Chapter 1272: The Fall of Leonid (I.)
"You stay to protect Mr. Matvey, and I'll go see what's going on in the classroom." Roland told Nikita a couple of words, and launched the "divine flight" through the window.
The wind was flowing with hot steam, surging towards him, making Roland feel that it was difficult to breathe, and the stinging pain of fire in his throat hurriedly landed, and blessed himself with a magic technique to adapt to the high temperature environment. Groping his way through the fog, he passed through the door and into the classroom, where the hall was silent, the boiler was still steaming, and next to it lay a powerless structure, none other than the clockwork squire "Jack" whom he had seen at Matvey's house yesterday.
"Strange, how did Jack get to the classroom......" Roland wondered to himself. At this time, there was a faint movement behind him, and when he looked back, he saw a vague back in the steam that was moving away.
At this time, the students in the classroom had already been evacuated, and this person's whereabouts were really suspicious, and Roland chased after him without thinking.
The mysterious man in the gray cloak seemed to be aware of the footsteps, and two circles of magic flashed on his body in succession, and he blessed "Cat Grace" and "Acceleration" successively, and his steps sped up.
"This guy can also do spells...... It's kind of interesting. Roland unfolded the "Divine Flight", quickly narrowed the distance between him and the other party, and opened the "Pupil of Destiny" with his eyes to check the details of the mysterious man.
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"It turned out to be a secret puppet." Roland couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, slightly moved.
The "Secret Puppet" is a special kind of constructed creature, similar to the Golem, the Secret Puppet is created by the combination of magical energy and elemental power, and its vitality usually comes from the water elemental plane goblins - the creator imprisons the unconstrained goblins in the metal body of the secret puppet and makes them obey their will.
The secret puppet is similar in size to humans, has a high intelligence, and can also perform "transformation techniques" at will, making it the most suitable for blending into enemy groups as spies to spy on intelligence. In addition, Roland also heard that there is a special secret puppet that uses the human soul as the source of vitality, and the intelligence is higher than that of ordinary secret puppets, and it also has the ability to evolve independently.
As the distance closes, Roland also finds that the secret puppet is holding an unconscious girl in his hands, although he can't see the face clearly, but it is not difficult to guess from the blue mechanic uniform worn by the girl that it is Isabel.
The secret puppet in front of her also sensed that she couldn't get rid of Roland's chase, so she carried Isabel on her shoulder with one hand, and threw her free right hand back, her elbow joint clicked, as if opening a folding ruler, and a sharp thin sword bounced out of the inside of her arm.
"Are you going to do it?" Roland immediately became vigilant.
The puppet turned around and lunged at him, his long black hair blown back by the wind, revealing a pale and cold face. Her seemingly slender body was actually made entirely of metal, weighing more than 500 pounds, and the destructive power of the all-out collision was comparable to that of a galloping bison, not to mention that she also had a glittering +1 sharp blade in her hand.
Roland pulled out Durandal with his backhand, staring at the secret girl's sword movement and calmly blocking. The twin swords collided and burst into sparks, and the two figures parted at the touch of a touch in the sound of gold and iron. The secret puppet girl blessed the "acceleration technique" and "cat elegance" in advance, and it stands to reason that her agility is better than Roland's, but she still has to divide an arm to hug Isabel, which is dragged down and seems to be inflexible, so she can only rely on her strength to fight hard, but her strength is much worse than Roland's, and after a short and fierce confrontation, she was shocked and staggered back, and her beautiful face was also scarred by the sword qi.
Roland approached the secret girl with his sword, his eyes fixed on her face. The wound inflicted by Durandal was not bleeding, and the section of the wound shone metallicly in the setting sun.
"Put down Isabel!" Roland scolded.
Unfortunately, the other party was not deterred by him, but was reminded that the horizontal sword was placed on Isabel's neck, making a gesture of killing the hostages at any time.
Isabel's life hangs by a thread, and Roland has to slow down and think about what to do to rescue the hostages.
At this moment, a figure rushed through the fog and stopped beside the secret girl, it was Leonid, who had escaped from the warehouse not long ago.
"Natalia, are you hurt?" The Mithril Trap Warlock looked at the Secret Girl's face with concern, his fingers caressing her cheek, and unleashing the trap that repaired the construct. The golden glow flickered, and the puppet girl's restored face was smooth and radiant again, leaving no scars.
Leonid glared at Roland resentfully, and whispered to the secret girl: "That kid is very powerful, it's not something the two of us can deal with, let's go back to the Hidden Demon Tower first, and report the changes that happened here to Lord Constantine." ”
The secret puppet girl nodded meekly, and the thin sword in her hand folded and retracted into her arm.
Leonid took her hand, and a dark vortex rose from under his feet, as if the abyss grinned his throat, engulfing him and the girl beside him, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
"It's actually a 'shadow technique'......" Roland's brows furrowed as he looked at the rapidly fading swirl of shadows. Put the sword into the sheath, walk quickly to the place where Leonid and the secret puppet girl teleported, and lower his eyes into a state of "mind concentration", showing the fourth-order psychic ability "tracking teleportation" that he learned from Eltaran not long ago, and the psychic energy turns into spiritual fluctuations and spreads out, crossing the plane barrier to chase the target who escapes into the shadow world.
Just as Roland was meditating, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and it was Nikita and Matvey who caught up.
"Your Highness Roland, Leonid ......" The old man cared about his son's affection and was anxious to inquire about his whereabouts, but before he could finish speaking, he was stopped by Nikita and signaled him not to disturb Roland.
Matvey calmed down and noticed a strange glint in Roland's eyes, and immediately realized that he was showing his psychic abilities, so he could only endure the anxiety in his heart and wait for Roland to complete his manifestation.
After a few seconds, the strange light in Roland's eyes converged, and he exhaled lightly, and turned back to tell the anxious old man: "Leonid escaped into the film world, and he was followed by a secret puppet named 'Natalia'. ”
"Natalia?" Nikita's face was strange, "That's a familiar name...... Isabel's dead sister is also named Natalia, and she was Leonid's lover, and that guy created a secret puppet and named it Natalia, shouldn't it be in honor of the deceased lover? ”
Miss Mage hated Leonid, a rebellious young man with extreme ideas and disrespect for her father, but she had to admit that she was touched by his infatuation with his deceased lover.