In the sky outside the royal capital, the clouds seemed to part as a golden pillar of light shone down from the void.
Immediately after, the fully armed Antilene descended from the golden light pillar.
At this moment, Antilene was like a god descending to earth, her entire body radiating a powerful aura.
"Finally made it in time!"
The Captain looked at Antilene descending from the golden light pillar and let out a sigh of relief.
After all, in the Captain's eyes, Shalltear was no match for Antilene.
While the Captain was staring at Antilene, the gazes of Kenichi, Erza, Kagura, and the others on the distant magic airship also fell upon the grandly arriving Antilene.
If other adventurers were present here, feeling the powerful magical power emanating from Antilene, they would undoubtedly be extremely shocked.
But Erza, Kagura, and the others were not ordinary adventurers.
They had spent years alongside Kenichi, a man of immense magical power.
They had also witnessed max-level powerhouses like Ainz and Albedo.
Comparing the two, the aura emanating from Antilene didn't seem so awe-inspiring anymore.
Not long after Antilene appeared, two more figures descended from the golden light pillar in the sky.
One was a middle-aged man in a black mage's robe, holding a staff.
The other was a golden-haired young girl dressed in a long gown, resembling an angel.
Kenichi recognized these two.
They were the Third and Fourth Seats of the Black Scripture, both possessing strength that surpassed the hero realm.
Shortly after the Third and Fourth Seats appeared, their gazes fell upon Shalltear, who was clad in red armor and holding the Spuit Lance.
"Such powerful magical power!"
"Is this the vampire that killed Kaire-sama?"
Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from Shalltear, both the Third and Fourth Seats showed extremely grave expressions on their faces.
Only Antilene.
From the moment she appeared until now, a smile had always hung on her pale, pretty face.
It was just that the smile looked very unnatural.
"Antilene, the one before you is the vampire that killed Kaire-sama. Her strength..."
The Captain intended to remind Antilene not to underestimate Shalltear.
But before he could finish his sentence, Antilene interrupted him.
"Not interested."
Hearing Antilene's words, the Captain was instantly dumbfounded.
'Not interested?'
'This vampire was a great enemy who had killed both Time Turbulence and Strongest Human.'
'This wasn't a game.'
'How can you say you're not interested?'
However, the Captain knew Antilene's personality.
Soon, he sighed helplessly and shifted his gaze from Shalltear to Kenichi.
Although Antilene had her back to him at this moment, he knew that Antilene's gaze was definitely fixed on Kenichi.
In fact, just as the Captain suspected, Antilene was currently staring at Kenichi as if she had discovered some treasure. Her heterochromatic eyes were tightly locked onto Kenichi, and a look of madness appeared on her pale, pretty face.
"Such a powerful aura!"
"The strongest existence I've encountered so far!"
Antilene breathed somewhat rapidly as she spoke a few words. Then, with a movement of her body, she directly ignored Shalltear, flew in front of Kenichi, curved the corner of her mouth, and declared loudly to Kenichi: "Make your move! As long as you defeat me, I'll bear your child!"
'Huh?'
As soon as Antilene finished speaking, Erza, Kagura, Wendy, and Mirajane all wore stunned expressions.
Even Kenichi's expression froze.
Although he knew that Antilene's long-cherished wish was to bear a child with someone whose strength surpassed hers, he hadn't expected her to be so direct, stating it publicly like this.
"B...b...bear a child?!!"
Wendy seemed to think of something, immediately covering her blushing cheeks with both hands, her gaze peeking through the gaps between her fingers from time to time, stealing glances at Kenichi beside her.
"How bold!"
"To say something like that in public!"
Carla in her white cat form jumped onto Wendy's shoulder and looked at Antilene hovering not far away in the sky with a displeased expression.
"What's going on?"
"When did you two make such an agreement?"
Erza and Kagura also turned to look at Kenichi in unison, their faces full of reproach.
"Don't look at me like that, I don't know either!"
Under Erza and Kagura's unusual gazes, Kenichi coughed dryly and replied somewhat awkwardly.
Whoosh-
At that moment, Shalltear, who had been ignored by Antilene, was also filled with rage. She appeared beside Antilene as if teleporting and questioned in an angry tone, "Just who are you, to say such things to my Great Master?"
Antilene's eyes shifted, moving her gaze from Kenichi to Shalltear.
"Such a powerful aura!"
"As expected of the man I've set my sights on, to have even subdued such a powerful vampire!"
"This makes me want to fight you even more!"
As soon as Antilene finished speaking, Shalltear scolded, "Someone like you, wanting to fight my Great Master?"
As she spoke, a crescent-shaped spear materialized in Shalltear's hand.
"Watch out!"
The Captain in the distance felt extremely helpless about Antilene's personality.
But when he saw the ethereal crescent-shaped spear in Shalltear's hand, the same one that had killed several Black Scripture members, his face changed dramatically, and he urgently warned Antilene.
"Purifying Javelin!"
The enraged Shalltear shouted, throwing the ethereal spear directly at Antilene.
"You want to fight me?"
Seeing Shalltear launch an attack, Antilene said mockingly and prepared to block with the spear in her hand.
But the next second, the ethereal spear thrown by Shalltear instantly vanished.
"Vanished?"
Before Antilene could react, the vanished ethereal spear shot out from a magic circle that appeared in front of her, instantly piercing through Antilene's body.
Witnessing this scene, the two Black Scripture's members who had teleported with Antilene paled dramatically.
"It ignores distance and defense?!"
"What kind of ability is this?!"
The Captain's face also stiffened.
He had clearly warned Antilene not to underestimate Shalltear.
Yet this was still the result.
"I see. So you do have some strength!"
While the Captain and the other two were shocked, Antilene, whose body had been pierced by the Purifying Javelin, suddenly looked up and spoke.
"Oh my? You're still alive?"
"You're completely different from those guys before!"
Seeing that Antilene hadn't died instantly after being hit by her Purifying Javelin, a look of surprise appeared on Shalltear's pale, pretty face, but that was all.
"Don't compare me to the others!"
As Antilene spoke, a green light surged around her body.
Simultaneously, the wound inflicted by the [Purifying Javelin] healed at a visible rate.
"It seems I need to get a little serious!"
"Hehe..."
After Antilene's injuries completely healed, a crazy expression appeared on her face.
Laughing wildly, she was already charging towards Shalltear, holding a silver spear.
Facing Antilene, Shalltear naturally felt no fear. She, too, charged towards Antilene with her Spuit Lance in hand.