Chapter 122: The First Battle Integrates the Knights
"Now is the time to sigh about this! Since that one can cross this distance, this one is called total domination or something, can't our chains be used? ”
"No, no, no! This technique is the top secret of the Church. Moreover, even if you know the technique, you can only use it with an artifact......"
"In that case, forget about it and think about what you can do with what you have. If you can do it, you go to the showdown while I find a way to block his whip. Even if you use a weapon that you don't use, you should still be able to swing it straight down. ”
In order to confirm Ugeo's determination to finally return to normal, Lin Yiyan gave another instruct.
"Let's be enlightened. The two of us are going to bring down the Knights of Integration, who are symbols of the authority of the Church. ”
“…… I know. As I said before, I won't be confused anymore. Nodding, Yugeo also used his left hand to grasp the front of the chain wrapped in his right hand and slowly untied it.
Both looked at the same time. However, the integration knight still maintained a chic smile on his face, and the silver whip in his hand sounded slightly.
"Is the conversation over, sinners? So, let me have a little fun. ”
“…… Is it really good that you're acting so easily, Lord Integrator? ”
Needless to say, anyone who dared to rebel against the Congregational Church would be punished severely...... This is what His Excellency the High Priest meant. However, we would be ashamed to whip the weak who had no resistance. So I'm expecting you to show me how reserved my armor is at least a little bit. ”
“…… Does it hurt the armor? At the very least, you have to wear out half of your destiny and make that unpleasant smile disappear. Hiding the sense of anxiety that swelled in his heart, Lin Yiyan provoked his opponent. I was still a little concerned about the name of the High Priest that Elderliye had revealed earlier, but now was not the time to think about that kind of thing. With a wave of his right hand, he immediately stretched out his left hand and stabbed it towards Elderiyah.
“system call! generate thermal element! As the imaginary of the true red ruby shouted the command, a red point of light appeared in front of the thumb, index finger, and middle finger. This is the heat element at the beginning of the Fire attack. Lin Yiyan was about to unfold the next technique, and Eldeliya, who was fifteen meters away, also raised his left hand leisurely.
“syste cryogenic element。” In front of the five fingers, a blue cold element is formed to counter this side of the technique. Although the number of element elements is on this side and down, Lin Yiyan ignored it and continued the technique here.
“form element, arro shape!” While chanting the incantation, his left hand stretched forward, and the previous points of light stretched out, forming three flaming arrows. This is a form that focuses on flight speed and penetrating force. Before the enemy had time to take countermeasures, Lin Yiyan chanted the final technique as fast as he could.
“fly straight! discharge! Then, with a swirl of flames, three flaming arrows shot straight at Elderiyah.
In this world dominated by sword combat, the reason for the existence of the attacking divine art is to fight the legions of the Dark Realm, which is what the old teachers of the academy said. Lin Yiyan thought in the corner of his mind that if he knew that such a technique was used to fight the integration knight, would he faint to the ground, and jumped out after the Yan Arrow.
On the way, Elderier sang a confrontation in one breath.
“form element, bir thermal object, discharge!”
The five blue dots of light turned into the form of a bird suitable for tracking the target, and flew in unison. The speed of the Ice Bird was faster than Lin Yiyan's arrows, and there were more of them. Two small birds flew by, and the other three met the fire arrows one by one, and the flames collided with the ice crystals and disappeared without a trace. The impact of the explosion scraped the wine glasses off the bench and shattered them as they landed on the stone slabs.
Using the gorgeous light effect as a smoke bomb, Lin Yiyan approached the place extremely close to Elderiyah in one breath. Two more steps...... There is another step that is within the attack range of Lin Yiyan's chains
Suddenly, the opponent's right hand moved, and the silver whip leaped from the ground like a snake. However, at this distance, the enormous distance advantage brought about by the so-called Total Domination of Arms also loses its significance. Concentrate as hard as you can to pre-read the track of the long whip that is coming in an arc from the right, bend down, dodge, and prepare to take the last step.
“!?” The moment he saw it, Lin Yiyan gasped. The long whip that slashed through the air split into two forks, and the newborn silver snake turned around at an acute angle and struck in the direction where Lin Yiyan was. Lin Yiyan, who encountered such a sudden attack at a distance of only a few centimeters, had no way to make countermeasures at all, so he could only let the whip hit Lin Yiyan's chest and knock Lin Yiyan away. The body slammed into the stone slab and let out a hoarse moan.
"Ahem, aaa......!" Although he had already come to his senses, being hit by a long whip with countless thorns still made Lin Yiyan's eyes darken. Gritting his teeth, he saw that the black uniform was torn open from his chest down like his pants, revealing a long red scar on his skin. Countless beads of blood oozed up and down the wound, drawing several parallel lines and flowing downward.
Looking down at Lin Yiyan's tragic situation as he fell to the ground, Elderier laughed loudly, "Hahaha, that kind of little trick is not universal for this frost scale whip. In full dominance, the attack range can be extended to a maximum of 50 mel, and up to 7 can be split. If there were eight of you rushing together, you might be able to make a difference. ”
Although he still had a comfortable tone, Lin Yiyan no longer had the strength to be angry. This is the first time I've experienced such a sharp pain since the goblin captain slashed his shoulder two years ago.
"Whew, is it still overestimated? Then I'll leave it at bay and make you unconscious. Elderiya, who had made the declaration, made a sound from the silver armor and took a step. At this moment, Yugeo, who had unconsciously approached forward, jumped out of the shadow of the fountain with a determined expression.
"Woo-ah-ah!" With a rare shout, he waved the chain off his right hand. Although it was a weapon that was used for the first time, it was not very handy, but it was a sudden blow, and even so, it could not break the knight's defenses.
Elderier's right hand moved like smoke, and the silver whip split into two in the air, one snapping off the chains and the other capturing Yugeo's body. Yougeo was hit in the chest like Lin Yiyan, and he didn't even have time to let out a mournful roar, so he fell heavily into the fountain in the distance, splashing everywhere.
Although the severe pain around Lin Yiyan's body was not alleviated at all, he must not waste the precious time won by Yugeo's life-fighting assault. At the moment when he felt that more than half of Elderiya's consciousness had left Lin Yiyan's body, Lin Yiyan raised his body and threw what he had held in his right hand a few seconds ago into the knight's face.
Unlike Ayn Grant and Alpheim, in this world, most objects do not disappear immediately after being destroyed, but instead become fragments or clips or dead bones that begin to be counted at a new Mandate of Heaven. Of course, that destiny, that is, the durability will be reduced at a much faster speed than the real world before it is completely destroyed, and the moment it returns to zero, the object will be officially wiped out without a trace, but it will take a few minutes at least until it is completely destroyed.
Therefore, even something like a broken glass can be used as a substitute for a little. The glass piece that Lin Yiyan threw cut through the pre-dawn darkness and struck Elderiya's left eye. Also, I wiped the blood from my chest before throwing the shards, barely reflecting the starlight.
I'm afraid the interval between the glass piece entering the field of view and the hit is less than 0.1 seconds. Even so, the knight turned his face with terrifying reflexes and avoided the direct hit to the eye. The shard of glass that swept across his left cheekbone left only a superficial wound and vanished into the darkness.
"Woo!!" Before Elderliye could turn to this side again, Lin Yiyan rushed out with all his strength in a sprinting position.
The second time he kicked on the ground, he finally got into the range of the right hand chain. Raising the chain sharply as if it was about to be swung off his left shoulder, Elderliye, who had recovered from a momentary shake, quickly withdrew his right hand and moved the long whip that had been in the same position as when he shot Eugeo to target Lin Yiyan again.
If you foolishly swing the chains off like this, the chains will intersect with the whip in the air, or worse, you will be beaten alone if you fail to break the split whip's defenses. However, Lin Yiyan took this horror behind him, looked away from the glittering silver whip, and stared at the fountain that Yugeo had just fallen into behind Elderliye.
The act of taking the eye off the target of the attack is not allowed in any school taught in the Sword Academy, that is, it is taboo. Therefore, the swordsmen in this world will never do such a thing, even if it is an integration knight, there will be no exception.
"Uh-huh......!"
Therefore, Elderliye let out a low roar, and in an instant, his consciousness was removed from Lin Yiyan's body. He probably sensed that Eugeo, who had been knocked into the fountain, would immediately get up and fight back. However, this is, of course, a fictional combo attack performed by Lin Yiyan's gaze movement. No matter how tenacious Yugeo's body is, it is impossible for him to stand up so easily after receiving a blow from an artifact.
As if reflecting Elderiya's confusion, the sterling silver whip veered slightly off course in the air, passing a few millimeters above Lin Yiyan's chain without a trace of conflict. The awkward left diagonal upper part of the attack is intended to make the whip parallel to the orbit, so that the failure rate of the attack is slightly increased. This is a strategy method learned after being ruthlessly snatched away the wooden sword with a whip by Lena's predecessors several times.
However, the same attack will not work again. This is the last chance for real.
"Ahh With the momentum of his whole body, Lin Yiyan waved the lock of spiritual iron as if it were a part of his body.
Aim for the only head in the knight's body that is not protected by sturdy silver armor. I don't know if it's because he was drinking just now, or because Lin Yiyan and others, who underestimated him but a student, didn't have equipment, but Lin Yiyan, who found that he didn't have a helmet, was not so kind. Hit in the head by a heavy, hard chain without armor, even the Fusion Knight would have lost consciousness for a short time
However, even here, Elderliye still showed more ability and consciousness than Lin Yiyan expected. His left hand stretched out like lightning, not with the side of the armor of the hand protected by the armor, but with the palm of the hand, which was only a thin leather glove, grasping the near end of the lock link.
If you defend with the hand armor part, the chain will rotate with this as a fulcrum, and even if the power is reduced, the end will hit the knight's head. Therefore, Elderier's choice is correct, but the attack power of the class 38 iron lock is by no means the degree that a layer of leather can absorb.
"Goo............!" The moment he caught the chain, the knight let out a low moan. The sound of several bones shattering in his left hand clearly sounded in Lin Yiyan's ears. As a result, he couldn't use his left hand for a while, but he didn't throw the artifact Frostscale Whip in his right hand on the ground.
Just run over and turn into a fight. He had learned the physical skills of Serlute-ryu from Lena's seniors. Although it is not a striking but a jutsu that focuses on fixing and wrapping, it can be very effective against heavily armored enemies.
"It's not over yet!" Lin Yiyan shouted, taking a step to grab Elderiya's injured left arm with his empty left hand.
"What!" However, the latest integration knight, ranked thirty-one, once again made a move that exceeded Lin Yiyan's prediction.
The left hand, which should have been broken, clung to the chain and pulled it up desperately. Because the other end of the chain was fused together with the iron ring on Lin Yiyan's right hand, Lin Yiyan's body was forcibly reversed, and he lost his balance all of a sudden. Although Lin Yiyan desperately tried to step on the ground, Elderliye let out a strong shout again
"Oooh oh!!" began to want to throw Lin Yiyan's body away. If I were thrown like that, I would fall out of the chain's attack range and be within the range of the whip. Moreover, that guy would not let Lin Yiyan approach him again.
Lin Yiyan reflexively changed the target of his left hand, no longer Elderiya's left arm, but grabbed the whip held in his right hand. Even the Frostscale Whip, with its countless sharp barbs, had no barbs from the grip to a length of 1.5 meters. Lin Yiyan rolled this part on his arm, so that he could not simply take it off.
In this way, because Eldelier could not let go of the whip in his right hand and the chain in his left hand, he could not distance himself from Lin Yiyan. On the other hand, if he only let go of his left hand holding the chain, Lin Yiyan could attack at will. The other party probably noticed this too, and the shattered left hand gripped the chain tightly.
Lin Yiyan and Elderliye were held to a distance of less than a meter by silver whips and iron cables. Although the knight's left hand holding the chain should still be in severe pain, he did not show any painful expression, and still whispered in a leisurely tone, "...... I said just now that I overestimated you, and it seems that this sentence has to be withdrawn. I didn't expect it to hurt me to this extent. ”
“…… That's what I know. "Although I wanted to say more rebuttals, I didn't want to turn the conversation to the injuries of both sides. Because compared to Elderier's fracture, the wound on Lin Yiyan's chest consumed the Mandate of Heaven at a faster rate because of the continuous bleeding. If that guy noticed this, he would continue to tug of war like this, waiting for the strength on Lin Yiyan's side to run out.
…… No, maybe he's noticed. The knight spoke again with a faint smile. However, there is a strange content in the delay in what he said, "Even so, that kind of technology...... That kind of tactic, although incredible, always feels as if I have seen it. ”
"Hey...... But there's nothing strange about it. Haven't you fought before with a swordsman who, like me, was Thorruthliu? ”
"Cut, how could that happen, Prisoner-kun. Didn't I say it before, but I was summoned to the human realm as an Integration Knight only a month ago. ”
“…… What the hell is that summoning ......" Just as the conversation was about to continue, Lin Yiyan finally noticed a voice. To be precise, it has changed compared to the sound I heard before.
In the center of the fountain behind Elderiya is a stone statue of Terraria, the god of the earth. The small waterfall that flowed out of the bottle held by the stone statue had until now only the light sound of water falling from the pool below, but now the sound of the water has become muffled. Here's the signal. It was sent to Lin Yiyan by Ugeo.
Elderliye will notice it soon. The conversation continues, but it must be moving.
“…… It's as if someone called this world. Instead of the phrase "I didn't hear", Lin Yiyan began to act. But even if he said that, he couldn't let go of the frost scale whip wrapped around his left hand. The only thing that can be done is to put the right hand in chains
Pull it away in one go!
Elderiyah reacted to Lin Yiyan's sudden movements, wanting to pull the chains back. The chain snapped and strained, then snapped in two from almost midway. The part that had been cut deep by the whip before finally couldn't bear the pressure and shattered.
"What......" Elderliye leaked out an exclamation of "really two hits", and the moment his body lost its balance. Yugeo snapped out of the fountain behind him. He recovered from the pain of being beaten in his chest, and waited for the moment of surprise attack beneath the waterfall that flowed down from the fountain. The sound of the water had changed, because it had fallen on his body.
"Haaaaa Dripping with water, Yugeo swung the chain of his right hand down at Elderier's unsuspecting head. And half a second ago, from the knight's mouth, a short sentence of the technique came out...... No, it's an order.