Chapter 64: Exposure
Under the attack of the monster's giant axe, the knight blocked left and right, and was extremely embarrassed.
"Gotta find a way to help him!" Todd knew that if this continued, Alfonso alone would not be able to compete with this "Frankenstein".
Just as he was looking around for something to use, Leslie's actions refreshed his perception of boys.
First the flame of his hands was extinguished, then the thick cloth jacket was faded to the ground, and the lining shirt was also taken off. Leslie, whose back was engraved with the lion's roar in red ink, half-crouched down and hugged his arms into his arms, his face flushed, and with a loud roar, a large amount of white steam emerged from the pores of his upper body and permeated the corner of the room.
Leslie stood up straight in the "white mist", raised his right hand in front of him, pinched his thumb and index finger together, snapped his fingers lightly, a trace of sparks flashed, and the mist was like a purgatory fire rising from the ground, all of which were ignited in an instant, and with a bang, it burned and wrapped his upper body.
Twisting his neck from side to side, and with the rattling of bones, the "Flame Boy" exhaled into the air in comfort, and the one-man tall flames burst into the ceiling, burning the stone red and steaming.
The eyes in the flames jumped wild and happy, and his eyes were firmly locked on the big ugly guy not far away, and a smile curled into the corner of Leslie's mouth: "Come and dance with the flames......"
He scooped up the brass cylinder hidden in his thick cloth coat from the ground, stuck it at his waist, and ran on his legs.
"Boss!"
Alfonso, who was in a bitter battle, heard the shouts behind him, knelt on one knee, and sank his body slightly. Leslie leaped into the air towards the knight's body, one foot on the other's back.
Alfonso, who was the pedal, jerked his body up and used his reaction force to send the "Flame Boy" into the air.
In the air, the body twisted into a beautiful front flip, and as it passed over the monster's head, Leslie spewed a "fire dragon" out of his mouth with his head down and feet up, smashing down on the top of the enemy's head and connecting tube without any protection.
With the explosion and firelight, the monster's charred skull, the blood vessels and nerves next to the white bone spine burned violently. Shaking his body in pain, he temporarily halted his movements.
Alfonso gripped the hilt of his greatsword with both hands, and took advantage of the gap to stab the other man in the chest, the blade piercing through the skin and directly from the other side.
Falling behind the enemy, seeing that the opponent's back was stabbed by the blade of a three-centimeter wound, Leslie took out two small incendiary balls from the brass pipe and stuffed them into the wound.
Two dull explosions came from the monster's body, and the light flashed, instantly illuminating the outline of the internal organs under his skin.
The battered monster took a few steps back, and finally sat down on the ground with a bang.
Nailed it?
Todd, who was paddling from beginning to end to watch the play, saw this scene and just wanted to cheer, when he suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the monster's body.
It's like the vibrating sound of a rattlesnake swinging its tail.
A moment later, the roar of a human could be heard in the distance.
Leslie was the first to react to what was happening, and he shouted at the knight, "Boss, this bastard has started summoning 'puppets', and he has to think of destroying his 'hive'!"
Picking up the pace at his feet, Alfonso swung his greatsword and rejoined the enemy. The seriously injured monster was defeated by the knight and was completely at a disadvantage, with a few more holes and wounds on his body.
But the rattlesnake tail wag continues!
Soon, the first "puppet" figure appeared at the door of the room. Then, more and more infected people crowded into small rooms.
Todd glanced at their figures, and it was clear that they were the group of "puppets" at the door, who had been given up control. They must have climbed up the city wall secretly by riding Wilder against the barbarians.
Seeing that there were more and more enemies in front of him, the priest knew that now was the time to burn his eyebrows, and there was nothing else he could care about.
While leading Karin to dodge the puppets, he shouted at Leslie and Alfonso, "Who of you knows what the 'Hive' body looks like?!"
Although surprised that Todd would ask such a question, the Flame Boy immediately answered the question: "It's like an upside-down bowl with a lot of tentacles growing underneath!"
Getting closer to the monster, Todd used his "clairvoyance" ability to look at the opponent's whole body, and after some inspection, he finally found a similar parasite. Pointing to the monster's torso, he said, "On the back!, near the right of the middle of the spine!"
Hearing this, Alfonso and Leslie glanced at the speaker, and then focused their attacks on their backs.
Due to the ability of the monster "Jelly", the "Flame Boy", who lacks effective physical attacks, has to take the risk of taking on the role of attracting firepower.
After some twists and turns, just as the knight moved behind the enemy, and the greatsword slashed off the bulge on his back, the monster's giant arm also smashed into Leslie, knocking the boy to the opposite wall, incapacitating. At the same time, the approaching "puppets" in the room stopped and fell to the ground.
Thinking that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, Todd bent down to catch his breath, and suddenly heard Karin's voice in his ears.
"Be careful!"
The huge enemy who was destroyed by the "Hive" fell into a frenzy, and actually left the knight behind him and slashed the axe at Todd, who was closest to him. At this critical moment, Karin pushed away the attacker with all her might, and she was exposed to the broad attack, and stayed in place at a loss.
However, the attack was aborted.
The monster stopped in front of the girl, and the axe hung in the air, never falling. The humanoid creature seemed to remember something, and its whole body trembled slightly.
A frightened Todd turned to look at Karin, who had caught his attention with a gleaming charm that had fallen from her chest, a piece of translucent glass suspended from string and hand-polished into discs.
In a flash of lightning, he suddenly remembered what it was......
That was when they first met, and the first failure of the two to make optical glass. I always thought that I would throw it away a long time ago, but I didn't expect this stupid girl to keep it by her side like a treasure.
All thoughts were only for a moment, looking at the axe blade less than thirty centimeters above Karin's head, Todd's mind went blank, and his hands used the ability of "weakness", rushing between Karin and the monster, and his hands held the thick arm holding the giant axe. The black gas emanated from the palm of his hand and burrowed into the enemy's body, causing the opponent's arm to weaken and the axe to fall to the ground not far away.
Then, Todd stopped the "debilitating" ability, picked up Karin, used the "speed" ability, and ran to a relatively safe place.
To his surprise, Alfonso and Leslie didn't help from beginning to end, but looked at him with hellish eyes.
The monster picked up the axe again, turned its body in Karin's direction, and after a moment's pause, its footsteps began to retreat, as if it had lost its will to fight and wanted to flee from the place.
The knight, who came to his senses, withdrew his gaze from Todd, moved his steps, raised his broadsword, and blocked all the routes of the enemy's retreat.
The massive humanoid picked up the blood from the wound in its hand and spilled it towards the fourth winch. The blood that should have landed firmly wrapped the iron chain on the winch.
After a while, the blood spontaneously combusted, and the flame that rose was not an ordinary red and yellow, but faintly purple and black. The chains were burned red and gradually deformed.
Alfonso was stunned, he was faced with a choice.
Todd and Karin simply don't have the ability to fight monsters, and Leslie is too far away. Either you can extinguish the flames of the winch and let go of the monster carrying the Sutherland Relic in front of you, or you can continue to entangle the enemy, but the chains may be burned and broken, the drawbridge will be lowered, and the northern barbarians will invade the castle.
After a few seconds of thought, the knight chose the former option.
Just as he turned around and ran towards the winch, the sudden attack of the giant axe behind him made him unable to dodge, and he was directly broken through the armor and slashed into the flesh of his back.
With a successful blow, the monster did not choose to pursue, but left the battlefield after 'looking' at Karin again.
"Boss!" Leslie, who was bleeding from the corner of her mouth, dispersed the flames from her body, and saw that the knight was seriously injured, and crawled on the ground towards Alfonso.
The latter supported his body with a large sword, and walked to the position of the winch step by step, and pressed the black and purple flames with his palm, and the blazing flames were sucked into his body, and the iron chain slowly cooled and returned to its original color.
Todd put down the girl in his arms and quickly ran to the knight's side, rummaging through the medicine bottle in his arms.
What he never expected was that Alfonso used his last strength to turn the greatsword upside down, the blade pointed at his throat, and said weakly: "Father Todd, please forgive me, Sutherland's successor must die......"
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Looking at the fierce battle between the defenders and the barbarians in front of the suspension bridge of the watchfort in the distance, Erlang's legs were crossed, and he sat on the stone and took a sip of warm ale.
Looking at the worried face of Master Myris beside him, he said lightly: "If I remember correctly, it should have been the third chain just now, right? It's not far from success......
The old man tucked his hand into his sleeve, and his rickety body remained motionless.
The young man paused, and then said, "When Mr. Byrne was hunted down by the Inquisitor on the way to transport the Sutherland Relic, no one thought that in order to prevent the holy relic from falling into the hands of the Church, he would choose to swallow the brass pipe and use his body to hide the relic. ”
"The Inquisitor's blade pierced the brass tube in his stomach cavity, and the relics also entered his body, including his head, before he died. He was the first to "survive" after touching the relics...... No...... Close to the surviving people. This provides a new direction for our Relief Society in how to use relics. ”
Hearing this, Master Myris's body trembled slightly.
In the distance, a huge figure jumped off the castle wall, but the fourth sound of the chain breaking was not heard, and the drawbridge was still not lowered.
Throat bone frowned and took another sip of ale wine, and sighed: "The wine is cold......"