Melusine naturally also saw the gaze of this young priest as he watched and sized them up. Looking at the way this priest was sizing her up, the expression on Melusine's face changed again and again. She had a feeling that this priest had ill intentions towards them. No... he had ill intentions from the start. It was just that before, the ill intentions were still hidden in his heart. Now, it was as if he couldn't wait for them to die and make their exit sooner.
This point made Melusine very annoyed, extremely annoyed. And so, she directly raised the weapon in her hand and aimed it at the young priest who was retreating into the depths of the embryo of All the World's Evils.
"Your gaze annoys me, so I will take your life!"
A hint of coldness was revealed in Melusine's golden eyes. Perhaps it was because she was getting serious. The pressure that emanated from those golden dragon eyes, which were unique to her species, although invisible, could be felt by everyone present. The only one who could move freely under such pressure was probably Aslan. Or rather, after Aslan's dragonification, his own pair of golden eyes also emanated an indescribable pressure. The power that spread from the dragon blood in their two bodies was truly a perfect match, complementing each other. It inexplicably gave people the feeling of being force-fed dog food. It was like being forcibly grabbed by the neck, then having a funnel stuffed into your mouth, and then having dog food continuously poured in. This feeling of being forcibly fed dog food was, as expected, strange.
He then took a step back. His plain black eyes had a hint of casualness, as if he didn't care about what this Dragon of the Horizon was saying. Around him, the black muddy water was still constantly churning, and then it formed into a pair of arms, which then firmly protected this young priest within them. To break through such a defense was not a simple matter.
Even some of the puppets that had not yet finished hatching also stood up from the black mud, preparing to use a human wall for defense. All the World's Evils also understood that the only one present who was looking forward to its hatching and birth in this world was probably this young priest. Everyone else wanted it dead. Since that was the case, it had to protect this priest before it. At the very least, this priest was on its side. It had not yet reached the point where he had to be abandoned. Most importantly, if the "Time Cup" were to be destroyed, it could still use this young priest's body to re-parasitize and hatch again.
Melusine looked at the gradually closing black arms and gently shook her head. To think they could block her with just this, they were really underestimating her, the Dragon of the Horizon. She was not some split spirit that had been summoned after death, but the genuine, last fragment of Albion!
"Whether in the form of a fae or a dragon, I am the demure, gentle, and reticent Melusine... But! I will do what must be done without hesitation! Basically, I'm quick to act. If I feel lonely, I will also launch an offensive without mercy... well, that's how it is. After spreading my wings, I am the fastest. It only takes 0.3 seconds to break the sound barrier from a standstill. Do you think these remnants that don't even count as Heroic Spirits can stop me?"
Melusine spread her wings, then turned into a streak of light and disappeared from her spot. The magical energy in her body was constantly rising. In almost an instant, a flash of light passed. All the black puppets that were blocking the necessary path, who had not yet completely hatched, were turned into severed limbs and broken arms in an instant.
A blast of wind pressure blew past, with the high platform as its center, and quickly spread out in all directions, blowing everyone's hair up. At the same time, it carried a biting chill. After colliding with the surrounding mountain walls, it left a deep mark.
Kirei looked to the side. This white-haired girl dragon had already appeared not far from him. The spear-like weapon in her hand was slowly retracted. With a light flick, a cold glint flashed past. At almost the same time, black magical energy erupted from the arms that were protecting him. It was a very smooth cross-section. With a loud bang, the giant arms crashed onto the high platform, finally turning into black sand and gradually dissipating.
Kirei swallowed hard. A bloody mark had also appeared on his face. Melusine just glanced at this priest with her golden eyes. "Kneel..."
As her voice fell, Kirei didn't even know when his legs had already been severed into two. At this moment, blood was already flowing out from the gaps. Then, as if a floodgate had been opened, it quickly sprayed outwards. The black special formal trousers had been cut, and Kirei, whose legs could no longer support him, naturally knelt directly on the ground.
The eyes turning within that membrane of flesh looked at the white-haired girl before them. In those blood-red eyes, there was also a hint of surprise and fear. It seemed it really hadn't expected that the girl before it could have such speed.
The surrounding black mud, like a tsunami, suddenly rose up. Then, a large number of chains shot out from this wall of black mud, forming a giant, sky-blotting net that covered Melusine's direction. However, the next second, the white-haired girl who was the target had already disappeared from her spot.
Melusine easily retreated to Aslan's side, placing her hand on his shoulder. She then gently pressed her cheek against Aslan's. In a tone that was both arrogant and a little provocative, yet also stating a fact, she said to the disbelieving young priest and to All the World's Evils, "With this little speed, you can't even touch my shadow."
Looking at this capture net made of black chains falling from the sky, Aslan bent down slightly, the tip of the holy sword in his hand facing downwards. He then injected a large amount of magical energy into the holy sword, and with an upward flick from the bottom up, it struck the black chains, even directly devouring them. After completely destroying these chains, it continued with undiminished speed and crashed into the inner wall of the cave.
With All the World's Evils as a backup mana source, or rather, having just absorbed a large amount of magical energy from the pitch-black mud, Aslan naturally did not hold back at all in this Noble Phantasm release. Anyway, after making such a commotion for so long, the people in Ryuudou Temple should have already run out of the mountain range. If, after making such a big scene and fighting for so long, there was still someone staying in the temple, then they were an idiot. A waste of air to live. They might as well just be blasted to smithereens, to save the trouble of wasting land later.
In short, under this Noble Phantasm release with no reservations, a large chunk of the mountain's top was, of course, directly blown off. While completely destroying these chains, it also provided the Supreme Masterpiece with a larger area for scanning and attack.