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Joe's battle was exceptionally difficult. He struggled to block the bone spear of the skeletal mage.

The difference between Tier 2 and Tier 4 was like a chasm. He wasn't Klein, and even with the ancient ruins and ancient magic, he couldn't bridge such a gap.

Joe had killed several Tier 3 Grandok military professionals, and he believed that even if there was a gap between him and Tier 4, it wouldn't be too large, but within an acceptable range.

Then, "Slap!" Reality gave him a resounding slap in the face.

After a battle, he was completely suppressed by the skeletal mage. The skeletal mage's venom had already invaded his arm, and even if he didn't need to fight, he wouldn't last long.

The skeletal mage controlled the corpse of the bone-eating beast, slowly floating it up. The corpse exploded right in front of Joe. Corpse Explosion was a simple and brutal spell, but the key was its immense power, and Joe, in his terrible condition, couldn't resist it at all.

At this time, he could only rely on the Skeletal Extension to barely hold on, struggling not to be killed by the opponent.

The skeletal mage, carrying a bone cone, had already arrived in front of him. Green liquid dripped from the tip of the bone cone. Joe had already suffered the bitterness of this venom.

The two stared at each other. In the skeletal mage's skull, green light flickered. The venom began to spread around its body again, and the bone cone stabbed straight down.

Joe had just dodged when the skeletal mage, as if he had anticipated it, erupted with green light. A Venom Nova quickly drifted toward Joe.

Even the defense of the Skeletal Extension couldn't block the spread of the venom.

Just when Joe was feeling somewhat desperate, a streak of black light flashed from behind him. The Black Scythe struck, and the skeletal mage's hand bone flew off in response.

Lilith grabbed Joe's arm and threw him with force, tossing him out of the range of the Venom Nova.

Shadow Three, watching Lilith still fighting, frowned beneath his mask.

"Lilith, it's been too long. If she continues to fight like this, the Chaos Blood will become uncontrollable. At that point, we'll all probably die."

Shadow Three shouted at Lilith:

"You should release the Chaos Form soon, or you'll go berserk."

Lilith didn't turn her head, the Black Scythe in her hand already cutting through the air, leaving behind a somewhat hoarse voice.

Joe fell to the ground. Although he fell heavily, he immediately got up, looking at Lilith with some gratitude.

"Captain! Thanks."

"Let's talk after we survive."

Lilith could feel her stamina rapidly declining, her mind dizzy. The side effects of the Chaos Blood were great. The three-minute time limit had been exceeded, but she couldn't fall down yet.

Lilith knew she couldn't hold on for long, so she had to continue to use a straightforward fighting style to deal with the skeletal mage. But this kind of fighting style required Eric's help.

"Eric, help me!"

Eric covered his face.

"Please, just act like a human for once!"

"One last time!"

"Alright, alright, I'll just pretend I got scammed."

Although Eric said so, his Holy Shield had already been placed on Lilith.

Lilith added all of her remaining Battle Qi to the scythe, drawing a straight line with the Black Scythe. Lilith closed her eyes, using her Qi to lock onto the skeletal mage's position.

"Bang!"

Her feet rubbed against the air, making a sound as Lilith rushed out.

Passing through the skeletal mage's poison mist, relying on Eric's healing and shield, she forcibly withstood several Shadow Arrows without dodging once.

Shattering the skeletal shield, Lilith finally arrived in front of the skeletal mage, and with a slash of the Black Scythe, unleashed the final Dark Harvest. The black threads seemed slow, but they couldn't be dodged or resisted.

The skull that was slashed by the black threads instantly shattered, and the Soul Fire was extinguished on the spot.

Looking at the extinguished Soul Fire, Lilith smiled.

......

At the same time, Joe was already helping Shadow Three fight the last Fear Knight, and Lance, who had already dealt with another skeletal mage, also joined the battle.

The three of them joined forces, and the battle situation immediately tilted, quickly killing the last Fear Knight.

On the other side, the members of the Red White Society were either dead or wounded, leaving only Nimitz, Perona, and Thurmer.

However, after killing the undead creatures, victory seemed to be in sight, but just when they felt that a glimmer of hope was about to dawn...

Lilith, who had killed three Tier 4 undead creatures in a row, began to revert to her original form. Standing still, she faltered for a moment and fell to the ground.

Lilith's previous power gave everyone the illusion that Lilith was so strong that she could definitely take them out.

Now that Lilith had fallen, everyone's temporary spiritual support instantly collapsed. Looking at the endless bone-eating beasts around them, they began to feel at a loss, and despair spread again.

......

Looking at the approaching bone-eating beasts, Perona nervously stretched out her hands towards a corpse of a bone-eating beast, saying somewhat flusteredly.

"Candlewick, is this how you do it?"

[Can you hurry up? That green-haired girl has already fallen. If you don't succeed, we're all going to be done for. Are you an idiot?]

Perona bit her lip.

"I'll definitely succeed this time!"

Golden light appeared in Perona's hands. All of her magic, along with some of Candlewick's magic, began to pour into the corpse of the bone-eating beast under her control.

This corpse began to mutate in Perona's hands.

The metallic luster gradually covered the entire body of the bone-eating beast. Then, all of its limbs began to shatter and reorganize, turning into a mechanized metal body.

Suddenly, the finger of the bone-eating beast moved, making a metallic friction sound like "Chi-U! Ba-Ba!" The mechanical bone-eating beast stood up.

Perona looked at the mechanical body in front of her and said with surprise.

"Candlewick, I succeeded! Aren't you happy?"

[You only succeeded after trying so many times. Your stupidity has shocked me. What do I have to be happy about?]

The mechanical bone-eating beast in front of her was Candlewick's ability, Talent Mixture.

Perona sacrificed her life and the rare magic talents of Metal and Life, gaining an even rarer, even unprecedented, ability.

Life Mechanical Construction.

Giving a life a mechanized body, or giving a machine the power of life, that was Perona's new ability.

"Candlewick, I feel like all my magic is gone."

[How much magic can a second-rate mage like you have? All the magic you used was slowly accumulated by me in the villa.]

"Is this spell very draining? I feel so dizzy now! Is this thing powerful!"

[How would I know if it's powerful? Won't you try it yourself?]

Just as Perona was worrying about how to control the mechanical bone-eating beast, a mental connection appeared between her and the bone-eating beast.

She felt like she could command it.

"A mechanical bone-eating beast with life? How amazing. Let me give you a name. You keep making a 'Ba-Ba' sound and you're mechanical, how about calling you Little Machine Ba?"

[... ... ... Perona, I don't think that name is very good. Change it.]

"Why, Candlewick?"

[There's no why. It's made of iron, so let's just call it Iron One.]

"No, Tie Yi is too generic, not as good as Little Cock. It's mine now, so let's call it Perona Mechanical Guard Number One.

Number One, you must earn some respect for your master. That green-haired girl was so strong and she fell. If you don't live up to expectations, your master will really be done for."

The mechanical bone-eater seemed to understand Perona's command, blocking her path. It stretched out its claws and gently swiped, cutting several bone-eaters in half.

This scene made Perona's eyes light up! "So strong! Little Cock is awesome!"

The mechanical bone-eater charged into the horde. Its hard body was completely unharmed by the Tier 1 bone-eaters. Precise, accurate, and fast.

Every attack had no wasted motion, and every attack killed at least two bone-eaters. This was a true killing machine.

Lance, who was beside her, looked at Perona's mechanical bone-eater with slight surprise, because it was also the first time he had seen this kind of ability.

"A metal summon? Similar to a magic-powered mech?"

After killing dozens more bone-eaters, Lance also fell into deep thought. Lilith had exhausted herself and fainted, Qiao was poisoned, and Ying San's condition was also not good.

In this situation, if Klein didn't take care of it, he really wouldn't be able to hide anymore.

At this time, Becky could only try her best to kill the bone-eaters. Her strength was somewhat insufficient in this situation, and she was a little at a loss.

Erick helplessly looked at the incomplete formation and then at the surrounding tide of beasts. Finally, he turned his gaze to Lance, but in the end, he didn't say anything.

He could tell that this man who called himself Alan was hiding his strength, because in Erick's perception, Alan's blood was as hot as magma.

This kind of person couldn't be a pure Shadow Swordsman. Erick would believe it if he was a Hell Swordsman.

However, since the other party wasn't a member of Jay's company, no matter what his purpose was, it was already good that he was willing to help them. Since he didn't want to reveal his hidden strength and take action, Erick couldn't do anything. He couldn't just slack off and force someone outside the company to help, right?

Moreover, he had already promised Klein to take care of Lilith and had received money, and quite a bit of it, so he was really embarrassed to continue slacking off.

He, at least, executed the saying, "The customer is God," pretty well.

So, Erick stood up and took over Lilith's command.

"Now that Lilith is unconscious, we shouldn't go south anymore. There's a plaza not far to the west. Let's try our best to break through to there."

Becky looked at Erick in surprise. At this time, this slacker king would actually speak up, which was really unexpected.

However, Becky always felt that Erick was giving blind commands, so she interrupted him.

"We're about to leave the ruins. Why go west? Erick, are you daydreaming?

Is it because I didn't apply for medical subsidies for you that you're retaliating against me? It's not appropriate for you to do this at this time, right?"

Erick felt a little embarrassed and angry at what Becky said. There were so many people present! How could you say that to me? Are we even on the same team? He retorted.

"Do I look like someone who cares about that little medical subsidy?"

Becky nodded naturally.

"Yes."

"..."

Erick looked at his captain, feeling a little speechless. Alas, rookies are really hard to deal with! Is my usual image that bad?

However, the situation was urgent, and he was too lazy to argue with Becky anymore, so he directly stated the reason.

"Looking at the number and formation of these bone-eaters, even if we leave the ruins, they won't let us go. That's inevitable.

If it was just to drive us away, they wouldn't have sent so many bone-eaters, along with the Dark Crusaders and Skull Society people, bringing soul stones with them.

The reason they sent all these people to attack us is to keep me here, or rather, kill me.

The terrain here is too rugged. The plaza to the west is flatter and more suitable for us to fight for a long time."

Listening to Erick's reasoned analysis, Lance, Ying San, and Qiao all nodded, acknowledging his method. But the problem was, in this situation, how to get there?

Just as the few of them looked at each other, Erick took off his priest's robe and threw it aside, revealing a red floor-length dress underneath.

Although it was very strange for a man to wear a long dress, looking at Erick at this time, everyone didn't feel a trace of incongruity. It was as if he should have been like this from the beginning.

Erick, wearing a priest's robe or doctor's coat, gave people a lewd and obscene feeling, but wearing this red dress, he didn't.

"Don't look. I'll try my best to hold them back. You guys break through."

Lance and Ying San nodded and began to clear the way in front. Becky glanced at Erick with some embarrassment before turning and leaving, covering the rear with Qiao.

Erick pointed at Perona.

"Big-boobed girl!"

"Big-boobed girl? Pervert, are you talking about me?"

Hearing the word "pervert," Erick felt a pain in his heart. Hadn't he improved his status so much? Could he still not get rid of the two words Klein had branded on him?

"They all need to fight. I'll leave Lilith to you."

Perona exploded when she heard that she was to take Lilith away.

"Let me take the green-haired girl? How is that possible? She's my... uh, can't say. Anyway, it's impossible in this lifetime."

"If it wasn't for Lilith solving those three undead creatures just now, we would all be dead. Do you have any sense of public morality?"

"No!"

...

Perona carried Lilith on her back indignantly, and the mechanical bone-eater stayed by her side, helping her clear out the approaching bone-eater groups.

"Hmph, this green-haired girl, carrying her on my back, I don't feel anything on my back at all. Her chest is surprisingly small. I really don't know what Senior Klein sees in her."

"Should I secretly draw on her face now and say she fell? No, that's too vicious. After all, she saved us."

Just as Perona was complaining about Lilith, Lilith's fingers twitched.

Erick was alone, looking at the tide of bone-eaters, feeling a little helpless.

"This number is really amazing! It seems I have to use my ultimate move. I just don't know how much this number can eat."

Erick put his hands together, and a red ball of light gradually condensed in his palms. Holding the red ball, he raised both hands, and the ball of light slowly rose into the air.

"Blood Fusion!"

This red ball of light seemed to have an attraction, and the surrounding bone-eaters began to be involuntarily pulled by the red ball.

The closer they got, the greater the pulling force. As the bone-eaters approached, their skin began to tear, and the blood in their bodies seemed to find a breakthrough, gushing out and being instantly sucked dry by the blood ball.

One, two, one to dozens, hundreds of bone-eaters' blood was sucked dry by Erick's blood ball, and the blood ball became bigger and bigger.

Erick's pupils turned blood red, and his surroundings were covered with blood. The surroundings were already piled with the dried corpses of bone-eaters, as many as hundreds, and the number was still increasing.

The diameter of the blood ball above his head had reached more than one meter, and the strong blood attracted the surrounding bone-eaters to come as well.

Fine beads of sweat began to appear on Erick's forehead. It could be seen that it was very difficult for him to control such a blood ball.

The surrounding bone-eaters became more and more dense, and Erick finally couldn't hold on anymore. He clenched his hands tightly, and magic power surged out instantly.

"Blood Burst!"

"Boom!"

The red orb overhead exploded in a ring-shaped burst, starting with a red halo, followed by a crimson wave of energy, and finally, a rain of blood.

Hundreds of bone-eating beasts in the vicinity were instantly reduced to a cloud of bloody mist.

Moreover, the blood explosion scattered countless blood droplets in all directions. When these droplets struck the bone-eating beasts, their bodies would swell again and explode.

The blood explosion was like a scarlet firework, blooming around Eric.

In the overflowing blood mist, strands of vital essence converged around Eric and were swallowed by him.

"This flavor is just too awful. I still prefer the blood of eighteen-year-old maidens."

His belly grew larger and larger, gradually swelling like a ball.

"It's over, it's over. I can't eat anymore. Lilith, Becky, you're on your own."

… …

Becky and the others arrived at the center of the ruins' plaza. The old fountain no longer sprayed water, and the towering statues were dilapidated. However, the environment here was much flatter, making it more suitable for their battle.

Lance, Shadow Three, and Joe each guarded one direction, while Becky and Perona's mechanical bone-eating beasts guarded the remaining direction.

They could see the blood mist in Eric's direction. Becky didn't know what Eric had done or where Klein had gone. But she knew that even if she asked, no one would tell her.

The longer she spent with them, the more Becky felt that she knew nothing about these two teammates.

Her original intention of suppressing and monitoring them now seemed utterly ridiculous.

"Maybe Eric and Klein have been secretly laughing at me."

As the number of bone-eating beasts decreased, Becky felt a slight reprieve. She leaned against a statue by the pool, recovering her strength and battle aura.

【I sense your unwillingness, your desire for power, the power to destroy everything before you?】

Becky was startled. She murmured.

"This? Could it be the whispers of an evil god?"

She didn't suspect she was hallucinating because holy knights rarely experienced hallucinations.

【No, of course, I am not an evil god. I am merely a weapon, a weapon that can make you stronger.】

Becky frowned, looked at the family heirloom greatsword in her hand, stroked the scorch marks on the sword, and chuckled.

"A weapon? Heh, I don't need it."

Becky's tone was firm, and the previous whispers ceased.

More bone-eating beasts surged forward relentlessly, and the group was once again plunged into the quagmire of battle.

Everyone was already nearing exhaustion due to the continuous high-intensity combat. The sudden increase in bone-eating beasts put even more pressure on the group.

Lance glanced at the direction where Eric was holding the rear and said.

"It seems Mr. Eric can't hold them back anymore."

Lance's words made everyone's hearts sink further.

The group mechanically slaughtered the bone-eating beasts, but everyone's movements were getting slower and slower, except for Lance's side, which was slightly better.

From time to time, someone would suffer a few wounds. Shadow Three and Joe were the same.

Perona's mechanical bone-eating beasts had returned to her side, trying their best to clear the relentless tide of beasts.

Suddenly, Sermu of the Red and White Society was caught off guard. A bone-eating beast grabbed his calf and dragged him away. Previously, Becky would have intercepted it slightly in this situation.

But now, Becky was really out of strength, not only out of strength but also completely out of battle aura.

She could only watch helplessly as Sermu was dragged out and torn to pieces.

And the others were not faring any better. Without stamina, they were facing imminent death.

Becky looked at Lilith, who was unconscious nearby, and struggled in her heart, then smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Dying in battle seems not bad!"

At this moment, the previous whispering voice came again.

【There are still tens of thousands of bone-eating beasts. You are going to lose.】

Hearing this voice, a trace of decisiveness suddenly flashed in Becky's eyes. She made a decision in her heart. So what if it was an evil god?

"If you are an evil god, then now, give me your power."

They were all going to die anyway. What did it matter whether it was an evil god or not?

【I can give you power, but you need to pay the price. By the way, let me emphasize again, I am not an evil god!】

Becky nodded.

"Understood. What should I do?"

【Discard the sword in your hand, then grasp the sword in the statue behind you and offer your devotion.】

Upon hearing this, Becky looked at her family heirloom greatsword and was silent for a while.

But this silence didn't last long. She closed her eyes, threw the family heirloom sword aside, and resolutely grabbed the broken sword on the statue.

But the statue didn't give any response.

"What's going on?"

【I said, you must offer your devotion.】

Becky frowned slightly. Her devotion? Was it holy light?

Becky injected the remaining divine battle aura into the incomplete statue. Anyway, they were already in a desperate situation, and this battle aura couldn't change anything.

【Heh heh, the power of a holy knight, very good!】

With the injection of holy light, the statue began to shake and crumble.

The others also noticed the anomaly on Becky's side, but the pressure from the bone-eating beasts made it impossible for them to ask anything.

The rubble peeled off layer by layer until the sword held by the statue shed its stone skin, revealing what was inside.

This was a somewhat strange, cylinder-like weapon with a hilt, but the blade seemed to be a slender cone.

Becky, with doubts, slowly grasped the hilt.

At this moment, she felt that all her flesh and blood energy, battle aura, and life force were being absorbed by this sword.

"Ha!"

Becky wanted to let go, but found that she couldn't do it at all. She could only watch helplessly as the sword extracted her life.

The extraction only stopped after Becky's entire right arm, right leg, and even the right half of her face, had become shriveled and stiff limbs.

The whispers came again, and this time, Becky felt that the voice was coming from the sword.

【A delicious body, I am very satisfied.】

【Let me introduce myself. My name is Triciss - the Body of the Candle Demon.】

Becky looked at her dilapidated body and said through gritted teeth.

"I hope your power will not disappoint me."

【How could it? I am the Candle Hilt of the Candle Demon, the most powerful weapon.】

Becky nodded. Holding the Candle Hilt, the surrounding free-floating energy began to converge involuntarily on the Candle Hilt. This energy grew more and more until the Candle Hilt became a real sword, emitting holy light, the Candle Demon Sword.

Looking at this somewhat dazzling weapon, no one could imagine that it, with its holy appearance, would actually devour the wielder's life force.

Holding the Candle Hilt, Becky felt that she was being controlled by the other party, not that she was controlling the sword.

With a gentle wave of her arm, a surge of surging energy erupted, and an energy slash over a dozen meters wide was released in response.

Everything in its path was razed to the ground. The power was so great that it not only shocked the team members but even slowed the attacking pace of the surrounding bone-eating beasts.

Becky looked at the Candle Demon Sword in her hand, then at her aging and withered body, and revealed a meaningful smile.

"This sword is not bad!"

Raising the Candle Demon Sword again, Becky unleashed a second slash.

Wherever the sword's radiance passed, it was like the end of the world.