Sacrificial Ritual Array

"Long time no see, Gotthard," Naimus greeted him.

Yet at this moment, Gotthard had no intention of exchanging greetings with Naimus.

He immediately sent a message back to headquarters, telling Rotes to issue a call for aid.

He knew Naimus's personality well. He was an enemy with an extremely strong sense of purpose.

If Naimus had revealed the Demon's whereabouts and forced him to come to Pupil Lake, then he must have had some ulterior motive.

Although Gotthard did not yet know what it was, he was likely facing grim odds.

"No need to be so nervous, because being nervous is useless..." The instant Naimus spoke, Gotthard was already before him, his sword carrying the 'rules' as it struck toward Naimus.

Under the Swordsmanship Gotthard had built upon The Church's precepts, a Demon like Naimus could only meet one end—death.

Faced with this Swordsmanship, Naimus likewise swung the sword in his hand.

The two swords collided in midair with a dull clang.

Gotthard's sword snapped at the sound.

With a slight turn of his sword, Naimus had already pointed it at Gotthard's head.

With the slightest exertion, Gotthard's head would be split open at once, and he would die.

Yet Naimus simply turned his wrist. The blade passed across Gotthard's face, then he used the flat of the sword to strike Gotthard directly across the face.

Gotthard was sent flying, his body becoming an erratically moving cannonball as he shot into the distance.

He flew off the island, skipped across the lake's surface, and slid for over a thousand meters before finally stabilizing himself.

But he had no intention of counterattacking. Instead, borrowing the momentum of the blow, he swiftly plunged into the water and swam away with the current.

From that brief exchange alone, he already understood that he