Mythic Chapter: Azure Storm - Rhine - Watcher's Sword
"I don't know how many more times your Sealed Item can be used.
But at the very least,
I believe its power cannot possibly compare to mythology."
As Handsome Scholar spoke in a calm, storytelling tone, an endless storm began to surge around him.
At the same time,
a cultist hidden beneath a black cloak, his face concealed in shadow, slowly pulled a pure-black pendant from within his tightly fastened collar with an almost ritualistic motion.
The pendant's surface was as smooth as a mirror, as though it could devour all surrounding light. The massive, shocking black beam of destruction from earlier had originated from within this inconspicuous pendant.
The cultist even curled his lips into a sinister smile.
That was right. He had been hiding among the villagers all along, waiting for this moment to launch a sneak attack. He was fully confident in the scene about to unfold.
However, when he tried to launch his ambush using this B-rank Sealed Item, Dark Night Abyss - Eros - Devourer's Pendant,
the black death ray that should have been unstoppable shattered like foam before Handsome Scholar.
"That's impossible!"
The Dormant Sect cultist cried out in shock.
The image of the priest who had given him the pendant flashed through his mind—it was one of their sect's peak fourth-rank leaders, whose face had been indistinct:
"Use it, and you will gain unprecedented power.
But you must defend this hidden stronghold.
Otherwise, you know very well what fate awaits you."
At the thought of that warning—or rather, threat—
he refused to believe it and intensified his control over the Dark Night Abyss, frantically firing increasingly dense black Destructive Death Rays in an attempt to overwhelm everything through sheer numbers.
However,
before the overwhelming