Volume 1 The Mystery of the Shadows Chapter 31 Silent Killing
"The space around is folded."
Tyrela's voice rang in Levi's ears, and there was a hint of solemnity in her tone.
Levi escaped the void before he could speak, and after a brief moment of vertigo, he found himself on another street, with a group of strangers standing in front of him, and a mysterious woman with a black veil floating above his head.
That rosy circle of light is some kind of portal that resembles a void passage? It seems to be the secret lady's tricks, and the luck is really bad.
Without time to think about the nature of the rosy aperture, Levi confirmed that Archer and Ciel had been teleported here with him, and immediately observed the others present.
In the farthest part of the air floated a court mage dressed in moon-white robes.
Then there was a swordsman of the Guard, the long sword in his hand was attached to the flames, and in terms of strength, this swordsman was not a sage, so he should be a contract warrior.
The middle-aged man half-kneeling in the middle was badly injured, and his left arm appeared to have just been severed, and it was impossible to confirm his identity at this time.
There was also a staggering Gole man with a wound on his body, but it didn't seem to affect him much.
Finally, a typical Gole berserker, I don't see anything special for the time being.
After a brief glance, Levi looked up at the black-gauzed woman in mid-air.
Judging from the rose-red blade of light on her fingertips, this lady was the culprit who had pulled them here, the Lady of Secret, an alien sage in the tomb.
"General Hill? Athena? β
The magician Evans watched in amazement as they fell out of the pink aperture, but he soon noticed that Silver Hime was badly injured and that "Athena" didn't look normal...... And the guy in the black cloak, who is she? Why did you appear with Silver Hime and Athena?
There was a fierce smell in the eyes under the helmet of Mulrom, and he stared vigilantly at the new three: "Three more Audric lambs?" β
Archer held Ciel, she didn't figure out what was going on here, but it didn't seem simple.
"Something is wrong."
Ciel said in a voice that only they could hear, her eyes narrowing slightly.
[Ring of Poison] Arthur Liszt cast a puzzled look at Nevenmor, who also did not know the black-cloaked mysterious man, shook his head and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the current situation is obvious, we are facing a Sage. β
He raised his head and looked into the air, a deep fear flashing in his eyes.
"Mr. Anaconda is right."
The voice of the Lady of Secret came faintly.
"Bringing you together is to make it easier to clean up."
Her words were simple, and she didn't care if everyone wanted to join forces, faintly showing strong confidence.
Suddenly, a small flame ignited in the center of her brow.
Without warning, Buniel Lang struck, leaping like a falcon onto the rooftops, his flaming sword dancing and slashing swiftly at the Lady of Concealment's waist.
The Lady of Concealment didn't understand what the flame between her eyebrows was, and a thin layer of rose-red light shrouded her, and Buniel's flaming sword slashed at the seemingly fragile layer of defense, only to be relentlessly bounced away.
A shallow ripple rippled across the surface of the mask like an electric arc before quickly disappearing as if the attack had not affected it in any way.
"Great, is this your Origin Power?"
Bunier's long, chestnut hair fluttered slightly, and he licked his lips, the flames on the blade of his sword becoming even hotter.
"If you like, I've got more tricks."
The Lady of Concealment held out a finger and pointed at Buniel, and the rose-red blade of light was infinitely elongated, piercing the center of his brow.
At that moment, a scarred blue-green vine burst out of the ground from beneath the Lady of Concealment and slammed ferociously against the visor, causing ripples in the hood.
This was the [Ugly Vine] that Levi was singing, and since the Lady of Secret was going to kill everyone present, he certainly couldn't sit idly by and chant one incantation after another.
Shielded, Buniel narrowly dodged the slender blade of light, leaping high and swinging his sword at the Lady of Concealment again, the flames on the blade forming a red shadow.
Sparks flew around, and the blade failed to slash into the light mask.
Lady Cryptic didn't feel a trace of panic at Buniel's and Levi's attack, she flicked her fingertips, and the thin and light rose light blade swept over Buniel's body, and at the same time, another rose light arrow jumped towards Levi's head.
Bunier raised his sword in front of him, only to find that the blade of light easily slashed from the left side of his body to the right, and a sharp pain came from his chest.
The flaming sword broke from the middle, and a terrifying line of blood appeared on his body, blood spurted from his arms and chest, and if it wasn't for his strong enough body, he would have almost been cut in half!
On the other hand, the [Triple Guardian] in front of Levi's body had turned into three piles of rubble, and two pillars of blood splashed out from the front of his face and the back of his head at the same time, but under the repair of [Body Remodeling], blood flowed backwards into his head.
Bunier fell on the roof, and although he suffered severe lacerations, his face showed an even more excited expression: "What kind of power is this?" Hahahaha...... Indestructible yet indestructible! Is this the Sage? β
"No, it's [refraction]."
Levi said lightly, but his heart was far from being as calm as it seemed, although he had guessed the strength of the Hidden Lady in advance, but after the specific battle, he found that her origin power was extremely tricky.
"What are you waiting for?" Arthur Liszt struggled to his feet, "Waiting to be broken by her?" β
As he spoke, the figure of the Lady of Concealment suddenly vanished.
As the crowd tried to find her place, Bunier suddenly turned his head to look at Arthur of the Poisonous Ring, and said, "She's here!" β
As soon as he finished speaking, a rose-red glow flickered, and the Lady of Mystery appeared behind Arthur, her fingertip blades erupting and stabbing the back of the supreme magister's head.
Arthur, who was already seriously injured, was pierced through his head by Rose Light before he could react, and his body fell to the ground weakly.
"Can this flame track my place?"
The Hidden Lady stretched out her index finger and tapped the flame in the center of her eyebrows, her fingers gently flicking on the flame as if teasing, as if she didn't care.
Seeing the Sage appear in front of him and easily slay a Magister, General Gorle Murrom could no longer hold back his fighting spirit, and he raised two war hammers above his head, and the hammers smashed into the Hidden Lady like a meteorite.
With all his strength, his fat body even soared slightly, and the soles of both feet left the ground, pouring the weight of his body into the hammer.
The desperate rose-red light shield blocked the attack again, and the twin hammers smashed into the hood, failing to sink a single penny.
The Lady of Concealment bent her knees slightly, her fingers downward, and then waved her slender arms upward, turning her body in a light circle. Her movements were graceful as if they were dancing, but the blade of her fingertips had slashed across Mulrom's left shoulder, collarbone, and right neck.
Mulom's leather armor was as fragile as an ornament, a large amount of blood splattered from the incision, and he let out a roar of pain and rage, one knee on the ground, making a heavy noise on the stone slab.
Seeing the Lady of Concealment knock down or kill the three in an instant, the court mage Evans subconsciously turned around and fled quickly towards the other side of the street.
Experienced in escaping, he applied [Whirring Cloak] and [Jet Air] to himself, and his body flew lightly and rapidly into the distance under the influence of the storm magic.
However, a rosy circle of light suddenly bloomed in front of him, and the fine light of dark pink instantly engulfed his figure.
Evans's thoughts were quick, and under the influence of fear, one escape after another was born in his mind, but his movements were slow, the chanting of his lips dragged long, and his arms moved as fast as a snail.
The rose-red light lit up again, and this time he saw a pair of beautiful black eyes, with a mysterious pink light in the middle of them, and they looked breathtakingly beautiful.
His head was sliced open by the Rose Light Blade, and his body instantly became transparent, and then quickly exploded, turning into countless water droplets and reorganizing dozens of meters away.
As soon as the first counterspell took effect, Evans immediately flew out diagonally, and a crystal [Crystal Shield] appeared in front of him, but the Lady of Secret pointed her palm at his body, and a rose red light arrow in the shape of an arrow feather shot like a meteor fragment, and a small hole exploded in the center of the crystal shield, and the light arrow pierced through the ice shield and pierced through his chest.
Evans' mouth opened slightly, and then his body began to deform, like a melted candle, making his already terrifying expression even more distorted.
Snowflakes fluttered and condensed ten meters away, and Evans emerged from the [Snowman], this time chanting a high defensive magic [Cold Wave Shield] in near-despair.
Countless pieces of ice formed a shield that enveloped Evans, and a frosty white cold air poured out from the cracks in the ice flakes, staining the surrounding area ten meters in diameter into a pure white.
The rosy mask was constantly eroded by cold air, making a crackling sound, and the Lady of Mystery rushed out of the cold fog and flew straight in front of Evans, the rose red blade of light on her fingertips piercing the layer of broken ice, and it was about to touch Evans's neck.
Nine rock shields appeared in front of Evans, instantly splice together into a thick and tough rock shield to protect him.
Levi on the other side of the street let go of his finger and used this high defense magic [Ninefold Guardian] to briefly stop the Lady of Concealment from pursuing Evans.
Rock debris lifted up, and the Rose Red Light Blade broke through the first layer of shield, and then the second layer - in the blink of an eye, the Nine Stone Shield Guardians were only two, but the Light Blade also dimmed and disappeared into thin air.
After all, this high magic resisted the Hidden Lady's origin power.
Evans didn't have time to rejoice that he had survived the death before he saw the Lady of the Hidden raise an eyebrow, and she flicked her fingers again, and another blade of light as thin as a cicada's wings pierced out, passing through the last two layers of rock shields, instantly piercing the center of his eyebrows.
"Noβ"
Evans let out a faint sound of despair in his throat as he lost control and fell to the ground with a heavy, muffled thud.
The Lady of Cryptology withdrew her fingers, and her body disappeared into thin air.
When she reappeared from the rosy circle of light, she was in front of Levi.
Looking at the Hidden Lady in front of Nevenmor, Archer couldn't help but gasp, and the silver Jihir Manvenlin reacted quickly, she pushed Archer away, and then pulled her bow and shot an arrow.
The arrow landed on the rosy glow, unable to bounce away.
Almost as Silver Ji attacked, Archer chanted a low-level magic [Blacksmith Bellows], and a wisp of flame erupted from her palm, rising with a powerful air current, burning the light mask.
This time, when the flames faded, the reticle finally turned into countless pink petals, shattering into the air.
"Seven times."
Levi spat out two words lightly, then changed the phrase.
"Seventh, right?"
The Hidden Lady's eyes flickered suddenly, and the black veil danced silently.
Her palm shot a rosy glow, forming a meter-long blade of light that quickly sliced through Levi's body.
No blood flowed out, and Levi's body suddenly turned into gray rock, and then the rock shattered, and between the countless pieces of rubble, Levi's flew out and floated above the head of the Hidden Lady.
An invisible cloak lifted up behind him, whistling and blowing through his body, making him move extremely fast.
Levi opened five fingers to the face of the Hidden Lady, and between his palms appeared nine orange-red dots of light the size of wheat grains, which spun in a circle, turning into nine fiery snakes two or three meters long and pounced on the Hidden Lady.
Medium magic [palm fireworks].
This means that Levi's preliminary analysis of the theory of cold and hot magic has been completed, and he can finally put it into practice.
Faced with the nine swift fiery serpents, the Lady of Concealment danced with her hands, tearing apart the fiery serpent's body with patches of rose-red blades of light.
Unable to spare time to chase for the moment, Levi threw a wind spell that lifted Archer and Ciel off the ground and into the distance, while flying in the other direction, quickly widening the distance between herself and the Lady of Secret.
"Whether it's offensive, defensive, stealthy, or sluggish, her power is a technique for folding space."
Levi whispered, and as he flew, he set up three new counter-spells on himself - in the theory of magic, three layers of counter-control are the limits of what the body can withstand.
"Do you have a chance of winning, dear Archmagus?" Terella asked.
Levi shook his head slightly and said, "Although I have roughly figured out the properties of refraction, I haven't been able to convert most of the magic into actual combat methods, and I can only use it theoretically. β
"If you die, I'll be silent for you." Terella's tone was calm, "Then I will curse you, and even if I turn you into a necromancy, I will drive you until our agreement is fulfilled. β
"If you can do it, I'm not averse to necromancy." Levi said scoffingly.
In his mind, he had a basic conclusion about the methods of the Lady of Concealment.
By folding the space, she is able to shorten the distance between reality and achieve an effect similar to teleportation and vanishing, but this technique requires drawing and releasing the aperture, which has a short delay, making it unsuitable for dodging attacks.
When the aperture explodes, it distorts and lengthens the surrounding space, making the person's movement speed extremely slow, but not lethal.
On the other hand, her mask should be a layer of folded space barriers, and if you want to break through this barrier, you can't rely on strength, but you need to break through it several times, and according to observation, the number of folded space layers should be seven.
As for the light blade and light arrow, there is a high probability that the same thing is true - the form of matter is destroyed by folding space, and the more times it is folded, the stronger the power of the light blade, and the specific number of folds cannot be estimated.
[Refraction] may seem simple, but it can achieve many strange effects, which is a very wonderful and powerful origin force, but it is not invincible.
"If only I had more time to ......," Levi muttered to himself, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
"You don't have time, Dark Mage."
As the rosy light bloomed, a deep and secret voice sounded, and the Lady of Secret appeared in front of Levi, and the light blade of her fingertips instantly stabbed Levi's neck.
Faced with the deadly arc blade, Levi didn't chant any defensive magic, instead choosing to throw a faint arc of electricity.
This is a lightning type introductory magic [paralysis] that is so simple that it can be instantaneous.
With no reticle appearing, the Lady of Concealment's body was negligible from the tiny electric shock, and with a wave of her fingers, the blade sliced Levi's body in half.
Levi's body reduced to a pile of shattered glass, and not far away, above Arthur Liszt's corpse, a mirror appeared in the air, and Nevenmor, dressed in a black cloak, fell out of the mirror.
"Her defenses are out of action for the time being!"
Levi shouted loudly, and before the words fell, a rosy red lit up in front of him, and the Lady of Secret jumped out of the aperture, and the light blades of her fingertips shot out.
The flames bloomed and split like flowers, and Levi's body turned into a dissipating firelight, and a line of fire flew out of it, recondensing into a human form not far away.
At the same moment, a wild roar rang out from behind the Lady of Secret, and the bloodied Mulrom raised his hammer and slammed it into her head.
The Lady of Concealment frowned, she had to temporarily abandon the pursuit of Levi, and the blades of light on her fingertips disappeared, and in their place appeared two conical flake lightsabers one meter long.
The rosy lightsaber was attached to the backs of her hands like gauntlets, shaped like substance.
She crossed her arms in front of her and swung her lightsaber to split through Mulom's twin hammers, which contained several layers of folded, twisted space, directly destroying the hammer's material structure, shattering it into countless pieces of iron.
Levi knew that the two lightsabers already had a physical form, not just an energy form, which meant that it folded the space more times than the light blade, and it was more powerful.
Two clouds of blood erupted from Murom's hands and wrists, and he couldn't help but snort in pain, but his eyes became more and more fierce, and he refused to take a step back, grabbing two broken heavy hammers and smashing them at the Hidden Lady again.
The Goller Berserker, who had been unable to participate in the battle, pulled out the hooked hatchet at his waist and raised his hand to slash at the Hidden Lady's shoulder.
The Lady of Secret's left lightsaber mercilessly pierced the Berserker's neck, piercing through his battle axe, and her right hand arced gracefully from the bottom up.
Mulrom's twin hammers slammed down, but nothing hit, leaving only two bare handles in his hands, and the head of the hammer completely disintegrated into a dozen scrap metal fragments.
A horrific wound split from the bottom of his neck, up to the top of his right eyebrow, half of his face became bloody and fleshy, his trachea was severed, and his right eye was completely blinded.
The berserker fell to the ground, and Mulom clutched his neck in pain, blood pouring from between his fingers.
At that moment, a blinding flash of fire appeared in mid-air, and Buniel, covered in blood, swung half a long sword and slashed at the top of the Hidden Lady's head.
The Lady of Mystery raised her left hand to block the flaming blade, and although the lightsaber blocked the blade, the bracer of her left arm shattered.
She realizes that Buniel's attack has destroyed her defenses in an extremely violent manner, which must be related to the mysterious flame in her forehead.
"Is this ...... [Abyssal Lamp]? There was a hint of surprise in the Lady Secret's tone.
She remembered a legion buried in the long river of history.
"I didn't expect that in the Ji Tomb, I would be able to meet the inheritance of [Abyss Guard]." The corners of her mouth curled slightly under the veil.
Before that, if it weren't for the refractive shield that happened to restrain Buniel's abilities, the flames might have caused her more trouble.
But now, the flames had only made her slightly vulnerable, and at best hurt her left wrist.
"Waitβ" Seeing that the sneak attack failed, Bunier seemed to have something to say.
"When you die, I will slowly study the secrets on you."
The Lady of Concealment's right lightsaber slashed in front of Bunir, and the Guards swordsman immediately vomited blood, shattering the already torn armor on his chest even more completely.
"That's not good...... I haven't become a ...... yet What about the Holy One......
Bunier fell to the ground, staring blankly at the deep blue sea of the void, blood slowly fading away from the pale stone slab behind him.
After finishing everyone else, the Lady of Mystery turned to look at Levi not far away, her fingers carving a dark pink arcane circle of light in the air.
"You look special, clever magician."
The only people still standing here were Archer, Silver Ji and Levi, but Ciel, who was already seriously injured, and Archer, who was the weakest, were directly ignored by the Hidden Lady.
Levi took a deep breath and said in a female voice in the image of [Nevenmor], "You don't need to hunt so many people, Your Excellency. β
"If too many people know, the secret loses its value." The Lady of Secrecy said lightly.
Levi was silent for a moment, and he vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
As if to maintain Nevenmor's demeanor, he chuckled and said, "In that case, the secret of Ji Ling will be my own." β
Suddenly, the Ring of Poison, which was already a corpse, sat up from the ground, and a yellow mist erupted from between his palms, spreading from behind the Lady of Secret.
Levi quickly cast an improved version of the [Vacuum Box] to isolate himself from the mist, but the Lady of Mystery was engulfed in a pale yellow cloud before she could react.
She stopped, her eyes glowing with pain, and veins erupted on her exposed skin.
"Didn't you notice [the remodeling], Lady Secret?"
Arthur Liszt laughed gloomily.
"Like [the snake's nest]? Give me back my left hand. β
("Serpent's Nest: Nature's higher magic, range magic, created by Arthur Liszt.") Releasing a cloud of smoke composed of snake eggs, the poisonous smoke enters the target's respiratory tract and spreads rapidly, and the snake eggs hatch and grow into mature bodies within seconds, devouring the target's flesh and blood. βThe Magic Illustrated Forbidden Spell)