"How... how is this possible!"
Staring at the unscathed barrier, Lawrence's face suddenly turned deathly pale.
"Utter foolishness."
Noticing the commotion in the distance, John merely sneered, paying no mind.
Knowing Yuta and Lawrence's ill intentions, how could John not be prepared?
Lily was John's final line of defense!
"I won't let you hurt Helena!"
Lily finally lowered the light curtain, her figure slowly appearing before everyone.
Her pristine long dress swayed in the breeze, but her hands, gripping the staff, were unusually firm.
"Lily! What are you doing here?"
"Helena, Johnny had me continuously use Concealment Magic to secretly follow you into the dungeon, just to guard against these two scoundrels! Johnny was right; trusting your back to such scum is nothing but a death wish!"
"... I'm sorry for troubling you, Lily. It was my oversight."
"A Priest like you, what can you do? Yuta, are you still planning to watch from the sidelines at this point?"
Lawrence's face turned livid, veins bulging on his forehead, his anger reaching its peak.
He thought he had accounted for everything, but never imagined John had another card up his sleeve.
"Two against two, you have no chance now. Lawrence, I never thought there would come a day when we would be enemies."
Helena sighed deeply, a trace of bitterness surfacing in her heart.
If she could, she would rather none of this had happened.
They would still be childhood friends, and it wouldn't matter if she had to leave the Pioneer Squad.
But clearly, there was no turning back now.
"Lawrence, are we doing this? Right here, right now?"
"If we don't kill them, do we have any chance of survival?"
Lawrence picked up his greatsword and held it in front of him, then glanced at Lily.
This seemingly harmless little girl brought an enormous sense of pressure to Lawrence.
Just one barrier had effortlessly deflected his attack—this woman was definitely not simple.
Yuta was no match for Helena. If he wanted to survive, he had to deal with Lily first!
"Die!"
Lawrence shouted, slashing a cross-shaped light blade towards Lily with his greatsword!
But this time, Lily didn't even need to chant. [Star Guardian] activated immediately, blocking all of Lawrence's attacks!
"Johnny said, I'm not an ordinary Priest. I'm very strong!"
"[Astreos, god of the stars, rain down your wrath and punish my enemies! Starfall!]"
After chanting, Lily struck her staff heavily on the ground, and a sudden whistling sound filled the air!
"W-what is that sound?"
Yuta frowned, looking around constantly, and finally noticed, above their heads, a fiery red meteor falling at an incredible speed!
With just one look, Yuta's heart sank.
Is this really something a Priest can do?
Aren't Priests supposed to only heal and buff, with no offensive capabilities?
But now? Summoning a meteor?
The descending star fell so quickly that by the time Yuta and Lawrence noticed it, it had already crashed down!
Although the meteor itself was only about the size of a fist, its power was worthy of its name!
Centering on Lawrence, it was as if a massive explosion had occurred.
The powerful shockwave even affected Exiled Immortal and John, knocking them to the ground, along with the golem and the giant wolf—no one was spared.
At the moment the meteor fell, the death notification for player Yuta sounded in Helena's ear.
With just one strike, it instantly killed a level 20 player. This overwhelming power left Helena in disbelief.
"This is just too much..."
Helena swallowed hard, looking at Lily, whose face was pale and steps unsteady. She quickly rushed forward and embraced Lily.
"Hel... Helena, did Lily help?"
"Of course! Lily is the best!"
The sheer, terrifying power left Helena speechless.
"Don't start chatting just yet; Lawrence isn't dead, big sister!"
Suspended in mid-air again, Exiled Immortal rubbed his forehead, feeling his consciousness blur. The impact of the scene just now was too overwhelming.
Lawrence indeed wasn't dead, as there was no notification of his death in the team.
But his current state was almost indistinguishable from death.
His entire armor was shattered, and it was only the final enchantment on his epic armor set that saved his life.
But the flying shards still pierced Lawrence's chest. Each breath was excruciatingly painful, perhaps because blood had already entered his lungs.
"So this... is what it feels like when death approaches..."
He could genuinely feel his body heat and blood slipping away, his breaths short and labored, his bones feeling as if they had been shattered, rendering him completely powerless.
And all of this had become more tangible now.
As his HP continued to decrease, a series of debuffs such as [Fractured Bones], [Bleeding], [Hypothermia], and [Unconsciousness] appeared on Lawrence's status bar.
He was clearly at the end of his strength. Without any intervention, his HP would deplete completely within a minute.
However, what puzzled Lawrence the most was the calmness in his heart. There was neither fear of facing death nor regret for everything that had happened.
It felt like he was a newborn.
"He... Helena, I lost to you again..."
[Player Lawrence has died]
The notification finally sounded. Helena's body trembled, but she quickly regained her composure.
"Lily, you should rest now."
"I'm fine, Helena, I can still go on!"
"No, you need to rest! You've done wonderfully, you know that?"
Helena's tone was firm and unquestionable. Hearing this, Lily's lips quivered, but she didn't dare to argue further.
In fact, it was true. Ever since Lily accidentally triggered the bright light spell during the goblin tide, her skill tree had gained a growth skill called [Starfall].
Lily was still at a low level, so the meteors she summoned were only about the size of a fist, yet they could already instantly kill a level 20 player.
It's unimaginable how terrifying this skill could become in the future!
However, as a trump card, [Starfall] would completely drain her mana with a single use, requiring a considerable amount of time to recover.
If she continued to use it without replenishing mana, it would deplete Lily's HP.
But then again, with such an extraordinary power, it would be too overwhelming if it could be used continuously.
With no more worries, the task of subjugating the giant wolf was no longer a difficult one.
With the golem bearing most of the pressure, all they needed to do was steadily chip away at the giant wolf's HP.
In less than ten minutes, the giant wolf's HP had already dropped to around 50%, entering its second-stage berserk mode.
Facing those blood-red wolf eyes, John curved his lips into a smile. He wanted to know the golem's combat limits. As long as the Golem Core wasn't damaged, even if the golem broke down, John could repair it! As for the chant essence consumption? Who cares!
"Golem, full power."
As John's words fell, the golem suddenly stopped moving. The armor on its shoulders slowly unfolded, revealing two cannon barrels.
The cannon barrels began to glow brighter, and the chant essence stored in the Golem Core dissolved visibly, converting into energy to power the golem.
Finally, at the moment the charging completed, both light cannons fired simultaneously, striking the giant wolf's body heavily!
-6500!
-6500!
A total of 13,000 HP damage instantly reduced the giant wolf's HP to one-fifth!
Of course, this also completely exhausted the chant essence in the Golem Core. Without power, the golem became a heap of scrap metal, collapsing to the ground with no combat capability left.
But that was enough.
Seeing the deep, bloody holes in the giant wolf's waist and abdomen, from which flesh and internal organs were still falling out, Exiled Immortal couldn't help but exclaim.
Exiled Immortal really wanted to know if they were playing the same game.
The power that John and Lily displayed was far beyond the level of early-stage players!
Lily could instantly kill a level 20 player with a single strike, while John was even more exaggerated, dealing five-digit damage directly!
Meanwhile, he was still scratching away with 300 damage hits.
"WTF!"