Chapter 46: This is Our Chance
As Arren swapped places with Celia, Raven's eyes widened slightly as she appeared in front of him in midair with a bemused look on her face, before the same realization hit them as they met each other's gazes.
"This is our chance!" They both thought in unison, before Raven swiftly reached out and caught Celia as she began to plummet, pulling her close holding her in his arms as she reached into her pocket.
Raven swiftly unleashed a wide blast of purple flames from his mouth, obscuring the two of them and the area around them from Arren's line of sight as the flames erupted out in front of the pair.
"What are they-...? Oh, no!" Arren realized too late as he teleported a few meters away to avoid the flames, turning his gaze towards the pair right as Celia took out the Teleport Spell and ran her Mana through it, the two of them disappearing before Arren could react.
He was dumbfounded for a moment, before clenching his fists in frustration as he realized he'd inadvertently given them to very opening to escape that they'd been looking for.
He then headed towards the church entrance with a grimace, stepping past the corpses of the Inquisitors scattered about the floor, carefully avoiding the puddles of blood as he made his way out of the building.
"I really messed up...damn it, I gave them exactly what they wanted. Still, something about that whole fight felt off...they definitely weren't trying to kill me. The girl, her Magic was dangerous, but it seemed like she was only using Level 1 Spells. And the other one, I believe he was the infamous Homunculus, the intensity of each of his attacks were inconsistent to each other, as if he was figuring out how much to hold back or something.
Obviously, they have no problem with killing people, they massacred these Inquisitors and Cardinal Garnet. So, then, why were they holding back against me? It doesn't make any sense, The Irregulars have killed a number of Knights in the past, so why weren't they trying to kill me?" He wondered in confusion, as he stepped out of the church with a puzzled look on his face...
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the city...
"Tch, this is getting annoying!" Snapped Lexia, firing a bone blade out of her palm as an arrow came shooting down towards her.
The bone struck the arrow and shattered it upon impact, before Lexia swiftly sprang back as the Lancer slashed at her stomach with his spear, before she crossed her arms in front of herself and activated her Bone Gauntlets Spell as he unleashed a swirling blast of water at her.