197 Smite (2/2)

Raven gathered his friends and told them his plans. He told them that he wanted to help the Elders in their battle, and to do that, they had to make sure that they won't be interrupted. Thankfully, they are protected by Leona's wall of fire which she erected earlier as an insurance.

Then the six went into action. Raven told them what they had to do while he and Luna prepare themselves to carry out the plan as soon as the preparations are ready. That's right, Luna has a vital role in this plan of his.

While the Elders' battle against the Wyrm was in full throttle, the rest finished preparing the ritual circle.

Raven nodded to Luna and both of them stood on the center of the ritual circle. Standing in front of him, Luna felt Raven's palms on her back. She shivered for a bit as she wasn't used to guys touching her but she suppressed it. She took a deep breath and relaxed, focusing on the chant of Raven to distract herself.

The ritual took time, the rest who were on the lookout became quite anxious as they saw the Golden Knights losing quite badly against the Wyrm. Just as then, Raven's eyes flashed wide open. His whole body emitted a golden light, these brilliance then condensed onto his palms and were transferred to Luna.

When the Golden Light fused with Luna's body, her eyes snapped wide open. Her expression turned somewhat blank as she unconsciously looked up.

Right above their heads, dark clouds appeared and were mysteriously parted with an unknown force. Next thing they knew, a particular constellation shone brightly. Through an unknown reason, a silhouette emerged from constellation.

Luna's gaze was locked with this silhouette, then with a flash of light the silhouette descended and merged with her.

Luna's body emitted a warm and gentle golden light. Under the dumbstruck gazes of her friends, she suddenly started transforming. Her hair turned golden, her eyes changed into a golden color as well. On top of her head, a circlet appeared with a golden gem embedded on the center.

Four pairs of wide and fluttering wings appeared on her back. Her countenance turned extremely noble, holy even. A golden sash appeared on her arms, wrapping around them like gloves. While her clothes remained the same, all of them felt that the girl in front of them was no longer Luna.

She then looked at every single one of them, showing incredibly gentleness and compassion on her face. She specifically looked longer at Raven and nodded. As she looked forward, she saw the madly cackling Devil Prince and the summoned Wyrm. Without issuing any warnings, she stepped forward with her wings fluttering behind her.

She passed by the wall of fire like it was nothing but a breeze. She flew and looked over the abomination in front of her with clear displeased expression on her face.

She lifted her hand and uttered: ”Smite.”

A golden pillar of light descended and illuminated the entire kingdom. As the rest basked in this light, they felt an incredible sense of peace and comfort, however the same couldn't be said with the Devil Prince and the Wyrm.

The formidable existence of the Wyrm offered no resistance against this golden light. Under its influence, it couldn't even let out a pain roar as it was obliterated in mere seconds. The Devil Prince had it the worst though, this light severely opposed him. For the first time, he felt truly terrified and in the precipice of death.

The Devil Prince even felt that his strength was rapidly being drained, the longer he was exposed on this Golden Light, the more damage he took. His heart pounded madly, without any other thoughts, he fled towards the portal and disappeared. The portal closed up and the battle was over.

In the air, Luna's figure was still present. Again, her face showed clear displeasure, it seems that she wasn't so happy that the Devil Prince managed to escape.

She gave a warm smile towards the Golden Knights and went back towards Raven and the rest. She joined Raven inside the ritual circle and said with an ethereal voice:

”That person won't be bothering you any time soon. I couldn't kill him but him and his contractor are badly injured.” She stepped forward and hugged Raven's body, he still had his eyes closed which means that all this time, he was still maintaining the ritual.

”This girl would be unconscious for at least a week. As for him, about a month or two. Take care of them.”

After saying this, Luna lost consciousness and returned back from her original appearance. The ritual circle disappeared and both her and Raven fell down on each other's arm, clearly unconscious.

The rest closed in on them, checking their pulses and breathing sighs of relief. It was then that the Golden Knights appeared behind them and asked in unison.

”What in the world happened here?”