A blazing sword.

A flying Flash.

Ha-yeon, unleashing two slashes simultaneously, attempted to close in on the enemy.

But each time, the enemy skillfully evaded her magic, increasing the distance.

‘A mage.’

Yes, the enemy was a mage.

A mage inherently vulnerable in close combat.

Although some mages are powerful in close quarters, the enemy’s constant evasion suggested they deemed a close-range fight with her too risky.

Therefore, she had to stick to him as much as possible.

‘More than that, he’s incredibly strong.’

Ha-yeon glanced at Raven beside her.

As if venting his pent-up rage, he relentlessly bombarded the enemy with immense mana and slashes imbued with that mana.

The destructive power was no exaggeration; it possessed the potential to obliterate an entire mountain range.

‘And that guy blocking all of that is insane too.’

And the enemy managed to block almost all of it.

“And…”

A fierce wind blew from behind.

Ha-jeong’s attacks.

He was unleashing only powerful spells born from lengthy casting, not small attacks.

Even if he was the weakest and least powerful here, those attacks were individually potent and threatening.

And the enemy was blocking even those attacks while also attacking.

At the very least, he was creating barriers to reduce the power of the attacks and defend.

In that regard, he was skilled.

He was so adept at fighting that one could believe he had lived his entire life on the battlefield.

At this rate, they would only be wasting time.

Clang-!

Ha-yeon deflected a flying black bullet with her sword and then adopted a stance.

Raven, noticing that she was about to do something, meticulously adjusted his countless slashes to protect her.

[Skill, ‘Dragon Who Hates Dragons (S+)’ is activated.]

[Skill, ‘Sacred Haze (S)’ is activated.]

[Skill, ‘Stepping Stone of Reversal (S-)’ is activated.]

[Title, ‘Sword Demon’ is activated.]

She activated all the buff skills she could.

Then, she sheathed her red Divine Sword.

[Skill, ‘Iaijutsu – Pinnacle (S+)’ is activated.]

[Title, ‘Master of Iaijutsu’ is activated.]

The most powerful ‘one strike’ she could unleash right now.

[The Sacred Spirit Skill ‘Fire Dragon Sword (SS)’ of the Red Divine Sword (SS) is activated.]

[Skill ‘Domain Domination (S+)’ is activated.]

Fire Dragon Sword was a skill that increased in power with the distance the slash traveled.

But this was a confined space.

She couldn’t unleash the full potential of Fire Dragon Sword.

‘Then I’ll just use Domain Domination.’

The greatest advantage of Domain Domination.

Spatial interference.

She could manipulate the space within the dominated domain at will.

She could infinitely expand the dominated domain.

‘And then compress it again.’

Expansion and simultaneous compression.

Reaching the peak of Fire Dragon Sword and then compressing it again.

It was something that no one would dare attempt without incredible focus, control, and combat sense.

“Iai.”

Ha-yeon drew her sword from its sheath.

A red flame, taking the form of a dragon, flew towards the enemy.

Expand, expand, expand, expand.

The power of Fire Dragon Sword began to rise endlessly.

The unleashed Fire Dragon Sword flew at a slow speed.

Until it reached its peak.

“Compress.”

Whoosh-!

Bang-!

Instantly, Fire Dragon Sword began to fly at an incredible speed.

“…This!”

The enemy, watching this, hadn’t expected such a sudden attack and hastily created a barrier to block it.

Clang-!

As a result, the barrier protecting the enemy shattered.

Raven wouldn’t miss that moment.

He instantly pushed his speed to the maximum.

A red Flash.

He became a single Flash and unleashed a mana-infused slash towards the enemy.

Swish-

Blood wings, released from the sword.

The blood, which had taken the form of wings, soon transformed into a monstrous shape and flew towards the enemy.

“Ugh…!”

It devoured one of the enemy’s arms.

The left arm vanished in an instant.

But it hadn’t killed him.

“It’s not over yet.”

She didn’t let her guard down.

And Ha-yeon sensed a flow of mana.

“…!”

A flow of mana that sent shivers down her spine just by sensing it.

She looked towards the source of the mana.

There, absorbing and reflecting no light.

A sphere so dark that it seemed to belong to another world was situated.

Destroy of World.

Ha-yeon instinctively knew that this chuuni attack was the maximum power that the current Elia could unleash.

“Raven!”

“I know.”

Ha-yeon raised her sword and rushed forward to stop the enemy.

“Block them! You vermin!!”

At that moment, something was summoned in front of them.

A creature that looked repulsive just by looking at it.

And the lingering scent of mana within it.

“Damn it! Just a little more and the experiment would have been complete!”

An experimental subject.

An artificial monster… or something like that.

The creature in front of them was an unfinished monster.

“Raven! I’ll clear the path!”

Here, the one with the strongest individual power was Raven, not Ha-yeon.

She would clear the path to Elia, and Raven would deal with him.

Ha-yeon, having finished explaining that with a single sentence, immediately channeled mana into her Divine Sword.

[The Sacred Spirit Skill ‘White Night Aurora (SS)’ of the Yellow Divine Sword (SS) is activated.]

Fire Dragon Sword and Ice Dragon Sword weren’t good for clearing a path.

White Night Aurora was better for delivering powerful damage in a straight line.

Thinking that, she immediately unleashed a massive beam of light forward.

Boom-!

The light raced endlessly towards the end.

When the light disappeared, a high pass to Elia had been created.

A large hole had been created in the creature that appeared to be an experimental subject.

But.

“Regeneration…?”

The enemy was regenerating it.

The hole was about to close in just a little while.

If the hole closed again and they had to break through again.

‘It’ll be too late.’

Judging by the amount of mana, the casting was nearing its end.

Besides, she had used too many Sacred Spirit Skills.

She might not have enough mana.

So, biting her lip, she wondered what to do.

[Wind 10th Tier Magic, ‘Transcendental Storm of the Divine Spirit – Kai’ is activated.]

An immense amount of mana and a powerful wind erupted from behind.

It was Jin Ha-jeong.

“Kill him quickly if you’re going to kill him…! It’s hard to maintain!”

The highest-level magic, 10th Tier Magic.

Naturally, the mana consumption was enormous, and he was sustaining it.

The experimental subject tried to restore its body against the constantly blowing storm, but its flesh was torn apart by the wind each time.

Raven immediately rushed towards the gap that had been created.

“It’s over, trash.”

Raven gripped his sword tightly.

A chilling and gloomy, dark red aura swirled around his sword.

At the same time, a red glint shone from his eyes.

Sword Demon.

It felt like it was showing why he was called the Sword Demon.

“Damn it!!”

And Elia shouted as he watched him, but nothing changed.

Raven, with a blank expression filled with immense rage.

Swung his sword down.

Not a flashy effect or a skillful technique, just a simple downward slash.

Swoosh-

And with that downward slash, Elia was split in half.

“So, the cleanup is roughly finished…”

Ha-yeon said, sitting down in a corner for a moment.

After killing Elia, they had slaughtered all the New King Church followers who had rushed in.

For now, they were taking a breather after the big battle.

She was also healing her wounds with Super Regeneration.

Fortunately, most of the wounds she had received weren’t too serious.

Thankfully, there were no casualties on their side.

No, rather.

“Kaede?”

They had gained another top-tier fighter named Kaede.

Kaede hadn’t been able to participate in this expedition from the beginning.

A major issue had arisen at her main family, the Yamiga, that could cause the clan itself to collapse if it wasn’t resolved, so she, as the current vice-head, had to take care of it.

The head was currently in a coma.

“I finished it… as quickly as possible.”

She had managed to wrap things up as quickly as possible, leaving the rest of the cleanup to the others, and the Constellation had brought her here.

‘That’s a relief.’

Their forces had been reinforced.

In fact, Ha-jeong had used up all his mana to clear the path earlier.

So he was on standby here.

And in his current state, he was no different from an ordinary person. It would be a disaster if any remaining stragglers approached him.

Hence, Veronica was assigned to him.

‘…I don’t like leaving him with a woman, but.’

It would be ridiculous to even think that, considering Veronica was a typical, rigid knight.

Smiling wryly at the thought, she got up from her seat.

It was time to move on.

‘Now, the Pope.’

They had killed all the Cardinals and even the followers.

The fact that no one else was coming out was proof of that.

Then the only one left was the Pope.

The New King Church was almost annihilated, even if they retreated now.

“I think it’s over there?”

“It seems so.”

The place they were pointing to was none other than a huge annex located at the back.

If it was attached to this place, which looked like a chapel, it must be an important place.

The Pope was probably behind there.

“Let’s go now.”

To catch the Pope.

Saying that to head towards that place, Ha-yeon.

The others smiled and followed behind her.