To the Depth of Abyss

Chapter 134: Battle of the Long Night (9)

"Everything has a cause, effect, price and consequence."

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Elisa rushed to outside of the church. Arriving to the outside and look up the sky, she found that there are many birds-like creature, flying above the Cathedral's sky territory. 

Those bird-like creature flying while carrying something in their hands. A ball that looks heavy.

When they reach a certain point, or rather just above the cathedral, they drop the ball in their hands.

When the balls are dropped and hit the barrier, they explode. The explosions were the cause of the shaking of the cathedral ground.

First a terrorist attack. After that, three boss monster figures appeared. Then the air strikes that threaten the cathedral. All of that is terrible. 

"O Dear Lord. Why all of this happened in the Holy Night?"

Elisa is scared, but she can't allow herself to fall into fear when her house is attacked by criminals.

Before leaving the church, Elisa turns back first, wished her mother could talk and persuade Ars to make a move. 

She trusts the other Hunters, especially her adopted sister, Sylvia Shield, to protect the Land of Honor. But Ars has a great strength that might minimize the damage to the city and the lives of other hunters.

Because of that she had high hopes that the man would kindly lend his strength to help the house where she grew up.

Having established her belief, Elisa went to the armory. Yes, she will join the fight to expel all the darkness that threaten her home and family.

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"You bastard!"

Liliana furious at the greater attempt to attack the cathedral by the madman.

Who would have thought, that war horn could summon air troops out of another black clouds? Plus, the air troops is not just an ordinary air troops. 

"They are, harpy?"

Kane's eyes are not mistaken. The flying bird monsters had human bodies, but their hands and feet are birds. Although their faces being covered by mask, their human body is a female body, a woman.

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Monster Name: Harpy.

Difficulty: - 

Type: Landowner Monsters

Monster Info: 

- A female monster. Human body monster, hand are wings, legs are claw. Weak monsters, but they are numerous, and can fly very high.

Existence: Floor 2, Region: Southwest 

Status: Extinct

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Those monsters should be gone.

"But why are they here?" asked Kane. 

"Not the time to question that, Kane!" "We should hurry!"

The flying monsters not only dropped bombs on the cathedral but also on the hunters around.

The twins had upgraded their fortress by giving it a roof. But they completely bombarded by the monsters, and their fortress couldn't withstand all those attacks any longer.

"Let's go!"

Others have fled by entering the cathedral. Only the three of them remained. 

"Come on!"

William and the others waiting for them at the gate.

But unfortunately  

"Hey, watch out!"

There is a bomb that is about to fall over their heads.

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Aiden saw it. He saw the moment when his three colleagues got hit by a bomb and fell into a lowland.

"Kane!"

He wanted to catch up with them, but there is an attack coming at him

He didn't have time to parry.

Boom. 

Fortunately, someone had dashed over to save him.

"Mistress!"

That is Liliana. 

"Control yourself, young man! There is still an enemy in front of us!"

The madman did not care if Aiden's colleagues got hit by an explosion nor fell into the lowland. He just stood there laughing happily.

"How is it?! When you feel so confident that you can win the battle, you are surprised by the enemy's bigger strength and you can't do anything about it!?"

The madman returned Liliana's words to her. It made Liliana bite her lip in rage.

Liliana wanted to swing her sword to finish off the man. But she discouraged because it was dangerous for her to go forward alone. It's dangerous for her and the young man behind her.

"How is it, hah?! Why being silent?!"

The madman continues to provoke their anger, so that they open an opening to be attacked.

Liliana and Aiden couldn't do anything for now. They have to calm themselves down, not let things get worse, at least for them to face.

Meanwhile, the madman still opened his rotten mouth to shouting. 

"Bahahahaha! Why?! Finally feeling defeated!?"

When suddenly  

"What?"

The place where he stood is shining bright. Even though the sky is very dark at that time. But a light from the sky lit up where he stood.

Aiden fell into disbelief too. Meanwhile Liliana startled at the scene. 

"It's her ultimate attack," muttered Liliana. 

"Ultimate attack?"

Aiden has never seen an ultimate attack that has a lighting effect on its target. Plus, 'she'?

"That shit is finished."

After a few seconds, Jared finally realized what is going to happen to him.

"Ah, shit."

In an instant, a streak of light cut Jared's body in half. From his head to his genitals. 

The two madman bodies that got split fell to the right and left. He is dead. 

Aiden got taken aback. "What in the world just happened?"

"That is the works of the strongest Hunter in the city."

Far from their position, in the middle of the city, at the top of the wall to be precise, a Diamond Hunter has just carried out the ultimate attack using her legendary sword.

"Sylvia Shield?!"

Aiden got startled one more time. 

He did understand that Diamond Hunters are so strong. But he didn't expect that the one who led their city would have such a deadly attack.

Plus, the attack just now wasn't an attack typical of strong people. Where the ultimate attack they have mostly has great destructive power.

On the other hand, Sylvia Shield's Blue Sky Sword had a unique ultimate attack. Where the attack can be targeted at a very far target and immediately kill the target.

Maybe that is not the only attack the Blue Sky Sword could do. But it really helped them.

Having been given such helpful assistance, Liliana turned around.

At that time, the Lizardmen stopped trying to climb up. Most likely because the Harpy army had been deployed.

The madman's words is true. The Lizardmen are only cast as bait. They are pawns ready to be dumped. Plus, who knows if there are still a lot of them and are still being saved for the next plot?

"What do we do, Mistress?" asked Aiden. 

The situation is so unfavorable for them. 

The Harpies not only dropped the bombs on the barrier, but they also dropped the bombs on the ground around the cathedral.

Liliana made to think: Why are they trying to attack an unbreakable barrier?

[Holy Barrier of the Saint] couldn't be destroyed because it is so strong. 

"Mistress?"

Then why did they bombard the barrier? Just to scare us? To get Sylvia Shield to exert her strength to protect the cathedral, then they can launch an attack on the East District?

"Mistress!"

Liliana woke up from her delusion and glanced at the young man who was shouting her name.

"What is it, young man?"

The young man seems wanted to show her something. 

"The Cathedral's ground, getting thinner!"

Liliana only came to her senses after being told.

The Harpies also bombarded the ground around the cathedral. The explosions shattered the ground around the cathedral and made it thinner.

Saint Arcane Cathedral is on the highest plateau in the Land of Honor. So, when the surrounding ground got scraped off, it could cause the giant building's balance to drop and most likely knock it down.

Liliana glared. She could not believe that such a plot could be carried out on the strongest building on Floor 2.

"Young man, lend me your power!"

Not waiting long, Liliana immediately drew her axesword. 

Aiden knew immediately what he had to do.

"[Sword Copying Three Sword]!"

"[Cyclone Arts -]"

"[Flemish Charge]!"

"[Cleaving Sky]!"

[Cyclone + Flame Arts Flame Cleaving Sky]

The combined attack became sickle-shaped flames that killed three Harpies and terrified the others.

That attack can finish off the Harpies. But it takes a lot of energy just to do it once. 

Plus, the two of them became the target of the lizardmen.

"[Two Sword One Way Shield]"

Liiliana clicked. She is very pissed off. When they thought they could get out of the situation, things got even worse.

"Mistress, this is bad! We are being attacked from two directions!"

Once again, the situation got even worse. 

At that moment, Liliana's spirit faded, laziness struck, giving up like the easier thing she could do. It was the first time she falls in the sorrow.

Her past battles were as tough as she lost many of her comrades. But that was okay because they chose to fight until their last breath. 

But the people at the Cathedral, especially the children, they didn't have the sin to accept all of that. They are just weak people who want to live and need protection.

"Mistress!"

The young man still had his spirit even though she had fallen into submission.

"Go, young man."

"Yes, let's go back to the city at least!"

"No, you go back yourself."

Aiden shocked. He thought they would save themselves first and thought of a plan.

"There won't be time, the cathedral will fall down before we can think of anything."

Liliana stand up, ready to fight all out.

"Go, yonng man!"

"No!"

That strong answer caused Liliana to look back. He found the youth's face full of optimism and determination.

"I will stay and fight with you."

The young man is ready to give his life to fight.

That made Liliana smirker. "Hm, I haven't seen that innocent expression full of enthusiasm for a long time. Maybe I will marry you if we made it out after this."

"Pardon, Mistress?"

"No, nothing. OK, let's go then!"

"O-OK!"

With that, two brave knights dashed forward to protect their home.