Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 2094, Chapter 2066: Brilliant Splendor
“You’re here too, Torina. That’s a relief.” Michaela spoke softly, her voice tinged with pity. “I’m sorry I had to do that before.”

Lann did not feel any weight on his shoulders.

But a pair of jade-like hands were already resting on him, and long purple hair, carrying a sweet floral fragrance, swayed behind him like a cloak and waves.

Torina had nothing to say to Michaela, but the look of pity in her eyes as she looked at Michaela was many times more genuine than that of the blond boy.

"You said, 'I'm sorry'?" Lan En suddenly spoke up. "I don't want to question you, but... do you really still feel 'sorry' right now?"

Michaela, who had been looking at Lan En's shoulder with a compassionate gaze, suddenly fell silent.

In this silence, the originally gentle golden light began to become incomparably sublime, and... cold and ruthless!
Marlenia straightened her body silently.

Her prosthetic legs were of different lengths, so she could only kneel on the sand dunes formed by the weathering of countless corpses. Even so, she was still taller than Michaela, who was only of normal human size.

The power within her subsided automatically after Michaela approached.

After all, the souls that were meant to be brought back are already in place.

Michaela, radiant with light, wore only a simple white robe, pure white with just a few gold decorations.

This could be considered quite simple in the context of the Golden Dynasty.

His arm slowly rose and gently wrapped around Marlene's shoulders from behind. His thick, golden hair behind him seemed to drape the two of them in a large cloak.

Only then did people notice that, seemingly due to the incompatibility between the soul and the temporarily created body, Mikaela had three hands.

A physical hand and an illusory hand encircled Malenia, clasping together at her chest. The other physical hand was rhythmically and gracefully raised above her head, as if performing some ritualistic action.

The light emanating from him, and gradually filling the world, is growing ever stronger!
“I was too optimistic.” Michaela raised her arm, still looking gently at the others, and said to them, “Now that you’ve come this far, your will must be so strong. Since that’s the case…”

His gentle tone suddenly hardened at this moment, almost with a sense of sacrificial nobility, as he shouted loudly.

"I hereby swear: all life, all souls! The age that is about to enter Paradise—will follow the gentle laws and embark on a journey of a thousand years."

"All living beings, think only of love!"

Even with both legs crippled, Malenia knelt on the ground, carrying her brother on her back. The Valkyrie in the borderlands is already the embodiment of 'tragic yet still brave', and at this moment, the brother and sister are even more tragic and heroic.

The radiant deity proclaims firm and sublime words, a sight that would inspire anyone to risk their life for it!

But at this moment, Messermo and Lann felt a sudden chill run through them!
"bass!"

A sharp sound broke through the air.

Lann instinctively moved his longsword and Messermo's Piercer Spear to his side to block them.

'Marianne has slowed down after all.'

This was the first thought that simultaneously crossed their minds.

But then, their expressions hardened, and they immediately sped away!

Michaela and Marlenia's sudden movement just now wasn't aimed at Mesmer and Lann, but rather at Melina behind them!
Throughout, Melina's presence was weak, except for that golden sword light and the golden tree prayer. Even after Michaela returned from the Gate of God, she didn't have any interaction with her.

But at this moment, she is the first enemy that Michaela truly needs to eliminate!
Marlenia's movements slowed down considerably, but the suddenness of this misjudgment of the target still meant that the two of them couldn't stop the other party at all just now!
The girl with short, light reddish-brown hair hadn't expected this at all.

However, thanks to her skill and the fact that Malenia's starting position was far away, Melina managed to put up some resistance.

The girl held the short knife horizontally in front of her chest, her right eye fixed intently on the afterimage that moved so fast it was hard to react.

The sharp wind and blades seemed poised to tear her apart at any moment!
Melina is not a skilled fighter; in fact, she hasn't been in this world for very long and has naturally not experienced many battles.

Marlenia's imposing aura and murderous intent were enough to make her legs tremble uncontrollably.

But she still didn't lose her mind and run away.

Given the speed difference, it's impossible to outrun the other person.

Now the only option is to muster all our energy and face this head-on. Even if we cannot survive, we must at least gain an advantage for others!

The moment her mind made up, Melina's face also hardened.

But just as Marlenia and Michaela, Lane and Messermo were all rushing towards her, Melina seemed to suddenly realize something. Her right eye widened, and she opened her mouth as if to shout.

"Wait, she...!"

Melina's voice couldn't be transmitted at all.

Marlenia, her body whistling sharply as she was suspended in mid-air, had the broken ends of her prosthetic legs embedded straight into the ground as she knelt!
The soil and rocks cracked!
Taking advantage of this moment, Malenia, who was rushing forward, turned 180 degrees in an instant!
The winged helmet had already landed, so Marlenia's cold golden eyes beneath her red hair met Messermo's gaze perfectly!

Along with her body, Marlenia's long prosthetic knife also twisted around!

"Stab!"

Because she was kneeling, Marlenia deliberately raised the blade higher than usual.

Messermo had no time to react in the sudden turn of events.

But since the piercer has this title, he must be ruthless enough!
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Messermo's already cold eyes hardened even more.

Taking advantage of the fact that Malenia's speed was much slower than at the beginning due to her physical injury, he immediately changed the angle of the Piercer Spear that he had set up during the pursuit.

With a large, dark red flame at the tip of the spear, it defied Marlenia's horizontal slash, determined to plunge the spear into either of their heads!
With both sides attacking relentlessly, neither side showed any sign of weakness.

The prosthetic blade cut through everything in its path, and Messermo's armor, which was already outdated in the modern world of the Borderlands, was immediately slashed, leaving a trail of sparks.

Unlike Lann's full-coverage plate armor, Messermo's armor coverage is not high to begin with, and most of it is soft chainmail.

Therefore, although it is also a top-tier piece of craftsmanship among the Golden Clan, the design disadvantage of the Golden Prosthetic Blade in Malenia's hand is not a serious issue compared to this armor.

The sound of the tiny iron rings on Messermo's chainmail being severed and flying off near his abdomen was vividly clear to both of them.

The long prosthetic blade sliced ​​through the chainmail, cutting off a palm-sized piece of armor from the breastplate, and deeper still... Messermo's skin, muscles, and bones were all cleanly sliced ​​apart by the prosthetic blade!
This time it wasn't the abdomen; I could still arch my back and barely managed to save my lumbar spine and lower back muscles from being completely severed.

The tip of the prosthetic knife protruded from Messermo's back and remained exposed throughout the horizontal slash!

As the blood within his body surged and clung together, Messermo's upper body was about to break off and fly away.

But his gaze remained cold, not even glancing at his own body, only staring at the tip of the piercing spear in his hand!
He took the knife himself, so Marlenia, your brother's head will have a hole in it too!
With this unwavering conviction, Messermo's killing intent was indeed primarily directed at Michaela.

After all, Michaela's current posture, her appearance overflowing with golden light, and that familiar feeling... all made him wholeheartedly want to kill Michaela!

However, as Messermo's murderous gaze pierced through Michaela's eyes as the spearhead thrust towards its target, they inevitably met.

The blond-haired boy kept his eyes lowered, looking at his brother who wanted to hurt him with a gentle and compassionate gaze.

With only a tiny bit of flesh left, the prosthetic blade could completely sever Messermo in two, and it was still cutting steadily at this moment.

Messermo was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes widened in shock!
"呲呲呲!"

Malenia had already swung her prosthetic sword, and Messermo's upper body was about to fly into the air. But immediately following the trajectory of Malenia's sword swing, a series of thin beams of light suddenly burst forth, shooting straight out from the void above!
It was as if a shower of light fell half a beat too late in the trajectory of Marlenia's sword strike!
The holy yet cold white light fell like a rain of arrows from the sky.

Even though the foundation of the plaza where the Gate of God is located is one of the highest technological achievements of the Horned People, it can easily withstand even the aftershocks of the battle between the demigods.

But now, the light rain has been buried directly in the sand dunes.

The thick foundation of the plaza only blocked part of the force from penetrating; the remaining force continued to fall straight down.

Everyone on the spiral tower stared blankly as a shower of light descended from the center of the spiral tower's surrounding structure.

It fell straight down onto the ground of Tower Town... like divine punishment!
"Boom boom boom!"

Without the resilience of the God Gate Plaza's ground, the ordinary ground erupted with earthquakes and roars the instant the light rain landed!

One after another, inverted bowl-shaped energy waves of varying sizes exploded from the point where the light rain fell.

When the white light disappeared, only dense depressions resembling the surface of the moon remained on the ground.

The white rain of light perfectly replicated the trajectory of Malenia's longsword, so it not only struck Messermo's body but also the shaft of his spear.

The black iron piercing spear couldn't even reach the radiant blond boy, and before he could even raise his eyes, it was sent flying.

(End of this chapter)