Page 418 (1/2)
Chapter 418: A Monarch’s Bane is a Woh She’d shown it after being selected for genetic experimentation The harder they pushed her the faster she bounced back She was fearless, and indomitable Where others cracked she stood firm, ready to die for as needed and take the eneht to the death He admired her determination – and who could say? Perhaps she’d work a race the Pontiff’s Citadel had recently suffered was a fresh wound Metatron had continued to ru to the conclusion that these foreign foes must have had help fronificant trust could provide useful inforet in Sariel was on his list, but his suspicions were eased upon seeing her fervent drive to earn the Citadel honor
The Terminator watched carefully from the front row of the platform His face was a mask of indifference The sudden divide between he and little Jun’er was plain as day but there was nothing that could be done The very special child had beco that reatly respected the Gour here in the face of this new infor’s eyes narrowed, fixed upon Sariel The holy light surrounding her grew brighter with each passing moment He lifted his own hands in response and pressed his palrey aura appeared around him like a host of spirits, and the sea of flame around his saw all the color bleed away They flashed and flared in mono-color, and the increased forced Sariel’s cocoon of holy light to begin retracting once again
This was pure Hades Hellfire Even an ae in energy manipulation There was a reason he was considered a natural talent with potential greater even than the Gourmet Like Lan Jue, he’d already had a wealth of experience coenic powers of the Hades Ascension Because of this he had been blessed with a natural understanding of his powers that went far beyond your average Adept Sariel was siht around her iy swarether to infuse the blade with potency The fullover head descended and shrank until it took up position behind the Angel of the Moon She blazed so brightly that she looked like a silver seraph statue that threatened to blind the eyes
A strange sirl in a tiny skirt tittered “On behalf of the s and triumph over evil, and that means you!” All she had to do was throw that quote out and he’d laugh himself out of the arena
Sariel wasn’t aware of Chu Cheng’s lascivious thoughts She continued to gather energy until it see, she blasted forward like a silver lance The burning light pierced right through the gray fla! Chu Cheng was pushed back a step and the ringing sound resounded across the arena His right hand had risen just in ti looked down upon her with eyes of sin the aura around hiered for her
She’d ed to knock him back, but where she should have retreated she discovered nothing but a world of grey The light around her was gone, and with it her ith She wanted to wave and slice with her blade but it was i wave of silvery fluid like Mercury crashed around her It seeped in to her every pore
This… was…
Sariel’s pretty eyes ide in alarrey stretched out ahead drawing her attention She could feel soht arht elbow she felt that presence descend upon her
Ding! The sound of ringing steel was heard again, but this time it was Sariel as knocked back She could feel the penetrating energies grow ever stronger, and the light of her holy weapon di’s weapon, briefly It was a dagger that he held upside down in his right hand The base of its hilt was hoem That hat had saved him from her last strike, and what had nearly ended her just now What she couldn’t figure out was how this clearly ey or aura
Tendrils of errant grey power congealed to form an enorel’s chest She was frozen in place, unable to ht was finished
The grey light , and fled froave his opponent a pleasant s
Lan Jue’s shocked expression was only partially hidden by his ht like a different er until Chu Cheng came back and opened his ht? And I was a perfect gentlehed helplessly “It would have been if you could shut up about it What’s the point anyway, it’s not like Sariel’s gunna go tip-toeing to your rooive up your hopes, brother”
“You understand nothing,” Chu Cheng disdainfully instructed “A bird in the hand is worththat, and I’m sure that when she was reminded hoeso away frohter “Here I thought you’d already cliht”
His friend looked depressed “Don’t even bring it up I’ll tell you all about it after your fight It’s about tiet out there”
Lan Jue stepped out to the open field, and even before he got to the ring a chorus of boos had begun to follow hi a man sucked If his opponent yesterday hadn’t had been a beautiful wo today
He silently whispered a prayer that he’d be spared a fe pairing hid their identity hidden beneath a helmet
However, the ot a closer look Indeed, one often caht to avoid 122 was a woher echelons were largelyacross a strong woht yellow leather that shone distractingly in the light Unlike the profile picture in the sky above she wore no hel to her shoulders The combination made her look like a valiant steairl, but she did have a certain charm ‘Dynamic’ was perhaps the word Lan Jue felt best described her