The hunt in the Southern Continent (bonus chapter for alliance leader [Black-Stocking Senior])

Raphael had not embarked on this hunt on a whim.

Over the past few days, he had been monitoring the three Saints of the Rose School he had encountered earlier, gaining a basic understanding of them.

Raphael had also brought three Composite Talisman Crystals. Many of the abilities from the Sun and Tyrant pathways were particularly effective against the Prisoner pathway.

In addition, Raphael intended to remain ready to summon two phantom figures at any moment, just in case.

The main reason he had not summoned both phantoms right away was that he wanted to test his current strength. Only recently had Raphael realized that, after becoming a Saint, he rarely encountered evenly matched battles.

Either his opponents were too weak, like the two strongholds Raphael had previously plundered, or they were too strong, leaving him few opportunities to test his abilities.

If he summoned the phantoms from the outset, this hunt would become extremely simple, and he could finish the battle with ease.

Or rather, that would be a lineup better suited to hunting a Sequence 3.

The moment Raphael obtained the Crazy Water, he had already alerted the Marionette next door.

In an instant, the four legs of the tables and chairs in the room suddenly came alive, charging at Raphael like four-legged animals. As Raphael watched them, an enormous amount of spirituality gathered around his body, then surged outward like a tide.

Whoosh!

An icy wind howled through the room. The tables and chairs bouncing around him suddenly froze, then immediately turned around and crashed through the wall in front of Raphael.

The process looked unremarkable, but it was actually a contest for control over the surrounding inanimate objects.

One of a Marionette's most important abilities was manipulating inanimate objects to attack enemies.

If imbued with enough