Volume 1 The Mystery of the Shadows Chapter 32 The Beginning of the Collapse of the Himere

The Quasi-Forbidden Spell [Arthur Liszt's Serpent's Nest] is an extremely complex and vicious form of magic, and Levi first saw the spell in the Violet Guild's library.

That book was "The Green Robe's Fresh Tricks" compiled by Archmage Rudolph, which summarized the best high magic of the last decade. Levi was impressed by two of these spells, one of which was Rudolph's adaptation of [Silaya Barnes's Mini-Fire], and the other was the Poison Ring's [Serpent's Nest].

Animal-based magic in the form of poison gas is rare, and Arthur Liszt has taken poison gas magic to a whole new level: as long as you inhale the poisonous smoke of the snake's nest, the poisoner's blood vessels will mutate into a small golden-scaled snake, a carnivorous cold-blooded animal that will eat away at the host's flesh little by little, making people feel painful.

At this moment, looking at the hidden lady with bulging blood vessels all over her body, Levi could only secretly rejoice that these yellow poisonous smoke dissipated quickly, and the transmission strength and persistence were relatively weak.

He had noticed earlier that after Arthur Liszt had been shot through the brain, there was barely much blood flowing to the ground...... In the chaos of battle, where blood and flesh can be seen everywhere, this detail is easy to overlook.

One of the most striking features of [Body Remodeling] is the restoration in situ, the casting process is low-key and silent, and I didn't expect it to be useful on special occasions.

"Kudos to you again, Lady Secret."

Arthur bent down and picked up the half of her arm from the ground that had been casually discarded by the Lady of Secret, and smiled grimly.

"I'm honored to be able to kill you."

The Lady of Secrecy raised her right hand and grabbed her arm with all her might, her entire left arm was naked as the bracer was shattered by Buniel, and the green tendons squirmed with joy under the smooth and silky skin.

Arthur placed the severed arm on the cut in his left hand and chanted an animal-based high magic [Continued Severed Limb], and countless flesh buds poked out of the wound and butted the arm to the arm. It didn't take long for him to try to move his fingers.

"I'm guessing you're annoyed that the Origin Warrior is about to be killed by a Magister...... But you don't have to be too unwilling, in the face of poison, there is not much difference between a saint and a mortal. He said expressionlessly, but his eyes couldn't help but flash a hint of smugness.

The Lady of Secrecy stood silently, her black veil and the tiny veins wriggling beside her beautiful eyes, as the name of the poison in her possession - her body was becoming a nest of golden-scaled serpents.

Arthur lifted the severed arm he had just repaired, pointed his fingertips at the back of the Lady Secret, and said coldly, "It's over, Lady Secret." ”

The vine quickly twisted and formed, turning into a poison-impregnated spear and shooting out, and just as the tip of its purple venom-dripping spear was about to pierce the Hidden Lady's chest, her figure suddenly vanished.

Arthur was stunned for a moment, then frowned, and his already gloomy face became even more eerie.

Levi watched this happen with a cold eye, he knew that the Lady of Concealment would definitely be able to get out with the rosette aperture, but whether she could unlock the poison of the snake's nest after that was another matter.

Looking around at the corpses and bloodstains around him, Arthur nodded to the silver Ji in the distance, then turned to look at Levi under the black cloak, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency does not belong to Oderick, and it doesn't seem to be a Gole. ”

Looking at Arthur Liszt at eye level, Levi simply replied, "You can call me Nevenmor." ”

"Can you ignore him? I don't like snakes and everything with long tails. Terella interjected.

Levi tugged at the corners of his mouth, ignoring Terella.

Arthur couldn't hear the Shadow Queen's words, he squinted at Levi's and said, "I see your methods, your Excellency is a magister, right?" You don't seem to have enough respect for Odryk's court magicians. ”

Levi understood that Arthur was referring to the parasitic seed he had placed on Archer, but he had nothing to explain about it...... At this time, his main energy was not on the poisonous ring in front of him, but on preparing for another thing.

After a moment of silence, he chuckled and said, "Why don't you ask Miss Athena what she thinks?" ”

Listening to Nevenmor's answer, Arthur turned around expressionlessly and looked at Archer in the distance.

In the distance of the street, Archer Blaze watched the battle unfold, and she hadn't recovered from the heat and chaos of the confrontation until Nevenmor mentioned her pseudonym.

Looking at Nevenmor under the black cloak, she faintly felt that something was wrong. As a Grand Magus, Neven Mor was too passive when facing the Hidden Lady, and basically did not show the strength of the Sage Rank, which made her doubt the true rank of Nevon Mor.

Just as she was about to point out Nevenmor's identity, Ciel suddenly grabbed her slightly.

"Don't worry." Silver Ji shook her head slightly, her face was still weak and pale, and her eyes were very calm.

"General Hill......" Archer frowned slightly, a little hesitant.

"I know you have doubts about her." Hill whispered, "But now is not the time to turn the other cheek. ”

Her silver hair fluttered in the wind, her pale blue eyes staring at the mysterious Nevenmor, and she had a premonition of uncertainty in her heart—her gut told her that it was not a wise choice to stand on the opposite side of Nevenmor.

Leanne walked on the deserted streets, only a few dozen meters away from the depths of the Himere, a huge pillar of light.

Suddenly, she felt a faint ripple in the void, and her vision was filled with rose-red light.

Years of hunting experience in the Storm Ice Field made her reflexes extremely fast, and the pale stone slab under her feet quickly cracked with the swing of the sheep's head, and the broken stones gathered together as if they were alive, carrying her body up, narrowly avoiding the explosion of the rosy red circle.

Leanne tightened her grip on the wooden staff, and although there was no sign of chanting, the white stone slab beneath her feet seemed to form a rock python, carrying her in the direction of the pillar of light.

From that mysterious rose red light, she could feel an extremely dangerous aura and an incomparable power, and there was no thought of fighting in her heart.

"I must go into the depths of the Himere!"

She whispered, her tone firm.

At this time, a slender palm poked out of the rosy red aperture, that palm looked very strange, although each finger was slender and beautiful, but under the white skin there were convex fine green tendons, and those green tendons squirmed like living beings, which made people shudder.

A rosy bolt of light shot out from the palm of that hand, dragging a slender shadow through the air and stabbing straight into Leanne's chest.

The rock python was still sprinting towards the pillar of light, and Leanne turned around on top of the python's head, swinging her wooden staff and smashing it at the light arrow, the sheep's head slamming into the rosy light.

The bolt of light was blocked but didn't stop, but instead made a treacherous refraction that pierced Leanne's shoulder like a thunderbolt.

A wisp of blood spilled into the air, and Leanne snorted, her body losing control and falling backwards, falling on top of the python's head in embarrassment.

The palm of the hand only sent out a blow and was helplessly withdrawn, and the aperture flickered, turning into countless broken threads of light and dissipating into the void.

Leanne pressed the wound in one hand and the sheep's head wooden staff in the other, barely sat up from the python's head, and in the blink of an eye she sank into the pillar of light with the rock python.

As soon as one person and one python entered the pillar of light, the rock python lost control and scattered into a large piece of rubble, and Leanne fell from mid-air and rolled several times on the stone floor.

A warm sunset light fell on her, and she slowly stood up, and was greeted by a bustling street, past by scantily clad and silk-clad exotics. The crowd gave way to a large clearing in the middle of the street, and the scene caused her breathing to stop abruptly, almost suffocating—

General Dorsett slowly knelt down in front of her, his body was demonized, a pair of black wings full of holes fell weakly to the ground, two threaded horns on the top of his head were rudely broken, and the most horrific was his chest.

A large sword blade peeked through the center of Dorset's chest, and drops of demonic black blood trickled down the tip of the sword.

Looking at the formidable greatsword, and the burly man holding it, Leanne's lips trembled slightly, and her blue eyes showed a mixture of shock, fear, and awe.

"Your Majesty Munso—"

In the middle of an empty street, the Lady of Concealment half-crouched on a stone slab and whispered, "Another person has entered the depths of the Himereung......"

The air blow was not successful, and she did not have the strength to come in person.

An anxious look flashed from her face, and at this time she was facing the dilemma of ten thousand snakes devouring her body, suffering great pain every minute, and she could clearly feel that the number of blood vessels in her body that had turned into golden scale snakes was increasing rapidly.

The only good news is that the "abyss lamp" in front of her forehead has been extinguished.

The Lady of Concealment stretched out her fingers and slashed a deep wound in her left arm with the rosy blade of light, blood pouring out quickly, and several twisted golden snakes were wrapped in the crimson blood water, struggling to burrow back into hers.

Suddenly, a heavy, long bell rang out from within the pillar of light, and the earth shook violently. The Hidden Lady frowned, and she soon discovered that Ji Ling's body was tearing apart inch by inch, facing the danger of disintegration.

"Can't wait any longer."

With great difficulty, she removed the book from her waist, decisively tore off a page, and then recited the mysterious incantation intermittently.

The white paper floated in the wind, folding itself with some difficulty, and just after forming the appearance of a mouth, it screamed: "Three questions - damn it, the great Orlaco doesn't feel good!" Your origami skills are terrible! ”

Enduring the double torture in her body and ears, the Hidden Lady hurriedly asked, "How can I unravel the poison of the snake's nest?" ”

The white paper mouth quickly incited: "Idiot, do you think that lower creatures can survive in the void?" ”

As soon as it finished scolding, it began to scream, and a small part of its mouth was burned by the sudden flames.

The Hidden Lady showed a hint of abruptness, but she realized that there were still two opportunities to ask questions, and hurriedly spoke: "Second question, what is the specific danger in the depths of the Ji Tomb?" ”

"I don't understand the word 'concrete', did you coined it?" Aorako yelled, "Who's the last guy you want to face?" Damn, am I being too 'specific'? Ahh

The flames burned another third of its mouth, and Aorako's screams became breathless.

"One last question, one last question...... I want to know, who are the explorers in the tomb who do not belong to Oderick and Gole? ”

The Lady of Secrecy hesitated, deciding to ask the question, which was difficult for her to grasp. While she wasn't sure if the question was valuable, she had a vague sense that perhaps she wasn't the only neutral person.

For example, the black cloak magician, her identity is very doubtful......

Aoraco slurred one word after another: "Yourself...... Someone you know...... Ji Ling ...... The host ......"

Three people?

The Lady of Secrecy was surprised, but Aorako had turned into a pile of ashes and scattered in the air.

There's no time to think deeper, she has to solve the problem of the snake's nest first. She stretched out her index finger and drew a dark pink circle in midair, and at the same time, a mysterious rose-red symbol lit up in the center of her eyebrows:

A sharp line outlines the shape of a droplet, with a dot wrapped around the center of the droplet, symbolizing the tip of the sword that guards the secret and the secret that is hidden—the hallmark of the Temple of Nothingness.

It didn't take long for the rose-red aperture to take shape, and it floated in mid-air, and within the aperture was a chaotic, quiet, and strangely harmonious sea of deep blue stars.

The Lady of Mystery raised her index finger against the rosy symbol in the center of her eyebrows, and then leaped into the sea of void stars on the other side of the aperture.

Her body combines the originating powers associated with the Void and is able to exist briefly in the turbulence of space, but the golden-scaled serpent within her body is unable to maintain its physical form in the void.

The first problem was solved.

Looking at Neven Mor and Arthur Liszt, who were fighting, Archer's heart was full of entanglement.

"Athena, I see what you're thinking."

Ciel glanced at Archer and said calmly, "You have to understand that even if Neven Mor is not a credible collaborator, the Ring of Poison is definitely not our accomplice. ”

Archer acquiesced to Ciel's claims, and as Silver Hime had said, the two of them were on a mission that even several of the leaders on Odryk's side were not aware of.

Not only that, but even Hill doesn't know that the true identity of "Athena" is Archer Blaze, the Duke's daughter.

"But do we have to work with Nevenmor?" Archer gritted his teeth and subconsciously clenched his fists.

Hill was half-crouched on the ground with a dragon horn bow, and said a little tiredly: "At present, betraying her may lead to a worse outcome, Ji Ling is even more dangerous than imagined, we can only take one step at a time." ”

She paused and said, "Regardless of her true purpose, let's first polish our eyes to see if her true rank has reached the Sage. ”

At that moment, the earth suddenly shook, and large clouds of dust fell from the eaves of the buildings on both sides of the street.

A clear, heavy bell rang out from the pillar of light, resounding in every corner of the tomb.

Arthur Liszt and Nevenmore stopped moving at the same time, and the two of them floated in mid-air, looking into the distance in unison.

The outermost buildings of the tomb seem to be slowly disappearing.

Levi stared at the sinking Tower of Nothingness on the horizon, his expression changing slightly.

"If I'm not mistaken, the outer part of the tomb will gradually fall into the void...... Are you going to waste your time with me, Lord Poison? Levi turned to look at Arthur, his voice low.

There is a large amount of defensive magic floating around him, and various mid- and high-level spells are emerging: [Crystal Shield], [Ninefold Guardian], [Ripple Shield], [Lightning Shield], and so on......

Arthur, who had been attacking unilaterally, was silent for a while, it was indeed more difficult to defeat Nevenmor than he had imagined, whether it was poison gas, man-eating flowers, or other insidious methods, they could not achieve significant results on her. He was also a little hesitant about whether to continue fighting.

"What are you waiting for, Levi?" Terrella asked in a low voice.

"Wait for myself, and the Lady of Secret." Levi looked at Arthur not far away, and quietly opened the vacuum box, "The Sage doesn't die so easily, I think she can get back here at any time...... If you don't get rid of her, you won't be able to enter the pillar of light even if you kill the Poison Ring. ”

"Wait until you can defeat that viper." Terrella scoffed, "I remember you said earlier that you weren't going to enter the Pillar of Light. ”

"Yes, I did." The corners of Levi's mouth curled slightly, "But you didn't tell me that Ji Ling would collapse." ”

Terrella smiled noncommittally and said, "How would I know. ”

Arthur Liszt seemed to have made a decision, and he looked at Nervemoll and suddenly laughed gloomily.

"It seems that now is not the time for in-depth exchanges." He said, "But I'm still curious about how you crossed the void and entered the Himere...... In the depths of the mausoleum, I will come back to you to figure this out. ”

Levi laughed and said, "Do you think things will be this easy?" ”

"I agree with her."

A deep female voice came, and Arthur's expression froze instantly, then became gloomy and palpitating.

A magenta circle of arcane light bloomed, and the Lady of Secrecy returned to the street.

"Please hurry up and die." Above her black veil, her cold eyes contained undisguised killing intent, "With a secret that only belongs to the temple." ”

Looking at the murderous Lady of the Secret, Levi felt a ridiculous sense of coincidence—the coincidence was that he had just finished the final analysis and prepared a big gift for her.

("Before becoming the founding emperor of Gol, Munso was a general under Saladin and an important member of the [Order of Kings], and his name 'Munso' has survived as the surname of every successive Emperor of Golle.") —"General History of the Mainland: The Year Before the Yuan Dynasty")