Chapter 485: Inch by Foot
Egger frowned helplessly.
A great story should end at the right time, and in Lady Laherlo's story of the apocalypse, the truth about the eruption of the Fourteen Fire Peaks is the right time to close. No matter how exciting and the ups and downs of the plot are, if it doesn't stop, it will be as cool as cooking with too many seasonings: "Obviously, you won that battle in the end, otherwise humanity would not be the master of the world today, and you would not be here to talk to me." With all due respect, the process doesn't matter. β
"The first half is true, but the second half is wrong β in this battle, the process is precisely the most important thing. Rather than being angry at Egger's impatience, Rahlo continued in a calm tone: "I began to study and improve blood magic and use it as a hole card in case I faced my aunt, in addition to considering that it is the most powerful, there is another important factor: the demigod bloodline gives me incredible health strength and self-healing power. Although few injuries can verify this, from what I know about my body, I can be sure: as long as I am not killed instantly, any injuries and mutilated limbs, I can expend mana and time to wait for it to heal and regenerate. What would be inconceivable to ordinary people is an acceptable price for me - it is this that allows me to include my flesh and body in the list of spellcasting materials without any worries. β
"The heirs present were depleted at the first cast, but you obviously also thought about it: in terms of the purity and strength of the power in the bloodline, I, the ancestor who has survived for countless years, is the first without suspense. Since there is no other man's flesh and blood at hand, it will be my turn. β
Perverted enough, I like ...... No, Iger doesn't like it. Since you already know that you have unlimited self-healing ability, why don't you start with your own body and sacrifice the innocent heirs of the onlookers first?Wouldn't there be a large number of helpers who can help you deal with the final boss together...... Today's burden of dealing with the strange spirits will also be carried by a group of dragon knights, instead of relying on a group of mortals to figure out a way?
Egger resisted the urge and didn't complain, this kind of immortal fight was far beyond his knowledge, and for things he didn't know and didn't specialize in, he could always abide by the principle that silence was golden. Perhaps, for an existence of Laherlo's level, no matter how many low-level helpers in the same level are single-handed, they are not as useful as being in good physical condition.
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"As an expert in invading the Atlas, this is clearly not the first time that the giant demon has been hit by a 'half-time crossing' accident, which is clearly within its emergency list and experience - although it looks miserable with a third of its body missing, it quickly casts a spell to lock the loss of bodily fluid energy from the wound, and then does not hesitate to attack me, hoping to eliminate my greatest threat in order to win a chance to breathe and recover or reopen the portal. β
"I have a lot of strength, but I don't have a lot of combat experience - although I have an inexhaustible amount of time, there has never been a worthy opponent in this world who can hone my skills. And my opponent is the opposite: this demon who has invaded and destroyed many worlds, even if his strength was suppressed by the rules of the plane to the same level as me the moment he entered this world, and he was seriously injured and disabled and only half of his strength remained, he still relied on his incredible ferocity, decisiveness, and proficiency to the point that I could hardly match the use of energy and combat skills, and firmly suppressed me from the first shot. β
Lahlo paused, looked in other directions, and realized that the dream was beginning to show signs of instability: "There is not much time left for us, so I will skip the details and get to the conclusion and the key points." The situation at that time was that although I had mastered knowledge and abilities in various fields over the years, most of my knowledge was useless in the face of the demon's astonishing strength...... Tricks and tricks couldn't compete with it, and after struggling to block two energy shocks and get injured, I adjusted my mindset and no longer hesitated - I began to treat the other party as my most terrifying imaginary enemy, my father's sister. β
"I bit the tip of my tongue and cut my skin to cast spells with my own blood, and the incredible strength of the half-dragon and half-god bloodline allowed me to instantly regain the battlefield advantage...... But the demon's ability to carry and tolerate magic was impressive, and simply casting a spell with a small amount of blood gave me a slight advantage, not enough to end the fightβand my blood wasn't endless. Rahlo stretched out a hand that was so tender that it felt like it would break at the slightest pinch, and made a gesture: "The battle has entered the second phase, and I have let go of my hesitation and used my body to unleash an even more powerful attack." β
"I don't have wings, but I don't need the body structure to walk because I'm used to using magic to fly, so ......," she pointed to her toes and knees, "the feet and legs first, including blood, muscles, bones, and anything else that comes in handy." β
As soon as the words fell, the goddess's pair of hidden under the long skirt loomed, and the reverie-inducing legs disappeared at the same time as the skirt and turned into points of light to diffuse all around, and she was suddenly only half of her body left, which made Egg, who was caught off guard, be taken aback.
"Then there are the hands and arms, and while gestures can make spells more powerful, they are not indispensable. Rahlo didn't hesitate at all, he raised his upper limbs, and with the end of the sentence, the two slender and slender arms also disappeared, from a beautiful woman who couldn't take his eyes off it, to a severely disabled and bust that could scare any man into a few seconds, "The huge price means a considerable reward, the four heavy blows corresponding to the limbs made the demon on the verge of death, but it became more fierce and crazy instead, and the intensity of the battle did not decrease but increased- I can't regrow my limbs in a few days, but this demon can reopen the rift in a matter of hours, which means that serious injuries are not enough. No matter what the cost, I must destroy it in one fight, and I can't turn around and run away, even though I can run away!"
"For the first time, I began to wonder why I didn't have wings and tails, because then I would at least have more body parts that I could sacrifice. "But I can't change the facts if I am not reconciled, so the hair and skin of the remaining body, the intestines and some unnecessary bones and organs, in order of importance to sustaining life, I ...... in turn."
"Ms. Laherlo, please accept the supernatural powers!" At the moment when the woman's fair skin disappeared and really turned into a pink skeleton, Iger decisively blocked his eyes and did not dare to look at it again, for fear that it would leave a psychological shadow on the woman from now on: "Just say it, no need to demonstrate! I can imagine!"
"As you wish. Although the woman agreed quickly, there was a banter in her tone, as if she was happy to take revenge on the spot, "Open your eyes, I don't want to scare you awake." Now, you must have an idea of the intensity of that battle, and in a nutshell, it can be summed up as follows: the Great Demon is a fierce and powerful opponent, and against such an existence, the only way to win is to double the ferocity and strength of the blood, and the power of the blood magic mercilessly falls on its wounded and inconvenient body, and finally completely destroys its body and soul. By this time, the excessive sacrificial spell had turned me into a blood-drenched monster that no one could recognize as a human being, and the flame of life was shaky and could no longer withstand any fighting...... I didn't care about picking up the remnants of the little demons, and I forced myself to flee to a safe place that no one knew about, and hid to recuperate. β
"The demigod bloodline has indeed given me incredible longevity and self-healing abilities, and according to the original calculations, it would take me about a few days to get rid of my weakest state of lingering and regain my human form, and in a few months I would be able to grow back to all the missing body structures, including my limbs...... The new body won't immediately contain the same amount of power as it used to be used as a casting material, but the weakness won't last forever, and I can afford to wait. Rahlo was restored to his original form, but Egg was no longer staring at her. "But the situation I encountered was not 'ideal', and the demon's final struggles before death caused me unexpected damage - the filthy evil, strange energy it used that I had never seen before stained my already broken body, seeped into my blood and remaining mana, and severely hindered my recovery. When I mobilize the magical resistance in my body, the recovery of that body is slowed down, and once relaxed, the filthy energy tries to interfere with my mind and soul to enslave me. β
Evil powers, or something like that?, Egger finally understood why Rahlo was describing the details of the battle, which was really something that couldn't be skipped. After a little thought in his heart, he calculated how long it had been since the apocalypse: "It's been more than four hundred years, and you haven't recovered yet?"
"For more than 400 years, I have been recuperating from my wounds while fighting this force, and now I am barely recovering to the point where I have no worries about my life. But because of the filthy energy like maggots on the tarsal bones, there is still no time before I can regain my health and recovery strength, and at this time, I have to fight my spirits and distract myself to deter the restless people. Rahlo sighed deeply, "Do you really think that the night watchmen you led have repelled a large-scale invasion of the human world by the 'cold gods'?"
"Huh? I don't understand. "Egger really doesn't understand this.
"Compared to the attack that my mother attacked thousands of years ago when she tried to retake the world, this so-called attack of the strange ghosts is like child's play, the white ghosts carry the living corpses around the Great Wall to the land giveaway, and they are defeated and destroyed by you and the little queen, and then everything seems to be all right - do you think that this is all the cold god has to do?"
"What's the future?" said Egg, who was already planning the expedition to the south, and if he banished half of the Night's Watch to dry outside the fortress and led the army south, the land grant would be doomed!
"Yes, but it doesn't dare and won't use it, because this attack by strange ghosts is not a war for the cold god to try to retake the world, but a temptation. Rahlo became serious, and as if he realized something, he quickened his voice again: "My death battle with that great demon is so loud that even a blind man can detect it. The reason why the cold god didn't rush to pick up the bargain or take advantage of it afterwards was that in addition to the fact that it was too late to happen, the more important reason was: I sacrificed my heir and body to destroy the portal and defeat the demon's earth-shattering spell, whichever fell on his head, it could easily beat him half to death. Afraid of being affected or wiped out, he didn't dare to leave his lair to come and watch...... However, after the great event that mortals call the apocalypse, I disappeared for four hundred years in order to recuperate from my wounds, and the long time gradually erased the fear of my former enemies. He finally couldn't hold back, and wanted to use this war to test - to determine if I was still alive. β
"The process of destroying the strange ghosts went so smoothly, and you didn't encounter the intervention of extraordinary forces during this period, not because a small Great Wall could completely block the power of the 'Cold God', but because I came here, and he sensed this, so he decisively gave up the chess pieces that had crossed the ice wall and retracted back to the lair to show peace. "Once, I was so big that I didn't even bother to waste my time dealing with him, but now, after thousands of years of respite and recuperation, he has become my greatest threat in a severely injured and weakened state. β
"He can actually defeat and kill me and take back ownership of this world, but he doesn't know it yet. "If the Night's Watch merely repel the invasion of the Wraiths, and then make no further moves, it will still make him confused...... I don't dare to act rashly under my authority. But if someone tries to go to the Land of Eternal Winter to find and destroy him, what do you think he'll think?"
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"He'll feel that you're so enraged by him that you're going to get rid of him completely. After thinking for a moment, Iger finally understood. The story told by Lahlo seems to be off topic, but in fact it never deviates from the topic. "And in the unlikely event that this vanguard is wiped out by the Chill God, he is ready to meet the real attack that will follow and is dying, but he has not waited for your arrival and revenge, and he will wake up: you have not recovered from that great battle at all, and you can't help him!"
"That's right, so, take it when you see it, hasty action not only does not show courage, but exposes weaknesses...... Not only will it kill me, but it will also involve me. Rahlo spread his hands, finally stopping to spit out one after another like a machine gun, "Come on, what doubts are there about this story...... Ask now. β
The story is self-consistent, and Egg is already looking for loopholes while listening to it, but unfortunately, even if it is fake, with his identity as a mortal, he has no experience and ability to expose it.
It's either a fact, or it's an ingenious story that has been carefully concocted to deal with your own paranoia. However, he could not erase the last bit of doubt, and after thinking about it, he still thought of a way to confirm the other party's statement from the side, and try to get more benefits by the way: "There is only one problem, Ms. Laherlo." As the legendary son of prophecy chosen by you, and in this war against the invasion of the strange spirits, I have saved so much effort for you to dispel the enemy's disobedience, and the reward I have received is only one piece of advice and one story?"
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