Altoria, clad in the Blue and White Skirt Armor, stood before Tsuchiya Garaku.
Tsuchiya Garaku desperately wanted to stay and continue fighting.
He wanted to personally kill the person who had killed his wife and destroyed his family.
But he knew he could no longer participate in the upcoming battle.
Even if he stayed, he would only be a burden.
"I understand. Good luck."
Tsuchiya Garaku turned and left the Tsuchimiya Family, his body covered in extensive burns.
Rather than stubbornly fight to the death here and drag Altoria down, it was better to leave quickly and let Altoria fight with all her might.
He could also quickly report the specific situation to other families and call for reinforcements.
Tsuchiya Garaku was unsure of Altoria's strength, but the words "Special Grade" said a lot.
"Don't think you can escape."
Sanzu River sent several balls of flame flying from his hands.
Half of these flames flew towards Altoria and the other half towards Tsuchiya Garaku.
Altoria flashed in front of Tsuchiya Garaku, her Sacred Sword slashing down to block all the flames.
Wind King Barrier.
Propelled by the Wind King Barrier, Altoria instantly charged in front of Sanzu River.
Sanzu River, who hadn't expected Altoria to unleash such speed, dodged her attack in a flustered manner.
Sanzu River immediately activated the fire fox he had just condensed beside him, which was preparing to pursue Tsuchiya Garaku, and sent it lunging towards Altoria.
Mana Burst.
Altoria strengthened the defense of her armor and body, enduring the fire fox's attack and wounding Sanzu River.
The fire fox's claws struck Altoria's armor, but unfortunately, under the dual protection of Magic Resistance and Mana Burst-enhanced defense, it didn't cause much damage to Altoria.
However, Sanzu River, who could only protect himself with Cursed Energy, was not so lucky.
The Sacred Sword left a wound on him that was deep enough to see bone.
"Damn it!"
Sanzu River fully activated his Fox Fire and attacked Altoria, using the opportunity to escape Altoria's attack range.
With the help of the Cursed Stone, Sanzu River's injuries began to heal.
Sanzu River glanced at Altoria, then at Tsuchiya Garaku, who was about to leave the Tsuchimiya Family.
Gritting his teeth, Sanzu River still chose to seize the Cursed Stone from Tsuchiya Garaku first.
A large number of butterflies flew in from outside the Tsuchimiya Family, emitting bursts of blue light from their wings, and countless scales fell towards Altoria.
Sanzu River condensed more than a dozen fire foxes and surrounded Altoria.
"Wind King Barrier!"
A gale blew out from Altoria's center, scattering the butterflies and the falling scales.
With the butterflies no longer obstructing her vision, Altoria locked onto Sanzu River again.
The fire foxes moved forward to intercept, but they couldn't stop the battle-hardened Altoria.
Swish.
Boom.
Altoria once again reached Sanzu River's side, and Sanzu River could only defend with flames again.
"Don't think you can escape, heretic."
Altoria's stern voice rang out in front of Sanzu River.
Escape?
A flicker of anger ignited within Sanzu River.
"I originally planned to deal with you last, but since you're seeking death, I won't be polite."
Sanzu River fully activated the Cursed Stone, and the area around Altoria instantly turned into a sea of fire.
Altoria leaped out of the sea of fire, and her landing spot cleverly blocked Sanzu River's path to pursue Tsuchiya Garaku.
The two sides clashed again.
On the ground were fire foxes constantly condensed from flames by Sanzu River, while in the sky were fireballs falling like rain.
Facing the dual assault from the ground and the sky, Altoria handled it with ease.
Perhaps for others, such a situation would be difficult to handle, but for Altoria, it was no pressure at all.
Altoria felt as if she had returned to the battlefield.
In the sky, arrows were constantly falling.
The arrows ended, and then came the enemies rushing in close.
While cutting down enemies, he also had to guard against occasional cold arrows and various sneak attacks.
"Hmm?"
Altoria's ahoge twitched, and a bad feeling rose in her heart.
Her forward momentum halted abruptly. Instead of cutting down the fox fire directly in front of her as before, Altoria leaped to the side.
The next moment, the fox fire exploded, completely engulfing the spot where Altoria had been standing. Sanzu River's figure appeared behind the fox fire.
His sneak attack having failed, Sanzu River could only attempt a fierce assault while Altoria was just landing.
But Altoria had already created some distance between herself and Sanzu River, giving her time to react.
Sanzu River's attack failed again.
"Damn it, does that woman have a radar installed in her head? Why do you always dodge!"
Sanzu River said resentfully.
"How rude, this is a king's intuition."
The sword in Altoria's hand grazed Sanzu River's neck.
This sent a cold sweat down Sanzu River's spine.
He didn't know if the Cursed Stone could still heal him after decapitation.
Knowing he was no match in close combat, Sanzu River created distance again, stepping on butterflies and floating into the air.
Although Altoria could also move quickly in the air by relying on the wind.
Her movements were too direct, however, and Sanzu River could still dodge.
It was at least better than being on the ground.
As soon as he ascended halfway, Sanzu River saw Tsuchiya Garaku leading the last of his clansmen away from the Curtain.
"Damn it, why is it always like this."
Sanzu River was furious at this moment.
It was one thing to have been reckless three years ago.
He had spent the last three years constantly getting stronger, planning again and again to seize the Cursed Stone.
Why was it that every time he was about to succeed, unexpected obstacles would appear?
Forget about that Special Grade who could summon spirits and control shadows; where did this Special Grade girl who could suppress him and fight him come from?
On the ground, Altoria sensed Sanzu River's momentary distraction.
'A opening!'
Sensing an opportunity, Altoria raised her Sacred Sword and aimed it at Sanzu River in mid-air.
Mana Burst was generally used to strengthen one's weapons, body, and so on, through mana.
Altoria relied on the reinforcement from Mana Burst to engage in a head-on battle with the Berserker Heracles, who surpassed her in both size and stats.
However, Mana Burst wasn't just for strengthening; after all, the word "Burst" wasn't written for nothing.
Altoria poured a large amount of mana into the Sacred Sword in her hand.
A small golden energy cannon was instantly fired towards Sanzu River in the air.
In the Holy Grail War, Heracles had once caught Altoria's Sacred Sword with his bare hands.
At that time, Altoria had used this very Mana Burst cannon to shatter half of Heracles' upper body.
'Dodge quickly!'
Tamamo-no-Mae's anxious voice sounded in Sanzu River's mind.
Sanzu River, who had been looking in Tsuchiya Garaku's direction, caught a glint of golden light in the corner of his eye.
The next moment, he felt his body being controlled by the Cursed Stone and moving.
The small golden energy cannon grazed Sanzu River's body as it flew past.
Even though it only grazed him, the immense and sacred mana of the Sacred Sword dealt tremendous damage to Sanzu River.
Under the burning of the Sacred Sword's mana, Sanzu River's body, which had already taken on Cursed Spirit characteristics, was heavily damaged.
Tamamo-no-Mae could no longer hide at this moment, directly forcing control of Sanzu River's body to flee in a sorry state.
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