Volume 3: The Land of Mist Chapter 16 Assassin
Just like he is now using the iron plate on his body as a medium of power, the other party can appear in the world at this moment entirely by relying on the paper crown on his head, existing as a false king.
In other words, as long as the crown is shot down, the opponent can be expelled from the world.
Therefore, William threw the only spell that was sure to hit the target - [Declaration].
But unfortunately, the opponent happened to be the demon general Erosion under Ms. Hungry. If it was a demon general in other fields, it would never be able to avoid the shot of [Declaration] that solidified time.
But it, which symbolizes entropy and the end of time, has a way to stop the shot.
"clang……"
A distant bell sounded, and within a ten-meter radius centered on Eclipse, the shadow of a huge pale green bell emerged.
The crystal ice spear hit the shadow and shattered.
William saw three worn-out bells appear in the other party's hands, one of which was constantly shaking by itself. As the shadow of the giant bell around it dissipated, this bell also turned into ashes and disappeared.
In the sound of the final bell that symbolizes the end of time, even time itself will cease to exist.
But William's attack did cause the opponent to stop his previous attack.
"declaration?"
After blocking the spear, Shi Jin stopped.
If the opponent had imprisoned him before, he could still explain it as his carelessness. But the opponent had just targeted his only weakness in the world and directly used the divine-level frost spell [Declaration] to attack him, which meant that he knew his true colors.
Moreover, how could such a weak magic caster use spells of divine level?
Looking through the entire history of the Vic Continent, there has not been any genius who could reach the level of the Divine Realm at this age.
"interesting……"
This could not possibly be the power that the other party possessed. Shijie looked the girl up and down, and then his gaze stopped on the iron plate on her chest that was about to shatter.
"Is that some holy object?"
Eclipse asked in Jesse's voice.
"You want to know?"
William asked sarcastically, taking off the almost broken iron plate from his neck and throwing it directly into the sky, while hanging the last iron plate in his hand on his body.
The iron plate he threw out broke into pieces in the air. Each small piece of debris emitted a dazzling light. Then, they solidified and transformed into countless weapons made purely of light that floated in the air, densely surrounding Eclipse in the middle.
William raised one hand, and as he moved, the weapons were aimed at the crown on the opponent's head.
"You can study it carefully."
As he spoke, William raised his hand and lowered it, and countless weapons made of light fell like raindrops.
… ………
"That girl...seems to be Vincent's daughter?"
"So is the guy across the street really Duke Jesse?"
Not far away on the Rose Avenue, behind the pale golden wall of light, the two guard mages who had been beside Jesse before looked at the scene in disbelief.
The girl who was suspected to be Vincent's daughter was conducting countless weapons shining with golden light gracefully like conducting a symphony orchestra. They were as nimble as fish swimming in an invisible ocean, either gathering or separating. The swords made of pure magic power in the sky changed direction and speed according to her will and attacked Jesse.
Jesse was surrounded by countless buzzing flies, which turned into several swirling tornadoes. Any golden sword that attacked him would be blocked by the tornadoes and eaten up by the flies inside, disappearing into thin air.
The little bit of aftermath of the fight between the two men made the people around them tremble physically and mentally.
The trees that were as thick as a man's embrace were only lightly swept by the dark tornado, leaving only wood chips on the ground. The metal gate of the Rose Palace, which was made of refined gold and source silver, was only lightly scratched by the weapon that shone with golden light, leaving a smooth mirror-like fracture.
If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that the two young men in front of me had such powerful strength even if I had killed them.
What is happening before their eyes is too much of a challenge to their common sense.
It’s not that they haven’t seen wizard duels before. They have even seen wizard duels at a very high level.
When the two of them were training in the Ring of Magic City, they had the honor of seeing legendary magic casters sparring with each other.
But that battle was like children .
Although judging from their age, the two people in front of them look more like children.
"What should we do?"
The magic caster who cast the fire wall earlier asked.
"What else can we do except wait here?"
The other person answered while pressing the pale golden protective wall.
The blood-stained girl had summoned this protective wall before the battle began, and at first they thought the other side wanted to block out reinforcements. But after the battle began and everything around them was destroyed by the aftermath of the two people's spells, they realized that this was set up to protect them.
This is simply not an area that they can intervene in with their strength.
More importantly, they don’t even know which side they should stand on now.
They are people who support the restoration of power and should support Duke Jesse. However, looking at the "Duke Jesse" who is driving countless flies and insects like a monster - is he really still himself?
"Why don't we just run first?"
One of them hesitated for a while and said.
No matter who wins in the end, it seems to be of no benefit to them.
Vincent's monster daughter won, which meant the coup had failed, and they would inevitably be put in magic chains and thrown into the dungeon.
And if their Lord Duke won... well, God knows what their Lord Duke has become now, and whether he will let those flies gnaw him into a skeleton in the future.
After all, they had never heard of any spell in the thirteen branches of magic that could drive away a large number of flies and insects - instead, they had heard similar descriptions in some stories about demons.
Most of the attendants in the surrounding relief teams had already run away, leaving only a few brave ones still at the scene, watching fearfully, while the April Fools' Day parade not far away had run away even earlier.
What a joke, you dare to watch the magician fight in the street? You don't want to live like this.
"It would be wise to run away now before it's over."
The man continued .
But at this time, on the other side of the pale gold barrier, the originally tense battle situation changed.
Three daggers emitting golden light shot out from hiding, broke through Duke Jesse's defense, and pierced his chest, his neck, and his left eye respectively.
The two mage attendants looked at each other.
"Is the Duke...dead?"
It was a natural judgment that no one could survive being stabbed in the chest, neck and eyes at the same time.
Even non-human monsters rarely survive such serious injuries.
"No, that girl is losing."
A singing-like voice with some strange rhythm suddenly appeared behind them.
Hearing this, the two men turned their heads abruptly, but saw nothing.
As far as the eye can see, there is only a messy street.
Could it be that the sound I just heard was just an illusion?
…………
Oops, I missed it...
Seeing that the three sharp blades that he had hidden under the illusion all missed, William cried out inwardly that something was wrong.
The three sharp blades that were originally aimed at the opponent's paper crown were dodged by the opponent at the critical moment.
Although they all hit vital spots, the damage was not enough to exile the opponent.
But right now, I am...
“Kakaka…”
At the same time, he was burdened with [Mirror Image] and multiple defensive status magics, and had to control those [Golden Swords] to deal with the opponent. The last iron plate on William's neck was cracking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
So William decided to make a last-ditch effort. He used magic to cover the three golden swords, making them quietly bypass the opponent's tornado of flies and insects like snakes. However, at the moment when he was about to shoot down the paper crown on the opponent's head, the last iron plate finally couldn't bear the weight and cracked completely.
The three golden swords finally revealed their hidden abilities and were discovered by the opponent, and then they avoided their true weakness at an extremely tricky angle.
William lost the last response terminal, and only Liliana's shadow was left there.
He could no longer send any power here through any medium, nor could he control the golden swords flying in the sky.
Even this illusion can still exist and stand here, and has not been killed by the opponent's passive corruption field, because the previously blessed [Frost Field] state is still in effect.
Now, as long as the other person comes over and touches me, this illusion will disappear into the air like bubbles.
How long had I been procrastinating? Where was Blake now?
William, who could only control Lillian's panel body and swing his fists to attack the opponent, thought.
Shi Jin, who was standing by, instantly felt that the flying golden sword had lost its flexible control, and its movement trajectory became mechanical and rigid, so it immediately stirred up the swarm of flies flying in the sky and destroyed them all.
Then it looked at the girl who had delayed it for a long time.
At this moment, the iron plate around her neck was completely broken.
Seeing this, with a "puff", it pulled out the sword from its eye socket first.
"You are very powerful. Although you can only use such a powerful force with the help of that holy object, your control over the power is completely beyond your level..."
Perhaps because there was a sword stuck in its neck, its voice was very hoarse, and then with another "puff", it pulled out the sword from its neck.
"Or are you just a puppet now, and it's actually the holy object that's controlling you?"
The eroded neck spoke as blood spurted out.
After saying that, it strode towards William, and as it walked, it pulled out the last sword that was stuck in its chest, then squeezed it hard, and the sword turned into countless golden spots of light and dissipated.
William did not try to control Liliana's mirror image to escape, because he knew that if he made the slightest movement, the other party would kill him as quickly as possible.
It’s not that he couldn’t bear to part with this mirror image, but if he stood here and chatted with the other party, he might be able to delay for a while.
"So what is your purpose in coming to this world?"
William asked as he looked at Eclipse who was walking in front of him.
Countless flies and insects crawled all over the three wounds it had received previously, and inside the wounds, there were even more disgusting things wriggling.
The other party did not answer William's question, but reached out and pulled off the broken iron plate from William's chest.
"The holy relic of the Eighth Holy Spirit?"
Shi Jin distinguished the remaining symbols on the iron plate, then looked at William and said:
"What a coincidence! I came to this world just to kill the Eighth Holy Spirit. Ah, at least kill half of them."
After saying that, it raised its hand and pressed down the head of Liliana's mirror image, and the next moment, William lost his sense of the illusion.
"Come to kill me? Just with a demon general?"
William, who was far away in the Serpent's Trace, thought suspiciously.
On the other side, Shi Jin was looking at the girl whose head he had just crushed.
The originally imagined scene of ears exploding with brain matter and blood all over hands did not appear. The opponent simply turned into countless bubbles and dissipated.
Hallucination?
I had been fighting for so long and it turned out that I was just fighting an illusion?
So what exactly is the opponent's true form...
"Behind her is the person you want to kill."
A voice with a unique rhythm echoed behind him.
Shi Jin suddenly turned around and found that a human figure made of black mist was standing behind him.
In the other person's hand was a crudely made, funny-shaped paper crown.
The crown that was originally worn on the head was eroded.
Before Shijin could say anything, he was almost instantly expelled from the world after losing his identity as the "false king".
In its place was a pile of rotten debris and a pile of wrinkled clothes.
Kos bent down and took out the purpose of his trip from the pile of gorgeous clothes, a bone-white knife.
Blade of Annihilation.
A weapon that could kill the man once and for all.
Looking up at the flock of crows that blocked out the sun in the distance, Kos sighed slightly.
Then he turned into a shadow and disappeared on the spot.
…………
"Valk!"
Along with the roar of the Hungry Lady, ripples appeared on the originally calm surface of the Lake of Entropy.
"I only said that I would help kill the disaster, but I never said that I would help anyone kill the disaster."
A seemingly innocent voice replied.
Then she continued:
"Besides, wouldn't it be more likely that the child would succeed if you let him do it, rather than your dear little Eclipse? This way, you won't waste your hard-earned authority of annihilation, right?"
"But you know that the shadow figure is..."
"It doesn't matter."
Valk said lightly.
"The Empire's armies are gathering. Once Ava is conquered, the time of change will come. And since the disaster has given up on becoming one of us, we must stop him from taking the eighth throne."
"And this is an easy choice, right? Terra or William, which one is more in the interests of the Moon Realm?"
