Inside the palace whose main structure had mostly collapsed, a Bone Dragon pinned a knight-like Vengeful Spirit beneath its claws. Then, an almost invisible transparent breath descended from above, enveloping the knight's entire body.
Just a few minutes earlier, Abner had followed the three official Beyonders through the palace's half-collapsed entrance when a knight clad in full black armor swung a heavy flail and charged at them with astonishing speed.
"Damn it!" Captain Difo of Purifying Light cursed. Then he quickly said, "It's actually staying in the entrance hall today... We'll hold it off and buy you time!"
After saying that, he exchanged looks with his two companions, silently confirming each other's resolve.
Clearly, although they acknowledged Abner's strength, they still did not believe he could contend with an ancient Vengeful Spirit that possessed partial Demigod strength through the ruin's augmentation.
But the sight of the Dragon knocking down the knight and exhaling its breath left all three of them frozen on the spot.
"Who exactly is this young man? He clearly isn't a Demigod yet, yet he so easily suppressed an ancient Vengeful Spirit!"
However, Abner was not as relaxed as they imagined. He swiftly ended his fusion with the Bone Dragon and, while the Knight Vengeful Spirit's mind was torn apart and its spirit body pierced through, leaving it unable to respond effectively, directly summoned Holy Light. A pure, blazing, thick pillar of light pierced through the Vengeful Spirit's body.
This was Holy Light simulated through the Pure White Eye. According to the former Popes of the Magic Mirror and the Eternal Blazing Sun, its effect was even far superior to the real thing cast by a Light Priest...
In Selo's words, it was as though it possessed the holiness radiated by the true Sun!
Of course, Abner