Volume 1 The Tale of the Blacksmith Chapter 37 A Tricky Monster
On the frontal battlefield, with Margaret's help, Lydia successfully regained her strength.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but she seems to be strengthened by the power of magic, and she feels like she is full of endless power.
There are more and more primordial species on the battlefield, and Lydia can cut down a large area with her sword skills at will, even without charging.
This kind of sword technique, which is supposed to be charged to exert its full power, is originally a long-range attack, and this is where it comes in.
However, these primitive species seem to have a higher IQ, and after facing Lydia's counterattack, they no longer take the initiative to step forward.
They all stretched out their tentacles, connecting into a vast web that they wanted to use to entangle Lydia and Margaret.
Lydia hurriedly released her sword technique and cut off the tentacles, but it had no effect at all, those tentacles quickly regenerated, and the speed at which she cut them off was completely unable to keep up with the speed at which the tentacles recovered.
Seeing that the two of them were about to be wiped out, Margaret smiled slightly and conjured a wand from her hand.
The wand was about a meter long, and looked like it was just a bent dry branch, which seemed to be embalmed and shiny, and topped with a dark green gem, presumably unprocessed and irregularly shaped.
Margaret raised her wand with both hands and slammed the end on the ground, and immediately after, a huge magic circle appeared under the feet of the large group of monsters, just enough to completely cover them.
The patterns inside are quite complex, divided into several levels, and each layer has many small magic arrays.
Margaret silently recited a spell in her mouth, and in an instant, the magic array burst out with dazzling green light, and then turned into a whirlwind, and in a short time, all the monsters were rolled up into the sky.
The monsters were powerless, and although they tried to connect them with their tentacles to avoid being torn apart by the powerful whirlwind, the power of the magic was so strong that they were swept up into the sky and turned into pieces shortly after they were swept up into the sky, and finally fell to the ground as stumps and severed arms.
In this way, even if they have a strong ability to heal themselves, they will not be able to recover.
Lydia was amazed at the terrifying power of magic, which could not only heal the wounded quickly, but also destroy a large area of enemies in an instant.
It stands to reason that such a powerful magic consumes a lot of mana from the caster, but Margaret showed no signs of exhaustion at all.
The reason is that among her wands, the most ordinary wands are not inlaid with gemstones, and magicians often use their own magic power to release the power through the formation drawn by the wand.
But for Margaret, she didn't have to consume the magic in her body at all, but instead used the gem on her wand instead.
This gem is used to store mana, and Margaret usually infuses excess mana into her body and releases it when necessary.
This is the most common operation for advanced magicians, but of course, there are more advanced ways to store magic, such as some wands that have a huge amount of magic in themselves, or they can directly draw a magic circle on a piece of paper with magic attached to it, and release magic the moment the piece of paper is thrown.
At this moment, the remaining primitive monsters saw that a large number of companions had been wiped out, and they did not dare to step forward if they knew how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but kept retreating.
The humanoid monsters behind them were still standing dumbfounded, their eyes full of confusion, as if they didn't understand why their kind of people were retreating.
Obviously, the current battle situation is favorable to Lydia and them, but she doesn't dare to relax at all, because no one can determine whether the general attack of the demon clan is really only these three waves.
But then, as if to confirm her fears, there was another commotion behind the monster group, and this time the movement was so loud that even the ground was shaking.
“…… What's the situation? Margaret was a little surprised.
"Looks like the big one is coming." Lydia looked solemn.
Then, a behemoth really appeared behind the monster group, it was really a big guy, it seemed to be the same kind of those humanoid monsters, after all, they were all about the same shape.
The only difference is that this guy only has one, and it's so huge that it's almost like a mountain.
If I have to describe it, its body height directly exceeds the city wall, and with every step of its thick legs, the ground will shake, and the soldiers on the city wall can be overturned with a casual wave of the hand.
"Oh my God, that's outrageous." Margaret looked incredulous.
"Tsk, how can I beat this kind of thing." Lydia couldn't help but cover her face.
But Margaret smiled and said disapprehantly.
"Haha, it's okay, Lord Lydia, I'll protect you no matter what, even if I sacrifice my life......"
"Margaret, don't say that, okay?" Lydia interrupted her impatiently, but when she saw the other person's surprised look, she was still a little reluctant, and explained, "Don't say sacrifice anymore, I don't need anyone to sacrifice for me, and although I'm grateful to you for saving me, our relationship doesn't seem to be good enough to deserve each other's lives, you know?" ”
"I ...... I'm sorry. Margaret bowed her head.
"Tsk."
Lydia was upset again, she knew someone who always liked to talk about apologies, but as soon as she thought of the person, she noticed that the other person was running towards her.
"Lydia, are you alright?" The emir said with a look of concern.
"Well, it's okay, thanks to Toma Gretel, I got my life back."
"Huh? Margaret, why are you here? "The emir was surprised by her presence.
"Alright, Emir, let's find a way to deal with that big guy first." Daniel proposed.
"But, this is too big, can we really do it with just a few of us?"
Lydia looked at the huge monster and felt terrified, estimating that she would be trampled flat as soon as she rushed over.
"Well, maybe Lilith will be enough to deal with it." The emir nodded, but changed his words again, "But either way, we must defeat it, or the town will be finished." ”
Lydia looked at Emir's resolute eyes and couldn't help but admire, she didn't expect that such an ordinary teenager would not have the slightest idea of admitting defeat in the face of overwhelming power, what courage this is.
After a while, the huge monster came to the crowd, and it stepped on it with its feet, trying to destroy them in one fell swoop.
The crowd dispersed, and while she was speaking, Margaret healed Daniel's injuries, and now that they were both able to fight, the Emir called Lilith to her face.
At this time, those monsters saw their helpers coming, and immediately regained their morale, and began to advance again, gradually narrowing the encirclement.
However, Margaret didn't look down on these weak monsters at all, and in order to prevent Lydia from being threatened, she directly released her magic, blowing the entire group of monsters away, and finally turned into debris in the air.
As a result, only this huge monster was left on the entire battlefield, and it was also affected by the whirlwind, but with its huge body and powerful self-healing ability, it still stood still.
Immediately afterward, Lilith spat dragon breath into the monster's face, and then it finally felt threatened, and quickly covered its head with its hands, and finally both hands were scorched.
And the next scene directly frightened the people present, the monster saw that its hands were burned, and it didn't seem to feel pain at all, but opened its bloody mouth and bit off its own hand directly, and after chewing and swallowing, its hand actually grew out again.
“…… Cut, what a disgusting guy. Lydia couldn't help but complain.
However, this also means that the dragon's breath has no effect on it at all, and if there is a weakness, the monster's head should be, because it can't eat its own head.
The Emir told the others that all they had to do was keep attacking the monster's head.
However, this monster's IQ is not low, and it has long expected that humans will see its weakness, so it concentrates on protecting its head, and at the same time launches a fierce attack on Emir and the others with its feet.
Unexpectedly, such a huge monster was extremely flexible, and the speed of stepping on everyone was very fast, Lydia and Daniel were almost stepped on, but fortunately, Margaret protected them with all her might.
"What can I do? We don't have a chance to attack. Daniel looked embarrassed, because he couldn't find the time to think about what to dodge against.
"How about we all spread out and run a little farther away?"
The emir suddenly suggested that the speed at which he observed the monster was fast, but there was also a limit.
For example, if the emir wants to run away from the attack, they can do it by running a little farther, so if they scatter and run, which side will the monsters chase?
In short, no matter who it chases, the rest of the people will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to attack it.
"Well, I think it's doable." Lydia nodded.
After reaching a consensus, the four of them escaped in four directions, and at this moment, the monster really made a difficulty, and it could only chase and kill one person at the same time.
However, relying on the fact that it had already dominated the battlefield, it did not worry that it would be defeated, so it chose a random person, and that was Daniel.
At this time, Daniel chose to run towards the forest outside the battlefield, because his sword skills can only be used in close combat, which is not useful at this time, so when he sees the monster chasing him, he can't help but feel lucky, he can concentrate on dodging the monster's attack.
Immediately afterward, Margaret took the lead in aiming at the monster's head and unleashed a powerful magic, this time the magic circle appeared above the wand, and countless missiles drilled out of it, hitting the back of the monster's head.
Perhaps sensing the violent fluctuations in magic power, the monster quickly reached out to protect its head, and in the next moment, all the magic missiles hit its hands.
Seeing that the first attack was useless, Lydia took advantage of the fact that the monster's hand did not have time to recover for the time being, and decided to release her sword skills.
Just before Margaret unleashed her magic, Lydia began to charge up, and now that it was done, she let out a loud shout and unleashed her sword technique, aiming directly at the monster's wrist.
In the next moment, the palm of the monster's newly grown hand broke again, and finally slammed heavily on the ground, stirring up a puff of dust.
Margaret and Lilith saw the moment at the same time, one using a magic missile and the other using a dragon's breath, both striking at the monster's head.
Eventually, all the attacks hit the target, and when the smoke cleared, everyone found that the monster had stopped, and its head was blasted off, leaving only its blood-spurting neck.
“…… Did it work? Daniel stopped and looked back at the monster.
However, unexpectedly, although the monster's head was gone, it did not fall and was still standing in place.
Faced with such a sight, everyone was amazed, it was clear that the monster was not dead, and Margaret was the first to notice this, and she quickly shouted.
"Guys, stay away!"
“…… What? ”
Although the emir is strange, with the help of Lilith, he tries to stay away from the monsters as much as possible, and Daniel and Lydia follow the advice.
Sure enough, after a few seconds, the monster's body began to change.
I saw that its blood-spurting neck suddenly retracted into its body, and at the same time, its thick limbs were retracted, and finally its entire body turned into a huge ball of flesh.
But the mutation didn't stop there, and then, new limbs protruded from the ball of flesh, but they looked much more slender, and if you looked closely, you would find that it was completely different from the original human-like structure, more like a beast walking on four legs.
Sure enough, when the limbs were fully exposed, the monster revealed a new head, but it was in the shape of a wolf.
After the monster was transformed, it looked like a huge wolf, and it immediately opened its mouth and roared loudly.
The sound was so deafening that even the ground around it began to shake and even crack.
Only then did the emir understand Margaret's words, if they were still near the monster at this time, they would definitely fall into the cracks in the ground, and even if they didn't fall in, their bodies would be shocked by the sound wave and explode directly.
Immediately afterward, the monster stopped roaring and began to run towards Lydia, not only at great speed, but also with four claws on the ground, which made the ground full of holes.
Margaret hurriedly shielded Lydia with her magic, this time using a defensive spell that created a barrier around the target.
However, this solid barrier was useless in front of the monster, and it was broken through in an instant, and Lydia didn't have time to dodge it before the monster's abyssal maw appeared in front of her.