Kingdom of Stars, Woodland Venue.
As the third teor flew from the earth towards the heavenly curtain, Sonia shook her longsword and sheathed it. The battle was far from over; she needed the sword scabbard miracle to cultivate the blade for the upcoming fiercer war.
Yes, war.
All the audience in the venue had already left. Outside, ard star mages were gathering, numbering close to ten thousand. From the lowest star swordsn to the highest projectile warriors, their azure armors reflected off each other like a cluster of stars holding up the sky.
Only a small portion belonged to nearby Griffin Corps and Barrier Legion; most were nobles temporarily conscripted to form ard groups based on their rank, forming an army almost instantaneously with little need for coordination and yet, they seed divinely guided, displaying no confusion in battle.
Only now did Sonia and Diya realize that perhaps the Six Kingdoms Army of the Ti Continent was being used by the Divine Lords to perform so unimaginable societal miracle.
"Final notice," Alisis flew in the air, her star armor glowing like a dazzling star, "Four Pillars God Sect, surrender or not?"
"I never thought I’d face the Starry Army head-on one day." Sonia gripped her sword handle, slightly tilting her mouth upward, "Though I don’t mind such an exciting and bustling life."
Alisis ceased her persuasion, returning to her group to prepare for the attack.
Sonia turned to the stage, where mbers of the Four Pillars God Sect had gathered to avoid being ambushed backstage by star mages. Ash, Igula, and Harvey were in wheelchairs at the center, eyes closed, sleeping peacefully.
"Not back yet?"
"Sothing happened with the Allstars side," Diya said, weaving traps around the venue with dead lines, "Gospel ntioned the Lords made a move on Ruby Mountain, although the specifics are unknown, it’s hard to imagine Ash not involved given his nature."
Sonia was silent for a mont, "Always unable to fulfill wishes... Did he often experience this before?"
"The heavenly curtain is already one-fifth broken," Dedarose noted, watching the sky reveal massive holes, "No matter how the Lords try to patch it up, the Kingdom of Stars is built atop the heavenly curtain. As long as we shatter the starry sky, the observatory will undoubtedly fulfill the Four Pillars Gods’ expectations of him."
Sonia and Diya exchanged a discreet glance. Although unsaid, their hearts held murderous intent towards the beauty beneath the stars. Once Ash was freed, leaving Dedarose—a touch of the Four Pillars Gods—would be disastrous. Unless Ash opposed strongly, they would raise the blade against the Four Pillars God Sect.
As Empress Yisu, Diya was decisive and unhesitating; while Sonia had yet to kill life, her betrayal of the stars severed any chain that could bind her to this world.
Boom!
The venue’s outer walls began to crumble; the Starry Legion intended to crush through directly, leveraging their nurical advantage instead of allowing the Four Pillars God Sect to defend terrain positions.
"You guard this place and continue constructing the miracle technique," Sonia calmly instructed, "Witch, Dedarose..."
She pushed up her sword guard with her thumb, the ruby longsword unsheathed, "Kill upon eting the enemy."
At this mont, Felix suddenly ran over, spreading his three wings, grabbed the Sword Maiden, and exclaid hopefully, "I want to go too! Even if I can’t be an independent force, I can assist!"
"Not necessary."
"We’re facing an army blessed by the stars!" Felix insisted, "How can just the three of you be enough!? We can help!"
Sonia glanced at him, "As long as you ensure their safety at the observatory and rapidly construct the teor Technique to break the heavenly curtain, that would be the greatest aid to us."
"Moreover..."
She raised her hand, showing the command seal on her hand back, "I am his ’Queen,’ his army."
"When the King sleeps, it’s the Queen’s turn to lead the charge." Sonia rubbed Felix’s head, "The ’Pri Minister’ should guard the rear well, letting the ’Queen’ have no worries."
With that said, Sonia unfolded her four wings, drawing a most arrogant red streak, crashing into the azure torrent of the Starry Legion like a teor!
Felix watched longingly at the red light unstoppable on the battlefield, returned dejectedly to Ash, stomped on Ash casually, then joined the construction of the teor Miracle.
"Hmm?"
The second miss Vosloda suddenly felt her hand back heating up, looking down to see her command seal transforming. The four gems representing ’Pri Minister’ were more radiant than ever, seeming to ascend to a higher plane of light or...
The most resplendent mont before a teor falls.
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When thrown out of the Canaan, Ash’s consciousness blacked out for several seconds. He only felt himself roll several tis on the ground, nearly flattening it, stopping only when he crashed into an old tree.
When his consciousness returned to his body, blood congestion in his lungs made him vomit with a gasp; Ash recalled what happened—thrown from a high-speed train with no protection!
Did he not die!? His body had no miracle enhancents; at that speed, he should have been flattened into minceat spread evenly on the ground. How could he survive?
Though barely injured, the damage ca from fighting Amilo, only mildly augnted with scrapes, he could even stand with effort.
After wiping the bloodstains off his lips, Ash turned to look behind him. Even prepared, the cult leader’s pupils constricted at the sight.
The train had breached the guardrails, slid and rolled down the slope, snapping a dozen trees beside the road; the car was like a twisted rag, ruined and distorted.
Perhaps due to lung or spine injury, Ash suddenly felt breathless and shouting with a hoarse voice like a torn bellows, "Igula!"
"Harvey!"
"Nia!"
"Vi...shi... cough cough!"
"Stop shouting."
Ash paused, looking towards the tree ahead, where a black-skinned, curly-haired figure supported the blonde swindler as they walked out. Ignoring Harvey’s corpse-like complexion, he was the least wounded from the train accident.
"We’re fine." Igula spoke weakly, "Don’t worry, roughly everyone should be fine."
Ash deeply inhaled as he reached them, exhaling when standing before them, nearly leaning against them, feeling his bones seed lighter, "What happened? In that situation, we shouldn’t have—"
"Yin Zhi saved us." Igula stated, "From what I know, she attacked us in vengeance for Amilo’s demise by your hand; she reserved part of her miracle power for our survival as a repaynt for our previous help."
"She doesn’t care whether we accept it, but to her, she owes us nothing now."
Ash froze, soon realizing a far more pressing question, "Where are the demons? Filly? Rose!?"
"The train only broke the back, the engine and car one still whirl on the high-track," Vishi ntioned leaning on a long spear, "The demons don’t seem to want the train stopped, lest we gain advantage. Also, Ash, your earlier shout for was heart-wrenching."
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