A dark figure suddenly appeared beside Maria. It was a Wildfolk soldier, neither particularly tall nor remarkable in appearance.
Countless sharp spikes extended from the insides of his four arms as he lunged at Maria, arms spread wide.
Maria gave a cold snort.
A flood of black and white light erupted from her body.
Drawing on the power of Order, Maria entered her Deified Form.
In an instant, a vast surge of power born of rules burst out around her, purging every anomaly nearby.
This form of Order was an exceptionally advanced and uncompromising power.
It did not simply return everything to normal.
The Order she released followed rules Maria herself had set.
As an even stronger wave of Order erupted, Maria said coldly,
"This is the world of humankind."
The rules took hold of the Wildfolk soldier, rapidly breaking down the structure of his body.
His sturdy frame shattered into fragments in an instant.
But as it broke apart, Maria realized the soldier had been nothing more than an outer shell.
Inside was a stone monster barely a meter tall.
It looked like a miniature Crystal Ape.
But it had four arms and three tails.
The Crystal Ape was purple-black from head to toe. Every strand of fur and every feature of its face looked sharply and exquisitely carved.
It was plainly several levels above the other stone beings.
An extraordinarily peculiar power emanated from it.
In this form, he ignored Maria's domain of Order and pushed through the force of its rules, reaching her in an instant.
The Players nearby stared in shock. Every protective and restraining ability they had surged toward him.
Bizarre threads of blood and fleshy tentacles turned to ash the moment they touched the Crystal Ape.
The energy shields and Psychic Energy barriers raised