Claire's Trial (2)

Since the Six-Headed Snake Woman was a spirit, she was less able to withstand shocks. The collision sent a tremor through her spiritual body, and she could no longer hold it together properly. Psychic energy rapidly leaked out.

As the Six-Headed Snake Woman's master, Green had not entered the fight himself, but he had used Visual Synchronization to observe the Fallen Knight through her eyes. Yet that clash of sword and shield had jolted him straight out of Visual Synchronization. His head rang, and it took him a long while to recover.

Just then, the Fallen Knight wheeled his horse around again and launched his third Knight's Charge!

The Six-Headed Snake Woman tried to rise into the air, but a suppressive force blocked her, forcing her to face the enemy head-on.

This was a compulsory restriction built into the Mage Tower's legacy trial. Anyone participating had to obey its rules or lose the right to inherit the Mage Tower.

The Six-Headed Snake Woman was getting angry. All six sisters found this fight frustrating. After enduring the Fallen Knight's repeated charges, their tempers had flared. If she could not fly, she would fight him head-on to the bitter end!

Seeing the Fallen Knight charge toward her, the Six-Headed Snake Woman released another Banshee Shield to block him. At the same time, she formed a massive sword of psychic energy nearly three meters long and brought it crashing down at his head.

An unbroken series of crashes and impacts followed. Their furious exchanges of attack and defense were already too fast for Green to follow, even though the Six-Headed Snake Woman was at a considerable disadvantage against the Fallen Knight. Without a physical body, she had to rely on a sword and shield formed entirely from condensed psychic energy.

But the Fallen