Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume7 Chapter5 (section)

===Part 8===

--As a result, the tragic feast drew to a close in a matter of minutes.

"How unfortunate. As expected of the Four Gods's ace, you're not that easy to take care of."

Sjora Kahn held the two newly acquired magic stones in her hand.

They were Rao and Hakua's. In order to buy time for Shao and the imperial princess to escape, Rao volunteered to sacrifice herself and retired from this stage of the Blade Dance.

"Oh well, even though it was a stupid little drama, it was kind of fun for some entertainment on the side."

Sliding the magic stones into her chest, Sjora licked her lips.

Indeed, to the witch, preying on the Four Gods was simply like a pre-meal snack.

Her true plan was to seize initiative before the leader of Team Inferno -- the crimson-masked elementalist.

To achieve this, Sjora had to steal ''that girl'' whom she wanted.

"The Demon King's successor belongs to our great Hierarch<!--教主--> -- ''And his shadow is already in my possession''."

Sjora snapped her fingers.

Then a pitch black human figure crawled out from her own shadow.

A humanoid puppet without a face -- the demon spirit Baldanders.<ref>'''Baldanders''': Also known as the Soon-Another, a creature of Germanic literary myth that features protean properties.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldanders]</ref>

In the past, it had been one of the spirits serving the Demon King Solomon. Expressly prepared by the Alphas Theocracy's Snake for this Blade Dance festival, the sealed spirit for Sjora Kahn's exclusive use.

Baldanders's attribute was Transformation. It had the ability to capture a target's shadow once. In addition to the elementalist's appearance, even the contracted spirit's abilities could be emulated perfectly.

The reason why the divine beast spirit Vermilion Bird's power could be harnessed, was due to this ability of Baldanders.

"Hmph, I'm coming for you, Darkness Queen."

A faceless shadow trailing behind her, Sjora walked into the depths of the forest--


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