Chapter 121: Remnant Crew
’Damnation!’
Before the first wood wraith could even fully form, Saint was already upon it. The blade of the Midnight Shard flashed through the air... and bit into the body of the creature with the dull sound of an axe striking the bark of a tree.
The effect was somewhat the same: although she managed to do some damage, the wraith simply ignored the shallow cut and lurched forward, towering above the graceful stone knight with destructive menace. Its hands fell down with crushing force, the wooden blades aimed at Saint’s helmet.
...Wood couldn’t cut stone. Right?
The Shadow seemed reluctant to check. She easily sidestepped the creature’s attack and thrust upward, driving the tip of the Midnight Shard into the enemy’s neck. With the strength of an Ascended Demon, the sword went deep into the adamantine wood.
Saint twisted her blade and pushed it sideways, causing half of the wood wraith’s neck to explode into a rain of splinters. The creature staggered and lashed out with another strike, but it was too late — the Shadow calmly shifted her weight from one leg to another and delivered a devastating slash, beheading her enemy.
As the wraith fell apart and turned back into a pile of debris, she looked at it indifferently, and then hit the dull side of the Midnight Shard’s blade against her shoulder twice.
The voice of the Spell whispered:
[You have slain a Fallen Beast, Sailor Doll.]
[Your shadow grows stronger.]
Sunny gritted his teeth.