The Least Afraid of a War of Attrition

Throne Room, outside the hall.

Just as the entire palace began to shake and thunderous roars erupted from within the Throne Room, Liz and Eulalie had already withdrawn from it.

There was no helping it. The aftershocks of Riezel and Redson's battle were simply too terrifying—far more shocking than the last time Riezel had caused havoc here. It was impossible for anyone to remain inside the Throne Room.

If not for the reinforcement of Heavenly Pillar Light, the fierce battle between two mighty Sword Saints whose strength surpassed Lv.8 would have surely destroyed the entire palace.

To avoid being caught up in it, Liz and Eulalie could only retreat first. That had also been Riezel's instruction before the battle began.

But...

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

Just as Liz withdrew from the Throne Room, faint sounds of air being torn apart rang out one after another.

The next second, black-robed attackers appeared like ghosts, surrounding Liz, who was holding Luna.

"Magic Dolls...!"

Seeing those familiar attackers, Liz's expression changed slightly.

"...Target confirmed."

"...Liz Reinayl. Target confirmation complete."

"...Commencing mission."

"...Kill."

Amid the faintly trembling air, the Magic Dolls completed their exchange and darted toward Liz without hesitation.

Judging by their utterly decisive actions, they had clearly planned this in advance—or rather, they had been waiting a long time for this moment.

It was impossible not to suspect that someone had planned all of this behind the scenes long ago.

Taking advantage of the conflict between Riezel and Redson, when neither could spare a hand, they had secretly moved against Liz. Their timing was impeccable. No one would believe that nobody had orchestrated this in secret.

Even Riezel had to offer praise in that regard.

"They really went this far."

After all, Riezel had summoned thousands of Little Fairies and scattered