128 [2-62] Where theres light, theres a shadow. (2/2)

Gislain flew at me, his whole body spraying lasers of holy energy.

A couple of wedges of the Fallen were struck off, but that was it. A final assault that never arrives.

At ......, there seemed to be...

Zithlan's body pulsated strangely.

His flabby belly sloughed off, his dragon tail fell off like a lizard.

As he flew, chunks of white flesh peeled from his tail, back and belly like shredded clay and fell onto the muddy ground.

--flesh removed?

Like a rocket being launched while separating its parts, Gislain is coming toward us while separating his body.

Rene wondered if he was trying to increase his speed by making his body lighter, but he didn't seem to be gaining much speed.

The assault never reached Rene, and the Wedge of the Fallen pierced Gislain's body one after another.

A number of magic circles unfolded, and a faint light illuminated Zithran's huge body.

Then, the pieces of flesh that he had detached, not Zithran, burst one after another on the ground.

”What?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Zithran's breath burned his own hand.

The dragon's hands were covered in the flames of holy air, and it crushed Rene, who was unable to move.

At about the same time.

About the same time.

A young girl screamed in a humble house in the residential area of Teiracaines.

”Aaaaah!

The girl, who was surrounded by Blood Suckers and could do nothing but sit there shivering, collapsed in agony.

To have one's body taken by the evil one is a pain that shakes the very core of one's soul. In addition, she was bombarded with grudges, anger, and sorrow, more negative emotions than a ...... person could hold in her body, and it drove her insane.

The bloodsuckers were watching this madness with emotionless eyes.

The bloodsuckers, who had been watching hostilely, now lined up and straightened their posture as if they were serving a nobleman.

”...... Phew!　I'm beat.

When the girl woke up again, her consciousness was no longer that of a different person.

Rene was crushed by Gislain.

Indeed, her body was destroyed.

But his soul was safe. He escaped with only his soul and slipped into the spare body like this.

Incidentally, the girl whose parents had been turned into bloodsuckers, who had been watched by an army of undead including her parents, and whose body had just been taken was named Meri.

I don't think Rene will ever use that name, though.

Rene takes a couple of breaths, and in between, checks on her own body.

She felt a dull ache as if a bolt of lightning were continuing to strike deep within her body, but that was all.

--The body is not unharmed since it was hit by a mass of holy energy.

But if the damage is like this, you don't need to worry about it.

Even if your body is completely destroyed, you can escape with only your soul and start over.

This was the strength of the ”Rose of Hell”. If you don't defeat her after setting up a mechanism to capture her soul, it will only be a temporary repulse.

After all the fuss and the juggling that seemed to be his secret technique.

That's how Gislain finally managed to reduce the number of his remaining machines by one.

Meili didn't want the battle to drag on, considering the damage to his allies, but the spear was already defeated. But the spear had already been defeated, and now that Gislain had withdrawn the Holy Beast and gathered it to himself, his concerns were gone.

The Ghoul Knight, the commander of the troops, stepped forward and offered his caller to Meili.

”Princess, are you there?

Alastor's voice came from the caller that had already been activated.

I'm here.

...... He cut off the flesh and spawned a holy beast. It took the damage and attacked me while it was doing it. I can't believe he even has that secret trick. ......

I'm glad you're okay. I'm glad you're okay.

It was a little frustrating that he had been killed exactly as he was.

Gislain could not only fuse with other holy beasts, but he could also detach his own body to create a simple holy beast.

I don't know if it can divide indefinitely as long as it has flesh, or if there is some kind of limit. ...... Well, we can just kill it, bring back the body, and have Everis analyze it.

Do you want to continue fighting?

No problem.

I'm not sure if Gislain is a holy beast or not, it's not what I had in mind. ...... Anyway, one more push. We've switched bodies and we're going to finish him off.

I understand. ...... Mmm?

That's when. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're doing.

At about the same time, Rene caught a change in the atmosphere of the city, as if the air had changed.

”Princess, I have a report from the castle gate. There is no sign of the holy beast in the castle.

I know.

Even from a distance, I could still feel the huge holy spirit of the Holy Beast Zithran. I know.

I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I'm not the only one who's a little nervous about the whole thing.

I'm not sure if they thought they'd defeated me and let go of their battle stance.

I'll be right there. I'll be right there.

His neck was severed with a thud.

Her neck was severed and blood dripped down her chest.

Rene's body, which had been nothing more than a frail girl, was filled with strength.

Her shoulder-length blue hair rippled softly and turned into waist-length silver hair.

In her right hand she held a cursed red blade made from her own blood. In her left hand she holds a severed head.

As Rene stepped forward, the Bloodsuckers who had been lining up quickly dodged to make way.

Then they began to march after René.