What the hell was this bizarre turn of events?!
But just then, a series of foul-smelling rushes sliced through the air deep within the darkness. Messiah's expression changed drastically. In that instant, she saw one enormous, winding (beep-)(beep-) after another hurtling toward them at lightning speed.
"Just kill me!"
With tears of humiliation in her eyes, Messiah gritted her teeth and charged forward, cutting one of them in two with a single slash.
But the remaining ones still slammed heavily into their Light Curtain.
Boom-
Boom-
The light radiating from the Seraphim statue behind them dimmed once again.
Crack after crack crept across the statue's cheeks.
As though they too had sensed the weakening of their power, the creatures launched an especially fierce assault this time. The number of cat-eared girls and huge (beep-)(beep-) had multiplied several times over. Their quality had declined, but their quantity had gone up!
For a time, Messiah was run ragged, constantly slaughtering the waves of monsters rushing at them.
But as time passed.
The area covered by the Light Curtain shrank further.
And just then.
Crack-
With another violent impact, an enormous fissure split open across the Seraphim statue.
In that instant, every surviving cleric and nun went pale, their legs trembling.
"Oh no!"
Deep within the enemy ranks, Messiah saw chunks of the statue break away, and her pupils dilated.
Boom-
As the fragments of the statue struck the ground.
The Light Curtain that had protected them for days finally went dark. Amid violent flickering, the entire area plunged into darkness in an instant.
Erosion Marks spread.
Countless cat-eared girls surged forward ferociously.
Messiah cried out urgently, slashing the enemies back, then turned to rush toward the clerics and nuns.
But amid a series of gurgling sounds, she, as the strongest fighter present,