The moment he saw the woman before him vanish from where she stood, Ronet's pupils contracted to pinpoints.
He instinctively tried to dive aside, but how could a physically frail "Secretary" match the terrifying explosive power of the combined Witch and Hunter pathways?
In less than half a second, a pale arm pierced straight through Ronet's chest, adding a splash of crimson to the pitch-black robe and making Lumian-na look even more like a bloodstained god of death.
What a shame. I'm not a Pyromaniac yet, so I can't burn his corpse clean with flames. Still, leaving them here isn't necessarily a bad thing-
The corners of Lumian-na's mouth lifted slightly. She tugged at her black hood with her bloodstained fingers, thick blood sliding from her fingertips and spreading into patterns on her robe.
Meanwhile, she murmured four mysterious lines of an incantation: "Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings-"
As she recited the incantation, she flipped her wrist and placed four small candles around herself.
Stirred by a Witch's abundant spirituality, spiritual flames sprang up on the candles, forming a mysterious connection with those four lines. Amid the dim firelight, a figure with an indistinct face slowly appeared.
In this world, Nimrod could do almost everything the Fool could do in the world of Lord of the Mysteries. By answering Lumian-na's prayer during her ritual, Nimrod could naturally appear here as a summoned spirit body.
[Not bad. One Sequence 9 gift and one Sequence 8 gift. Followers of the Monarch of Decay.
The Celestial Worthy spoke with a smile:
[They may lack strength in direct combat, but they're quite useful when it comes to matters involving organizations.]
"You know so much because you've made marionettes out of the Monarch of Decay's followers?"
Nimrod asked casually, but the Celestial