The blow nearly severed Kalvetua at the waist. It writhed and wailed madly through the ruins in pain, and even its powerful regeneration could barely function now.
After the feather was bitten through, another group of Sea God Church believers died, and it "grew" out of the black coffin again. Just then, however, the gathering feathers suddenly changed direction, abandoning their assault on Kalvetua and targeting the other person present-Edward.
Bang!
The heavy black coffin lid flew off with a crash. Countless feathers stained with yellow grease poured out, followed by a black shadow that shot straight at Edward.
A violent pulse of spirituality warned Edward in advance. As he flashed aside, he distorted the black shadow's trajectory and simultaneously unleashed an Avada Kedavra Curse infused with a vast amount of spirituality and enhanced several times over.
The dark green Killing Curse struck the black shadow, making it shriek. It hit the ground hard, writhed for a few seconds, and fell lifeless. Only then did Edward see what it was: it had scales so dark green they looked black, with feathers stained with pale yellow grease growing between them. Illusory black tubes extended from every feather.
It was an arm-length Feathered Serpent.
"Hiss-"
Just then, hissing rose from the black coffin.
Around them, the Sea God Church believers' lives rapidly withered away, turning them into Zombies. Feathered Serpents crawled out of the feathers inside the coffin, one after another. At a glance, there were at least several dozen.
They flicked their pitch-black tongues and stared fixedly at Edward, making his scalp prickle.
Most of these Feathered Serpents were about the size of an arm. Although Edward could not tell what Sequence they were, he could sense that they definitely posed a threat to him.
Edward immediately struck first, releasing a