Brando had not intended to use Dalin as a target, but if the latter insisted on courting death, there was nothing he could do. He cursed the fool inwardly, then raised Frost Singer Sinna in his hand.
After being reforged in the Shallow Sea, Sinna's blade had become longer and slimmer than before, making it look somewhat like a rapier. Beneath the guard was a floral, wave-shaped cage guard like that of a foil. Brando gripped it in his hand, and the aquamarine set into the guard emitted a dim blue radiance like rippling water.
Three pale-blue rings of light opened from the sword, two in front and one behind. In an instant, the rings expanded to a radius of roughly one meter, rotating around one another as though they were three opened Gates of Light.
"mero!"
The interwoven silver net ahead was still fending off streams of flame raining down from the sky. The Undead fleet's shells fell upon it like raindrops, but the instant Sinna's activation incantation was shouted, a blue pillar of light suddenly burst forth from within the net and pierced through it. Against the undead fleet's magic and artillery fire, it stabbed straight into the pitch-black night sky.
The radiance was so brilliant that it seemed capable of illuminating the darkness over Finhothos Strait. It also set every pair of eyes on the battlefield alight, and countless gazes instinctively turned toward it.
Adeni and the knights only felt a powerful wind sweep past their cheeks. The airflow and clouds of dust raised by the blue pillar sent everyone's hair flying and brushed across their faces.
For that moment, time seemed to freeze.
Dalin was speaking with his apprentices, reminding them to act carefully and not leave Her Majesty the Queen any leverage. He told them