The night was at its deepest.

The long battle made everyone exhausted. There were only a few airships in the sky, and many of them were broken. With limited ammunition reserves and many personnel injured, these airships took advantage of the night, turned off all lights, and slowly retreated in the darkness.

In the city below, the protagonists of the battle changed from soldiers on the ground to magic masters on both sides. Their rampant magic and skills destroyed the surrounding environment, and the streets were filled with the sounds of collapse and escape.

clang clang——

Dense and sharp collision sounds rang out, and a shell-shaped shield remained motionless amidst all the shooting and collisions. The seemingly thin layer was actually indestructible. A woman wearing a red gold daylily on her head walked in it with her hands slightly open. As she slowly walked forward, the light white shell shield also moved forward.

"It's not enough, Elson. Such a weak attack is not enough to break my white orchid shell." The woman raised her head slightly, revealing her face under the layers of red gold petals. She looked mature and intellectually elegant.

"It's been years since we last met, Olga. You still like to use this calm tone and say words that stir up anger."

Elson, wearing a large blue-gray trench coat, stood across the street, looking at the woman in front of him. They knew each other, but their relationship wasn't close. Perhaps they were rivals, remembered even without meeting.

Seeing that his attack could not penetrate the shell's defense, Elson gradually frowned. He stretched out his right hand, and the ring made of blue glass and copper on his wrist began to rotate, and then activated one rune and magic circle after another, and then the bronze alchemical creations in the sky also lined up one by one.

Finally, these alchemical creations formed a spherical dome, with only a small circular gap exposed, aimed at the approaching woman.

The surging magic power flowed through the alchemical creation, and the gathered mana particles faintly emerged in the atmosphere, emitting a faint glow, slowly transforming into magic power in the magic sequence, and then transformed into more lethal high-energy particles in the magic patterns of the alchemical creation.

These trembling and shining particles flowed through the creation, then spiraled together along a specific trajectory, converging at a focal point. Finally, an extremely tiny particle, but also extremely terrifying energy, slowly formed. Around it, space and vision were distorted to some extent.

This series of processes were completed in just over ten seconds, and Ouerjia had to stop when she saw the terrifying high-energy particles that appeared.

As expected of a magic master who specializes in alchemy and high-energy particle shooting in Lurna, his skills in manipulating and playing with this extraordinary magic have reached perfection. He can create such high-energy particles in such a harsh environment and in such a short time.

Ou Erjia chanted a spell rapidly in the shell, and her gestures changed rapidly. A complex and tiny triangular model gradually formed in the palm of her hand. At this moment, the particle suddenly flashed, and an extremely strong white light that could blind any living creature shot directly into the shell like an electric current.

Squeak——

After the blazing beam of light, a huge hole with a diameter of about 50 meters and a depth of nearly 100 meters formed around where the woman had just stood. The deep pit underground was pitch black, and only a little dark red hot light and the pungent smell of burning could be seen.

After finishing the performance, Elson felt a little weak and his body was shaking slightly.

Had he killed the other person? He wasn't sure. As a rational and cautious researcher, he wouldn't jump to conclusions. But if he failed now, his situation would be difficult.

After a long time, there was still no response from inside the pit, and no attack from the surroundings.

It looked like the situation was taking a turn for the better. Elson summoned the bronze alchemical creations in the sky and flew towards the sky above the pit, firing beams of light downwards. He also flew up carefully, observing the situation below from the air.

And the moment the scene in the pit came into his sight, his heart suddenly tightened.

A figure with damaged hair, incomplete clothes and burn marks all over his body was half-kneeling in the middle. Just as Elson appeared in the air, a wandering red snake spiraled out from his wrist and pounced towards him.

Its movements seemed slow, but time seemed to blur. Before Elson could react, the miniature red snake, which had been prepared for a long time, passed through the layers of magic barriers as if they were nothing and entered Elson's chest.

He seemed about to say something, but after opening his mouth, no sound emanated. His body transformed into puffs of smoke and ash, dissipating into the night sky. The alchemical creations that had been floating in the sky also flew around and collided with each other, finally falling in a chaotic mess, their light fading, and they were all alone, buried in the ruins and dust.

"Beneath the flowers, there are poisonous snakes hiding."

Ou Erjia gasped as she watched the gradually disappearing figure, uttering this ancient proverb. Although Elson's research achievements in recent years have been outstanding, allowing the Frost Alliance to use advanced magic crystal cannons, she has not stopped. This new skill can ignore many supernatural power defenses and cause penetrating damage.

Although it had drawbacks like a long charge time and being easily targeted by defense, as long as the timing was right, it could kill with one strike. And this forced gamble was also a victory for Ou Erjia.

She slowly stood up in the pitch-black pit. Just then, in the sky above her, a woman riding a broom and wearing a large hat approached. Her attire resembled the witches in the stories, but Ou Erjia knew she wasn't a witch. She was an acquaintance of hers, Becky, a Flash Mage of Sequence 8, also from the Hinazuki Council.

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