However, the Sword Saintess was, after all, a silver-ranked adventurer, and with her excellent Talents and the Sword of Balance in her hand, even the slightest change would lead to a huge difference in the outcome for someone of her caliber.
Snowfield Castle.
This place had long been overrun by hordes of Goblins.
The swarming Goblin imps drooled, their faces ferocious.
"Ugh!"
Such a grand and imposing scene couldn't help but cause a trace of panic in the Sword Saintess's heart.
She glanced at Furina and the others not far from her, surprised to find that all the Goblin imps seemed not to see them.
All the Goblin imps' gazes were entirely focused on her.
"Perhaps this is the difference between us ordinary mortals and Gods?"
The Sword Saintess couldn't help but exclaim.
Little did she know, in order to enhance the dramatic effect, Furina had already used her authority to cover Clorinde and the others.
Under the mysterious authority, without conversing with people around, one would be like transparency, unable to be discovered. After conversing with people, if one did not actively expose their identity, in the eyes of others, they would merely be a passerby with an extremely low sense of presence and not easily remembered.
Paimon: "Eh!? Su Bai actually has such a strange power of authority?"
Venti: "Hiss…"
Venti: "This is definitely the most magical authority. As long as one doesn't actively expose themselves, they will never be noticed, and may even be forgotten afterwards. How wonderful, it's truly excellent."
Diluc: "..."
Paimon: "Well, if a bard could use this authority, I'd really be worried about Master Diluc's winery."
Diluc: "I'm afraid the me in the Parallel Teyvat World would be stolen into bankruptcy."
Venti: "Don't say that, it's not that bad, really not that bad."
"Hehehehe..."
The Goblin army, having discovered the Sword Saintess, seemed to have smelled a delicious feast.
The drool at the corners of their mouths increased.
They bared their fangs and began to surge towards the Sword Saintess.
However, facing the hordes of Goblins slowly approaching her, the Sword Saintess quickly calmed the panic in her heart.
She acknowledged Furina's god-like power.
But at the same time, she did not agree with the so-called Supreme God in his mouth being a God who expected Goblins to evolve and disregarded human lives.
And in the Sword Saintess's heart, the most important thing in her life was not dealing with these Goblin imps.
Her duty was to kill the Demon God King, who was about to revive, and save this world.
In her eyes, the reason Goblins made her hate them was that these guys were the impious prayer-givers who attempted to summon the chaotic Demon God King to the world.
They were the servants of evil Gods.
"The Lord of Swords who presides over judgment..."
"Oh, person of the Scales, may you manifest all your divine power."
Facing the Goblin imps, the Sword Saintess began to chant mercilessly.
In an instant, a dark cloud suddenly gathered above the heads of the Goblin imps.
"Jie?"
The Goblins froze.
Just as they were about to look up at the sky...
Boom!
A clap of thunder suddenly exploded.
Immediately after, several bolts of lightning descended from the sky into the Goblin horde.
Rumble...
Where the lightning struck, the Goblins hit were instantly charred black on the outside and tender on the inside.
Along with the thunderous explosion, a thick smoke enveloped the entire battlefield.
"Hoo..."
The Sword Saintess let out a long breath.
Her heart instantly felt much lighter.
"Creatures like Goblin imps are not as terrifying as imagined."
The Sword Saintess didn't understand how Furina made her see herself being captured by Goblins, but for her, Goblins were like chickens and dogs before her, unable to withstand a single blow.
"Is that so..." Furina chuckled softly: "Just as I said, you indeed have a great contempt for Goblins."
"You don't really think your attack just now wiped them all out, do you?"
What!?
The Sword Saintess's beautiful eyes trembled slightly.
That strike was the most powerful large-scale magic she could chant.
Even demons could not survive such a thunderous attack, let alone mere Goblins.
The Sword Saintess was certain that her strike just now had definitely wiped out all the Goblins.
"Even after I warned you, you still acted carelessly and underestimated the enemy, Sword Saintess..."
"It seems your corruption is even more severe than that of ordinary people."
As soon as Furina finished speaking...
A sudden change occurred within the thick smoke.
As several characteristic Goblin cackles sounded...
Two Goblins quickly rushed out of the thick smoke, their target directly at the still-unresponsive Sword Saintess.
"This..."
However, facing the rapidly approaching Goblins, the Sword Saintess actually froze on the spot.
Chanting...
At this moment, chanting was needed...
Her mind kept thinking about countermeasures.
The Sword Saintess's hand gripping the Sword of Balance trembled uncontrollably.
When facing the sudden attack of the Goblins, panic suddenly rose in her heart.
Her body trembled with fear, unable to make a normal response.
Bang!
Fortunately, at the critical moment, a gunshot rang out.
Two bullets, accompanied by purple lightning, instantly pierced through the Goblins' heads, and the explosion of the lightning even turned the Goblins into dust.
"How clumsy."
Clorinde said coldly: "Facing such a close-range surprise attack, your chanting time simply cannot react in time."
"As expected." Navia shook his head and sighed: "When facing Goblins, the Sword Saintess not only had the idea of underestimating the enemy, but also, when faced with an unexpected situation, her fear caused her to be unable to make normal judgments."
"If Clorinde hadn't acted in time, you can imagine your fate."
Ugh!
The Sword Saintess's face sank.
Her mind once again conjured the future Furina had shown her about herself.
The future after being captured by Goblins.
In an instant, the Sword Saintess felt her brain sink, her legs went soft, and she collapsed to the ground.
"I..."
"Am I really a breeding ground chosen by the Supreme God to cultivate higher-tier Goblins?"
"I..."
At this moment, the Sword Saintess's world seemed to have completely collapsed.
She still remembered her excitement when she was first given a divine oracle to become a candidate for the Supreme God's temple archbishop.
She was chosen by the Supreme God as his spokesperson to defeat the Demon God King and save the world.
This honor made her feel incredibly glorious.
For the future stability of humanity, she was willing to sacrifice everything she had.