............"Don't lose your positions, keep up the barriers!" Aria shouted while using her divine powers. She increased their buffs and positive emotions so they wouldn't stumble from fear and panic."Alright, we don't need to keep butting heads with them! Retreat in that direction...!" Emilia shouted, looking at the mainland as their only option to retreat. She was hoping to encounter their ally, otherwise, she really wasn't sure how many of them would be left alive even before they faced the Evil God Sylvanus.Aria and Emilia provided limited support, as they needed to conserve their energy for an emergency, and kept retreating.Fortunately, their men were holding on for their dear lives and haven't lost hope completely.But not everyone could sustain the heavy energy drain, and some were picked up by the monsters, who ate them whole without leaving even their bones behind.If not for the artifacts their men were equipped with—which seemed to have a suppressing effect on the corr

............Behind them, Emilia and Aria were quite surprised by their reckless way of fighting, but they quickly adapted to the chaotic rhythm.Seeing a flanking group of agile, lizard-like creatures preparing to ambush Marcus's exposed left flank, Aria raised her staff. A brilliant light swirled and formed an star shape net that shot forward, pinning the creatures to the ground before they could even leap."These guys seriously aren't holding back, moving like a group of raging bulls," Emilia muttered, while she also precisely executed her special spell, maintaining their positive emotions and unity. She glanced back at Aarav, who was casually jogging a few paces behind them, his hands glowing with a soft light, healing the injured quietly while also taking care of the monsters that slipped past the main advance group.Whenever a vanguard fighter took a serious, deep gash from a monster's claw, Aarav would simply wave his hand. A flash of light would wash over the warrior, sealing

............"Be careful, these guys are most likely his puppets. I have fought one before, so be careful not to get touched by these puppets as they corrode your body from the inside using the corrupted energy they got from Sylvanus," Aarav warned everyone as he explained how dangerous these puppets are, but as long as they were careful, they could deal with them."Kekekehaha...!!" Sylvanus laughed loudly, seeing their meaningless struggle while controlling the puppets to attack them relentlessly."Swooosh...! Swiishh...!!""Banggg...!!""Ms. Aria and Ms. Emilia, please be careful of them," Aarav again warned the two ladies while he swatted another puppet with ease. Even though their numbers were overwhelming, their strength wasn't that great.The only troublesome part of their attacks was that corrupted energy of Sylvanus, but that was manageable with his purifying spell—and that's also why he warned everyone to be careful and not get deeply corrupted by them."I will be fine, but