When the barrier shattered, and the battle began, we didn’t think we would struggle against Siena.

Each one of us possessed formidable strength, and we had Saint soldiers with added dispersal functions individually, prepared for emergency situations. We were confident that the tide was in our favor.

However, as soon as the battle started, what Aston loudly declared to all of us was despairing.

“Be careful, everyone! Holy water doesn’t work well on Siena. Sherry Damon already tried sprinkling holy water on Siena for me, but it had no effect!”

“What did you say?”

The color drained from our faces. Holy water didn’t work?

As Aston spoke, other colleagues shouted as if screaming.

“Why are you saying this now?”

“This is insane!”

“Then how should we respond?”

“Do we just surrender? Should we become corpses?”

“…….”

We were on the side of justice, yet our words were as vulgar as gangsters.

“Nadia Lutri, please keep your mouth shut. If you say anything else, I’ll assign a training for each uttered syllable, one sandbag per syllable.”

“Training per syllable is too unfair…”

“Let’s start with eleven.”

Nadia fell silent.

Ironically, all this conversation took place while we dispersed, avoiding Siena’s attacks.

“Shall we have a little test?”

“!”

Siena, with long nails like scissors in both hands, was as fast as bullets. She crazily sped through us, who were protected by Ruth’s shield.

“Ugh!”

The impact was dispersed by the shield, but there were still some shocks. We were pushed back a few steps from where we stood. The mental impact was substantial.

“Is this… the strength when Siena goes berserk?”

My spine chilled. Even looking at the damages on the shield from a single attack told us that.

Siena gracefully descended back to her original position and smirked.

“Arrogant and nothing special, huh?”

“…….”

I, along with the other colleagues, was enveloped in silence. Siena was much stronger than we anticipated.

‘Is this… the skill level when she goes berserk?’

There was no time to sprinkle holy water the moment we encountered her…

Like a child playing with a toy, the attack occurred in an instant. Siena attacked and passed through other colleagues towards the shield. Ruth bit her lips and restored the shield.

“O Shield, repair the broken gaps.”

“Is it okay to waste magic like that, Ruth? It seems insufficient even if you use it to survive alone. A shield can’t be a big obstacle for me. You, who cast spells, know that the best, right?”

With a kind voice, Siena chewed on Ruth’s feelings. Ruth’s silver-gray pupils shivered with discomfort from the insult.

“Don’t you dare shake me by borrowing my friend’s body, you idiot.”
Wriggle. Siena’s eyebrows twitched. Cleverly, Ruth, quoting my words verbatim, scorned the vile and despicable culprit.

“If you think babbling to deceive us by borrowing Siena’s body is useless. That girl is by no means someone who would utter such words to us. It only reveals your wickedness and obscenity.”

『Shadow, arise from the darkness and corner your master.』

Matching the verbal exchange, Ruth continuously cast a spell without a pause. Siena’s shadow flickered and moved like a living being, restraining her. Black spots of the shadow tied around her arms and legs like ropes, blocking her movements.

“Fancy moves.”

“Whether it’s fancy or not, you’ll find out.”

Siena aimed to cut the shadow with her nails, holding a grudge. However, since the shadow had no physical form, her attack, physically futile, passed through the shadow.

“Hmm.”

Seizing the opportunity, Ruth shouted to Benedict, Michael, and Aston.

“Now!”

Nadia and I joined forces to surround Siena and unleashed a barrage of gunfire.

『Lightning that devours darkness, strike down upon my command.』
The painting hanging in the corridor tore apart, pottery broke, and the curtains hung on the window turned into ashes.

“Is this all?”

“……!”

However, even though everyone exerted such tremendous force in the collective gunfire, it was still insufficient to stop the rampaging Siena.

Siena, or rather, the wicked villain manipulating Siena’s shell, covered themselves with something imitating Ruth’s shield.

“A shield…?”

“No, it’s not magic.”

This is sorcery.

Everyone looked puzzled at the person’s words. They hadn’t expected that he could perform sorcery remotely while controlling Siena’s body.

“Why are you all so surprised? Ahaha. Did you not think I would cast spells using this woman’s body?”

“You son of a b****.”

“Say whatever you want. The look of your faces falling apart is truly satisfying. Perhaps, arrogantly, you thought you would be dominant in this situation because of the numbers.”

Siena waved her elongated fingernails.

“How do you think these nails suddenly grew like this? Did I just turn Siena Evergreen into a simple improved zombie? That might be the case, but ultimately, it wouldn’t have been possible without my sorcery. Well, thanks to the special materials, it became possible.”

In the surroundings scorched as if a bomb had dropped, Siena smiled like a devil.

“Have you all finished?”

As soon as those words were uttered, a red aura emanated from Siena’s fingernails.

Instinctively, I sensed that it was an extremely ominous and fierce sorcery.

“Away!”

No one had time to respond.

“Ugh!”

Nadia was the first to be thrown far away, bouncing off the opposite wall. With a thud, Nadia, thrown like a sack of goods, hit the
【There’s a hole in Ben’s stomach.】

【Treat him. Quick, treat him…】

【No. The paladin can’t be immediately treated for severe injuries.】

【Then we will.】

【The injured Ben is not a complete conduit for our spirits’ power. We might accidentally tear him apart ourselves.】

【Then what do you suggest!】

The spirits cried out. They could only watch as Benedict, whom they cherished like their own, vomited blood from his mouth and crumbled.

“…Don’t cry. Instead, lend me your strength, no matter what happens to me.”

Benedict tried to exert his strength forcibly. At that moment, Siena, losing interest in him, was confronting Mihail and Aston.

Zing. The sound of ears tearing apart echoed as the sword imbued with divine power clashed with the sword radiating a dark aura, and the claws imbued with ominous magic.

“We… have to help them. Cough.”

“Benedict!”

I tried to run to Benedict and Ruth, but they raised their hands to stop me.

“Don’t… come. Continue the attack.”

“But!”

“It won’t make a difference, cough, if we see them. We can’t, cough, treat them anyway.”

A pool of blood gathered around Ruth. Though healing magic was used, the spilled blood couldn’t be collected, and he stumbled, stepping on his own blood.

“Ben… Even if that’s the case, don’t say dangerous things. The spirits prioritize your wishes above all.”

“Ruth.”

“I can perform emergency treatment with my magic. But if both of us don’t get treatment in time, we’ll die.”

“I’ll do whatever I can with the Holy Water…”

I hoped for healing using Holy Water, but Ruth shook his pale face.

“That’s impossible. Your Grace. Holy Water is not omnipotent. Expecting healing is, realistically, impossible…”