Looking at the ruins in front of him, D let out a sigh, to be honest, it was indeed a tricky battle with Richena. Not only is the opponent's strength about the same as his own, but his attack methods are extremely weird. At other times, D couldn't beat and turned around and ran away.

And the only reason why D didn't run was that she had an ace soul card that was enough to overturn everything unreasonably.

【Sealed Seraph】

This card counts down 1 time, and when the card is destroyed or leaves the battlefield, it will gradually change from [Sealed Seraph] to [Awakened Seraph], then [Resurrected Seraph], and finally awaken to [Shining Seraph. Lebeth].

And she has only one effect.

【Shining Seraph. Le Bis (Legendary)】

[Countdown: 1]

[Curtain Call: Win this battle]

That's right, there is no need for any offense and defense, and there are no special abilities, as long as the [Sealed Seraph] awakens to the [Shining Seraph], it will inevitably win this battle, it's that simple. This is also the strongest killer feature that Duanmu Huai obtained by relying on his high charm in the game.

It's just a pity that this soul card isn't a panacea.

First of all, this thing is ineffective against true god-level enemies——— the glorious Seraphic Angel is only a divine envoy after all, and it is okay to fight against demigods, but not against true gods.

The second is that the requirement for this soul card is to be "Countdown" or "Destroyed", which means that once it is excluded, the effect disappears.

Because of this, players who play against Duanmu Huai in the game will basically pinch a magic card with the effect of making the enemy's soul card "disappear" and "except", in order to deal with it. After all, this thing is too unreasonable, if you don't exclude it for the first time, then you will wait for death, and the full blood will give you seconds, it is simply a plot kill, and it belongs to the kind that can make people angry to death.

Previously, when D was fighting with Richena, he had quietly summoned the [Sealed Seraph] while she was not paying attention——— because this soul card would only appear in a broken stone statue at first, so in a place like Ruins, ordinary people would not notice this card at all.

D then summoned the deer and Kaludon, and used the special abilities of the two soul cards to accelerate the awakening of the [Sealed Seraph], ———and finally destroyed the [Resurrected Seraph] with the help of Richena's attack, and then triggered her curtain call, causing the [Resurrected Seraph] to awaken to the [Shining Seraph], thus winning the battle.

But then again.........

"What the hell is that guy?"

Looking at the place where Riena disappeared at the end, D was puzzled, at first D thought that the girl was a cyber maniac, and then in the process of conversation, he felt that she could be the product of some kind of fusion of wandering AI and humans, but now......... Well, it's not even a human at all, it's more like some kind of real-world video game character model.

"What do you think, Rummy El?"

[Sorry, I've never seen anything like it......... What about the Judge? 】

"I need to ask you if I want to know......... Well? Damn, this thing can't be an elemental elf! ”

After speaking, D suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and the whole person was immediately confused.

【Elemental Elves? 】

"According to the wizarding world, almost every plane will produce unique plane creatures because of its own characteristics, such as water elves, fire elves, and other native plane creatures from the elemental world——— if the old web really formed a similar plane world, then it seems that the appearance of electronic elves can also be ......... Understand? ”

Although she said so, D was still speechless, and it was theoretically possible, but she didn't know if it was the case. After all, I'm afraid this thing only makes sense for a mage who specializes in studying planes, and she just picks up a hammer, so where does she care about these things?

But apart from the theoretical part, if you just use it to see, then Richena is indeed very similar to the elemental elves that D encountered in the game world before. They all possess a powerful ability to manipulate a single element, and the most powerful of these elemental spirits are indeed rivals of demigods.

For example, the most powerful Fire Elemental Elder can even cast a Fire Tornado, while the Earth Elemental Elder is enough to cause an earthquake that destroys an entire village. From this perspective, it's not surprising that Richeina was able to easily destroy the entire amphitheater with sound waves.

"Hmm............ Indeed, this thing does fit the characteristics of the elves. ”

D thought for a moment and nodded, the biggest reason why D failed against Risena before was that she misunderstood the other party's attributes, if she had known that Riena was an elemental elf type of existence, then D would not have been so embarrassed.

Well? Wait, if ——— these guys are animatronics, then .........

Thinking of this, D narrowed his eyes and thought about it.

"Lumiel."

[Yes, Your Judge, what do you command? 】

"I seem to have thought of a way to clean up these bastards."

【…………… Ay? 】

Day of Destruction.

This is the name of the survivors of this world for that nightmare day, on that day, the black wall guarding human civilization collapsed in an instant without warning, and countless malicious AIs poured into the network of the human world, destroying almost everything. Many people have been killed by these AI attacks, and have become irrational cybermaniacs. The whole world was nearly paralyzed, and everything seemed to have been destroyed.

However, those who escaped did not become safe, because soon, another, more terrifying existence appeared.

Electro Demon.

According to many rumors, these monsters were born from the Internet, and they turned into terrible demons with physical entities, raging between the city and the ruins, and human weapons had no effect on them, whether it was guns or weapons, there was no way to harm these monsters, and many people died under the minions of electronic demons.

For a time, humanity seemed to be on the verge of extinction.

However, this is not the end.

Night City.

Even in this age of destruction and despair, this city ruled and guarded by angels still stands. Its broadcasts broke through the wails of electronic demons and spread to every corner of the world. Its sound seems to dispel the beacon of darkness and bring hope to people around the world.

Many of the survivors have made their way to Night City, hearing that the city is the only one to survive Doom Day, and that this is their only hope.

This is especially true for those who already live here.

The off-road vehicle sped through the Gobi Desert and rushed past the broken checkpoint as fast as it could.

"Hurry up, Panan!"

Lucy sat in the passenger seat, staring behind her while anxiously urging her companions.

"I know, this broken car is already like this, don't rush me!"

Panan, who was holding the steering wheel, was also pale at this time, clenching his teeth, and the accelerator was almost at the bottom.

The journey home was arduous for them, and after exposing the problems of the Arasaka Group at the Munich Security Conference, the trio returned to Night City. However, this road is not easy to follow, first of all, the Arasaka group sent killers to hunt down the three in retaliation, so that they had to flee all the way for their lives. Just when the three of them were being chased and had no way to escape, the arrival of Doom Day destroyed the killers who surrounded them, and then when the three finally left, they found that the whole world had become a hell.

After that, they had been hoping to return to Night City, at least in the eyes of the three of them, no matter what happened elsewhere, at least D's Night City should not be destroyed in the Destruction Day.

But it's not easy.

Aside from the cybermaniacs' cities and the spooky animatronics, the most troublesome thing is that there is no proper transportation. After all, there is still an ocean between them and North America, and almost all means of transportation were destroyed in Doom Day, so they can't swim back to Night City.

Luckily, Regina was well-informed, found them an old jet fighter, and managed to take off across the ocean to North America after escaping a horde of cyber maniacs. However, as soon as they saw the coastline of North America, the hapless fighter plane had already run out of fuel, and as a result, they had to maneuver and choose to parachute and make a forced landing. Then he found a battered old SUV nearby, and then hit the road again, and then crossed nearly half of the United States, and it took nearly a year to barely get close to Night City.

"Damn, that monster is catching up again!"

Regina, who was sitting in the back, also screamed at this time, and the two turned their heads to look, only to see that in the sky not far behind, a monster that looked like a batfish was flying in the air and rushing towards them. I saw it shake its body, and the biting ice appeared out of thin air, shooting towards the three people below.

"Wow!!"

Panan hurriedly slapped the steering wheel, barely dodging the opponent's attack. At the same time, Regina also raised the sniper rifle in her hand, aimed at the other party and pulled the trigger. With a single gunshot, bullets flew out and hit the monster. But it only made the monster's body tremble slightly, and it didn't even cause the slightest damage.

In the face of electronic demons, human weapons are of no use at all. Naturally, they know this truth, but ......... At least you can fight for a second, isn't it?

"Lucy, hurry up, haven't you contacted Night City yet?"

"I'm trying! But this damn broken radio ........."

Lucy was holding a World War II shortwave radio station in her arms, which they had found in a museum before, and although it was a little old, it was still usable.

The only problem is......... Occasional glitches.

Well, let's say now.

"This damn shit!"

Listening to the rustling sound in the microphone, Lucy also gritted her teeth angrily, as a hacker, she is good at invading the network, but she is not good at repairing this ancient machine at all, she is indignant She subconsciously clenched her fists and smashed down on the radio station in front of her!

"Squeak———!"

"Hey, don't break it!"

"It's broken!"

While Lucy and Panam were arguing, suddenly, the radio station, which had only been able to make noise, suddenly turned around, and a clear voice emerged. Hearing this, both of them were stunned, and then Lucy picked up the microphone.

"Help, help, is it Night City? We're being hunted by an electronic demon and need help! ”

Lucy's voice weaved through the mixed waves, giving her the feeling of being in a busy street, shouting loudly, no matter how loud she shouted, it seemed to be drowned out by the noise of the neighborhood. But soon, the cacophony died down, and another voice rang out.

"Who's crying for help? Directions? ”

"We're northwest of Night City......... Specifically, in ........."

Lucy said, glancing around.

"———! near the out-of-town town"

"Bang!!"

However, before Lucy's words could fall, a loud bang broke out, and then she felt the body tilt, and the whole car rolled directly in a circle, and then fell to the ground.

"What's going on?"

"Got a flat tire? It's good that this broken car's tires can hold up to now! ”

Panam answered Lucy's question as she quickly unbuckled her seatbelt and opened the door.

"Hurry up and get out, have you reached them?"

"I got in touch, but ........."

Lucy lowered her head and looked at the radio station in her arms, only to see that the radio station had been completely destroyed in the car accident just now, and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

"Let's go!"

However, before Lucy could think about it, Regina reached out and grabbed her, dragged her out of the tumbling car, and the next moment saw an ice storm suddenly hit and directly freeze the car into ice.

"Boom Boom —————!!"

Just as the three of them were desperately fleeing to the house not far away, they suddenly heard the roar of engines coming from the street, and they turned their heads to see three off-road vehicles coming in this direction. Seeing Lucy and Panam and the others, the three cars immediately picked up speed and came to them, and then the three of them saw several heavily armed men in NCPD uniforms get out of the car.

"Is that your call for help?"

"Yes, we must get out quickly, the electronic demon is coming!"

Panan also hurriedly spoke, on the way back to Night City, they had also been to several gathering areas, and the people there were extremely afraid of electronic demons. Once you find out that someone has lured the electronic demon over, you will directly drive it away or even kill it. Although Panan thinks that the Night City where D is located should not be able to do it, after all, ——— ordinary people can't deal with the electronic demon.

"Electro Demon?"

Hearing Panan's words, several NCPD officers raised their heads and looked at the sky, and at the same time, the batfish also flew over, opening its mouth and shouting at them.

"Sure enough, it's an electronic demon, ready to attack!"

However, to the surprise of Pannan and Lucy and others, seeing this electronic demon, these NCPD police officers did not choose to flee, but quickly prepared for battle. I saw them reach out, take out a small rectangular object from their pockets, and open it.

“…………… What is that? ”

Looking at the strange little box in the NCPD officer's hand, Panam frowned and asked Lucy suspiciously.

"I seem to have seen it in history books before, this seems to be called a mobile phone, which is the first generation of intelligent communication devices, but it should have been .........eliminated long ago."

Just when the two of them were whispering, the electronic demon had already rushed in front of the three of them, and at the same time, they saw the three of them raise the small box in their hands, and the next moment, Lucy and the others saw a halo emerge from their hands, and then, above the heads of the three people, three flaming falcons appeared!

Is that......... Electro Demon?

What's going on? How can they manipulate the Electro-Demon?

"Attack!"

Just as Panam, Lucy, and Regina were surprised by the scene in front of them, the man in charge had already pointed to the electronic demon opposite and gave an order. Then the three of them saw the flaming falcon shoot flames directly at the batfish, hitting each other's bodies.

“———————！”

Unlike human bullets, the moment these fireballs hit the batfish, the batfish suddenly screamed as if they had been hit hard, and then fell to the ground. And the falcons also attacked quickly, and once again punched the batfish, and in the blink of an eye, the batfish screamed and turned into light particles and disappeared into the air.

Seeing this scene, Lucy and the others were stunned.

Humans are actually capable of manipulating electronic demons?

How exactly is this done?

(End of chapter)