Summoning Salinger's Blood Banner went more smoothly than Angel had expected.
Previously, whether on the North and South Continents or in the Forsaken Land of the Gods before the Giant King's Court was unsealed, she had always felt a slight obstruction when summoning this Red Priest Uniqueness sealed in Molora. It came from the seal itself and the resistance to breaking through the Mirror World, preventing her from wielding the banner quite as freely as she wished.
But here in Fourth Epoch Trier, jointly sealed by the God of Steam and the Eternal Blazing Sun, drawing the mirror image of Sealed Artifact 0-01 from Molora's Special Mirror World felt no different from retrieving something from her own private Mirror World. Not only was there no resistance, the entire process felt utterly fluid.
Whoosh—
The scorched banner, dotted with bloodstains that radiated danger, unfurled in the scorching gale. An aura that compelled submission instantly surged out. Even Glaide Sauron, who had transformed into a Flame Spear, reverted to a Flame Giant, his face beneath the blue-violet flames turning solemn.
"This is the Red Priest Uniqueness..."
He murmured.
"Just a mirror image."
Angel answered with a slight curl of her lips, lest the prospect of too great a prize tempt this War Bishop into taking a desperate risk.
No sooner had she spoken than the Calamity Giant dozens of meters tall nearby, wreathed in flames, storms, and smoke, turned toward them as though sensing the summons of Salinger's Blood Banner.
For the first time, Angel clearly saw the giant Formonda Champagne Sauron had become after losing control.
His entire body was charred, his flesh and blood long gone. Nearly transparent purple flames surrounded his black skeleton, which gleamed with a metallic sheen. They filled the gaps between his bones, forming what appeared