Chapter 91, Kill the mortal god.

"ZARA!"

Leaf's voice pierced the dim corridor, echoing off the ancient stone walls as she deflected the second flying sword with a desperate sweep of her arm. Her heart pounded in her chest as she caught Zara's limp body.

The sheer momentum of the impact was more than Leaf could bear, and the force sent them both hurtling backward. They tumbled through the air, the world spinning around them in a blur of darkness and pain, until they barely managed to stop just inches before colliding with the jagged shaft of the ruined wall.

Zara's body was a grotesque spectacle of wounds and blood, her flesh torn and mangled by the brutal assault. The body of a human Blessed was a fortress compared to the fragile forms of Emerald Glaze's denizens.

Their flesh, hardened by divine blessings and protected by divine authorities, rendered demihumans like Zara mere playthings in battle. In the harsh reality of this world, a confrontation with a human was less a fight and more a hopeless struggle for sur