Who are you calling a stable boy?!

The remains of valiant Crusader warriors are often highly sought-after materials for these necromancers.

Especially during the numerous holy wars against the Wound of the World, the area near the Wound of the World was already infested with terrifying abyssal corruption. Sometimes, the remains of Crusader warriors would not be properly recovered in time and would be transformed into bloodthirsty and ruthless undead creatures.

In incidents like these, the church cannot always wait for the deceased woman's followers to step in and help.

Therefore, families of tomb keepers, such as the Soberian family, came into being.

As the leader of the younger generation of the Soberian family, Komilia is naturally also very good at communicating with and calming those restless souls.

—But why try to communicate with the spirit of Sodour here?

YOYO doesn't understand.

He brought Sodou's mutilated body over so that Komilia could seal away Sodou's soul, which still lingered within the mutilated body.

For YOYO and the others, being in different material planes and having important companions die is a basic way of dealing with the situation that they have been taught since childhood.

This is to prevent the souls of companions from being pulled away by other material planes connected to higher or lower planes, so that even if the remains are brought back, the companions cannot be resurrected.

However, Komilia, who rushed over, did not choose to use magic to seal Sodou's soul. Instead, she tried to summon Sodou's soul to speak with her. What exactly was she doing?

Suddenly, YOYO remembered what Zheng Jing had just said.

Now, YOYO's expression also turned ugly.

He dared not make a sound, for fear of disturbing the completely focused Komilia.

At this moment, all YOYO can do is wait.

Fortunately, it didn't take too long for Komilia.

About thirty seconds later, she opened her eyes, her forehead beaded with sweat.

Meeting YOYO's anxious and worried gaze, Komilia took a deep breath and then shook her head.

"I tried my best..."

YOYO silently lowered her head.

Then he saw Komilia make several hand gestures while chanting softly, and take out a roll of blessed cloth from his backpack to wrap Sodour's remains.

This is a ritual to seal away the soul.

"Don't be too happy yet. I really can't sense Sodou's soul, so this is the only thing I can do. Maybe he's just... too badly injured. Taking him back might give Dad and the others a way..."

After sealing away Sodour's remains, Komilia said softly, "If he is not resurrected by the power of the Holy Symbol tomorrow, it means the situation is really bad."

"Noble Team, you..."

On the stage, the big-nosed referee hesitated for a moment.

He just didn't have a good impression of Sodour, but as the saying goes, the dead should be respected. Since they were all dead, he didn't want to be too harsh on the kind-hearted Komilia and YOYO.

But the conference continued.

"Do you want to continue?"

YOYO opened her mouth.

They are no longer greenhorns; to become leaders of the younger generation in their respective families, they have all been through real battles and bloodshed.

Who hasn't witnessed defeat and demise firsthand?

However, YOYO felt that, like herself, Komilia probably never imagined that one of the three of them would die at this conference...

YOYO believes she bears some responsibility for the outcome of Sodou's situation.

He knew Suodou'er's personality all too well, but in order to ensure his rematch with Zheng Jing, he deliberately provoked Suodou'er with his words.

He admitted that he had underestimated Zheng Jing's viciousness.

...Sodour has become like this, and without being able to guarantee that Zheng Jing will not go on a killing spree, he doesn't want Komilia to take the risk.

This central role should be filled by him—

"Let's continue."

After placing the sealed remains of Sodou into YOYO's arms, Komilia stood up and, before YOYO could, spoke to the big-nosed referee.

"I am the backbone of the noble team."

"Komilia! Wait—"

"Relax, even if I were to face that person, I don't think he would treat me the way he treated Sodour. After all, I haven't offended him."

Komilia smiled and patted YOYO on the shoulder.

Even through the shoulder armor, YOYO could feel that Komilia's hands were trembling.

"Although I don't recommend you go in with the idea of ​​revenge, in the worst-case scenario, you must survive and bring me and that idiot Sodouer home together."

With that, Komilia walked straight past YOYO and headed towards the ring.

As he climbed the steps, Komilia took out his tower shield and flail from his backpack.

Looking at the Tohsaka team's preparation area, where no one had yet emerged, she took a deep breath.

"—I-I-I-I-I am the backbone of the team! Please, on the premise that you won't kill me, let's have a proper fight!"

Chapter 238: Spatial Slash is Too Cunning

Seeing Rin emerge from the Tohsaka team's preparation area, Camilla visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, as if remembering something, she straightened up slightly and bowed her head to Rin in apology: "I'm sorry! That's not what I meant!"

Rin waved her hand: "It's okay, I can understand your nervousness to some extent... But let me make this clear, I don't think Zheng Jing's actions were wrong. I've worked with some players before, and one of them said something that I think is very true."

He said that anyone who dares to point a gun at someone should first be prepared to be shot. In other words, anyone who dares to show murderous intent towards others should also be prepared to be killed.

"I don't want to be too rude, but your teammates really have a lot of themselves to blame."

After listening quietly to Rin's words, Komilia did not refute them.

She simply gave Rin a somewhat bitter smile.

"Sodour is indeed an unlikable guy, but even so, he is my and YOYO's comrade-in-arms, the kind who grew up together."

"......I am sorry for your loss."

Rin assumed a fighting stance: "If you want revenge, I'm ready to oblige."

"No, no, no! I was serious just now!"

Komilia quickly shook her head.

"Please do this on the premise that we won't kill each other, okay? Okay?"

Looking at Camilla, Rin felt that most of her hard-won fighting spirit had been worn away.

She nodded somewhat helplessly.

After both contestants finished speaking, the big-nosed referee, who was quite humane in this regard, raised his hand.

"start!"

Rin was the one who launched the first attack.

Despite its small size, it unleashed powerful punches and kicks, and a single blow from its bare hands could produce a resounding booming sound against Komilia's tower shield.

Upon first contact, Komilia couldn't help but frown.

Indeed, there is a significant difference between observing from the sidelines and experiencing it firsthand.

She could only guess that Rin's punches and kicks were heavy, but she would only have a sense of how heavy they were after actually blocking a few of them.

Each strike reminded her of the Tauren Vanguard she had encountered in the Wounds of the World.

Those evil creatures originating from Baphomet were extremely ferocious. With a single swing of their greatswords and axes, they could wreak havoc and bloodshed in the positions formed by the Crusader warriors.

Before she could reach the realm of the extraordinary, she was nearly killed by two minotaur vanguards. Therefore, even though she later encountered powerful enemies known for their enormous size and superhuman strength, such as the Ash Giants, Ogres, and Slave Slayers, the minotaurs were still the ones that left the most fearful of Komilia.

Rin, with her own strength alone, was able to remind Komilia of the terror of the minotaurs, demonstrating the formidable power contained within her small fists and feet.

However, Komilia is no longer the little girl who used to hide behind YOYO and Soldouer in a panic.

"when!"

As the lower edge of Komilia's tower shield slammed into the ground, a pale blue force field of energy condensed above Komilia's head and crashed down in the blink of an eye.

With keen eyes and ears, Rin dodged the flail that Komilia had thrown, and with a quick movement of her feet, she managed to escape just as the pale blue force field was about to crash down.

"Oh!"

Like a giant hammer swung down by a Titan, this falling blow instantly shattered the arena, which had a radius of about ten meters, beneath Komilia's feet.

"He's even more agile than a half-man..."

Seeing Rin dodge the attack from above, Komilia muttered something under her breath.

Not only in terms of the power of her punches and kicks, Rin is now showing even greater speed than when she faced Marissa.

In this way, Komilia realized that if they continued this offensive and defensive strategy, the best outcome would be for him and Rin to reach a stalemate and go down together.

Rin couldn't break through her tower shield and armor, which were reinforced with the power of the Holy One. She couldn't even catch the agile Rin on this circular arena with a diameter of tens of meters.

One for one.

In the past, Komilia would have probably just accepted it and wouldn't have done anything more.

But that won't work now.

She doesn't want the current YOYO to face Zheng Jing, who is at the peak of his career.

Therefore, Komilia knew that she had to use the power of the Holy Symbol here.

Before inheriting the holy emblem, Komilia was not only a priest but also a fireplace guard.

Unlike the tower shield warriors who specialize in tower shields, the fireplace guards, in addition to being proficient in using various shields, have learned how to transform their love and longing for their homeland into tangible power.

An old dog will guard the old fireplace, a saying often repeated by many old fireplace keepers.

Born with strength far exceeding that of her peers, Komilia was able to carry a heavy tower shield around at the age of three. This talent made her highly regarded by an elder in her tribe who was a guardian of the extraordinary fireplace from a young age.

She dislikes fighting with others.

They might even be afraid of hearing others argue.

Because of this personality, many people in the tribe were not optimistic about her, believing that she could not become an excellent Crusader warrior.

But her father and two of her mentors did not think so.

It's more accurate to say the opposite.

The three elders all believed that because Komilia dared to stand up and stop others from arguing even though she disliked and was afraid, she would definitely be able to steadfastly practice all of Aomeide's teachings in the future.

And Komilia never stopped trying...

Even if it's just to prove that her father and mentor's trust was right, she will never stop.

—And so, it seems that Iomede really did approve of her.

The holy emblem now residing within her body is proof of this!

"Go and follow those who will succeed me! I will stand firm and unyielding!"

As Komilia shouted, her body suddenly burst forth with dazzling light.

Seeing this, Rin's heart sank. He immediately ran over, spun around, and raised his elbow to strike Komilia's face.

"when!"

Komilia did not use his shield to block the elbow.

Ke Lin's elbow seemed to have struck Komilia's tower shield, creating a loud bang as it collided with the radiance that covered Komilia's body!

At the same time, Komilia, bathed in light, calmly lowered the flail from his hands.

Instead, a longsword formed from condensed light appeared.

Seeing Komilia raise his sword, Rin immediately took a step forward, intending to use his speed advantage to move into Komilia's blind spot, just as he had done before.

"Buzz!"

A deep, resonant sword cry.

Even faster than the sword's cry was the dazzling sword light that suddenly appeared in front of Rin!

The impending danger caused Rin's pupils to shrink abruptly.