The instant the Blood Angel descended, blood once again veiled the night sky above Iris.
The night sky turned a filthy dark red, convulsing and pulsing like the inside of a beating heart.
Although the people underground could not see the sky at that moment, they could clearly feel the air immediately grow damp.
A Blood Blade more than forty meters long and over a meter wide instantly sliced "Dancing Skirt" in half! The condensed Blood Blade severely wounded "Dancing Skirt" before she could dodge! "Your knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha, has answered the call--
"--to fight for you!"
Don Quixote appeared before Isabel, who had transformed into Iver, accompanied by brilliant white light.
The instant he appeared, he seized the enormous holy sword on his back and drove it into the ground.
Two illusory wings of light spread open, forming a shield that flashed into existence and vanished. When the Blood Blade's shockwave reached them, the shield blocked it! Amid the violent clash of metal, the illusory shield's shadow appeared once more, existing with startling clarity for an instant before gradually fading away. It was like the afterimage that remained when one stared at a lightbulb for too long and then looked at a white wall, only to see it slowly disappear.
Without Don Quixote... even the shockwave alone would have been enough to sever everyone's lives in an instant.
The Blood Angel had not taken them into consideration at all. She had launched her full-powered strike without the slightest restraint or hesitation! Yet the attack was effective for only an instant--
The Blood Blade that had split "Dancing Skirt" apart turned around without hesitation, intending to continue shredding her body. With the Blood Angel's speed, a single second would have been enough to cut Dancing Skirt into