Chapter 37: The End of the War
Natalie was walking briskly through the forest at the moment, and her super perception ability combined with her sharp eyes made her walk on the ground all the way.
In the forest, it is her absolute home field!
She had just observed that on the other side of the forest, Iroh was taking a nap with his eyes closed after a good meal - this was undoubtedly an opportunity.
Of course, she would suspect that this was a trap that Iroh had deliberately lured her into. But first, the battle between them has been going on for more than two days, during which time Iroh has not rested or eaten in order to guard against Natalie's sneak attack, and Natalie has relied on the home advantage to replenish her strength a few times halfway.
As a juvenile dragon, it is relatively rare for Airo to be able to persist until now and start replenishing his strength. After all, she could probably guess the other party's thoughts: even if two days of sleepless was far from his limit, it would definitely have a negative impact on his combat effectiveness.
And in this hunt, once one side can't maintain its peak condition, maybe the tide of the battle will be reversed in an instant!
Second, it really didn't look like Iroh was deliberately luring himself into attacking, as Natalie noticed that he had cautiously observed his surroundings and arranged early warning magic before resting.
Even if it was impossible to monitor him all day, he increased the frequency of monitoring to once an hour, for up to thirty minutes at a time—this was his current limit. Under such high-frequency surveillance, even if Iroh wants to arrange any means, he can't escape his attention.
Most importantly, Natalie is not afraid of such challenges!
Answering the call is all about looking for more exciting battles, if that makes it more fun...... Why hold back?
"Wait!"
As she walked onto a narrow path, Natalie suddenly felt the ankles of her hind legs tighten, as if she had been stopped by something. If it were an ordinary dragon, I am afraid that it would not feel such a tiny resistance at all.
But she reacted as quickly as she could, and her progress stopped, not only did she not dare to move after taking a step, but she also slowly bent her body, trying to pinch the extremely thin and long silk thread wrapped around her legs, almost transparent like spider silk.
Unexpectedly, she only moved a little bigger, and the slender silk thread broke instantly......
Natalie's pupils contracted, and she didn't even think about it, her huge body exerted unreasonable agility, and she directly broke away from this path in a few breaths. Before she could take any further action, a change occurred.
Only a silk thread was broken, but it seemed to cause a complex chemical reaction, and a deafening noise came from the mountain peak on the left as if it were cracking, and the mountain that was originally like a knife and an axe chisel climbed up the dense interlaced cracks like a spider's web in an instant, and then collapsed with a loud "boom".
The shattered rock, with a huge amount of earth and sand behind it, filled it with great speed and force, forming a natural wall of earth and stone. The loud roar of a large amount of dirt and gravel falling down was a succession, and it took a few seconds before it could be stopped.
At this time, Natalie's place had been filled with hundreds of tons of dirt and rocks, and if she hadn't acted in time just now, she would have been completely buried alive by the suddenly collapsed rocks without any resistance!
But compared to fear, Natalie's heart at the moment was more shocked and surprised.
"I didn't notice that he had set up this trap...... It shouldn't be possible today, so it can only be said that it was yesterday, when I haven't spied on him with all my might?"
Natalie calmed down as quickly as she could, and thought to herself: "It's really powerful, did you start to plan and calculate me from the beginning?" But this trap is powerful, and it is still impossible to defeat me...... Was it his mistake or was it something else?"
With a thought in her mind, Natalie went to spy on Iroh again—this time to her surprise.
Where Iroh was supposed to be, there was nothing at the moment!
"Is it a phantom?
Natalie quickly made her own judgment, her high-speed mind linking the events of the past two days, and she realized something almost immediately.
And the next moment, when Ello's black figure appeared in her sight, she finally understood completely.
"This guy...... Have you learned the pattern of my surveillance of him? and I'm afraid it's not the only recent one...... No wonder they made a show to me, and actually ambushed me here?"
"Oh, it seems like it was a bad decision to stick to the bare minimum of magic. ”
That's right, just as Iroh suppressed her own ability to radiate, Natalie didn't rely on the power of the dragons' most famous magic.
She was right, and Iroh had seen through the law of this insight a long time ago—but it wasn't as magical as she imagined, because Iroh's perception was no worse than hers, and he could also vaguely feel the peeping gaze when Natalie peeked at him.
So, based on this feeling, Iroh found a time when Natalie could not spy on her, and then set up the apparition as fast as she could, and he went to Natalie's location to carry out a new attack on her.
And all this should be done in half an hour!
As for the previous traps?
There was indeed an element of luck in this, as Natalie thought, it was set up on the first day of Iroh. However, at the time, it was just a casual move, and I didn't expect it to come in handy now.
With the help of magic, Iroh hid less than a hundred meters away from Natalie, listening to the grinding sound from far and near and estimating the distance, holding his breath.
When the sound of the mountain rock cracking came, and there was a slight gasp in a certain direction, it suddenly burst out, and the tail blade turned into a deadly killing move, and attacked directly.
The blow was fast, steady, accurate, and ruthless, and the tip of the knife made a "buzzing" sound like an insect due to friction with the air.
Iroh clearly felt his attack slip, and suddenly realized that it was not good.
Natalie, who is proficient in martial arts, is naturally not so easy to hit, and the moment Iroh is about to attack, the change in his aura has alerted her.
So at the first moment, she adjusted her body and used the hardest horns to meet the blow of Iroh, and successfully blocked the tail blade. Then she slammed Iroh to the ground, and jerked out a forepaw to Elo's eyes.
Iroh's reaction can also be said to be extremely fast, his muscles suddenly tense and expanded, and he actually shook Natalie's body out alive, but it was a pity......
"Hit!"
Natalie, who snorted and took half a step back, curled a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, and as she retreated with the help of the shock, a magic arrow shot directly out of her mouth, leaving a shallow, narrow blood mark on Iroh's weakest defense.
"Sure enough, it's the venom of the silver light blood snake, although I don't know how you prepared to get to this point, but it's ......"
Before this attack, even if Iroh drank the juice of the rainbow rain flower on time, it was almost time for it to take effect. As a result, the paralyzing sensation of the abdomen rising up subsided after only a few seconds.
But even so, Iroh was still vigilant - even if his blood contained poison, it didn't mean that he could ignore all toxins from now on.
The hidden venom arrow did not have the desired effect, and this unexpected situation made Natalie, who wanted to take the opportunity to attack, reluctantly give up her idea, and she could only choose to retreat in the face of the menacing Iro.
Natalie was ready to use her physical flexibility to fight with Iroh, but unfortunately the battlefield that Iroh had chosen was not very spacious. Moreover, the speed of Iroh's progress is a little beyond her expectations, and the actual combat is indeed the best teacher, and the result of the high-intensity hand-to-hand combat in the past two days is that at this moment, Natalie finds it difficult to gain the upper hand.
Iroh also suffered some damage from Natalie's counterattack, leaving a few shallow blood marks on his body, but he was conceited to have a stronger physique, and he was not afraid to exchange injuries for injuries.
Perhaps it was the two-day super mental concentration that made both sides a little unbearable, and coincidentally, they chose to decide the winner at this moment.
The battle is completely at a fever pitch.
Finally......
"It seems that we are at a stalemate. ”
Iroh let out a long breath, but his words remained unwavering, "At least we're close in hand-to-hand combat, and you must have reached your limit." ”
Natalie kept silent, she had planned to secretly accumulate strength again, but she didn't expect the tiredness from her body to make her many efforts end in failure.
Not only is he mentally quite sluggish, but even his body is a little unable to support it. But if you don't decide the winner, you can't end it.
"My physical strength ...... It's also reached its limit. ”
Realizing this, Natalie shook her head vigorously in an attempt to dispel the remaining tiredness in her mind, but as soon as her emerald pupils recondensed, Eloh, who had been gasping for breath before her, stepped forward and threw out her claws for the last time.
In Natalie's eyes, Iroh's attack was also full of flaws, although it was still swift, but it was also tangible and godless.
But when she avoided the blow and planned to take the opportunity to counter the other party, she was surprised to find that she was also powerless.
In this way, the two dragons, both exhausted, stumbled to the ground in the next second, they were unable to get up for a while, and after struggling instinctively, they finally had to give up their efforts, lying quietly on the ground and waiting for their strength to slowly recover.
Perhaps hand-to-hand combat is always more exciting than magic fights, and the fierce fight between Natalie and Iroh lasted for more than an hour.
Although he didn't know what the other party thought, this unprecedented experience was very new to Iroh, and it was the first time he had this urge...... Fight without magic, with the most primitive and instinctive power of this body.
Yes, it sounds stupid and reckless, but it doesn't feel bad to do it once in a while.
"Iroh, the boss of the Tokamaks. Want to join?"
After a while, feeling his strength regain somewhat, Iroh turned his head and looked at the green dragon carefully. At the same time, the other party was also looking at him.
After a few more moments of silence, Iroh heard a voice with a slight smile.
"Natalie. For the sake of your performance, I accept your offer. ”