Chapter 112: Shadows
"How's it going, can you sense which door is right!?" the mercenary Mayer asked Her Royal Highness the de facto princess of the Far East Island with concern. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Well, the door to the northwest makes me feel very different, and this is it!" said Miss Chieko firmly.
Although the "Sword Hero" was very confident, the cautious Meier made the next step and arranged for most of the personnel to stay in the well-lit hall, except to take Sebastian, Hilda, and Miss Chieko to the chosen door. Because the combat effectiveness of pure magicians in the forbidden demon realm is almost zero.
After some deliberation, Meier and Sebastian decided to use brute force to push open the stone door without any handle or keyhole, and the two Control Terror Knights who were proficient in the "Heaven and Earth Transformation Method" could mobilize no less weight than the Power Terror Knights.
Speaking of the core skill of this control-type horror knight, the "Heaven and Earth Transformation Method", there is also a legend. Legend has it that in the days when the terrifying warriors had just appeared, a legendary martial arts wizard traveled to the Western Continent in the Zaratus region in the middle of the Far Eastern Continent. The Zaratus and Tutonians were the same race, and during the great migration of peoples in the Archean period, they split into two tribes to the east and west, so the two races had similar strength in willpower. The people of Zaratus believe in a peculiar dualistic religion in which the seven-in-one god of justice is engaged in an eternal battle with opposing evil gods, and they worship fire, believing that she represents light and justice.
This person relied on his unparalleled martial arts talent and understanding of his own religion to create a secret technique that could transform heaven and earth, good and evil, light and darkness. When he arrives on the Western Continent, he happens to meet a terrifying samurai, and they hit it off at first sight, and they soon become friends. At one point, the master taught this magical secret technique to the terrifying warrior, and this secret technique was very suitable for the cultivation of a control-type terrifying warrior like him. Today, the Heaven and Earth Transformation Method is the source of the power of the Control Terror Knights.
Naturally, this small stone door could not withstand the combined attack of the two peak control terrifying knights, and the central hinge installed on it began to slowly rotate in the midst of the unpleasant sound of metal grinding. Behind the door was a narrow passage that only ordinary humans could pass through, and it seemed that the crystal dragon was using this to keep out the massive creatures that could not transform into human form from invading her treasury. Combined with the obstacles encountered in the front, there will definitely be more difficult levels to come.
"I don't know what the so-called 'shadow' of the ultimate guardian was tortured from her soul!?" said Meyer as he walked at the front.
"Hehe, whatever he is, it can't stop us from achieving our goal!" replied Sebastian unconcernedly.
"Of course, you can despise your opponent strategically, but you still need to be seriously prepared tactically! ”
Haha, I get that. ”
Soon, the four of them passed through the passage in the mountain wall to a dark cavern, and Meier lit the torch he carried with him to let everyone see the surroundings. The place was empty except for a stone statue at the bottom of the cave, and when they entered the stone statue, they found that it was a shrine dedicated to Kronos, the god of time.
"Your Excellency, this is the most special place in the entire cave that I have ever felt!" Miss Chieko's voice sounded beside Meyer.
"Well, it looks like cracking this shrine will reveal that shadow, right!?"
"Hehe, now let me come, Salian. Everyone, please stand out of the way. The black dragon girl said confidently.
Then she stepped out of the crowd and pressed her hand on the idol.
"This girl feels strange to me, as if there is a hidden power. Your Excellency, who the hell is she?" the sensible Princess of the Far East Island quietly asked the mercenary Myer.
"She is my adopted daughter and my ally, dear Miss Chieko. ”
"Strange identity. Miss Chieko felt that she didn't get the answer she wanted.
At the same time, the idol changed after being touched by Hilda, from a tangible stone that gradually lost its sense of reality from Meir's eyes, and after a few minutes, completely turned into a black shadow. Then the black shadow swelled up rapidly, and to the surprise of Meier and the others, the black shadow finally took the form of a giant dragon.
"Have you noticed, my good friend Salian, that our shadow is gone!" the Imperial Count von Ridlingen solemnly reminded the torch-wielding Mayer that their shadow had been absorbed.
"Well, everyone get ready for battle! Miss Chieko, you want to see the characteristics of our continent, and now I think it's one of them!"
Salian remembers hearing him learn from Scottino, a professor of space-time magic at August's Academy, that there is a technique in this esoteric space-time magic called "time projection", and that masters who are proficient in this art can summon their past selves as projections, and now they should have the shadow of the crystal dragon's past in front of them.
"Mortals, why did you invade my forbidden land! Leave now, I can spare you!" the shadow of the crystal dragon uttered a majestic voice.
"It seems that she doesn't know that her true nature has been erased by us. ”
"Yes, the dragon in front of us is nothing more than a magic crystal. Let's get rid of her quickly and find the treasures here!"
There is no need for Salian to mobilize at all, these young boys and girls originally came for the treasure, so naturally they will not be polite. From the perspective of magic physics, the Mana entity is also a living organism, but it is not an ordinary carbon-based organism, but a life form composed of dark matter. In fact, most of this universe is composed of dark matter and dark energy, and using magical technology, human beings have a preliminary understanding of its principle.
Now, Salian and the others have applied a special mixture of magic crystal powder and magic titanium particles to their weapons. This "anti-energetic element" allows ordinary weapons to acquire the properties of disintegrating dark matter. At the same time, because the shadow is a body composed of Mana, the original ability of the crystal dragon scale armor has been lost, and there is no need to deal with the crystal dragon's scale armor with a special lapis lazuli weapon like the stone spirit clan's territory.
Then Salian stuck the torch on the ground, and the four of them attacked the "shadow" from four directions at the same time, for a weapon blessed with anti-dark matter attributes, this is an ordinary crystal dragon, and she is also bound by the forbidden demon realm, unable to use external magic, just a dragon with natural ability. She swung her dragon's head and spat out a crystal cone from her mouth and shot at the intruder.
Everyone dodged left and right, still pressing step by step, and Salian, who was in front, used the terrifying secret technique that was not affected by the forbidden demon realm and the flame-shaped two-handed sword in his hand to block the crystal cone, and came to the dragon, he hoped to contain the dragon with his own attack, so that the other three could attack safely. It's a pity that he is not a full-time shield servant, and the hatred control is not stable, not to mention that the dragon's body is very suitable for combat, and all parts of the body can be used as weapons. She uses her claws and fangs on her forelimbs to deal with Salion, swings her wings to fend off Sebastian and Chieko Nanjo, and tangles with Hilda with her huge tail, making her the perfect combat tool created by the so-called "gods". Modern dragons that evolved from ancient dinosaurs not only have intelligent brains, but also have ganglia that control the center of the body, which can help the brain coordinate the functioning of various parts of the body during combat, so that a single dragon can fight against many enemies at the same time.
Then the battle inevitably enters the stalemate phase, which is to see which side has the stronger staying power, and the competition is about willpower.
"Salian, she doesn't have a supply source for Mana, so it's good for us to keep it empty!" Sebastian was very optimistic about the current situation.
In this way, the battle continued for a long time, and although the weapons of the crowd did a lot of damage to the dragon's body, she did not show any fatigue, and it was slightly different from her original estimate.
"Your Excellency, we may not be able to obtain the treasure if we continue like this. Miss Chieko gave Salian a cursory look at her opinion.
"You're right, it looks like we're going to have to take it a little more seriously!"
With that, Salian flew up in a "simulated levitation" and pounced on the crystal dragon's head from top to bottom, like a famous Stuka dive bomber many years later. A completely vertical approach makes it possible to strike at the target with extreme precision. Salian aimed at the crystal dragon's eyes and threw his two-handed sword, then immediately climbed to his feet, dodging the dragon's attack. The two-handed sword, with the dual blessing of gravity and thrust, pierced the dragon's right eye at super high speed. She wriggled her head in rage to ease the pain. The wings fluttered wildly at the same time, revealing the part where the base of the wing joined the torso.
"Sebastian, Miss Chieko, cut off her wings!"
Hearing Salian's words, of course, the two of them would not miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and they used the magic sword "Iltrosa" and the wild sword "Thunderbolt" to slash at the junction of the dragon's wings and body at the same time, and the blow that condensed all their strength finally succeeded in cutting off the dragon's wings, and the severed wings dissipated in an instant due to the loss of the source of Mana energy in the core of the body. The mana stream that erupted from the wound splashed into Salian, who was still in the air, and he felt a surge of energy rushing into him. Unable to resist the force, Salian was forced to land in the rear.
"Hilda, what's going on?"
Salian asked the Black Dragon Maiden who had rushed to his side to examine his body.
"I don't see any problems, maybe you now have the affinity of space-time magic, like a magnet to attract those overflowing space-time magic!?"
"So killing this shadow will help me?"
"Well, so to speak, your bold raid just now was successful, she is getting weaker and weaker, this projection must have a Mana core, and when the time comes, you will absorb it, and the benefits will definitely be small!"
"Hahahaha, good friend of Salian, the moment you swooped was really beautiful, I also have to practice, I can use it as a killer weapon!"
The crystal dragon, who had lost an eye and had her wings severed, was making her last futile resistance, and now Sebastian alone was enough to keep her at bay. So in addition to Hilda, who was taking care of Salian, Miss Chieko stepped aside and began to wipe her Nota knife "Thunderbolt".
After adjusting for a moment, Salian stood up at this time and used the telephoto to recall the flame-shaped two-handed sword back into his hand. He was ready to strike the final blow.