The instant the projection of the Red Priest's Uniqueness appeared in Angel's hand, invisible, colorless flames sprang up throughout the Giant King's shadow-covered residence. They spread along the curtain of shadows on their own, seeking to expand their own domain and force all other powers into submission.
With only Angel's bestowed War Bishop powers, the connection between the team members could share only some physical injuries. It was powerless against the authority of corruption, leaving her no way to save Lovia's life from a King of Angels.
Especially since the Dark Angel wielded the power of the Chaos Sea and stood at the pinnacle of five pathways, including the Hanged Man, giving him an inherently stronger influence over Lovia, a Black Knight.
But adding the Red Priest's Uniqueness changed everything.
Although Salinger's Blood Banner was merely a projection, it had long been tainted by the City of Calamity and possessed a natural affinity with that sefirah. This made the power Angel borrowed from Molora through the sefirah's authority almost equivalent to the Uniqueness itself, enough to raise her to a level approaching Conqueror.
That was why she had been confident she could defeat a Sequence 1 Archangel, provided she prepared properly.
Unfortunately, she faced a King of Angels who had existed since the Second Epoch, one with whom the Ancient Sun God had shared all the Hanged Man beyonder characteristics and the Uniqueness, and who wielded a sefirah's power... This was practically a King of Angels among Kings of Angels, nothing like those who merely possessed multiple Sequence 1 characteristics...
Even with the banner in hand and courage filling her heart, Angel could not help sinking into despair when she considered it rationally.
The reason she had not brought the others into her team or summoned the Sword of Glory