandra seemingly having taboo drew Lann away quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>",1043,"2026-06-06T10:40:23.104Z",1,"novelbin.me","e0700493fbe5ec2c859eed6f1cf2f62fb1d86090b64f9d0bd620bd1b03ab3ec5","bear-school-astartes-chapter-546","bear-school-astartes-chapter-544","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]