“Ma… Man En… how are you?”
Sophien wanted to move to Man En’s side, but unfortunately she was too badly injured.
Man En did not answer. He felt the Time Energy gathering in his hand and fell into contemplation.
Now Sophien’s condition was too poor; she could no longer fight.
Although his own injuries had improved, whether this weakened state could withstand the next battle was questionable…
He looked at Kris, who was slowly being corroded by the Evil God’s Arm and had stopped moving, and thought to himself, ‘Troublesome.’
‘Instead of killing us, he chose to prioritize obtaining a body?’
‘But this is also an opportunity. At least while he can’t move, we need to think of a countermeasure quickly…’
Man En then turned his gaze to Sophien.
‘It seems for now, I can only rely on her…’
He slowly moved to Sophien’s side, looked at the wound on her abdomen, and felt a chill down his spine.
The flesh, due to magic, kept healing but was restored to its pre-injury state by the residual power of the holy spear.
“Hey… bear with it…”
“What… bear with it? What do you mean?”
Ignoring Sophien’s question, Man En directly placed his hand over the gruesome wound.
“You…!!!”
This sudden scene even made Sophien cry out in surprise, and her pale face turned red at a visible speed.
However, Man En turned a deaf ear to all this.
As the Time God’s Envoy, there was no reason he couldn’t control the residual power of the holy spear.
And as he expected, the power sensed his approach and immediately became active, like water soaking into dry cloth, frantically flooding into his body.
However, unexpectedly, the power had a very high compatibility with his body, so he didn’t feel pain.
But the increase in fatigue was real.
On Sophien’s side, since the power interfering with healing was removed, her wound was recovering at a visible speed.
Man En supported himself with his hands behind him, his forehead covered in sweat.
“You’ve worked hard, Lord Mann. Leave this to me.”
She reached out her hand to Man En, intending to take him away first, but Man En shook his head in refusal.
“That guy… he’s no longer your brother now.”
“Don’t worry about me for now. Take this chance to stop their fusion!”
Looking at Man En’s eyes, Sophien didn’t say much.
She just silently turned around and gently waved her hand.
A Magic Barrier surrounded him.
“This Magic Barrier will protect your safety. Don’t leave.”
“…Mm.”
Man En nodded in response.
“Also, if that spear turns into armor, don’t get close to him!”
After giving these instructions, he closed his eyes and entered a state of meditation.
Sophien immediately transformed into a dragon-human form, grabbed a huge rock, and smashed it fiercely at Kris.
This monster had abilities similar to Man En’s and was extremely fast.
If she turned into a dragon, she would likely become a sitting duck.
And that troublesome holy spear… if it hit a vital point, there would be no saving her.
As she was thinking about the next countermeasure, the fast-flying rock exploded with a bang.
When the dust cleared, there was an alien monster.
His entire skin had turned the same cyan-black as the Evil God’s Arm. His original facial features had disappeared, replaced by hideous features eerily distributed across his body.
It gave a very discordant feeling, appearing as if the fusion was not yet complete.
“Sister…”
A hoarse voice suddenly came into Sophien’s mind.
“It’s right. If I destroy your consciousness, you will stay by my side forever.”
“So for our future, I will kill you with my own hands!”
“Only then can you completely become the way I want! Hahaha…”
Kris laughed maniacally, and the irregularly placed eyes on his body looked at Sophien, sending a chill down her spine.
‘Fallen completely into darkness… Kris…’
“Heh… heh heh heh…”
He slowly approached in a strange way, and the holy spear in his hand also began to emit an eerie glow as he started talking to himself.
“As long as I use this Ignrun to churn your brain…”
As he said that, his figure suddenly disappeared.
“!?”
Sophien looked around in terror. She knew clearly that with that monster’s speed, she would have no time to think, nor could she let him control the pace.
If it came to close combat, it would be without doubt.
Certain defeat!
“Really troublesome…”
“Partial Dragon Transformation – Wings!”
In an instant, huge wings flapped, stirring up violent air currents, and Sophien soared into the air.
At the same time, terrifying mana began to gather in her palms.
In the blink of an eye, mana light bullets like a meteor shower rained down rapidly.
These attacks hit the ground and exploded again.
But this attack didn’t last long.
A spear rushed up against the attack toward Sophien.
Fortunately, Sophien reacted in time and dodged by tilting her head; the holy spear only left a faint line of blood on her face.
But before she could relax, she felt she could no longer maintain flight. One wing was powerless, and she spiraled downward toward the ground.
‘This guy, so his target was my wing?’
After realizing this, she made a prompt decision and canceled the dragon transformation of the wings.
But just as she adjusted her posture, that spear was thrown again by Kris.
‘How is this possible? When did he retrieve it?’
Before she could react, the dark gold holy spear was already before her eyes.
‘Damn it…’
Just at the critical moment, a strange rune suddenly appeared in front of her.
The moment they clashed, an unusual wave spread outward.
But they only held for an instant before the rune crumbled and dissipated; although the holy spear was also deflected, it was clearly unharmed.
The next moment, it was gripped again by Kris.
‘So this is the reason he can throw continuously… and that strange rune, why can it block the holy spear?’
Apparently Kris also found it strange; both of them simultaneously turned their gazes to Man En.
He was still pointing in front of Sophien; clearly the rune just now was under his control, but his condition was visibly worsening.
“You bastard again! This time I’ll kill you completely!”
Kris was furious. He exerted full power and threw the holy spear, aiming directly at Man En’s heart.
But this time, he didn’t get his wish.
Because his consciousness was constantly being eroded by the Evil God’s Arm, his thought patterns had become simple.
Sophien predicted his action, and before the holy spear hit, she managed to control it, barely stopping it.
“Don’t worry about the holy spear! Quickly put on the White Dragon Scale Armor and fuse it with this stone!”
He took out the golden Magic Stone embedded with Rune Script and urged Sophien loudly.
If not for the emergency that forced him to use the Rune Script to block the holy spear, he probably wouldn’t have discovered that this ancient script had such an effect.
Sensing the similar aura between the Magic Stone in Man En’s hand and the rune just now, Sophien immediately understood Man En’s intention.
She took the Magic Stone and summoned the armor.
She didn’t care when the holy spear disappeared from her hand.
Kris was rapidly approaching with the holy spear; she didn’t care about that either.
The palm cut by the holy spear oozed blood. In an instant, blood, Magic Stone, and scales began to merge.
A strange sensation filled her whole body, and even in this power, there was a trace of Time Energy.
Sophien simply waved her hand casually and repelled the attacking Kris.
The aura she emanated was completely different from before, as if she had become a different person, incredibly powerful.
Seeing this, Man En finally let out a long breath.
His tense nerves finally relaxed. He lay on the ground, a smile on his face.
“From here on… it’s up to you…”