Kill the Queen (2)

Hollien’s shoulder injury healed in an instant.

Not only was there no scar left, but it also retracted all the blood that flowed back.

Only her coat remained slightly torn.

However, Han-bin wasn’t surprised.

‘Well, I expected that much.’

He didn’t expect that it would hurt the Transcendental all that much.

What was important was that they continued the constant struggle to open up a golden opportunity.

‘Keep piling up the attacks!’

Han-bin left Effir’s back again and thundered towards Hollien.

“Taaaaaa!”

He used Leon Hart’s spiritual shields as footholds to come near her, then released Blade Aura.

He kept executing Stab, Crosscut, and Vertical Cut in the air.

Of course, Leon Hart cooperated his attacks with Han-bin.

He pressured Hollien’s every front, allowing Han-bin a much larger space to move with.

Using that chance, he released one of his strongest skills.

-Spear of Darkness!

Boom!

Black beams crossed over the haze-filled red sky endlessly, causing shockwaves and explosions.

“I’m done playing with you.”

While defending herself, Hollien’s forehead scrunched more and more.

“How dare you attack me without knowing your place?”

Her hands crossed and began to form a complicated spiritual circle.

She then used her vast Prana to conjure light, then converted into power.

– Unique Spiritual Art: Broken Ruptures of Sunset!

Under the curtain of incineration came another sun, one that fired off blazing rays throughout the dome.

Boom!

Its strength was more than tremendously destructive enough to make the divine beast Uto Ksarik’s attack look weak.

Han-bin, who had just finished executing another Stab, turned pale.

‘Ugh!’

He only had a limited arsenal that he could use in certain circumstances.

He didn’t have a wide range of abilities that would help him cope with all situations.

Death was inevitable.

If Ryu Han-bin was alone.

“Yaap!”

Effir flew towards him, biting Han-bin’s big calf.

One of the rays narrowly missed them. It crashed into the shroud and burst into a roar.

Boom!

Hanging upside down, Ryu Han-bin expressed his gratitude.

“Thanks, Effir!”

With a big smile, Effir expressed her humbleness.

“Uh-Uh!”

Well, she couldn’t say anything because she was biting Han-bin.

“Ptooey!”

Effir quickly spat out Ryu Han-bin from her mouth and maneuvered so he’d land on her back.

Leon Hart climbed onto her as well, stepping on spiritual shields.

Staring at the flying Wyvern, Hollien changed her strategy.

‘I’ll have to clear that beast first.’

A wise man once said that in order to take the general down, one had to shoot their horse first.

She clasped her hands and conjured yet another barrage of dozens upon dozens of spiritual javelins.

– Ectoplasmic Spears!

Again that time, Effir avoided her offensive by maneuvering around them elegantly.

No matter how fast and accurate she was, the Wyvern could avoid all direct attacks for as long as there was enough distance between her and her opponent.

“Let’s go again!”

Effir circled over the canyon and approached Hollien.

Kybriel’s Templar Lord created more spiritual shields in the air, and Ryu Han-bin and Leon Hart attacked her by stepping on the footholds.

“Taaaaaaaa!”

Hollien focused on defense instead of fighting back as she had done before.

Instead, she stared at the Wyvern with a silver mane, who was left alone.

Hollien checked her opponent’s level as Aliens did.

[Race: Wyvern. Lv. 51]

When she was a human girl, she was a level 96 Magic Swordswoman, but she was only an intermediate monster in her true form.

She couldn’t use Magic Swordsmanship at all.

Of course, her level was exceptional for Wyverns, but that was all.

– Ectoplasmic Chain!

A spiritual chain with an induction function extended toward Effir as Hollien smiled with relief.

‘You can’t stop it for her this time, can you?’

Indeed, Ryu Han-bin or Leon Hart couldn’t do anything about it.

Hence, the Wyvern made a move herself.

“Yap!”

Effir folded her wings and dropped sharply.

At the same time, she returned to her human form.

The naked girl then assumed a position to attack in the air.

– Magic Swordsmanship: Slithering Lightning!

A dozen snake-like electrical shocks stretched out across the skies and destroyed Hollien’s incoming chain.

Pooof!

A level 51 wyvern wouldn’t be able to stop such an attack, but a level 96 Magic Swordswoman could!

“Transform!”

She then returned to her Wyvern form instantly, stretching out her wings and soaring back up.

Hollien’s jaw dropped.

“… Huh?”

* * *

Effir had been trying hard to master the use of Magic Swordsmanship while she was in her Wyvern form.

Despite that, however, she didn’t find any solution.

No matter how talented she was, pioneering a new path wasn’t easy.

While Effir was groaning, frustrated by the obstacles before her, Ryu Han-bin casually threw in a word.

“Do you really have to use Magic Swordsmanship in your Wyvern form?”

“If I can’t use it, I’ll be left too vulnerable while I fly in the sky.”

“Well, you only need it in combat, right?”

Ryu Han-bin was free from Latna’s prejudice.

It meant that even if it was nonsense outside of common sense, he could talk seriously.

“Can’t you just turn into a human, use your magic swordsmanship, and turn yourself back into a wyvern?”

“… Oh?”

* * *

“What the hell was that?”

Bewildered, Hollien continued to attack them with spiritual arts.

And Effir avoided all of them alone.

She alternated between her Wyvern and human forms. She returned Ryu Han-bin and Leon Hart to her back.

“Yap!”

She kept flying while using Magic Swordsmanship endlessly.

Her timing was so exquisite that it was like she was using sword dances while in Wyvern form.

Leon Hart was amazed.

“As expected, I have nothing left to teach her. She’s already amazing on her own!”

Thanks to Effir’s performance, Ryu Han-bin and Leon Hart could continue to interfere with Hollien.

Due to that, her plan to break through the seals had also completely gone awry.

Even though she was the Transcendental, fighting in the air was like a lion jumping into the water to fight against sharks.

Of course, Hollien wasn’t an ordinary lion, but Effir wasn’t an ordinary shark either.

‘I can crush them all at once if I can subdue them, but… How can I catch them?’

Besides, problems were arising from the ground as well.

Artis started another incantation while manipulating the seals.

“Burn on, Fire Dragon King’s flames!”

The huge dragon-shaped fire rose.

Without difficulties, Hollien stirred her hand to wipe out its blazes.

She looked down on the land and grumbled.

“This isn’t a very strong seal…”

However, due to Uto Ksarik’s Spirit Stone, its power seemed to have increased significantly.

On the ground, Artis wasn’t the only one attacking Hollien.

Kibie and the five Templar Lords were in different places of the canyon to help manipulate the seal.

“Take this, heretic!”

“Activate, Fire Dragon King’s flames!”

A total of seven fire dragons, including Artis’s, traveled through the air freely, emitting heatwaves.

Each of them overlapped, resonating with Hollien’s Prana.

Zoom!

Hollien’s expression stiffened.

“Um…”

The longer the resonance continued, the lower the power of her spiritual arts became.

Dea X Apocalypse and the Great Destruction Fire Disposition’s terrifying power interfered with her Prana and lowered her firepower.

“I’ve been wondering why the incarnation of darkness showed herself openly…”

If there was only the Wyvern as her opponent, she could easily subdue it.

Even if it was just Ryu Han-bin or Leon Hart, she could catch them easily.

The same was true of the insignificant Mage, the Goddess’s incarnation, and the Templar Lords.

Individually, they were weak, but they weren’t easy to deal with since they organically worked together like a cogwheel to complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

“I’m sure you’ve prepared a lot.”

Hollien quenched her excitement.

And she humbly acknowledged their efforts.

She let her guard off and allowed a blow to be dealt on her.

“Okay, I give up on breaking the seal.”

She tried to break that first because she didn’t want to see their morale rise due to Dea X Apocalypse, but it was too much.

“I’ll beat you guys on the ground!”

She folded her wings and began to descend.

Ryu Han-bin’s eyes shone.

‘Are you going down now?’

Effir quickly landed on the ground, and Han-bin jumped off her back.

The stage was finally complete.

The time had come for him to dance with the blade of destruction he had prepared for one purpose.

Boom!

With an explosion, blood and red Aura soared at the same time.

– Valtara’s Fighting Spirit!

* * *

With blood flowing around him, Ryu Han-bin rushed at Hollien.

He released his Blade Aura with high intensity.

– Aura Splash!

Behind him, Leon Hart also dug deep with his spiritual boxing skills.

Spiritual-energy-imbued punches and kicks were thrown at Hollien, creating a storm of melee attacks.

“Althea, let my hands wield your protection!”

Watching the avalanche of destruction back and forth, Hollien laughed coldly.

“Hmm!”

She was a Spiritist. No matter how high her level was, she couldn’t make transcendent movements as actual combatants did.

Hence, when she was flying, she just blocked all attacks while hovering motionlessly.

But what if she was on the ground?

– Unique Spiritual Art: Citadel of Innumerable Changes!

A huge citadel made of pure light soared all around her, and she was standing on top of it. The citadel changed by itself, moving her around, and blocking their attacks for him.

Hence, their assaults hit the wall of light instead.

Boom!

However, neither Ryu Han-bin nor Leon Hart showed any signs of shock.

“We already know this trick!”

They rushed through the explosion and scaled the walls.

Despite the labyrinth-like citadel, they constantly narrowed the distance again without losing their balance at all.

Hollien couldn’t perform all her skills properly while she was flying.

Neither could Ryu Han-bin’s faction do their best while in the air.

And if the battle was land-based, then they could easily read through Hollien’s tricks.

They had been studying the fighting style of the Transcendental, after all.

“I shall exact Yessen’s judgment upon you!”

With his feet blazing, Leon Hart executed a double-spinning kick, causing Hollien’s vision to be blocked due to the destruction he caused against the everchanging citadel.

“Now, Felard!”

Ryu Han-bin swung his Gigant in line with Leon Hart’s signal.

Focusing his fighting spirit on one point and moving forward with all of his heart and strength…

– Valtara’s Hack!

He sliced through the earth with her red Aura!

“Ugh!”

Hollien turned pale.

That time, the citadel failed to respond.

She performed a spiritual art on herself in a hurry.

– Spiritual Shield: Sorondi’s Iron Wall!

Nine layers of shields were broken sequentially by the red Aura.

It wasn’t until as many as seven shields were smashed that the momentum of Han-bin’s attack was weakened.

Hollien turned pale when she saw the pieces of Prana that had been broken into fragments.

‘This is dangerous…’

She was fighting against a man who could use Valtara’s Fighting Spirit, one of the two unique skills of the Sword King Baotolt.

However, her opponent’s power was very different from the Sword King’s.

‘You can’t even use Heavenly Sword Diastima, can you? I bet you haven’t mastered it yet.’

Grumbling, she grabbed the front of her coat.

“I didn’t want to use this, but…”

She shouted a short but powerful incantation.

“Activate, Blue Moon Aurora!”