At this moment, when even repelling the enemy would come at a severe cost,
A turn in the crisis.
Staring at the scene in disbelief, his body screaming in pain, Fang Ran's dark eyes froze slightly.
In that instant,
Fang Ran suddenly understood who the "troublesome target" missing from Francis's memories truly was!
Then, just as a piercing flute note rang out,
The side of the carriage opened, firing enormous crossbow bolts whose tips glowed with magical energy!
After a rapid series of mechanical firing sounds, the glowing bolts embedded themselves across the surface of the lotus pond.
Osphia's mental interference and the illusory crowd that had forced Fang Ran to resort to his final means were instantly subdued and easily broken once the "weapon" fired by the carriage pulled by the demon horse Garon took effect!
The magical energy foundation sustaining that incomprehensible ability collapsed. The true body of the figure holding the transverse flute appeared amid the nighttime fields.
She silently watched the mysterious carriage of the Azure Demon Horse carry Fang Ran and Osphia away, vanishing toward the illuminated city of Rome.
Having destroyed the illusion over the ancient town's lotus pond, they departed.
The cold carriage drawn by the Azure Demon Horse traveled through the night before dawn.
His consciousness remained blurred from the lingering mental interference. He could only feel himself sitting on something as the night wind rushed past, wondering if he had been saved.
Then, when they finally reached a safe place and he heard Garon's neigh as it stopped,
Osphia struggled to focus her vision, her face filled with incredulous shock.
"Ancestor!?"
A female figure emerged from the forest ahead of the stopped carriage. The owner of the phantom beast demon horse, the woman who had just saved them both, possessed the