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"Whoosh—!"
The howling wind rang endlessly through the air, whistling around Noah's ears.
Hovering in midair, Noah watched the numerous angels below rush violently toward him, and the icy silver gleam in his deep black eyes grew even brighter.
On closer inspection, Noah was not hovering in the air with the Hermes' Boots he had used before, but with a necklace around his neck.
It was a pure white necklace shaped like one wing of a bird.
This necklace was also a magic item.
It contained only one spell.
—Flight.
Normally, Noah had not taken items from Nazarick Underground Great Tomb's Treasure Hall if they had effects similar, comparable, or identical to things he already possessed.
However, because this magic item had no limit on the number of uses, while Hermes' Boots could not guarantee they would always remain on his feet, Noah had taken one such necklace after acquiring a vast number of treasures from Nazarick Underground Great Tomb's Treasure Hall and had worn it ever since.
After noticing someone watching him in Carne Village, Noah had immediately activated the Flight spell in the magic item. Together with Albedo, he had followed the lingering magical aura left in the air by Nigun's long-range divination-type information magic and flown all the way here.
Then, they had encountered these people from the Sunlight Scripture.
There was no need to say it aloud. Noah could guess.
These people were the Slane Theocracy's troops who had targeted Gazef, disguised themselves as Empire Knights, and slaughtered people wantonly in Carne Village.
Watching the pure white figures that Nigun called angels—each holding a flame-like sword