Volume 3 High Mandate Chapter 17 Shattered Dreams (Part II)
Hithis stood at the front of the line, using her shield and sword to banish the shadowghosts that followed. Miria and Brala line up on two sides, fighting the shadowghosts that leak from the side, while protecting Eugari, who is in charge of support, so that her spells are not interrupted by the shadowghosts. But as more and more shadow ghosts attacked, so did the pressure on Sisis. Miria and Brala on both sides are also gradually struggling. Everyone's bodies basically had wounds that were cut open because they couldn't dodge, and as the attacks from the opposite side became more and more violent, the injuries became more and more serious, and the whole team gradually began to retreat.
After a while, the shadow ghosts that filled every corner of their vision pounced on Yugari and them. The figures of these terrifying monsters were superimposed on each other, scrambling to be the first, like a huge black vortex, sweeping over the sky and the sun.
"Sacred, Sacred Barrier!" At this moment, Yugari immediately cast a spell, and countless black shadows continued to hit the solid barrier, and the outside of the barrier was extremely dark, full of shadow ghosts.
"Is there anything you can do about them?" "If you don't have any words, I'll cover you when the barrier disappears, so you can retreat quickly." ”
"If it's for a short time, I can handle it for a while, and I can eliminate some of them. But there are too many of them, and they will definitely not be able to hold on for a long time. Miria said anxiously.
"I ...... Can I attack the cave together? Blala said coldly.
"No." Miria denied, "It's going to bury us here!" Unless there's really no way to ......"
After a moment of silence.
"In that case......"
"I'll try it, the other party is a dark creature, I think it should work well." Yujiali said seriously.
"Is that okay?" Heath looked at Eugari with some suspicion.
"No problem!"
At this time, the effect of the sacred bulwark had begun to wane. Hithis gripped her shield tightly and stood for it. At the moment when the barrier disappeared and countless shadow ghosts rushed in, Yugari raised her staff and chanted a spell, "Divine Cheats Galaxy Withering"! ”
Countless rays of divine energy emitting golden light slipped from the top of the cave, like bright meteors streaked across the dark night sky, like the morning light appearing on the top of a high mountain. The shadow ghost who was hit by the divine energy immediately cracked like glass, and then was immediately engulfed in the divine light. And Yujiali, who absorbed the divine energy, all the wounds were quickly healed, and all the wounds were healed as before. The "stars" are constantly falling from the "night sky", and the shadows and ghosts are also constantly dying. Yugari kept the spell cast for a while, until there was no more shadow ghost in sight, and she put away the spell.
"That's amazing!" Blana said dumbfoundedly.
"It's ...... It's hard to believe. Even the battle-hardened Heather was speechless in astonishment.
"How can you be so powerful in spells?!" Miria asked aloud.
"This ...... Uh......" replied Yugari hesitantly, "I used to learn the secrets when I was at the castle of Harmonia, ......"
"It can't be a 'rare' cheats spell, right?" Heather asked.
"Uh...... Difference...... Pretty much. "Wouldn't it be worse if I said it was an 'epic' cheat."
"That's not true! He never told me! Miria grumbled dissatisfiedly.
"No, the ...... Didn't have time...... No, I didn't have a chance to say that. Yujali hurriedly explained.
"A divine spell with a large area, both attack and healing effects?" Heather said to herself.
"Alright, let's take this opportunity to hurry inside. Stay here, maybe they'll come back. With that, Yugari pushed the pouting Miria and continued to walk deeper into the cavern.
In the depths of the Shattered Dream Realm, many precious white magic crystals are scattered on both sides of the bumpy road. At this time, Blana was seriously chiseling the rocks around her and loading pieces of crystal clear white magic crystals into the magic space. Heyss stood beside her with all her attention, shield in her left and sword in her right, keeping an eye out for movement around her, not allowing any enemy to interfere with Brala's work. Miria and Yugari cooperate one after the other, constantly expelling and eliminating the shadow ghosts that come to them sporadically.
"I've discovered their weaknesses." Miria, wielding a scythe and fighting the shadow ghosts, suddenly said proudly.
"Huh? Let's talk about it. Yugari urged.
"Physical attacks, no, physical damage to be exact, don't work very well against them. However, they can still be affected as they should, such as stun, knockback, etc. What's more, the back of their heads is actually very fragile, even if it is just a pure physical attack, just a few more hits can greatly weaken their combat effectiveness. ”
"That's amazing."
"It's really powerful, it's only after one or two battles that you found the opponent's weakness, it's really terrifying." Heather couldn't help but sigh.
"It's almost time to go back, brave ladies." Heather looked around and teased, "We've gone deep enough, and besides, I don't think we've collected the same number of hedrons." It's already possible to buy a small town. ”
"That's true, go back, Miria?" Eugari said.
"Well, wait until I get rid of this guy!" With that, Miria mustered up her strength and raised her long-handled scythe to split in half a shadow ghost she had frozen in place. Due to the force, the long-handled scythe plunged deep into the ground, and the already dying shadow ghost also dissipated with Miria's hard blow.
"Alright, let's go...... Well? It's too deep, as if it's ...... It's hard to pull it out. Miria said with all her strength as she pulled out.
"I'll do it." Seeing that Miria was struggling, Blana put down her work and walked over.
With a strange cry from Brala, Miria's long-handled scythe was lifted up by her, along with the boulder underground.
"Well, so much strength." Heather exclaimed in surprise.
"How can I use it. Hurry up and get it out of the stone! Miria grumbled.
So it took a long time for Brala to break the boulder from the long-handled sickle with a tomahawk before it was removed from the crack.
"Huh? There seems to be a sound...... "Heath said cautiously, twitching her long, soft ears slightly.
"What's wrong?" As soon as Yujiali's words fell, she saw a huge black arm stretching out from under the floor that Blala had just lifted, which frightened everyone and took a few steps back. Then another arm came up. Two huge arms propped up the ground, and a head with a pair of purple-black eyes and a faint black energy poked out of the ground. Shocked and stunned, they immediately became nervous. They held their breath, stood in formation, and took a fighting stance. At this moment, about a dozen or so normal-sized shadow ghosts also sprang out as the ground collapsed. They were also more or less wrapped with a faint black energy, making their bodies appear more agile and move faster.
"Everyone, get ready to fight!" With a cry from Hithis, the shadow ghosts pounced one by one. Heyss bore the brunt of the attack, at the front of the group, fending off the first wave of Shadowghost's charge. Miria and Blala, one from the left and the other from the right, surrounded each other from both sides. Eugari stood at the end, closely observing her surroundings and supporting her teammates in battle. With their previous experience in fighting the Shadow Ghosts, they didn't have to take much trouble to eliminate these minions this time.
However, before everyone had time to taste the joy of victory, a huge shadow ghost three or four meters tall had already crawled out of the cave and stood in front of them. It made everyone gasp. At this moment, the giant shadow ghost suddenly took a deep breath.
"Beware!" Miria shouted.
Almost at the same time, an unusually powerful purple-black energy shot out from the shadow ghost's mouth, slashing across the corner of Miria's skirt, barely falling to the ground, and disappearing into the darkness in the distance. Before Miria could get up, the Shadow Ghost took another long breath, and at this point, Bralla and Hecis immediately rushed forward. Brala wielded her battle axe, a fiery glow that instantly split the Shadow Ghost in half, burning blazing flames where its body was torn. However, in just a blink of an eye, the shadow ghost's cracked body had already healed, and there was not a trace in the place where it was injured just now.
Without giving Brala a chance to attack again, the Shadow Ghost stretched out an arm and swept towards Brala, shattering the shield of light in front of her, sending her flying violently, and slamming her firmly into the distant rock wall. Then he took another deep breath, and the purple-black energy roared towards Yugari and the others. Hithis immediately unleashed her skills and raised her shield in front of everyone. The powerful energy shattered Heatys' shield and grazed her slender body, a stream of fresh liquid flowing down, instantly soaking her left arm.
"How? It doesn't matter! Miria beside her immediately picked up Hexis, who had fallen to the ground, and asked anxiously.
"It's okay, don't worry, it's not a fatal injury." "But that energy is too powerful. Don't get hit by it! ”
"I'll help you with your treatment." With that, Yugari was about to chant a healing spell when she felt a cold wind hit the back of her head, and she immediately jumped sideways, raising her staff and pointing at the attacker. What appeared in front of her at this time was none other than Bella, who was attacking her with a battle axe.
"What's going on......" Without giving Eugari time to think, Bralla picked up her tomahawk again and slashed at her. Confused for a moment, Yugari had to dodge left and right to dodge Brala's attack.
Suddenly, a long-handled scythe with a faint chill slashed at the oncoming battle axe, which was none other than Miria, who had rushed to support.
"She may have been controlled by the Shadow Ghost. I'll hold her back, you disperse quickly! Miria said loudly as she fended off Brala's attack. As a result, Yugari immediately jumped out of Bella's attack range, but just as she was about to dispel Bella's control, a purple-black energy rushed out of the shadow ghost's mouth again. Yugari had no choice but to give up the idea of casting a dispel spell, "Divine Double Light Shield! ”
The powerful purple-black energy pierced through Yugari's double shield of light and slammed into her staff, and with the protection of the mana shield, Yugari was not injured, but staggered back a few steps, and almost fell to the ground.
At this time, the shadow ghost, which seemed to need time to regain its energy, was constantly swallowing the faint black energy that was wrapped around its body into its mouth. At the same time, it writhed its massive body and clumsily rushed towards Yugari and the others.
"Sacred Light Cage!" With the casting of Yugari's spell, the body of the shadow ghost was immediately entangled in dozens of sacred chains sticking out of the ground, unable to move forward.
While the Shadow Ghost broke free of the chains, Eugari hurriedly dispersed Blanla's control, and she wanted to take this opportunity to help Heysis heal the injury to her arm, but when she saw the purple-black energy that was gathering in the Shadow Ghost's mouth, she immediately gave up on the idea.
Again, a purple-black shockwave roared past the bodies of Eugari and Heath, and Eugarie and Heath, who were trying to dodge the attack, fell heavily to the ground. At this moment, Miria and Brala hurried over and helped them up.
"The cage should hold out for a while longer. Now it's recovering its energy, and it's not going to be able to fire a shockwave anymore. Eugari said.
"That guy's energy is too strong, and there's no point in us continuing to fight it here." Chimsis clasped her left arm and said, "Let's find a way to get out of here as soon as possible." ”
Everyone nodded at what Hecis said. However, Miria looked at the path she came from and said in embarrassment, "This passage is completely straight, and there is no place to avoid its attack." We'd better go the other way. Do you know any other way? Miria said to Heath.
"This ......," said Heatis embarrassed, "it's the first time I've come to such a deep place. If there's no better way, I'll cover for you, and you can hurry back the way you came. ”
"I know." Brala raised her hand to speak.
"What? How could that be. Miria said suspiciously, "You haven't been here before. ”
"What?" Yugari said anxiously as she looked at the shackles that were gradually disappearing.
"There may be a secret passage behind the stone wall over there." Blala pointed to a nearby rock wall and said, "When I was knocked there just now, it felt like the inside of that wall was empty...... Well...... It's about a little over a meter. ”
At that moment, the Shadow Ghost had broken free from its cage, and it swayed its huge body towards Yugari and the others, waving its outstretched arms like a long black dragon sweeping towards Yugari and them. Everyone immediately jumped high and avoided the shadow ghost's attack. Unexpectedly, at this time, the purple-black energy flickering in the mouth of the shadow ghost had already been aimed at them who were rising into the air.
"Oops! There's no way to dodge in the air.'" Cessis shouted inwardly, and then covered Eugari and the others behind her.
""Height, Cheats, Space Control." As a circle of divine light flashed under everyone's feet, the moment the purple-black energy struck, Yugari and the others disappeared into the endless darkness, leaving only the shadow ghosts that had lost their target wandered aimlessly in the dark cavern.
"It's a real deal." Miria said in one breath.
"yes, it's dangerous." Heather sighed as well.
"Let me show you the injuries first." With that, Eugari began to examine Heatys' wounds.
"Thank you very much." Heath said politely.
"Do you have any spare weapons? I mean, your shield wasn't ......," Miria asked.
"Don't worry, I've always had a lot of spare gear with me. For a defensive warrior, damage to equipment is simply commonplace. As he spoke, he immediately took out a light brown tower shield from the magical space and showed it to Miria, "It's not very handy, but it's quite sturdy." ”
"That's great." Miria said reassuringly, "Anyway, where is this?" Miria looked at her surroundings and realized that they were two worlds compared to the cave she had come from.
It was a fairly spacious tunnel, with a gravel road underfoot, and an artificial magic lamp hanging from the top of the head every short distance, and the rock walls on both sides were smooth and shiny, and there seemed to be even more dazzling lights at the turn at the end of the tunnel.
"It's an incredible place. It's the first time I've seen it, and I've never heard of such a place in a secret realm. Sithis said in surprise as she received Eugari's treatment, "But looking at the surrounding environment, it is obviously artificially built, who would build such a base in such a hidden place and in a seal?" It's weird, we need to be careful. ”
"Understood." Blana nodded in reply.
"Got it, who hit us with an axe just now." Miria complained as she knocked on Blala's head.
"Okay, I can't complain about Blala." Eugari, who had finished treating Siss, stood up and explained, "Besides, if she hadn't discovered this secret passage, we would have ...... Wait a minute...... Oops, I'm so stupid. ”
"What's wrong?" Miria asked, looking at a frenzied Yugari.
"If we had thought of the 'teleportation spell', wouldn't we have been able to enter the secret realm at any time?"
"Probably not...... Eighty percent ......," Miria complained.
"Isn't it possible?"
"Powerful sealing spells will basically close the space inside the seal at the same time." "So ordinary teleportation spells can't break through the barrier of the seal and enter and exit the space inside. ”
"I see."
"Wait, there's a voice up ahead." Siss shook her slender ears and said alertly.
So, everyone immediately fell silent and walked lightly towards the depths of the tunnel. Turning the bend in front of you, a hidden metal door appeared at the end of the tunnel. They hurriedly stepped forward, hid behind the door, and listened carefully to the movement inside.