Nova was slammed against a few rocks, and blood gushed out from her gruesome wounds. Nobody knew whether Helen was still alive after tumbling off the cliff, while Remy's ribs were broken and he sported a crushed leg. Strider and Nicholas struggled to stand, their battered bodies barely holding up. Lacey and Sylvia gripped each other’s hands as they retreated.

"Is that all you can do?" Shadowblade mocked as he released his foot from Remy's thigh.

Strider and Nicholas wanted to continue fighting, but they were nearing their limits and could barely stand.

A crisis was underway, and everyone in Navia's cities was dazed as they watched everything through their screens. The mightiest people in the whole world seemed to have fallen before Shadowblade's powers. As Shadowblade raised his sword again, it felt like he could annihilate the whole world with just one more strike.

"Is it really over for us?"

The people were despaired, believing the end was upon them. They saw how Nova continued