Resolve and Repel!

The Thousand-Faced Moon's thunderous heartbeat grew ever louder, drowning out the roaring cannon fire within the Mechanical Realm.

Slowly, gears that formed the ground, turrets, and even abandoned wrenches dragged their overgrown flesh and blood along, preparing to follow Its rhythm and leap up to attack the living people nearby.

Even some lower-ranked Formal Wizards discovered in horror that their hearts were gradually synchronizing with that frequency.

After all, a Wizard Garden was not a Wizard Secret Realm like a Truth Embodiment's demi-god-level "sanctuary." Even after being managed by a Crown Wizard for over a thousand years, it could not completely resist a demi-god's active contamination.

If the other party had not come knocking but had instead encountered them by chance, then escaping with their lives before a demi-god would already have been the greatest glory a Fourth-Order Extraordinary could achieve.

Buzz!

The Balance Holy Sword in Evan's hand was already humming, impatient to drink the enemy's blood—and feast on Evan's Gold Lion as well.

Yet Evan only slightly activated the artifact's power, shielding his companions from the evil god's contamination.

Part of it was because he hated spending his hard-earned money, while another part was because the master of this place had yet to appear.

A deal that came begging was no deal at all. Allies were allies, but if they did not even show their faces, then unleashing a ruinously expensive sword strike would be far too cheap.

However.

To Evan's surprise, the first to act at this critical moment was not the owner of this place, the Crown Wizard Mennon Watt.

Chirp, chirp, chirp.

A pleasant sound like kingfisher calls rang throughout the Mechanical Realm, instantly weakening that irritating heartbeat considerably.

Whoosh!

A tall, graceful figure flashed lightly into the air, confronting the evil god Thousand-Faced Moon