Chapter 508 : Attacked

The wind on the church roof was so strong that Felyn could barely open his eyes.

The sky was covered with dark clouds. It was so dark now that it was almost impossible to tell whether it was day or night.

Varil Village was now completely cut off from the outside world. Felyn didn't know when the empire would discover the crisis here.

A dark, oppressive wave appeared on the horizon, a terrifying sight to behold.

That was the magical beast horde.

The magical beasts summoned by magic were far more numerous than Felyn had imagined.

It was too late to evacuate the villagers or escape now, because the magical beasts in the distance were swarming in from all directions, leaving no escape route.

"Felyn."

Bernice walked to Felyn's side and whispered to him, "I can feel the magic power level in the air rising rapidly. The other party must be using a seventh-tier or even higher-tier magic."

"Like an Over-class magic?"

"Mhm. To be able to use magic of the seventh tier or higher, it's probably a creature similar to Miss Eitani."

"Then we're doomed." Felyn had absolutely no confidence in fighting Eitani.

Bernice whispered, "Felyn, listen carefully. Miss Daiyi's mission for me is to protect your safety, but if we continue to stay here, I can't guarantee you won't get hurt."

"Should we run?"

"Mhm." Bernice nodded, then glanced at Viloti, who was waiting obediently for Felyn in the distance. "My transfer divine art can only take one person at a time. So I can only take you out. Zervanie and Viloti will be left here."

"Can't you just run a few more times? Take Zervanie, Viloti, Helia, Noelle in order..."

Felyn looked at the mask on Bernice's face and felt like she was about to hit someone.

"Do you think I'm a carriage?" Bernice couldn't help but retort. "A transfer divine art that carries people consumes a lot of divine affinity and cannot be used frequently. If you agree, grab my arm now, and we'll escape with the divine art immediately."

"Felyn, I won't blame you for being cold-blooded and ruthless. In my opinion, this is just for self-preservation, and I also support you escaping with me. That way, I can also complete Miss Daiyi's mission," Bernice whispered beside Felyn.

"As for Miss Viloti and Miss Zervanie, I believe they can hold out until reinforcements arrive."

"And don't worry, if you can still see Zervanie and Viloti in the Royal Capital District later, I will tell them that I forcibly took you away, that you were forced."

Bernice had considered everything very thoroughly, resolving all of Felyn's worries.

"You need to make a decision quickly. The other party can block sigils, and maybe they can block divine arts too. Then we really won't be able to get out."

Viloti was on the church stairs, looking at Felyn, her pink hair dancing wildly in the air.

Zervanie was at the church entrance, laughing and talking with Helia, who still didn't know what was happening. The songstress's laughter soothed the emotions of the surrounding villagers.

Felyn placed his hand on Bernice's shoulder and patted it gently.

"Have you decided to leave?" Bernice nodded, preparing to cast the transfer divine art.

"Bernice, you go first."

Felyn took a step back, looking at the somewhat puzzled Bernice.

"I choose to stay with them. I don't want to drag you down."

Abandon Viloti and Zervanie?

If he really did that, then from the moment he fled Varil, he would already be dead.

"Is that so." The sigil armor on Bernice's body began to glow blue. She took the sigil gun from her back and carefully inspected the muzzle.

"Bernice, you can go first, don't worry about me..."

Bernice patted Felyn's shoulder. "Don't feel burdened. If I really die, my soul will go find Daiyi for revenge. She's the one who gave me the mission. I'm just protecting you, not making decisions for you."

"Then you can just go and kill the leader of the magical beasts." Felyn joked with Bernice.

"It's not that simple. The other party can cast Over-class magic, so their level definitely won't be low. It would probably take several days to completely defeat such a character."

A magical beast of this level was already at the high-attack, high-defense level. Even an Over-class divine art couldn't kill it in one hit.

"But, if we can interrupt the magic she's casting, we can buy some time, right?" Felyn looked at the position of the divine chain in the distance, mentally calculating the probability of success.

Felyn knew that they alone could not withstand the magical beast tide. They could only wait for the empire's reinforcements to arrive.

"That's true, but who knows where the other party is?" Bernice couldn't determine the other party's position.

Even if she knew the other party's position, she wouldn't dare to go over rashly. Who knew if there was an ambush?

"Viloti, do you see that tree on the mountain over there?" Felyn pointed to the mountain in the distance, which was the location of the divine chain.

"Mhm, I see it."

"Can you hit it from here?"

"I'll try." Viloti nodded.

"Do I need to use my thumb to aim?"

Under the tree that Viloti was aiming at, a beautiful young girl was sitting there.

The surrounding flowers and grass had long since withered, and the ground was an unsettling scorched black.

Thick, blood-like dark red magic power roiled in the air, completely enveloping the area. Even the sunlight was dyed an ominous deep red, and the whole world exuded a hellish sense of oppression.

"To think there are humans who can use divine arts in Varil Village. I've finally met someone who can fight."

Her black long hair fell to her waist, glowing with a dark red luster under the illumination of the surrounding magic power.

Sitting beside her were four different kinds of magical beasts.

The giant lizard Felyn had seen was identical to one of the magical beasts beside her.

"Iron-Armored Giant Lizard, Shadow Blade Wolf, I'll be counting on you this time."

As soon as her voice fell, the dark red magic power gathered around her began to rotate violently, forming a huge vortex of magic power.

The magic power gradually solidified, taking the shape of Iron-Armored Giant Lizards and Shadow Blade Wolves. In an instant, hundreds of identical magical beasts appeared.

Her ability was not summoning, but replication. As long as she had enough magic power, she could infinitely replicate the four magical beasts she had carefully nurtured and control them to attack.

Just as she stretched out her hand to give the order to attack Varil Village, her brow suddenly furrowed.

Scarlet patterns began to appear on the scorched black ground beside her. That was... divine power?

The next second.

"Boom!"

The power of the Blazing Sun Goddess detonated precisely on her, without a single deviation.

A scarlet pillar of divine art light shot up into the sky, instantly dispelling the surrounding dark red magic power.

The sudden attack, which she was completely unprepared for, made her bear the full brunt of the "Final Praise"!

"How is this possible?!"

Replicating and controlling the magical beasts required her full concentration, but being hit squarely by "Final Praise" forced her to divert her energy to release magic power to resist.

The moment she was distracted, the hundreds of magical beasts that had just been replicated lost their magic power support, instantly shattered, and dissipated into dark red light in the air.

"Why? Why could they find my position?"

She still couldn't believe it. She had cast a shielding magic. Logically, it should be impossible for anyone to see her.

"Hiss..."

Suddenly, she felt a burning pain on her cheek.

She quickly raised her hand to touch her cheek, a warm sensation at her fingertips.

She took out a mirror from her pocket. A pair of angry red eyes were particularly conspicuous in the mirror.

On her picturesque, flawless face, a thin wound had appeared, and blood was slowly seeping out.

She stretched out her trembling right hand, her eyes wide with disbelief.

"M-my face... my perfect face... was actually... actually injured by a human?!"

The dark red magic power once again surged wildly around her.

"Unforgivable!"

(End of Chapter)