At this moment, Otto was the only one left standing before the empty altar.
Facing the twelve Magic Armors and Red’s encirclement, he merely clapped his hands lightly, his voice carrying a hint of genuine admiration.
“Truly a breathtaking response, Mr. Red. This method of redirection, this precise control over Creations… you are indeed a worthy partner. However…”
The corners of his mouth curled into his signature smile, curved with a dangerous edge.
“In the face of absolute power, even the most ingenious schemes will eventually be crushed.”
Before the words had even finished, Otto’s silhouette suddenly blurred.
A surge of power and pressure, far exceeding anything he had shown before, erupted and locked onto Red.
He appeared before Red as if teleporting, his speed surpassing the limits of visual perception.
A demon’s hand, entwined with dark red magic and carrying enough energy to tear anything apart, lunged straight for Red’s heart.
“Look out!”
Faced with the sudden change, Mason wanted to help, but it was already too late.
However, one shouldn’t forget that Mason and Red were not the only two present.
The moment Otto closed in, Litt, who should have been hiding behind Red, suddenly stepped forward.
Her magic was extremely weak, and she had no weapons, yet she stood in front of Red regardless.
But a Combat Nun of the Holy Tribunal was essentially an assassin wandering in the darkness; she did not rely heavily on magic, and her strength and physical techniques were not weak at all.
Otherwise, how else would she have earned the title of Monstrous Strength Priest?
“Oh?”
“ONE-INCH PUNCH!”
Otto had thought the young girl before him was already controlled by the mask’s personality.
He never expected her to still be able to use the Holy Tribunal’s techniques.
Caught off guard, he had no time to react and took the strike head-on.
BOOM!
A terrifying shockwave exploded like a physical entity.
Otto’s body was instantly swatted away by the violent impact, slamming into the wall.
Dense cracks spiderwebbed across the hard surface, and a cloud of dust billowed into the air.
Red stared at the girl standing in front of him, momentarily stunned.
‘This move… I think I’ve seen Letia use it before?’
‘Why does Litt know it, too?’
‘And isn’t she supposed to be a non-combatant?’
However, seeing her panting for breath, it seemed her physical stamina was not as good as Letia’s.
She could likely only use it this one time.
As the dust slowly settled, Litt gradually steadied her breathing.
‘The side effects of the mask are becoming more and more obvious.’
That single attack had been a huge strain.
She even felt a dull ache in her arm; it was likely a bone fracture.
Moreover, she had been observing the situation from behind for a long time and knew one thing clearly: the person she had just sent flying was not Otto, but a clone he had created using a White Sect Holy Relic.
In that case, she felt no psychological burden at all while beating him!
“Don’t just stand there!
Finish him!”
In truth, Red was already using his magic to take the next step before Litt even had to remind him.
“ROAR!”
With several angry roars, multiple destructive beams fired from the Magic Armors instantly swept across the area, even catching Red and the others in the crossfire.
This was exactly the drawback Red had mentioned earlier regarding his inability to fully control the Magic Armors.
They could accept attack commands, but they would attack anyone indiscriminately.
“Watch out! Dodge!”
Red pulled Litt into his arms and used his mechanical creations to pull them both into the air.
Because Red had warned him beforehand, Mason not only dodged the attack but even swung a sword qi toward Otto’s position.
Sizzle — BOOM!
The continuous, violent explosions completely transformed that area into a death zone of raging energy.
The hard stone floor was vaporized, leaving a deep, bottomless pit!
When the sound of the explosions finally ceased, Red looked toward Otto’s original position.
However, even after suffering such a fierce attack, Otto still stood before them.
His Bishop robes were shredded, yet that half-smiling expression remained on his face.
Even though he had sustained such a violent assault, he didn’t look like someone who was seriously injured.
It was then that Red noticed something wrong.
There was no blood on the opponent — only cracks covering his face and body!
Otto clapped his hands lightly.
“Brilliant… truly brilliant.”
At that moment, the faces of Red and Mason turned incredibly grim.
The Otto they had been fighting for so long, the one who had even absorbed part of the Demon God’s Power…
Was not the main body at all!
It was only a… sophisticated Magic Puppet being controlled remotely!
“Your performance exceeded my expectations. I am impressed…”
“Thank you all for the performance. But now… this temporary shell has fulfilled its mission. It’s time for the curtain call.”
Though the body began to tremble violently and parts started falling off, Otto bowed slightly, still performing an… elegant and standard noble salute.
“However, the show isn’t over yet. I look forward to your next performance.”
As he spoke his final words, Otto’s face was filled with a thick sense of mockery and playfulness.
Combined with the twelve berserk Magic Armors surrounding them, Red and Mason’s expressions darkened.
CRUNCH!
Otto’s body was crushed under the foot of a Magic Armor.
Inside the Sanctuary, those twelve Magic Armors had now locked their sights onto Red and the others.
“Run!”
Without another word, Red picked up Litt and bolted.
“Ah!”
The sudden princess-carry left Litt completely flustered, her mind going blank.
She felt her face getting hotter and hotter, turning a shade of red so deep it looked like it could drip.
The rationality she had been holding onto also seemed to be getting swallowed up bit by bit.
“Red…”
“What is it?”
Red heard the girl in his arms; her voice had become exceptionally soft, even softer than usual.
“It’s… it’s nothing…”
Litt turned her head away and whispered, “Thank you…”
“It was the right thing to do.”
Red felt that something was a bit off with Litt, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on what it was.
The speed of the Magic Armors was certainly fast, but while they could catch up to the Dawnblade, it didn’t mean they could catch Red and Mason.
One could use Mechanical Prosthetics to boost himself, while the other was at the 35th Layer of strength.
Naturally, the Magic Armors were left far behind.
Though they hadn’t truly killed Otto, his primary goal for coming here was to save Litt.
He couldn’t lose sight of that by being distracted.
There would be plenty of opportunities in the future.
After running for an unknown amount of time, once the silence behind them confirmed they weren’t being followed, Red set Litt down.
“Are you okay?”
Litt’s voice was currently incredibly soft.
While her voice was usually gentle, it at least had a bit of firmness and initiative; it wasn’t normally this weak.
“Thank you…”
After Red set her down, the girl suddenly lunged into his arms.
Her body trembled, and her voice sounded choked with emotion.
“I was so… I was so scared.”