Chapter 31: A fleeting battle
With a loud roar, Tarosh's roar tore through the silent night sky, and the blood dispersed, waking up the people of the entire city of Helia.
In the center of the city, the delicate geometrically symmetrical marble tiles crack to reveal a bottomless abyss.
Fortunately, the structural problems were considered in the design of the city, and the collapse of a part of the hammer stone prison will not affect the surface buildings, so as not to have a collateral impact and lead to the overturning of the entire city.
The huge commotion affected the entire city, and the guards stationed in the city, mages of various schools, and ordinary people poured out of the buildings and ran to the clearing, their eyes focused on the top of the scribe's quarter.
I saw a white-green mist floating in the air, and the dragon head halberd and iris shield several meters in size that were far from being used by humans seemed to be out of gravity and coerced by it.
The mist was somewhat similar to the Holy Haze of Fuguang Island, but it was not difficult for those who knew the inside story of the Shimmering Light Tower to see that the white and green parts were exactly the same color as the water of life recorded in the classics.
"Oh my God, what's that?!"
"It's like a ...... with the Holy Mist"
"No, is that something that escaped from the Hammerstone Prison?"
“……”
For a long time, the Helias who lived in peace and prosperity had never seen such a formation, and they were talking about the Dark Halberd above the city.
It wasn't until Margusa, who trotted out of the Shining Light Tower, saw this scene and was horrified, and hurriedly ordered the guards next to him to evacuate the people, and they began to flee in all directions.
The white-green mist was stained scarlet with the Darkspawn weapon, and the faceless white ghost floating from the ground was pulled by the blood-colored magic, and struggled but could not escape, eventually becoming part of the Halberd and the Iris Shield magic group.
After a while, the ethereal mist quickly transformed into a human form four or five meters high, holding a halberd in his right hand and a shield in his left arm, and the style of Gu Shurima's armor faintly appeared on his body.
Grell drank the water of life to find Tarosh, who was awakened by Lunixia's awakening, and also brought with him the ghost of the Ten Thousand Wells.
However, Grell did not break into the Well of Ten Thousand Years himself, but only had the breath of water of life on his body, and those ghosts did not directly harm Greer like chasing Ryze, but only lurked in the shadows and waited for an opportunity.
It wasn't until he was summoned by Tarosh to go to the bottom of the Hammerstone Prison that he was frightened by the surprise attack of the Darkspawn and fled, thinking he was free from Tarosh's influence.
However, Tarosh was never the target of Greel, at least not until he absorbed the magical powers of ancient origin.
Tarosh raised his halberd, its heart-beating like his eyes to the outside world, sensing the resonance of magic in the air.
The power of death mixed with the aura of arcane overflowed not far away, and the smooth marble floor tiles revealed a blue-purple circle of light engraved with arcane runes, and the three disembodied figures appeared, quickly converging into flesh.
While still in the underground tunnels, Ruiz desperately chased after Greel, catching him with his more agile and robust strength.
But at this moment, the swaying underground tunnel collapsed.
At the critical moment, Josh struggled to unleash the arcane teleportation recorded in the Rune Secret Dictionary, the Warp Leap, teleporting all three of them at the same time.
The scene suddenly changed, and Ruiz and Grell were dumbfounded, and Josh, who was a little dizzy, was forced to endure the discomfort because of the overly powerful arcane magic he cast, and pulled the pendant off his neck.
The Dance of Death had been transformed into its original size in an instant, and Tarosh had attacked.
[Be careful! 】
Josh reflexively swung his sword away from the air strike, like a battle-hardened veteran.
The collision of metals and friction burst into a series of sparks, and the force was so strong that Josh could not hold the dance of death.
Even if Josh didn't resist the sudden sneak attack head-on, his right hand still cracked, and half of his right arm was numb and unconscious.
"Lunicia! Hum hahahahaha...... It's been sealed for 500 years, and it seems that your strength hasn't diminished! Tarosh struck away and said mockingly, "But your situation ...... Tsk, why aren't you trapped in the knife yet, and you can't even devour an ant? ”
It seems that he and Lunicia have known each other for a long time...... Not the same camp.
[Josh, while he doesn't have a physical body yet, the gap between us is not big, quickly beat him back into the weapon!] This is our only chance! 】
"I haven't learned swordsmanship, how can I fight a Darkborn?!"
[Fool! Don't you have me? Runitia yelled, "Don't look at me as a weapon now, as long as you help, I can assist you!" 】
Tarosh's attack just now was just a trial, and when he found that each of his attacks at this stage would consume a considerable part of his strength, this posture could not last long, and his eyes moved to Ruiz and Greel, who were fighting together not far away.
Fresh flesh and blood......
Tarosh threw Josh off and rushed to the side.
And Lunixia, who sensed his intentions, immediately stabbed Josh's arm and reminded: [Follow him! Don't let Tarosh use blood magic to reshape his body! 】
Josh took a deep breath of primordial essence and channeled the magic of the arcane runes to strengthen his body, following at a speed not inferior to Tarosh's, but that was all.
On the other side, Ruiz had just suppressed Greel, who had just escaped from the apostle, and the light of runes appeared on his body, and he couldn't care about anything else in his hurry, so he was guided to kill him directly with magic.
But seeing Greel's abruptly deflected gaze, and his hideous expression turned into horror, Ruiz, who had experience as a mercenary, instinctively sensed that something was wrong, and the hairs on his body exploded, and immediately let go of Grell and rolled away.
In the next second, Tarosh's Darkspawn halberd pierced Greel's chest, the tip sinking into the ground, but there was not the slightest splash of blood.
Feeling the rapid passage of his life, Greel's emerald eyes shone with a malicious light, and he shouted with the last of his strength: "I curse ......"
Grell had just shouted three words, and Shurima's Ancient Forbidden Technique had already devoured his body.
Tarosh snorted coldly: "Noise." ”
The Darkspawn drank blood and flesh as it stretched down its grip to the blood-colored mist, quickly merging with his temporary ethereal body, constantly reshaping the Darkspawn body before Tarosh was sealed.
[We still have a chance! Cut off his arm holding the halberd! 】
"I know!"
Almost at the same time, Josh clenched the hilt of his sword to his side with both hands, and slashed the Dance of Death while Tarosh had not yet fully transformed Greel's body.
Although Tarosh had sensed the impending crisis and was about to raise his shield to defend himself, Ruiz on the other side swallowed a large amount of overloaded runes that had been transformed into purple essence, and shot out a series of arcane light clusters from his palm.
Most of Tarosh's strength was spent raising his shield against Rez's crackling runic magic, and it was too late to try to defend Josh with his halberd.
Without the blessing of the Immortal Body, the battle between evenly matched enemies is always fleeting.
[Fool, go back to prison! 】
"-No! Damn Luni......"
Death is like the wind, the blade breaks through the air, and the blood-colored blade shines brightly.
The right arm of Tarosh, who had just turned into a normal body, was easily severed by the Dance of Death, and the heavy halberd slammed into the ground not far away, and the marble cracked and sank like a spider's web.
The power of death devoured the breath of life of the soul of Wanzai Well, and the color of the already hideous and terrifying sword body became even darker.
Without the blessing of the living weapon, the iris shield was blown away by the demon, and the untransformed body was swallowed by the arcane magic cast by the roaring Ruiz, and it evaporated almost instantly, leaving only a small piece of charred black flesh that looked like an electric shock, and a pungent green smoke.
[Hahahaha......]
"Josh, well done!"
Runicia laughed excitedly, and Ryze, who was not far away, cheered at the same time.
It's just that Josh, who had already cast arcane teleportation, was drained by rune magic, and now experienced a high-intensity battle, his body shook.
"Josh?!"
In his final vision, Joe wanted to see Ryze with a startled look on his face, and hurried to himself, and the world before him was already spinning.
In the next second, Josh collapsed directly to the ground and lost consciousness.