World in the Painting Ishruna: Imaginary Numbers

"It's actually Construct Knights. This is indeed a little troublesome."

Sakura recognized the identities of the two knights before her. Her delicate brows furrowed slightly as she murmured to herself.

"Construct Knights? They look very similar to the two we saw at the church entrance earlier."

Olga Marie continued.

"That's right. The two knights at the church entrance were Construct Knights as well."

Sakura paused briefly before continuing her explanation.

"Construct Knights are war puppets created through magecraft technology during the Golden Dynasty. Their raw materials were the bodies of heroes who had reached the demigod realm. It is said that the Golden Dynasty possessed an entire order of Construct Knights and even waged war beyond this world."

"Unfortunately, with the fall of the Golden Dynasty, the method for creating Construct Knights vanished as well. And heroes at the demigod level... there are only a handful left in Ishruna today."

"Demigods..."

Olga Marie clicked her tongue softly. Though she had great faith in Kischurche, they were legendary demigods after all. She could not help but feel a trace of worry.

Kischurche strode toward them with unhurried composure. At the same time, his robes stirred without wind before gradually settling, fluttering like a battle flag.

"Don't worry. Leave it to me."

The two Construct Knights took only a few milliseconds to accelerate from zero to beyond the speed of sound.

The Construct Knights merely assumed attacking stances, yet did not launch an attack. No matter how powerful they were, they were ultimately rigid puppets.

As if sensing Olga Marie's thoughts, Kischurche turned back and smiled faintly, his face filled with calm confidence.

Yet when that thunderous attack reached the surface of Kischurche's body, it abruptly came to a halt.

Thinking of how his teacher had demonstrated it, casually dividing space into