After a long list of equipment, only the dragon-hunting weapon Gungnir could tear through the Plate Knight's defenses and deliver a definite blow.

This is also the only way for her to turn defeat into victory in this fight.

With this in mind, Yuna swooped down from the sky, preparing to exchange for a weapon on her weapon rack.

And just then, the Plate Knight shot an arrow that had been aimed at him for a long time.

This super hunting bow can only be pulled away if the Plate Knight is drugged, and its power is no different from that of a siege weapon.

The arrow flew out of the string, leaving the sonic boom behind in an instant, and galloped towards Yuna in the air with a thunderous momentum.

At the same time as this arrow was fired, Yuna suddenly changed her flight trajectory like an unpredictable prophet, drawing a C shape in the air.

"Whew-"

In the next moment, the arrows passed her, and the strong wind from the side pierced her cheeks.

The arrow hit the spell barrier at the edge of the test field straight ahead, and with a "buzz" sound, the surface of the barrier suddenly rippled violently with the point of the arrow hitting point.

Then, amid the exclamations of everyone on the scene, the spell barrier in this area also shattered itself after dissolving all the power of this arrow, turning into stars and dissipating into the air.

This is a spell barrier that can withstand seventh-order attacks!

With Srock's help, a sixth-order knight was able to destroy this spell barrier head-on!?

is worthy of the man who almost became a legendary alchemist, and his alchemy results are indeed quite good.

Of course, the performance of Nolan's solo aerial device also exceeded everyone's expectations.

Being able to dodge this lightning-fast arrow, Yuna has proven with her actions that the Valkyrie Flypack is fully capable of participating in battles between high-level transcendents!

Yuna dodged the arrow in a thrilling way, not letting her guard down, and all the while, she had been intently observing the Plate Knight's every move.

Originally, with the speed of that arrow, if she waited for it to shoot before reacting, even she wouldn't have time to dodge.

Therefore, her attention was not on the arrow, but on the right hand of the Plate Knight pulling the string.

As long as the right hand of the Plate Knight is ready to play the strings, it is the moment for him to attack.

Only by anticipating his attack in advance could she dodge such a quick shot.

I actually missed......

The Plate Knight lowered his hunting bow, and he saw Yuna take advantage of the gap to fly to the nearby weapon rack, reaching for one of the weapons.

Needless to say, this must be a powerful alchemy weapon that could pose a threat to herself, and she must be stopped.

Seeing that Yuna was about to get her weapon, and it was too late to draw her bow, the Plate Knight picked up the great sword on the side, and threw it out like a dart with all his might, and at the same time followed closely behind, striding towards Yuna.

Want to fall back to the ground? Birds in the sky, this is not the place for you!

The great sword roared in the direction of the weapon rack, and if he insisted on getting the weapon, there was no doubt that he would be cut in half along with the weapon.

Yuna stopped her body and dodged in the opposite direction, and the next moment the great sword hit the weapon rack, destroying a long-barreled magic guide cannon on it unreasonably.

Seeing that the weapon that was about to be destroyed was destroyed, Yuna's expression was still calm, and everything was planned.

There was also a weapon rack in the opposite direction, and she threw away the steel nail gun and grabbed the weapon on the weapon rack in her hand.

This is a two-meter sniper that is longer than the long-barreled magic cannon that was just destroyed, and it is the smoothbore sniper magic cannon "Ganganir"!

That's right, the weapon that was destroyed by the greatsword just now was actually the beam magic cannon, and she didn't fly directly in the direction of Gangenir's weapon rack at first, in order to interfere with the judgment of the Plate Knight.

Anyone would think that the weapon they want to change after they have nothing else to do must be the strongest and most threatening weapon.

And it was this habitual thinking that she used to trick the Plate Knight into taking out the Plate Knight's greatsword, and finally succeeded in holding Gungnir in her hand.

The large-caliber spikes in the barrel of Gungnir's gun had been pre-filled, and Yuna aimed the swarthy muzzle at the Plate Knight galloping towards her, pulling the trigger without hesitation.

Gungnir's firing speed is faster than that of a normal Wizard Gun to unfold a circle, as the "Acceleration" it carries is only a second-order spell, not a high-level spell.

Six "accelerating" circles quickly unfolded from the barrels, and with a "boom", large-caliber steel nails roared out from the bright fire of the muzzle.

At the same time, the Plate Knight also charged in front of Yuna only five steps away, and a fist blade had already popped out from the bracer of his left hand, and he could see the enemy in front of him-

However, Gungnir's shooting speed was still one step faster than him after all.

The momentum of the charge could not be stopped, and the shot in front of him was unavoidable, and the Plate Knight roared, and simply slammed into his shoulders without doing anything, in a vain attempt to use the thick shoulder armor to resist the power of the steel nails head-on.

All of his opponent's attacks didn't hurt him, and the first weapon she wanted to change was destroyed by him, and he didn't believe that this weapon could give him a fatal blow!

And with the other party's petite body, once she can get close to herself, she is a fish on the chopping board that can be slaughtered!

The thought flashed through my mind, and the next moment—

The large-diameter steel spikes roared against the shoulder armor, and the sharp sound of steel tearing lingered in his ears for a moment, and before he could react, his gaze began to tilt.

Like a can opener, steel nails carved a horrific hole in his shoulder armor, then pierced his left arm, broke through his side armor, and finally plunged into his side.

Without a trace of waste, the kinetic energy of the armor-piercing bullet was completely released in his body.

No matter how strong his body was, he couldn't withstand the steel nails rolling and tearing in his body, and the momentum of the forward rush stopped, and he staggered backwards and fell heavily to the ground.

"What!?"

In the audience, Slok stood up abruptly and stared in horror at the slender mysterious alchemy weapon in Yuna's hand.

"Praetorian Guard Armored Type II", this is his proud work that he has just recently improved.

According to testing, the armor is almost completely immune to spells and physical damage below the highest tiers, and only attacks close to the eighth tier can cause significant damage.

Of course, at the cost of superior defense, this armor is extremely heavy, and only high-ranking knights who have undergone his body-modifying surgery can use it freely.

There is no doubt that the knight with the improved body and the Praetorian Guard's armored type 2, supplemented by the support of alchemy potions, such a configuration is undoubtedly a dimensionality reduction blow in the battle of the sixth rank.

Even if Nolen's talent and research results were genuine, how many years had he only studied alchemy, could he create a new alchemy weapon with an eighth-order attack strength so quickly?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Although this is theoretical, the fact he sees now is-

The Praetorian Guard's Panzer Type 2, which was supposed to be invincible in this rank, was actually penetrated, and his knight fell to the ground under the enemy's shelling.

He had actually invented an alchemy weapon of this strength......

With such a fast speed of research and development, is this the gap between himself and the real legendary alchemist?

On the test ground, Yuna did not take the fall of the Plate Knight lightly, even if she was hit directly by the large-diameter steel nails, she could sense that the opponent in front of her was still alive.

Nolan's only instruction was not to show mercy, so she didn't hesitate or wait for the referee's announcement.

After firing a shot, she threw away the Gungnir in her hand and charged at the Plate Knight, drawing the knight's sword at her waist to give him the final blow.

She stepped on the Plate Knight's chest, the glowing tip of her sword about to fall.

And at this moment, the Plate Knight suddenly moved.

His right hand grabbed Yuna's ankle as he pushed his upper body up, almost breaking free from Yuna's suppression.

Under the stimulation of the strong medicinal effect, even if his organs have been twisted into a paste by steel nails, but when he is dying, he still has the strength to fight back!

"Boom—"

The Plate Knight gasped for breath and let out a strange laugh that did not resemble a human voice, and his bloodshot red eyes were like the embodiment of a demon crawling out of hell, and the mere sight of it gave people a chill of fear.

Grabbing Yuna's ankle, his right hand slammed into two pieces.

But suddenly, he sensed that something was wrong with his hand.

The girl's legs were supposed to be made of flesh and bones, but when he began to wrestle, he found that her legs were as hard as iron, and he couldn't break them for a while!

"Enough trouble?"

Yuna's eyes were cold, and she stabbed her blade through the gap in his armor with an expressionless expression.

Under the effect of the liberation potion, a shocking blood red also appeared in the depths of her pupils.

At the moment before the tip of the sword stabbed, the fierce red eyes of the plate knight and the girl's blood pupils looked at each other, and he seemed to have an understanding in his heart, and he couldn't help but let out a hoarse laugh:

"Haha, you've also undergone a body modification!

"So we're the same kind......"

"Poof—"

Before he could finish speaking, the blade pierced his eyes and pierced his head, leaving his unfinished words in his throat forever.

Yuna was silent, and she looked down at her right leg.

Under the strange force of the Plate Knight, her ankle had been visibly deformed, but she didn't feel a trace of pain.

This is also a matter of course, because this is not his real leg, but his prosthesis.

"Like-of-...... Is it? ”

She lifted the Plate Knight's mask and saw him for what he really was.

I don't know what he went through, his face was strange and terrifying, and his head was covered with large and small postoperative wounds and scars, looking very hideous.

That's the price of his strength.

"The competition is over!"

It was only then that the sound of the referee's bench sounded in the test field, and the audience came back to their senses and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Through alchemy, this duel, which was originally a sixth-order knight, actually reached a level close to the eighth-order strength!

As Slok, who originally had the strength to become a legendary alchemist, the plate armor and flesh transformation knights he designed were indeed impeccable in terms of combat performance.

And defeating Slok's knights head-on, the performance of the new alchemy weapon that Nolan showed in this battle was even more convincing to everyone.

a Valkyrie backpack that can maneuver with high-ranking knights without falling behind;

and the Sniper Cannon Gangneir, which can penetrate the Praetorian Panzer II head-on......

There is more than one of these disruptive and practical research results, and they all proved their reliability in this test.

At this point, there was no longer any reason to oppose him becoming a legendary alchemist.

"Now that the contest is over, let's go back and vote." Bach stood up and announced to the crowd with a smile.

Although the process was a bit thrilling, Nolan still lived up to his expectations and defeated Slok.

Judging from this battle, the potential of the new rune system is even more than he imagined, and it is indeed the right choice to ally with him.

In the midst of the discussion, everyone returned to the venue and began the final voting session.

"Where's Master Slock, he hasn't come back yet?"

The people in the Second Prince's camp looked at each other, and Slok was the representative of their camp.

"He seems to have left the ...... directly," someone had just seen his traces.

"So what do we do now? What reasons should I use to vote against? ”

“…… Abstain from voting, Slok is gone, and there's nothing we can do. ”

"That's right, there is no way to do it, and Your Highness won't blame us for this."

In front of the indisputable results of the study, the voting ended and the referee began to roll the votes in front of everyone.

"There were three hundred and six votes, of which two hundred and five were in favor, zero against, and one hundred and one abstentions."

After a while, Bach stood on the stage with the results of the vote and said loudly, "Excluding abstentions, the votes in favor account for 100 percent of all votes."

"Based on this result, on behalf of the Alchemy Society, I would like to announce that Master Noren Wiess has passed the examination—

"He will become the new legendary alchemist of the Roland Empire!"

Bach's voice echoed through the spacious room, and the audience burst into louder, tidal applause than ever.

Nolen stood side by side with Bach, smiling and bowing to the crowd, and although his heart was happy, he didn't say much.

Everything is a matter of course, not so much that the hard work has finally achieved a positive result, but that he has just brushed up on the achievements that he can just get in Flamel.

Calm down guy, there will be more big scenes in the future!

The announcement of the results was followed by the award ceremony, in which Bach personally dressed him in the Ouroboros badge in the style of a legendary alchemist, followed by a bunch of balabala words.

Nolan waited for a while on stage with a smiling expression on his face, and finally waited for the official end of the press conference.

Watching the crowd in the audience begin to leave one after another, Bach breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Noren and smiled, "Congratulations again on becoming a legendary alchemist."

"There are a lot of people who can't wait to get to know you, and when you learn to hold a celebratory banquet for you, you can have a good chat with those bigwigs there and expand your own social circle."

"Not available." Nolan shook his head, "I've got more important things to do later, have you forgotten?" ”

"You mean the human body refining ritual?" Bach was stunned for a moment, "Of course I remember this, but there is no need to be in such a hurry......"

Halfway through speaking, he saw that Nolan's expression did not waver, and he couldn't help but shake his head and smiled: "Okay, then the banquet will be postponed for a while, and I will help you arrange the refining of the human body first." ”

"I'm tired." Nolan's face softened slightly, "Please forgive me for being willful, I've been thinking about this for the past few days." ”

"You're welcome." Bach waved his hand, "Can the affairs of the legendary alchemist be called capricious, that is called personality!" ”

With that, he said hello and went back to arrange the ceremony.

Noren breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the rest area next to the stage, and asked Julius on the side, "What about Yuna?" ”

"She's sitting there." Julius pointed to the seat next to her, "Her feet were slightly broken in the battle just now, and it is not very convenient to move. ”

Nolan followed the guidance and looked, and at this time, Yuna had changed back into a maid outfit and was sitting quietly in a chair looking at him.

Due to the sequelae of the liberation potion, her face was slightly pale, which added to her the weakness of a girl.

"Nolan ......"

Seeing him coming, Yuna's expression was a little aggrieved for a moment, but then she smiled again, "Congratulations on becoming a legendary alchemist!" ”

"Isn't that much thanks to you?"

Nolan sat down beside her and said with a smile, "I heard that your leg is injured, just waiting for the human body refining ceremony, you can remove this broken prosthetic leg and have a real pair of legs again!" ”

Nolan said, expecting Yuna to be happy about this, but she unexpectedly hesitated.

"Actually...... Prosthetics can also be used for repairs. ”

She lowered her head and whispered, "I think this prosthetic leg is great, so it's ...... for me It could be a little more convenient. ”

In combat, prosthetic limbs are often more useful than real legs, and if the Plate Knight catches her real legs, things can get troublesome.

And, until now, she hadn't forgotten what the Plate Knight had said to her before he died.

"We are ...... kind"

He was a warrior of Slok, and in order to fight better, he was eventually transformed into a non-human and non-ghost.

And she is Nolan's maid and Nolan's warrior.

Perhaps for himself, in order to protect the people he wants to protect, it is the best choice to follow the same path as him...... Isn't it?

(End of chapter)