A few minutes ago.
As Marie starts her offensive against her opponent, Lena does the same; she doesn't want to lose to her sister, and her team is there to support her.
Anne and Elsie are great partners for Marie due to their strong friends.h.i.+p, but in terms of overall power, Lena has a huge advantage by having Olivia and Scarlett at her side.
After absorbing the dark mana from the magic sh.e.l.l at the bottom of the ocean with Lucien and awakening her soul weapon, Olivia went from one of his weakest wives to one of the most powerful few.
Not even she understands her new potential, and now is an excellent opportunity to test her powers.
While Lena has also had an incredible breakdown recently, Scarlett may seem like the weak link in the group, but she has been working so hard since Lucien forgave her of her crimes against Ca.s.sidy and accepted her with an open heart.
Such hard work has brought results, and her overall power, especially due to Lucien's demonic energy, is impressive. Also, while strength or magic may not be her best traits, Scarlett makes up for it with impeccable combat skills with any weapon.
With such a powerful team, Lena is confident of defeating her opponent faster than her sister, so without thinking too much, she charges toward the enemy.
"I'll finish him off with my magic!" Lena makes her ice dragon attack the Naga Elder.
dragon's head with a great dark axe.
*BAM* *CRAs.h.!.+* *SMAs.h.!.+*
But the enemy is not a simple opponent, and he breaks the ice dragon's head with a great dark axe.
Unlike Marie, who observes her opponent carefully and plans several steps ahead of him, Lena just remakes the ice dragon and attacks again, trusting that raw power will be enough.
*CRAs.h.!.+* *SMAs.h.!.+*
*CRAs.h.!.+* *SMAs.h.!.+*
But the Naga Elder keeps breaking Lena's ice dragon easily.
"s.h.i.+t!!!" She can't help but curse.
"This isn't working…" Scarlett comments in a friendly tone. "Let's work together, okay?"
There's no reason to have a team if it's not to work as a team, so Lena quickly agrees. "I thought I could do this alone, but I need you, my sisters!"
"Of course, little ice princess." Olivia laughs before flying towards the Naga Elder. Her new power level gave her even more confidence.
"Tsk!" Scarlett rolls her eyes before flying after Olivia. They've always had a similar kind of rivalry to the blue-haired sisters, but now Olivia is clearly in the lead.
Olivia always felt at a disadvantage against Scarlett because although their power level was similar, the hybrid of fox and werewolf-girl had such an exotic and perfect body to please Lucien.
So now that Olivia is more powerful than Scarlett, she wants to use her advantage to have some fun.
"It's okay if you can't keep my pace; this is a very dangerous opponent, after all..." She speaks in a provoking tone.
"Enjoy while you can, Olivia, but remember, you already have your soul weapon, so hubby isn't going to keep you on the priority list, you know..." Scarlett smiles, also provocatively.
Olivia considers answering, but Lena does it first.
"Hey! This is no time for such discussions!!" She yells as she creates more ice dragons, only for them to be destroyed by the Naga Elder.
Olivia and Scarlett look at each other and reach a consensus, now it's time to fight the Naga Elder, not each other. But as soon as Olivia summons her dark katana, Scarlett is unable to hide the jealousy in her eyes.
"Hubby will help you get one, I'm sure." Olivia smiles amiably at Scarlett before das.h.i.+ng towards the Naga Elder.
"I know." Scarlett smiles before following her sister. She takes her trusty saber, which was improved by Rebecca using excellent resources in Purple World.
The two sword ladies start attacking the Naga Elder while Lena gives support with ice spells. Like Lena, Olivia is a mix of mage and warrior, like a battlemage, so they don't stand out as much as Scarlett with her incredible sword skill.
The fight is intense; while the Naga Elder swings his ax wildly, Olivia and Scarlett attack him whenever his guard is open. However, the group faces the same problem as the other girls, the d.a.m.n dark armor that all Naga Elders have.
"My magic doesn't affect him!!" Lena speaks as she feels her mana pool rapidly diminish and sees not a single scratch on the Naga Elder's armor.
"My blade can't pierce this armor either!" Scarlett responds.
"Neither can mine..." Olivia feels foolish for having an amazing soul weapon, but it still being ineffective against the Naga Elder.
"Isn't it because you use dark mana just like that b.a.s.t.a.r.d's armor, you fool?" Scarlett asks.
"And you want me to do what??" Olivia asks back.
"Why don't you-" Scarlett is about to curse Olivia, but then she thinks of something. "Wait, can't you just absorb his armor as you did with that dark mana on the weird sh.e.l.l?"
"I..." Olivia wonders about that. "I don't know, but I think it's unlikely; that was raw dark energy, and this is an armor on a person's body..."
"Just try!!" With no other options, Scarlett wants to try that plan.
"Alright, you hold him then." Olivia asks.
"Help me with this, Lena!" Scarlett asks as she attacks the Naga Elder again.
Though this time, they don't try to hurt him but contain him. Lena stops attacking from afar and advances along with Scarlett; in sync, they manage to hold both of the Naga Elder's arms, and Lena uses her magic to freeze his body.
Lena's magic can't keep the Naga Elder frozen for more than a second, but thanks to Scarlett's help, he doesn't get rid of the ice so quickly.
And Olivia uses that moment to place both her hands on his armor and try to absorb its dark energy.
Absorbing energy from a living being is something very difficult, but since the armor is an artifact made entirely of dark mana, Olvia manages to control it easily.
In fact, part of what makes it easy for her to control the armor's energy is that Lucien's demonic energy has made her dark mana incredibly pure and powerful, making the dark mana from the armor want to flow into Olivia's body and serve her.
"It's working!!" Olivia exclaims in happiness as she sees the Naga Elder's armor disappear and its dark mana become part of her own power. "It's f.u.c.king working!!"
"Of course that it's working, dumba.s.s!" Scarlett smiles too. "My plans are always the best."
Lena thinks about saying something about Scarlett and Olivia's rivalry, but when she looks to the side, looking for Marie to see her sister in trouble, what she really sees is the trio celebrating as their opponent's armor is also destroyed.
"Come on! Can't I have a win once???"