(Heartfelt thanks to 'Ars Alreid', 'Unknown ◎ Mo Yan', 'Wufeng Haotian', 'Lolicon Gentleman', 'Tian Wo Wu Shang', 'Mo Yu Linshang', 'Twilight Romance Home', 'You Bi Ji Yue', 'jojo I Won't Be Human Anymore', 'You're Quietly Watching Me Update', 'Zhandou Gong', 'Dongfang Wansui', and 'Zhen Yi' for their rewards!)
"----Lion King's Heart, reveal unto me the essence of battle----"
"----My wings, become the steel of phantom blades. Silver Greatsword, grant me strength----"
"----Kakemon, imiji no waza ya, kotohisa mo, ayashiki waza----"
As the hordes of dead charged toward Noah and his group, Erica, Lilliana, and Ena immediately began chanting their Word Spirits, pouring the Cursed Power within their bodies into the weapons in their hands.
The foremost dead immediately howled and lunged at Erica, Lilliana, and Ena, ruthlessly swinging their rust-covered weapons at the three girls.
Though those weapons were so rusted that they looked incapable of cutting even cloth, they easily tore through the air with sharp whistles, crashing down on the slender girls as though intending to cleave them in two.
Clang----!
With a perfectly synchronized clash of metal, every weapon wielded by the leading dead was blocked by the weapons in Erica, Lilliana, and Ena's hands, scattering sparks.
"Ugh..."
At that moment, all three girls let out soft grunts.
Though they had successfully blocked the attacks of the dead, Erica, Lilliana, and Ena each had at least three or four rusty weapons grinding fiercely against the weapons held before them, enduring the simultaneous attacks of three or four dead.
Thus, Erica, Lilliana, and Ena each had to deal with at least three or four dead, bearing tremendous impact.
Yet even under such circumstances, more weapon-wielding dead continued charging toward them, madness gleaming in their pupil-less, grotesque eyes.
If those dead reached them and attacked, Erica, Lilliana, and Ena