The lightning transformed into a beam of light, shattering the corroded armor on Helkin's back directly!
The splintering lightning, still merely a beam when it left the body, then spread and diffused outward. It was as if it had become a pair of gigantic, branching wings of lightning—Helkin's wings burst open behind him in an instant!
From the first charge by Aleister to now, it was less than three seconds.
The tips of both their spears were lodged inside each other's bodies, holding still in that position rigidly.
The torrential rain washed over them, yet amidst the clamor, there came a trace of silence.
A brief yet seemingly extended silence later, a clap of thunder came from the horizon.
The dull yellow hue on Helkin's armor flowed backward and faded away, and the storm raging within Aleister also subsided with it.
He once again became the knight in silver armor and voluntarily relinquished the Beheading Long Spear in his grasp.
"...I am defeated."
