"Attack immediately! Do not let her escape!"
Claude let out a shout!
The nearest priests quickly drew their silver staves, symbols of light, and unleashed holy light.
Zeno waved her hand dismissively, and thick vines easily blocked all of the holy light.
She wrapped her vines around the Life Casket and leaped from the floor of the cathedral, crashing through the vaulted ceiling.
The bad news was that the newly built church now had a massive hole in it.
The good news was that the Church of Light would have much better natural lighting during the day.
Boom!
A massive beam of light once again broke through the church's vaulted ceiling, leaving behind another molten hole as it chased after Zeno.
Zeno quickly manipulated her vines to brandish a silver shield—the Eternal Imprisonment Sword-Shield, which had already been downgraded to lesser magic grade.
Even though it had been downgraded to lesser magic grade, it remained a precious and powerful piece of magical equipment.
Bang!
With a thunderous crash, the holy light splattered against the shield's surface, blooming like a golden flower in the pitch-black night sky.
After blocking the attack, Zeno slammed into the ground, instantly smashing a house to pieces.
At that moment, Caiman led the knight order into the night-shrouded town, surrounding the location where Zeno had landed.
"Do not let her escape!" Claude shouted.
His body actually floated in mid-air as he flew from the church, followed closely by the other vice-bishop, Elsa.
As a fourth-rank priest and a mage, they already possessed the ability to fly.
"Claude, what were you hiding in the Lord's church?" Elsa asked in an unfriendly tone from behind.
"Forget about that! Just don't let that damned woman escape! I'll owe you a favor, Elsa!" Claude shouted back hysterically.
That was the Life Casket, a masterpiece grade magic item.
Even for the Grey family, who owned two medium-scale dungeons and had developed into the overlords of the Northern Territory, they only possessed eight such items.
Losing any one of them would be a massive loss for the Grey family.
If that happened, his future, and perhaps even his freedom and life, would be over.
The value of a single fourth-rank priest could not compare to a powerful masterpiece grade magic item that could be passed down through generations!
What was going on!
How did this woman know the location of the Life Casket? What kind of being was she?
He had been cautious ever since he obtained the Life Casket.
How could it have been discovered? How was this possible!
Fortunately, he had placed Holy Light Tracking on the Life Casket in advance, and that woman wouldn't be able to erase the tracking mark anytime soon.
If she wanted to escape, her only option was to leave the Life Casket behind.
In that case, his mission would merely be a failure at most.
Seeing that Claude was already beside himself with rage, Elsa didn't bother looking for trouble by provoking him.
Instead, she held her silver staff and flew to the side, providing fire support for those on the ground.
The two of them gathered holy light, aiming at the collapsed house.
Meanwhile, Caiman had already led his subordinates in a charge toward Zeno.
However, before they could reach the house where Zeno was, countless massive trees erupted from the ground.
In the blink of an eye, a forest had been generated in the surrounding area.
"A waste of mana!" Claude raised his wand, and a golden holy emblem expanded at its tip.
"Fourth-rank Holy Light spell: Atonement Pyre."
In an instant, golden flames descended from the sky like thunder.
The forest was immediately ignited, burning into a golden sea of fire.
Seeing this, Caiman led the knight order into the woods.
The flames seemed completely unable to harm Caiman and the others.
This was because the Atonement Pyre only burned things the caster deemed sinful.
Since Caiman and his men had been marked as innocent by Claude, they could ignore the fire damage.
Seeing this, Zeno quickly dispelled the forest.
The forest scorched by the flames instantly collapsed, turning into a sky full of drifting ash.
The ash scattered in all directions, enveloping the entire knight order.
Caiman quickly realized something was wrong.
"Hold your breath! It's poisonous!"
The knight order fell into a panic, and Claude quickly turned his head, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at Elsa.
"Elsa!" he shouted.
Compared to his offensive holy arts, Elsa was more skilled in healing holy arts.
"Fourth-rank Holy Light spell: Inverted Sigil Sunshower."
As Elsa cast her holy light spell, golden raindrops began to fall continuously.
The rising dust was quickly washed away by the rain, and the toxicity was rapidly neutralized.
While the rain acted as a healing agent and antidote for allies, it was quite the opposite for enemies.
It was highly toxic.
The toxic rain quickly seeped into the soil, eroding deep into the ground.
In an instant, a vine burst through the earth and grew rapidly.
Caiman, on the surface, drew his sword and lunged out like a phantom, his Sword Qi slicing directly at the vine.
Zeno had no intention of engaging in a direct confrontation; more vines continued to grow from all directions and then quickly withered.
The toxicity that had seeped into the ground was entirely absorbed by these withered vines.
"How is that possible!" Elsa said in disbelief.
"She's moving underground!"
Claude quickly sensed the location of the Holy Light Tracking and then waved his silver staff.
In an instant, a pillar of golden light erupted from the ground, indicating Zeno's exact position in real-time.
Caiman quickly locked onto it and gave chase at extreme speed along the street.
The commoners and adventurers on the way all huddled in terror against the sides of the buildings, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.
These were two major forces: the church and the Grey family.
To think someone actually dared to offend these two giants in the Northern Territory.
"Magic units, solidify the earth immediately!" Caiman shouted!
The knight order was not composed entirely of swordsmen; it also included a significant number of mages.
Upon receiving the order, these mages coordinated with each other, quickly waving their wands.
As mana surged, earthy-yellow magic circles expanded in the night sky, enveloping the fast-moving golden light under the gaze of the entire town.
Then, the soil solidified rapidly, becoming as hard as rock.
The two fourth-rank priests flying in the air quickly raised their wands and aimed at the solidified ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang!!
Golden holy light spells shot out like countless arrows, piercing through the ground and tearing the earth apart.
A figure was also exposed.
It worked!
Claude was overjoyed!
However, in the next second, screams tore through the night sky, and the earth-solidifying magic was instantly broken.
What!
Claude hurriedly looked over.
He saw several hideous vines erupting from the ground. These vines were like giant pythons with gaping maws, bursting through the earth without warning to ambush and swallow several mages whole.
Using Stealth in coordination with Plant Clones.
She had launched a sudden strike against the magical forces!
Enraged, Claude raised his wand without any delay, and beams of light instantly crossed the distance, piercing and shredding the man-eating flowers.
At the same time, his body flew toward the other side, toward the location of the Life Casket.
Caiman, being a swordsman, was even faster.
One by one, wood spikes instantly thrust out of the ground, stabbing toward him.
"Hah!"
Caiman performed eight rapid slashes, cutting the wood spikes to pieces.
However, the shattered wood chips did not scatter with the wind; instead, they grew rapidly in mid-air and stabbed at him again.
"Get lost!"
Caiman let out a furious roar, and Sword Qi exploded from his body, once again shredding the lunging wood spikes.
As a third-rank swordsman, his Sword Qi was no longer confined to his blade; it suffused his entire body, responding to his every thought.
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