It wasn't just the green-haired girl and the injured siblings. It was a lot of people. And some green figure Lily didn't understand, they were armored? But they weren't shaped like a person, nor like a monster created by the blight. She didn't get it at all, but right now she couldn't pay attention to that when so many things were happening.

The girl her age was at least no longer suffering from the poison, so she was happy she'd been able to help.

The Umbral Knight nodded at the boy's words.

"Raven Heralds..." they commented, "A grim name."

Lily found her eyes drifting towards the knight, who nodded. They knew what she wanted.

"She removed the poison from your sister's wounds," they explained, before shifting gears, "My oath is with her, and so I shall fight for you. Until you can receive further medical attention, move as far back into the chapel as you can."

Lily gripped at the hem of her skirt.

She could hear them outside. She could hear the door ripping off its hinges. It was frightening.

But she'd faced awful things. And she didn't want the little girl or her brother to get hurt any more then they already were.

So, she had to do something. Even if it most certainly meant she had to fight.

Her blue eyes turned to the Umbral Knight again, who nodded.

"Our enemies are certain not to be monsters created by the Blight," they said, "You should turn away."

Lily hesitated for a few moments, before slowly shaking her head.

Their enemies---

She didn't really know what this meant. But if she looked away, then she couldn't direct her spirits, her friends. She couldn't keep track of what was happening.

If she really wanted to help, she couldn't do it.

She couldn't look away.

"Very well," The Umbral Knight turned, tattered cape flowing behind them, "Not a single Raven Herald shall enter this place."

As Lily advanced closer to the doorway, she was able to allow the Umbral Knight to do so as well.

And as soon as they reached it---

The Knight sprang forth, reaching the fallen door where it had pinned a soldier to the ground, several others scattered about it, landing on it and slamming it down firmly on the enemy beneath. They were in dark armor, a dull purple, largely composed of leather and bearing wicked masks upon their faces.

The Knight perhaps considered that was a blessing, as the monstrous visage would distract Lily from the true nature of their enemy.

Their blade swung in an arc, an arm and a head severed in the very first moment before the Raven Heralds could even react.

Lily's hands clenched. Her heartbeat quickend. She'd seen blood before, but these enemies were different then those suffering from the Blight.

The body had yet to fall before the Umbral Knight twisted their frame, a diagnal slash hewing its way through the throat and chest of a second Raven Herald.

But their blade was stopped, at least for a moment, when it struck the shield of a third. Wood and steel...

It wouldn't be enough for her.

Lily was frightened. But she knew that the Umbral Knight's sword wasn't able to cut through something like that so easily.

Before the enemy could retaliate, the knight simply vanished, the red light of their spirit form returning to her side.

And in the very same instant, a great hammer raised.

Its wielder, in spite of her gray skin and crimson eyes, was still quite beautiful, wearing a nun's habit with a pair of feathered wings extending from her back.

Guardian Silva wordlessly brought the hammer crashing down, shattering the shieldbearer's arms, cracking the wooden shield in half, and crushing his chest cavity in a single blow.

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