"Crackle, crackle!"
As Lilith chanted,
sparks suddenly flashed into existence throughout the hall.
Immediately afterward, waves of heat swept over them.
"Rumble~"
A thunderous explosion rang out through the empty hall.
From the void, a gigantic claw wreathed in flames slammed violently into the floor.
"Creak, creak~" The sound spread throughout the hall.
The floor of the tenth level of the Underground City was torn apart.
Flames dripped from the giant claw, igniting the bricks beneath it.
"An Abyssal Flame Demon!"
The moment the giant claw appeared,
Spider Queen Lolth's avatar, which was hovering in midair and preparing to attack Christian, recognized it immediately.
During the Sub-deity Era of the Old Continent,
wars had often broken out between the Abyss and the gods.
A Flame Demon Lord's strength was comparable to Greater Divine Power.
Even Spider Queen Lolth's true body would not dare to contend with one.
If the one emerging now had been a Flame Demon Lord,
Spider Queen Lolth's avatar would have been doomed.
But fortunately!
What emerged from the explosion of flames was only a phantom.
Spider Queen Lolth's avatar quickly discovered that the Flame Demon behind the giant claw was not corporeal.
"A phantom!"
"You can summon the phantom of a Demon Lord."
"So you aren't heretics after all."
"You're servants from the Abyss!"
Compared to heretics, servants who had submitted to the Abyss were just as detestable.
Spider Queen Lolth's avatar let out a shriek from midair.
She abruptly pointed at the Flame Demon Phantom that had just emerged.
"Soul Steal!"
This was a divine spell developed by Spider Queen Lolth.
It was specifically meant to deal with various summoned creatures.
It could use its wielder's power to forcibly seize control of an opponent's summoned creature.
"Christian."
"Attack her!"
Lilith had once been a top