The Lord of Dawn really is keeping a close eye on me. Even while attacking the Abyss, he noticed I'd left Ganzros City and found time to hit me with Divine Punishment.
No, wait. This is...
He sent an Avatar?
Jiang Hao looked up at the radiant sun overhead and the figure faintly visible within it.
Unlike when Succubus Queen Malcanthet had appeared out of nowhere and left his mind blank, Jiang Hao had long been prepared for the Lord of Dawn to show up. He had even wondered whether the god, with his fierce hatred of evil, might attack Malcanthet on sight. If so, Jiang Hao might have a chance to escape.
So he felt no fear at the Lord of Dawn's arrival. Instead, he calmly watched for the god's next move, ready to respond in time.
Faced with the radiant sun, Malcanthet fought back. She rose from her throne, and the power of the Abyss surged around her. Black mist billowed up to meet the sun as a malevolent consciousness roared without cease.
The blasphemous power in that roar struck Sera, knocking her unconscious.
The brilliant white sun descended. Where its blazing light met the black mist, the mist melted away like winter snow beneath a summer sun.
Malcanthet stiffened. Cracks spread across the ground beneath her feet, and pain showed on her face.
Boom!
The palace could no longer withstand the approaching sun. It crumbled inch by inch.
Drops of black blood ran down her body and fell to the ground, where they bloomed into vivid thornbushes.
The Succubus Queen is no match for the Lord of Dawn.
Jiang Hao's thoughts raced. She was a Demon Lord, and she was here in person, yet she had failed to last a single exchange against the Lord of Dawn's