The Defeat of Saintess Yuffie

When Gure and his subordinates arrived at the location of the magic essence eruption, he saw an unbelievable scene.

The faint golden phantom in the sky was cracking layer by layer, revealing the original appearance of the gauntlet.

“What on earth happened here? Oh no, there’s a Sequence Six aura here! No wonder it forced Her Highness the Holy Maiden to take out the Divine Will Gauntlet.”

Gure had originally just stayed in the camp on guard, letting Her Highness the Holy Maiden find out the reason for the magic essence eruption.

Unexpectedly, he sensed that Her Highness the Holy Maiden had actually activated the Divine Will Gauntlet.

To investigate, he had specially rushed over.

“Someone else is here?”

On the other side, when Gure entered her perception range, Su Ran had already detected him.

Gure didn’t hide his aura much.

The Sequence Six aura was completely visible in Su Ran’s sight.

The temporary anchor point set up here, besides providing a foothold for Su Ran, could also lock her own magic essence aura due to the chaotic spatial aura within the anchor.

However, this ability had been broken by the Divine Will Gauntlet that Yuffie had taken out.

The temporary anchor point couldn’t restrain the aura of the Divine Will Gauntlet, allowing it to spread outside.

Otherwise, with just Su Ran here alone, no matter how long Yuffie stalled, Gure would not have been able to detect the appearance of a Sequence Six enemy.

However, Su Ran’s attention was on another matter right now.

“Witch, what are you muttering about!”

Yuffie, who had promised to leave with her as a hostage, saw that the witch had not moved after using that terrifying flintlock, and was even whispering.

Yuffie couldn’t help but say something to Su Ran.

In her view, even if she really had to go with the witch, as the Holy Maiden of the Church, she could not be at a disadvantage in front of a witch no matter what.

“What did you call me?”

Facing this disobedient Holy Maiden, Su Ran raised her willow-like eyebrows and glanced at her.

Being stared at by Su Ran, Yuffie felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, her whole body cold and trembling.

“No… nothing.”

Facing the witch, Yuffie could only grit her teeth and swallow her grievances.

Stroking her chin and sizing up the Yuffie before her, Su Ran now needed to think of a way to control this Holy Maiden.

She wasn’t staying in the Witch’s Society all day.

If she left, only Lecy could fight her to a draw.

The fact that Su Ran could easily deal with Yuffie every time didn’t mean that Yuffie, as a Holy Maiden, was weak.

Facing an ordinary Sequence Five, they wouldn’t last a few moves in Yuffie’s hands.

But in Tukulu, which was surrounded by strong enemies, Su Ran didn’t want any accidents to happen to the Witch’s Society.

Otherwise, it would be easy for other forces to find a breakthrough.

For this reason, Su Ran needed to think of a surefire plan.

“What… what are you doing!”

Feeling the witch approaching her step by step, Yuffie couldn’t help but control her body and try to retreat two steps.

In her panic, she wanted to escape the scene.

But thinking that the other had not yet undone the Frozen Domain, and that she was still under control and unable to move, Yuffie’s heart was filled with bitterness.

Now, even her own body was at the mercy of the witch.

“If you don’t want to suffer, then be obedient and cooperate with me. Otherwise, there are still many people behind you. I don’t mind trying them one by one.”

Hearing this, the threatened Yuffie’s eyes widened in anger.

If she weren’t still being controlled, she would definitely have fought Su Ran to the death.

But now, she was still in the other’s control.

In a fit of anger, Yuffie… just got angry.

Then she obediently cooperated with Su Ran, released her spiritual defense, and allowed the magic essence she injected to enter.

A slender jade-like finger lightly tapped the center of Yuffie’s brow, and a wisp of magic essence was injected into her head.

Now, with just a thought from Su Ran, her head could explode.

As the magic essence was injected from Su Ran’s jade-like finger into the space between her brows, Yuffie felt a chill drill into her head.

In that instant, it was as if her life and death were under the control of the witch.

“What is this!”

Yuffie was shocked.

She had never encountered such a thing.

“This is a type of magic essence mark. If you’re not obedient, then there’s only one outcome, and that’s a ‘bang’!”

Su Ran’s vivid description made Yuffie’s face turn pale.

She gritted her teeth and said, “Despicable witch.”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

Facing Yuffie’s words, Su Ran accepted them without a blush.

Facing Yuffie’s almost murderous gaze, Su Ran continued, “As long as you’re obedient, when the crisis in Tukulu is over, I will naturally let you go.”

The purpose of Su Ran’s capturing Yuffie this time was simple.

It was to use Yuffie as a bargaining chip to make the Church retreat.

Even if they didn’t retreat, it would at least make the Church wary and delay their attack on Tukulu, allowing the Witch’s Society to free up their hands to deal with the forces in Tukulu.

Yuffie snorted coldly and turned her head away, as if trying to use this action to say, ‘Can a witch’s words be trusted?’

Su Ran wasn’t annoyed.

She snapped her fingers and released the Frozen Domain.

Everything that had been frozen around them was restored.

“Now, stand still for me.”

Glancing at the newly mobile Yuffie, Su Ran began to give orders.

Hearing Su Ran’s words, Yuffie could only move and obediently stand behind the witch.

“Your Highness the Holy Maiden, what’s wrong?”

The knights who had regained consciousness suddenly saw the symbol of the Church, the noble and pure Her Highness the Holy Maiden Yuffie, standing respectfully behind the witch at this moment.

But it wasn’t these knights who spoke.

The expression on Yuffie’s face was full of complexity, because the person who had spoken was the arriving Gure.

She shook her head helplessly at Gure, feigning a relaxed look.

“Knight-Captain Gure, you’ve come at a good time. Take the knights back.”

“Then what about you? Why are you standing behind the witch? Are you being coerced by the witch?”

The arriving Gure erupted with a Sequence Six aura that swept towards Su Ran, but before it could reach her, it was pushed back by Su Ran.

“I can’t go back.”

Yuffie revealed a bitter smile.

If Gure had arrived a little earlier, or if the Divine Will Gauntlet had been able to last a little longer, perhaps the situation would have been completely different.

Now, she was under the control of the witch.

With just a thought from the other, her little life would be in her hands.

“Damn it! Please don’t give up hope, Your Highness the Holy Maiden! I will save you from the witch’s control right now!”

With that, Gure used his strongest move on Su Ran, who was standing in place.

“Holy Radiance Slash!”

The longsword came at Su Ran with an irresistible momentum, as if to cut her in two.

‘It’s just that this Sequence Six seems to be a little weaker than the Church member who lost his eye and pursued me in Noda Forest.’