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In the next second, it wasn't just the essence blood, but those with insufficient strength within the Evil Magic Array, their flesh and skin were all absorbed by 'Exeter'.

This horrifying scene terrified the Black Flame Monks participating in the prayer ritual, and they kept retreating in fear!

"Not enough!!"

"All of you, come into my embrace!!"

With an incredibly sharp and almost inhuman howl from Exeter!

Instantly, the red light of the ritual expanded suddenly, engulfing all the surrounding Black Flame Monks, and in the next second, these monks screamed miserably as their flesh and skin were sucked away, leaving only blood-streaked skeletons on the ground!

It seemed to have reached a certain tipping point.

The red light no longer diffused but swiftly contracted.

The spinning Exeter, now quietly suspended in mid-air, uttered a deep, inexplicably terrifying voice from his mouth, strangely speaking.

"Such a disgusting aura."

With a gentle gesture, a black beam as thick as a bowl shot directly into the defensive array of the Goddess Church, and the leading Punishment Knight let out a roar but was a tad too slow in swinging his hammer to block.

The intensely condensed black beam instantly pierced through the chest armor on his body, went straight through his back, and even penetrated several temple knights behind him!

"Poof!"

This Punishment Knight, who resembled Brandel greatly, spat up a mouthful of blood, kneeling on the ground, but he still struggled to support himself with the Two-Handed Warhammer in his hands, preventing himself from collapsing!

...

In mid-air.

"Lord Rein, be careful, I'm landing now!" Fishe shouted, quickly maneuvering the Griffin into a rapid dive.

Suddenly, as Rein and his companions were preparing to land, they noticed the five black beams surrounding the administration hall seemed to be attracted by some force, rapidly converging towards the center.

In the next second, they combined into a massive black beam several times thicker than before.

The beam instantly pierced through the top of the administration hall, shooting straight into the sky.

At the same time, the surging energy and the terrifying aura that filled the air was palpable even to those high up in the air.

Under full control, the Griffin Knights barely prevented their terrified griffins from losing control!

"Not good! Faster!" The Punishment Knight Brandel on another Griffin Knight seemed to realize something and urged eagerly.

Through the shattered hall top, Rein could clearly see the scene inside resembling a slaughterhouse, with their side utterly at a disadvantage.

"Brannar!" Brandel's pupils contracted sharply!

Because he saw his own brother, the Punishment Knight Brannar, kneeling on the ground with a basin-sized bloody hole in his chest, the corpse standing upright, propped by the Two-Handed Warhammer he tightly clutched all along.

Brandel, without a moment of hesitation, leapt down directly from over ten meters high in mid-air in inexplicable grief!

The duke's advisor beside him timely interjected, confirming Rein's guess.

"That's Brandel's brother, his only living relative."

Rein nodded gravely.

The two fell silent for a moment, then quickly kept pace with Brandel charging ahead.

Seeing one's relative, even the only relative, die before your eyes, that feeling...

"Lord Brandel!" The surviving members of the Church side, seeing Brandel arriving, excitedly came forward.

"Everyone, the Goddess is watching everything here."

"Now, it's time to prove your courage."

"Fearless in the face of a formidable enemy!"

"..., worthy of the divine grace!"

As Brandel chanted loudly, the temple knights, their faces filled with excitement, also began to chant boldly.

With each chant Brandel performed, his entire aura rose more and more.

The five bishops exchanged glances beside them, nodded, their faces solemn to the extreme.

Then, they all began chanting and casting spells.

With their hands facing outward, half a meter ahead, a dense blue energy converged.

In the next second, five blue energy beams simultaneously shone on Brandel!

Instantly, Brandel's aura surged dramatically, leaping from a Quasi-Legendary to a Legendary Level!

This immediately caught the attention of the high-ranking being possessing Exeter's body.

With indifferent eyes, he glanced at Brandel, and coldly spoke:

"Just a slightly stronger ant."

"Seeking death!"

Words that were cold, unfamiliar, and seemed devoid of any human emotion, came from his mouth.

This instantly reminded Rein of a term from a previous life called the 'uncanny valley effect'.

Though speaking in human language, the strange voice and tone seemed like some unknown creature mimicking human speaking, giving a sense of horror and dread.

Rein looked at the scene in front of him, and surveyed the surroundings filled with severely injured members of their side, Admiral Edward, Battista, Remiel, and others.

He knew that at this moment, he couldn't retreat!

If he didn't want to end up like Brandel, seeing his family lying in a pool of blood, he must do something.

Because once this... monster, whether it's a human or an Evil God's Possession, completes the ritual, then, in the event that follows, there might not be many survivors left in Mingster.