It felt so good to be close to the witch!

"Being an archbishop is not easy..."

He shook his head and prepared to go to the underground prison to inspect the witches who had been captured this year.

These are all his achievements!

Every winter, when the magic tide rises, it is the peak season for witches to appear. This winter, because the concentration of magic in the environment is much higher than in previous years, the number of witches who have "mutated" from ordinary people has also increased.

Normally there are only one or two each year, but this year the number has suddenly increased to five.

That's quite an impressive achievement.

But just as Damian was about to take a step, his eyes suddenly changed, and his body transformed into a streak of light, rushing to the sky above the temple and looking south.

A crimson torrent, carrying billowing dust, surged recklessly toward the location of the temple, its momentum like the wind and its power like fire.

"The Crimson Knights? What are they doing here?" Damian frowned, feeling slightly uneasy, but he did not forcefully stop them.

As is widely known, the Crimson Knights are the most elite extraordinary knight order under the Border Duke, and their actions basically represent the Border Duke's will.

Although Damian is the Archbishop of the Temple and is nominally on equal footing with the Border Duke and not under the Duke's jurisdiction, due to the difference in their strength, in reality... in many situations, his status is a level below that of the Border Duke, and he will choose to give way when there is a conflict between the Temple and the Duke's Mansion.

The Crimson Knights marched at an extremely fast pace. When Damian spotted them, they were still a kilometer away, but within a minute, they arrived in front of the Cathedral Temple. Hundreds of Crimson Knights surrounded the Cathedral Temple.

The commotion of the Crimson Knights naturally attracted the attention of the others in the temple. The Divine Punishment Knights and Church Knights in the Cathedral Temple leaped out, and when they saw the Crimson Knights, who outnumbered them by nearly three, fear appeared in their eyes.

Within the temple system, Divine Punishment Knights and Church Knights belong to different domains. The former mainly targets "vicious" witches, while the latter mainly deals with ordinary enemies. In terms of combat power, Divine Punishment Knights are far stronger than Church Knights, but in terms of numbers, the latter are much more numerous than the former.

With early spring approaching, most of the knights of divine punishment and church knights from the Cathedral Temple in the province of Rafa had gathered here, with only a few scattered individuals going out on missions.

Under unbearable pressure, Archbishop Damian, who was hovering above the cathedral, couldn't help but descend to the ground and said loudly, "Fellow members of the Crimson Knights, what brings you here? Has His Highness the Duke given any orders?"

Damian's words contained an element of testing.

Since the battle in the capital, the Border Duke has been nowhere to be found. If the Red Knights' actions were at the Border Duke's behest, it means that the Border Duke has safely returned to the province of Rafa.

After that, many of the temple's operations needed to be adjusted...

"Sorry..."

The warhorses neighed, and the Crimson Knights parted to the sides, revealing a passage. Fuma hovered in the air, looking at Damian, and said in a cold voice:

"Today, all those who belong to the temple will be killed without mercy!"

As the chilling voices spread, all the Crimson Knights roared in unison: "Kill!"

Damian's expression changed drastically, his eyes filled with disbelief.

How dare she?

Are the Duke's mansion not afraid of the temple's retaliation?

Doesn't the border duke worry about the safety of his wife, who is imprisoned in the temple?

A series of questions welled up in Damian's mind, but there was no time for him to think about them.

At Fuma's command, the knights of the Crimson Knights charged towards the temple from all directions like arrows piercing the air.

Seeing this, Damian, who couldn't understand it, had no choice but to take action first.

"Everyone, retreat back into the temple!"

A stern shout came from Damian's mouth, and with his control, a hemispherical pale gold protective array appeared on the surface of the temple.

The knights of divine punishment and the knights of the cathedral had not strayed far from the temple, and upon hearing the order, except for the unfortunate ones who were standing further away, the rest quickly retreated back into the temple.

As the Knights of Divine Punishment and the Knights of the Cathedral retreated, Damian himself retreated back to the Cathedral Temple at an even faster pace.

He is not stupid.

The Duke's daughter, Fuma, must have been absolutely certain of success to come here; only a fool would go out and fight her.

It would be better to return to the temple and rely on the protective array to buy time.

The Cathedral has a special means of communication with the Privy Council. The fact that the border duke dared to attack the Cathedral means that this matter is completely different from the minor skirmishes of the past.

Even for the sake of its own prestige, the temple had to take action.

Damian's idea was good, but unfortunately, how could Fuma possibly let him retreat back into the protective magic circle?

The primary target of this plan against the Cathedral Temple is Archbishop Damian; the other Divine Punishment Knights and Church Knights are merely dispensable "minions."

Just as Damian was about to step back, Fuma made her move.

A streak of crimson-gold light flashed through the air, breaking through layers of sound barriers, arriving behind Damian before he could retreat into the protective magic circle.

With a single palm strike, Fuma imbued her palm with the power of her domain, condensing her battle aura into a solid state. This made Fuma's fair and delicate hand resemble a ruby, sparkling and dazzling.

"boom!"

Damian never expected Fuma to be so fast, and in his haste, he could only raise his hand to respond.

With a deep thud, Damian and Fuma each retreated several meters.

At that moment, two more streaks of crimson-gold light rose up and floated behind Damian, forming a triangle with Fuma and firmly surrounding Damian.

"this?!"

The burning pain in his palm made Damian's heart tremble. Judging from the fluctuations of his battle aura, Fuma was only a newcomer to the second level of the Legendary Realm, but her qualities in all aspects were superior to his own, a senior who had entered the second level of the Legendary Realm ten years ago. What alarmed Damian even more were the other two figures who were also at the second level of the Legendary Realm.

"Fuma Soros, Andrew the Legend of the Flame Sword, Doug the Legend of the Flame Lance..."

"Three legendary two-stars...you really think highly of me..."

Damian's voice was full of bitterness.

Because of Fuma's obstruction, the protective array of the Cathedral Temple has been completely closed. Even Damian himself would need to close it to enter. As a result, the Divine Punishment Knights and Cathedral Knights inside will face an attack by the Crimson Knights, who outnumber them by more than three.

Moreover, having missed the opportunity to enter, Damian has no chance of getting in even if he reactivates the protective array.

Sensing the surging battle aura and domain power emanating from Fuma and the other two, Damian knew very well that he was doomed today.

After realizing this, Damian actually relaxed.

He glanced around at Fuma and the other two, and said in a hoarse voice, "We're all going to die, can't you let me die knowing why?"

"You want to know why?" Fuma's voice was as cold as ice: "I will tell you myself at your tombstone after you die."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fuma, Andrew, and Doug launched an attack simultaneously. Knowing he was doomed, Damian burned his own soul to gain even greater power, and struggled desperately under the combined assault of Fuma, Andrew, and Doug.

Around the temple, the crimson knights stood silently. The protective array was beyond their ability to break. The real key to the outcome of this war lay in the legendary battle high in the sky.

Roy and Latie hovered in mid-air, unnoticed by the Crimson Knight, the Divine Punishment Knight, the Church Knight below, or Archbishop Damian above.

Because at this moment, they are in another dimension; to put it simply, the two of them are not in the same spatial dimension as everyone else present.

Apart from those at the pinnacle of legendary existence, no one could sense their presence.

Roy looked around in astonishment.

He had been to other dimensions before, whether it was the hidden place inside the treasure room or Shanika's hut at the bottom of Blackrock Prison.

However, those two places were stable alternate dimensions, while the one he was in was a small alternate dimension that had been temporarily created.

With Latie's help, Roy can see everything happening in the outside world through the space, but the creatures in the outside world cannot see his existence through the space barrier.

It has to be said that this is a very novel experience.

Roy raised his hand and pressed down on the spatial barrier.

The spatial wall did not feel as hard as he had imagined; instead, it was slightly soft and had a very strong resilience and recovery.

As Roy increased his strength, with the combined support of his domain power and battle aura, the spatial barrier remained unmoved even when he reached the peak of Legendary Level Two. However, as he continued to exert his strength and reached Legendary Level Three, the spatial barrier finally began to show signs of deformation.

"At the peak of legendary status, one should be able to truly disrupt space..."

A realization dawned on Roy's mind.

He already knew this before, but he didn't know why. Now, he truly understands the reason.

"I wonder if entering a state of destruction will be able to shake the barrier of space..."

Roy wondered curiously, though of course, he only thought about it.

The side effects of the Destruction state are too great, and it consumes a precious "Wrathful Light Seal". The cost is too high just to try it out.

Beside Roy, Latie appeared to be completely focused on the battle above, but in reality, a faint blush was rising on the back of her neck, out of Roy's sight.

For Roy to also enter the alternate dimension and see everything outside, the two need to have physical contact, and at this moment, they are holding hands.

Latie could clearly feel the heat emanating from Roy's slightly rough but incredibly warm hand, making her heart pound.

This feeling was completely different from when she was being cleansed of pollution. Lati didn't know how to describe it, but inexplicably, she felt very at ease...

Time passed second by second, and about a minute later, the legendary battle in the sky officially came to an end.

Without any suspense, facing the combined attack of three beings of the same level, even though Damian burned his soul and fought to the death, he was ultimately defeated quickly.

"Hula..."

Like a fallen bird, Damian crashed to the ground, his clothes completely stained red with blood.

He knelt on the ground, withered like an old man—a side effect of burning his soul too intensely.

At this moment, his life was coming to an end. Even if Fuma and the other two stopped attacking him, he wouldn't live much longer.

Ignoring the three people, including Fuma, who surrounded him, Damian looked in the direction of the Duke's mansion. His eyes were filled with incomprehension, doubt, resentment, and unwillingness, but in the end, it turned into a long sigh.

"Qiang..."

The knight's sword, imbued with crimson flames, swept across Damian's neck. The extreme heat flowed into Damian's body through the wound, incinerating all his internal organs to ashes. The domain power on the knight's sword became the last wisp of wind extinguishing the flames of Damian's soul.

The crimson flames burned, and before long, only black ash remained, scattered by the wind.

Damian, the legendary two-star archbishop of the Cathedral Temple in Rafa Province, has thus perished!

Damian's death plunged the Divine Punishment Knights and Church Knights within the protective magic circle into extreme panic.

Fuma flew to the front of the protective magic circle and slashed down heavily with her knight's sword, which was enhanced by battle aura and domain power.

"Ding--"

A soft sound seemed to drift through the air.

The protective magic circle rippled in concentric circles, but eventually returned to its flat state.

Inside the magic circle, the Divine Punishment Knights and the Church Knights who witnessed this scene breathed a sigh of relief. Several of them rushed into the temple, clearly to contact the Privy Council or take other measures.

Fuma frowned slightly. At that moment, Andrew and Doug flew to Fuma's side. After examining the protective magic circle, Doug spoke: