"Here it comes!" Elise suddenly shouted.
With her words, a huge surge of electricity shot through the room and traveled directly toward Kris, ignoring Atlas.
Kris abruptly stopped the ice spell and tried to conjure a magic shield to protect himself.
Atlas instantly thrust the holy sword in his hand into the flames. The blade was engulfed in unquenchable black fire.
An incredible flow of electricity had already entered Kris's body. Still, Kris was able to withstand it. He didn't seem to have a magic shield. This presented him with an opportunity.
Sensing that the time had come, he swung the holy sword directly at Kris's body.
At that moment, the blade pierced Kris's abdomen, just below his torso. He had failed to create the magic shield in time—or perhaps he hadn't even tried.
Something was wrong.
"ATLAS!!!" Elise suddenly screamed, calling him by name for the first time since the two had met in this life.
