"-A Glorious Manifestation-"

"Boom—!"

Beneath that boundless, glittering golden radiance, all deathly energy was rapidly purified at a visible rate, vanishing without a trace.

The sight made Moro narrow her eyes.

"As expected of the Holy Sword capable of defeating the Demon King. Even while sealed, it still possesses such power. Truly... nauseating."

With a wave of her delicate hand, Moro transformed the deathly energy into surging black waves and hurled them at Shien.

Their sheer momentum was terrifying.

"Whoosh!"

Shien immediately vanished from where he stood, using Teleportation to evade the incoming black waves and reappearing some distance away.

"It seems you really do have some tricks up your sleeve, Imperial Consort."

Looking at Moro, who remained completely unscathed, Shien sincerely praised her.

Her strength truly was no small matter. Not only was she a genuine Limit-tier combatant, but her combat experience and abilities also far surpassed those of ordinary beings. Shien finally felt that she really was an ancient monster who had lived for a thousand years.

Someone like the High Priest might have lived for several thousand years, but the combat experience and methods he had accumulated were probably nowhere near Moro's.

Even Maki, the Demon Spirit from the same era as the Elf Queen Sophie, was likely far inferior to Moro at the same level.

Moro was stronger than Aridia, hailed as the strongest in the Human Realm, and stronger than Yulin, who was also Limit-tier. She was the strongest person below the Transcendent Class Shien had encountered so far. Even Lilith the Evil God, who had manifested in Cosmos while still out of control, seemed faintly inferior to her.

That was not to say Lilith had been weaker than Moro at the time.

In terms of sheer power alone, even while out of control and not yet fully