"Damn it."
High above in the sky, Anleisi had just dismantled two Flying Dragons, fully exerting Defense Magic to block the explosion. But when she looked down, she saw her own Hepa Town rapidly falling.
The speed of this fall was comparable to when they first captured this place, perhaps even faster.
She instantly recognized that those red Spiritual Bodies on the ground had been summoned by the infamous weapon, Hell's March. And undoubtedly, its user was that person.
A mber of the Gold Level Hasavi Team, Matilda!
This woman's reputation in Scaroon was even worse than her captain, "Flash" Fingerley, due to the notoriety of her weapon.
Clearly, her reputation had improved sowhat due to Hero Elsa using Hell's March to smash Eliphas back then—even though most of the ti, people persecuted Matilda, claiming Elsa was the true owner of Hell's March—but she managed to single-handedly ruin her reputation again with her antics in Scaroon.
The Dark Moon Sword team she led took a psychological approach, swiftly dismantling the enemy's desire to fight starting from their willpower.
And how do you attack willpower?
By wielding her weapon, of course.
Matilda's bounty is now higher than Fingerley's, with countless people scrambling to claim the prize.
Unfortunately, she seed to know how valuable her own head was and hadn't shown up voluntarily since the bounty was issued.
Hell's March is an overpowered weapon, with a large range, low consumption, and quick effect—almost perfect except for its side effects.
If Anleisi weren't flying high above and out of the weapon's range, she'd have to see so "people who could harm her."
Although she was confident, confident that her heart was as hard as iron, unmovable by re Spiritual Bodies.
But the crux is that Hell's March, beyond its psychological attack, can also physically attack. If the summoned Spiritual Bodies can't hurt your soul, they'll switch to summoning people who can physically harm you.
And indeed, there were so people like that in Anleisi's mory, people she really didn't want to face again.
Seeing her brother battling the Spiritual Bodies, she had no choice but to spread the calming technique over the entire city, but its effect was limited.
With the soldiers unable to act normally, relying only on the two of them at conventional tis could never have resisted the tide of the rebel army, let alone now, when the rebel numbers had increased many tis over and were clearly well-prepared.
Additionally, the city walls had been breached, and many defensive asures had lost their effectiveness under these circumstances.
The situation was really spiraling down rapidly.
Anleisi's body hovered in the air for a few seconds as she pondered what to do next, and just then, soone below shouted up to her:
"Lady Anleisi! We must fight to the death to guard Hepa Town!"
The one shouting to her was a Holy Light Knight. Through the slits in the helt, she could see it was Anna.
The other Holy Light Knights were fighting the enemy, but she, sharp-eyed, spotted Anleisi in the sky.
"Hmm..."
Anleisi let out a pondering sound, unusually not acting imdiately.
Anna's urging voice continued from below, full of every possible expression of loyalty to the Holy Light—standard for an average believer.
But listening to her and then looking at the vast swarm of the rebel army on the other side, these words, once familiar and normal, began to sound different in Anleisi's ears.
Only a fool would fight to the death in this situation. The circumstances were clearly apparent; we were destined to lose.
My responsibility lies here. Since the town can't be held, I must ensure the safe return of my soldiers.
Clinging to the defense of the town, a long-standing tradition of the Holy Light Church, was too inconvenient!
"Retreat!"
Anleisi's voice, amplified by Sound Transmission Magic, spread throughout Hepa Town.
The mont the order was received, the vast majority of soldiers imdiately turned around to flee, and even the Holy Light Knights who were just now contending with the enemy rapidly retreated, showing no inclination to tarry in battle.
However, they weren't blindly fleeing; they knew to detonate the defensive weapons on-site to delay the enemy's advance.
A massive retreat unfolded in an instant.
"Lady Anleisi, what are you doing!" Anna, however, was dissatisfied with the current situation, as if guarding Hepa Town had beco an unbreakable ntal shackle for her.
A while ago, she accidentally consud food containing a Faith Potion, and due to her unique job requiring no pressure or need to vent in the Dungeon, she ended up in her current state.
Looking at it this way, the Faith Potion research seems quite successful.
Anleisi, annoyed by her, directly silenced her with a Silence Technique, then used Mage's Hand to pick her up and leave.
Seeing their retreat, Matilda, hidden sowhere, withdrew the effects of her weapon in step, as prolonged activation was a severe test of her stamina, especially on so many targets.
The root cause of the Holy Light Church's disgraceful defeat was simple.
That damn Dark Moon Sword had taken down the Magic Sky Curtain!
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