——2004.7.29——

"What's this in my hand?"

At the same time as hearing Lin Hao's words, Ryunosuke had already stretched out his arms in front of her, and after looking at the companions with different expressions in front of him, he quickly went around Lin Hao's back to try to block something.

However, the expected deadly attack did not materialize.

Calm down, it's not like this has happened before, Ryunosuke thought back to what had happened after Lin Hao said this a few times in the "past".

Yes, once after this sentence came out, Lin Hao was just knocked unconscious, and Leif sensed the danger and took her directly away from Fuyuki and returned to the Clock Tower.

Now that I think about it, as a demon god pillar, it is naturally impossible for him to be really in danger, and it is only the identity of "Leif" that is in danger.

And if Lin Hao was captured by the Demon God Pillar, just looking at the mental image world and black mud of the three Demon God Pillars, he knew that the end would not be too -

Black Mud!? Ryunosuke suddenly looked up at the position that Lin Hao was staring at.

Under the reflection of the "aurora on the ground", Ryunosuke could clearly see that somewhere in the sky was constantly undulating and shaking, like water vapor churning.

But how could there be steam in an empty space, which was ten stories high?

I've seen it lately, and the only thing that comes with high temperatures is -

"Stand back, everyone!" Ryunosuke grabbed Hayashi Hao with one hand and Olga Marie with the other and started running in a direction away from that position.

Although this kind of behavior is easy to misunderstand, it can't be controlled so much now, because only the two of them present don't know magic and basically have no ability to protect themselves.

Parvati, Medusa and Ishtar are okay, but the expression on Fujimura Taihe's face can only be called a promotion of narrowness: "Tsk, I didn't see it, brother, you still have such charm." ”

"Unbelievable." Yueyong Kanna also said.

"Wait? What are we running, there's still a mess to clean up over there. Olga Marie tried to pull her hand.

"Is it time to pay attention to this! Obviously, Ah Cha didn't do well and didn't take the black mud away! ”

Ryunosuke took the time to look at Hayashi Hao's outstretched hand as he ran.

Bright red circles were emerging on the back of her hand, three circles that happened to cover the back of her hand nested inside each other, and a smaller, new circle in the middle - a biochemical warning sign?

Could it be that this is the [Spell]? They should be able to summon genuine "Servants", but where do they come from? I don't have time to give her a spell now.

As if to test Ryunosuke's thoughts, the "air" that had been just shaking and agitating suddenly cracked, first as a small opening, and then as long and wide in the next second, and then turned into a large black hole.

A black hole floating in mid-air, with no foundation.

Without waiting for anyone to comment, the black hole poured down like a dam opening a floodgate, and the black mud that had been almost covered with the "inherent barrier" before it was almost covered.

They fell to the ground almost instantly, igniting a raging fire as they came into contact with the abandoned hotel.

No, it's too late, Ryunosuke estimated the speed of the spread of the black mud. Directly pulled Lin Hao and Olga Marie into the nearest abandoned house, and rushed all the way to the top floor.

The magic of the companions may not be able to stop the black mud at the moment, but it shouldn't be too much of a problem to keep a house...... bar.

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The black mud didn't spread.

They do have their own heat like in the "Inherent Barrier", but they don't multiply as indefinitely as they do inside, and after encroaching on about half of the abandoned inn area and setting them on fire, they no longer expand, but instead converge below the place that flows out of the hole, forming a terrifying black tower almost instantaneously.

Ryunosuke and his companions watched it from a distance on the roof of a ruined building not far away, so that they could stop something more serious if something more serious happened—though it wasn't clear what was going to happen and how to stop it.

"Think of a way, aren't you a goddess?" Olga Marie asked Rin, or Ishtar.

"[Damn, if it weren't for the amount of magic wasted before, I wouldn't be helpless now. Ishtar grumbled.

"My current capacity is only to keep this house from burning, but more words......" Parvati looked a little embarrassed.

"I've seen it, the tower is solid, even if you rush up and cut off a few pieces, it's pointless." Medusa answered.

"The magicians everywhere in Fuyuki must have noticed such a big movement," Fujimura Taiga said, "We just have to wait for support—"

Goo-huh——!

The black hole suddenly gushed black mud again, raising the seemingly unfinished "tower" below.

At the same time, the eyes with red pupils on a yellow background seemed to light up on the "tower", and in the next moment, the crimson world suddenly scattered around it, not only turning the entire Fuyuki City as far as the eye could see into the appearance of "Red Lotus Hell", but even the ice-blue "Aurora on the ground" surrounding Fuyuki turned into a strange dark red like blood.

"This!" Taiga Fujimura, who originally thought that he had brought the situation under control, took two quick steps in the direction of Xindu in surprise.

"Don't panic, it's not the [Inherent Enchantment] or the [Burning Style]," Parvati said immediately, "It's just a magic trick like a trick, so it can only be used by people with magical qualifications-"

Glancing at Olga Marie, she added, "And those who are too close to see." ”

"Because [mystery] needs to be 'hidden'?" Ryunosuke asked, "But it's just a tower—at least for now." ”

That tower, there is no doubt about it, it is the Demon God Pillar Leif who is trying to restore its original form, but it looks like it can't fight now, those eyes were clearly staring at this side before, but they didn't emit eye edges, and now they are gone.

"[It's doing this so that people who see it don't think it's a tower,] Ishtar said with a little amusement, "[If most people think it's a tower, then it won't want to turn back into a Demon God Pillar.] 】”

"I see, just as magic that can be achieved with science is reduced to magic, human observation and judgment are important to them." Ryunosuke nodded.

"Not exactly," Parvati continued, "sometimes things in the common sense of ordinary people can be very different from things in the wizarding world, like - did you ever think that Solomon's 72 Demon Gods would be stupid pillars?" ”

"Hmmm......"

It's very convincing, and generally they should be demons in human form.

In fact, the legendary personalities of the two goddesses, Parvati and Ishtar, are completely different from the ones who appeared here in response to the call.

Other than that......

Huhuhuhuhu-

Ryunosuke was trying to figure out a way to solve the current problem, but he heard a hurricane suddenly blowing on Lin Hao's side, and the crimson magic array patterns began to appear under his feet.

"Huh? Hey? Lin Hao, who was at a loss, was still looking at the back of his hand in a daze.

"Recite the summoning spell that Rin and Sakura just recited!" Medusa, the only magic authority present, shouted, "I can remember a few words and read a few words!" ”

"Ah, that," Lin Hao said in a panic, "[Seven Great Speech Spirits—Wrapped in chains for three days—Coming out on wheels—Guardian of the Balance Seat—]"

Ryunosuke was stunned for a while...... If she dies because she recited the wrong spell, how can she save her?