The warhammer spun, striking the Destroyer's pitch-black skull with pinpoint accuracy.
A localized lightning storm erupted, briefly stunning the Obsidian Destroyer.
Seeing Leonard's attack land, Byron tightened his grip on his hammer and stood waiting as the dazed great bird slowly fell.
The Destroyer crashed down and skidded more than a dozen meters across the ground.
Byron glanced up at the other Obsidian Destroyer and found that it had already switched targets, turning to trouble Leonard instead.
Seizing the chance, Byron focused his mind and summoned the little holy light power left within him.
Dazzling light appeared on his hammer again. With unwavering devotion, Byron activated Crusade.
Small wings of holy light flared. His expression grave, Byron moved swiftly, unleashing a relentless barrage.
But the instant his Holy Hammer struck the Obsidian Destroyer, a hazy black shadow formed over its hard skin.
That shadow posed a serious problem.
Not only could the holy light not penetrate the barrier, but its power was forcibly converted into a chaotic mist that the Destroyer absorbed.
Holy light power didn't work?
Byron was still clearheaded enough to realize that his holy light lost its effect the instant it touched that chaotic black mist.
Wasn't this outright robbery?
Why, damn it!
How could there be a monster that absorbed holy light power?
Byron had no time to stop. Crusade had already channeled holy light power throughout his body.
Forcibly canceling it would only let that power dissipate naturally.
The dissipating holy light energy would still be absorbed by the Obsidian Destroyer. On second thought, Byron decided he might as well turn it into an attack.
As the chaotic haze over the Destroyer's back thickened, its stunned state gradually wore off.
The great bird, more than five meters long, spread its wings and beat them, taking