Not bad, I feel pretty cool.

As Felyn watched Zervanie's figure disappear before him, this thought emerged.

When he usually spaced out in class, he would always fantasize about facing an enemy's frenzied attack, and under the tragic gazes of his teammates, he would single-handedly hold off a thousand-strong army, sacrificing himself to cover their retreat.

Now, he had actually done it.

Just kidding.

Felyn eased his inner tension and looked at the person in front of him.

The ball of light from the God Chain above the church  member's head entered his body, and he cast an invisible divine art.

Felyn took two steps back, wary of a possible attack, but nothing happened.

To be precise, nothing happened to Felyn. But the light of the seventh-tier transfer sigil beside him once again became incredibly intense, and Zervanie, who had already disappeared, slowly reappeared within it.

The seventh-tier instant-cast transfer sigil had failed.

"How... could this be?"

Are seventh-tier sigils also useless against divine arts?

Seeing herself appear in front of Felyn again, Zervanie quickly jumped forward two steps and hugged Felyn's body tightly, refusing to let go no matter what, afraid she would be forcibly transferred away by Felyn again.

"You're too cunning, Felyn, making me escape alone."

Her body trembled in Felyn's arms, fragrant and soft.

Felyn could feel the violent rise and fall of Zervanie's chest, could feel her tears wetting his collar.

"You always avoid me, push me away." Zervanie wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her wrist, her voice choking.

"You've been avoiding me since the contract ended, and you've been avoiding me after I confessed to you. You... you..."

Zervanie spoke intermittently, her body pressed against Felyn's. "In the future... in the future, can you not push me away again? Don't leave me alone again... I... I want to be with you forever."

Felyn looked at Zervanie in his arms, her makeup ruined by her tears. He placed his hand on her face, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"If you come back, you'll just be buried with me. The two of us can't beat that guy over there."

"Isn't being buried together perfect? It saves us a few decades of detours." Zervanie pressed her forehead against Felyn's chest, softly speaking her inner thoughts.

At this point, Felyn was out of options.

The only seventh-tier transfer sigil on him had been blocked by a divine art. He and Zervanie had no way out.

It was better to accept it calmly.

"Being buried with you is fine too. Your grave will definitely be surrounded by fans, and then you'll have more offerings than you can eat. I can also benefit from your fame."

Zervanie burst into tears and laughter, lightly punching Felyn's chest. "I'll give them all to you then."

Anise's face contorted upon seeing this scene.

Hey buddy, are you kidding me?

Don't you see I'm here to tie you up?

And you're still flirting here?!

What do you take me for, a matchmaker?!

"Felyn! If you surrender obediently now, I can plead for you and let you become my manservant. Then you won't have to worry about food and clothing, you'll just need to serve me well." Anise was quite far from the two and didn't clearly see that the person next to Felyn was Zervanie.

Felyn looked at Anise in confusion. He didn't know her at all. What was she blabbering about?

"Felyn, is this your ex-girlfriend? Or a former client?"

"No, I don't know her at all."

Anise was still talking, but Felyn didn't waste the time she was buying him.

Just as Zervanie was hugging him, Felyn took out two seventh-tier sigils.

There was only one chance. He had to get a sigil above the seventh tier.

Just as magic above the seventh tier was called superior magic, it was said that sigils also had tiers above the seventh.

But even the Church of Truth had not developed a superior-tier sigil. That was a divine power that did not belong to sigils at all.

God Chains began to appear on the two seventh-tier sigils. Felyn stared intently at the ball of light within the chains.

Although he had never seen what the ball of light for a superior-tier sigil looked like, it must be enormous.

"Felyn, do you know what humiliation I suffered in front of Miss Viloti because of you that day?"

The first attempt failed.

Felyn immediately separated the two sigils and then repeated the process.

"If you ask me, Miss Viloti is still too naive. If it were me, you wouldn't be able to move me at all..." Felyn vaguely heard Anise's voice.

The second attempt also failed. The ball of light on the God Chain was obviously very weak.

"But that face of yours is indeed a nice collector's item. I will ask Aunt Noke to spare your life, but you have to obediently make me happy..."

Again.

By the time Anise's throat was dry and she couldn't speak, Felyn still hadn't produced a superior-tier sigil.

Even with Zervanie by his side, the probability of a superior-tier sigil appearing was still too low.

"Anise, are you done talking?"

It wasn't Felyn who said this. At this moment, Felyn had no energy to spare for Anise.

It was the church  member next to Anise who spoke.

"Huh? I... I'm done." Anise let out a long sigh of relief. She had vented her anger.

"Good."

Anise didn't know who this person beside her was. Aunt Noke had only said he was a master.

Anise took a step back, waiting for the person beside her to attack.

But a moment later, Anise's feet left the ground. She was lifted up by that person.

"Wait?! What are you doing?!"

Anise flailed in the air, struggling constantly, starting to panic.

The person didn't explain much and kicked Anise towards Felyn.

Even without Noke's instructions, that person would have killed everyone present except Felyn, and he would ensure that after Noke's interrogation, Felyn would also be disposed of.

After all, church  members were not allowed to appear in Seiwa.

Although there were quite a few church  members in Seiwa, at least they didn't appear openly.

Using too many divine arts might be noticed by people around. So, the person kicked Anise towards Felyn, intending to use one divine art to finish them all off.

He would control the divine art, leaving Felyn on the verge of death, while Anise would be completely melted by it.

Anise drew a somewhat comical arc in the air, about to crash into Felyn.

And Felyn had just made his twelfth random attempt, and it had failed again.

Just as he was about to try for the thirteenth time, he saw Anise flying towards him in the air.

As expected of a church  member, to kick Anise so far with one foot.

Is this some new attack method?

Felyn took a step back while holding Zervanie, letting Anise fall in front of him.

The pain and betrayal twisted the young lady's facial expression. She wanted to struggle to her feet.

"How... how could this be? You all bully me. When I get back, I'll have Aunt Noke kill you all, all of you..."

Felyn wouldn't give her this chance. He stepped on Anise's back, pressing her back to the ground.

When his foot stepped on Anise's back, Felyn came into contact with a third person at that moment.

"Ah."

He looked at the thirteenth attempt and saw an unprecedented, blindingly bright, giant ball of light appear on the God Chain.

"Success..."

... ...

From a distance, Eitani saw everything that had just happened. She saw Felyn trying to transfer Zervanie away, saw Zervanie return and hug Felyn tightly, and also saw Anise's embarrassing situation.

"That person over there has the scent of a god. You can't possibly win..." Eitani bit her lip, hesitating whether to help or not.

Just as she was hesitating, the sky brightened.

To be precise, a giant fireball appeared in the air, large enough to illuminate a vast area.

A colossal fireball with a diameter of over a hundred meters suddenly materialized between the clouds, like a falling sun.

"Is this... a superior-tier divine art?"

Eitani had never seen such a scene before. She thought it was an attack released by that church  member.

She quickly wanted to go down and take Felyn and Zervanie away, but it was too late.

Just as the giant fireball was about to fall, it suddenly collapsed violently. The immense energy condensed in a thousandth of a second into a crimson-gold beam only as thick as an arm.

Like a spear of judgment thrown by a god from the heavens, the beam flew towards the ground at extreme speed.

Eitani saw that the person opposite Felyn didn't just wait to be captured; he cast a divine art to defend himself.

There was no sound when the beam pierced the earth, only a layer of dust was kicked up.

Then, that person fell straight backwards, without another sound.

"That guy... who on earth is he?"

Eitani felt that even she would have to give her all to block such an attack.

Zervanie, in Felyn's arms, had witnessed the scene up close. Her eyes were wide with disbelief.

Her lips were still trembling slightly, but she couldn't make a sound.

This... was this really Felyn's doing?

Zervanie clutched Felyn's collar, her heart pounding against her chest.

She looked up at Felyn's side profile, her mouth slightly open, wanting to say something but unable to.

Anise, still pinned under Felyn's foot, also couldn't believe this scene. The pain in her body was temporarily overshadowed by shock. She knew very well that this was not a divine art, nor was it an ordinary sigil.

This was a superior-tier sigil that the church  of Truth had failed to develop despite expending a great deal of manpower and resources.

"Th-this is impossible. Why you..."

Anise wanted to say, "Why do you have such power," but she wasn't stupid.

She was already being stepped on. If she started cursing Felyn to his face, she would definitely be killed by him.

"Fe-Felyn, what I said just now... it was all... someone else told me to say it. Look, we don't even know each other. This is the first time I've met you today. S-so, I was forced too..."

Felyn ignored Anise under his foot. At this moment, no one noticed that Felyn's back was drenched in cold sweat.

It wasn't because he was surprised by the power of the superior-tier sigil.

The moment he released the superior-tier sigil, he clearly felt a gaze from the heavens. Like a blade of judgment, this gaze directly pierced through his body, causing his blood to begin to congeal, and even his soul began to cry out in sorrow.

Just by being watched by this gaze, Felyn's body and soul began to tremble instinctively. His pupils contracted uncontrollably, his pores opened wide, and cold sweat poured out.

A thought emerged in Felyn's mind.

He had been warned by a god.

By not following the rules and releasing a superior-tier sigil, this action had been noticed by a god.

And the god was not pleased.

"Felyn, do you want to sit down and rest for a while?"

Zervanie was the first to notice that Felyn's face was pale. She supported him, wanting him to sit down.

"It's fine, I'm fine. I just used up too much energy. Let me recover for a bit." Felyn didn't tell Zervanie about this, afraid she would worry.

Fortunately, the god's gaze did not linger on Felyn for too long.

After feeling the god's gaze leave him, Felyn began to pant heavily, still feeling a lingering fear.

It seemed he couldn't use this move often; there were still risks.

"Zervanie, are you hurt?"

After confirming that Zervanie was unharmed, Felyn gently removed her arms from around him. "Zervanie, close your eyes."

Zervanie looked at Felyn, then at Anise, and knew what Felyn was about to do.

She nodded and took two steps back.

But she didn't close her eyes. Instead, she stared at Anise. If an accident were to happen, she could help in time.

Zervanie was not a delicate young lady, nor was she a songstress who only sang on stage. She had long been prepared.

Moreover, this group of people had really wanted to kill her back then.

"Don't, don't do this, Felyn, Felyn, I beg you... I know I was wrong, I really don't know anything."

"No, I think you know quite a lot. You even went to see Viloti, didn't you? Viloti told me everything."

Felyn took out the last sigil and aimed it at Anise.

"Don't, don't do this. Wait, Felyn, I'm also very beautiful, and I have a good figure." Anise panicked when she saw the sigil. She struggled constantly, even cupping her breasts with her hands to show off her assets.

"Felyn, Felyn, you can do whatever you want to me, you can play with me however you want. I still have value. I'm still a virgin, I'm very clean, and I'll make you feel very good too."

Faced with Anise's final plea, Felyn began to activate the sigil.

"Wait, Felyn! I'm willing to be your toy, I beg you, don't kill me..."

Just as Felyn was about to activate the sigil, a pair of hands in armguards appeared in front of him, tightly gripping his wrist.

"When...?! "

Felyn hadn't even noticed the other person before the sigil in his hand was snatched away.

Anise saw a figure block Felyn's sigil attack for her and laughed with joy.

"I knew it! I knew Aunt Noke wouldn't let me die so easily. She must have sent someone to protect me in secret... mmmph."

Before Anise could finish her sentence, she was tied up by that person, and her mouth was gagged with a towel.

Her peripheral vision caught the pattern on the other person's armor. It was the exclusive pattern of the Sivishus Empire's royal family. The other person was a member of the royal family!

"Miss Veronica, I didn't expect to run into you here." Felyn didn't obstruct Veronica; he recognized her as the female knight who accompanied Dorothy.

"Mr. Felyn, I saw the intense battle here and rushed over. According to Her Highness the Princess's instructions, I would like to take this young lady back for Her Highness's interrogation."

"Dorothy? What is she interrogating?"

Veronica glanced at Zervanie and didn't answer immediately.

"I... I'll go wait for you over there, Felyn. You two can talk slowly." Zervanie smiled at Felyn and then tactfully left this place of conflict.

"After you were assassinated in the royal capital, Her Highness Princess Dorothy has been investigating the Noke family. Her Highness suspects that Noke is connected to a certain church ."

"Mr. Felyn, Her Highness..." Veronica hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to speak her mind. "Her Highness likes you very much. You might think this kind of affection is crazy, but she has really done a lot for you. Privately interrogating a noble family like the Nokes could easily be used by other members of the royal family as a reason to attack Her Highness. Her Highness might even lose her title as princess because of this."

"She really likes you, but I also know that feelings can't be forced. I just hope that whether you accept Her Highness or not, you will make it clear to her."

Veronica slung Anise over her shoulder. "Before I go, can you recount the battle process just now?"

Anise had seen the superior-tier sigil Felyn had just released. Felyn originally had no intention of letting her go.

But for now, it was better not to provoke this knight miss.

Anise didn't know what happened.

When she woke up, she was already trapped in a prison cell.

And sitting opposite her was a petite figure with pinkish-purple hair. She was crossing her legs, playing with some torture instruments.

Anise blinked and recognized the person.

The Empire's Princess, Dorothy Sivishus.

"P-Princess?! Why am I here?!"

Dorothy looked at the panicked Anise in front of her and revealed the gentle smile that often appeared in the public eye.

"Miss Anise, a pleasure to meet you. It seems you've done some bad things to my dear brother Felyn, haven't you?"

(End of Chapter)