Behemoth (1)

"What did you say? Xihanu Lawrence turned into a Behemoth?"

Cyrabelle's voice rose two pitches as her magical message reached Wood Slater's ears.

Green's Main Consciousness was with the Death Angel. Wood Slater was only a Soul Coffer clone, but nothing about him seemed unusual. If anything, he seemed more natural as Wood Slater.

He sounded tense, with a trace of relief, as though he had barely escaped death. "My lady, I saw it with my own eyes. If a strange Four-Winged Angel hadn't appeared and started fighting him, I'd probably be dead by now."

"A Four-Winged Angel?" Cyrabelle grew even more curious. Her attacks on Sisonawa, the White Dragon, sharpened as she prepared to finish the fight quickly.

Sisonawa had long since lost his earlier swagger. One of his enormous wings was broken and hung limp at his side. Wounds covered his body, and he was drenched in blood.

Cyrabelle had not escaped unscathed either. The statue of the War Goddess she had summoned was in ruins. One arm had broken off, cracks covered its surface, and half its head had shattered.

But those losses had done little to Cyrabelle herself. Instead, she fought harder than ever, especially after Green's message told her that Xihanu Lawrence had become a Behemoth and that a mysterious Four-Winged Angel had appeared, one capable of overpowering Lawrence before his transformation.

Heh. Another faction has come out of hiding? His Grace was right. It seems the Rune People aren't the only ones after this Void World. Has the Lorenzo Kingdom really fallen so far that everyone thinks they can push us around? They've all set their sights on our Void World!

The thought stoked a fresh surge of anger in Cyrabelle. She pursued Sisonawa relentlessly, hammering him with another barrage of attacks.

Sisonawa was