At the foot of the mountain on the outskirts.

Looking at the light of the fire burning from the direction of the manor staining half of the sky, the girl's expression changed.

"Melia," she pointed at Melia in front of her with the tip of her umbrella in the Bright World, "and even then won't you let me go?" ”

Melia smiled wryly.

Giving up long-range attacks was originally for Melia's own shortcomings and the strength of attacking the enemy. With the strictness and meticulousness of her defensive posture, Melia can almost rank first among the opponents that the girl has ever fought against. But an opponent with no killing intent, even if he is full of momentum, he can't threaten the girl whose strength has grown greatly after all.

The fighting between the two sides has been going on for a long time. Melia didn't hurt the girl once. On the contrary, the tip of the girl's umbrella broke through Melia's defenses several times, piercing through her silver armor and stabbing several wounds on her body. However, Meria immediately used magic to heal the damage she had suffered, and both sides were unharmed in terms of results. It's just a drain on time.

"Already aware of it?"

"We have two tanks...... What can be the result of a defensive warrior? You're just trying to entangle me here. Forced me to leave the manor first, and then dragged me here. ”

"John once said that you were the least likely person for him to protect," said Meria, "and therefore I took it upon myself to keep you away." ”

Goth has long known that the girl is a soulless otherworldly creature, and her consciousness is rooted in the brain in a physical form, and once the physical death is really dead, she can't even be saved from the "Palm of the Underworld".

"And that consideration," said the maiden, "Goth, is he here too?" ”

"Yes."

“…… Are you relying too much on John? ”

He hadn't planned to involve Goth and his support group in the first place.

"Indeed," Melia said softly, "I was surprised when I realized that John had also come here. When I noticed it, I realized that I was used to it...... John will have a complete plan for us. Even if he doesn't take the initiative to ask, he will take care of everything. ”

"It's hard to say if that guy's temper is going to make things better or worse. Someday, I'll teach him a lesson," the girl looked at the distant fire, "so what do we do now?" Is it going to be a fight? Or go over and help? Although she trusts Goth and Dimi's abilities, the girl does have worries in her heart.

"If it's too loud, it might attract some big shots," Melia shook her head, "Victoria, you're still being hunted by Ocard, so it's best not to go near there." John must be near the center of the explosion, so I'll help him. If I find a survivor, I can treat them as well. ”

"But what if I insist on going back?"

"Then we'll go back to war. I'll be with you to the end. ”

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On the ruins of Eusta Manor.

This guy is really crazy, Goth thought.

But even in the face of crazy opponents, you have to fight yourself. If you don't subdue the "eternal blood" in front of you, you won't be able to get out of it smoothly.

"Come on, Manfred's Staff!"

It was as if black and white thunder pierced the air. The gray body of the staff, the ends of the staff are one black and one white flame-shaped crystals. The gray-robed mage held his staff in his hand. "Eternal Blood" is not an opponent that can be disposed of casually, and if you don't fight it with the spirit, even you will die.

And the "Eternal Blood" has already launched an offensive first-

"Yu didn't prepare any extra spells. Let's take advantage of the location to give you a ride. ”

He took three scrolls from his bosom. Even spells that are not prepared in advance can be cast with the finished scrolls, but the mental power is consumed as usual. Arcane spellcasters don't like to use scrolls, but arcane casters tend to hide scrolls in case they need them.

Arcane? Summon the Fire Elemental!

In the cloud era, when it was no longer possible to connect to the elemental planes, mages built many half-planes to house summoned creatures. Some are made from the wreckage of a broken plane, while others are created out of thin air by legendary mages. Generally speaking, the caster needs to have additional contact with the summoning place in order to freely cast the corresponding summoning spell.

Nine fire elemental beings were called. Each of them was the size of a bear, had no legs, and had a lava-like body with hideous claws, and only a pair of slit-like eyes that were almost the size of a mortal's "face". As if to be excited by being summoned into the fire, the nine fire elementals rushed towards Goth without even waiting for the Eternal Blood command.

"Although there is also a magic ......of summoning circulating within the Holy See," Goth muttered. Young spells soared into the air. The spell casting technique of "Eternal Blood" casting three scrolls at the same time is more like arcane in any way. The previous big bang was also suspicious. The strength of the "Eternal Blood" himself is the primary level of the blue ocean, what kind of spell can do this?

The nine fire elementals relentlessly chased Goth into the air. The gray-robed mage had words in his mouth and waved the staff of Manfred in his hand vigorously. As if an invisible wind was blowing, the four fire elementals that were closer to each other directly shattered and disappeared like bubbles, and the remaining five also crumbled, shaking their flame bodies in the air with difficulty, but they lost the strength to continue the pursuit.

But—in the blink of an eye, the Blood of Eternity had summoned more flame element. Eighteen newly summoned fire elementals surrounded him. With his command, the hordes of flames immediately pounced on Goth.

"How many identical scrolls did that guy prepare......"

In such an environment, the fire elementals will only become more and more courageous. However, Goth was not going to wait for him.

Although invisible to the naked eye, Goth could feel the wailing souls that were on the verge of dissipation all around him. Goths took most of the souls that were still saved from the center of the explosion into the "Palm of the Underworld", but some of the dead were too far away from the "Palm of the Nether", and when their souls wandered around the Goth, they had already turned into spirit fragments with no memory.

Just as you've taken advantage of the fire around you—let me take advantage of these broken souls.

Arcane? Flame of a Thousand Souls!

Around Goth's body, a dark blue ghost fire ignited. The shattered souls howled and were consumed by the ghost fire, which made the ghost fire burn more and more. The ghostly fire and the fire elemental fire collided with each other, and the result was that the fire collapsed at the slightest touch.

"Mage Elrios, don't you see necromancy as a flood beast? Why did you use necromancy? "Eternal Blood" gave a look of contempt.

"Consciousness is the soul, the soul is life and death, it doesn't matter whether it is good or evil," Goth stood in the air, his eyes full of pity, "this is the foundation of the foundation, Lord Son!" ”

The remnants of the fire elemental had to gather around their master. They used their bodies as walls to drain the water around the "Eternal Blood", barely stopping the spreading ghost fire. Unlike the fire, the "Eternal Blood" did not feel the slightest heat from the ghostly fire, but only the chill of the forest.

"It's over, Son. You can reflect on your mistakes in nothingness. O thousand souls, now listen to my command—destroy his soul! ”

Of course, these tattered souls could not understand Goth's commands. He just wanted to intimidate the "Eternal Blood". Secretly, Goth used the Confusion Control spell to give another command to the souls that were completely under his control:

[Catch his soul.] 】

The "Eternal Blood" is, after all, an important figure for Okard and the Holy See. Compared with killing directly, it is more reassuring to capture the soul into the "Palm of the Underworld". I heard that Speaker Nicholas attaches great importance to him, and maybe he can be an important bargaining chip in the negotiations.

Before the souls rushed into the body of the "eternal blood"—

Arcane? Soul Cutting!

Without hesitation, Goth unleashed an attack on the soul. The soul of "Eternal Blood" doesn't seem to be very powerful, which may be the reason for his unstable personality.

But when the commanded soul grabbed the "soul" of the "eternal blood", Goth's smile froze.

"It's ......"

This is indeed the only soul in the body of the "Eternal Blood". But this is not at all the soul of an adult man. The soul was pure and immaculate, the disguise was perfect, but inside it was a blank without any memory, the soul of a transformed infant who had died. Other words......

"Fake souls?" Goth's face changed color, "You're a disguised soulless ......"

"You understand?" "Eternal Blood" shook his head slightly, "Unfortunately, it's late." The one who needs to reflect on one's mistakes in nothingness – it's you. ”

He had already raised his musket.

Secret rituals? Sensual Bondage!

“……？！”

Vision. Hearing. Touch. Taste. Olfaction. The five senses of "Eternal Blood" and Goth completely disappeared in an instant. However, the "Eternal Blood" that took the initiative to activate the secret ritual aimed the muzzle of the "Eye of Chaos" at Goth's heart before the sensation was gone.

The Eye of Chaos shoots a golden beam into the air. It was a "firestorm" that condensed into a straight line.

The golden beam of light is like a shooting star, stretching across the sky.

"That's the end of it." "Eternal Blood" murmured.

Don't blame me, Eternal Blood thought to herself. John? Goth has realized the secret that he is a soulless creature. In any case, knowing this secret, he must die.

Now, hurry up and recycle the "Palm of the Underworld"-

The five senses of the "eternal blood" disappeared and revived.

"...... you?!"

"Eternal Blood" has an incredulous expression. John in a gray robe? Goth was still standing in the air. The wind ruffled his brown hair. It looked like his right sleeve had been blackened a little - probably the result of a desperate dodge at the last moment of the dating.

"My senses have more than my own eyes and ears," Goth said in a low voice, "and I can use the vanishing souls as a sign of my senses." It's useless to block the feelings of me alone, 'Eternal Blood'. ”

The "Eternal Blood" froze in place.

"But you also intrigued me," said Gort, "who are you...... Even if I asked, you wouldn't answer. So ......"

Here you can reveal your hidden cards, catch the "Eternal Blood", and then unravel his hidden secrets. That's what Goth thinks at the moment. It's been a long time since I've really done my best. Now is the time. Let this arrogant Holy See Son feel the true ...... of the first day on the clouds

“…… No. ”

In that moment, John? Goth discovers a terrible change. Later, the "eternal blood" was also felt. He looked ecstatic.

The space seemed to stand still. The flames that were still beating just now, whether they were raging or ghostly fires, were extinguished in an instant. Centered on the place where the two of them were, the fire that ravaged the entire manor is rapidly subsided. The furious fire elemental energy gradually stabilized, and the balance of the four elements in the air also tended to normal.

Midair. Slightly higher than where Goth was, a dark purple portal opened. A middle-aged man in a brown robe, with messy hair, a hooked nose, a majestic face, and a torch-like gaze slowly walked out of it. Just staring at him, it felt like the heavens and the earth were gone, and only this middle-aged man was left in sight, as if the whole world was his foil.

"Your Excellency!" "Eternal blood" shouted.