As the Church of Combat's newly appointed Archbishop on Sonia Island, Ivan Sharik, a Silver Knight, had rushed toward the naval port the moment it came under attack. He brought the Grade 1 Sealed Artifact in his charge and an elite squad of Demon Hunters.
Halfway there, he suddenly stopped. Without any visible movement, a sharp silver-white flash erupted a short distance to his left.
A figure appeared amid the torn remnants of a Dreamscape.
It was the Owen Avatar, lying in wait under Psychological Invisibility.
Owen—or rather, Abner—did not panic. He had expected to be found and attacked. A Silver Knight's Demon Hunter's Eye had undergone a fundamental improvement, and when it came to stealth and ambushes, this Sequence was top-tier too. His own skills were child's play by comparison.
Besides, Owen had no Secret Art or blessing of Secrecy. It was only natural that Psychological Invisibility alone would fail him.
Abner was about to strike up a conversation and buy some time when silver plates began covering the archbishop from head to toe.
"Do you really have to go all out the moment we meet? You're with the Church of Combat, not the Feysac Military..." Abner's mouth twitched. Knowing he had no choice but to fight hard himself, he immediately used Dragonification, bringing a creature of myth into reality.
Meanwhile, Yegor Einhorn, an Iron-blooded Knight, had just led his fleet into the mist under orders to engage when a Shriek rang out.
Every warship seemed to come alive. Ropes, sails, glass, nails, and more turned on their crews.
Yegor sensed what was happening immediately through his Iron-blooded Knight abilities. But he had never fought the Rose School and could not tell which Pathway the ability belonged to or where the attack was coming from. Only by distributing