Triss was a traditional psionic master, and her fighting style was steady. So before making the final push against the goatmen church before them, she spent some time preparing psionic buffs for everyone in the party and distributing scrolls and potions.
Palanno Knight would lead the charge, she would provide support, and Hogg, Winnie, and Monyqiong would be responsible for seizing the Civilization Tablet during the battle.
Once they had clarified their respective roles, the Rose Knight offered an artistic prayer, then pinned a rose as crimson as blood to his breastplate. It was like the pre-battle ritual of a classical knight, a sign that he was ready to fight.
He was the first to step onto the heavily weathered stone bridge. With lance and shield in hand, he charged toward the dilapidated church at its far end. Triss and Winnie flapped their wings and followed close behind, while Rich Bro summoned a manticore to carry him and Hogg over.
Palanno began to accelerate. The hundred-meter stretch gave him enough room to reach top speed, and his Golden Transcendent Law, "Guard," activated. The massive, sharp lance smashed into the church's front doors like a cannonball.
"Boom!"
Amid the deafening crash, the stone doors shattered and flew apart.
Dust filled the air as the Rose Knight, wreathed in crimson light, made a grand entrance like a hero. He strode into the loathsome, filthy place and immediately saw more than a dozen corpses of various races hanging in the air. Chains bound them aloft, preserving the despair they had felt before death. Even dead, their mouths hung open in silent screams.
This was clearly not a brutal massacre but a ritualistic, evil sacrifice, because several of the dead suspended from the rusted chains were goatmen.
There was no way to know what