—Frey Starlight's POV—
"Fall back, all of you. I'll handle him."
Advancing step by step, I said it curtly and pushed everyone away.
I hadn't expected to see so many familiar faces here .. nor to find them taking on the Pontiff alone despite the gulf in tiers. That was reckless enough to get them killed…
At least I'd arrived in time to keep that from happening.
Most of them looked stunned to see me; no doubt everyone here still thought I was fighting on the Holy Island, unaware of what happened there. I'd explain later. For now…
that broken knight took priority.
"Face to face at last… Pontiff Sulyvahn." I spoke clearly, and got nothing back but a scream.
"Raaaaghhh!"
He howled and charged me in rage.
"I see you can't understand a word I'm saying."
BOOOOM!
The Pontiff was blindingly fast; he reached me in a blink.
He tried to split me with a single swing, but I caught it on my blades, steel shrieking as metal ground against metal.
