After a brief silence, the sound of magic exploding was heard again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info This is evidence that this abandoned town is still used as a battlefield.

Whether a flock of sheep led by a wolf can defeat a lion is a question Gersself was asked when he was a student.

Gesself thinks it's possible.

It is necessary to face up to the difference in physique, morale, tactics, and a reasonable personnel system, so that even sheep can undoubtedly kill a lion if they can maximize the advantage of numerical violence.

So can this army of sheep led by wolves kill the dragon? No matter how you think about it, you have used clever tactics to keep morale high, and you have done everything you can to minimize all the gaps, and the result is only to send the sheep to their deaths one after another.

The impossible is the impossible. No matter how strong the sheep's bite is, it will not be able to leave bite marks on the dragon's scales, and no matter how strong it is, it will only turn into puree of meat in vain. The existence of a dragon, the mass alone is enough to rival the entire sheep army, and no matter what you do, you can't make up for the huge gap between the two sides.

Now he was facing a dragon that had rushed into the flock.

Gesself had always thought that the monsters that could match the army alone were simply nonsense, and it was just a story deliberately spread by the church in order to maintain a strong army, and it was alarmist. But I didn't expect that the Third Knights of the Kingdom, known as one of the most elite troops in the kingdom and the same name as the witchers of the church, would seem so vulnerable and helpless in front of this vampire.

Now it just seems that the balance of power is maintained, and sooner or later, the balance will collapse like a tightrope, and if something is not done, the whole army will be destroyed.

"Tsk, is this guy really a vampire. It's almost noon, why can you ignore the fierce sunlight and have such a strong power, is this already the result of suppressed power? ”

Ann fended off Javiana's attack with her sword, tilting her sword to unload the power. Boom, the slash whizzed through the ground, leaving a long trail. Even though he unloaded most of the power of the attack, the power still made Ann's arm tingle, and then he moved the tip of the sword back to the front - a thrust, and countless sword rays bloomed like flowers in an instant.

Faced with the myriad blunt red light blooming in front of her, Javiana just stepped lightly on the surface, and a black earthen wall rose in front of her, blocking the countless spikes that Anna was proud of—the spikes struck on it, instantly stabbing the entire earthen wall into a hornet's nest.

Seeing the moment when Ann's attack was blocked, Gesself suddenly leaped out from behind Ann with his black twin knives and took Javiana's attack.

An unimaginably heavy attack.

Javiana simply used her fingernails, which had been transformed into a long sword about half a meter long by magic, and with this intelligible sword strike or a claw blow, she suppressed the two knight leaders, Gesself and Ann. No, this statement is actually not correct, it should be that the two knight captains tried their best to barely drag the vampire in front of them so that the battle line would not collapse.

The violence of numbers is useless at this time.

The rest of the Knights' elite are dealing with the Blood-Headed Hound, nicknamed a city-destroying monster by adventurers. For the Third Knights of the Kingdom, this monster was not beyond the reach of being able to deal with it, but such an enemy had five bodies - even if it did not have a tidal wave of beasts like the Blood-headed Hound that it had dealt with before, but the blood-headed Hound of this order of magnitude could be called a nightmare.

This is the fragile balance that Gersself has been trying his best to maintain. Whether it was Gesself and their inability to hold Javiana back, or the failure of the other knights against the bloodhounds, this fragile balance would be shattered in an instant. Even if this is not the case, time is on the enemy's side compared to humans who gradually accumulate injuries and monsters that can regenerate quickly.

Therefore, Gesself: They need some kind of means that can open up the situation.

One of the knights took advantage of Javiana's surprise to emerge from the shadows of the wall behind her, and let out a roar with all his might. It's natural - it's hard to confront this murderous monster without giving yourself the courage to do so. However, this level of crude sneak attack could not get close to Javiana, and with a slight wave of her fingers upward, the stone spear pierced the ground and pierced the knight's lower abdomen.

Although it was a serious injury that was near-fat, it still had a breath left.

- Manus!! Tsk, hell. Ann, you take that idiot to the back and get treatment with him by the way. Before the spear is ready, you all calm down, don't be impulsive! ”

"Impossible, give up on him. If I break out of the front, this place will really be over, and there will be no one to take my place now. Tsk, if that Juggernaut guy was here, there wouldn't be a need to fight to the death, after all, dealing with monsters is his specialty. ”

Ann held the sword in one hand, and with the other hand, took out the potion from his bosom and sprinkled it on the wound, and soon white smoke came out of the wound, and the muscles began to repair at a speed visible to the naked eye. But the speed of the healing was meaningless compared to the urgency of the present battle, the wound was too deep and too slow—the neat cut could be glimpsed of the bones that had also been sliced off, wounds wounded by the aftermath of the slash just before they could dodge.

Gesself also knew that there was no way to spare his spare energy to rescue his companions, so he could only watch his subordinates die in vain, and the powerlessness made him clench his teeth hard - blood slowly oozing from his gums.

"There are too many wounded, so if we continue like this, we can only pray that the guys in the church will notice this."

"Now, what is the so-called spear that you two just put in your mouth?"

Javiana spoke for the first time since the battle. Affected by the sudden desire to talk on the other side, Gesself's movements became slightly sluggish, and he immediately stepped back and distanced.

The moment she looked at Javiana, Gerself immediately recognized that it was a trap - Javiana's pupils were glistening with a bewitching light.

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Gesself closed his eyes as if he were firing, and threw the two daggers behind his calves.

There was a murmur of metal colliding.

"Well~ don't tell me. That's right, after all, we're enemies now, so you think. ”

A voice that you can't even feel a hint of nervousness.

Javiana's voice paused, though.

"From the very beginning, your actions have started to get a little weird, the number of people who have thrown themselves into the battlefield and the total number of you...... Sure enough, it looks like he wants to hide something. Because the number of mages who have just used the fire avoidance spell is not only active on the battlefield now. ”

What kind of observation power is this? Just as Gesself was about to answer, Javiana disappeared from his presence.

"--Disappeared ?!!"

Then there was a scream behind her, and Javiana crossed the iron wall of the two and the many knights, and suddenly appeared in the middle of the magicians.

"If you want to hide something at a glance, the so-called 'gun' refers to the spell you're chanting—right? It's pointless, and the garbage still wants to use stratagems or something, it's just laughing to death. ”

With a flick of Javiana's hand, the unresisting magician bloomed through the crowd like a flower of blood.

"Listen, become a shield!! Desperately Guarding the Magician!! ”

This is a miscalculation.

Gesself let out an earth-shattering shout, followed by the knights at Javiana's side who let out a shout of the same volume, and rushed towards Javiana one after another.

"It's noisy."

The loud volume shook his ears and made his ears ache, and Lyle rubbed his ears.

The tide of the war has taken a turn for the worse, and this is a development that can be guessed from the beginning. The difference in strength between the two sides was in front of him from the beginning, and it was better to say that Lyle admired the courage of the Knights more.

The vampire was a pure hedonist, and she did it when she got tired of playing with her prey and then killing it to death.

Because that vampire didn't really do it in the first place.

This is how the real Lyle's team came to an end last night, first using overwhelming force to seize its sense of resistance, and then letting the three teams kill each other to determine the last survivor, giving false hope and then killing them all.

If this continues, the Knights will be wiped out, as if they were tailor-made for themselves.

Since ancient times, the word hero has been born with longing, and being strong is not enough to be called a hero. Bravery, leadership, fear of evil, noble character, and never despair, these are all important factors that make up a hero.

"If you want to make yourself a hero, you must have the power to break through a desperate situation."

As she said that, Lyle smiled.

The bow and arrows in his hand were the relics of the half-elven archer Goering. An elven bow that can shoot through steel plates with ordinary arrows, and an enchanted quiver that can hold hundreds of arrows. After opening the quiver and pouring out all the arrows, three of the twenty or so remaining arrows were extremely valuable magic arrows with enchanted arrows.

That being said, the power of this magic arrow is too cold to use against the vampire in front of you. That's why Lyle had the need to smear his own blood - using it to corrode intricate patterns into the body of the arrow, and the weapon he was prepared to kill the vampire was modified.

Arrows on the string, full bowstrings. The target is the vampire who is still indulging in fun.

"I am sorry that I myself am one of your kind, and as a hedonist, I prefer to give deep despair in the midst of joy rather than mere prey. After all, people are patient with despair, and the longer they stay in despair, the more they will lose their reaction to pain, which is called freshness. ”

Flowers should be picked at the freshest time, and that's the right thing to do.

The arrows shot were like meteors streaked across the night sky, sweeping through the wind and dust towards their targets. This is an attack that is far from the term sniper.

This attack with a huge amount of magic is too conspicuous.

If Goering, the dead adventurer, had come to shoot, it might have made Javiana's reaction hesitate slightly, but this attack would not have worked. Such a conspicuous attack gave Javiana plenty of time to react, and she stretched out her white hand and gently pinched the arrow, and the arrow that Lyle shot stayed about five centimeters from Javiana's heart.

The girl shook her head slightly, and with a strong grip, the arrow was completely reduced to crumbs.

White crumbs dance in the wind.

"Boring attack."

So asserted by Javiana. The rest of the crowd also sighed at the failure of this attack.

That's how it should be.

A voice of surprise leaked from the corner of Javiana's mouth.

"No, it's ...... How can it be. ”

The constant debris in the corner of the field of vision, which was impossible to produce after an arrow had been crushed, was too late to understand - Javiana's hand that crushed the arrow was frozen into ice crystals, and the ice extended along her arm to her body, trying to freeze Javiana's whole body completely.

It's not sawdust that's floating around, it's the condensation of the extreme cold -- water vapor from the atmosphere.

A chill flashed through Javiana's heart. You can see at a glance what kind of threat this is, and you can understand how to deal with it. The action was far more decisive than anyone had imagined, and Javiana immediately cut off her left hand.

The severed left hand was instantly completely covered by the ice slag, compressed, and finally fell to the ground and scattered into white particles.

Blood erupted from the section of Javiana's wrist, like the rhizome of a plant growing—the blood that had taken shape became a new arm.

Blood, magic, and souls, and even inorganic things can freeze the vicious magic, which is not a skill that humans can possess. The magic wasn't over yet, and spiky spheres of ice hung around Javiana.

This magic circle is powered by Javiana's freshly severed wrist as a source of magic.

"Completely defying common sense! The magic pattern engraved on the arrow is simply not enough space to contain such a powerful magic, and it also contains the magic array that appears later, how is it possible. ”

Normally, all of a mage's attack magic can only be generated by being around, whether it's ice arrows, fireballs, or lightning, which is the nature of magic. Although the power of magic varies from person to person, it is generally difficult to make the magic power at a distance work for itself. This is true even for weapons with magic thrown out, and due to the limitations of the weapon itself and the nature of the magic, it is impossible to unleash high-powered magic unless it is possible to use multiple magic weapons. Spawn a magic circle directly in the enemy array to achieve long-range attacks, at least not in Javiana's memory.

“…… This is not a magic that humans can control, it is the support of the black book, and it is not right, and it appears at this time, it is definitely a person related to the magic fluctuation just now! ”

Aware of the peculiarity of the attacker, Javiana ignored the other knights present and stared at the direction where the arrow had just flew. Kick the ice spear that stabbed from mid-air away, and the next moment on the battlefield is the loss of Javiana's figure.

"Be careful!! This vampire is capable of teleporting through the leylines, so don't be careless! ”

Gersself shouted warning to Lyle from a distance. Gersself, who didn't realize how special this attack was, immediately began to think about using this time to regroup, and he had no intention of stepping forward to help. Although I think it would be a pity to let this adventurer die just like this, if you want to open up the situation, you can only take advantage of it now.

Javiana was already behind Lyle before Gersself's warning voice could be heard, and she reached out her fingertips to Lyle's defenseless-looking shoulder, intending to cut it down like that.

However, Javiana's attack failed to reach Lyle's in the slightest. The scenery in front of her changed suddenly, and Javiana looked ahead in surprise.

-- There are only broken streets ahead.

It felt like it had taken a long time to think, but in reality it was only a split second, and Javiana finally understood what was happening, and she smacked her tongue and let out a dissatisfied sound.

"Teleportation trap?! - Just a human being?! ”

A voice came from the left.

"Oh, as I thought, I like to put-"

There was no need to finish her sentence, and Javiana slashed in the direction from which the voice came from - a forked edge swept across the surface, leaving two sharp claw marks on the ground.

Caught in the trap, Lyle was unscathed, and the raised gravel went straight through his body.

“…… Illusion. ”

The sound continued to be heard farther on the left.

"-- A person who is played with in the palm of his hand is unexpectedly completely insensitive to being toyed with."

"It's a very serious sin to make fun of people, human."

A bewitching bright red spilled from her eyes, making an icy sound that could instantly reduce the air to zero, and Javiana stared at the figure that appeared not far away.

Lyle didn't think so, and just filled the bowstring in his hand.

“…… Is it. ”

"Of course." Javiana placed her palms facing down in a kneeling motion. "If you can kneel down and ask for my mercy, it is not impossible to forgive you. And on the contrary, I will reward the wise, you want—eternal life. ”

"That kind of hypocrisy, it's meaningless."

"Then give me death."

More than a dozen blood balls rose at Javiana's side, and countless blood spears were shot out in an instant with her command.

Lyle let go of the bowstring that was full in his hand.

There was no wind at all.

Compared to the last attack, this time Javiana didn't even see the arrow that Lyle shot, and was hit by the arrow. The arrow came from behind - the real Lyle stood in the opposite direction of the second virtual image, now on the back of Javiana.

Distracted by teleportation, the smell of Lyle's blood in the smoke and dust was distracted, so it was a hidden arrow that could not be detected.

The arrow sank into Javiana's back and burst into flames at the same time, and the magic arrow, which could only cause fireballs, turned into a blazing furnace with the blessing of Lyle's magic. Distorted, scorching air spurted in all directions, and at the source of the birth heatwave, Javiana let out a scream.

"Ahh

The body melted through, revealing the churning flesh within. Javiana raised her bone-melted arm in midair, as if trying to cast some magic, but gave up halfway through. Because she sensed that this arrow, like the previous one, was capable of devouring the host's magic for her own use. Eventually, Javiana pulled out the arrow and threw it to the ground, half of her body turning into a black haze, drifting in the sun. With just one blow, Javiana was so weak that she sat down on the ground.

The black mist is repairing the flesh.

If you are sheltered by the night, you must be able to turn your whole body into mist to divert damage, or you may be able to recover in a short time. Over-pride was the end of the game, which allowed Lyle to easily achieve the decisive blow.

The constant gushing fog thinned out under the sun. Lyle put the last magic arrow on the string. The attribute is thunder, and the source language carved with blood dwells in it, and the incomparably divine brilliance dwells in it.

Whether it was the head or the heart that would warrant absolute death, and just as Lyle pondered, Gesself killed.

"--Die, monster! Reduced to ashes under Jupiat's Divine Punishment Spear! ”

Majestic magic raged everywhere, and Gesself held a spear forged from pure magic with a thunderous glow, and threw it at Javiana's heart.

In this case, the goal is the head.

In that moment, all humans were convinced that victory would be in their pocket.

A black wind blew across the battlefield.

In front of Javiana, a strange group in black robes suddenly appeared. One of them stood in front of Javiana and took Lyle's demon-slaying arrow with his hand, and most of the man's body was scorched black under the fierce collision of magical power. The spear behind him was erected and blocked by a huge shield, and the sparks generated by the collision were far more intense than the former. Through the gap between the raised corners, the man with the huge shield can be seen wearing dark gray armor under the black robe.

The number is seven.

- A group of vampires who are not afraid of the sun.

Lyle smiled wryly and looked at Gesself and them, only to see that the knights, who had never lost their fighting spirit when facing a strong enemy before, were now full of despair under their helmets. It's no wonder that if the enemy is the only one, then their fate as warriors is death at best, which is not at all fearful for the knights who have already been enlightened. But in the face of this level and number of enemies, their position instantly changed from a heroic warrior to prey. Even if they want to die in battle, they can't do suicide - what awaits them is far more terrible than death.

(Morale is completely exhausted, and it is useless to be completely sent.) Anyway, the most dangerous purple-haired vampire can't be considered an enemy now, and now four, no, killing three of them should be possible. ）

Although he is an undead warrior himself, his magic power is limited after all. If you run out of magic, you can only maintain a state of suspended animation and wait for the particles to coalesce naturally, and to be honest, Lyle is not looking forward to such an ending.

If only you had experimented with controlling the time of death before, then you might be able to control the time of death freely and escape. Anyway, these humans present are dispensable to themselves, but they are just temporary to become heroes, and it is not a pity for them to abandon this idea.

The man in black, who had taken Lyle's attack with his bare hands, took a look at his own injuries.

"How dare you hurt the buds of our waiting flowers to this extent...... Humans, don't think you can expect a peaceful death. ”

Javiana opened her mouth slightly, and the man in black immediately changed his attitude, kneeling on one knee and listening to her voice respectfully.

“…… Forgive me for being foolish, what do you mean to go back, these domestic animals dare to hurt you, who are true red bloods, and still try-. ”

Another man in black stopped him from continuing.

"That's enough, the wedge has been laid, and the screening over there has been completed according to plan."

"Your Highness is injured like this, and you still say that you are acting according to the plan? Foolish! Sure enough, I should have done it. ”

"As always, it's nerve-wracking, it seems that just a few hundred years is not enough time for you to learn to be flexible."

"What did you say?!"

“…… Shut up. ”

"I'm very sorry, Your Highness." "Yes."

Javiana coldly interrupted the argument between the two vampires and was helped to her feet. A black mist emerged from the wounds on her body, and she proclaimed it to everyone in front of her in an arrogant, or rather awe-inspiring, voice.

"Your lives will be deposited for the time being, and then I will turn the city behind you into purgatory, and then the whole country—"

- Wait, human.

I will tell you what mercy is. A vampire with the appearance of a girl, so declared.