In fact, from the moment Laiali revealed that he knew and was likely to be an accomplice with the Hand of Death, Cheruth felt that something was faintly wrong. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

So what the hell is this guy here for?

If he is an accomplice with the Hand of Death, then he appeared here so openly to fight with Cheruth and them face-to-face, and also cut off all contact with the outside world, the most likely purpose is two - to kill the two of them unknowingly, and to delay time for the Hand of Death outside to carry out a new plan.

But if you think about it, these two explanations seem reasonable, but they have a common contradiction, that is, in the sealing enchantment, Laiali actually appeared alone in front of Cheruth and the others.

Come to think of it, if you want to kill the two of Chelus, it is impossible in terms of the strength shown by Laiali, because although Layali is proficient in various sealing techniques, he is only a seventh-order beginner, and he has no great chance of winning against the current Chelus and Nanoha joining forces. And if you want to delay time, it will be even more strange, Laiali only needs to maintain the spell outside the sealing enchantment, there is no need to enter the enchantment at all, even if this can make the time longer because of the battle between him and Cheruth, but the final result can only be that the enchantment is broken, and he is beaten by the Cheruth and then the enchantment is broken again, causing the hand of death outside to fall into isolation.

It doesn't make sense no matter how she thinks about it, so although Cheruth seems to have seen through everything on the surface for the reason of seizing the first mover in psychological warfare, and accuses Laiali of making the other party uneasy, in fact, the biggest and most urgent question in her heart has always been retained, and she can't figure out why Laiali is here at this time.

But now, Chelus suddenly finds herself overlooking something important.

She had a preconceived idea that the guy named Wood she had seen with Laiali before was Laiali's entourage because of her bodyguard's identity, but if the identities of the two of them were fake, then the bodyguard entourage, which Laiali claimed to be, could not be proven. If, in fact, the opposite is true, that Wood is another assassin powerhouse who is accustomed to wind magic in addition to the Hand of Death, and Layali is just an accomplice or subordinate of the two, and he is only used to cover up because of his convenient identity?

It makes sense that Layali is here, and Wood hasn't shown up until now, which shows that the other party is not trying to attack them here, but just trying to trap them and make trouble outside. The hand of death in the outside world has the mysterious powerhouse Wood, who is likely to be the real murderer of Leonard, as a helper, as long as the uncertain forces that came unexpectedly from Cheruth and them are not involved, the two of them have to deal with the night elves, and it is optional to suddenly attack and destroy the remaining three altars, or directly attack the sealing place to destroy anything. And in order to eliminate the interference from Cheruth and them, now that Tu Qian Dagger saw that Layali, who no longer needed to be disguised with the help of his face, he was personally assigned to appear here.

Laiali, who is good at earth and seal magic, is obviously not very suitable to perform a task similar to a raid, but if it is to trap someone, then maybe although Laiali is less powerful, he is the best person among the three. As for Laiali's final life and death, judging from Cheruth's understanding of the Hand of Death and their group of people belonging to Tafel, as long as it does not affect the smooth implementation of the plan, the other party is not a good boss who will feel sorry for his life.

At this moment, seeing Cheruth's sudden silence, Layali, who was trapped in the gale cage by Cheruth, also vaguely saw that he was afraid that their plan should have been unable to hide this unusually intelligent girl, so he did not hesitate and decisively began to fight back.

Cheruth is now sealed in her body because of the Law of Origin, and her strength is only maintained at the level of the seventh order of the first order, and the strength comparison on paper is not much stronger than that of the same seventh order of the first level, in the previous rounds, although Cillus and Nanoha relied on the tacit understanding to easily recapture the Layali who tried to escape with earth magic, but this is not the result of Layali's deliberate weakness in order to delay more time through dialogue.

Laiali, who became serious, finally exerted all his strength, and the earthy yellow enchantment covering his body suddenly shone with a great amount of magical light, and the earth-based high-level magic "Earth Fluctuations" spread in the blink of an eye, and the vibrations of the earth element instantly broke the wind cage of Cheruth.

But fortunately, Cheruth had already thought that the "Gale Cage" that was just a high-level magic could not trap Laiali, a seventh-order powerhouse, at all, and when she came back to her senses from her thoughts, Qilu raised her hand to gather magic power without panic, and in a flash of her hand, several powerful wind pressure spears flew towards Laiali.

And Nanoha was even earlier than Cheruth, who had slipped a little, and the blazing white magic light curtain turned into a magical barrage like an endless rainstorm, flying in the direction of Layali.

Perhaps influenced by the non-attribute magic weapons and armor that Cheruth first made for her three years ago, as well as the so-called fallacy that instilled in her, "Speaking of magical girls, how can there be no barrage plus a shot into the soul", although Nanoha is theoretically able to use all kinds of magic, she is still accustomed to using all kinds of unique and powerful non-attribute magic to carry out overwhelming attacks or single-point bursts in battle.

In the face of the combined attack of Cheruth and Nanoha, Laiali did not seem too flustered, a strange and powerful power fluctuation spread from Laiali's body, and the earthy yellow enchantment around Laiali's body began to twist and change, and then turned into a huge arc-shaped transparent film, which obviously looked as if it was broken with one blow, thin and fragile, but in the next second, Cheruth and Nanoha's attacks were all perfectly blocked.

Chelus's expression tightened.

“...... The power of the law ......"

Laiali stood behind the film, looking at Chelus and Nanoha for a long time.

"Miss Cheruth, it seems that I don't need to explain anything more now, I know that Miss Cheruth and your companions are both very powerful people, and if it is a real battle, I really don't have much chance of winning. But if I want to defend with all my heart, then you two don't want to break through my seals and enchantments anytime soon. ”

"Sure enough, you're comprehending the power of the law related to the concept of sealing, right? ”

Layali didn't say anything, it seems that compared to the villains in the novels and anime that Cheruth has read, this guy has at least some brains despite the same words, and he didn't blow up all his little foundation without a big grin.

"Please admit defeat, Miss Cheruth, three years ago, in the Holy City of Solan, your performance was indeed praised by the Lord served by my master, but in the end, you have only defeated the pawns of the Lord who has been used without knowing it, and this time, although in the end you still detected our covert actions with keen insight and amazing luck, but you came too late. You are destined not to be able to stop us. ”

It seems that at the very moment when this guy is holding them back, the Hand of Death and the guy named Wood outside should have started the most crucial step of their plan.

Cheruth bit her lip, she had to admit that Layali was right, if this incident had happened within her reach from the beginning, and if she had been involved in the whole process from the beginning, just like the Holy City incident three years ago, she was still very confident that she would be able to successfully interfere with and thwart or even destroy the other party's plan in advance. But the reality is that they who join the game halfway through the game can only fall into the rhythm of the other party from the beginning, and have been in the position of passive defenders—or to put it mildly, have been led by the nose—and they have so little to do to be able to respond to the Hand of Death's ever-evolving machinations in a timely and powerful manner.

But......

"Well, I was about to say that you're pretty brainy as a villain, but now it looks like I'm overestimating you. ”

With that, the magic around Cheruth began to become more condensed than before.

"The villain dies of talking too much, not only referring to stupid things such as accidentally exposing his weaknesses or related clues in his verbosity, but also the most important point...... Since you're a villain, don't always taunt the protagonist and the hero. ”

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Meanwhile, inside the Night Elf Village.

“...... Why aren't we allowed to go?"

In the passage into the center of the village, Greywind, Sekaria, Shanoff, and Eve stood there, and in front of the four of them, Gertageris looked grim and angrily asked the night elves who stood in the way.

"Cherus and Nanoha are our companions, we didn't say anything when you forcibly detained them in the village, and now we just want to go in and see them both, why do you want to stop them?"

"I don't know what you're misunderstanding, but we didn't do anything like that. ”

The one who answered Getajielis's question in an indifferent tone was the night elf elite battle captain Afaria, who was their acquaintance, and standing next to her was also the leader of the Night Elf Moon Knights named Luruth, who had a relationship with Getajielis and Graywind Eve and others during the day today.

Although Affaria appeared to be seriously injured when she was sent back to the village from the west altar during the day, in fact, after being treated by the recovery magician in the village, it was found that Afalia's injuries were unexpectedly serious, but they were all skin injuries that looked serious but did not hurt the muscles and bones, and after treatment, although the weakness caused by blood loss was still there, Afaria regained her ability to move freely on the spot.

Because of this, tonight, at the strong request of Afalia, Luus and the others agreed to let this minor injured person who could have rested join their night patrol, but it also happened that they met Getageris and the others who suddenly came to the village to look for Chelus.

"Didn't you detain them, then why didn't you let them go back to us, but instead had the two of them stay in the village for the night?"

"I'm sorry, Lord Getajielis, I don't know the exact situation, but what I do know is that the decision of the two elders Lilith and Palo Als to stay in the village was made after discussion between Lilith and Palo Al, and Lord Cerus herself does not seem to have any objection to this decision. ”

In the face of Getageris's questioning, although Alfaria spoke in a respectful tone, her somewhat pale face always had an indifferent expression, just like when Chelus and the others first came to Moon Valley a few days ago, she stopped the group at the mouth of the valley.

For Afalia's attitude, Getarjeliss was naturally very unhappy, but she was not easy to attack, because Affaria was indeed right. Although in fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the night elves have doubts about the things during the day and they will leave the two of them here, but there is no evidence to prove this kind of thing, and Cheruth is really thinking about the overall situation during the day, and did not make much consideration with the night elves to accept this arrangement.

Seeing that Getageris was led away from the topic by Alfaria in a few words, Sekaria glanced at Gray Wind, who had a somewhat bad face but seemed to be able to bear it, with some concern, patted her shoulder and gave Sister Wolf a reassuring look, and then stood up.

"Miss Alfaria, we have no intention of pursuing this matter to the end, we understand that the Night Elves are in a very difficult time at this time, and we do not intend to increase your burden in this situation, but please forgive us for worrying about our companions, we just want to go into the village and talk to the Chelus and them to confirm the situation, I don't think it seems necessary for you to keep us out so strictly. ”

Instead of Getaris, the "Moon Guardian" with the highest prestige in the night elves besides Cheruth, Sekaria, who was the most skilled at negotiation in the group, stepped forward to take over the topic.

On the other side, Afaria looked at Sekaria with a blank face, she still had a very good impression of this incomparably beautiful blue-haired girl, a few days ago at the mouth of the Moon Valley, it was Sekaria who raised the identity of the dragon envoys of Chelus and Grey Wind, and forced her to let them into the valley.

"Are you...... Miss Sekaria, we are sorry that we accept your kindness, but we cannot agree with your judgment, that you and your companions are a burden to the Night Elves today by suddenly visiting the Night Elf village so late at night. ”

Sekaria took a deep breath.

“...... So, the Night Elves still don't trust us?"