Chapter 54: The Battle in the Dream Realm
"The magical item you're talking about, is this half a candle?"
Angel looked curiously at the small piece of candle with a strange appearance.
"As long as you take it and light it, you can enter the depths of my soul and solve my biggest troubles, of course, provided that you can beat him."
"So how strong is he, or rather you?"
With the candle in hand, Father Utravsky sat down on the bench again.
"I was a warrior," he said with a hint of nostalgia and hatred for the past, "and I believed in the Mother Goddess and came to Rune before I was the 'Knight of the Dawn' of Sequence 6. ”
Sequence 6, then I use magical items, plus advance preparation and familiarity with him, there should be a good chance of winning......
Assessing the feasibility of the mission, Angel continued:
"In the depths of my heart, will this candle weaken him, or weaken me?"
"Looks like you really want to challenge him?" There was undisguised surprise in the priest's eyes, "When you hold this 'Nightmare Candle', it won't hurt you, but it will have a limited effect on him in his dreams, at most it looks like he's just been through a fierce battle. ”
"After entering the dream world, you can use the abilities that you can use, and the same is true for magical items, he can also use the dream world to pull you deeper into the depths, so that you can't distinguish between reality and illusion, so you are deceived, and even hunted by him in turn. And once this candle is used for more than 5 minutes, you are completely lost, the spirit cannot return to the real body, and thus become, well, in the words of the doctors, into a vegetative state. ”
Dreamland...... It's a bit of a hassle, but I've had many experiences of being pulled into dreams by nightmares, and in Tingen, I have a strange resistance to the captain's nightmare abilities. After obtaining the Hidden Emblem, after arriving in Beckland, he was pulled into a dream by the night watchman who had come to investigate the disappearance of the Fursaks, but he was completely awake, and it was obvious that Lady Arianna's Emblem was working.
Stroking the hidden emblem on her wrist, Angel added a touch of confidence.
"One last question, what are the extraordinary abilities of the 'Dawn Knights'?"
Fr. Utrawski smiled and said, "This is a matter of secrecy for any extraordinary being, but in order for you to succeed, in order for me to have a new life, I will tell you." ”
"Sequence 6 of the Dawn Knight, as a warrior's path, has a strong physique and infinite strength, which can fill the surrounding fifty meters with dawn-like light, dispel evil spirits, and break illusions."
"He can also condense a two-handed greatsword made of light, called the 'Sword of Dawn', which is extremely powerful and has a purifying effect. Covers its body with 'Armor of Dawn', blocking most physical attacks without affecting your movements. ”
"Most importantly, he can create a powerful 'Storm of Light' and destroy all living creatures and evil spirits around him."
These extraordinary abilities reminded Angel of Lady D in Tingen, who apparently herded a "Knight of the Dawn", so he was able to create full-body armor, two-handed greatswords, and even destroyed the entire villa hall with the "Storm of Light".
"Knowing this, are you still willing to accept the commission and take the risk to try?"
The priest leaned back in his chair, looked at Angel, and asked slowly. His tone was flat, but the muscles of the hand holding the "Nightmare Candle" were bulging, indicating that his heart was not as calm as his tone.
"I think I can give it a try, please let me prepare a little."
Angel is not a reckless person, but according to Father Utrafsky's description, her chances of winning this battle are not small, especially with the Hidden Emblem, which can resist the erosion of dreams, which is equivalent to eliminating the opponent's biggest obstacle, although she only has Sequence 7, but she understands the extraordinary abilities of the "Dawn Knight", and it is not so difficult to defeat Sequence 6 by preparing in advance.
Walking to the confessional room next to the hall, Angel checked his weapons, ammunition, and magical items again, and returned to the hall after confirming that the priest was not lying with a pendulum.
"I'm ready."
She said solemnly.
Father Utrawski stood up from his chair and passed the crumpled candle, which Angel held with his left hand and rubbed his fingers with his right hand to create a small spiritual fire, slowly approaching the candle and lighting it.
The surroundings did not seem to change, the tall priest still stood in front of him, the candle beside him burning with a warm flame, and the stained glass behind the emblem of life reflected in the colorful colors of the sun outside the window.
But the hidden emblem on Angel's right wrist brought a sense of tranquility to her body and mind, and she knew that she had entered a dream.
Father Utravsky's kind face in front of him gradually distorted in the candlelight, and his eyes seemed to be substantial, and he looked at Angel with an incomparably evil gaze.
In the next second, his neck was slashed by an invisible blade, his head was separated from his neck, and he rolled to the ground, crooked on the marble floor with bloodstains, and his headless body fell backwards heavily, without movement, and the blood sprayed from his neck stained a large marble floor.
Angel was stunned for a moment, before he could do anything, why did the evil priest fall?
Immediately, she realized that this was the result of a real battle created by the other party using his power as the master of the dream.
If she hadn't been protected by the Secret Emblem and hadn't kept her awake at all times, I'm afraid that she would have thought that she had successfully killed the other party in a bitter battle, and would have left the dream to find a priest in reality to receive a reward.
And then, the real priest who thought that his evil side had been killed may be replaced by another him after letting go of his psychological defenses, and according to the doctors of the Mother Earth God Church, he will become a runaway monster who only knows how to kill.
Thinking of all this, Angel looked at her left hand, which was holding the "Nightmare Candle", which was already empty, and then, she drew her dagger, took out her revolver in her right hand, and aimed it at the headless corpse on the ground.
"I didn't expect it to work for you. I didn't want to kill you, but unfortunately you stayed and died. ”
The priest's head on the ground opened its eyes, and its pale blue eyes looked at Angel without emotion.
In the next moment, the light in the church hall seemed to flicker, distort, and become illusory, and the headless body of the priest in front of Angel disappeared, and another priest appeared, intact and with his head resting on his neck.
His face was contorted, like an evil monster.
"Bang-"
Angel pulled the trigger, and the "Storm Convergence" worth 6 pounds, no, 7.5 pounds shot at the opponent's broad chest.
With a "dang", the bullet shattered on the silver-white armor, leaving a blue trail and a spiderweb-like crack.
The priest was like Ms. D of the Red Glove Squad in Tingen, her whole body was instantly covered by exquisite and exaggerated armor, and she also grabbed a two-handed giant sword with golden light condensed in her hand, and the giant sword with a length of more than one meter and a half was like a one-handed weapon in the hands of this Fusak, and it slashed at Angel's head with a rainbow of momentum.
Prepared, she stepped out of the frost and slowed down the priest's speed, while she quickly retreated, pulled the trigger in succession, and continued to shoot accurately at the crack of the first shot, and the two shots shattered the entire breastplate, and the silver-white fragments fell like an avalanche, turning into points of light in the air, revealing the clerical uniform inside.
Angel didn't continue to shoot, but summoned two black flames, which quickly struck at the priest's bare chest, and the latter used the giant sword as a shield to block the two black flames that arrived at the same time, and the gold and black devoured each other on the sword, and finally it was the light of the giant sword itself that prevailed, expelling the cursed black flame.
But taking this opportunity, Angel had already changed angles and fired two shots at another breastplate under the priest's left armpit, creating a new break.
She was to remove the hard armor from the priest and deliver the fatal blow.
The evil priest with his twisted face covered inside the helmet also noticed this, and no longer defended on the spot, but stepped on the frost condensed on the ground, and strode towards her, the giant sword in his hand continued to swing as if it had no weight, so that Angel had no time to change bullets, and could only keep dodging.
The tables and chairs in the church hall were smashed to pieces, the marble floor was cracked, and even the stone altar under the emblem of life was split in two.
He has inexhaustible physical strength, one knife, two knives, chasing Angel's figure and constantly attacking, although the latter dodges flexibly, and even finds an opportunity to reload, shooting repeatedly, but never finds an opportunity to attack the weak position of the armor.
And the place where the silver-white armor had been destroyed before actually began to slowly repair, gradually condensing new armor pieces.
How long are the safe five minutes left for the Nightmare Candle? Three minutes, or two minutes?
Angel found that dragging on like this was definitely not good for his limited time, and the priest's conspiracy also surfaced, as long as he dragged on enough, Angel could not leave with the help of the "Nightmare Candle", and could only become a sacrifice for this dream.
Without any further hesitation, she threw away the depleted revolver, pressed the magic pocket watch on her left wrist, changed the dagger to her right hand, and took the initiative to meet the armored priest who held the giant sword high while the black flame rose from the tip of the dagger.
(End of chapter)