Annan had no time to think. He shouted at once, "Make them stop too!"
The believers who had appeared beside the Legendary Mages, ignoring their Mage Robes and countless Legendary defensive Spells as they reached for their hearts, all stopped at once.
"I'm a Sorcerer too. I order... I beg you, let them go!" Annan stammered.
The believers released their grip. The three rescued Legendary Mages pulled back, drenched in cold sweat.
All their protective Spells had been suppressed. Only Divine Arts could do that. Where had this group of Legendary Believers come from?
Nanako's vicious grin froze. Then she roared, "He's just a minor Sorcerer! Don't listen to him!"
The believers spoke again in a whisper that sounded like countless voices in unison: "In the eyes of the Sorcerer Protection Association, all Sorcerers are equal."
"Will you continue to interfere, then?"
"Only if you stop killing one another."
Annan was uncharacteristically firm. "No. Nanako brought Demons here and displaced countless people. She has to die."
Andrius and the others gathered behind Annan. The Red Dragon Sorcerer was at the end of her strength, and the advantage was theirs. As long as the Sorcerer Protection Association stayed out of it, this would be Deli's grave.
"We protect Sorcerers."
Unsure where they stood, Annan quietly asked a believer beside him, "Sister Believer... if she told you to kill me, would you really do it?"
Annan rarely resorted to this since gaining power... but there was no shame in acting cute with a Believer who could go toe-to-toe with a Legendary Mage.
"We will not harm any Sorcerer," the believer replied in a pleasant woman's voice.
Annan's dark eyes brightened. Emboldened, he said, "What exactly are you protecting? She's a minion of the Demon Lord! She's killed countless people on the Allen