When the pillar of light, carrying the sound of destruction, crashed toward Roland like an all-out strike from Saint George's Dragon of old, he raised his fingers slightly as well.
The Dragon Shadow, which had nowhere to hide within Saint George's Sanctuary, not only transformed from false darkness into a real living being, but also extended its sharp claws.
Though it was made of insubstantial shadow, the texture of every scale carried a heavy, immense life force.
With just a thought from Roland, the savage dragon claw swept up a trailing gale, enclosing both Index and her domain.
Its dazzling talons shone with a ferocity surpassing any demonic blade, tracing a bright, cold arc across the night sky.
For this battlefield, its light completely obscured by the dragon shadow that had come alive, those talons were the only stars that could shine.
The claw extended by the dragon shadow moved like flowing water, yet also like a beast lunging at its prey, as it slashed straight down!
Perhaps sensing an extreme threat, Saint George's Sanctuary instinctively resisted, and the dense, distorted space surrounding Index expanded again.
Strange black-and-red cracks frantically intensified the domain's Otherworld Transformation, while the expansion of its source caused the Dragon King's Sigh to swell once more.
Like a white dove taking flight, it even manifested pure feathers drifting around it.
That was the manifested symbol of Ultimate Judgment.
The moment this domain took shape and brought down the Cross Church phase, Roland had already understood its origin.
The essence of this Magic Formula was to recreate the heavenly fire that had incinerated everything when Saint George burned the evil dragon king, which was why it borrowed the imagery of Saint George's Dragon for its construction.
Although this method seemed somewhat at odds with the legend that