A hidden danger. Heroes party and Andria invasion.

" Why, of all places and times, must you keep blocking my way in the most crucial moments? Sword Maiden?"

" You ... why did you do these horrible things?"

" What? Horrible? Hahahahaha! How funny! Yes. Of course, your kind wouldn't remember? As if it never existed! Completely erased from history!"

" I don't know what the hell are you talking about but what you are doing is unforgivable."

" Forgive? Don't ever say that word b*tch! Who's the one that needs forgiveness? Your existence was a mistake! You all have to pay the price!"

Before the magic circle activation signal came from his hand, Shizu cut it off. However, she immediately realized something was wrong. What she cut off was an illusion. Some of her hair began to stand up at the danger signal. A thin red light spread over Shizu's place and she jumped in time before being cut in half by it. The hooded instantly closed the distance. His sword was enveloped in a strange red light. Instead of using the sword to block his slashes. Shizu jumped away.

" It seems that the Information about your senses was not wrong. You really are the most annoying of the heroes. If it were the others, I would have killed them."

" Hah really? I'm not sure about that."

" But no matter what, you'll have to die here. I will definitely kill you."

" You talked too much."

Shizu switched to long-range attacks with sword ki. Her slashes weren't something an A-rank adventurer could block, but they had absolutely no effect on the enemy this time. Her attacks were cutting the air instead of the guy. There were many times she thought her sword could reach but she always hit nothing. His image flickered like a ghost, and soon she was in his [Zone]. A series of red lights slashed towards Shizu, they seemed to bend the surrounding space. The light cut off a piece of her ear. A few drops of blood dripped down her shoulder. His attacks were so fast and furious that made her unable to find a gap to respond.

' This guy is much stronger than the last time.'

" Hahaha! How's this? If it's just like this, you will definitely die."

Blood began to flow from her shoulders, thighs, and hips. However, Shizu's eyes didn't lose her composure. She took a deep breath, the surrounding space became quiet, everything motion was getting slower, clearer and ...

" !"

The hooded guy involuntarily raised his sword to block the attack, but nothing happened. For a moment he felt Shizu's sword cut off his neck.

" [Sword Domination]… the skill of the previous sword saint? This's interesting. So this gonna be a bet."

As the guy said. This was one of the ultimate skills of the previous sword saint. Shizu hadn't been able to perfect it. She could only release 10 slashes in 1 minute. But no one in this world could avoid those slashes. The hooded guy closed his eyes. Before him were images of being cut off in thousands of ways. No matter what he did there would be still countless images of him being killed by Shizu's blade. This would be a race of speed. [Sword Domination] was a strong ability but it needed to be activated at the right time. If he could kill her before she activated it or make her unable to use the sword, he won.

" I don't want to use this but …"

The sound of something was crushed. Red smoke began to emit from him. His body grew bigger and his pupils gradually turned yellow.

" So you're related to the demon race after all."

" A dying person won't need to know anything."

" How strange, why do you keep your mouth shut every time I mention this?"

Sweat flowed on Shizu's forehead, she must give her all to concentrate at the moment, her instincts told her that it took only a moment of negligence that would be her death. As the guy said, this was a bet.

" Let's start."

He immediately disappeared, however, he did not run straight into her but jumped everywhere. The speed of his movement was so fast it felt like there were a hundred of him. However, Shizu's eyes were still glued to his position.

" Die!"

Right at the moment the blade of his sword was just a few inches from her neck. The corner of Shizu's mouth turned into a smile.

" Sword art… [Time Splitter]"

" Aghhhhh!!!"

Blood splattered everywhere. Though he tried to stop, it was too late, he fell into her trap. [Time Splitter] was one of the holy sword's secrets. It creates invisible slashes to the future. Shizu combined it with [Sword Domination] to form one of the most dangerous attacks in the history of swordsmanship. From the first time she saw him, she had continuously used [Time Splitter] to slash to the future and used [Sword Domination] to make those slashes sure to hit. All she needed to do was wait.

" Hah… hah ... Y-You b*tch!"

The hooded guy gasped. His blood began to drip onto the ground, his hands were cut off. Countless sword slashes ran through his body, some even cut through his heart. The guy was lucky enough to stop in time, if not he would have been cut to pieces. The wounds on him were definitely fatal to ordinary people.

" Obediently surrender. I may let you live."

" Hah… okay, fine, I give up."

He knelt down on one leg. At that moment Shizu had a bad feeling. His two hands lying on the ground suddenly swelled up like balloons then exploded. Blue smoke enveloped the space. Although she was able to block the blast, the heads used in the ritual shook violently, a signal that the spell had been activated.

" I give these back to you! Next time, I will definitely kill you and your friends!"

The hooded man cast a stealth spell and fled. Shizu wanted to chase him, but she didn't have time for that. The spell in front of her was too complicated, and it seemed to be a terrible curse, if she interfere with it wrongly, she could die.

" This is no time for hesitation!"

There were important people to her in the city. She absolutely couldn't let this thing be fully activated. Shizu used mana to perform the strongest move of the previous sword saint. Currently, she still didn't have enough Lvl to use it. But if she broke her limits then there was a possibility.

" Ultimate …"

" Wait!"

" What? Satsuki?"

" Please think a bit you muscle head!"

Satsuki suddenly appeared in front of Shizu. She glanced at the magic ritual in front of her and throws a blue stone.

[Greater Teleportation]

All of the heads disappeared.

You didn't need to stop them. Just kick them away.

" Hey! Did you just move them to somewhere?" - Shizu asked worriedly

" Of course not. The place couldn't be more suitable. Unfortunately, it is not near "Core", so it won't have much effect."

Shizu looked at Satsuki with doubtful eyes, knowing her friend never joked in situations like this.

" Thank you for coming to help. How is the situation outside?"

" Sarila has been repairing the barrier and the kingdom's strongest squad has set off so the cities are being reclaimed. However, the current situation was still not very good."

" What's going on?"

" Haruki and the others were fighting in Andria, although Haruki said that the situation was still under control, the number of monsters showed no sign of decrease. There were also 3 very strong demons there. We have to go and aid him now."

" All right."

Shizu hesitated a bit but she quickly entered Satsuki's teleportation circle.

" It doesn't work."

" This is not good. Someone just blocked the teleportation magic."

" Alright. We must hurry over there. Clinging to me Shizu, I drove you there."

" No need."

" Hey, now's not the time."

" I really don't need it, I'm much faster than you."

" Huh? Okay whatever hurry up!"

The two girls dashed at full speed to Andria.

At the same time in Andria, although most of the people here have been evacuated, the scenery ahead was still brutal. Countless houses were destroyed. Corpses of monsters and soldiers scattered all over the place.

" Quickly stop the south post! Do not let them enter the protected area!"

" Gahh! There are too many of them!"

The knights were now forming a defensive wall against the storm of monsters that were aiming directly at the protected areas of the refugees.

" Discharge!"

Lights shot up from the air and destructive spells rained on the monster horde.

" Yes! We're pushing them back! Keep up squad!"

" Commander! I-I saw something."

" What?"

" A dragon is approaching!"

" What did you say??"

A hundred-meter length dragon soared above their heads, dragging a series of other flying monsters. It was too high for magic and bows to hit. Those monsters aimed straight at the veil, and a blast of black energy shot down from the sky shaking the barrier violently.

" It's okay, the barrier won't be —"

[Crack! Crack!]

" Impossible!"

The current barrier of Sarila sure but can block normal monsters, but elite ones could easily destroy it. Cracks were formed everywhere on the giant barrier.

" Stop that thing! We need to stop it before it's too late!"

" But commander! All are fighting!"

" No! No! No! God! Please have mercy on us."

Answer the commander's prayer, the barrier suddenly lit up and the cracks gradually recovered.

" G-Goddess, the goddess is fighting with us!"

Midori was floating in the air, her whole body glowing. All of the city's barriers were immediately reinforced.

" Sorry Midori, I have to borrow your body for a while."

" It's alright Sarila san, if I can help everyone I won't hesitate."

" Thank you. After dealing with this mess I will help you with Haruki."

" There is no need to discuss that silly thing! Please forget about it!"

" Hahaha, you are so cute."

" How can I take those things down?"

Midori looked worriedly at the giant monsters in the sky. Even with Sarila's power, it would not be enough.

" Don't worry, if you talk about monsters. Not only Mordox has them."

At that moment the sound of horns blew in the distant sky as an army of flying monsters appeared. Wyverns hovering in the sky, riding upon them were human-like creatures, if not for their pointed ears.

" Elves?"

Yes, the aid from the Elven kingdom has arrived.

A fierce battle happened in the sky between the army of Elves and the monsters Mordox. Explosions can be heard resounding like fireworks. The corpses of monsters fell like rain.

" Woah! We're gonna win! Long live Sarila sama! Long live the holy maiden!"

" Well, let's go to Haruki kun."

" Yes!"