Chapter 551 - 295: Divine Projection (Part 2)
Facing Raine’s proactive attack, Hajon, who was holding a great sword, showed a hint of an interested smile and immediately gripped his sword at an angle to meet him.
In an instant, a figure wielding a warhammer and a figure holding a great sword collided intensely!
"Clang, clang, clang!!"
The dense sound of clashing metal like hail resounded.
In mid-air, over a dozen intense sparks from weapon clashes appeared all at once!
Shortly after, with a resounding clash that echoed throughout the field, both Raine and ’the Unclean’ Hajon retreated a dozen meters.
It could be seen that there was a massive gash about twenty to thirty centimeters long on Raine’s power chest armor, slashing obliquely from the right chest to the left abdomen, with bright red blood seeping out.
Fortunately, Raine dodged in time, otherwise, he would have likely been cut in two.
Even though Raine had activated the Counterattacker effect two, his attack speed was still a little behind ’the Unclean’ Hajon in front of him.
However, in the duel between top-notch powerhouses,
a slight advantage in speed could mean a large advantage.
"Water Flow Impact!"
A swirling flow of water burst at high speed from in front of Leonore towards the chanting White Mann, but as a black arc flashed past, the water splashed, and the magic was sliced apart with one sword!
Taking advantage of this gap,
shua!
Raine didn’t advance but retreated, suddenly attacking a Black Fist Army elite fighting the castle guards nearby.
This scene left ’the Unclean’ Hajon, who just sliced the water flow, somewhat stunned, but just as he was about to pursue, a slender figure holding a curved sword suddenly launched an attack from the flank.
"Clang, clang!"
Four or five consecutive flashes of sparks burst in mid-air.
The slender figure, revealed to be Meredith, was knocked back over a dozen meters!
Just as Hajon planned to deal directly with Meredith, suddenly, a huge water ball attacked, forcing him to halt and slash with his black-glowing great sword to completely explode the water ball!
At this point, that familiar hammer-wielding figure charged once more.
"Clang!!"
This time, it was him who took an extra step back.
Hmm?
’The Unclean’ Hajon slightly narrowed his eyes, feeling the pressure for the first time, because he noticed that the young man with the hammer in front of him had evidently enhanced speed and power.
What is going on?
If there had been a gap between them earlier, now the gap in speed and power had virtually leveled, and Raine might even have slightly surpassed him.
"Help me hold off Hajon," Leonore’s voice sounded in Raine’s mind.
Due to ’the Unclean’ Hajon’s obstruction, Leonore found it nearly impossible to interrupt White Mann’s ’Madness of Darkness.’
Fortunately, Raine and Meredith could generally maintain the balance on the scene, giving Leonore the chance to cast an eighth-ring spell to counter ’Madness of Darkness.’
A strong fluctuation of water elements emanated from behind Raine.
’The Unclean’ Hajon opposing Raine also sensed something, immediately using a burst-type combat skill to charge at Leonore.
However, Raine and Meredith alternately blocked the front, so for a moment, the three figures flickered, sparks flew, and the clashing sounds of metal were incessant.
And at this time,
the sky was filled with dark clouds, followed by a torrential downpour, covering the whole castle.
In the center of the dark clouds, the sky seemed to open, pouring down rain like a waterfall.
"Eighth-ring spell ’World of Rain’"
In an instant!
A massive water column, dozens of meters in diameter, descended vertically from the sky, colliding with the pitch-black giant black energy sphere below.
Strangely, there was no expected violent collision or explosion.
Instead, wave after wave of violent energy shockwaves spread around!
The giant water column and the gigantic black sphere seemed to wrestle, emitting wave after wave of energy ripples at the point of impact.
Several nearby castle guards were struck by the energy ripples, their bodies instantly frozen in place, like insects trapped in amber.
As the next wave of energy ripples arrived, their bodies immediately turned to powder, disintegrating into the finest dust, and dissipated in the air.
Even the castle walls, over a hundred meters away and half a meter thick, began to show clear, band-like fractures at this moment!
Circle after circle, the cracked area gradually spread across the upper and lower walls!
If this continues, in just a dozen seconds, the entire Olsen Clan Castle will be destroyed.
At the same time, the energy seemed to reach some threshold, and the water column temporarily overwhelmed the black ball!
"Buzz~~"
An extremely high-frequency vibration impacted the surroundings, and Raine narrowed his eyes and blocked with his single Warhammer, yet even so, he was pushed back several meters.
"Boom! Boom!"
Many spires at the top of the castle broke and fell, crashing to the ground and shattering.
"Snap!"
Catching the returning Counterattacker once more, Raine’s gaze was fixed forward.
Just now, while sparring with Hagan, he noticed that White Mann’s ’Dark Shelter’ seemed to have dissipated due to time, motivating him to throw his Warhammer immediately.
Although it didn’t cause any substantial damage, it resulted in a momentary spiritual power fluctuation for White Mann, giving Leonore a chance to end the energy confrontation.
"Leave Hagan to me; you take care of White Mann." Leonore’s beautiful face turned slightly pale from the massive spiritual power exhaustion.
"Leonore, truly a rare genius Caster from the Soladin Kingdom in a century."
"But don’t think you can keep us here, will you?"
Speaking as ’Plaguebringer’ White Mann wiped the blood that trickled from the corner of his mouth, showing a strange smile while pulling out an unassuming Prayer Statue from his chest.
Unlike the prostrating posture of the statue Siegfried had once used, the prayer figure in White Mann’s hand was kneeling on one knee in prayer.
The prayer posture suggested the prayer figure’s status was nobler.
As the opponent murmured something, the statue emitted a bright black glow, and a giant black-robed shadow appeared in the sky.
Although it was a shadow, the pressure was comparable to the previous clash of eighth-level spells, covering the entire scene.
Raine held his Warhammer tightly against this aura, his eyes narrowed, focusing on the sight.
The shadow in the black robe was faceless, but its towering figure resembled a majestic, heavy mountain, seated on a massive chair made of black thorny vines.
Surrounded by dark ink-like mist, although its naturally hanging hands could still be seen clearly and were noticeably different.
One right hand appeared with a metallic silver-gray hue, as though wearing an iron glove.
"It’s the Divine Projection!"
"Impossible! How can it recover so quickly!"
"Hehe, Leonore, we’ll meet next time." White Mann smiled meaningfully at Leonore, then, together with ’Defiler’ Hagan, vanished suddenly under the shadow of the black hand.
A silver meteor passed through the air to no avail.
With the retreat of ’Plaguebringer’ White Mann and ’Defiler’ Hagan, the outcome of the subsequent battle was decisive and clear.
Half an hour later.
Raine lowered his head slightly, standing beside a body covered with white cloth.
"Viscount Olsen... was a true Knight, a noble deserving respect." At this moment, Eldest Princess Leonore walked gently to Raine, expressing her regret and sorrow softly.
At this moment, a familiar voice came from the castle gate.
"Father!"
A tall figure rushed over; Reya’s eyes widened gradually, seemingly unwilling to accept that the calmly faced individual, eternally with closed eyes and lying on the ground, was her father.
The once strong and robust legs now couldn’t support the body anymore, trembling violently before involuntarily collapsing.
Raine stepped forward, embracing the limp Reya.
He didn’t know what to say.
He wanted to say ’my condolences,’ but as someone present at the scene who failed to prevent the events, he seemed to lack the standing to say this.
"I’m sorry, I..."
Facing Raine’s words, Reya was unaware, still puppet-like, staring at her quietly lying father.
Pupils lost focus, staring blankly.
Without knowing why, Raine feared seeing Reya’s expression at this moment.
’If I were a little stronger, then at the time I could have...’ Raine mused silently in his heart.
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