Sifa merely chuckled inwardly at Luer An's less-than-friendly tone. He had no patience to argue with the admiral's secretary right now.
His gaze locked onto Levtor. Reminding himself that he was only a Sequence 7 Pyromaniac now, he raised Blood Praise and attacked first.
Bang! Bang!
Two bullets shot from the muzzle and slammed into the giant secretary's chest, producing sharp, ringing reports that echoed through the manor.
Two patches of web-like cracks appeared in the Dawn Armor over Levtor's chest where the bullets struck. Although the bullets had damaged it, they were still a long way from shattering it completely. Moreover, specks of dawn light gathered after the impacts, slowly repairing the cracks.
Although those two shots had inflicted no real injuries on Levtor, a blood-colored blossom of flame rose from his chest, leaving a hazy red glow.
Clearly, Blood Praise's Beyonder effects had taken hold. The giant secretary was now under the effects of Cursed Bloodfire and Blood Loss.
But Levtor was not injured or bleeding yet, so Blood Loss had not taken effect for the moment.
Sifa kept firing, trying to stack more negative effects on the giant secretary. However, Levtor swung the halberd in his hand, which had been condensed from dawn light, deftly blocking several bullets with a series of clangs.
The sounds ran together, making it difficult to distinguish one from another. With the bullets blocked, their attached Beyonder effects had no chance to take hold.
Meanwhile, the bloodfire and hazy red glow on the Dawn Armor dimmed visibly. Since Levtor had not been injured, the Beyonder effects could not persist.
Suddenly, Levtor lunged toward Sifa. It was hard to imagine such speed from someone over two meters tall, whose height should have made him seem clumsy.
Yet he proved agile and explosive. As