Chapter 20: The Cracks
Lucien's room is located on the third floor of the castle, more than ten meters above the ground, even if it is a formal knight, jumping directly from such a high place will hurt him, and in order not to become a target for "dry shadows" and high-level magic in mid-air, the "Feather Fall Technique" that slowly falls is not the best choice.
Therefore, Lucien did nothing at first, relying on gravity to pull and fall quickly at the speed of a free fall, and then after calculating the short time of the descent, he activated the flying technique, and with the help of the gravitational pull of the stars, he reversed the pull, slowing down the speed of landing.
Since he was not far from the ground at this time, Lucien quickly stepped lightly on the dirt of the courtyard.
The whole process is like jumping a parachute, the only problem is the accuracy of the calculation, otherwise either too much time is spent in the air, which is a bit dangerous, or the speed is not slowed down enough, and it is easy to fall and injure yourself, or because the speed changes too much in a very short period of time, it will bring damage to the body.
And for Lucian, who has a strong soul and memory and calculation skills far beyond ordinary people, the problem is very simple.
The soil of the courtyard was hardened by the barrenness, and Lucien kicked his feet, quickly dodging the shattering light of different colors falling from the sky, and rushed straight to the castle gate.
Because Leo had a magic ring on his body that could activate the featherfall technique, Lucien was not worried about whether he would be able to jump off smoothly at first, but he was afraid that he would be affected by magic or withering force in mid-air - but Leo was not valued by Nikonov and Count Witte like Lucian, and did not need to be afraid that they would deliberately direct the cathartic power to him.
However, as soon as Lucien ran a few steps, the mental force field sensed that Leo was knocked away by Ivanovsky's punch, and fell to the dirt of the garden in the distance like a broken doll, making a loud "bump" sound.
Since Nikonov was not directly defeated by Count Werther's surprise attack, and the magic array he had temporarily arranged to cover Lucian's movements before his move was crumbling, but it had not yet reached its limit, so the great knights and knights in the castle still did not notice that the battle between Count Witte and Nikonov was so fierce. So much so that they couldn't spare their hands to deal with this magic array, whether it was reinforcing the blockade or sabotaging it to transmit information to the outside world. None of them tried.
"Ivanovsky is a big knight?!" Lucian, who judged Ivanovsky's strength from this punch, was quite surprised, he didn't see it at all before.
Although trained knights can hide their strength by controlling their stride, muscle contractions, heartbeat, blood, etc., they often inadvertently exude a formidable momentum when they value their will. One can perceive the horror within them, and in his two face-to-face conversations with Ivanovsky, he behaved so naturally. It's like a real quasi-knight who relies on potions to stimulate blood power, a boss who has controlled the smuggling organization for many years, and is vicious but has no strength.
"If I had attacked Ivanovsky directly at Kaliliana's manor as he had been protected by two mid-level professionals, I'm afraid it would have been me who had died......" Lucien was slightly glad that he hadn't acted recklessly, allowing the advantage of information asymmetry to take full play, and then Lucian sensed Leo and groaned in pain. Rolling over and standing up, Ivanovsky jumped out of the window and threw himself at him.
After Leo was knocked unconscious by Ivanovsky's punch, he woke up from the violent concussion of the landing, and felt the pain in his head and body as if he was about to fall apart. He secretly said in his heart: "I'm seriously injured, just one more high-ranking knight squire can kill me......"
Even if Ivanovsky used his fist, but the strength of the third and fourth level knights was so terrifying, if Leo was not in the state of being fully activated by the frost giant's bloodline at that time, this punch could make his head shatter like a watermelon falling from a high altitude, as if it was the case, half of Leo's face also completely collapsed, his cheekbones were shattered, blood flowed down his mouth, and the golden stars flew all over the sky in front of him, plus he fell from a height of more than ten meters without maintaining balance, and his internal organs and bones were seriously damaged, and he basically had no ability to fight in a short time.
The gap between a grand knight and a quasi-knight is so big! Even if Leo has exchanged a lot of potions over the years and increased his bloodline ability to a difference of only a thin line with that of a regular knight!
However, compared to the serious injuries in his body, the pain in Leo's heart was even more intense, and his enemy turned out to be a great knight, which made him see no possibility of revenge through his own efforts, and was full of endless despair and sadness, as if the world was in darkness.
At this time, Lucian's voice sounded in his ears: "I will lead Ivanovsky away, you wait for the opportunity to escape, and then meet at the place agreed before......"
The second ring of magic "telecommunication".
Leo suddenly woke up from the dark nightmarish despair, realizing that this was not the time to be sentimental, and he also had a little motivation in his heart to live, that is, to repay the old man for saving his life.
After Lucien summoned Leo, he dragged out the afterimage and ran to the castle gate.
Then, the Flameweaver's Bracelet activated, and a fireball struck the gate directly, sending out a violent explosion that sent a wave of flames.
Since the castle's Patronus Array had not yet been activated, the steel gate was blasted open by the Fireball Technique, allowing Lucien to dodge out of the city and head towards the west of the Ural City.
Ivanovsky landed firmly on his feet, not only did he not get hurt, but the ground trembled, and then without hesitation, he ran out of the castle gate after Lucian.
Leo, an enemy who doesn't even have the strength of a formal knight, in the case of time urgency, Ivanovsky didn't even look at it, anyway, he killed Leo's whole family, not Leo killed his whole family.
This attitude of indifference caused Leo to feel a strong sadness, and he did not have the strength to even take the enemy to heart, because you have no ability to take revenge and no future of development.
However, Leo saw that Lucian's fireball technique exploded the castle gate, and at the same time, it also gave Nikonov's makeshift magic array to cover the movement of the last blow, causing it to be completely shattered, so that the great knights, knights, and priests guarding the castle could hear the fierce and terrifying sound of battle.
"There can be no further delay. Leo took out a tube of "Tempest" potion, stabilized his injuries, and showed his physical potential, then turned into a giant, and strode towards the castle gate.
Halfway through the run, Leo suddenly tripped over something, and he looked down. It was found to be a pair of legs left by Matvey's corroded by the toxic mist, with black boots that were dull in color but only slightly damaged.
"The old man only has a magic robe, and a pair of magic boots are missing...... Leo thought as he spoke. While taking out a piece of clothing, he bent down and took off the magic boots, and then rushed out of the castle gate with all his strength - if you wait until the great knights and knights of the guards come back from the high-level battle in mid-air, you will not be able to escape!
Kaliliana in the room had been staring blankly at the high-energy flashes in mid-air, watching Ivanovsky chase Lucien out of the castle. Watching the knights and big knights being alarmed, watching Leo pick up the magic boots and leave, and then his expression changed suddenly. cursed: "Damn Ivanovsky, you didn't remind me!"
So, she also jumped directly from the window, and when she fell halfway, her body began to change rapidly, and a pair of black wings grew from her back, like the evil black wings that only demons have rumored to have. At the same time, two small sharp horns protrude on the forehead, which are delicate and lovely, and the pale black scale armor appears on the fair skin.
Sure enough, it's an official knight, and it's a succubus bloodline!
With the flapping of the black wings, Kaliliana's slender legs fell to the ground. But just as she was about to glide forward, a thin line of blood appeared on her forehead, and then her body quickly withered, and she fell to the ground with frightened eyes like a dried corpse.
Count Witte hates her the most, this niece who he loves from the bottom of his heart and even helped her inherit the estate of Baron Lotnikov, will collude with outsiders to take advantage of his aging and serious illness to assassinate himself, if it weren't for the fact that he was projected by a big man when he was about to die, and he knew something, I am afraid that he would have no way to go to the end of his life, and he would not be able to take advantage of this opportunity at all.
Therefore, he thought that Kaliliana was 10,000 times more hateful than Nikonov, Ivanovsky, and others who killed Semyon, and even if he gave up the advantage he had so hard to occupy, he would kill her! Anyway, at this time, the knights and the great knights had already reacted and began to use various means to inform the church and other nobles.
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After overcoming the spell casting buffer, Lucien superimposed an acceleration spell on himself, slowing the distance between himself and Ivanovsky, and the two of them climbed out of the Ural City from the nearest wall, fleeing to the northwest.
Running and running, Lucian sensed that Ivanovsky had changed direction slightly.
"He's going to take advantage of the familiar terrain to outflank him?" Lucien thought to himself, confused.
After escaping for a while, just as Lucian was about to take advantage of the dead of night and the cold countryside to try to kill Ivanovsky and get rid of the trouble, he was surprised to find that Ivanovsky had already run away and disappeared.
"He's not here to kill me?"
Lucien thought a little stunned, and then suddenly realized, Ivanovsky knew that he was a mid-level magician, and there were many powerful items and strange magic, and it was not easy to defeat him, how could he still chase and kill him alone? Originally, Lucian was worried that he was not too sure to do this, but now it seems that he took the opportunity to escape!
If Count Witte wins in the castle, then Ivanovsky is killing himself by staying there, and his strength and items are not able to intervene in the battle between the two high-ranking people, and he cannot help Nikonov, and if Nikonov wins in the castle, he can explain afterwards that he left after chasing and killing the magician who pretended to be Peter, and he will not be blamed in any way.
"This is really a foolproof response, and Ivanovsky was so cold, so hateful, so angry, so righteous just now...... Lucian sincerely admired Ivanovsky, and there was still a big gap between his "acting skills" and him.
Shaking his head, Lucien made his way and turned towards the mines west of the city of Ural.
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In the endless mountains, Lucien flew low in the gloomy silence, and mainly around the mines that he had heard about before and had to be closed due to collapses.
After choosing one of the most gloomy mines, Lucien infiltrated stealthily and silently, using the Sun Corona Amulet to find the rift leading to the necromantic realm.
According to Lucian's experience, the more lifeless and eerie the place, the more prone it is to such cracks. Of course, this is not entirely necessary.
In order to have a way out at the critical moment, Lucien planned to hide in a similar place at the beginning, so that when the danger was really difficult to deal with, he could enter the necromantic realm for temporary refuge.
The cave was eerie and long, hollow and dead, which made Lucien, who was walking here alone, a little inexplicably palpitating.
"There's one here. As he approached the bottom of the mine, Lucien found a twisted crack near a stand that could not be sensed by the naked eye or mental power, and inside was the familiar necromantic aura of the Corona.
Lucien, who had found a hidden place to hide near this gap, had just rested for a few minutes when he heard the sound of slight footsteps.
Then, a familiar figure cautiously crept in.
It's Ivanovsky!(To be continued.) )