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The people of Sapphire Temple glanced into the skies; their hearts filled with horror as they saw the Paladins that had emerged slowly beginning to transform… It wasn't just the Captain Maria was humiliating, but the other seven of them had already been pushed to turn into the "blessings" of the water goddess.
Maria knew that this was a good opportunity for the kids to gains some battle experience, so while Lucifer, Partner, Emeraldine, Tear, and Jonathan supervised things, Fabian, his friends, Silva, Nyx, and Catarina were mostly taking care of them.
Fabian and his friends had leveled up a bit by hunting wild monsters in the deserts outside, and managed to reach a sizable level of power, with their combined efforts, they took down three of the Paladins.