Chapter 1034 - Crisscrossed Wings
Appearing between them was one of the three archangels—Serene, who was missing. But she wasn’t looking good. Her attire was tattered, burned, and stained by smoke all over. The iridescent aura around her also dimmed greatly. Fortunately, she didn’t turn into a lackey of Chaos like Boulder, at the very least. But even so, Serene grimaced at the sight of Boulder. She turned around and gazed intricately at the blazing city covered in thick billows of smoke and on the verge of destruction. Then, she shifted her gaze to Alice and the massive warship behind her.
“Apologies… but… could you let me handle this matter, Your Majesty?”
“…”
Serene’s voice rang in everyone’s ears. Lilian was taken aback. She turned to Rhode and was speechless. Rhode squinted at Serene. Regarding the disagreement between the three archangels, he had more or less heard about it through his understanding and investigation, as well as what Lydia told him. The reason was due to Lilian. As Lilian was found and brought back to the Country of Light by the parliament, they imprisoned her dragon soul power using an unknown method. As a result, the three archangels were extremely sensitive with her presence. They were perplexed and wondered if they should recognize and accept this dragon soul heir who was related to ‘Chaos’. Lydia held a determined attitude. Even though Lilian was the ‘crime suspect’, it was unfair to treat her as a minion of Chaos before she ‘committed a crime’. Besides, even if her dragon soul power was sealed, this proved that she indeed was the selected dragon soul heir. In this case, since the archangels were her subject, they had to stay dedicated to her.
Serene had some reservations to her opinions. Even though she agreed with Lydia about being ‘loyal’, she also thought that Lilian was currently a threat. It wasn’t for just a day or two that Chaos was monitoring the dragon soul power. Perhaps even Lilian wasn’t aware and she might unknowingly become a chess piece of Chaos and a core part of the plan. As a result, Serene thought that the archangels must stay vigilant, which was why her attitude toward Lilian wasn’t as passionate as Lydia’s and was more indifferent.
On the other hand, Boulder had an entirely different opinion from the other two archangels. To him, it was a humiliation and absolutely unacceptable, evil deed for the dragon soul power to be imprisoned by Chaos. If it weren’t for the most basic relationship between superior and subject, perhaps Boulder would have harbored the intention to kill Lilian. This was why his attitude toward Lilian was the worst. Maybe Lilian wasn’t a dragon soul heir in his eyes, but a vessel and evil minion of Chaos who had her dragon soul heir sealed.
But now, he didn’t have the right to say such things anymore.
“Stay back for now, Alice.”
Rhode ordered and Alice remained silent. As one of the six Deity Wardens, she was far stronger than the three archangels. Judging from the previous attack from Boulder, it was apparent that he had almost unleashed his maximum strength and yet was nearly killed by Alice instead. If he weren’t corrupted by Chaos and gained a certain degree of resistance toward Order, perhaps he would have died before Serene even showed up. This went to show that under Order, the strength of the six Deity Wardens was incomparable. Maybe even Lydia, who was invincible under the sun, would suffer in Alice’s hands. Even if Serene were to become a traitor and fight against Alice alongside Boulder, no one was sure who would have the final win. In this case, Rhode didn’t mind pulling back for now. Anyway… Rhode gazed at the system prompt at this thought.
Anyway… destroying Casabianca was just along the way.
Serene raised the spear in her hands and brought a trail of afterimages toward Boulder as she dashed forward. Boulder frowned, extending his arms and the murky flames around him started erupting and blazing into several tornadoes that spun toward Serene with their wide-opened mouths, attempting to devour her completely.
“Transform!”
Serene snarled as the flames hit her face. The spear engraved with various runes and rules emanated a mesmerizing, golden radiance in her hands. She pushed her arms and thrust the spear forward. The golden radiance on the spear dazzled increasingly along with her movements when suddenly, it transformed, splitting into two, four, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of spears whistled across the sky, aiming at Boulder. The instant the golden spears collided with the scorching flames, the flames transformed into a blizzard, gusting icy-cold winds at Boulder. Facing the sudden blizzard, Boulder scoffed and raised his left hand. The flames on his blade began turning into the mysterious tone of darkness. Then, he swung the sword forward.
The dark flames tore the sky apart, clashing heavily with the powerful blizzard.