Born From a Forbidden Union, Humanity hates me.

Titania, now her entire self again, looked at the sword in her hand with a warm gaze.

The vibrating sword, Avalon, was the keepsake from her mother she had forgotten about after dying once.

Now that her memories had returned, everything concerning this sword and the arts taught by the Valkyrie Artheia was freshly imprinted in her mind.

She was a fighter. Like Elliott, she fought to the bitter end alongside the Valkyrie but perished as a result.

Yet, as her memories were sealed away previously, the proficiency and arts she had learned from her mother felt comfortable. It was as if she hadn't lost a fraction of her power since then.

As her fingers wrapped around the hilt tightly, the vibration stopped. The sun's rays bounced off its metallic blade, illuminating Titania as if she were an overworldly being.

Behind her, twelve thin blades of light revolved freely. They radiated with the intent to protect, as they existed for this purpose and none other.

The arts of the Valkyrie Artheia existed to protect. As dangerous as her sword was, she never used it for anything other than that.

And now, it was Titania's turn to take her mantle.

As the corrupt walked eerily toward her, she pulled the sword upward, focusing the rays of the sun on the blade.

"My Knights, advance."

The swords on her back began to revolve faster before, one after the other, floating in front of her.

Aligned perfectly, they glowed brightly before morphing into Knights of Light with the glowing sword in hand.

Twelve armed knights stood in front of her, patiently awaiting their orders.

"Erase the threat."

Pointing the sword forward, Titania ordered the knight to advance.

Needing no more orders, they walked menacingly toward the corrupt, the clattering of their plates of metal armor echoing into the destroyed city.

Under their helmet, a trail of light bobbed left and right as they approached the humanoid.

And then, as the two forces approached each other, the battle began.

From the hole inside its body, tendrils emerged. The speed at which it came out surprised Titania, but not the Knights of Light.

Gripping their weapons, they split into three groups of four and dodged the tendrils crashing down on them.

Focusing on supplying them with her energy, Titania watched each knight carefully.

This was also a way to get familiar with the sword's ability, which she had only learned and seen from her mother.

She wasn't sure if she would be able to replicate them from her memory alone, but it appeared to be an idle thought.

One of the group of knights sliced the tendrils as they touched the ground. Retracting back inside the walking corpse, an opportunity to strike appeared.

The two other groups cornered the enemy on both sides before going on the attack.

But the worms were quick to react.

From the hole where the head was originally, small worms akin to threads sprouted out, growing massively large instantly.

Their giant, gaping mouth showed four rows full of teeth. One after the other, they bit on the knights, removing chunks of their shining bodies.

Fighting back the worms, the knights were forced to retreat, unable to cause any damage to the main body.

Seeing the deplorable state of her knights, Titania frowned. Transmitting her energy, she healed their damaged bodies.

Having returned to their previous state, they split.

At this point, they divided their groups into six teams of two. Three of those six dedicated their attention to countering those worms, while the others attacked the main body.

And, it worked.

As the worms tried to protect themselves, they were unable to stop the teamwork of the knights. Slowly, the sword of light in their hands began to slice the worms.

Increasingly disgusting noises of wriggling and thrashing caused Titania to feel sick, but she contained it. Losing focus on the battle was similar to asking to be killed.

The knights in front suffered wounds, while the ones on the back hacked the biting worms away. Making their way toward the source of this horror, the worms began to show erratic behaviors.

Yet, something troublesome caught the progenitor of the Fairy's attention.

'The worms are healing... and quickly at that.'

A severe frown broke her neutral expression, watching the sliced parts of the worms create new ones.

"!"

Her expression turned to shock when she noticed an even worse detail.

"Behind you!"

Yelling those words at her soldiers, Titania managed to warn them in time.

The severed heads of the worms were still alive, and they rapidly turned to attack the knights.

Now, the front focused on defending the back row, while the back defended against the revived forces sliced down by the front row.

'It's a never-ending cycle at this point. Do I have to join them?'

Looking at the struggle, she hesitated.

For a few minutes, she observed the fight.

The knights were losing, as more worms emerged from the cut pieces, rapidly overwhelming them.

Titania's regenerative energy wasn't enough to keep up with the damage done to them.

"Return, my Knights."

This single order was enough. The knights turned into blades of light, which returned to Titania.

Now, an army of agitated worms turned toward her, ready to bite her flesh chunk by chunk.

"..."

Focusing on the task at hand, she glared forward.

The path was clear; it was revealed to her in a brief moment.

Clenching Avalon, her feet touched the ground. She leaned forward, recalling the art of the sword she had mastered.

With a single pulse of her wings, she vanished.

*Slice*

Reappearing in front of the first wave of worms coming her way, she slices four of them horizontally.

The second wave was shortly upon her. With writhing movements, they jumped on Titania.

But she jumped higher than them, slicing downward at the same time. Worm heads rolled on the ground as their bodies limply wriggled on the ground, spewing a disgusting black fluid of putrefaction.

She flew over the third wave and fell in front of the fourth. With a swift movement, she turned around, stepped on one of the worms, and sank Avalon deep into its back.

"Explode!"

Light engulfed the struck-down worm before its body exploded, spraying its interior forward.

As a result of this attack, light particles floated in the air. The other worms of the third wave and the ones of the fourth wave encircled her.

But, Titania jumped again, looking down on the area the worms were in.

"Dawn Bringer!"

The particles of light turned into sharp swords before falling down on them, resulting in more exploding worms that soiled the ground with decomposing fluids.

She turned to the last wave, where the source of it all was. Titania angled her body and, with a single push of her wings, dropped in the middle of the fifth wave.

Her body crashed into the ground, sending bits and pieces of worms flying everywhere.

*Ching*

With a crystal-clear, satisfying sound, the sword sliced the cloud of dust and every worm around Titania, leaving a light trail behind it.

Then, she took a step forward and aimed the tip of Avalon toward the corrupt corpse.

With the blade's flat side toward the sky, she pierced the corrupt's neck, lifting it off the ground.

In the blink of an eye, she pulled the blade out while it was still in the air.

"Let's end this."

With this single sentence, her body glowed brightly. The sword behind her back began to revolve at an increasingly fast pace, creating a sharp sound as each blade of light ripped the air itself.

Avalon, brilliantly reflecting the light of the sun, mirrored the corrupt.

"There!"

Titania heard Keleanoa scream from a distance.

"Strike the knot inside the gaping hole!"

Inside the chest of the humanoid, a knot of worms' lengthy bodies dangled for a split second. Noticing this peculiar attribute, she focused on it as she acknowledged Keleanos' warning.

Before it could vanish back into its host, Titania stepped forward.

"!"

She slashed the knot in half horizontally along the body of the corrupt. The twelve blades behind her flew straight at it and followed with additional attacks, turning the humanoid into thousands of pieces.

Avalon, still reflecting the possessed corpse on its blade, vibrated slightly.

It appeared satisfied, as the entire sword released particles that entered Titania's chest. Before long, Avalon disappeared alongside the twelve blades of light.

Titania flapped her wings and jumped backward before the fallen corrupt fell toward the ground.

*Splat*

A disgusting mess of rotten flesh, worms, and decaying fluids splattered on one spot.

Neither the worms nor the source of those creatures moved an inch.

As time passed, they turned to ashes and vanished into the air, never to be seen again.

Seeing that the battle had been concluded, the three hiding Remnants came out of their cover and joined with Titania, who slowly returned to the ground.

"That was incredible, Titania!"

"You took my breath away!"

The twins jumped at her and looked all over her body for any signs of injuries while complimenting her.

"Are you hurt?"

Keleanos asked with a worried expression.

"Only scratches. Nothing Karteira cannot heal."

Her right knee and her left arm had a scratch on them, caused by a few worms she was unable to push away, but overall, nothing too severe happened to her.

With a smile, she confirmed to the three that she was fine.

"What in the world happened in here?!"

Henrietta's voice echoed as she looked at her surroundings.

"That is... a long story."

As Titania turned around to look at Henrietta, her eyes fell on a giant man with a massive hammer on his shoulder.

The four Remnants opened their mouths in shock.

"Heto!"