Chapter 170: Ch 170 : Defeating the Twin Retainers
The scattered dust gradually settled.
Looking at the scene of devastation before him, Noel's face did not show the slightest hint of a smile.
Instead, he slightly furrowed his brows.
"Troublesome."
Noel softly uttered the word, his gaze shifting to the side of the battlefield, just outside the range of his Holy Light Arrow attack.
There, where his strike should have landed, Azuma was kneeling on one knee, breathing heavily.
Beside him stood a man dressed in purple, sporting a slicked-back pompadour hairstyle and wearing glasses.
"So, it was you who interfered just now?" Noel spoke in a calm voice.
"If I'm not mistaken, you are also one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, just like him, a member of Grimoire Heart."
The moment Noel's gaze locked onto him, Rustyrose—one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory—felt his body tense up.
During that previous attack, he had arrived just in time, using his Arc of Embodiment at maximum power to conjure a Golden Shield, delaying Noel's Holy Light Arrow for a mere second.