The Almighty Dragon General

"We can always rush forward and fight these men. And I'm not afraid of dying." Yianni continued monotonously, "However, do we have what it takes to rescue Harper?

"What do we do if we fail to rescue her and ruin James' plan instead?"

"Who cares about sticking to a plan in a situation like this?" Morgott snapped, "Can you bear to watch her die right in front of your eyes?"

Yianni took a deep breath. "Alright, let's do it..."

"Wait." Lesia said, "You two will only sacrifice needlessly since you're no match for those guys. I should be the one doing the rescuing."

Just then, Harper's clear voice reverberated through the space. "Dorvus, Salim, and Maria! Don't get ahead of yourselves! You're all dead meat once my sweetheart is here!

"I've braced myself to meet my end at any moment ever since we've decided to invade Forty-Ninth Heaven. Even if I die now, my fellow living beings will not give up fighting.

"My sweetheart will lead the living beings and bring down all of you impostor gods! The group of you will be completely exterminated."

Almost all the divine beings there had a sense of foreboding as Harper's words rang in their ears.

Even Dorvus and Salim gulped nervously. They were gripped by a feeling of panic.

"Harper, stop acting as if you're that noble!" the female voice raged, "You can kill yourself right now if you really mean to do it, though I doubt you have the guts for it!"

Harper simply ignored the taunt and lifted her head. Her face broke into a smile. "I'm going to leave first, my love. I'm so honored to have been given a chance to fight alongside you.

"You're our hope. With your skills and wit, you can overpower anyone and even build your own empire.

"You didn't have to abide by these people's rules and their so-called Path's teachings. You should be a king above the Paths. A ruler who's free to do what he wants!"

Then, Harper tightened her grip on the handle and pulled the light sword...Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

At that very moment, a purplish-gold light sword came flying from the right. With a low hum, the sword penetrated the thick layer of Nothingness Dead Energy and knocked off the light sword in Harper's hand.

Everyone, including the divine beings, was astonished by how quickly all that happened.

Meanwhile, Harper stood there with a look of bewilderment on her face. Her eyes bulged in shock. "Who... Who did that to my Nothingness Dead Energy?"

A figure stepped out of the barrier of Nothingness Dead Energy to the east of the structure. It was Maria.

Whoosh!

The purplish-gold light sword hovering before Harper swerved and shot toward Maria.

"Come out right now! ... Ugh!" The light sword pierced through Maria's body, leaving a bloody gap in her abdomen. "This... This..." Maria stuttered a little and slowly looked down at her wound. "This is impossible. I have the powers of the Nothingness Dead Energy. I'm almost as strong as the Path Emperors. No one can break through my defense. No one..."

There were sounds of a sharp object slicing through flesh as the light sword pierced Maria's body from the back and through the front again this time. "No..." Maria wanted to fight back. To her horror, she found that she could not move at all.