CH.33 Manticor

(Yesterday, some book friends questioned that Lorraine and Darrow were a threat to the protagonist, and I will reiterate here today that the protagonist of this book resolutely does not engage in base, but only attacks the girl, so please rest assured.) )

"Mage Corps, Magicians, stand by now! The rest of the people are looking for favorable terrain to cover! ”

This time it was Lorraine, the captain, who gave the order to the team in the rear.

At this time, the team members outside had already lined up and came to the passage, everyone was walking in the dark, and suddenly heard Lorraine's penetrating shout, no one hesitated, the mage group and the magician formed a support formation on the spot, and the others hid behind the bunker.

"Where is the enemy?"

Although he heard Natsu's warning, after a long time, Daro didn't detect any trace of the monster, and he couldn't help but wonder:

"It's impossible, arcane detection can ignore terrain restrictions and height differences, even if you hide in the air and underground, you won't miss it."

"Because we have been deluded."

Xia raised his head, glanced at the ethereal shadow lying on the top of the cave, and said slowly, throwing the scabbard on the ground.

Manticol (Abyssal Demon, Level A+)

200% bonus to physical attack and 80% resistance to all elements; Psychic magic immunity, 50% reduction in divine magic, 90% reduction in dark magic.

In front of Natsu, the instruction manual showed the information of the shadow.

"Sure enough, it's a monster that the legal system resists, but the effect of the physical attack is twice as much."

Xia pondered the attributes of the other party, she and Lorraine are both types with strong physical attacks, Lorraine will not mention it, she herself can also cut off the tentacles of S-level demons with one sword, this monster is only A+ level, and there is a large bonus to physical damage, in theory, there should be no problem in defeating it.

"Theoretically...... Naw. ”

For some reason, a sense of unease welled up in her heart.

"Don't think too much about it, since the enemy is right in front of you, find a way to defeat it."

Xia lowered his eyes, took a step, and slowly moved to the side.

The monster was still invisible, and she turned on the cheat, and the other party must not know that she had discovered it, which was a very good opportunity.

But after getting to the bottom of the monster, Natsu discovers a problem.

That's ...... Can she jump that high?

I've never tried it before!

From the ground of the cave to the top, there is a height of more than ten meters, although the people of this world are very strong, and she is a powerful character with 83LV and 9000 power scores, but at this height, most of them are still a little hanging.

"Lorraine, can you attack the top of the cave?"

She whispered to Lorraine, who was following behind her, drawing her sword and guarding her.

"Yes."

Lorraine paused when he heard her question, he was very experienced, and did not immediately look up at her words, and replied briefly.

"You come to my position, and then jump up vertically and attack at the top of the cave, the other party is an A+ level demon, but he is very afraid of physical attacks, you should be able to kill it with one hit."

Natsu inadvertently used a buzzword on Earth.

"One hit? Pretty handsome adjective, I like it. It was Darrow who spoke, and then he silently cast a spell while maintaining the arcane barrier, slowly casting an arcane ring and sheathing it over the trio.

Silent casting is a unique way for high-ranking mages to cast spells without chanting, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the speed is about ten times slower than normal, and it can only be used for sneak attacks in most battles.

"This is the 'sharp' magic ring, which is different from the strength increase of the elemental mage, this can only increase the weapon's sharp Cheng dΓΉ, and the effect is better than the strength increase for Lorraine's metamorphosis, after all, the weapon in his hand now is very bad."

"Arcane's Ring Amplification is directly attached to the weapon? That's great. Natsu noticed a flash of light flashing across his long black knife, apparently blessed.

"Of course, the strength of arcane is enchantment, and this magic ring is just a derivative spell of enchantment." Darrow said with a little smugness, it seems that this omniscient consultant is not as good as herself.

Xia didn't say anything more, but walked forward and gave way to the place he had just stood.

Lorraine waited for her to leave, took two steps, and then leaped sharply, the tip of the great sword rising upwards into the sky, piercing upwards like lightning!

At this moment, the rocks on the ground under his feet were shattered into several pieces, which showed how fierce the force was.

"Snort".

The blade of the greatsword pierced into the rock at the top of the cavern, and Lorraine felt the surrounding scenery distort for a moment, as if the greatsword had rubbed against something.

However, there is no real feeling of piercing the object.

"Missed?"

His mind quickly reflected the current situation, and he subconsciously pulled out his big sword to protect it.

As soon as I finished this movement, I felt a chill in my abdomen.

"How so?!"

Xia saw Lorraine holding a big sword below, and suddenly fell from the air.

Then I felt something hot dripping on my face, and I reached out and touched it, and it was bright red blood.

"Lorraine!!"

Darrow shouted, raised his staff violently, and chanted a single word:

β€œFlight! (Fly)"

A blue arcane ripple centered around him, radiating in all directions, his body floating in the air along with some thousand bells on the ground and fragments of rock.

Lorraine's body was originally falling rapidly, but after coming into contact with the blue ripples, he slowed down, and his body flipped over with the momentum, turning from head to foot to head and foot, and landed on the ground with difficulty.

But Darrow, who was over there, fell from the air and sat heavily on the ground.

"Wide-area floating spell, Lao Tzu actually achieved instantaneous, it's really amazing, haha...... Ahem, ahem! ”

Darrow coughed palely.

Xia stood there dumbfounded, thinking only a few words in his mind:

How so, how so?

She had clearly given the right instructions, and Lorraine's surprise attack was perfect, and the speed reached a point where even a strong person who was good at dodging couldn't react, but why didn't she hit the monster as hard as she imagined? Instead made him hurt?

"Be careful!"

After landing on the ground, Lorraine suddenly let out a loud cry and threw out the big sword in his hand, which affected the wound in his abdomen, and bright red blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.

"Click!"

As if it had touched something that didn't exist, the big sword shifted slightly, and sprinkled a string of blue liquid on the ground, which was sprinkled at Natsu's feet.

"Summer! Hurry up! ”

Daro also noticed that Natsu's state was a little abnormal, and shouted in pain.

"What's wrong with me? Actually in a daze in battle. ”

Xia suddenly woke up, and the long black knife in his hand stood for a moment, just blocking an invisible attack.

The power contained in this attack is not very large, but it is extremely sharp, and a string of sparks can be seen slicing through the blade.

"I can't sustain two large spells at the same time, the arcane barrier is dead! Beware of its psychic attacks! ”

Darro barely got up from the ground, stumbled to the middle of the two, and opened the arcane barrier again.

"It's useless, dealing with illusion only works when it is cast on you for the first time, once it is affected by illusion, there is no point in using the barrier again."

Natsu was on guard as she told Darrow that she seemed to be back to normal at this point.

"Lorraine, can you still hold on?"

"Yes."

Lorraine lost her weapon in her hand, took out the dagger from her body, and stood up from the ground, a shocking large blood stain below her lower abdomen.

"Hey...... This is a serious injury! Man, can you really do it? ”

Darrow shuddered when he saw his miserable appearance.

"Leave my injuries alone, that guy is still spying on us, watch out for his next attack!"

Lorraine said with the same expression.

-- What's the problem?

Over there, Xia was holding a long knife in his hand, his face was a little pale, and his originally fair face was almost completely bloodless at this time.

"Sue me for the characteristics of Manticor!"

She said to the instructions in her head.

"Weak physical defense, strong spell defense, good at illusion and psychic attacks, if you are accidentally confused by it, you will fall into a long hallucination and can't extricate yourself."

"How to dispel illusions?"

"There is only one, and that is to recall the scene when you were hit by the illusion, and then look for the flaws in the illusion in your mind and dispel it."

"My magic immunity constitution is not omnipotent, just like I can use my mental power to cast elemental resonance, and in turn it will be affected by mental attacks."

Xia finally understood what the problem was:

At this time, the three people in the cave, including her, had been spelled by illusion from the beginning!

"At what time? Already affected by illusion when you first entered the cave? It's impossible! ”

Darro's arcane barrier was absolutely effective, and he had already unfurled it before the three of them came in, in that case...... Is it outside?

"Instructions, are you deliberately hiding something from me?"

Natsu's eyes became sharp.

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

The instructions couldn't speak, and they didn't write when they heard her thoughts, just hovering there quietly.

Ever since she discovered that the corrective power of this world could have an effect on the manual, Xia had an indescribable wariness of this thing, but having a cheat was still much stronger than not having one, so she didn't think much about it.

"It's coming!"

Darrow shouted, this time his probe spell finally worked.

A glint flashed in Lorraine's eyes, and with a strain in his legs, the dagger in his hand stabbed diagonally into the air, flashing there.

The stab is empty!

Then Xia and Darrow saw a light blue shadow appear from Lorraine's side, and lifted a long limb and thrust it into his back!

"Whew-"

Lorraine moved quickly, turning sideways to the right to dodge the attack, but a piece of the school uniform was torn off.

"The defensive effect of the school uniform shield is limited, and a normal attack of a monster has exceeded the maximum value that can be resisted in a single time!" Darro's heart sank.

The shield's resistance to physical attacks is comparable to that of ordinary armor, and it is actually cut open like tofu, and the attack power of this A+ level demon is really strong.

"So this monster looks like this."

A monster shining blue appeared in front of Xia's eyes, this A+-level demon looks a bit like a spider, there are six legs under the body, each of which is extremely sharp, like six sharp knives stuck in the ground, its eyes are compound eyes, it is staring at everyone at this time, the whole body is like a transparent crystal, if it is not hideous, it can be appreciated as a work of art.