The battle grew complicated once again because of Imu's Black Turn Domination!
The chaos escalated further!
Gern's gaze remained calm.
He looked at the two demons, then at Imu. The Spark on the blade of Eight Desolations seemed to burn a little more fiercely.
"Servants?"
Gern quietly repeated Imu's words, thinking to himself.
With Spark here, Imu must be on guard now, so it won't let the body it's possessing attack me.
Or maybe it's trying to observe me, to see whether Spark's existence...
Is limited or unlimited. Unless it's absolutely certain, it won't make a move!
If that's the case... I can only play along!
With that thought, Gern smiled.
"Then let me see..."
He slowly assumed an opening stance.
"Whether they can withstand this 'child who left home'..."
Seeing Gern's movements, Imu's will stretched like threads, precisely controlling every "piece" on the battlefield.
Just as Gern had expected, it issued an order.
"Go... tear him apart!"
The instant the command fell-
"SCREECH!!!" Itsumade (Saint Mars) let out a shrill cry filled with venomous hatred, his wings beating fiercely.
Whipping up a firestorm, he dove toward Gern from the sky once again!
His beak opened, and devastating flames of unimaginable intensity began to gather!
Underground, the Sandworm's (Saint Shepherd Ju Peter's) massive body writhed frantically beneath the ruins.
He tore open the ground and set it shaking, locking onto the area beneath Gern's feet, ready to coordinate with Saint Mars above and launch a pincer attack from above and below!
Meanwhile, the Shiryu demon and Van Augur demon, who had just undergone Black Turn Domination and become demonic puppets-
Abandoned their pursuit of Blackbeard without hesitation upon receiving the order.
Both roared and charged toward Gern at high speed, one from the left and one from the right!
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