The moment Sky made contact with Dragonslayer, however, the sword suddenly emanated a powerful aura that made him stagger backward. Even though he had reached the peak of the Sixth Stair and was close to ascending the Seventh Stair, he could not suppress the sword.

Dragonslayer simply returned to James’ hand. James caressed the sword as he murmured gently, “What a fine sword…”

Below, a grin crept up on Thomas’ face when he saw this, and he said, “Looks like the time has come for us to slay a