Another World Mall

"Chase them!"

The soldiers were a bit confused, but since this was the order from the Sword Saint, they immediately chased after the Libation Fiesta.

It didn’t take long before they understood what was going on. There was a time limit to their power. If there were no limit, the Libation Fiesta, who had such a massive advantage, wouldn’t run away.

That was why they should pursue the Libation Fiesta until their power weakened. At that time, they would be able to win against them.

"Watch out for their attacks."

"Their current power is extremely high. Keep chasing, but focus on defending!"

The officers immediately gave an order, which allowed the soldiers to coordinate much more thoroughly.

Meanwhile, Clovis, Christina, and Aileen were left behind to deal with the Sword Saint.

"Now that I know your weakness, it’s impossible for you to win." The Sword Saint raised his sword.

"It’s coming!" Clovis shouted.

The Sword Saint rushed toward Christina. In his eyes, there were multiple lines that led toward Christina’s.

This was his unique ability. It was called Sword Path. If he looked at other objects, he would be able to see the same lines.

These lines were the path for his sword. His instincts, his talent, and his senses automatically converted everything into paths where his brain believed to be the most efficient paths to cut down his targets.

Following these paths would allow him to cut down any opponents. This was the reason he was able to become a Tier 9 human. He followed them to kill many rank 8 beasts.

However, these lines suddenly became distorted and entangled.

"..." The Sword Saint felt like cursing, but he ended up hitting Christina’s shield.

When he pulled back, the line became distorted again because his right foot stepped in a weird way.

Fighting Christina was extremely annoying.

When she used her Provoke, his sword paths changed. They became one entangled mess that would lead to a single path, which was her shield.

She could even use the Provoke on his body part, which would cause him to lose his balance.

In addition, her body was tough enough to withstand the attack of a Tier 9 human.

By also adjusting her position so that the enemy’s attack hit the sweetest spot in her defense, she was able to keep up with the Sword Saint.

Once blocked, Clovis came from the side and swung his blade.

The Sword Saint could see the sword paths flowing to the side, showing that something dangerous was coming from the right. He immediately struck whatever was coming, finding himself clashing with Clovis.

"!!!" The Sword Saint felt a chill down his spine. He could smell blood in the air. His vision turned red as the blue sky dyed red like blood.

The killing intent from the beasts started to surge, trying to mess with his head.

"Kh..." The Sword Saint gritted his teeth. Just like Christina, this madness caused his sword paths to become unreliable.

Normally, he could see four to five sword paths. But because of the madness, three of them were distorted, while the other two disappeared because he had to abandon them if he didn’t want to become crazy.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

Clovis sped up, trying to overwhelm him with his speed.

However, the Sword Saint skillfully blocked all of them. Even though the Sword Saint’s ability was restricted, he still had more than enough skill and physical ability to fight against them.

At this moment, Aileen approached the Sword Saint from another direction.

In that instant, the distorted sword paths turned around, indicating an enemy coming from behind.

He swung his sword, hitting Christina’s shield first before Clovis’s sword. He spun his body to continue that swing, allowing his blade to stop Aileen.

Aileen was blown away, but she managed to land safely. She disappeared once more.

Aileen noticed something. Her pseudo unique ability worked quite well against the Sword Saint. He couldn’t find her when she erased her presence. But the moment she was about to attack him, the Sword Saint was able to pinpoint her location.

For the time being, she could help so that they could somehow fight the Sword Saint.

Still, the time limit was approaching. Once the time for the food was up, their physical abilities would drastically decrease. At that time, even Clovis would have a hard time stopping him.

Clovis had prepared another countermeasure for this. Since their original plan was to escape, not to kill the Sword Saint, his plan should be more than enough.

That was why he was waiting. The moment the Libation Fiesta made enough distance, he was ready to begin the next phase of his plan.

But before that, he continued to stop the Sword Saint, preventing him from reaching the Libation Fiesta.

Fortunately, they had taken down the helicopters and the fighter jets that were meant to stop them.

However, the others would soon come. It had been five minutes, so Clovis knew that they had stationed them not far from this place.

But it looked like Clovis’ gamble paid off.

Before the reinforcement arrived, Clovis had received the signal from Melody.

[Retreat!]

Clovis immediately shouted, "Aileen, Christina!"

"!!!" The Sword Saint frowned and leaped back. He didn’t know why Clovis suddenly called his two teammates.

He thought Clovis was going to do something special, so it was best for him to gain some distance to observe his action.

To his surprise, those three actually leaped away.

"What?" The Sword Saint was dumbfounded. Why would they run away? In a way, Clovis had the chance to hurt him. If he were Clovis, he wouldn’t waste the opportunity to severely injure him.

Yet, for some reason, Clovis chose to escape.

"NO!" The Sword Saint chased after them.

Clovis and Christina raised their respective weapons, ready to intercept it. They didn’t intend to buy time by running. Instead, they just wanted to change their place a bit and used the jungle to cover their escape.

The fighter jets that were supposed to come would be confused.

"Command. The enemy is inside the woods. I can’t locate them, please advise. I can’t launch anything with the ally inside there."