Under the enormous recoil of that mountain-splitting blow, the girl landed steadily on tiptoe on the hillside, gripping her massive cross as she watched the collapsed area warily.
Her chest heaved violently as she panted.
Without a doubt.
That strike had taken an enormous toll on her, too.
If an ordinary evil spirit or monster had suffered such a powerful judgment from her, it would have been half-dead even if it survived. But against this mysterious monster unlike anything she had ever seen, she had no way of knowing whether he could still fight back.
And more importantly.
She had vaguely sensed that her holy power did not seem to counter the monster before her.
"Messiah, where are you-(static)-that monster is extremely strange. Be careful!"
Urgent, somewhat broken Chinese came through her earpiece.
The girl panted. "I'm outside, halfway up the mountain. He hid inside the mountain, but I found him. You..."
But before she could finish speaking.
Clatter-
Chain after chain of the Void Chains suddenly erupted from the ground ahead, shooting toward her like writhing venomous snakes. Her pupils contracted, and she swung her massive cross across her body, making it blaze with dazzling golden light.
Clang-
A tremendous crash rang out alongside a cry of pain.
The enormous force sent her flying like a kite with a snapped string, slamming her into a large tree.
Under the fierce glare of her bloodshot eyes, an ethereal hand slowly reached up from beneath the collapsed mountainside. Wearing a twisted, icy expression, Lynn climbed out with a series of cracks, the chains around him rattling and coiling like a swarm of snakes.
Lynn lowered his head with a crack and looked at the egg-sized sapphire rough stone in his hand.
Crack-
With that cracking sound, the rough stone in his