Blank simultaneously arrived behind Caroso, and Elizabeth also sailed over to Caroso's side.
Plus Minette, they fell short of the opponent in headcount, quality, and theory.
Yet even with their battle formation arrayed, the enemy dared not strike.
Ivan was violently slain by Caroso, Thrall was violently slain by the Corrupted Card, and Dief was assassinated by Minette.
Such a massive joint encirclement not only failed, but resulted in three deaths; at this time, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.
"Caroso, do you still have confidence?" Kong asked in a low voice.
"I do." Caroso nodded heavily.
Not just for himself, even for the other me, this battle must be won!
"All of you, attack!" the Pope shouted. "If you don't move now..."
Swish!
Right at that moment, a sword leveled across his neck.
The Pope recognized this sword; it was the Sword of Dawn!
Ivan was killed, and Hercules had an arm severed by the Corrupted Card, so the Pope naturally fared poorly either.
After enduring several rounds of close combat, his mana bar was no longer so full.
Facing a Celica at the height of her power, he lacked absolute certainty of a guaranteed win.
Bear in mind that Celica had scarcely participated from start to finish, remaining idle the entire time.
The crowd stared blankly at Celica; they anticipated Celica putting in minimal effort, but never expected her to defect outright.
"Celica, are you going to betray Dawn?" The Pope's expression shifted.
Damn it, didn't you lack this kind of card? Didn't you agree you only carried healing ones?
Celica indicated that out of her entire stack, only a few one-star cards and miscellaneous zero-star cards were for healing, and her persistent inaction was to wait for this very moment.
If Caroso had died, she