Act 146 The Labyrinth of the Upright
Fatanhamn, Baron Ludwig's Castle, 2nd Floor Cloister -
The moment the word 'take' came out of Brando's mouth, the syllables of the word seemed to be infinitely elongated, and his figure then tilted and stretched in one direction, and at that moment a strange shadow appeared in Merieltra's field of vision, and she subconsciously turned her head, almost unconsciously, the vision had come to the side and back of the body. She immediately felt bad, what kind of speed this was, it was already faster than the limit of her conscious reaction. Merriette subconsciously stretched out her right hand, her five fingers stretched out, and then clenched it tightly, and a cold and shining spear had appeared in her palm.
With a backhand swing, the tip of the spear drew a bright arc in that direction, and the tip of the spear seemed to hit something, exploding in mid-air, and the scattered fragments were like splashing water, and in an instant, they froze and creaked, growing a hemispherical frost shield. This is the Ice Spear of the Five-Ring Spell, an elemental magic that is both offensive and defensive, and Merriette can cast this spell without chanting a spell, which shows that she is not only in the realm of witches, but also in elemental magic.
She was sure that her spell had hit Brando, although she expected that a spell at the peak of silver would not be enough to cause any trouble to the other party, but the frost shield generated by the Ice Spear was extremely thick, and the accompanying diffuse cold could also reduce the speed and strength of the recipient, this was not ordinary ice dust, but the cold of winter summoned from the mountain of storm cessation in the wind elemental plane with a spell, and the ice elemental magic cast by the advanced warlock could even freeze the law itself, although Merriette's own elemental magic attainment could not do this step, But also confident that he can hold Brando back for a moment.
She let go of her hand decisively, and the frost shield departed from her hand, then took a step back, one hand drawing a rune in the air that represented rest. The other hand was stretched out, and the palm of the hand was downward, and the phantom of a magic weapon appeared in that place.
This is the witch's mantra, and she is going to summon her own spirit of the contract.
Merriette had actually seen Brando by this time.
The icy spear she threw worked, hitting the target accurately—or in that direction, to be exact, and Brando was moving faster than her eyesight. It is impossible to aim at all. But after all, Merriette is one of the strongest witches of this era, and she has experienced thousands of battles, and her subconscious judgment is not the slightest deviation.
Merriette smirked and swiped her finger downward, as if opening an invisible door, and an oppressive force suddenly appeared in the space: it was none other than her Covenant Spirit, Ayesh, a warrior with centuries of wisdom.
Time freezes in this moment.
The next moment, Merriette's pupils dilated suddenly, and she watched in horror as Brando stepped forward without care. Ping stretched out his left hand, which was not holding a sword, and pressed it on her frost shield, and as soon as that hand came into contact with the frost shield, the cold of winter summoned from the Holy Mountain of Storm Silence had no effect, but the cold air that permeated the frost shield was automatically dispelled as if it was afraid of something.
Brando looked up and smiled at the witch, "Nice spell." He pressed one hand against the frost shield. Raise your right hand above your chest. There was a crisp sound, and the thick frost shield was as fragile as a piece of glass in front of the punch, and in an instant, it collapsed, turning into a cloud of ice dust and bursting forward.
"Barrier of Will!" A thud exploded in Merriette's mind, and she had an expression of disbelief on her face, not knowing that the Count was actually an ascetic. Still hallucinating, she subconsciously wanted to retreat, but Brando scolded with a cold face: "Frost and soil." Brush, a white frost with spikes of ice crystals exploded in all directions around him, and in an instant it was past Merriette's ankle. The witch jerked her foot, not moving at all, and before she could react, she felt a heavy blow in her face.
What is the result of the mage being punched in the front by the warrior, just look at the current scene to fully understand. Even though there was a frost shield as a buffer, Brando's punch still knocked Merriette into the air, Merriette couldn't pull out her feet in the frost field of the frost guard, but Brando's punch directly knocked her out of the frost field along with the ice under her feet, and the witch flew in mid-air several times like a sandbag, and then landed on the ground in the far corridor with a scream, and the broken ice fell to the ground with a clatter, and she bounced on the ground several times, before hitting a stone pillar and stopped.
Seeing this scene, Flo was already stunned, although it was rare to see the lord beating a woman, but when he really started to move, he really didn't pity the jade at all.
Roman smacked his tongue from the side.
"Ahem," Merriette spat out a mouthful of blood, she finally had the strength of the near-extreme realm, so she was not directly hit in the head by this punch, but Rao was still quite seriously injured, and her nose and eye sockets were all oozing blood. It took a great deal of effort for her to get up from the ground, and she looked at Brando, who had been stopped in front of her four of her men, with a look of resentment.
This level of power and speed is definitely not something that a person who is new to the realm of elements should have, and this is obviously the power of the second world, the White Tower Ovilla, the side of truth. However, the information says that this young man has only been civilized for half a year, how could he have stepped into the side of truth so quickly? Merriette was extremely suspicious. Brando's speed beyond her visual limits before, even far more than the side of truth, although she is only a witch, but as a powerhouse in the extreme realm, there are few people who can be so fast that she can't react.
"Damn ......"
She hated it in her heart.
Brando, meanwhile, was equally annoyed.
He was stopped by the four witches brought by Merriette, the four young witches vigilantly stopped between Merriette and Brando, each holding a spell in their hands, even if Brando didn't take them seriously, but he was not arrogant enough to be one against four, he knew that these witches who traveled with Merriette were the henchmen of the inheritance witches, and often had a high status among the witches of a branch.
Of course, correspondingly, it also has the corresponding strength.
Individually, they may not be as powerful as Merriette, but together the four of them are almost as good as most of the Witch of Lies.
Brando stopped silently, but his eyes were still on Merriette not far away, in fact, his heart was not as relaxed as it appeared on the surface. As the inheritance of the strongest three-line witch of this era, the witch of lies will never be in vain. He took such a big advantage before, not only because of the big loss of information asymmetry suffered by Merriette, but also because of his extraordinary willpower.
His will barrier was enough to make him immune to most magic below the ten rings, let alone a mere five-ring ice spear, a level of will that was rare even among ascetics. Not to mention appearing in a young man like him, it is completely reasonable that Merriette did not expect this.
But these methods can only be used once.
Although the power of the side of truth is strong, it is not enough to see in front of Merriette, a witch with the level of the Extreme Realm, and as for the barrier of will, it is not impossible to bypass it, otherwise wouldn't the wizards have no way to take the opponent with high will? Brando is well aware that an experienced opponent like Merriette will figure out his tricks once he figures them out. Then it will be his turn to have a hard time.
What's more, this is also the home of Mériette.
It's a pity that the old witch was not killed with a single punch. Brando couldn't help but feel very annoyed in his heart, of course, he also knew that this was a whimsical thing, those above the extreme realm didn't have hundreds of years of combat experience, how could he be killed with one punch so easily, even if Merriette stepped into his pre-designed trap, but in this case, he was already overjoyed to be able to seriously injure the latter with one punch.
But it's not like you're going to be caught right away.
He still has hole cards.
Brando looked at the four young witches who stopped in front of him. He didn't say a word, just a little flame dancing in the depths of his eyes.
"It's ......," Merriette felt vaguely that the atmosphere around her was a little strange. She suddenly reacted: "This is the king's inheritance!" Damn, stop him-! ”
The four witches chanted incantations at the same time, and they were four bondage spells—four bondage spells, two of which were aimed at Brando, and the other two were aimed at Roman and Flo. The spell pointed at Brando, and before he could get close to Brando's body, he crashed into an invisible barrier. Shattered to pieces, and pointing at Flo, the wild elf girl reacted very quickly, she raised the silver staff in her hand with a cold face, and chanted a spell in her mouth at a speed nearly twice as fast as the other party. The other witch's binding spell had just taken shape, but a circle of intricately patterned silver threads had already been formed at the tip of Flo's staff, and she reached out and pointed at it, and the same circle appeared at the witch's feet. "Great Salrod Pillar of Fire!" The witch couldn't help screaming when she saw this spell, her face was distorted a little weirdly, probably she never dreamed that this very ordinary-looking wild elf girl would be a seven-ring fire element spell as soon as she made a move, and the casting speed could be as fast as this.
The witch couldn't care about maintaining the spell anymore, and slapped her backhand on her body, I don't know what magic item it stimulated, and a light blue light mask quickly expanded around her body, and at this time, a golden-red pillar of light emitting a dazzling glare fell from the sky, accurately hitting the top of the blue light mask.
The moment the pillar of fire hit the light mask, a shock wave took shape in an instant, and the hot air wave swept in all directions at a speed visible to the naked eye, sweeping across the entire corridor with a swipe. The blue mask was bent and deformed under the impact of the pillar of fire, from the original hemispherical shape to a flat disc, and hexagonal cracks soon appeared on the mask, and in the witch's terrified scream, the pillar of fire cut the mask along these cracks, and the patches of the mask shattered, and the surging flames slashed into the witch's shoulder like a blazing knife, turning one of her arms into ashes.
The Great Salrod Pillar of Fire, the strongest attack magic in the Seven Rings elemental magic, legend has it that the Fire Elf Lord Salrod invented this spell, this spell summons the flame spear composed of the extraordinary fire of the fire elemental world, which is the most direct and brutal offensive spell.
The battle between the two sides was nothing more than a flash of lightning, and in just a moment's delay, Brando and Merriette had already completed their respective preparations.
A pair of black wings rose behind Brando.
At the same time, a mist rose from the long aisle.
Although Merriette was seriously injured, she had completed the ritual of summoning the spirit of the pact before she was injured, and the spirit named Ayash had already manifested behind her, and with a finger of her hand, she borrowed the power of the spirit to complete the final stage of the dream spell. Dreams, witches believe that dreams are a mirror that can reflect people's subconscious, and in the dream world, emotional feelings are far better than rational feelings, so the world is often bizarre and arbitrary, witches can manipulate dreams, and they can manipulate people's hearts; There are many kinds of dreams, even if they are hastily divided, they can be divided into nightmares and sweet dreams, some dreams can release people's inner desires, some dreams can reflect those disturbing scenes in reality, and dreams made up by lies can tempt people to indulge in them and cannot extricate themselves.
And Merieltla dreams are a labyrinth—
It is called the 'labyrinth of the upright'.
Among the witches of December, the deceitful witches of the month of lies hold the realm of integrity and wisdom, and the maze they weave has no dangerous traps or demagogic visions, and is the most simple of all witches' dreams, but in this dream, the witch who is in charge of dreams has a terrifying ability.
That is, the ability to conditionally manifest illusions, because embodied illusions are real substances in this dream, so it is no longer bound by the conditions of spells, nor is it counteracted by the barrier of will.
Merriette was expressionless, she stretched out her right hand, and a frost whirlwind rolled up in her palm, and then she reached into the center of the whirlwind with her backhand, and pulled back a cold and glistening spear - this spear was no longer the simple five-ring spell, it was the magic weapon of Lednar, the tip of the clouds, the frost giant Komir. In ancient mythology, the father of giants, Komir, plucked the peak of Mount Lednar to fight against Kouhua, the eldest daughter of Isis, this mountain peak is the tip of the spear, and the ice mist surrounding the tip of the sky is the cold wind that swirled on the top of the mountain back then, and between the ice and mist, you can also see the shadows of the flying dragon and the wind elemental creatures living on the high mountain soaring.
Brando looked closely at the spear in Merriette's hand, and sure enough, he saw the ice mist surrounding the tip of the spear and the shadow of the flying wind dragon.
…… (To be continued......)