Edward's actions hardly counted as betrayal. He had merely hedged his bets, and he had experienced Herpo the Foul's power firsthand. If he let Il keep provoking him, the Double Serpent Society would gain another formidable enemy.
"Let me explain. Don't act rashly. That..."
"Traitor, explain yourself in hell!"
Il could no longer hold back. With a sweep of the staff, Il mercilessly unleashed wave after wave of spells at Edward.
"Thorny Road Curtain!"
"Falling Leaves, Starry Sky!"
The phantom of a towering thorn tree appeared behind Il, its eerie black-green light illuminating the entire arena.
Then the ground around Edward became engulfed in dense, interwoven thorn bushes. Thorny vines surged toward him like a sea of snakes, while leaves fell from above like a waterfall of needles. Attacks filled both the sky and the ground.
Judging by these two super spells, Il was a wood-element Legendary wizard-an exceptionally rare wielder of an unusual element, just like Shawn.
Besides mastering wood magic, this wood-element Legendary wizard was also skilled in the Killing Curse.
Every one of those falling, starlike leaves therefore carried the deadly light of the Killing Curse.
Il hated Edward's betrayal so much that the very first attacks were killing moves.
Edward knew exactly what Il could do. He dared not let the thorny vines beneath his feet ensnare him or allow the falling leaves to touch him. He also had to protect Theodore, who stood dazed behind him.
"Sigh."
With no other choice, he could only go all out.
He swung the golden scepter that represented the Church's supreme authority, and it immediately transformed into a blazing white spear three meters long.
Without anyone activating it, the blazing white spear's tip emitted ring after ring of cutting energy.
With a quiet shout, Edward whirled the spear in