The moment Phaoda looked up suddenly, the black-haired wizard who was shocked almost instinctively dodged away from the spot.

Because at that moment, Loren's vision clearly saw that the "wooden staff" from the old man's hand had turned into a spear under the wrapping of the "black line", stabbing at him like an afterimage!

"Bang ——!"

The rocks in the "tip of the gun" exploded instantly, turning into countless tiny ice crystals scattered on the ground, as if they had never existed at all.

The black-haired wizard's face was cold—what touched the rock was not the "tip of a spear" at all, but the black light wrapped around the wooden staff, which seemed to be like a substance, exuding an ominous aura!

It was the middle of the night, and it was completely dark around him, but the pitch-black light still flowed slowly around Dioda's body as if it were substance, engulfing all the colors around him that could be seen.

That's right, provoking the other party from the beginning and making Faoda lose his mind is a tactic that Loren and Asrael have discussed, after all, it is easier to deal with a mad dog than a sane madman;

But the black-haired wizard suddenly regretted that he had probably made a very wrong decision......

"Get out of the way, don't get touched by it——!"

Seeing the guard knight holding the "Bright Star" high and rushing straight towards Faoda, Loren, whose eyes widened, hurriedly stopped him.

The alert knight of the guard immediately reversed his pace, turning his direction and changing the blade of the sword in his hand to a horizontal slash, but still had no intention of stopping.

Oops——!

Before the black-haired wizard could take cover, a black beam of light had already landed on his side, silently sweeping towards the figure of the guard knight like a black hole that devoured everything!

Snow, ice crystals, rocks, mountain walls...... Everything that was touched by the black light turned into scattered ice crystals and dust, and vanished.

"Holy Cross, if you can soar in the sky, we will embrace your glorious ......"

The muttered Guardian Knight didn't even have the intention of dodging, and completely relied on his speed to leave the pitch-black beam behind!

I have to admit that if there is no enhancement of "beyond perception", my true level is actually completely inferior to this guard knight - even if it is in a strengthened state, it is only slightly stronger than a line.

The black "beams" gushing from the "tip of the spear" roared incessantly, always locking on to the figure of the frantically running and dodging, and each time it was barely left behind by the escort knight, but it was always blocked from the five steps away from Phaoda and could not be reached.

Until... The figure stopped in front of the cliff......

Oops——!

The pitch-black "beam" was already approaching, and the guard knight, who was almost in the air, had no time to dodge, and in desperation, he stepped on the rock wall beside him, and with a blank face, he once again waved the "bright star", and pounced on the already mad Faoda head-on.

There's no time to hesitate!

Between the lightning and the fire, Loren raised his left hand again, and the condensed fireball shook a golden-red afterimage in mid-air!

"Boom ——!"

The sound of cracking shook the entire cavern, and even the knights of the guards outside could clearly feel the sound of the explosion, which could destroy everything.

And then......

Nothing.

Time seemed to stand still in this moment, and Loren's pitch-black pupils tinged with an incredible color.

It wasn't that the power of the "Turin Fire" was suppressed, and it wasn't that the spell failed—the moment he touched it, he clearly saw the golden-red fire exploding.

Instead, the flames that burst out at that moment were easily "obliterated" by Faoda!

With the touch of the index finger, the golden-red firelight was like a fragile creature with life, struggling, wailing, roaring, and finally ...... under the black light covered by the old man's fingertips. Dissipate.

Not even the slightest trace has been left!

Is this the power of "death"?

It's not just the deprivation of "life", but the obliteration of all material that actually exists?

The icy touch surged over the black-haired wizard's body, and the touch of fear clenched his heart for a moment...... Asriel is right, he is no match for Lemantes at all.

Loren, who frowned, stared at Dioda's figure.

In the next moment, the unstoppable escort knight had already rushed in front of Faoda, and the "bright star" full of gaps fell calmly with a whistling sound tearing the air!

The first sword cut off Dioda's arms, and the head with a hideous expression had already flown into the air.

The horizontal slash of the second sword slashed the old man in half, and the upper body that lost his head was torn from the center under the unstoppable blade of the sword, and the ribs that were broken one after another exposed the chest, and the "meat ball" suspected of being the heart exploded at the moment of touching the spine of the sword, and the remaining limbs were also shattered.

Under this almost brutal killing, Loren's face remained unchanged and his brows were still furrowed;

Wrong... Shouldn't ......

But the black-haired wizard followed the original plan, and almost at the same time rushed out of the cave with the guard knight, his flaming left hand slamming out the fireball in the direction behind him.

"Turin Fire"!

"Boom ——!!!!"

The crackling sound swept through the flames, and the already crumbling cave collapsed in an instant, and countless ice, snow and debris buried the remains of Dioda in the deepest part.

It's over... The night was silent again.

That's it, it's too smooth......

As if a long time had passed, the black-haired wizard who was stunned in place was awakened by the slap of the guard knight beside him.

"Dioda is not dead, he is alive. ”

The expressionless guard knight squinted his eyes slightly, looked at the black-haired wizard with a grim expression, and then shook his head:

"No, it's because the concept of life and death doesn't exist in him anymore - all we can do is trap him, and... It's temporary. ”

"This wretched man has long since lost sight of what life is. ”

Pathetic man?, Loren, who sensed something, looked back at the Guard Knight with a meaningful gaze: "You know it... Who is he?"

As if hesitating for a moment, the guard knight nodded slightly, but did not say anything.

"Can you tell me?"

The Guardian Knight shook his head again.

Well, it seems that there is no hope for it...... The black-haired wizard shrugged helplessly.

At least so far, the whole plan is going well - there is no way for the Dioda, the apostle of the evil god, to stop them for the time being, and it is impossible to find the entrance to the dragon king's city;

So the only remaining problem is the sudden "resurrection" of Farnesis and the knight of the guard, and although Loren would very much like to have a different goal than his own, based on Ebolden's experience, this is extremely unlikely.

Fighting the Apostle of the Evil God together may be the only bottom line of cooperation between the two sides.

"Bang ——!"

Just as Loren and the Guardian Knight were about to part ways, a sudden voice caused the alert two to turn back at the same time.

In the dark silence of midnight, even the slightest sound becomes incomparably clear in the blizzard!

"Bang ——!"

Suddenly, a pale and withered arm stretched out from under the ground covered in snow and earth and stone, grabbing the right leg of the guard knight!

A hint of surprise flashed across the guard knight's face, and he immediately drew his sword and cut off his arm.

The two with solemn faces stepped back one after another. Eyes were fixed on the ground around them, either in astonishment or in horror—just as more pale and withered arms sprang up from the ground around them, burrowing out of the ground like reptiles.

No, not just the arms, but the legs, the head, the lower body...... Dozens, hundreds, or even more rotting demons are coming out of the ground!

Before they could be surprised, something even stranger happened.

The severed limbs and arms of Phaoda who had been buried deep in the collapsed cavern struggled out of the ground like a "living thing" and slowly moved in the same direction.

Fragmented "hearts", fragmented ribcages, broken limbs, tumbling heads...... With the icy roar of the surrounding carrion demons, the limbs that were shattered by the guard knight's own hands were once again "spliced" together!

"Do you really think that the old man will appear unequipped even though he knows it's a trap?"

Like a marionette-like Faoda, the corners of his mouth mechanically closed his opening, and his eyes soaked in black lines emitted an unusually ominous light:

"Now... How are you going to 'kill' the old decay?"