However, Maria ignored me at all, and continued to chant the mantra to herself, and it was only then that I realized that something was wrong.

"Stop Maria, you're going to die if you keep going like this!" I couldn't help but say in a hurry, but no matter how I shouted, Maria never answered, and now I was finally convinced that she seemed to want to risk her life not to forcibly seal the soul of the demon king in my body, this girl is good at anything, but there is a kind of almost hysterical fanaticism about the "Demon Removal Guardian Dao", I really don't understand what the group of people in the Holy See have instilled in her. No, I can't say anything to watch a flower girl die in front of my eyes, thinking of this I can't help but reach out and want to push Maria away, but this girl actually stands in place and refuses to back down a step, although with my current strength it is easy to force her away, but I can't bear to do that, and I can't help but be in a dilemma for a while.

"Maria, stop it, isn't it worth it!?" I tried my best to convince Maria to give up on this plan, but this girl seemed to be iron-hearted, no matter what I said, she completely ignored it, and only focused on chanting the incantation, and gradually I felt that the magic in my body was becoming more and more unstable, and seeing that the seal was almost complete if I continued like this, a wave of energy shot out from the oblique stab at this critical moment.

"Beware!" Even though the magic was unstable at this point, I tried my best to open the shield, and at the same time threw Maria to the ground, pressing her whole body tightly against her.

"Hmm." Perhaps due to the decrease in mana, this time I did not block Malthus's attack, and I only felt a sharp pain in my back, and the whole person almost fainted on the spot.

"Kane!?" In a trance, I heard Maria's voice below me, and that was the first time I felt care in her tone.

"Don't worry, you can't die yet!" I gritted my teeth and forced myself to fight back, and at the same time urged my magic to launch a counterattack, this is an opportunity that we have to risk our lives, and we can't give up anything!

"Oops!" It was clear that Malthus had not expected us to do this, and froze in place for a moment, which undoubtedly gave us an opportunity to take advantage of, but by the time he realized that the situation was not good, two black gases had already wrapped tightly around his bony hands.

"Where are you going to run this time!?" I couldn't help but be overjoyed when I saw this, and I didn't care about the pain in my back, so I immediately activated my magic, and the two black gases suddenly dragged Malthus out of the air as if they were alive, and fell heavily to the ground. Before the "Dream Demon King" could react, another black gas had already coiled around its neck...

"You had a lot of fun just now, huh?" At this time, I struggled to get up from the ground, my back was still hot, and when I thought that Malthus had injured me and Maria in a row before, especially when the latter almost died, I couldn't help but feel angry, and I didn't care about treating the injury on my back, so I immediately sneered and walked towards Malthus, and at the same time deliberately tightened the black gas wrapped around its neck, Malthus's face immediately changed.

"How? Feeling out of breath, right? Although it is only an incarnation, the pain of dying is still the same. You should also know that once you are caught by the "soul binding", even a pure spirit body will not want to escape, and you will have completely lost this game!" Maybe it was because of the anger, or maybe it was because of the backlash caused by the almost sealed seal just now, but at this moment I began to become arrogant and hysterical again.

At this time, Malthus could no longer speak, it was held high in the air by the "soul binding", its legs kept kicking, as if looking for some support point, and its face was even more swollen and red, completely losing its previous calmness.

"Stop!" Just then, there was the sound of footsteps at the door, and I turned my head to see that it was the Holy See's men who had finally arrived. They were shocked to see Malthus's situation.

"You demon let go of the High Priest immediately!" The crowd took an offensive stance as they warned, and it was clear that the group had not figured out who they were up against.

"Stop, let me explain!" At this time, Maria on the side couldn't help but be anxious when she saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade everyone, but when everyone saw that she was her, they couldn't help but be even more angry.

"Maria, you traitor, actually colluded with the demons to assassinate the high priest, what do you have to explain now!?"

"That's not the case, Lancelop is actually a spy of the demons who have infiltrated the Holy See!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then they first looked at me, who was hideous, and then at Lancelop, who was in pain and helpless in mid-air, and finally what kind of judgment they would make, most people could guess.

"Ridiculous, do you think anyone would believe such a lie!? You don't have to say much to them, hurry up and rescue the High Priest!" I don't know who took the lead first, and then everyone started to attack without saying anything.

"Stop, everyone!" Seeing this, Maria couldn't help waving her hands to stop everyone, in fact, I understand that she is not afraid that the people of the Holy See will hurt me, but that I will hurt them, this girl is always ruthless towards the enemy, which makes people feel a little ruthless, but in fact, she just left all her love and feelings to the Holy See, for her, these guys in front of her are like her own family, even if these "family" are trying to take her life at the moment...

"That's enough, Maria, these people won't listen to you...", I finally couldn't look at it anymore, and I stepped forward and pulled Maria to my side, and at the same time unfurled the shield, even if most of my magic power was used against Malthus, it was still easy to defend against these people's attacks.

"Kane, promise me not to hurt them, okay?" To say that Maria is a calm person after all, although there is still a lot of reluctance in her heart, but at this moment she also understands that there is no hope of reconciliation in the whole matter, and all she can do at the moment is to try her best to avoid these people from harm, until this time I realized why I have always had a good impression of this "iceberg death", perhaps because there is actually a kind heart hidden under her seemingly ruthless appearance...

"I see." I nodded in agreement, in fact, as far as my heart is concerned, I really don't want to hurt the innocent any more, so I immediately cast the spell, and everyone in the Holy See suddenly felt dizzy, and soon fell to the ground one by one.

"Betrayal... Traitor..."When the last man fell, he glared at Maria viciously, and at the same time cursed in a low voice, at that moment I noticed that Maria's face was slightly ugly, knowing that this is a murderer who does not blink, which shows how much he cares about this matter in his heart.

"Don't worry, one day they'll understand it's a misunderstanding." I patted Maria on the shoulder and whispered comfort.

"It's okay, they weren't wrong anyway..."Maria shrugged her shoulders and smiled wryly.

"From the moment I promised to help you, I have betrayed the Holy See," said Maria, coldly, in a lonely and sad tone...