NOVEL NEXT Chapter 79: It’s All Over
The Blood Clan has the ability to enhance Blood Servants!
This would make the already dire battle situation plunge into an abyss.
Even if Sivis could struggle to release a few more spells, it wouldn't make up for the sudden surge in the enemy's combat strength.
...
At this moment, the Blood Clan was looking around with the eyes of a victor: "Hand over our Blood Shackles, and I will give you a quick death."
"No, that's not right."
"You have great potential. I will personally perform the transformation ritual for you and grant you the honor of joining our Blood Clan." He spoke with a confident air.
In that instant, something rapidly cut through the air, causing a cracking sound.
Vikalina's figure suddenly vanished, and then the spear in her hand sliced through the air, forming a gigantic beam of light that pierced through from a great distance.
The Blood Clan reacted incredibly fast, but still lost an arm to this terrifying strike. The searing pain from the holy light spread from the severed part of his body.
After a second of shock, his previously calm expression began to twitch, revealing his pain.
In that split second, Vikalina had inflicted a severe wound on him.
Though the female knight had pushed her abilities to their limits, she still had the Church's investment in her as a rising star, such as an extremely precious healing potion.
She had hidden the potion in her mouth, crushed the bottle with her teeth, and swallowed the potion.
Vikalina gave a grim smile, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
In her attempt to drink the potion directly, she had bitten through the glass bottle, and the sharp shards had cut into her mouth, causing it to bleed profusely.
But her smile quickly faded as she realized that after her strike.
The Blood Clan was only severely injured, not killed.
Her hand moved toward the life-igniting emblem, but before she could act, another unexpected event occurred.
...
The severed right arm of the Blood Clan was slowly regenerating, a testament to his race's incredible regenerative abilities as descendants of the "Sea of Blood God."
He didn't immediately launch an attack but instead forced a smile and said, "Wait, Vikalina, why do you have to die here?"
The figure eyed the female knight warily. Despite her severe injuries and near-death state, her powerful attack had awakened the Blood Clan to the threat she posed.
As a fellow Silver-Rank, she had the ability to kill him!
His goal was just to retrieve the Blood Shackles, which might contain a holy artifact. There was no need to take unnecessary risks.
So he tried to resolve the situation through negotiation: "Sivis, give yourself to me, and I will let you leave. I swear by the name of the 'Sea of Blood God.'"
Sivis and Vikalina's expressions both changed slightly.
As followers of the Evil God, the Blood Clan were known for their cunning and evil, but if they swore by their god, it was an extremely credible statement.
Seeing the change in the expressions of the two in front of him, the Blood Clan showed a hint of joy. He thought to himself, indeed, no matter how lofty the words of the Church people might be, the Church had long since lost its noble aspirations after years of corruption and decay.
What difference did it make if someone was the inheritor of the Spear of Holy Flame? The Church's various titled knights and divinely gifted warriors had also defected before.
In the Blood Clan's mind, several previous inheritors of the "Spear of Holy Flame" were only slightly more morally upright than others, but in reality, they were also debauched tyrants who oppressed the common folk, no different from the Blood Clan.
He looked at Sivis with a cruel glint in his eyes.
The figure wanted to savor the look of despair and terror on the young noble's face.
He had been forced to let the Church's knight go, but he had decided to vent all his anger and frustration on Sivis.
"I will make you know what true hellish suffering is. It will be nothing like the pain those two fools, Conning and Flora, from your family ever endured!"
"Sivis!"
However, the Blood Clan noticed that Sivis's expression was strange. It wasn't one of worry or fear, but rather a look of mockery and surprise, as if he had just witnessed an unexpected comedy.
"Wait, what do you mean?" The Blood Clan gspeard at Vikalina again, but she showed no signs of abnormality. Instead, her eyes blazed with anger, as if she was extremely furious and dissatisfied.
"Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous." Vikalina said softly.
"Where's the humor?" The Blood Clan felt something was off but still struggled to say, "Before you, the inheritor of the Spear of Holy Flame once collaborated with us Blood Clan. We helped him eliminate several families that had oppressed him in the past. As a holy knight of the Church, he couldn't openly take revenge, so he tacitly allowed us to act."
"As a price, he let us spare Elder Dace, one of our twelve respected elders."
"That seems fair enough!"
"Enough!" Vikalina suddenly roared.
She felt a surge of anger bursting forth from within her.
Vikalina wasn't insulted by the Blood Clan's attempt to recruit her. Such scenarios were all too common, evil beings would resort to threats and inducements to achieve their goals.
The issue was that the Blood Clan's words struck a nerve with Vikalina.
She was already disillusioned by the corruption within the Church, and now the Blood Clan was pointing out that even inheritors like herself had a history of collusion with the Blood Clan...
This meant that even inheritors were at risk of corruption and falling into darkness!
The idea that a former Spear of Holy Flame had worked with the Blood Clan was absurd and laughable!
She shouted this in her mind, but Vikalina couldn't help but feel that the Blood Clan wasn't lying to her.
What he said was true
Even her predecessors had once fallen.
The most terrifying part wasn't the fall itself, but that they had continued to bear the title of "Spear of Holy Flame" even after their corruption, living and dying with that honor.
Vikalina couldn't help but recall the meaningful words her elven teacher had once said to her: "Vikalina, if you want to achieve your dreams, you must rely on your own eyes to discern who can be a suitable ally. Everything else is an illusion."
At the time, she had found it strange. People in the Church weren't as kind as they seemed, but at least the titled knights and divinely gifted warriors, like the "Spear of Holy Flame." were supposed to have good character, having been chosen by the gods.
Now, the Blood Clan was once again showing her the harsh reality!
There was no way Vikalina would waver in her resolve to protect Sivis because of the Blood Clan's words.
Her belief only burned more fiercely, with a single goal: to ensure Sivis, the one destined to change the world, escaped the danger safely.
Sivis also had an expression of certainty, though he gave Vikalina a somewhat regretful look.
If it were him, he would definitely try to engage the enemy in more conversation, buying more time.
"Right now isn't bad either. At least, the sight of this armored, battle-worn female knight charging forward with her spear, shouting in rage, is really impressive..."
Sivis mused, watching as a brilliant light formed a cape-like shape behind Vikalina, glowing brightly.
The figure of the Blood Clan saw the knight charge and his face changed instantly. "Then you will die here!" he declared coldly.
Numerous Blood Servants surged forward with an incredibly fierce momentum.
Vikalina, fueled by her anger, seemed to grow stronger in battle. The light emanating from her body forced the monsters back, and she wielded her spear with ease, slaying one Blood Servant after another.
The Silver-Rank Blood Clan also charged at her.
Innumerable streams of blood transformed into sharp claws, lunging viciously at Vikalina.
Her knight's spear collided with the blood-formed magical constructs, producing a grating sound.
"Clang! Clang!"
"!!!" Vikalina was startled.
The massive holy light spear she had created was torn apart.
The blood claws clung tightly to the shaft of her spear, and with another harsh sound, the spear made a sharp, metallic noise, bending under the force.
The female knight's attack was completely neutralized.
In the next second, the other hand of the Blood Clan transformed into a spike and lunged at her, the sound of a blade slicing into flesh ringing out.
From Vikalina's hand came a flash of light as she forced her spear forward in a counterattack.
Her attack was easily dodged by the opponent!
The Blood Clan kicked her in the waist with a swift, powerful blow.
Instantly, Vikalina spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward, rolling on the ground through the filthy sewage of the underground tunnel. She tumbled several times and crashed into Sivis's side.
Earlier, the Blood Clan had only been cautious, hoping to make the female knight leave, and he was also wary of her sudden attack.
But that was already Vikalina's last trump card. After failing to land the decisive blow, she was easily defeated in the direct confrontation!
The female knight's accumulated injuries were too severe!
Sivis quickly moved forward to support Vikalina, preventing her from rolling further.
The Blood Clan, however, charged forward again. He looked at the severely injured Vikalina and the somewhat panicked Sivis, and a smile spread across his face.
"Finally, it's over."
He let out a wild laugh.
The matter of the clan's holy artifact was too significant. Even when the Blood Clan had a good chance of taking down Vikalina and Sivis, he chose to play it safe.
Now, everything was settled!
He had defeated a Silver-Rank powerhouse, what could this little noble do now?
He was as good as dead!
But a boundless hatred surged in his heart.
If it weren't for this little noble causing him trouble at every turn, how would he have faced the death sentence from his clan for what was supposed to be a routine mission to retrieve the Blood Shackles!