Inside the Sanctuary Temple, Antilene was fiddling with a magic cube in her hands.
The Sanctuary Temple housed many relics of the Six Great Gods, but many of these items had no suitable users. Antilene's usual task was to guard the Sanctuary.
"Antilene, save me!"
A disheveled man, holding a spear, with torn clothes and various minor injuries, was desperately running toward him.
Meanwhile, Shalltear was relentlessly chasing the Black Scripture Captain. Following Peroroncino's orders, she didn't use lethal force.
Antilene initially didn't recognize Black Scripture Captain, as he looked like a beggar with his disheveled appearance.
At first glance, he didn't resemble the narcissistic Black Scripture Captain at all.
However, Antilene still recognized him by his voice.
Suddenly, Shalltear activated Self Time Acceleration and dashed behind Black Scripture Captain, stabbing him in the back with a chilling strike.
The speed was so fast that Antilene didn't even have time to approach the Captain.
The Captain, filled with unwillingness, collapsed to the ground.
Antilene could also sense the strength of the person before her. With a wave of her hand, she was instantly clad in artifact-grade armor.
In Nazarick, Peroroncino observed the equipment of Antilene on the screen and confirmed there were no World-Class items.
Shalltear could attack freely without worrying about her weapon being destroyed.
Receiving the command, Shalltear activated Self Time Acceleration once again.
She charged toward Antilene.
In the blink of an eye, Shalltear was in front of her.
"Clang!" The weapons collided with a crisp sound.
Antilene's heart rate began to increase. If she had reacted just a little slower, Shalltear's strike would have been fatal.
Shalltear took a step back.
"Minion Summon!"
"Martial Art, Hundred Slashes!"
Antilene swiftly swung her scythe.
Five sword qi slashed out, staying close to the ground.
Shalltear spread her pure white wings and flew into the air, easily dodging Antilene's attack.
"Most Enhanced Necrotic Invasion!"
A black magic circle appeared in front of Shalltear's palm.
Five pitch-black skulls charged toward Antilene.
"Damn, she's so strong in close combat and can still use magic!" Antilene thought to herself.
She immediately tried to dodge, but unfortunately, the skulls had homing abilities, and no matter how she dodged, it was useless.
The simplest way to deal with Shalltear's skills was to use Holy Magic, but unfortunately, Antilene didn't know how to use it.
All five skulls entered Antilene's body.
Antilene clearly felt her armor's defensive power diminish.
"Summon King of Annihilation!"
A giant undead warrior emerged from the magic circle.
"Impossible, what kind of class are you? You can even use summoning magic," Antilene couldn't help but exclaim.
From the very beginning of the battle, Antilene had judged that her opponent, like herself, was a warrior, but the consecutive magic attacks had completely confused her.
Although Antilene could use some magic, those spells required items she wore to activate.
However, from her observation, Shalltear had no such items, which could only mean one thing.
"You're so ignorant it's almost laughable," Shalltear mocked directly.
The King of Annihilation charged toward Antilene.
"Martial Art Ability Boost!"
"Martial Art, Speed of Light!"
"Martial Art, Aurora Slash!"
Antilene moved incredibly fast, launching a series of attacks at the King of Annihilation.
Under Shalltear's command, the King of Annihilation activated the skill that burned its own life force.
But the King of Annihilation couldn't land a hit on the rapidly moving Antilene.
"Pure Throwing Spear"
In the air, Shalltear activated a special skill.
A white energy-based throwing spear flew directly toward Antilene.
Antilene noticed it, but when she tried to dodge, she realized she couldn't move.
The Pure Throwing Spear had a guaranteed hit attribute, meaning it couldn't be dodged or blocked (shielding and other defensive skills were ineffective, though the armor worn could offer some protection).
The Pure Throwing Spear pierced through Antilene's chest.
However, since it was holy damage, her armor provided some protection.
It only shattered the armor without causing significant damage to Antilene.
At that moment, the King of Annihilation struck with its sword.
The massive sword of the King of Annihilation hit the area where Antilene's armor had been shattered.
Antilene was sent flying, crashing to the ground, her chest armor completely destroyed.
The King of Annihilation, having used up its life force, vanished.
"Healing for Serious Injury."
Antilene used an item to cast a healing spell, but the damage was beyond healing.
This was one of Shalltear's unique abilities: the damage she caused could not be healed, and the damage from her summons also couldn't be healed.
As the strongest Guardian in one-on-one combat, Shalltear's "non-healable damage" ability was truly obnoxious. Healing spells were completely ineffective against her.
Meanwhile, Shalltear's spear, the "Spuit Lance," could heal her whenever it struck an enemy, restoring health equal to the damage dealt.
"I can only use my trump card now!" Antilene thought to herself.
If the damage she had sustained continued to linger, the situation would turn dire for her.
"Death is the end of everything!"
"I just need to hold on for 12 more seconds to win," Antilene thought inwardly.
Using a special talent, Antilene invoked her ultimate skill, Death is the End of Everything, wielding the weapon of the God of Death from the Six Great Gods: the Scythe of Death.
However, it was unfortunate that Antilene did not fully understand how this skill worked.
She believed that as soon as the skill was activated, her enemy would inevitably die.
This was because she had never faced an enemy of a higher level.
The skill only triggered the "guaranteed death" effect when used on enemies weaker than Antilene, those who were injured by the scythe.
If the God of Death from the Six Great Gods, or Momonga, had used this skill, there would be no such restrictions. It would deal damage upon release, and anyone below the fatal threshold would die.
"Eh?"
"Eh!!!"
Shalltear, Peroroncino, and Mare, who were observing from afar, were all surprised.
Although Peroroncino knew that Antilene couldn't instantly kill Shalltear, he wouldn't let Shalltear simply watch the enemy use the skill.
"Shalltear, use the Purification Shield Impact!"
Shalltear activated Time Acceleration, flapping her snow-white wings, and in an instant, appeared in front of Antilene.
Antilene didn't even have time to react.
"Purification Shield Impact!"
A flash of light passed in front of Antilene. She felt dizzy and disoriented as she was blasted away, tumbling several times before crashing to the ground not far off.
"Impossible! My trump card was interrupted!" Antilene was shocked to see the clock behind her vanish.
"Heroic Spirit Warrior!"
Antilene used her other trump card, summoning the Heroic Spirit Warrior.
A pure-white warrior, similar in appearance to Antilene, appeared. Its attack power, defense, and other stats were half of hers.
But it was still enough—two against one was not just simple math.
It was like players who cooperated well, easily defeating bosses with much higher attributes and levels.
Peroroncino couldn't help but chuckle when he saw Antilene summon the Heroic Spirit Warrior.
"Isn't this just showing off in front of an expert? Shalltear will teach her what a real Heroic Spirit Warrior is."
"Heroic Spirit Warrior!"
Shalltear also activated the skill.
Shalltear's Heroic Spirit Warrior was completely different from Antilene's.
Its attack power, defense, and other attributes were a perfect replica of Shalltear's, with only half of Shalltear's health.
Antilene suddenly had a realization.
"You are an existence on the same level as the Six Great Gods!!!" Antilene stared at Shalltear, her eyes wide in shock.
"Unfortunately, you only got half of it right!"
"I surrender, can you not kill me?" Antilene felt that she was not unjustly defeated, and that the survival of the Slane Theocracy had little to do with her.
"Impossible! Because I am the vampire who was almost controlled by the Downfall of Castle and Country!"
When Shalltear said this, her eyes were filled with rage, teetering on the edge of losing control.
Of course, this was all a plan that Peroroncino had instructed Shalltear to say.
The purpose was to help Shalltear control her emotions.
If, at that moment, Shalltear had not lost control when facing the Downfall of Castle and Country, but instead used the Purification Shield Impact rationally to block the control, things would have been different.
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