Chapter 24: Overwhelming Force
On the surface of the sea in the city of Haiwu, the world is now in a big crisis centered on it. The Dark Book's defenses are rampage, and it is about to destroy and devour the world. The only thing that can stop it is a group of children in the third grade of elementary school, so is it really okay to leave this kind of big thing to the elementary school? The answer, of course, is "Big husband!"
"So let's meet again and wait until we get rid of that thing down there. β
The rain interrupted the joy of the wind and her four knights, and although it attracted the attention of others, the rain did not care. What matters to him right now is the defense system that will destroy his home and tarnish the name of the Book of Night at any moment, and the rest of the Authority's darkness and the current Lord of the Night Sky are okay.
"Well, it's a hassle. The defenses are about to run out, and they will start in about three minutes. β
The report of Linfus, who was shining in the wind, told everyone that Crono, who had dealt with the main culprit of the incident at the same time as she began to explain, also came to the scene.
"The deacon is here, so are the instructions there?"
"There are two ways to do this. β
Although Crono was a little dissatisfied with Rain's attitude towards him, he began to describe the methods that could be used at this stage due to the fact that he could not waste time due to the current situation.
First of all, the first option was to use the Roland Holy Sword (Dirandal) that Kronor had obtained from Admiral Jill Graeme to permanently freeze the defenses, but the option was quickly rejected by the four Knights of the Storm.
"This level of freezing with the Dark Book's auto-repair and travel features shouldn't be useful. β
As a result of Shamal's words, the first option is no longer available, and the second option is left - using the iridescent cannon to completely wipe out the defenses from the world. Just using the Rainbow Cannon will have a sequelae, that is, it will cause damage to the earth, and Haiwu City will definitely disappear from the map under the aftermath of the Rainbow Cannon.
"No, if you use the rainbow cannon, you won't have a home for the wind. β
"I'm against it too. β
"Well, me too. β
Vita, Naye, and Fett all oppose this approach, but the reason is really a bit disregardful. As Crono and Yuno struggle with how to convince them, Rain comes forward and proposes a third option.
"You're so annoying, why don't you just let us destroy it?"
The words of the rain immediately caused a great repercussion, and the companions shook their heads one by one to indicate that his words were completely impossible.
"Nagase, don't dream. β
Crono calmly rejected his plan, and made Rain feel very upset by his direct statement.
"In the face of the darkness of the Book of Darkness, even if you are strong enough to defeat Vita, you can't do it. β
Signo wanted to bring out the difference in strength to warn the rain, but unfortunately it was only counterproductive for her to do so.
"Ah, then you keep thinking. Before we do that, let's test the reality first, and if we accidentally take out the defense system, we won't bother you. β
Rain drops this sentence and flies away with Blue Rain and Alicia, but Crono and Signor stop the three.
"Nagase Rain, you're enough, give me a good obedience. β
"First of all, I'm not a member of the Authority, so there's no need to listen to you. You just continue to do what you planned, and I do what I do, and everyone has nothing to do with it. Besides, my methods won't bother you, as long as you treat us as pioneers. β
It looks like Shangyu is a rebellious child who disobeys his parents' words, but he has also calculated well. Crono only needs to think of him as a vanguard to test the truth or a pressure team to slow down the expansion of the rampage, and it is not too late to carry out his plan when the rain really fails or can no longer tolerate it.
"Unrealistic pride only leads to destruction. In the face of the darkness of the Book of Darkness, you have no chance of winning. β
Signaw's words accidentally stepped on Rain's mine, and Rain's concern was not that her strength was underestimated, but that she called it the "Book of the Night Heavens".
"Ah...... Are you Knights of the Storm some unruly knights? It is still called the Book of Darkness, and the night sky that created you will cry. β
"Take back your words, or we will fight you in the name of the knight and the name of the master. β
"That's good advice, but I'll save it for a later date. β
Rain occasionally had an idea popping up when Signo challenged, but it didn't matter right now, as the Dark Book's defenses had already been formed. What emerged from the black ball was a Chimera-like monster, disgusting tentacles, mutilated wings......
"Is this what the defense system is like? It's not pretty. β
While Rain lamented the appearance of the defense system, Crono and the others were in chaos. Because of the dissuasion of rain, time was lost, and now I really have to leave the rain behind to have an urgent meeting.
"Rain Nagase, please don't show up in my work again. β
Kronor glared at Rain in disgust, and Rain responded with a wicked smile. In fact, you can't blame Cronor's grudge, in fact, every time the rain intervenes, he is very embarrassed.
"By the way, Captain Lindy, can you please not record the rest of the battle?"
If I hadn't come to Asra first, the glorious story of your battle against the Book of Darkness would have spread throughout the Authority. γ
When the canary's voice reached Rain's ears, he knew that he didn't have to worry about these things, and that he could go on to fight with his hands and feet completely.
"Alicia call Xiao Tian here, the next opponent will have to use all his strength. β
"Understood!"
Alicia puts her hands on her chest in a prayer-like gesture, and Asra receives the news that a corner of the barrier has been broken, but luckily the damage doesn't cause the entire barrier to collapse.
"What's that?"
Due to her position, the wind immediately caught the culprit who had broken through into the barrier, a dragon covered in fire.
"Just kidding!"
"At this time, there is another trouble. β
Naye's screams and Vita's complaints caused everyone to nervously watch the dragon's movements, but to their surprise, the red dragon ignored them and flew directly to the defenses, more precisely Alicia in front of the defenses.
"Hey, Fett, your sister, I'm a dragon knight~"
Alicia grimaced at Fett as she sat on top of Xiao Tian, and Crono, who had witnessed the dragon's intimacy with Alicia, began to get a little confused.
"Tame the dragon......?
"It seems that you don't know the three of us well, and you don't think I'm really as carried away with pride as the horse-tailed knight said. I know what I'm capable of. β
γMaster.I.am.readyγ
"First of all, we must find out the location of the 'nuclear', Blue Rain!"
"Understood. β
Blue Rain flew into the sky above the Chimera, her hands clenching into the ice blue sword, and a Belka-style magic circle appeared on her feet.
"Frozen Throne, please grant us the power of the King of the Frozen World to freeze this world at the feet of the Kingβthe Polar World of Ice!"
First came the biting cold wind, followed by the gradual freezing of the moisture in the air into frost, followed by the surface of the sea that turned into ice crystals. The world is once again entering an ice age, everything will be frozen into ice, and the world will lose its temperature.
"Woohoo!"
The Chimera let out a mournful cry, and its body turned into an ice sculpture as the sea froze. It's just that the magic affects not only the Chimera, but also Naye and her party, who have not taken any precautions.
"This power is too strong, aren't they afraid of hurting their own people!"
Weta's complaint resonated with some people, but they didn't think so when they realized that Rain and Alicia were not moving at all and were completely unhindered.
"It's ironic. β
Signaw looked at the two children in front of him without a hint of emotion even after such a large-scale magical attack, and their backs seemed to be laughing at themselves as they were discussing countermeasures.
The rest of the people had such thoughts, and Kronor could doubt whether his Roland Holy Sword could achieve this power.
But it wasn't as they looked, and it was a trick that Rain and Alicia were able to stand here so easily. They took advantage of the fact that the sky was a dragon of fire, and used its heat to minimize the damage they received.
γThunder of a Thousand Cursesγ
Just as the Chimera was frozen, the rain summoned a large field of thunder guns, totaling a thousand, and surrounded it in circles and circles. Under the heavy siege, the Chimera did not even have time to ask for mercy, and the thunder gun shot it into a honeycomb.
The flesh that had been frozen into ice was hollowed out one after another, making its already unsightly body even more ugly. Even so, the rain needs to keep an eye on every part of its body until it finds the "core" hidden in it.
Got it!
Rain found a pitch-black mass of magic in the neck and torso about two meters behind the Chimera's head, which could be identified as the heart of the Dark Book's defense system.
Just as Rain found the "core", the Chimera's powerful self-repair had already begun, and the terrifying recovery ability actually restored the honeycomb body to seventy percent in just one or two seconds.
"Is it time for the speed race against recovery? Alicia!"
"Little God!"
"Oh!"
Xiao Tian's very majestic roar attracted Chimera's attention, and dozens of disgusting tentacles rushed towards Xiao Tian, but the cold blue sword cut them down one by one.
"Alicia is still too slow to launch. β
"Whew. β
Receiving Lan Yu's reprimand, Alicia immediately sped up the formation of magic as quickly as possible, and she put her hand on Xiao Tian's head and poured the magic power into it.
"Thunder Dragon's roar!"
The combination of crimson flames and golden lightning combined into a terrifying artillery blast, and the cannon fire that mixed the power of the two attributes shot straight towards the Chimera. The triple magic defense shield that the Chimera had originally placed around her body was destroyed by the lightning flame in an instant, and the Chimera, who was directly hit by the electric flame, let out her most painful scream. The head and back were directly evaporated by Lei Yan, and the hollow part revealed the "nucleus" inside.
"Let's rush in!"
Rain didn't stop and immediately sprinted with the two of them and a dragon, and the three people led by Xiao Tian began the most direct physical collision with the Chimera.
"Roar, roar, roar!"
"Oh!"
Xiao Tian used his body as a weapon to constantly destroy the Chimera, tearing the sharp claws, the gnashing of the giant teeth, the breath of the fire dragon, and the heavy blow of the tail eyebrows, tearing the Chimera's body apart with all parts of his body. However, it was still barely held out by the Chimera, and the only thing left was Rain, Alicia, and Blue Rain, all three of whom were blocking the beams of light from the strange eyes that were wrapped around their tentacles and emerged from their skin...... Many surprising things are holding them back.
"Thunder!"
"Ice Stream!"
Alicia wields a spear to summon lightning to destroy all that stands in its way, and Blue Rain uses cold and ice to freeze those ugly eyeballs. None of these obstructions were a problem, the problem was that it was repaired so quickly that the hole had to be repaired before the rain arrived.
"Blue Moon!"
[AllRight, Lunar Eclipse Mode activated.] γ
Rain's protective suit slowly turned black, some dark red curse marks appeared all over his body, the original black hair faded to gray, and a dark red long sword appeared in his right hand, and a crescent-shaped "shield" appeared in his left hand.
"Blue Rain and I will clear the way, Alicia, you rush over with "Lightning Bolt". β
Rain put the sword into the gap in the shield and drew the sword, Blue Rain also made the gesture of raising the big sword, and Alicia retreated slightly behind the two of them.
"Eclipse of the Moon!"
"Frozen Blade!"
The frozen sword and the dark red flying blade came out at the same time, and the black and blue arcs caused by the two swords mercilessly cut off one of the objects that stood in front of them, and it can be found that the regeneration rate of the part destroyed by the energy of the "eclipse" is a little lower than that of the rest.
"Thunder!"
A golden flash of lightning flashed between the blue rain and the blue rain, like an arrow passing in a straight line through the path opened by the rain and the blue rain. The speed of the golden lightning was faster than the speed of regeneration, arriving just before the "core" was obscured again.
"Thunder!"
Alicia raised the thunderbolt and caused a lightning strike from the sky, accompanied by the power of the thunder of the sky, and Alicia turned beautifully and stabbed straight at the "core" that was the defense system. The outer layer of the "core" formed by black magic is surprisingly strong, and Alicia's single shot is not enough to crush it.
"If you can't break it, replace it with rain!"
"Got it. β
Rain and Alicia's positions are suddenly swapped with each other, and this is the "King Chariot Translocation" that Rain and Alicia learned in the practice of battle, which can use the magic of teleportation to swap the positions of the two.
"Moonlash!"
In the face of the "nuclear" rain, he didn't think much about anything else, just swung his sword violently. The energy of the eclipse attached to the sword, and the black shadow sparked on the "core", and the sporadic firelight fell and the sword swung smoothly from top to bottom.
The "nucleus" fell from mid-air in two, but the rain was still not satisfied, and he continued to chop, chop, and chop down to break it into ten thousand pieces. The black arc light had already spread all around the "core", and the rapid slash caused the sword track to disappear before it could disappear and there was another one, and to the naked eye, the afterimage of the sword track looked like a crack on the surface of the "core".
"Moon Eclipse Cannon!"
The final blow to Rain is not the Moon Eclipse Sword on the right hand, but something like a shield on the upper left. The undisguised straight fist brought incomparably powerful artillery fire. A jet-black torrent erupted from his fist, engulfing the nearby "core" and piercing the entire body of the Chimera.
And that was the end of it. β
As the rain retracted the lunar eclipse pattern and returned to its normal state, the Chimera's flesh around him, which formed the defense system, slowly collapsed, and the decomposition of the flesh gradually turned into tiny magical molecules.
"It really worked......"
Weta couldn't believe the collapse of the defense system, and she was not the only one who was shocked by the sight in front of her, and perhaps it should be said that there was no one who was not frightened by the strength of the rain. The gap in strength was in front of them, and Naye and Fit suddenly felt that their previous attitude of wanting to protect Haoyu was very funny, and their strength was not at the same level at all.
"The combination of an AAA+-level Magister with an S-rank dragon, an S-Class Gubelka Combat Skill user, and an S-Class Magus with seven attribute variations is terrifying. β
Kronor had to admit that the combat power of the three of them was by no means ordinary, and at the same time, they also found that their own operation of sending the defense system to outer space and then annihilating them could be saved.
As a result, as Rain said, he "accidentally" took out the defense system in the battle that dragged on for time. Unbeknownst to them, however, the fragments of the "nucleus" that had actually sunk beneath the ocean floor were now emitting a chilling glow, which would be the beginning of another event.