Chapter 56: Confrontation
Esther glanced at the dark shadow, mixing spiritual intuition and decryption, trying to analyze the possible source of power in the other party.
She didn't focus too much on the dagger, the golden dagger in Shadow's hand was too conspicuous, it was like a trap deliberately cast by a lanternfish, Esther could recognize it at a glance, it couldn't be Shadow's real weakness.
So where should it be?
Esther's gaze fell back to the King, and she saw the dark shadow in his eyes surging up again, eroding what little sanity he had. The man lowered his eyes again, staring at his hands holding down the dagger as if there was a glimmer of hope under them.
Not one, but two kinds of pollution, because neither of the traces left by each can overpower the other, so a delicate balance is formed, and together they consume the remaining will of the "king".
And yet he persevered.
Esther's eyes moved slightly, and she even regretted what she said earlier, "liberation" was too light for this self-determined "king".
Under Esther's close observation, the shadow moved again, and its movements were very simple, just a simple step into the air, and the golden short sword was already handed to Esther, spanning the distance of several meters between the two.
Logan's Claw flipped up with her wrist, the tips of the two sides staggered, and Esther's left hand snapped together.
The claw knife and the short sword bounced away at the same time due to the repulsion, and in a short moment, there was an even more piercing collision sound than before, and the sound echoed in the distance in this space, repeating it for a long time.
Esther frowned, at that moment she felt the powerful pressure condensed on the golden short sword, if she hadn't launched the "steal" in time, maybe at this time, the "Logan's Claw" would have broken into two.
Her wrist still felt a thump, and there must have been an extraordinary force in that overly violent force, and the sheer force would not make it difficult for her to resist......
However, without giving Esther more time to think, the shadow stabbed the golden dagger out again, and this time, the spiritual warning made Esther decisively steal the distance and switch to the other side, avoiding another confrontation with the other party.
Golden ripples rippled from the dagger, and soon several characters appeared in the air, the same ancient Forsak language that Esther knew, the same language used by the "king".
After hovering in place, they quickly formed a complete line of words, and began to emit a glow in circles around them:
"Imprisoned"!
The decrees, issued not by words, but directly by words, take effect as the light falls, indiscriminately acting on any creature within its range - if Esther doesn't respond quickly, she will be immobile as well.
Her left hand was raised, but it was aimed at the "king" on the other side, not at the shadow who was obsessed with fighting herself.
With a twist of her wrist, Esther stole the ability, but instead of the "law", she got "twisted". Esther's eyebrows furrowed, this was not the ability she expected to steal, and she didn't have time to think deeply, whether it was because the "law" on the "king" had been separated from him with the golden dagger, or because of the inexplicable influence of "luck".
The shadow had blurred a little, like a black font that had been flooded, but the light on the short sword it raised grew brighter and more majestic.
It didn't stop, and rushed in front of Esther again.
When the dagger suddenly appeared in front of her again, Esther put her left hand directly in front of her, and she watched as the dagger stabbed into her arm, but no blood gushed out.
Esther calmly spun around the claw knife in her right hand, and the short blade tapped casually in the air—
And the superposition of "distortion" and "deception" is enough to completely distort the truth!
A huge crack suddenly appeared on the outside of the shadow's arm, and a circle of golden afterglow emerged from the torn place, not even realizing that the target had changed, and had already intertwined into tiny golden characters on its own:
"Execution"!
The black shadow instantly doubled in size, starting with the arm where the "Order" appeared, and in the blink of an eye, the entire body turned into a giant, and then like a balloon that had been blown up, it quietly exploded into a cloud of black smoke.
After swapping the target that was actually hit, Esther's body silently flashed to the other side, dodging the silent explosion.
The golden dagger did not change in any way, it still floated in the air, losing the momentum of its previous pursuit, and it quickly turned into a phantom and disappeared completely.
Not to mention that the space itself is not stable enough, and all the rules leave room for shadows to pass through, if this is the outside world, Esther doesn't think that "twisting" and "deception" can have such a coordinated effect, but here, the power of "twisting" is obviously magnified to the extreme......
She had a guess in her mind.
The crow's voice suddenly sounded in Esther's mind again, "Although I know you don't like it, I still have to warn you that this is not the right way to deal with it, and you should just kill him."
"As for now...... 'king' is awake."
Even without that, Esther noticed a change on the other side.
The "King" let out another low gasp, he raised his head, slowly straightened his back, and there was a sharp grinding sound from under the armor, and as the man stood up, his hands were no longer pressed against the stone ancient sword, but gradually turned the short sword, and the tip of the sword was raised, and he held it in both hands.
The expression on the "King's" face was majestic and reverent, as if he had just embarked on a coronation ceremony, and the gray-green eyes grew brighter, but when a little golden light pierced from it, Esther's spiritual warning suddenly issued a warning.
Once again, she subconsciously stole the distance, and although her body changed position, she failed to successfully dodge the other party's means - because this time the "king" was induced by pure "spiritual piercing", which was an attack based on range and launched in the entire space.
The moment Esther's body froze, the stone dagger intertwined with gold and black was already pointing in her direction.
It had been pulled out, and the two-colored light on it continued to flow, and quickly wrapped around the man's arm, like a circle of vines circling over him, flowing out of his armor and flesh, and then quickly blending into it.
The "King" made a hoarse "ho-ho" sound in his throat, and then in a deep voice, he spat out a word: "Death!"
Unlike the previous edicts, this time the sword spat out a black shadow.
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