The invisible prison around Parker instantly collapsed, leaving no trace at all.
But he didn't regain his mobility; instead, he collapsed to the ground, shivering uncontrollably, as if still frozen solid.
This was not only an aftereffect of the ghostly touch but also the result of Klein directly piercing his body and harming his soul.
Parker, only Sequence 8, naturally couldn't recover in a short time; he couldn't even control his breathing and inhaled a large amount of the same biological toxin already present in his body.
Weak and accelerating the poison, his eyes went glassy, and he instinctively turned his head.
He saw Capin, also rolling on the ground, constantly scratching his face and body, saw shreds of flesh hanging beside bloody scratches, and saw the white color of bone.
Parker gasped and struggled to crawl over.
Capin, who was so itchy he wanted to tear off his outer skin, suddenly noticed Parker crawling toward him with bloodshot eyes and immediately had a bad feeling, but unable to stop scratching, he had no strength to dodge and couldn't even yell "No," only scream in agony.
At that moment, Klein, who had avoided the "imprisonment," muttered "Holy" in ancient Hermes, then snapped his fingers, and amid the dark golden flash of the sun bird brooch, an air bullet shot out.
As soon as it formed, the air bullet gained a sacred radiance and flew straight at Heras's face.
This was the "Sacred Oath" provided by the "Sun Brooch," and Klein added holy damage!
Heras had already changed position, acting with exceptional agility, not like a mage but rather a combat expert.
While dodging Klein's air bullets, he gestured for Katie to swing her whip and entangle him.
Once Klein's attack was interrupted and no longer continuous, Heras took out an iron-black metal glove from a hidden pocket and tried to put it on his left hand.
Klein, in spirit form, even while sideways to Heras, didn't need peripheral vision to see this; he immediately flew up, avoiding Katie's whip strike, passed over the chandelier, and lunged at Heras.
Seeing this, Heras, holding the iron-black metal glove, pointed it diagonally upward and said:
"Exile!"
Klein was hit by a vast, invisible force, and his entire spirit was blown away, crashing into the wall and then into the invisible barrier from "Confinement," but didn't break through.
Seizing this opportunity, Heras put on the iron-black metal glove.
In an instant, he seemed taller and more majestic, like a great figure capable of dominating others' lives.
Just as Klein freed himself from "Exile," he felt an immense, unexplained fear, irresistibly wanting to bow, to grovel, to hang on every word and obey every command!
His movements became sluggish, and in his pupils was the rapidly approaching lady Katie.
Slap!
Katie swung her black whip and accurately hit Klein.
The whip passed through the spirit but brought considerable pain to Klein's mind, like pressing a red-hot iron against the most vulnerable part.
He threw back his head and screamed.
Meanwhile, Katie's other hand pulled the trigger of the revolver.
Bang! Bang!
Two bullets tinged with faint golden light shot out and struck Klein.
Bright light rose, and the figure in black armor quickly thinned, turning into a paper man, which rapidly burned to ashes.
Klein appeared in a dark corner, and the "Sun Brooch" within his spirit emitted a dark golden glow.
Warm power instantly filled his body, and the extreme fear from Heras quickly disappeared.
One of the spell-like effects of the "Sun Brooch": "Fear Immunity!"
In the few dozen seconds of battle, Klein was forced to use two paper substitutes.
Though this was partly intentional, it demonstrated the combined strength of Heras and Katie, confirming Klein's earlier divination:
This operation is extremely dangerous!
If Parker hadn't been temporarily disabled by the biotoxin bottle's effects and Klein's initial assault, the situation would have been even more perilous.
His plan was that if all four prepared paper substitutes were used up without an opening, he would rationally give up—not because Klein didn't want to prepare more, but because his spirituality in combat could only sustain four.
As for the "Confinement" effect Heras had created, Klein wasn't worried at all. He was currently a summoned spirit; as soon as he ended the summoning, he could immediately return to the Grey Fog. Without interference from a divine-level power or some special Grade 0 or Grade 1 sealed artifact, this process couldn't be interrupted.
Earlier, when Klein stole the "Black Emperor" card from the kingdom's museum, the woman who was suspected to be a high-sequenced powerhouse couldn't stop him from leaving.
This was precisely the main reason and greatest assurance that Klein dared to help despite the high danger and dared to challenge the impossible!
Seeing that the enemy no longer feared him, Heras, now wearing the iron-black metal glove, again signaled Katie to block Klein, while he pointed forward and solemnly declared:
"This place forbids ghosts and vengeful spirits!"
Klein's body, clad in black armor, trembled as an invisible force strongly repelled him.
However, the "Black Emperor" card's rank was extremely high, elevating the spirit's level, so this direct existential influence was quickly suppressed.
Heras squinted, sensing that the attacking spirit was very unusual.
He saw Klein easily escape Katie by flying, so he pushed his palm forward again and declared in ancient Hermes:
"This place forbids flight and floating."
Suddenly, Klein felt heavy and fell from midair to the ground. Katie stomped over, shook her wrist, and with a crack, lashed out with the whip that tortures spirit and soul.
She still had many extraordinary bullets, but those specifically for ghosts numbered less than three, so she temporarily gave up using the revolver and relied on her sidearm.
Klein skillfully curled up and rolled on the ground, nimbly dodging Katie's strike, hearing the whip crack against the floor.
Katie was about to sweep the whip horizontally when her throat itched, and she coughed twice, missing the chance for a continuous attack.
This was a sign of the poison she had inhaled!
Heras took a breath, held it again, twisted his wrist, pointed at himself, and said:
"Discipline target: vengeful spirits and ghosts!"
His body surface suddenly glowed with dawn-like light, even his fists shimmering with a pure radiance.
Thud! The marble under Heras's feet silently cracked, and his tall, thin body pounced swiftly and fiercely, instantly closing in on Klein.
At this moment, he was more like a knight than Katie!