Chapter 30: The Knight
On the outskirts of the jungle at the foot of the Franco-Lipabis Mountains, Eliez's figure appears alone.
It may not be accurate to say that she is alone, because she is surrounded by countless corpses of demonic beasts. On the grassland, there are black bloodstains, broken meat, and broken skeletons as far as the eye can see, and at least tens of thousands of demonic beasts have died here.
The formation of carrion and blood spread out like a mist-like turbidity, causing the plants on the grassland to wither as well. The originally flat landscape has now become potholed everywhere, and many places are scorched black, with wisps of white smoke wafting up.
It's like hell, and it's full of traces of being ravaged by magic. And in the middle of this miserable hell, a girl as pure and spotless as an angel is in it, like a blooming white flower dotted with a turbid black wilderness, eye-catching and dazzling.
When I came to the corpse of a demonic beast, it probably had just died, probably because the muscle tissue was not completely dead, and the limbs could be seen still twitching slightly.
However, Alize raised her hand indifferently and swung the invisible air blade out with a thud, slicing open the belly cavity of the demonic beast. Then, a brilliant crystal emerged from her internal organs as if it had lost gravity, and floated in front of Ariz.
After nearly a week of hunting, Aliezel was already quite familiar with the organs and locations where each type of Warcraft stored the cores, and even professional Warcraft hunters and adventurers needed to spend dozens of minutes digging process, but in other words, it would only take a few seconds for her.
"Not enough...... Not enough...... Not enough ...... at all."
Today's Alizza looks very strange, not only is her walking posture a little shaky, but even her slightly open and closed mouth keeps talking to herself, and what is even more unusual is that she didn't find a signature smile on her trance-like face.
With dilated pupils, as if sleepwalking, Arize continued to act mechanically: dissecting corpses, digging up magic cores, and storing them in a homemade space magic bag.
"Wait...... Sister Alice...... Wait...... I will definitely make Celia a city like the earth......"
That's the only thing that sustains her.
However, this is easier said than done.
It's not the technical bottlenecks that are holding her back from doing this, but the more fundamental problems that have not yet been resolved.
That's energy.
In this world, there is a great difference between the laws of physics and the earth. Alize soon discovered that there was no way to generate electricity with familiar equipment, and that all the physical phenomena she was familiar with needed to be based on the premise of magic power.
The energy conversion that is very conventional on earth will also be powerless in this world because of the interference of magic in nature.
To put it simply, magic creates physical phenomena while inhibiting man-made phenomena.
Unnaturally generated energy is absorbed and emitted by magic, and it is in this way that the world maintains a unique balance on the physical level.
If you want to run electrical appliances like the earth, at this stage, the most effective source of energy is only the "magic core".
The Magic Core is just a "battery" at best, and although Celia is only a small town of thousands of people, it still needs countless magic cores to transform the infrastructure of the entire town.
And even if there are a large number of demonic beasts inhabiting the jungle at the foot of the mountain, according to Ariz's excessive hunting, I am afraid it will not last long.
Today, this originally mysterious and lush natural jungle is gradually withering due to the collapse of the ecological environment.
In fact, there are many fewer demonic beasts that appear today than in the previous two days, and several of them have become extinct.
In front of Alize, the monster has nothing to hide, and it cannot hide its tracks. Because Arizzel is able to use magic to simulate the magic ripples and chirps between her own people, to attract the demonic beasts of the entire area to her.
Unfortunately, wild animals, even with a little bit of intelligence, are far from being able to resist their instincts.
At the current pace, I'm afraid that in a few days, this demon realm, which is known as the most dangerous in the continent, will disappear from the map. It's just the madness of a magician.
Alize has no energy left to care about this, for her, the idea of ensuring a balance between the natural environment and ecology has long been forgotten, and now all she cares about is how to fulfill her sister's wishes. I have to say that this is a sick obsession like a curse.
Just like the other day, after digging up all the magic cores, she will return to the basement of the Lord's Mansion with the magic of spatial transfer, and drive the magic into magic overnight to transform the city facilities of Celia.
It's just that today, before finishing the work of digging the magic core, I met some uninvited guests.
"It's ......"
"The corpses of Warcraft?so many!?"
The bleak scene made the two young men let out voices that could not hide their surprise.
"Ahh β
Then, there is the calm voice of the woman.
"Kill tens of thousands of demonic beasts with magic?
"That's it......"
Three figures talked to each other and appeared on the meadow shrouded in night.
In the moonlight, the knights' armor of the same style, but with differences in details, reflected a silvery-white metallic glow.
"That's right...... Looks like we've found the person we're looking for. β
At the forefront was a woman, with a dignified posture, a wonderful figure, a heroic beauty, and long soft golden hair.
As the women's gaze grew, the two men behind her also noticed Eliza's strange presence.
The young man with short dark brown hair, a serious expression, and a pure white robe on top of his armor, the tragic scene in front of him made him frown deeply. The right hand involuntarily moved towards the hilt of the sword at his waist.
The tall man on the other side, his long silver hair tied up in a ponytail, hung down behind his head. He immediately drew out the big sword hanging behind his back, his burly and powerful arms, the nearly two-meter-long sword body was lightly held horizontally at his side, and his slender eyes forced a cold light.
"Don't worry, Wegu, Asbel. Although her posture is different from before, judging by the magic ripples and the combat ability to kill monsters, this girl should be 'Mr. Edward'. β
The female knight stopped her companion who wanted to strike first, and she stepped in the direction of Eliza until the distance that the voice could reach, and asked-
"It's 'Mr. Edward', we are knights affiliated with the 'Legendary Blade', it seems that your 'reincarnation' has been successfully completed, and we are here to welcome you back to the imperial capital at the behest of our master. β
The name "Edward ......" brought Eliezer back to her senses, and she stopped digging for the core in her hand and turned her gaze to the female knight.
"Big sister, you recognized the wrong person~~ It's not Teacher Edward~~ It's Alize~~ It's Alize~~ Alize, El Crew, Snier...... Daughter of the lord of Celia City~~"
Although the little girl denied it like this, it convinced the female knight of her suspicions. Because - the girl's familiar surname.
Kurusnir...... You are from Rutega...... Tut...... And this symptom ...... Personality disorders? It's like 'that woman' came up with a trick. β
The female knight was a little unpleasantly speechless, she could feel the extraordinary magic in the girl, which undoubtedly belonged to the 'sage' Edward, but she did not have the consciousness of being Edward.
Few people knew about the magic of "sΓ©ance", and the female knight was one of these few people, and although she despised it, she had no authority to stop it.
"Rutega, I see...... Hmph......"
At the same time, the tall knight, armed with a greatsword, seemed to understand something, and let out a mocking chuckle.
"What's wrong?
There was only a brown-haired young man with an unknown expression.
"Asbel, you're still young in the group. However, these things are still not known as well. β
The female knight did not answer the young man's question directly, and although the two of them looked about the same age, for some reason, the female seemed to be extremely old.
"- β
Then, without warning, the female knight quickly chanted a set of incantations, completing the spell in no time. In all directions, a mirror of pure white light suddenly rose like a barrier, enclosing Arizel firmly in it.
"Eh~~~?what is this~~~?" Ariezel looked a little confused, and she reached out her small hand to touch the surface of the light mirror.
"Even a sage can't easily escape from it, so come with us, Ed...... Oh no, Miss Eliser. β
After the female knight finished speaking, she shook her fingers like an orchestra conductor wielding her baton, and the [Mirror Light Prison] wrapped around Alize gradually floated off the ground.
"Hmm...... I don't know where you want to take me, sister, but I don't have time right now......"
With that, the prison made of mirrors shattered with a snap of fingers, and Alize broke free from the restraints and landed steadily.
"What!?, the binding magic that even the 'Holy Throne Elves' couldn't break free of was so easily ......!"
The female knight was stunned, as if it were some incredible miracle that was happening before her eyes.
"Wegu, Asbelβ!" ordered. Behind the woman, a tall man and a brown-haired youth, act at the same time.
The figures of the two turned into two silver-white sharp lights, which were wrapped around the sides of Alize. Instead of using weapons, they wanted to subdue the girl in front of them empty-handed.
It's a pity that the next phenomenon made them unable to do so. The girl's figure - disappeared.
It's not a matter of speed, it's literally "gone". It's as if it never existed.
At the same time, not far away, the girl suddenly appeared.
"Space magic! Edward's ...... When did you even ...... this kind of magic!"
The female knight's eyes widened in surprise, but the surprise did not last long, she immediately tightened her countenance, and the palms of her hands appeared at the same time as the spheres formed by the condensation of white light and darkness, and slapped each other fiercely.
At the moment when light and darkness collided, a touch of spatial oscillation swept around like waves spreading out on the surface of the lake.
This strange act for some reason, only Arizza instantly understood the meaning.
"Whoa...... Using particle shock waves to destroy the linear structure of the dimension interferes with my higher-dimensional axis calculations...... Big sister, very set. It's just that this level of interference, for meβ"
There was a sudden burst of dizziness, and Elize's words came to an abrupt end.
"Ah...... Ahaha...... Awful ......"
No one knew that at this time, Ariel's body temperature had exceeded forty degrees Celsius.
This is also a matter of course, after all, she has not slept for a week in the way of forcibly interfering with the metabolism of Xincheng. Even though it has bottomless majestic magic, the body's immune system uncontrollably warns.
At this time, her physical condition made it difficult for her to concentrate on ultra-high-precision calculations, and it took some time to cast space transfer magic in a disturbing environment.
"No, it can't be helped...... I can only delay it for a while...... Call...... Ha...... Whew......"
Shortness of breath and dizziness, Eliza's arithmetic abilities were reduced to less than one-tenth of her usual level.
It would be fine if the opponent was a simple-minded demonic beast, but the three knights in front of him were not ordinary people.
When [Mana Exploration] failed to see through their [Ability Value] for the first time, Alize had already understood that it was almost impossible to deal with the three of them in their current physical state.
"My sweet pets, wake up......"
With a light voice, a black "dead air" centered on Alize's body and spread rapidly across the grassland.
Then, the monsters who had already lost their lives, the corpses all over the ground actually "moved". Not one or two, but "all".
Tens of thousands of corpses let out hoarse wails, shaking their limbs and struggling to their feet, their bones writhing unnaturally like disgusting marionettes.
"What...... Necromancy! And at this scale! ...... in an instant!
In just a few minutes, this was the third time that the female knight had been stunned.
You know, she never had the intention of underestimating "Edward" from the beginning, although the other party was just a perverse old man, but he was also known as a first-class magician in the empire, and was known as the title of 'sage'.
Human magicians, no matter how high they reach the peak, the total amount of magic power, calculation speed, and mastery attributes, there are racial limits.
Before meeting Elize, the female knight had the confidence that she would never lose to any human mage in actual combat, and even if she went head-to-head with Edward, she was sure that she would be able to subdue her opponent with ease.
At the beginning, the [Mirror Light Prison] cast by the female knight can be said to be a binding magic specially used to imprison magicians. It was theoretically an elven enchantment that could never be escaped with "magic".
Any type of magic, any attribute, will be reflected by the mirror.
Perhaps for a strong warrior, it is still possible to break free by brute force.
However, the scene when the barrier was shattered just now was not caused by brute force, but by a more essential structural destruction.
The enchantment's system of techniques, array images, calculus variables, and so on and so forth, were all seen through and shattered in the snap of a finger.
Then, the space magic that the girl used was also a technique that surpassed the limits of human calculations.
Including the necromancy in front of him, I have never heard of a necromancer who can awaken tens of thousands of B-level or above magical beasts in an instant without chanting.
- This girl is not "Edward". At least "Edward" would never have such a skill.
It was only then that the female knights were finally convinced of this. And the scene also forced the three knights to get serious.
"Mira...... It's not good to go on like this. β
Wielding a great sword, Wei Gu's pupils quickly swept over the corpses of the necromancers that staggered around him.
"Ah, it's a quick battle, since you can't lock her up with the enchantment, just knock her out and bring her back!"
A female knight named Mira made a quick decision.
"Well, let me deal with the trash fish. β
With that, Asbel made a quick move, and the young knight of the 'Legendary Blade' finally pulled the knight's sword that had been in its sheath out of its scabbard.
The metal broke through the air with a long roar, and the swift sword slash turned into a flash, and an entire circle of demonic beasts was cut off by the waist, and the young knight's right hand didn't seem to leave his waist at all.
Immediately afterwards, the second slash, the young man's body swept across the battlefield with the "thunder light", and he couldn't see his figure clearly, only the collapsing current was left on the trajectory he was taking.
Finally, with the third slash, the orange-red flame dragon devoured the corpse of the demonic beast and opened a path in the direction of Eliza.
It's unbelievable, because the young knight is not magic, but just swordsmanship, which is able to freely manipulate the elements of nature and create extraordinary and amazing power.
The demonic beasts that were revived by the undead magic were not as good as before, and they were unable to quickly close the gap that had been broken, giving the Great Sword Knight a chance to ride the wind.
Wegu rushed straight at Alize, his body like a white wolf galloping on the ice field, completely ignoring whether there would be a demonic beast blocking the way out.
In fact, there was no need to worry, because the Great Sword Knight's orbit turned into an ice field, and the limbs of the monsters were tightly frozen to the ground by the cold crystals, and then the sharp crystals like fangs rose from the ground, piercing their bodies and abdomen, turning into an ice sculpture.
Like Asbel, whose sword flashed like light, wielding lightning and scorching fire, Wigu's greatsword simply grazed the ground, triggering a wonderful power like elemental magic.
In the face of the overwhelming combat power of the 'Legendary Blade' knight, even if he awakened ten thousand demonic beasts, he couldn't win a short ten seconds.
The space transfer spell was not completed in the end, and the tall knight was already in front of Arizar in an instant, and waved his knife at the side of her neck.