"Sword!"

A distant voice echoed in Nora's mind, and Nora looked up at the sky that had swallowed the thunderclouds.

The clear sky was vast, heavy clouds layered, a giant sword hung, and a divine being looked down.

Nora could feel that she was locked onto by the attack, and the surrounding space had solidified. Not to mention escaping the attack's range, even moving a little was extremely difficult.

There was no time for much thought; instinctively, Nora directly activated the 'Calamity's' guardian mode.

The four beasts transformed into light and flew, coalescing into a four-colored emblem in front of Nora. The emblem was engraved with various disasters, including the previous four beast anomalies and other scenes of natural calamities.

"Calamity Mark, Disaster Evasion."

Nora solemnly chanted in her mind.

With a thought, a dazzling magical aura lit up in Nora's hand, shining on the four-colored emblem.

In an instant, the emblem, originally the size of a piece of paper, transformed into a giant illusory image. The patterns on it became more vivid, as if truly existing.

And Nora, within the illusory image of Calamity, was like a deity who had endured various tribulations yet remained unscathed, displaying a composed demeanor no matter what disaster she faced.

Nora watched the giant sword in the cloud vortex with a grave expression. The next moment, the azure giant sword, which had been high in the sky, was already close at hand, filling her entire vision.

The moment it struck the illusory image of Calamity, the incredibly fast giant sword seemed to sink into a quagmire. Its descent slowed dramatically, even much slower than a normal object falling from the sky.

But despite its slowness, the giant sword continued to press steadily towards Nora.

Mountains collapsed and shattered, raging tidal waves and tornados… no matter what kind of natural disaster it encountered along the way, nothing could truly stop the giant sword's descent.

Nora's expression grew more solemn, and the magic power within her continuously flowed into the Calamity Mark, constantly generating various calamity forces to erode the giant sword's might.

Until the very end…

Boom~

The moment 'Sword' touched Nora, the terrifying energy within it instantly erupted, annihilating Nora and the surrounding hundreds of meters of ground in a burst of intense light.

Seeing this scene, Balder and the others watching from outside the deep pit frowned. Balder couldn't help but say, "It's just a spar. Is Liens being a bit too excessive?"

There were six people observing the battle: Balder, Lucrezia, Isabelle, Donahue, Valerie, and a Great Knight from Balder's faction—Larry.

They were all high-ranking members of the Rebel Army currently stationed in Patridge City. As for the others, they had been assigned to garrison other cities.

Lucrezia had only informed them that Liens and Nora were going to spar; she hadn't explained that this was a 'Dreamscape,' and of course, it would have been difficult to explain.

So, seeing Liens strike so heavily, they felt that using such a powerful move in a normal spar between comrades was a bit too much.

Of course, besides being a little displeased with Liens's heavy-handedness, they were also very surprised by Nora's display of strength.

Balder and the others hadn't expected that Nora, whom they had invited to join the Rebel Army after helping them once, would possess such formidable strength. Her display of power was simply like a natural disaster.

This made them realize that Nora was very likely an existence on the same level as Liens, Alfred, and the chief court mage, Holmes.

This news was undoubtedly a great morale booster.

With the addition of such a strong person, the Rebel Army's hope of completing the revolution would greatly increase. Therefore, they did not want any conflict to arise between the two pillars of the Rebel Army because of this.

"Don't worry, Liens knows his limits. Miss Nora should be fine."

Although she knew this was a 'Dreamscape' and Liens had said that what happened here would not affect reality, Lucrezia still spoke up to defend Liens.

Upon hearing this, everyone also felt that Liens was not an impulsive person.

Although Liens didn't have much contact with everyone, he gave the impression of being very steady, methodical in his actions, and decisive, without any hesitation.

Just like the great battle seven days ago, every step Liens took seemed to have been planned in advance.

They even wondered if Liens possessed the ability to foresee the future?

The world was vast, and there were three True Gods whose existence was beyond human comprehension, so foreseeing the future was not an impossible thing.

"After the energy impact stops, Isabelle, you should go and treat Miss Amelia as soon as possible."

Balder said seriously.

This indicated that he was ready to stop the spar to prevent it from escalating into a death match, which would not be good for the Rebel Army regardless of which side was harmed.

For people who are not very familiar, using a surname is a sign of respect.

Although Nora had been with the Rebel Army for a few days, she was still largely in the 'just met, only seen a few times' state with the others.

The kingdom's situation was becoming increasingly chaotic, and everyone was busy handling various affairs.

Moreover, for men like Balder, even if they wanted to, it was not appropriate to visit Nora every day; being too attentive would make people suspect you had ulterior motives and could easily cause resentment.

Therefore, the task of guiding Nora to integrate into the Rebel Army fell upon Lucrezia.

These past few days, Lucrezia had been busy handling official duties, looking after the unconscious Liens to see if there were any signs of him waking up, and also taking the curious Nora on various tours.

Finally, if there was still some time left, she might also go to find Isabelle.

So, she was very busy all day long.

Skipping over the 'very busy' Miss Lucrezia and Balder, the perspective returned to the deep pit battlefield.

The energy impact brought by 'Sword' quickly receded, and the stirred up commotion gradually subsided.

Liens felt the still very active Life aura below and couldn't help but sigh at how powerful the 'Maiden's' Life force was; even that attack couldn't weaken Nora's Life aura much.

He truly didn't know what kind of attack it would take to break the 'Maiden's' 'Golden Body'?

Through this battle and the previous discussion, his understanding of the 'Maiden's Path' that Nora followed became clearer.

Nora's 'Maiden' referred to a state, an unchanging concept, much like the indestructible Golden Body of gods and Buddhas in the mythical biographies of his previous Life.

She locked her own state, no matter what kind of damage she received, no matter how much power she consumed, she could quickly return herself to the locked state.

That's why Nora had enough magic power to support the Thunder Dragon's dragon breath eruption, to support the resurrection of the four beasts, and to allow 'Calamity' to continuously evolve.

The Maiden controls calamities.

Nora's 'Maiden's Path' had no offensive power, but she cleverly turned the disasters that tempered her into a means of attack, making her unchangeable nature an overwhelming mountain that crushed her opponents.

As long as she couldn't be killed, she could exhaust any opponent to death.

With a sigh in his heart, Liens exited the instance.

His mind, which had already been injured and not yet recovered, had little strength left to fight after forcefully using 'Sword'.

Although the dust had not yet settled and he hadn't clearly seen Nora's injuries, he could deduce the outcome of the battle from her active Life force.

It should be said that she was indeed an elf who had lived for nearly a hundred years; her strength was truly not to be underestimated.

…

"What happened to you?"

Liens looked at Nora, whose aura had clearly weakened significantly, with surprise. The shock in his heart was indescribable; it was hard to imagine what could have made Nora like this.

His 'Sword' hadn't been able to do that.

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