On the battlefield in the noble district.

Cornes originally didn't want to use this trick. After all, he and Ophelia didn't have a deep hatred. But ever since he overheard Byron's plan through the crow, he had always wanted to kill Byron out of a desire to share his master's worries.

Lun and his loyal servants.

However, they did not break up on the surface. Byron and Leonard were still brothers who loved each other in the eyes of outsiders. So Cornes was worried about not having a chance, but he never thought that Ophelia would take the initiative to find him this time.

He came to his door and had murderous intentions towards him.

He can't blame him for this. If Byron or Leonard were to pursue the case, he would have a reason to defend himself, saying that Ophelia acted first and he was just acting in self-defense.

At this time, the tall door of the Nightmare Mansion opened, and dozens of translucent skeletons came out and pounced on Ophelia with their teeth and claws open.

"Hmph, cheap trick."

Ophelia snorted coldly, drew her sword and slashed at the skeletons.

If she had a choice, she didn't want to face these monsters, because they were too tricky. Not to mention the enemies that were in the spirit state that ordinary swords could not hit. If they touched her even slightly, her soul would be sucked away in an instant. She was not even afraid.

There is no chance.

However, if she really wants to fight, she is not helpless, because the slash using the power of the elf is not ordinary, even in the spirit state, it is impossible to be unscathed.

So, she used a stabbing sword skill. The attack speed was extremely fast, and the spike-shaped sword energy produced passed through the bodies of the skeletons in an instant.

However, apart from a slight wear and tear on the skeleton, they had no effect on anything else and continued to attack.

Ophelia had no choice but to run away, but Cornes kept staring at her and naturally would not give her a chance to escape. Then, a huge black magic circle appeared behind her, and a large number of thin black lines sprang out from it.

At this time, Ophelia was attacked from both sides. In front of her was a skeleton that was in a spirit state and could not be resisted, and behind it was a black line that was difficult to get rid of. It seemed that she could only avoid one of them.

But that was only for an ordinary knight. With the power of an elf, she casually released a wind-attribute magic and flew into the air the moment the attacks from both sides came.

Of course, she also knew that these attacks would keep chasing her, so she thought of leading them towards Cornes again. Moreover, the skeletons coming out of these nightmare mansions would attack indiscriminately, and in the end, they would all die together with Cornes.

Cornes, who was standing not far away, immediately saw her plan, but had no intention of avoiding it. Instead, he showed a strange smile.

Ophelia saw this detail, but didn't understand why he was so calm and composed.

Then, Cornes blocked the black line with his transparent arms, and some of the skeletons also grabbed him, and a translucent soul was pulled out of his body.

But unexpectedly, the soul was obviously a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. Her face was full of terror, she screamed in despair, and was finally taken into the nightmare mansion.

No one present could understand why Cornes' soul was that of a little girl, but he was nothing.

Ophelia avoids the pursuit of skeletons while getting closer to Cornes, but she is always on guard against his attacks.

After that, several more skeletons passed through Cornes' body, but all they took away were the souls of young girls.

In the end, there was only one skeleton left, and it was still chasing after Ophelia. The reason why Cornes stood still and allowed the skeleton to take away his soul just now was probably because he was deliberately showing off his ability.

It seems to be saying, you all have a look, the nightmare mansion that scares you can't deal with me, so how can you compete with me.

And this behavior did achieve the effect. Ophelia suddenly became angry and her mentality gradually became irritable. She roughly understood what was going on. Byron had said it before.

Cornes has been "eating" children, and he frequently uses black magic, but rarely suffers backlash. This shows that he is probably using the lives of children to offset it, and at this time he is using the souls of children to block it.

The attack of the skeleton was so cruel.

Originally, she only wanted to save Lilith. If she really killed Cornes, it would be difficult for Leonard to explain.

But she was really angered now and started to launch a crazy attack on Cornes, but Cornes had no fear. In other words, this was exactly the result he wanted.

He also thought that moving out of the Nightmare Mansion at will would not be able to do anything to this powerful knight, but the knight's biggest weakness is that they pride themselves on justice. They can't get rid of the sand in their eyes, and they will fight against evil to the end even if they sacrifice themselves.

Cornes' defense is airtight, so as long as Ophelia makes a mistake, he will win.

Letting so many souls be taken away was not just to show his strength, but more importantly, he wanted to anger Ophelia.

At this time, Ophelia continued to release sword skills and used magic to assist attacks, so she was consuming both physical strength and magic power.

If this continues, it will deviate from Emile's plan, and Ophelia's magic power will be consumed before Cornes.

On the other hand, Cornes is waiting for work. He can dodge every time he is attacked. Even if he cannot dodge completely, he can transfer the damage to the children.

This behavior further aggravated Ophelia's anger, and she gradually lost her mind, not paying attention to whether her attacks were effective or whether her magic power was about to bottom out.

In order to prevent the balance of the battle from being disrupted, Emil quickly ordered Lilith to bring Ophelia back.

However, just as she was about to stretch out her tail to sweep Ophelia away, Cornes released the magic that enveloped her again, and she was instantly unable to move.

Emil understood that they had really lost this time. He thought that in a two-on-one situation, the battle would be one-sided, but he never thought that Cornes was the one who really grasped the entire battlefield. He spent almost no time.

No matter how hard you try, you can get them to play with applause.

Then, after Ophelia used a powerful sword skill, she was finally tired and stopped. She stuck the sword on the ground to support her body and panted heavily.

"Oh? Are you tired now? Young people nowadays really lack exercise." Cornes mocked her insidiously.

"Asshole! I'll shut you up right now!"

Ophelia roared, drew her sword and rushed over, but Cornes suddenly dodged to the side, and the last translucent skeleton actually collided with her head-on.

Ophelia, who lost her mind, naturally didn't notice, but Emil, who had been watching and unable to intervene, saw it. He was also scared, but he suddenly remembered Sean's behavior.

He is obviously afraid of powerful enemies, but when his brother's life is in danger, he will overcome all fears, not even afraid of death.

Over the past few days, Ophelia has been helping him and even saved his life several times, but he has been unable to repay him. Now facing this desperate situation, he finally realized that he had nothing but sacrifice.

There is no other way.

So, when Cornes smiled sinisterly and planned to hurt Ophelia, he rushed out desperately and blocked the skeleton with his body.

Immediately afterwards, a ray of soul was taken away from his body, and he felt himself floating up. When he lowered his head, he could still see his body falling to the ground.

This feeling was very strange. He was not afraid at all, but felt relaxed. Then, he was sucked into the nightmare mansion.

"...Emil?"

Ophelia looked at the body on the ground and couldn't help but shed tears. She didn't expect that this ordinary young man would be willing to sacrifice his life for her, but she didn't understand what virtues and abilities she had to deserve what Emile would do for her.

This kind of thing.

"Oh, what a pity. The last skeleton was replaced by a useless soul."

"Cornes! I must kill you today!"

Ophelia took off her helmet and threw it aside, revealing her elf appearance.

Cornes was not frightened by her hateful words, but was extremely shocked by her appearance.

"Haha, I see. No wonder you don't need a magic circle to release magic... However, this is troublesome. If I kill you, will I suffer revenge from the elves?" Cornes showed a sad expression.

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"Don't worry, you are the one who is about to be killed."

Ophelia raised her sword to her chest and closed her eyes. Then, in her mind, the surrounding houses disappeared, leaving only her and Cornes.

Cornes couldn't understand what sword skill she wanted to unleash, but he felt it was a bit dangerous, so he immediately summoned transparent arms to protect his whole body.

Through magic perception, he discovered that the magic power in Ophelia's body was rising rapidly. He couldn't help but wonder, it was obviously very weak just now, why was it increasing instead of decreasing?

Tens of seconds later, Ophelia suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes turned red, a burst of red steam was produced from bottom to top, and the sword was also covered with a layer of crimson light.

This is a new sword skill she created by integrating magic, which she calls: Magic Sword Skill Scarlet Piercing.

The next moment, her body disappeared, because her magic power had surpassed that of Cornes, so Cornes could clearly sense her position, but he couldn't help but be startled.

Because he discovered that Ophelia actually appeared in multiple places at the same time, but when he looked around with his naked eyes, he couldn't see anything, and the majestic magic power was approaching him from all directions.

A huge fear suddenly exploded in Cornes' mind, and a big word "death" seemed to appear in front of his eyes.

"Come and die!" Ophelia shouted.

The sword thrust out fiercely and penetrated Cornes' body in an instant, but this time he could no longer resist with the lives of his children.

This kind of sword skill can hit the target accurately, even if another person is separated, it can hit the target without hurting that person.

"How, how is it possible?"

Cornes watched in disbelief as his body was penetrated. He wanted to turn into a crow at the last moment, but still couldn't escape. In front of that sword skill, it was useless to turn into anything.

Just like that inevitable fate, once the sword skill is released, the target's life is also counting down.

But now, Cornes' life has ended, Lilith's shackles are immediately released, and the nightmare mansion he summoned has disappeared without a trace.
Chapter completed!