Suddenly, Lancet outstretched his hand and activated [ Army of One ].
One charge left.
Spectral copies of Lancet burst out from behind him, each one carrying a version of the Radiant Guillotine and lunging for Renan. The first-years in the stands screamed. Kasto stretched his neck.
"No way!"
"Is that—"
"We saw Astensia Valengard use that cloning Skill in the competition!"
"Renan used it too!"
The copies slashed in from multiple sides, uniting to take down the Heavenly Knight. Renan's eyes narrowed—
—Then he erased them.
First, he cut through the closest clone with a single horizontal slash. The second vanished under a heavenly thrust that broke the image apart. The third was split by a backhanded sweep of Black Gale before the spectral blade even reached him. And the final clone went down seconds later, shattered under Renan's sword with ease.
Everyone gasped.
Lancet had already expected that, but the speed of Renan's answer still made his stomach tighten.
