Chapter 186: A Feast for the Serpents
The giant made of steel junk looks like it has an eerie sense of power, but its movements are unusually light. [(7764)] This is not an obsidian titan of war, but a puppet controlled by the puppeteer himself, which seems to be bulky but is actually almost indistinguishable from his own hands and feet.
If it weren't for the fact that the physical injuries had deteriorated enough to be life-threatening, the puppeteer would never replace his actions with this metal trash. This thing has no artistic value at all, it seriously violates his own aesthetic cognition, in other words, it is like a peerless master using the trick of rolling a lazy donkey, which is very shameless.
But now is not the time to save face, and if Diana is allowed to escape, all plans will be in vain. At this critical juncture, face is not so important, and it is a big deal to kill these annoying flies. The puppeteer didn't plan to kill in Sword Keep, after all, this is also the traditional sphere of influence of the royal party, so during the battle between him and Diana, both sides maintained a certain tacit understanding and did not spread their power to hurt the innocent.
But now, because of the presence of these flies, the puppeteer's killing intent finally can't help but be revealed.
"You have nowhere to run!" the puppeteer sneered, manipulating the metal giant to raise his left arm and aim it at the shadow he was staring at. A metal spear erupted from the giant's arm, whizzing through the air with a sound similar to a bedcross.
Anyone else might be helpless against the magician's tricks, but the puppeteer is also an expert at it, and the illusion magic of the silver rank is useless in his eyes, and it has no meaning in the face of absolute overwhelming power.
After firing the spear, the puppeteer shifted his attention to the target he was most concerned about. It was just a matter of two sentences, and the young man disappeared from his sight again. Of course, this physical obstruction of sight was not a problem for the puppeteer, but what really made him feel a little tricky was the direction in which the young man fled.
Unlike the wooden buildings that were destroyed by the aftermath of the battle, most of the buildings in the city are made of brick and stone, which is not a matter of solidity, but a difference in class. Only those powerful and powerful people have the qualifications and ability to build beautiful and solid gardens. To put it simply, the neighborhood in front of you is the aristocratic settlement of Sword Castle.
Generally speaking, the strong people who have reached the realm of the golden rank have basically broken free from the shackles of the mundane world, but the puppeteer is not so lucky, and when he chose to attach himself to the royal family of Oakland, he has already linked his fate with this country. γ(7764)γEven if he has the strength of the Golden Rank, his every move must take into account the interests of the royal family.
At the level of the whole country, Diana will not have a real voice as long as she does not inherit the name of the true Sword Saint for a day, and now her value cannot be compared to the aristocratic circle of the Sword Castle. The royal family needs the power of the Sword Keep, but this power does not refer to the unattainable Juggernaut, but to the veins of gems under the Sword Keep, which produce millions of gold coins worth every year. The masters of these veins are none other than the North Wind family and its vassals.
As a messenger who came on behalf of the royal family, the puppeteer could neither kill Diana nor the nobles of the Sword Castle, although he himself did not have a good impression of this group of traitors seeking glory, but he must protect them like uncles. The royal family's toughness towards the White Lion Family has been criticized in secret, and if the Sword Castle is not handled well, I am afraid it will deal a serious blow to its own prestige.
"Is that what you expected?" the doller looked back in surprise at the shadow where the magician was. Such a deep-level plan must have extraordinary political acumen, of course the few unsuccessful little guys of the North Wind family do not have this ability, so the only possibility is probably this strange magician......
To his surprise, the spear he threw did hit the shadow, but there was no one there. Being able to deceive the perception of a gold-level powerhouse is not something that ordinary people can have.
"If you hide like this, you won't be able to delay for three minutes. The puppeteer sneered, and manipulated the Iron Giant to stride towards the aristocratic quarters. No matter what tricks the other party hid, it was meaningless in the face of the absolute power gap, he had now broken the jar and broken it, relying on brute force to directly crush it, and he didn't want to reason with anyone at all.
The puppeteer was not an indecisive person either, and he chose to move on without much thought. However, just as the giant's footsteps were about to step into the aristocratic neighborhood, the ground under its feet suddenly trembled slightly. This tremor is not violent, as if the earth has quietly awakened, and the ground is even lazy. The puppeteer keenly felt the tremor, but he didn't pay attention to it at all.
This arrogance immediately cost him, and before the giant's next foot could be lifted, a stream of light suddenly burst out from under his feet and spread out in all directions. It's not an offensive spell, it's a triggering trap. A giant magic array with a diameter of more than ten meters appeared on the ground, wrapping the iron giant in the center.
The battle between Diana and the puppeteer lasted nearly twenty minutes, which was enough time for a spellcaster to prepare for whatever he had to do. And a well-prepared spellcaster will turn into the most troublesome opponent. It only took Tiana a minute to frame the entire plan, and the rest of the time she spent her time building her own magical position on the path of escape.
The Iron Giant shook his head and wanted to move on, but he couldn't lift his feet, and dozens of thorns of bowl size and light grew from the center of the magic array, and quickly clinged to the Iron Giant's ankles.
As we all know, the most important thing to deal with a huge humanoid creature is to control its speed of action, and the obsidian construction titan dedicated to war does not have this problem, in addition to the outer magic shield, its own obsidian body is also excellent protection. But the Iron Giant, created by the puppeteer on improvise, was made entirely of metal trash, and it was inevitable that there would be inappropriately connected gaps in his body, and when the Light Thorns climbed into it, the resistance to him was more than doubled.
At the same time, on the periphery of the magic array, twenty-four magic nodes were lit up at the same time, and dazzling arrows of light bloomed like stamens, and after opening up the distance, they flipped flexibly in mid-air, absorbing the energy of sunlight in the sky, and continued to grow and develop. When they turned back, each arrow of light evolved into a giant light snake with a diameter of more than one meter, and twenty-four light snakes converged together, as terrifying as the ancient demonic beast Hydra, the giant snake lowered its head and locked onto the steel giant on the ground.
The blooming flowers of light once again lit up the sky of the Sword Castle, and it was a brilliant sight that could be seen even outside the city walls. In the exile camp, Lolana stared at the vision in the sky and frowned.
In an inconspicuous tent in the refugee settlement, a sneaky man in a cloak trembled and knocked over the teacup in his hand to the ground, he didn't care about the tea spilled on his body, just stared at the sky of the Sword Castle with wide eyes, and muttered to himself: "Snake of Dancing Light...... A feast for the serpents!"
The light serpent seemed to be slow in the sky, but it was actually hovering rapidly, and the iron giant on the ground did not sit still. The puppeteer roared, and the Iron Giant fell to his knees, his back bulging, and countless sharp iron thorns grew from his shoulder. Taking advantage of the opportunity when he bowed his head, the light snake in the sky seemed to have received the signal of attack, and pounced straight down without any hesitation.
The earth shook again, this time with an explosion from the light snake falling to the ground, causing the entire Sword Castle to tremble. Twenty-four dull noises shook the soldiers on the city wall unsteadily. The place where the steel giant was originally located was bombed out of a bottomless crater with a radius of tens of meters, and even the surrounding noble mansions were also affected by the pond fish. Of course, Tiana has no friendship with the nobles of Sword Castle, and this black cauldron can't be carried by her, so she naturally has no scruples about it.
In the attic of a building in the distance, Tiana's face was as pale as paper, and in addition to the after-effects of overdrawing her mental power, she was even more worried that the huge destructive effect was not due to her magic. It's a trick she's created and made famous, and only three parts of it is real magic, and the other seven parts are scaring light and shadow magic.
But the puppeteer didn't know this, and his first reaction when he saw such a bluffing thing would definitely go all out. Tiana's original intention was also to consume his remaining physical strength, but he didn't expect this guy to hide so deeply, and he still had some reservations in the battle just now, so that the damage caused by his counterattack greatly exceeded Tiana's expectations.
From the beginning, every step of Tiana's plan has achieved the expected goal, but at this most critical moment, there was an accident. The magic she had just unleashed had already revealed her form, and she had no hope of escaping while the puppeteer still had the strength to spare.
It was not Tiana's character to give up, and the girl did not hesitate to teleport herself out when she realized that her plan had failed. However, the moment she stepped out of the space door, two metal barbs suddenly appeared from behind her, piercing her body and pulling her back to the attic where she had been.
Before the dizziness of the teleportation failure had passed, the stinging pain in her waist forced Tiana to wake up, and when she looked up, she saw an old face stained with blood, glaring at her viciously.
"You just said you were going to hold me down for three minutes, and you really have some confident capital. But I'm curious, what does three minutes mean to you?"
The injuries on his body were getting worse and worse, and he was almost dried of blood, but the puppeteer's expression calmed down, and he sent the girl to himself and asked in a low voice.
"In three minutes, you'll be gone. Tiana gasped and said in the affirmative.
"Lovely girl, I find that I am beginning to appreciate your talent and humor. The puppeteer grinned and reached out to touch the scar on Tiana's face.
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