The ruined wedding hall continued shaking from the ongoing battle.
Lia, Selene, and Drevin kept attacking relentlessly, yet none of their attacks were reaching Si.
Every slash, arrow, rune magic.
Stopped by an invisible barrier before even touching her.
Si looked almost bored while dealing with them.
Then she slowly pushed her palm toward Lia.
The mont she did—
Shnk. Shnk. Shnk.
Invisible slashes suddenly tore across Lia’s body from top to bottom.
"Ghh—!"
Lia imdiately jumped back while blood splattered onto the broken floor. The cuts were shallow, but there were many of them, and the pain slowed her movents little by little.
Nearby, Selene continued launching fiery runes exploding runes via self sustaining attack rune while protected by her rotating runic shields, but even her attacks couldn’t penetrate the invisible defense surrounding Si.
Selene gritted her teeth.
"We need to figure out her attack quickly..."
"Or we won’t last against her..."
Lia breathed heavily while steadying herself with her sword.
Her eyes remained fixed on Si.
"Nothing is working..."
"That invisible barrier..."
"If I could just see her attacks..."
Then—
Pop.
Lia suddenly felt her ears shift strangely once again.
The sa sensation.
Again.
It had been happening ever since they started fighting Si.
Lia’s brows slowly furrowed.
Her mind connected the pieces together.
The invisible slashes.
Her ear poping before and after every attack.
N invisible barrier stopping attacks.
And suddenly—
Realization struck.
Lia’s eyes widened slightly as she shouted toward Selene.
"Selene!"
"It’s air pressure!"
"She’s manipulating air pressure!"
"She’s making the shield out of compressed air!"
Across from them, Si slowly smiled.
"That’s it, human..."
"You finally figured it out."
Lia continued her attack even after figuring out Si’s attacks
One of Selene’s healing runes imdiately flew toward Lia after seeing the countless cuts covering her body.
But just as the glowing orange rune was about to reach her—
Shnk.
The rune was sliced in half by an invisible attack and disappeared into particles of mana.
Selene clicked her tongue.
"Shit..."
Even after figuring out Si’s ability, Lia continued charging toward her without hesitation.
Selene supported her from range with runes while Drevin remained hidden among the shadows and debris, searching for an opening.
But for the first ti since the battle began—
Drevin felt useless.
Selene quickly looked toward him while preparing more rune papers.
"Drevin, why don’t you use that arrow technique?"
"The one that phases through everything like liquid except the target."
"Can’t it bypass her barrier entirely?"
Drevin shook his head imdiately.
"No."
"It doesn’t work like that."
His eyes remained fixed on Si.
"I need to understand what the arrow is phasing through."
"And how many objects it can pass through depends on my mana capacity."
He tightened his grip on the bow slightly.
"But her barrier is completely invisible."
"I can’t properly phase through sothing I can’t perceive."
A brief silence followed before he quietly added,
"...I’m sorry."
"I’m useless in this fight."
Then he slowly took out a different arrow.
A dark blue arrow so deep in color it almost looked black.
Faint blue smoke drifted from its tip unnaturally.
"But..."
"If I get one proper opening..."
"I can use this."
"My special shadow poison arrow."
Selene glanced at it briefly before nodding.
"Now that we know her ability, we’ll find a way."
Drevin nodded back.
Then both of them looked toward Lia again.
Lia was still fighting at the front despite being covered in cuts from head to toe.
Blood dripped continuously from her body.
Selene gritted her teeth.
"What do I do...?"
"If I send healing runes directly, she destroys them imdiately..."
Then suddenly—
An idea appeared in her mind.
Her eyes widened slightly.
"...I’ll use the sa tactic as you."
Imdiately, another rune flew toward Lia.
At the sa ti, Lia continued exchanging attacks with Si while breathing heavily.
Si smiled cruelly.
"Here..."
"Take this, runt."
She swished her hand casually.
Then Si noticed another healing rune approaching Lia.
Her monstrous smile widened.
"Humans really are stupid."
"I already told you..."
"I won’t let it reach her."
Si swung her left hand.
An invisible slash instantly flew toward the healing rune.
But the mont it reached—
Clang.
Si’s expression changed slightly.
Her invisible slash had collided against sothing else first.
Sothing also invisible.
At the sa ti, Lia saw Si move her right hand.
Instinctively, Lia braced herself.
Shnk.
Countless invisible slashes tore across her body again.
From face—
To chest—
To legs—
Even down to her toes.
Blood exploded from her body.
But the attacks didn’t stop.
Swish.
Swish.
Swish.
More invisible slashes continued striking her relentlessly.
Lia’s consciousness nearly faded from the pain and blood loss—
Then suddenly—
Warmth spread through her body.
Her eyes widened slightly.
The wounds covering her body began healing rapidly.
Behind her back, a glowing orange rune had attached itself silently while continuously absorbing mana from the surroundings and converting it into healing.
Selene smiled slightly from the backline.
Her plan worked.
She had hidden the shield rune which was protecting healing rune with the help of invisible rune.
Just like Si used invisible pressure—
Selene had used invisible runes.
The healing rune behind Lia glowed brighter and brighter as the endless shallow cuts from Si’s attacks rapidly regenerated almost as fast as they appeared.
Lia continued fighting Si while the hidden healing rune behind her back continuously repaired the shallow cuts covering her body. Flesh healed almost as fast as the invisible slashes appeared, but even then Lia’s expression remained tense.
I have to find a way through that invisible barrier...
Even if I’m healing quickly, I can’t keep this up forever...
Her breathing was getting heavier little by little.
And more importantly—
Ron also needed help.
Even from this side of the battlefield, she could tell he wasn’t doing well against the other Abyssal.
Lia tightened her grip around her white sword. She was just about to activate Iron Pulse—
Then suddenly—
Ding ding.
A translucent system window appeared before her eyes.
[Battle Bond ter between Lia Isolde and Selene Raynhart has reached a certain thresholf]
[Buffs Granted ]
Mid Heal
10% Advantage Over Dark Mana
15% Increase In All Stats
50% Increase In Attack Speed (Lia)
50% Increase In Rune Making Speed
(Selene)
50% Increase In Mana Capacity
[Additional Ally: Drevin Solveil]
[Additional Buffs Granted]
10% Increase In All Stats
20% Increase In Mana Capacity ]
The mont the window disappeared, Lia felt a surge of strength flow through her body.
Her mana stabilized instantly.
The exhaustion weighing down her body beca lighter.
Her senses sharpened.
Her movents felt faster.
Much faster.
"This is incredible...!" Lia muttered in disbelief.
Across from her, even Si’s expression changed slightly.
For the first ti since the battle started, confusion appeared in her four black eyes.
"...What is this?"
"Just monts ago your mana was weak despite the healing..."
"Now it suddenly recovered..."
"And beca stronger than before."
Her head tilted slightly.
"This is very strange..."
Lia ignored her completely.
Boom.
She activated Iron Pulse.
Her heartbeat synchronized with her mana.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Imdiately, her perception sharpened dramatically.
The world around her beca clearer.
The flow of air.
The movent of mana.
The subtle shifts in pressure around Si.
Everything beca easier to perceive.
At the sa ti, with the system buffs enhancing her body, the world itself felt slightly slower.
Lia steadied her breathing and forced herself to think calmly.
What do I do...?
I need a way to see her attacks...
Then—
Her eyes landed on her sword.
More specifically—
The pink mana surrounding it.
Lia’s eyes widened slightly.
"...I get it."
She imdiately looked toward Selene and Drevin.
"Selene! Drevin!"
"Continue attacking her!"
"I understand it now..."
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