Boom!
A wave of flames surged forward. Several rows of dark-red iron stakes shattered and scattered like rusted metal, their dull crash echoing through the hall. Vlad the Impaler, gripping his spear, staggered back uncontrollably under the aftershock until his back slammed heavily into a stone pillar, finally halting his retreat.
Pfft!
The Impaler fell from the pillar and spat out a mouthful of dark crimson blood. His face was wan, the bluish-black circles around his eyes even heavier, making him look strangely ethereal.
"Enemy Lancer, it is precisely because that land is your homeland that you possess extraordinary power in Romania. The history carved into that land grants you the protection of faith. But now, you have already left your own country. A king without territory is little different from a fallen beast."
Karna stepped thoughtfully over the dark-red iron stake fragments scattered across the floor. His mismatched red and blue eyes looked down at his increasingly weakened opponent as he shook his head indifferently.
"Stop struggling. You have no chance left."
"Silence!"
Perhaps the word "beast" had inadvertently pierced Vlad the Impaler's proud self-respect. The weakened Impaler roared and raised his left hand at Karna, clenching it into a fist.
As magical energy surged wildly, dark-red iron stakes erupted chaotically from all around Karna.
However, Karna merely waved his hand. His demonic spear easily shattered the prison that had once been unbreakable, driving Vlad the Impaler back once more.
At the same time, the situation of Darnic and his two companions was no better.
With Tirifas growing distant and the activation of the Chaos Formation, it was not only Vlad the Impaler who was affected. Finn and Diarmuid, illegally summoned through the Holy Grail's supply of magical energy, also suffered greatly. The flow of ether within them gradually