Chapter 1556: A Mortal Dictates The Course (1)
’I see...’
Only Sila was truly capable of following what Kintar was doing.
Despite what she showed, she was several steps ahead, communicating and performing several layers of trial and error. All of it was connected to the former Tower General.
Before Kintar had launched her blast of compound essences against the ghost of the masked man, he had felt a tug at his vermillion core. Kintar siphoned a large amount of mana from it while sending signals to Sila. She wanted him on Rias when the time was right.
When exactly was this right time?
Well...
Kintar’s punch against Rias did more than shock Sila; it was the signal indeed, but there was something else.
Kintar shouldn’t have been able to hurt Rias even with a punch applying her full empowered strength, but she did. Vermillion quality mana gushed through her arm and gave her hit substance. After all, vermillion mana had a special property which both Kintar and Sila recognised for the first time right then.
Genuine Divine energy – not Nitros or Primus – sparked when Kintar made contact with Rias. The spark was modest and short-lived – likely because Kintar wasn’t siphoning enough of it and with the best control she could manage (since it was from an external source), but it was enough. It crashed against Rias’ guard, sending a pulse of damage up his chin.
Sila had zoomed towards Rias while he was still dazed. He was far faster than Kintar in raw physicals. Uyuniya followed after him.
The Tower General charged Null Life Essence into his fist and aimed for Rias’ chest, delivering a one-inch punch that could have opened up Aigas’ canvas like a flower. As the force pushed Rias back, made his chest cave inward, collecting his organs around his spine, Uyuniya used Sila as a step ladder and slashed with her greatsword laterally against Rias’ neck. She wanted his head.
...But Rias’ eyes shone gold behind the mask and in the nick of time, he pulled his head back just enough to where only his Adam’s apple became a victim.