The brilliant light trace shattered the darkness visible to Emilia like parting the sea, even the humanoid protrusions on the wall seemed to fear this moonlight, retreating voluntarily with the fading darkness to lower floors, causing the cracks they made in the wall to disappear.
Being both Angel-Level, the "Night Watchman" naturally restrains the "Body in the Wall," allowing Shard to repel the foe in a single strike.
But as he lowered the sword to catch his breath, he knew his current power couldn't completely vanquish that relic, so he merely swung the longsword then immediately turned to look at Emilia.
The elf girl with reddened eyes didn't even have time to speak with Shard before she clutched the longsword he handed over. Then, Shard, unarmed, bent down, clamped Emilia to his side, lifted the Little Unicorn onto his shoulder, and ran three steps as two toward higher stairs.
