Echid, struck in the abdomen, was sent flying before crashing heavily into the wall of the Great Cathedral's side hall.
Watching Echid fly away from her kick, Noin showed no emotional reaction and said coldly,
"Then, since you claim I am a Divine Apostle you created, a puppet of yours, do you remember my name?"
"Isn't that obvi...ous...?"
Faced with Noin's question, Echid answered immediately, but halfway through, his tone faltered and his pupils contracted.
"What is this... Why..."
Noin looked at Echid before slowly speaking.
"That's right. While I was still a 'Divine Apostle,' I did indeed live as your apostle. But I am no longer some so-called Divine Apostle."
"I am Noin. Noin Michael, the Archangel who upholds the divine authority of 'Finality.'"
The instant those words rang out, roaring flames of judgment ignited across Ishtar's body, which Echid had possessed.
As though punishing every evil deed Echid had committed over tens of millions of years, the flames of judgment burned ever more fiercely.
In an instant, they engulfed Echid's entire body!
Even Noin's slashes and kicks had failed to harm him earlier, yet these flames of judgment seemed to burn his soul directly, causing him agonizing pain!
It had been a long time since Echid had felt such pain. Without hesitation, he abandoned Ishtar's body, and his soul, filled with immense Divine Aura, instantly appeared throughout the room.
The moment that Divine Aura appeared, the Seven Thunders of Purging Sin in Luo Mio's hand immediately radiated intense longing.
Echid's soul glared furiously at Luo Mio and Noin, but he had no intention of doing anything else. He flew straight toward the gate to the divine realm behind him.
As long as... as long as he reached that place! Reached the gate to the divine realm! Returned to