Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 471: Important

The torrent of red fire poured toward Yanael. It was too late to stop the intruder. And the horizontal pillar of flames was too powerful for Mandra to blow it away. It hit Yanael and splattered to the sides.

The intruder maintained the fire for a second or a half but it was still enough to reignite the embers in their surroundings with its heat. The intruder wasn’t delighted. He didn’t care enough about anyone other than the girl who killed his brother to feel such emotion.

But he was relieved that he could remove an annoyance and an interference.

That was until the flames faded.

He had not removed an annoyance. She was still there and without even a hint of a char on her. His flames had not reached her.

He frowned until he noticed the molten, mostly translucent golden barrier in front of her. He turned to the young man. Another annoyance, but one that could be dealt with later. He focused back on the people actually fighting him and not hiding in the back.

The Archangel was trouble now. That much was clear from the subtle tremors in the air around her.

Yanael opened her eyes. The intruder looked the same, and he was still right in front of her. The air around her was a little hotter than before. That was it. Not much had changed.

But at the same time, it felt like everything had changed.

Yanael gently raised her sword before dropping the tip to the ground, slashing the air in front of her. Her movements seemed slow and elegant. They were nothing but that. Her slash was fierce and destructive as it released a line of sacred energy thinner than hair.

A moment later, a vertical gash appeared on the intruder’s body, running from the front of his scalp to the bottom of his…waist.

It looked like she had cut across space and halved the intruder.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t that powerful. Yet. She had only opened a wound that reached deeper than his skin.

It was enough to draw blood, even through his thick, fiery scales. But it was far from enough to kill him, at least in one stroke.

However, what if she used several strokes?

Both Yanael and the intruder realized it. She had surpassed him. And she wasn’t even alone.

The intruder shot a final glance toward Visla before turning around and shooting into the air, a trail of flames behind him.

Yanael took a step forward, about to pursue him when she stopped. Even if she might be able to catch him, it wasn’t a guarantee. She also didn’t want to leave Zach’s side, not when she didn’t have to. She looked at Mandra.

"I can follow him." Mandra turned to Zach. "If that’s what you want, Master."

Zach nodded.

"I think we have to, right?" He glanced at Visla. Mandra followed his gaze. She looked Visla up and down before nodding.

Visla frowned with concern at those looks.

"What?" She asked worried and curious.

"You were marked," Mandra answered.

Visla’s frown deepened.

"Most likely, that guy doesn’t have just one brother. When you killed one, his death painted a target on you. That guy and their other potential siblings know you did it. They can probably track you and stuff," Zach explained. He had not missed how the intruder had looked at Visla ever since he first arrived.

There was no sign that Visla had been the one to kill the first snake-like person, and if he had been perceptive enough to see she did it when she did it, which was way before any of them sensed him, he wouldn’t have been that slow to react to their attacks.

He knew it was Visla. With their strange appearances and close bond, it wasn’t strange for them to know who killed one of them. There were probably spells that did something similar.

In any case, the intruder who had just fought Yanael and the others would sooner or later return to take his revenge. Naturally, it would be best if they dealt with him before he could do that.

Perfectly suited for that was Mandra’s spell, which she had devised to track the now-dead arsonist. It would work just as well on his brother. There was no time to waste, given how fast he had fled.

But Zach was tired from blocking that torrent of fire that would have hit Yanael when she reached enlightenment with her sword. Alzara and Mandra also appreciated the opportunity to rest if they were going to have to fight again.

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Besides, it looked like someone had something to say.

Most of the Nilma tribe had fled and managed to mostly avoid the intruder’s attacks and the aftermath of the battle. Their camp and all their items were ruined, but those were just material things. They were unimportant compared to their lives.

The tribe’s shaman, an old and short woman who looked like she had seen at least five generations, had fled with the rest only to come back now before them to see the tribe chief who had completed his transformation. Her eyes almost glowed as she looked at the chief who had transformed back to his human form now that the battle had ended.

Inhabiting the leopard spirit in his body gave him tremendous strength and speed, but it was incredibly exhausting. He had to rely on the shaman to hold him up. But that wasn’t necessary so the shaman dropped him on his ass and gestured for Zach and the others to listen.

"Chief and Visla of the Maura tribe, do you remember the fairytales your elders told you when you were young?"

"...Some of them."

"Shaman, is this important?"

"Shush. It is important. None of you know who those two were, right? I think I do."

"..."

"Fine. If you aren’t going to ask, I’ll have to tell you myself. I believe they are the Hydra’s children."

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"The Hydra’s children?"

"That’s what I said. Are you going deaf?"