You call for backup, I call for backup too.
Is it protection, or supremacy?
Is it standing high above all others, or tirelessly taking the lead and using one's body as a wall before the innocent?
Is it commanding glory to bow at one's feet, or piercing an unwelcome guest's chest with the blade in one's own hands and earning respect personally?
Or perhaps...
Both?
"..."
"Squelch! Slash!!!"
Miss Chi You dragged the long dagger embedded in an Angel's neck sideways, watching the blood-splattering Angel gradually dissolve into motes of light.
Then, turning toward the remaining Angel, Miss Chi You let out a long breath. "Whew... Your defeat is certain."
The Angel left behind was already covered in wounds.
One of the pristine white wings on his back was already badly tattered.
Chi You's condition was not particularly good either. Though she did not appear injured, that did not mean she had not been hurt.
Unlike people such as Angels, who fought using Faith Power, those who used magic recovered extremely quickly on their own.
For Angels to rapidly repair their injuries, they had to draw upon Faith Power to heal themselves... That required time and concentration.
For those who used magic, channeling magic meant something like "greatly enhancing recovery ability," and even without doing so, they possessed decent regenerative abilities.
That might have been magic's only advantage.
Other than that, both the upper and lower limits of Faith Power—Divine Power—were absurdly high. It was practically an entirely higher level of energy.
"You... Something is wrong with you."
The Angel had already recognized who Chi You was and no longer referred to her as a "mortal." Instead, he looked somewhat astonished.
"Your seal... No, did you truly store up magic power without having your reserves for breaking the seal destroyed