The allied forces of various nations frantically tried to organize a resistance within the city.
But they were not the target of Shadow Garden.
Shadow Garden's target was the members of The Order hidden among the allied forces.
One after another, the cadres of The Order were killed by Zeta, and in less than an hour and a half, all of The Order's cadres were dead.
Not a single cadre escaped from Zeta alive.
Shadow was searching the entire area for wealthy-looking individuals to kill.
Unfortunately, those people only looked rich; their pockets were empty.
Because of this, Shadow could only continue to kill the ordinary soldiers to vent her frustration.
The sound of clashing magic swords echoed throughout the city.
The kings of other nations who came to Oriana all wanted to curry favor with The Order, which was why they personally led their armies.
Leading their armies in person was meant to show The Order their nations' attitude, hoping The Order would help their countries.
But what they never expected was that this army of Magic Swordsmen, which they believed capable of destroying the world, was actually so weak.
King Xisca was the first to bring reinforcements to the battlefield.
The bodies of Holy Church soldiers were everywhere, but not a single enemy corpse could be seen.
The most elite Magic Swordsmen in the entire army were here, yet they had been turned into one corpse after another.
King Xisca bravely joined the battle.
However, the more than 1,000 Magic Swordsmen he brought were mercilessly slaughtered by ten women.
Their strength far exceeded King Xisca's imagination.
His nation's full might seemed so vulnerable before these black-clad women.
King Xisca begged for mercy, but the other side ignored him and massacred all of them.
The night battle did not last long; an hour later, there was no sound of fighting.
When dawn arrived...
The allied forces tallied their numbers.
Of the 20,000 Magic Swordsmen, half died overnight.
And they were all the strongest ones.
Of the 14 national leaders, only five remained.
These five were the leaders who were too cowardly to go to the battlefield.
All the kings who had personally led their armies had died in battle.
Those kings had come to fawn over The Order, so when fighting broke out, they naturally had to show their faces.
But they only ended up as cannon fodder.
"How is the army's morale now?" a general asked.
"Morale is on the verge of collapse. Most of these ten thousand Magic Swordsmen are deserters, and none of the elites sent by the Holy Church survived."
"General, many people have already deserted. There are too many fleeing, we can't catch them all. The ten thousand Magic Swordsmen are now down to 8,000."
A commander entered the meeting room to report.
"Let's retreat! The leaders of this battlefield are all dead. Can we survive another night if we stay here?"
"I agree!"
"I agree too!"
"I also agree!"
...The five leaders had made their choice.
They only took essential food and marched quickly to leave the Oriana Kingdom.
In just one day, they reached the border of the Oriana Kingdom.
There, a force of three hundred Magic Swordsmen blocked their path.
They were the Beigalta Kingdom's Magic Sword Guard.
They had previously surrendered to Princess Rose, and Rose had accepted them.
After all, these individuals represented a significant combat force on the surface.
After the battle that night, Rose immediately went to the border and assembled the Beigalta Kingdom's Magic Sword Guard.
After a short rest, she came to intercept these people.
Without The Order's help, her strength alone was enough to deal with them.
The reason she brought the Beigalta Kingdom's Magic Sword Guard was simply to give them something to do.
Rose wouldn't feel bad if they died.
After all, they weren't her own country's people.
Each member of the Beigalta Kingdom's Magic Sword Guard was quite strong.
Facing 8,000 Magic Swordsmen, they were still a bit scared.
But they were even more afraid of Princess Rose.
Her immense power was like that of a terrifying demon from legends.
They dared not disobey Princess Rose's orders.
"I am Princess Rose Oriana of the Oriana Kingdom! Invaders, you will pay the price for invading the Oriana Kingdom!" Princess Rose shouted loudly.
"Kill them all, leave no one behind!"
Princess Rose gave The Order.
The members of the Beigalta Kingdom's Magic Sword Guard hesitated slightly.
Princess Rose unhesitatingly killed a dozen people standing in the front row.
"If you don't advance, I will kill all of you right now!"
The Beigalta Kingdom's Magic Sword Guard could only grit their teeth and charge.
Seeing all of the Beigalta Kingdom's Magic Sword Guard advance, Princess Rose also charged into the 8,000 Magic Swordsmen army, slaughtering them left and right.
Princess Rose was like a god of slaughter; no one could withstand her attacks.
The allied forces were already in a rout, and the appearance of a powerful individual like Princess Rose caused the allied forces to completely collapse.
The battle didn't even last three minutes before everyone began to scatter and flee.
The Beigalta Kingdom's Magic Sword Guard were overjoyed at the sight.
Killing deserters was so easy!
Of the 8,000 Magic Swordsmen, only 3,000 managed to escape the Oriana Kingdom.
All the commanders died at Rose's hands.
Rose alone killed 4,000 Magic Swordsmen.
The remaining 1,000 were killed by the Beigalta Kingdom's Magic Sword Guard.
News of the 14-nation Magic Swordsman alliance being defeated by the Oriana Kingdom quickly spread.
The world order was about to change immediately.
This event caused the Holy Church's status to plummet.
After all, it was the Holy Church that had initially wanted to eliminate the Oriana Kingdom.
Now, even a 14-nation alliance couldn't defeat the Oriana Kingdom.
Countless people wondered if the Holy Church's power had declined, as they couldn't even defeat a mere Oriana Kingdom.
The Oriana Kingdom was an artistic nation... In the capital of the Noah Elf Federation, beneath the hundred-meter-tall Elf Tree, in the Sanctuary.
Durux looked at the newly received intelligence, his face exceptionally grim.
"Useless! The Sixth Seat is useless! Alpha and Delta of Shadow Garden are here with me. They took so many cadres and still couldn't take Oriana. Useless!"
"Durux, you're next!"
Alpha, accompanied by Delta, Gamma, Beta, and three ordinary members, arrived before Durux, the Fourth Seat of the Round Table Knight.
"How did you know how to enter the Sanctuary?!"
"We just needed to analyze the principle of the Sanctuary, and then we could enter freely! For us, who possess the Wisdom of Shadow, this is not difficult," Beta said.
"How can this be? Even I can't fully decipher the mysteries of the Sanctuary, let alone you experimental subjects who haven't lived for twenty years."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"You know nothing of his strength and intelligence," Alpha said.
"Who exactly is he?"
"The Phantom! The omniscient and omnipotent being in this world," Alpha said proudly.
Her eyes were filled with pride.
"That esteemed one knows everything; there is nothing that esteemed one doesn't know!" Beta said.
"All of The Order's schemes have already been seen through by that esteemed one. From beginning to end, the situation has been firmly under our control," Gamma added.
"And Boss's strength is also very formidable! Boss can even make Delta smarter!" Delta said.
At this moment, Delta noticed three sharp gazes.
Alpha, Beta, and Gamma were all staring at Delta.
"Is something wrong?"
Durux also didn't understand why these people suddenly seemed like they were about to have an internal conflict.
"Now that you mention it, Delta does seem to have changed a lot. She seems to have gotten much smarter!" Beta said.
"Yes, before, Delta knew nothing, liked to ask all sorts of questions, and had a bad memory. Now her memory seems to have improved," Gamma said.
"Delta, how is it that we didn't know the Phantom can also make people smarter?" Alpha asked.
"This is a secret between Boss and Delta. Boss told me not to tell anyone else."
Delta proudly lifted her head.
Such an important matter, the Phantom only told her.
This made Delta feel that she was different from others.
"Um... Lady Alpha, now is not the time for this!" an ordinary member of Shadow Garden reminded.
Alpha's eyes suddenly cleared considerably after hearing that.
"Indeed, once one reaches that point, it's easy to be influenced by emotions!" Alpha murmured to herself.
Because she cared too much about the Phantom, she accidentally forgot about the main business.
Alpha turned her gaze to Durux.
"Durux, your reign ends today. Today is your death day."
"Hahaha, what a joke. In other places, perhaps I am not your match, but this is the Sanctuary. The Sanctuary will continuously provide me with power. My magic power is definitely much stronger than yours now!"
"You are truly laughable. Do you know who built the Sanctuary?" Beta said.
"The Three Heroes!"
"Then do you know our relationship with the Three Heroes?" Alpha said.
Alpha took out Olivia's Holy Sword.
She released the magic power unique to her bloodline.
Durux suddenly felt his connection with the Sanctuary severed.
"You, how is this possible! This is impossible! Why is the power of the Sanctuary converging towards you?!"
"Nothing is impossible. As Olivia's descendant, it's not difficult to control the power of the Sanctuary."
"Your understanding of the Sanctuary is far inferior to ours. It's understandable that you don't comprehend its mysteries."
Alpha swung Olivia's Holy Sword, killing Durux with a single strike.
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