Alfred moved quickly, while Solam had no spare attention to deal with Alfred's attack. Holy Avenger was far more stubborn than he had imagined! In fact, Holy Avenger's will could no longer be described merely as stubborn.
Not only did it refuse to communicate with Solam, it even resisted and attacked him on the level of will. No matter how Solam spoke of the evil he faced, Holy Avenger remained unmoved. It simply stubbornly rejected Solam, someone neutral with evil leanings.
The dual torment of body and mind left Solam with no energy to care about anything else around him.
What the hell was this? He had originally planned to use the divine artifact to teach Alfred a good lesson, yet not only had he failed to teach his enemy anything, he had ended up suffering badly himself! This damned divine artifact simply refused to cooperate!
Solam could only curse his misfortune inwardly.
Just then, Alfred's attack arrived. Evil blood-red light coiled around his palm as he viciously thrust it toward Solam's chest!
Faced with such an attack, Solam had neither the time nor the energy to evade. But perhaps Alfred was simply too evil. The instant he drew close to Solam, Holy Avenger's will to resist suddenly weakened considerably.
Nothing was more frightening than comparison. Perhaps in Holy Avenger's eyes, Solam might be detestable, but compared with Alfred, he was nothing much. After all, Solam still belonged to the neutral camp and was not beyond redemption, whereas Alfred was the kind who absolutely had to die!
It was also because Holy Avenger's resistance had weakened that Solam was finally able to take hold of the divine artifact. At that very instant, Alfred's attack had already reached him!
Clang! Solam barely exerted any force, yet that legendary longsword slashed fiercely