The flames in Salgon's eye sockets shifted as he sensed an aura that filled him with unprecedented dread.
The sheer force of its arrival alone had driven him back.
Only Lin En still stood there, utterly unmoved.
Salgon hurriedly looked in that direction. Through the billowing dust, he made out the figure that had suddenly appeared before them. That single glance sent his heart plunging and his whole body trembling.
"Th-that is..."
Wisps of sacred radiance spread outward.
Just over a hundred meters away, a figure wreathed in Holy Flame, just like Lin En, hovered in the air.
She was armored from head to toe, even her face concealed within the sharp metal plating. Intricate golden patterns covered her armor, and her long, gilded hair streamed wildly behind her without any wind, making her look like an archangel.
Lin En smiled faintly and said, holding the little girl in his arms:
"Who are you? Why are you following me?"
The hovering, heavily armored figure said nothing.
Salgon's hair was already standing on end as he stammered:
"Armament as armor, Holy Flame as a spear... M-master, this is bad! I think I know who she is... How is this possible?! Why would someone like her be on the second level..."
Lin En glanced sideways.
"Oh? You know her?"
Salgon hastily tightened his grip on his scythe, trembling.
"Th-there's no mistaking it. Only one person dresses like that-the Archbishop of the Church in Clockwork City! One of that Valkyrie's Seven Divine Attendants, possessing seven pieces of full-Sequence Origin Substance..."
"[Armored Angel · Ophiel]"
The moment he said those words,
the entire Wasteland seemed to fall deathly silent.
Salgon stared fixedly at the terrifying figure hovering in the air. The immense pressure she exuded made his legs go weak almost instinctively.
He had