This is my escape route!

As if the fetus in her womb could perceive the approaching killing intent more clearly than she could—after her body received the warning, driven by instinct, Vivian instantly burst backward with extreme speed.

At the same time, she crossed her hands in front of her.

Pure dark mana surged out like a boiling black tide, instantly constructing a pitch-black magic shield several feet thick, flowing with the phantoms of countless wailing souls—

“【Wall of Abyssal Sighs】!”

Almost at the exact moment the magic shield formed!

The silver glint, which had erupted from the ruins without warning and moved at a speed beyond the limits of vision, arrived before Vivian like a lightning bolt tearing through the night sky.

No sound of breaking wind, no energy fluctuations, no leakage of killing intent!

Only a pure, physical piercing at the absolute limit of speed!

At the same time, the silver glint’s target was impeccably precise—Vivian’s heart.

‘Damn it! So fast—’

“Clang—!!!”

The thought had barely flashed through Vivian’s mind before a terrifying, deafening boom, like the clash of a colossal bell, exploded!

The sharp silver glint slammed violently against the hastily formed 【Wall of Sighs】!

The dark magic shield, capable of withstanding the impact of a city-destroying ballista or even a Hero’s charged attack, instantly spiderwebbed with countless pitch-black cracks!

Then, an unstoppable and purely physical force surged through the shield!

“Pfft!”

Vivian was struck as if by a heavy hammer.

Her face turned deathly pale in an instant, and she uncontrollably spat out a mouthful of blood!

The next moment, she was sent flying backward like a broken kite by this unimaginable force!

The true form of the silver glint was finally revealed—it was a silver-white spear of extremely simple design, completely unadorned!

The shaft was not metal, but rather seemed to be made of some pale, bone-like material from a giant beast, polished smooth.

The tip gleamed with a point of condensed, chilling light!

It was not held in anyone’s hand, but was gripped tightly by a giant hand covered in the same pale material!

A giant, clad in the robes of the Rhine Holy Church and wearing a pure white mask, appeared in Vivian’s field of vision.

He was like the God of Death stepping directly out of the shadows.

His tall body crushed everything in its path, yet still made no sound!

The smooth, mirror-like pale mask reflected a cold light in the dim surroundings, its hollow gaze “watching” the flying Vivian.

He took a step, and the ground seemed to silently cave in.

His massive body erupted with a terrifying speed completely inconsistent with its size, closely pursuing the retreating Vivian!

Then the pale bone spear in his hand was raised silently once more, its tip still locked on Vivian’s heart!

His movements were simple, efficient, without a single wasted motion, filled only with the pure will to kill!

“【Hand of Silence】! Damn it!”

As she flew backward, Vivian saw the muscular, white-masked man appear before her.

As a game player, she naturally recognized his identity at first glance!

The Rhine Holy Church’s most mysterious and deadliest assassin, the Executioner!

“Assassin! Protect the Lady Demon Lord!”

Luna shrieked, but her reaction was extremely fast.

With a hard push of her hands, several arrows of condensed, intense psychic impact shot like venomous snakes toward the white giant’s head!

She was attempting to use a succubus’s magic to affect his mind!

Lucia reacted at the same instant, her lips parting slightly as a pale “moonlight” condensed at her fingertips, shooting like a bullet toward the assassin!

However, the psychic attack vanished into the giant like a stone into the sea, without causing even a ripple!

The bewitching magic, on the other hand, was like hitting a cold, absolute void and was instantly devoured!

The white giant was completely immune to psychic attacks!

Or rather, he was an existence that a succubus of Luna’s level could not affect!

“Damn you, get away from me!”

Vivian forcibly twisted her body in mid-air, suppressing the churning blood and qi in her chest.

The crimson light in her eyes flared!

She no longer defended, but chose to attack instead!

With a sharp grab of her hands, the thick, ink-like dark mana instantly condensed into two giant claws burning with a viscous black flame—【Soul Claws of Evernight】!

The claws shrieked as they tore through space, clawing viciously at the pursuing white giant!

At the same time, countless pitch-black thorns shot out madly from the shadows beneath her feet like living things, entangling the giant’s legs!

But faced with these terrifying claws that could tear apart a dragon and the binding thorns, the 【Hand of Silence】’s movements did not pause or change in the slightest!

He didn’t even try to block!

He simply adjusted the angle of the pale bone spear in his hand slightly and, in the most direct and brutal manner, stabbed hard at the center of the giant approaching claws—spear tip to claw palm!

“Boom—!!!!!!”

An even more terrifying explosion erupted!

The tip of the pale bone spear clashed head-on with the giant claws burning with abyssal fire!

Pure physical piercing power against raging dark mana!

A blinding light and a violent shockwave of energy instantly exploded, sending the scorched earth, rubble, and wreckage within dozens of meters flying!

The next moment, Vivian, a Demon Lord, actually let out a muffled grunt.

Her condensed “Soul Claws of Evernight” were pierced and torn apart by that single, extremely condensed spear tip!

The giant phantom claws dissipated!

The backlash from the shattered magic made her spit out another mouthful of blood, and her backward flight sped up!

And the moment the binding thorns touched the giant’s body, they were shattered by an invisible force field!

The 【Hand of Silence】 was only slightly staggered by the violent impact!

The muscles hidden under his robes bulged like coiled dragons as he withstood the force of the explosion!

The mask remained cold and empty, without a ripple.

His feet only left two deep footprints on the ground before he pushed off again, sticking to her like a plague.

Ignoring Luna’s futile attacks, he launched another deadly charge at the still-flying Vivian, whose aura was in disarray!

The pale bone spear cut through the air, still silent, yet carrying a deathly power more despairing than thunder!

Vivian’s pupils contracted sharply!

The power of the 【Hand of Silence】 had exceeded her estimations!

And in fact, this was the Rhine Holy Church’s most secret and powerful killing machine!

His pure physical strength had reached an unbelievable level, and he possessed near-absolute resistance to energy and psychic attacks!

Even more terrifying was that absolute silence and coldly efficient precision!

The shadow of death had never been so clear!

It was even worse than when she was defeated by Lucia!

However, Vivian was very familiar with what the so-called 【Hand of Silence】 was.

So, she launched her attack once more—

“【Whip of Evernight】!”

Only this time, the attack was not directed forward, but backward!

The whip, formed of mana, hooked onto a ruined stone pillar behind her at an even greater speed, pulling Vivian away from the battle even faster!

And faced with the Demon Lord who had turned to flee, the 【Hand of Silence】 actually seemed to be stunned for a moment.

“Didn’t expect that, did you! This is my escape route!”