"No one else is coming to support you, Hilders! I told you long ago—the Four Great Families of the Empire no longer have any reason to continue existing!"
While remotely controlling the Thundercloud and drawing Silent Kingdom Hilders's attention, Marquis Vent spoke with a cold sneer.
"Do you think today's actions represent me alone? The moment the Aslaid Family broke the agreement and interfered in the struggle for the throne, everything became irreversible."
"Hmph. Since you have already colluded with the Heretic God Cult, why bother finding such hypocritical excuses for yourself?"
With a roar, the Alfred Family's guardian abandoned Marquis Poloqi and hurried back into the city, joining Hilders in intercepting the Blood Shadow that had appeared in the city's core district.
Yet even with the two of them joining forces, they only managed to slow the Scarlet Phantom's advance slightly.
At the same time, without the Alfred guardian holding him back, the sea of darkness formed by Marquis Poloqi immediately surged forward and crashed against Silver Gull City's City Protection Array, causing the entire array's energy reserves to rapidly deplete.
"This won't do. Barry, that is the avatar of an Outer Deity from the Revelation Sect. I'll use the Bloodline Tracing Secret Technique to stall it for a while. Find a way to stop those two marquises. The Outer Deity avatar's descent cannot last long."
Seeing this, Hilders gritted her teeth and took a delicate plume from her ring, as though it had been carved from pure ice crystal.
The instant the feather appeared, a lifelike miniature phantom of an Icy Wind Crystal Bird emerged from it, circling the feather as it flew. A faint, clear birdsong could even be heard.
"An Icy Wind Crystal Bird Feather?"
After a brief pause, Barry immediately nodded. His figure flashed as