Ice Vapor Goddess

Chapter 46 Choice
With a single punch, he shattered three layers of the "Stop" barrier. Only when facing the legendary knight could Xilun feel that terrifying pressure.

His chanting speed was no match for the opponent's destructive speed; even with infinite divine power, he could not confront the enemy head-on.

When a knight reaches the legendary level, his deeds spread throughout the continent, his glory and stories become known, and his footsteps are imitated by countless people.

Like the "Holy Relics", once a knight leaves his own legend and mark on the world with his own will, his will is enough to interfere with reality.

With a mere grasp of the air, the voltage gripped everyone's necks.

The next moment, the archangel's wings of holy blood shattered the electric field, but Raine had already charged forward. He gave up fighting the archangel, whose fate was unknown, and instead prepared to finish off Siron directly.

But the steel angel was strangely agile; its one-ton body instantly appeared beside Renn, and with a swing of its staff, Renn had no choice but to dodge.

The Archangel's platinum armor had turned pale red, steam rose from his joints, his shoulders and hands drooped, and his head was bowed. He seemed to be exhausted, yet he could unleash unimaginable speeds at every moment.

Rein sighed: "Even if you survive, how long can you last? It's already quite impressive that you've lasted this long in front of me as a mere regular knight."

The archangel did not react and swung his staff again.

The tip of the staff, made of divine blood crystal, unleashed a radiant blade several feet long, which was none other than the chosen knight's divine spell, [Holy Light Blade], but it had been amplified by an unknown amount. Even a basic weapon enchantment skill had been transformed into a terrifying blade of light.

Raine dodged the sword with a sidestep: "It's useless. If I hadn't been willing to fight you head-on, you wouldn't have been able to touch me at all."

He slammed a punch into the archangel's left arm armor, creating several cracks, before the archangel sliced ​​it away with the side of his shield.

Ryan crashed through two walls before stopping, but he was still laughing: "See? If I didn't want to, you could have stayed here and died without ever hitting me... I just wanted to destroy it."

In countless clashes, while Raine's body was shattered and broken, the Steel Angel also developed numerous cracks.

For the current church, the Iron Angel is almost irreparable, but the Legendary Knight can heal himself as long as he doesn't die.

"The Steel Angel is indeed superior to the Legendary Knight, but that's on the premise that the pilot is also a legend."

"What's even more unfortunate is that this is a chief angel, not a seraphim, throne angel, power angel, or might angel."

He stretched his limbs and then leaped up to dodge the sweeping light blade.

“You’re going to die,” he said. “This is your last chance.”

The angel's wings swept across like knives, and the scepter was raised, but Raine had already traveled a hundred meters away on lightning, and then suddenly appeared in front of him.

"--Well then, since you don't have much time left to live anyway, you can commit suicide now, and I can make sure your bishop survives."

The Steel Angel paused for a moment.

“A very good deal, isn’t it?” Renn also stopped his attack. “Whether I keep my promise or not, you will die. Why not use the last bit of your life to gamble that I will keep my promise?”

The Steel Angel turned around and gazed at Xilun one last time.

Xilun was stunned. He didn't know how to answer or how to bear this choice.

He had no grounds to demand that Logan continue fighting for him, because he had already given his life almost twice.

But he didn't want Logan to commit suicide, as that would be a humiliation for the knight, especially under duress from the enemy.

Immense pain instantly enveloped him. The damage from Divine Grace's compensation couldn't cause him pain, nor could Raine's attacks subdue him. Yet, he truly didn't know how to bear this choice. But saying nothing was, in itself, a form of escapism.

Logan turned his head and made his decision.

Xiren's mouth opened slightly. He wanted to say something, to say something decisively, whether it was good or bad, at least it was a firm choice. But he opened his mouth silently, watching the Steel Angel's broken helmet turn away, as if something had completely left him.

"I……"

He tried to say something, but in that instant, the earth shook violently!
The ground trembled, and steel and stones fell continuously, as if it were an earthquake. The entire Speyer structure underwent a severe test.

Logan managed to break free from the Steel Angels, and Siren rushed over to shield him. Renn frowned and looked around, not immediately noticing what was happening.

"Your Excellency! Your Excellency!"

A distorted sound came from the brass pipes in another room outside: "Boiler No. 5 exploded for unknown reasons! Boilers No. 4, 6, and 7 are all damaged, and all four floors are on fire. The casualties are difficult to count!"

Renn's face turned ashen.

Speyside has a total of 12 boilers, six coal-fired boilers and six mercury-fired boilers. Because there is no mercury, the six coal-fired boilers are extremely important, and the loss of any one of them would be unforgivable.

Moreover, the boiler area is located in the very center of Speyside, and an explosion would affect the entire shelter!

But just three seconds later, another voice rang out.

"This is the livestock area, can you hear me? This is the livestock area! There was just an explosion up there—but that's not the problem, lots of livestock have gone berserk! Ice crystals are growing on their backs! Those damned animals are slaughtering our animals!!!"

Raine stood there, his face ashen, only his bare upper body shimmering with azure lightning.

Finally, a soldier stumbled in, his face filled with fear: "Governor! There are... there are so many Ice Men outside! They're bigger than before! There are probably thousands!!"

Raine sighed, then leaped up and left the dilapidated Guardian Tower.

Siren lay on top of Logan, futilely releasing Holy Healing.

Renn overestimated his condition. At this moment, the once rigid but still handsome knight was no longer human. All his hair was burned off, his clothes and flesh were charred into a ball that could no longer be separated, all his bones were broken by the steel angel's super-fast movement and acceleration, and even his face was blurred and distorted.

It's hard to imagine that the person in front of me can still be described as "alive".

[Divine Grace and Compensation] brought him back to life once, but his body, having suffered two deaths in succession, was already like a tattered rag bag.

Siren sat there silently, mechanically releasing holy healing again and again, but the mass in the distance seemed to have ended, his divine sense was gradually depleting, and the knight in front of him showed no signs of getting better.

Or rather, no matter how much he treats a corpse, he cannot bring it back to life.

The ground was still shaking, the boiler was exploding, the livestock were turning into demons, the ice men were attacking... everything seemed to have nothing to do with Xilun anymore. He just looked at his knight, not knowing what to say, or perhaps everything had already been said in silence.

Suddenly, crisp footsteps sounded. Xilun didn't look up, but saw a blue skirt flutter by, and an old woman chuckled.

"How pitiful... The young knight was deceived by Renn. He was about to become a royal knight..."

Xilun suddenly raised his head.

(End of this chapter)