Then, without much effort, the creature grabbed Lilith's right hand and gripped it tightly, causing Lilith to feel a sharp pain in her wrist.
"Ack!"
She was shocked to discover that the creature couldn't be attacked or touched, but it could still touch a physical being like Lilith. In the next instant, it immediately grabbed Lilith's hand and released it when the time was right.
"Ahh...!"
This sent Lilith flying and crashing into a tree, hitting it with a large scar.
CRASH!
"Ack!"
"Lilith!" Iris screamed as she saw her friend thrown so hard into a tree branch. She glared at the creature with anger. "Tch...!"
Her rising emotions seemed to compel her to lunge toward the creature, even though she knew it couldn't be attacked.
Iris opened her palm, channeling the pure Mana within her body, as befits a Seraphim. A pale blue light gathered, accompanied by a kind of pure magical energy. From that light, a dagger with a blue blade mixed with purple and a metallic iron handle quickly emerged, which she then grasped.
In one motion, Iris threw the dagger. It shot with terrifying speed and precision, its accuracy possibly reaching 100%.
But still.
The dagger, which shot without hesitation, didn't pierce its target as intended. Instead, it pierced the creature's body without a wound, not embedded, simply passing through.
WOOSSHH
Iris, knowing this was bound to happen, still wanted to try. She channeled her Mana into her palms again and created four more daggers between the fingers of her right arm, along with one dagger held in her left arm, to do something.
She then jumped upward, and when she felt it was just right, Iris immediately threw the daggers with pinpoint accuracy and precision, but they weren't intended for a frontal attack. Iris placed her four daggers in the ground, each at a point forming a square.
Iris landed on her feet, and the blades of the daggers glowed blue. The light then radiated from one dagger to the other, trapping the creature within the square.
Wasting no time, Iris immediately threw one of her daggers upward. Although the dagger was thrown upward, it didn't simply fly. Instead, it stopped right where the creature was standing, its dagger facing downward.
The daggers glowed, emitting a string of light that connected to each dagger at each point.
Her index and middle fingers then glowed, resonating with the upper dagger. "Let's end this!" she said. Then, without hesitation, Iris moved her hand from the bottom up.
Due to the resonance, the dagger above plunged downward rapidly, pulled by the other dagger from below. However, the creature simply watched without moving.
As a result, the dagger aimed at him. Despite this, the blade still pierced his body. But at that very moment, the dagger triggered a loud explosion that shook the ground. Pressure winds swept in all directions, sending dust, gravel, and debris flying in all directions.
BOOM!
It even forced Flynn and Nathan to cover their faces with their hands.
"?!"
The smoke from the flying dust obscured Iris's vision. However, something emerged from the cloud of smoke and ran—plunging toward Iris without hesitation.
It shocked Iris to see that the Infori imitation creature could move after being struck by an attack—Quadra Execution—that should have killed the target instantly.
"What...?!" Her eyes widened. (It didn't work!?)
The imitation creature lunged, then immediately launched an attack focused on the neck. It knew its enemy's vital point, which was why it targeted it above all else. However, Iris had known this from the start. She immediately pushed back, but it wasn't that easy. The creature also pushed forward and launched a slashing attack to end the fight.
Its blade and the blade in front of it clashed like metal, yet the creature's sword remained untouched—but this time it was different; her sword was touched and even blocked by someone else's sword.
CLANG!
Iris was shocked to see Nathan suddenly in front of her, standing there, blocking the attack that was supposed to be aimed at her.
"Mr. Nathan?!"
Flynn, who had also been watching the situation, was once again confused. He never expected that the Morak sword that Nathan had taken... could block what should have been a hollow, completely unblockable attack.
(He... Can block it?)
But then...
CRACK!
The blade that blocked the attack cracked, and in an instant, it snapped in two. The tip of the sword spun in the air before hitting the ground with a TING!
"Nggh!"
Nathan and Iris were thrown backward by the strong gust of wind that broke when the sword broke.
WOOSHHH
A loud "Arrgh!!" rang out, until they finally stopped when their backs hit a tree, and they collapsed to the ground, lying face down.
"Ngghh... Uh..." their breaths were labored.
However, Iris managed to hold on and stood up, slightly injured. She stared at the imitation creature, and it stared back at her mercilessly.
Flynn was confused about what had happened to Nathan, while Lilith, who had regained consciousness, also tried to get back to her feet.
"Uh..." her breathing was labored.