The Boy

Anliss's warning did not fully sink in with Anna. She immediately pulled the boy out of the river of blood. "Don't worry about so much. Saving him comes first."

Seeing the boy's cold, handsome features up close, Anna, Anliss in her black cat form, and Bell kept glancing at him, thinking, Who would've thought this human was actually so attractive?

Only at close range did Bell see clearly that the boy's wounds carried not only the aura of Hell's demons, but also another sacred aura lingering around them. Upon noticing this, Bell quickly pointed it out to Anliss and Anna.

Anliss the black cat listened to Bell's explanation and immediately pounced onto the boy's chest, sniffing him carefully. "Meow! This is the scent of a Greater Demon, and this sacred smell—it's definitely those birdmen from Heaven, isn't it?"

"Heaven!" Bell cried out upon hearing Anliss's explanation. As the most outstanding witch of her generation in Nightingale Castle, Bell naturally knew the word Heaven. But the last time she had heard any news related to Heaven had been five hundred years ago.

"Watch out!" At that moment, Anna, the most restless of them all, was the first to notice that something was wrong and immediately warned everyone.

She glanced at the unconscious boy lying on the ground. Since he was so handsome, Anna scooped him up in a princess carry. The black wings at her waist twitched slightly, and she swiftly left the spot.

Because she had warned Bell and Anliss the black cat, and because she had picked up the unconscious boy, Anna was the last one to leave.

The moment Anna's back foot left the area, a huge cluster of snow-white feathers plunged into the ground like javelins where they had been standing.

A flock of giant birds slowly