The Narak academic world had always conducted little research into Void creatures. The literature contained only scattered records, merely stating that they were creatures of unparalleled evil and blasphemy.
But Ansu knew that Void creatures devoured their mother after being born.
They obtained nourishment by gnawing on their mother.
For these newly born Void Moths, their mother was naturally Calvin.
That was why this method could be used to kill enemies.
Agnes watched the scene before her with an ugly expression:
Beneath the dim, oppressive blood moon, the two strangely formed blasphemous monsters pounced onto Calvin's upper body and opened their countless mouthparts.
Countless tiny teeth sank into Calvin's flesh, and blood and meat flew everywhere in an instant.
What was most disturbing was that the moths spoke in childish voices. Their repeated cries of "mom" sent chills down Agnes's spine.
It seemed Calvin truly had fallen.
In mere moments, the Void Moths had gnawed away most of Calvin's flesh and bones. Their bodies swelled by a full circle, and they beat their wings, leaving behind the mangled corpse.
Clearly, the two Void Moths were not full.
They turned their bodies, their compound eyes settling upon the Holy Knights, and more specifically upon Agnes, the Third-tier Saint.
Their tastes resembled those of the Mother Goddess of Life. They were exceptionally fond of beings with high dark affinity or high light affinity.
This Holy Knights squad had twenty Second-tier Saints and one Third-tier Saint—enough for the moths to feast well.
Perceiving the Void Moths' gaze, every hair on Agnes's body stood on end.
Ansu quietly watched the scene unfold.
Things had indeed developed as he expected.
The Void Moths' duration was determined by the effect of All Things Grow, whose blessing lasted only one minute.
After one minute, these Void Moths would die.
To make the best use of them, he could only detonate the bomb inside Calvin's stomach just as the Knights Order arrived.
This was killing two birds with one stone.
He had deliberately provoked Calvin and allowed himself to be chased all the way by him in order to leave evidence and establish an image of innocence.
He could pin all the blame on Calvin while also summoning Void Moths.
Everything was to distance himself from the matter.
So Ansu had not been wrong earlier—he had also been waiting for Calvin's teammates.
Of course, two Void Moths that existed for only one minute were nowhere near enough to wipe out this squad.
Perhaps if Enya joined the fight, they could be annihilated.
But for Ansu, he could do that, but there was no need.
The complete destruction of a Holy Knights squad would alert the Inquisitors of Heresy at headquarters.
Compared to killing them, Ansu had a better method.
A method that could reap even greater benefits.
The dark, dense blood moon covered the plains, dyeing the barren wilderness an especially vivid red. The male Void Moth let out a piercing shriek and dove straight toward the Knights Order.
"Defend!"
Agnes gave the order without hesitation.
The twenty Saints immediately began chanting. The magic they used was Holy Light Protection, a low-tier defensive spell.
Thick Holy Light overlapped and intertwined, forming complex yet gorgeous patterns. Layer upon layer, the twenty Saints stacked twenty layers of Holy Light.
The male Void Moth charged down and slammed viciously into the Holy Light shield. As a Fourth-tier Void creature, a single impact was enough to shatter one layer.
The female Void Moth followed close behind, pouncing forward with her brother.
Their tiny, sharp blasphemous teeth gnawed at the Holy Light with grating squeaks. In only a few seconds, five layers of the Holy Light shields shattered!
Agnes's expression grew grave as cold sweat streamed down her face.
"Prepare Holy Arrows."
A splendid curve formed into a brilliant gold longbow. Agnes took an arrow composed of Holy Light from her attendant, drew the bow, and nocked the arrow.
When she charged it to its limit, the arrow shot forth in an instant, splitting apart the darkness between heaven and earth and leaving behind only that streak of silver light.
Mid-tier Magic, Agni's Arrow. It consumed four Mana Points.
Yet the arrow merely touched the Void Moth's surface before being corroded and knocked away, leaving behind only a Blood Mark.
Ten Saints also fired their arrows. In an instant, Holy Light fell like a violent storm, striking the Void Moths and carving wound after wound into them. Blood poured out in torrents.
But it could not kill the Void Moths. On the contrary, it enraged them.
They rammed the holy shields madly, smashing through layer after layer of Holy Light.
Only fifteen layers of holy shields remained, struggling to hold.
Agnes's heart pounded violently. In her anxiety, she gripped her bow so tightly that her knuckles whitened.
It was as though she had returned to that day—the day she faced a High-tier demon.
The day her squad had nearly been wiped out.
Ansu watched the battle calmly and indifferently.
It appeared that the church had been completely pushed into a disadvantage.
But in truth, the Void Moths were about to vanish.
From the moment they were born, Ansu had timed them with the Pocket Watch he carried. They had already existed for forty-five seconds, leaving only fifteen seconds of life.
Even if they broke through the holy shields, they could at most injure one or two Saints.
Ultimately, the magic rank of Gift of the Mother Goddess of Life, the core of this Combination Skill, was still too low. It was only Mid-tier Magic. If it could be raised to high-tier or beyond, it could summon creatures more advanced than Void Moths.
But Ansu was already very satisfied.
From the start of the battle until now, he had used two casts of the Mother Goddess's Gift and two casts of All Things Grow, consuming only eight Magic Points in total.
Eight Magic Points for such an effect—this was indeed close to perfect.
However, this skill set still had a flaw: after the mother was killed, they would indiscriminately attack everyone present.
But that was hardly a problem. There were plenty of ways to avoid it.
What Ansu needed to consider now was how to explain the Void Moths' sudden death a dozen seconds later.
According to Ansu's earlier account, the Void Moths were blasphemous creatures Calvin had summoned through a forbidden ritual at the cost of sacrificing his own life—also a very common cultist sacrifice.
Everyone knew that summons produced through this method would not die naturally.
That would arouse suspicion.
But Ansu had long since thought of the perfect solution.
He glanced at the Pocket Watch.
Ten seconds remained.
The timing was about right.
The pair of Void Moths let out crazed shrieks and smashed through another layer of barrier.
Cold sweat poured down Agnes's face. She understood that even if they ultimately killed these two beasts, more than half her squad would be lost.
She could not help considering other means of escape. How could they get out? How could she preserve as many of her subordinates as possible?
But suddenly, the two Void Moths gnawing on the Holy Light stopped.
Their antennae twitched lightly, as if they had caught a scent. They actually gave up their attack, beat their wings, and turned in one direction.
Agnes and the other Saints followed the Void Moths' gaze and could hardly believe their eyes.
They saw that unfamiliar young man walking over, completely unguarded.
It was that young man who had drawn the Void Moths' attention!
They could sense the Dark Element contained within Ansu's body.
Though the Void Moths possessed only simple intelligence, they could make simple distinctions. On one side were tough canned rations wrapped in iron, numerous but difficult to bite and unsatisfying; on the other was a delicious little dessert without any wrapping.
If that delicious little dessert had stayed still, they would have ignored it. But the dessert had come looking for them on its own!
Before everyone's eyes, the Void Moths rose into the air and pounced straight toward Ansu.
Ten seconds left, Ansu thought.
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