"Lyurian!"
The Naval Commander, Admiral Amyrius, roared loudly.
"Admiral, sir."
A young man in a tailcoat with golden hair and blue eyes quickly appeared and bowed.
"Go to the port and eliminate those pirates!"
Amyrius was extremely furious at this challenge to national authority, but what emanated from the Governor's Mansion was clearly the aura of a demigod.
After weighing his options, he could only send his subordinate to handle the situation at the port.
"Yes."
Lyurian's expression remained unchanged.
He quickly turned and ran toward the port with a group of naval soldiers.
After issuing the order, Amyrius paid no more attention to the port.
Instead, he headed toward the Governor's Mansion and soon disappeared from sight.
What he didn't know was that inside the villa, watching his departing figure and listening to the commotion outside, his mistress Cynthia's face showed worry.
After much hesitation, this young and beautiful woman finally opened the dressing table drawer and took out a necklace.
It was a peculiar pendant.
The hanging object looked like a rhinoceros horn miniaturized to only fingertip size.
Cynthia gripped the "rhinoceros horn" tightly in her palm and stood before the dressing table, praying in a low voice:
"Great [Mother Tree of Desire]."
"Please protect Admiral Amyrius, let him be invincible in battle and vanquish his enemies..."
Perhaps it was psychological, but Cynthia felt as if something invisible had glanced at her.
This brought her some comfort and eased her tense mood.
The plaza in front of the Governor's Mansion.
"Swish!"
Seeing Silas descend to the ground and transform into a knight covered in black armor, the Demon Hunter from Feysac immediately sensed hostility.
Without any hesitation, he began preparing for battle.
Brilliant dawn light gathered on his body, ultimately forming a suit of silver-white armor: gauntlets, breastplate, crowned helmet, and more.
His already extremely tall body continued to grow even taller, looking completely like a medium-sized giant!
A silver knight versus a black knight!
The silver knight appeared more imposing and oppressive, while the black knight seemed more profound and terrifying, driving one to madness.
"Heh."
Silas laughed coldly. The black shadow beneath his feet stirred.
He could sense two powerful auras rapidly approaching from the distance.
They should be the Naval Admiral and the Deputy Director of MI9. Before they arrived, he'd better finish this fight.
"Die."
Light suddenly burst from the eyes beneath Silas's helmet, staring directly into the opposing knight's eyes.
His throat moved slightly, uttering a filthy, corrupting curse.
Boom!
The silver knight's body seemed to sway imperceptibly. The effect didn't appear very pronounced.
As a "Demon Hunter," he had a certain degree of resistance to evil-aligned phenomena.
But this was just the beginning of Silas's attack. Even as he uttered the "Profane Words," the shadow beneath him had already begun spreading, writhing like a living thing and expanding outward.
From within that shadow, two entities slowly emerged.
One was covered in rusty deep red, its original appearance indiscernible.
One could only sense its lips slightly curled upward, as if smiling mockingly.
The other was entirely jet black, emanating an extremely corrupting and mad aura.
"Ah!"
The instant she saw that red figure, Sophia Einhorn cried out.
Some fear imprinted deep in her soul struck her, making her tremble.
However, the red shadow only looked at her with a smile, then launched an attack toward the silver knight.
The black figure followed close behind.
The red entity was naturally Medici's three-in-one wraith.
After Silas advanced to "Black Knight," he could externalize a single soul that could exert its full abilities.
Without needing to borrow the power of that sea, he could now externalize souls!
Sophia was the one Medici had demanded, so it was only right He come out to work.
The black one was called the "Shadow of Depravation," its source being the corrupting will in Silas's mind.
After combining with shadow, it could transform into a purely independent creature of tremendous power, but...
Silas watched helplessly as the "Shadow of Depravation" completely disregarded the Demon Hunter and instead focused all its attention on the terrified Sophia.
Still doesn't work...
He could only end the summoning and make this will return to his body.
The biggest problem with the "Shadow of Depravation" was that it wasn't under his control.
Though powerful, though capable of corrupting and degrading enemies, it was uncontrollable.
So after a brief appearance, Silas recalled it into his body.
In the instant he switched, Medici had already engaged the Demon Hunter.
"Boom!"
Pillars of fire tinged with scorching white amid cyan light rose continuously.
After ascending, they didn't extinguish but instead transformed into fire serpents spiraling downward, continuing to chase their "prey": the demigod Demon Hunter dodging the flames at astonishing speed.
The plaza gradually filled with firelight.
"You're quite agile."
Medici manipulated the flames while simultaneously taunting verbally.
"With such a huge body, yet you scurry away like a rat. Could it be that you, this so-called Demon Hunter, actually hunt vermin in burrows?"
The silver-armored giant looked at Him deeply.
In the process of dodging flames, he suddenly changed direction without warning, accelerated, and in a flash of silver light appeared before Medici!
Behind the silver helmet, the two arcane symbols at the bottom of his eyes glowed dark green.
He had long since determined Medici's weakness.
Medici is an undead!
While dodging flames, the Demon Hunter demigod had secretly smeared special ointment on both swords.
That layer of ointment specifically targeted wraith-type beings, and under the augmentation of his own Demon Hunter powers, it could exert two hundred percent effectiveness!
Yet facing the dual swords slashing down at him, specifically designed to counter the undead, Medici only sneered.
A weakness deliberately displayed by a "Hunter" was naturally a trap.
"Boom!"
Flames ignited again.
Behind the Demon Hunter, Silas's figure suddenly materialized.
The deep greatsword in his hand swung like wind, imbued with the terrifying power to annihilate both soul and flesh.
"Flaming Jump"!
How is this possible...
Behind the silver-white helmet, surprise flashed in the Demon Hunter demigod's eyes.
He had never seen a "Black Knight" capable of simultaneously shepherding two souls!
"Clang!"
In the critical moment, he could only barely twist his body, bringing both swords back to block the fatal strike.
"Crack!"
The dual swords held for only a moment before emitting sounds of strain, as if imperceptible fissures were forming on their surfaces.
But the Demon Hunter demigod had no time to worry about that.
Just as he resisted the attack from behind, Medici struck. He thrust out both flaming hands, penetrating the giant's abdomen!
"Splurt!"
Blood flew up with the sound, quickly vaporized by the flames into steam.
At the same time, two powerful figures had already arrived above the plaza.
Deputy Director Qonas and Admiral Amyrius!