"Haha!" A laugh rang out. "You dodged pretty fast!"
As she spoke, a blonde girl with twin ponytails appeared nearby. It was Arudika, the Golden Dragon Girl who followed Modi.
"You!" Via had met her before and knew of her connection to Modi. His face darkened further. "Why? Haven't Modi and Bill formed an alliance? You..."
Before Via could finish, Arudika waved a hand. "We never formed an alliance. We just worked together. That's over now, so there's nothing strange about becoming enemies. We're Revolutionaries, after all! Kings and nobles like you, and those charlatans pretending to speak for the gods, are all targets of our revolution."
"You..." Via had no answer. He had never seen anyone dress up treachery so shamelessly.
"Enough talk. If you want to protect the king you serve, you'll have to beat me first," Arudika said lightly. She leaped into the air, her body swelling rapidly. In the blink of an eye, she had become a Great Dragon over a hundred meters long, covered from head to tail in golden scales.
Via looked up at the Golden Dragon hovering above him, his face grim and his expression deadly serious. The Demon-Hunting Spear appeared in his hand.
The spear was made specifically to counter demons, but it was still a Divine Artifact—and the only weapon Via had.
Against a Calamity Rank Golden Dragon, Via had to fight with everything he had. Otherwise, not only would he fail to reach Bill III in time, he might die here himself.
The next instant, two surges of Calamity Rank Psychic Energy erupted inside the Royal Family Cemetery.
With a thunderous boom, Via and Arudika moved at once. Despite her enormous body, the Golden Dragon was incredibly fast, losing nothing to Via. Their collision sent a crack through the air.