Chapter 548: Chapter 440, Abandoner of God_2
As the main gate was breached, troops of soldiers clad in armour swiftly charged in.
A commander wearing the Temple Guardian Armour advanced with purpose to the front.
“Haber (Purple, Level 2)”.
Upon his entry, Fang Hao took note of his name and rank.
Unexpectedly, there was another level 2 purple rank commander in Lyss City.
Moreover, the temple armor that Fang Hao sent was given to this person, Rebecca.
A purple rank amongst heroes marked a high-level character, akin to a leader within a faction.
It looked like the commander in charge of Lyss City was this Haber.
Haber looked at the blood-stained hall, his face unusually grim.
It was only when he saw Rebecca, still alive amidst the blood, that his expression slightly softened.
Taking brisk steps forward, he spoke, “Miss Rebecca, we saw the flare shot from here.”
Rebecca threw down her longsword, wiped the blood off her face, and coldly ordered, “Aubrey conspired with the Faceless. Arrest him and seize all the established families supported by him for investigation.”
“Yes!”
Haber nodded, giving orders to his soldiers.
The soldiers quickly split up to carry out the command.
At the same time, a small team started to pursue Aubrey.
Aubrey had suffered considerable injury from Fang Hao’s lightning strike.
Catching up with him would only be a matter of time; he wouldn’t get far.
“Miss Rebecca, let’s go. I will escort you to a safe place,” Haber stepped forward, offering to guard Rebecca.
Fang Hao carefully inspected Haber, his eyes showing a hint of mistrust.
It wasn’t because he knew Haber beforehand.
It was just that since Aubrey could be a Faceless, he was not sure whether this commander in front of him was a second layer of protection set up by the Faceless.
Before Rebecca could respond, Fang Hao said, “We’re staying here. Surround the area and call for the temple to aid the unconscious.”
His commanding tone, still unsettled from the recent battle, made the eyebrows of the city’s armed forces furrow.
Haber’s expression mirrored their own, turning his questioning gaze towards Rebecca.
Rebecca glanced at Fang Hao and nodded, “Do as he says.”
“Yes, miss.”
Without hesitation, Haber began arranging according to Fang Hao’s orders.
The whole city lord’s mansion was enveloped by layer upon layer of guards, and half an hour later, the secondary priests of the temple arrived to rescue the still unconscious nobles.
…
Above the city lord’s mansion,
In the midst of the night, two females with massive wings were engaged in fierce combat.
Magical energies crisscrossed between them, their weapons clashed, and surges of power exploded like thunderbolts in the night.
Rolana, after spreading her enormous bat wings, red pupils glowed, and a bloody aura surrounded her.
Adeline/Emily the Faceless was even more terrifying in appearance. Her skin was stripped, revealing deep-red flesh.
Huge demon wings sprouted from her back, and chains rusted over time coiled around her body.
Her image was not of a human, but more like a demon emerging from hell.
“Blood Clan, you actually serve a human, how surprising.” Adeline’s voice was strange, like something beyond human capacity.
After evading Rolana’s long ranged attack, she taunted with a cold voice.
Under the moonlight, Rolana maintained a steady stream of energy for her fight against Adeline.
Adeline was forced into a state of offering her own flesh as a sacrifice to tap into her power.
“Hmph, you ugly creature,” Rolana snorted. In the blink of an eye, she was gone, appearing beside Adeline.
The longsword in her hand accumulated a rich, dark energy, slicing towards Adeline like a crimson moon.
Adeline’s face fell.
Her chains instantly blocked her front.
Boom!!
As the two collided, Adeline plummeted down as if being hit by a missile.
Crash!!
She destroyed houses below along her descent, landing in an exceptionally miserable manner.
Adeline stood up among the ruins. Her longsword wound on her chest spurted out worm-like flesh tendrils.
The tendrils twisted around each other, and in a flash, the wound was as good as new.
Not even a scar was left.
After recovering from her injuries, Adeline pushed herself off the ground and again whizzed into the sky. The chains from her body shot out once more, locking into brutal combat with Rolana.
…
Suddenly,
A golden light streaked through the night sky.
Fang Hao, manipulating the Demon Doll, arrived to lend his support.
Having discerned the identities of the two from afar, he instantly cast a “Heal”.
The Demon Doll, fashioned from the bones of a Church priest, possessed abilities derived exclusively from the Church of Light’s spells.
“Light Scholar” and “Chosen of the Light”, both passive skills, were solely products of Light Magic.
Then came the “Heal” skill.
It could heal the wounds of living creatures. However, if the target was the Undead or Demon soldiers, it would deal damage instead.
The healing spell descended straight onto Adeline’s head.
Taken off guard, Adeline didn’t have the time to evade.
Sizzling sound!
Ah!!
It was just a regular healing spell.
Adeline’s face twisted agonizingly, her body began to uncontrollably stiffen.
Puuff!!
By no means missing this opportunity, Rolana swung her sword, slashing it across Adeline’s neck.
Viscous blood appeared but didn’t drop.
Once again, flesh worms crawled out at the wound site, restoring it.
With Rolana hot on her heels, brandishing her iron sword time and time again, Adeline countered with chains of her own.
As Fang Hao approached, he also took note of the enemy’s characteristics.
“God-renouncer Adeline (Orange Level 7)”.
Adeline…
Fang Hao felt this name was very familiar but completely unable to recall the past encounters.
But one thing was certain, Adeline did have formidable strength.
Otherwise, with his orange-level hero strength, he wouldn’t have held out this long against Rolana of Dark Gold Level, and that too under the enhancement of the night moonlight.
If it weren’t for the attempt to frame Rebecca, Rolana could have ended it quicker with a direct assault.
The fight between the two women continued.
With perfect timing, Fang Hao released another “Heal” spell, Adeline screamed in pain as Rolana struck her with several sword chops.
After several slashes, flesh worms emerged to repair the wounds again.
But the speed of the flesh worm regeneration significantly slowed down.
Seeing this, Fang Hao and Rolana felt a glimmer of hope for killing the enemy.
Cautiously eyeing both, Adeline deemed it time to retreat.
With the failure of the original plan, hanging around would only result in her death, making her another casualty in Aubrey’s cause.
Additionally, she needed to relay Lyss City’s situation back to the headquarters of the Faceless.
By then, the headquarters would assign someone to deal with Fang Hao, and she wouldn’t need to lift a finger.
With this in mind, Adeline turned to flee.
But would Fang Hao and Rolana let her get away so easily?
While Rolana ferociously kept Adeline tangled, Fang Hao used Light Magic spells to further drain her energy.
When Adeline’s body resembled charred coal.
The flesh worms could no longer repair the wounds on her body.
All of a sudden,
The moonlight above turned dark red.
Rolana’s silhouette vanished, only to appear behind Adeline within a matter of seconds.
With one hand, she caught the chains lunging towards her, the other grabbed Adeline’s skull.
“You can die now.” Rolana declared.
Next, violent energy converged in Rolana’s palm, akin to a rampant storm ripping through Adeline’s skull.
“Ah…” Adeline’s already grotesque face grew even more terrifying, emitting roars like those from the depths of purgatory.
The shrill screams echoed in the city night sky.
Bang!
At the next moment, Adeline’s head burst apart.
Blood and flesh fragments rained down from the sky.
Flesh worms tried to mend the wound once more.
After two of Fang Hao’s Light Magic spells, Adeline’s body fell from the sky, a charred mass.
Upon hitting the ground, her body shattered like scattered ashes.