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With abruptness beyond abruptness, Algol's piercing, ear-splitting shriek vanished from the space without the slightest warning, plunging the entire area into an indescribable silence.
When they came back to their senses, everyone present could only see the petrified ground and Algol, transformed into a stone statue at its center.
In midair, Luos watched Algol being petrified before his very eyes. The color drained from his face, and even his lips began to tremble.
"Bzzz—!"
At that instant, a golden ripple like a wave on water spread through the space beside Luos, accompanied by a tremor in the air.
From within it, a sharp longsword slowly emerged, aimed at Luos's head.
A deadly sense of crisis surged through Luos's heart like crashing waves, filling his face with horror.
At the critical moment, Luos desperately twisted aside, throwing his head back so violently it seemed as though he wanted to snap his own neck.
"Swish—!"
The sharp longsword flashed past, carrying a faint whistle through the air, grazing less than five centimeters in front of Luos's face.
If Luos had raised his head even a second later, the spoiled young master's head would have been pierced straight through.
At that point, even with half-divine blood flowing through him and despite being called a higher life-form, he would only have met his end on the spot.
Realizing this, sweat began trickling down the tip of Luos's nose.
"Bzzz—!"
Just then, another golden ripple spread out on Luos's other side.
The moment he saw it, Luos's