The dazzling Sword Light clearly possessed extraordinary power, but it was aimed at an envoy from the Dragon race—the race hailed as the most powerful on the continent.
Laura was also in the Sacred Domain, and furthermore, she was a member of the Dragon race's Sacred Domain. Facing the incoming Sword Light, she was utterly unafraid... Dragon scales were among the strongest defenses in the world.
The Dragon's hands had snapped countless treasured swords.
Yet just as Laura was about to seize the sword with her bare hand, Mr. Vali, who had remained silent while staring intently at the Silver Masked man, suddenly said in a low voice, "Don't grab that sword!"
The treasured sword was about to fall into her grasp, but the instant Mr. Vali's voice rang out, Laura forcibly twisted her wrist and reached instead for the Silver Masked man's arm.
The swordsman's reactions were just as swift. He flicked and raised the treasured sword, then pulled it back, directly cutting through the scales covering Laura's Dragon's Hand.
She was shocked and hurriedly retreated to Mr. Vali's side, staring at the wound on her arm in disbelief... Her dragon scales had been split open, and the sword wound had even pierced into her skin. Blood flowed out along the densely packed scales.
"This sword..." Laura's expression changed. It became wary.
"Aurora's Ester." Mr. Vali calmly said, "It's almost in its complete form... I've come here many times and wielded Aurora's Ester more than five times. This is the closest to its complete form that I've ever seen. But you... you're not a familiar. Who are you?"
The Silver Masked man said nothing. He merely swung his sword casually, and the blood belonging to Laura on its blade instantly splattered onto the floor.
The blood that dripped onto