Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

Everyone was surprised that such words came from Makoto Haramura's mouth.

Of course, the Amakusa-style Cross Church members are alright, since they don't really know the specifics of what happened either.

However, Makoto Haramura's words were like a match thrown into a pile of dynamite, instantly igniting the fury of all the knights present.

"It seems it wasn't just the Queen's order."

The Knight Commander's face also turned completely cold, now displaying an indifferent expression devoid of any warmth.

"Now there's another reason to get rid of you."

The air instantly turned icy as soon as the Knight Commander uttered those words.

under night.

A slight chill spread through the air.

The Knight Commander stood opposite Makoto Haramura, his face filled with silent anger and solemnity.

The Knight Commander didn't know the exact extent of Haramura Makoto's power, but even just by sensing Haramura Makoto's aura and seeing his past strikes, the Knight Commander knew that he couldn't afford to be careless in the slightest.

It was able to defeat the Water Behind, who was simultaneously a saint, a holy mother, and the right seat of God, and who wore the dragon-slaying armor of Ascalon.

With the Rear Water in its complete form, even the Knight Commander wouldn't be certain of victory.

But even with such support from behind, they easily fell into the hands of the man in front of them.

Even now that he has been allocated the angelic power by Kellysa and has become a mimic angel, he dares not have the slightest thought of taking chances.

Not to mention the feeling of his hair standing on end right now.

This is the biological instinct he developed as a lower-level creature encountering a top predator in the jungle.

"Really!"

Just as the Knight Commander calmed down and prepared to launch an attack.

The ground beneath their feet cracked open in a spiderweb-like pattern, and scalding hot air spewed out from the gaps.

"Oh no, dodge quickly!"

The knight commander was startled and instantly realized that the threat was not directed at him, but at the knights around him. He shouted loudly.

"Woooa ...

"So hot, so hot!"

"Help! Something's wrong—!"

Around him, dozens of pillars of fire erupted directly from the ground, just like erupting magma.

Scalding hot, intensely hot, impactful...

The pillar of fire, which resembled something out of hell, was so powerful that even the knights who had transformed into angels could not withstand it. They were all pierced through their defenses by the pillar of fire and swept into it, crashing into the buildings on all sides of the ground.

"Gudong!"

"Bang bang bang bang-"

In less than a second, dozens of knights were struck by the pillar of fire. Those with weaker adaptability were pierced through by the pillar and their bodies turned into charcoal. Those with stronger defense were sent flying by the pillar and crashed into the surrounding reinforced concrete. The burns and impact left them severely injured and completely unable to fight.

The Knight Commander's face instantly turned ugly.

The knights were practically brought down right under his nose, and he was completely unable to mount any effective counterattack. He could only watch helplessly as his men were blasted away, impaled, and left to fall to the ground, their fates unknown.

The Knight Commander's eyes were completely focused on Makoto Haramura in front of him, and the anger in his eyes could no longer be contained.

"Very angry?"

Makoto Haramura's eyes remained indifferent, and only a cold smile graced his lips.

"It's okay, my anger is the same."

"I made up my mind a long time ago. Anyone who dares to lay a hand on Xiao Qi will be sent to hell."

"Now, you have only repaid a very small part of it."

Upon hearing this, the Knight Commander paused for a moment, closed his eyes briefly, readjusted his mindset, and then drew his knight's sword.

"Om-"

With a resounding clang, the knight's sword was drawn.

It was a strange sword with a blade about three centimeters wide and eighty centimeters long, its silver surface covered with a layer of uneven red and black material.

With this deep hum, the sword in his hand also released a fairly strong magical fluctuation, which then bloomed with a scarlet glow from light to dark.

On the surface of the red and black longsword, scalding hot bubbles, the kind that only appear when water boils, began to bubble. Then, the outline of the bubbles changed shape in an instant, gradually forming a scarlet demonic sword about 3.9 meters long, larger than the Ascalon held by the Water behind him, ready to unleash its killing intent at any moment.

"Since we both have reasons that we cannot bypass, let the battle begin."

The aura emanating from the Knight Commander changed.

If he was previously a standard figure who adhered to his duties and obeyed the Queen's orders, he is now more like a berserker who disregards life and death and only seeks victory in battle.

Perhaps because of Makoto Haramura's cruelty towards his knights, the knight commander vanished the moment he drew his demon sword and uttered those words.

This is not spatial movement, nor is it any special footwork or martial arts technique.

The sheer power unleashed by the physical body and magic pushed the speed to the limit of visual perception, making it appear as if the person had simply vanished.

"Movement speed".

As if it were a self-suggestion, the Knight Commander, who had disappeared halfway, let out a low shout and easily crossed the sonic barrier with a speed that was no less than that of a saint, and even surpassed it. He arrived in front of Haramura Makoto and slashed down at Haramura Makoto with the demonic sword that was still shining with a scarlet light.

"Boom!"

This is the sonic boom sound that is produced when breaking the sound barrier.

"Severing power."

At the moment he swung his sword down, the Knight Commander let out a low shout, as if giving himself a self-suggestion.

In an instant, the crimson demonic sword in the knight commander's hand flashed with a sudden light, and the entire demonic sword seemed to instantly possess a sharpness that could easily cut through anything.

"Heh! This is somewhat interesting."

To be honest, at his current level, even a saint would be easily defeated in his eyes. A special saint like Houfang Zhishui could barely be considered a toy, someone he could play with a little and have some fun with.

Only enemies of the level of demon gods can make him take them seriously and excite him.

So, supersonic speed is nothing to him.

Let's reach the speed of light. If we could reach the speed of light, he might be slightly interested.

However, the special spell used by this knight commander is quite interesting.

If Makoto Haramura is not mistaken, this guy is using a technique similar to imitation.

By mimicking mythical weapons, one can enhance the power of their sword.

However, this man did not simply mimic the weapon; rather, he combined the advantages of similar divine artifacts from mythology and elevated them to the limit as weapons.

So what he said wasn't the name of a certain magical artifact, but something like this.

Based on the characteristics of these weapons, the Knight Commander can use far more than just these two.

This is a very powerful technique; the person who developed it can be considered a genius.

With the added blessing of angelic power, this guy could easily surpass the speed and strength of a saint, and even some special techniques.

It's important to understand that he didn't gain power through a special innate physique like the Water of the Rear, but rather through excellent and powerful techniques.

Therefore, Haramura Masashi did not hold back in praising this man.

People who pioneer in any field deserve praise.

However, when faced with the sword slashed down by the Knight Commander, Makoto Haramura simply extended his hand lightly.

"Boom!"

The moment that fair hand made contact with the demonic sword that shone with a scarlet light, a thunderous boom exploded in the pitch-black night.

Upon closer inspection, an astonishing scene unfolded.

Makoto Haramura used only two fingers, just two fingers, to directly clamp the Knight Commander's magic sword, preventing it from advancing an inch.

Chapter 392 Pattern Magic

The atmosphere was torn apart, and the scattered storm winds transformed into the sharpest blades of wind, bursting outwards and easily slicing through the hard earth and steel within a twenty-meter radius.

A strong wind surged outwards, reminding the Amakusa-style group still standing there of the battle between Haramura Makoto and Rear Water not long ago.

"Gudong——!"

They all instinctively swallowed hard.

They all then took several steps back in unison, looked at each other, and retreated one after another.

Are you kidding me? Getting caught in the aftershocks of such an explosion could be fatal.

"Speaking of which, I haven't heard the answer yet, Ms. Kanzaki?"

"Your companions have left the decision-making power to you."

Still maintaining the posture of holding the sword between two fingers, Makoto Haramura's clothes fluttered wildly in the strong wind.

It's so relaxing, really so relaxing.

Even so, the man's face remained relaxed and calm.

"How can this be……"

The Knight Commander's pupils shrank to almost the size of pinholes, and his face revealed an intense shock that he could not hide.

He simply couldn't believe that his almost all-out attack had been so easily blocked by this man.

The demonic sword seemed to be still unwilling to give up, with red and black substances seeping into it, as if trying to corrode Haramura Makoto's body. However, these substances were repelled the moment they touched Haramura Makoto's hand, and could not corrode his body at all.

"And the answer, Ms. Kanzaki?"

"Well, even if you don't give me an answer, I will still protect you."

Makoto Haramura's gaze fell on Kaori Kanzaki.

In this world, the power of saints is finite, since they cannot use things like magic spells.

All they can use is the power of the holy son that originates from within their bodies.

However, even so, these saints still have value.

At least after Kanzaki Kaori enters the Little Garden, through the steadfastness of the Little Garden's central core, this woman's power will experience an explosive increase.

Although this recruitment was just a spur-of-the-moment decision, from Makoto Haramura's perspective, he no longer needs to go to great lengths to recruit subordinates in every world.

The sandbox is now basically able to operate automatically.

The people he recruited to the Little Garden are constantly developing new worlds. These new worlds are then incorporated into the Little Garden, and the Little Garden's central hub automatically selects suitable candidates to enter. Those who enter the Little Garden will explore new worlds in order to gain a higher status and develop their own community.

Therefore, he no longer needs to be the same as before.

Therefore, Makoto Haramura's recruitment this time was really just a spur-of-the-moment decision after listening to the Knights Commander's words.

"So be it."

“I agree, however, we will not obey Aleister’s orders.”

Kanzaki Kaori wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and her trembling eyes hardened.

To whom does the Amakusa-style Cross-Cult follow?

This is not important at all. In the end, the Amakusa Cross Church had only been incorporated into the Anglican Church for three months.

He initially chose to join the Anglican Church simply because he had excessively obstructed the Roman Catholic Church during the Orsola incident and feared retaliation from the Roman Catholic Church, so he sought the protection of the Anglican Church.

Therefore, neither Kanzaki Kaori nor Amakusa Shiki had any mental obstacles in joining Haramura Makoto's team.

Ultimately, the recent actions of the British Puritans have also fueled Kanzaki Kaori's resentment.

However, she absolutely disagreed with working for Aleister if she joined Haramura Makoto's team.

Regardless, they are all from the magic side, and it's absolutely impossible for them to work under people from the science side.

Cooperation has reached its limit.

"Don't worry, Aleister and I have never been in a subordinate relationship."

"And you will also know in the future that, from a broader perspective, your tit-for-tat exchanges are nothing more than children playing house."