Xiao Lian, who received the notification of the deceased demon, exhaled and straightened her hunched back in a throwing position. The spear she threw started to turn its trajectory up before it swam back toward Xiao Lian's place.
The wall that was erected in front of her began to crumble and returned to its nature. At the same time, the spear arrived, and Xiao Lian snatched it while still in mid-air. When the spear landed in the master's hands, its wild energy started to tame, and the water that coiled around the shaft dissipated into thin air.
"Thank you, Azure Spear".
"Good job, Xiao Lian".
Lucy's tone had lost a bit of its cheer because, for the first time, she witnessed a killing right in front of her eyes. It doesn't mean she denied killing. Many humans must conduct killing in order to survive. Also, the current world, which is filled with monsters that term was most closed with the Awakeners nature.