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Has Chapter 435 finally appeared?
"That fake angel, could it be...?"

Whether it was some kind of divine bloodline guiding them or not, not only did Aize take notice of one of the two fake angels in the fierce battle, but La Fria also noticed her.

"Kyriiiiiiiiiiii——!"

Amidst a terrifying scream, the silver-haired fake angel flapped its ugly wings and charged towards its brethren, engaging in close combat.

Her hands were as sharp as the claws of a beast, shimmering with divine energy. With each swipe of her hands, she left gruesome bloody gashes on her opponents, as if cutting flesh, causing them to scream in agony.

Both are fake angels, protected by a superdimensional membrane, which means they are both in a higher dimension. Since they are in the same dimension, there is no reason why they cannot attack each other. Therefore, the superdimensional membrane, which is extremely difficult for others to solve, is like a decoration for the two fake angels, and cannot play any role at all.

Therefore, the silver-haired fake angel can injure her opponent through hand-to-hand combat. Every time her slender hands and feet land on her opponent, they will cause solid damage, making her scream in agony.

The opposing fake angel could only keep its distance from the silver-haired fake angel, spreading its wings to shoot out wave-shaped, distorted light blades. However, the silver-haired fake angel seemed to know better than its opponent how to utilize its power. The hyperdimensional membrane around its body swayed like a mirage, transforming into a barrier that appeared and disappeared intermittently, knocking down all these attacks.

By switching the state of the superdimensional membrane, the silver-haired fake angel is sometimes in a higher-dimensional space and sometimes back in the mortal world. By switching back and forth in this way, attacks that can only be launched against one dimension are rendered ineffective.

Immediately, the silver-haired fake angel also released a beam of light, which pierced through the opponent's hyperdimensional membrane, leaving penetrating wounds on the opponent's shoulder, abdomen, and thigh.

"Kyriiiiiiiiiiii——!"

A series of mournful cries immediately rang out, but this only spurred the silver-haired imposter to launch an even more ferocious attack.

"Impressive." Aize was surprised by this scene and said, "They are both fake angels, but the one that is unilaterally gaining the upper hand seems to be stronger than all the fake angels we have encountered so far."

The power displayed by that silver-haired fake angel was on a completely different level compared to that of ordinary fake angels.

If we were to categorize monsters by their level of danger, without considering the invincibility granted to the fake angel by the superdimensional membrane, an ordinary fake angel would be at most equivalent to a level V or VI monster, with strength comparable to a vampire's familiar. However, that silver-haired fake angel was at least level VII, or even level VIII, second only to level IX monsters, which could surpass all of humanity's weapons.

This difference in strength was clearly unusual, to the point that even Aize was somewhat surprised.

"...That's because that child's aptitude is completely different from the other fake angels."

La Freya spoke with a complicated expression.

“Other fake angels are probably just girls with more developed spiritual centers or some spiritual medium qualities, but that child’s spiritual medium qualities are comparable to mine; she has the highest level of spiritual medium qualities.”

The difference in the quality of spiritual media leads to differences in the output and spiritual capacity of the spiritual center.

In short, the silver-haired fake angel has higher basic qualities and is closer to the existence of an angel, so it can naturally attract more power.

"I'm afraid that child is the final individual that Kensei Yase has chosen long ago, the only one who can become a complete model angel."

It's not like you can create a fake angel by randomly grabbing seven people, modifying them, and performing rituals. That would make creating fake angels far too cheap.

Only priestesses with spiritual medium qualities can inscribe angelic imprints and spiritual evolution patterns on their bodies, which is why all fake angels are young girls.

However, if the chosen angel's own spiritual medium is not strong enough, then even if its spiritual center is enhanced to the highest limit of the human body through magic, these spiritual centers will probably not be very strong. Even if thirteen are gathered, it will not be possible to achieve the purpose of evolution and transformation.

When a spirit takes over the spiritual center of another false angel and integrates it into its own body, it can only achieve spiritual evolution if it does not exceed the spiritual capacity of the human body. If the spiritual medium is not strong enough and the spiritual capacity is not high enough, then even if it takes over the spiritual center of another person, it will probably overeat or even explode.

Therefore, for the angel-making ritual to succeed and for a fully-fledged angel to be artificially created, at the very least, one of these fake angels must be a medium with a high or even extremely high spiritual quality.

Without a doubt, the silver-haired imposter angel before them was the individual with the highest spiritual quality in this self-destructive ritual.

Therefore, she was destined from the very beginning to be born as the ultimate victor, and as long as the ritual continued, she was destined to become the last and most perfect molded angel.

It's no longer a question of who this person is.

"That child is Natsune Yase."

La Freya spoke with such certainty.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

At this moment, as if in response, confirming La Fria's statement, the silver-haired fake angel uttered a girlish voice that was no longer so inhuman, but somewhat ferocious.

The voice was somewhat childish, somewhat melodious, and somewhat familiar, making it not at all unfamiliar to Aize.

"Pfft!"

Her hand, like a hook, easily pierced the girl's chest, nearly destroying her heart.

"Shh!"

Seeing this, Aize's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly took a step forward, activating Instant Step, instantly appearing behind the silver-haired fake angel.

"...!"

The silver-haired fake angel immediately sensed something, turned around abruptly, and pierced through Aize's figure with a claw.

However, that was just an afterimage left behind by Azer.

The real Azer used Flash Step to appear behind the injured fake angel as if by teleportation, hugged him, and then disappeared again, moving in front of Raphria.

"Keep an eye on her."

After leaving those words behind, Aze vanished in a flash, leaving Raphtalia, who couldn't keep up with his speed, to smile wryly.

"Really, they appear and disappear so mysteriously. Could they have used spatial control magic?"

La Fria had long been amazed by Azera's unpredictable teleportation ability.

She knew that there was a witch on Itogami Island who was extremely famous in Europe and could use spatial control magic with incredible ease, as if it were an instinct of her body.

Spatial magic is one of the most difficult types of magic. Normally, it is a spell that cannot be easily activated by an individual's own ability. There are very few people in Aldeqia, a country with advanced magic technology, who can use this kind of magic.

This is just being able to use it. If you're asking someone to use this magic as easily as drinking water or eating, then you wouldn't find many people like that in the entire world, let alone the Kingdom of Aldeqia.

There happens to be one on Itogami Island, a witch who once terrified demons in Europe, known as the "Witch of the Gap".

La Fria initially thought that Aize, like that witch, was an offensive mage who was extremely skilled in using spatial control magic, and at least in terms of spatial movement, he was no less capable than the legendary witch.

But as the first princess of the Kingdom of Aldeqia, she possessed knowledge of various magical techniques and had exceptional mediumistic abilities and elven magic. She certainly had a broad perspective. She felt that Aize's elusive abilities didn't seem like magic, but rather more like a footwork technique utilizing internal spiritual energy?

"Is it similar to the Eastern concept of shrinking the earth to an inch? It's getting more and more intriguing..."

Under La Fria's mutterings and watchful gaze, Aize had already arrived in front of the silver-haired fake angel.

"Aa ...

As soon as the other creature saw Aize appear, it let out a ferocious roar that was not human and pounced on him.

"Calm down, Yase!"

Pure white wings of light unfurled behind Aize, and a jet-black straight sword gripped his hand. He retreated at lightning speed like a streak of light, trying to distance himself from the silver-haired fake angel while attempting to awaken Natsume Haze's consciousness.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang...!"

In response to Azer, countless beams of light, like a torrential rain, flew densely toward him, enveloping him while touching the sea below and creating bursts of explosive waves.

"Half Dimension (The White Dragon Emperor's Domain)!"

Aize's pure white wings of light suddenly expanded to their limit, and a series of dragon-like fluctuations rippled within the blue light membrane, weakening and eliminating all the incoming beams of light.

This was originally a move that could only be used after the Forbidden Hand was activated, but as Aize grew stronger, the White Dragon Emperor's wings of light also became more and more powerful.

Aize later discovered that the Hogyoku, which had always existed within him, was not only constantly exploring his potential and making him stronger according to his thoughts, but also, because he subconsciously hoped that his unique weapon would grow as much as possible, the Hogyoku was also exploring the abilities of the unique weapons within him, gradually developing their abilities.

Now, when Aize uses the White Dragon Emperor's Wings of Light, even without activating Forbidden Hands, he can use some moves or abilities that were originally only possible in Forbidden Hands state. Furthermore, the time it takes for the White Dragon Emperor's Wings of Light to activate its halved power in normal state has been reduced to an astonishing 0.1 seconds!
In other words, even without using the forbidden technique, Azer can activate the halving ability ten times in a single second!
Under such circumstances, even without using the forbidden technique, the White Dragon Emperor's light wings are already powerful enough, at least many times stronger than the original version!
If Aize hadn't been unfamiliar with the strength of the Fake Angel during the initial battle and had activated Forbidden Hand as a precaution, he wouldn't have needed to activate Forbidden Hand at all to deal with a Fake Angel.

Thus, under the influence of the White Dragon Emperor's domain, not only the beams of light that came like a torrential rain, but even the hyperdimensional membrane around the silver-haired fake angel was compressed.

The silver-haired fake angel tried to struggle, but at that moment, Aize had already used Instant Step to appear in front of her.

"Tiancongyun!"

Aize raised his jet-black divine blade, ready to strike and seize the power of the superdimensional membrane to break the angelic magic and spirit evolution magic on the girl's body.

"Pierce him, Serpent Red Luo!"

Suddenly, a murderous voice rang out.

"careful!"

On the shore, La Fria seemed to notice something and exclaimed in surprise.

Unfortunately, her reminder came too late.

"Swish swish swish swish...!"

Suddenly, streaks of red light appeared, like crimson spears, piercing towards Aize, who held aloft the Kusanagi.

"Clang clang clang clang...!"

The spear finally landed behind Azer, suddenly unfolding and forming a shield against the pure white wings of light in front of him, creating intense sparks as it rubbed against them.

“Ahhhhhhh…!”

Taking advantage of the moment, the silver-haired fake angel roared and swung its hook-like claws at Azer's face.

"Oh!"

Aize raised his hand to block, but was unexpectedly struck so hard that he was sent flying backward with a whooshing sound. He barely managed to regain his footing.

The pure white wings of light retracted back onto his back, revealing Aize's somewhat indifferent face.

Aize then turned his head and looked at the sea, gazing at the commercial cargo ship belonging to the mage craftsman.

"Tch, you think you can stop that?"

On the somewhat dilapidated hull, a woman made a rather vulgar smacking sound.

She was a voluptuous beauty with bright blonde hair, a great figure, and an exceptionally tall stature, dressed in a deep red bodysuit.

Blood gushed from the beautiful woman's hand as she gripped a red, pointed spear. The spear's length towered over her tall, imposing wielder, and the tip seemed to come alive, not only wriggling but also slowly retracting.

The weapon that just attacked Azer was this gun that seemed to extend like a tentacle.

"Hey, you've already gone so far as to launch a sneak attack, and you still haven't managed to kill him? Have your skills gotten dulled, BB?"

Beside the beautiful woman, a long-haired man wearing a leather jacket, quite tall but thin, with a decent appearance, but giving off a casual and rough impression, began to complain.

"It's not her fault. After all, the person who came seemed to be quite extraordinary."

The last to speak was a man with a very serious face and a head of black hair mixed with white hair. He was not very tall, but he had an inexplicable sense of authority. His appearance was reminiscent of a devout priest or monk. He was wearing a white robe and was nearly fifty years old.

"Anyway, come back for now, Xia Yin."

The man held a mysterious device in his hand. With a gentle press, the silver-haired fake angel in the sky let out a somewhat painful cry.

The next second, the silver-haired fake angel suddenly became emotionless, like a machine, and slowly flew to the commercial cargo ship, landing behind the man.

Seeing this, Aize aside, La Fria on the shore let out a somewhat cold voice.

"So he's finally showing up? Kenji Yase!"

Upon hearing this, the man raised his head and looked at La Fria.

His serious face was full of sorrow.

(End of this chapter)