Chapter 224 Casefile·8: Autumn Hunting (10)

This may be the most exciting battle in Huntington Duchy in recent years.

Countless knights used their bodies to build a high wall of flesh, blood and fighting spirit, protecting the great magician Mebucha firmly in the rear.

Mebucha was the absolute main attacker in this battle. Even with his abilities, he could easily handle short-term close combat; however, protecting the mages in the rear, allowing them to concentrate on chanting spells and controlling the overall situation on the battlefield, was the best option for maximizing combat effectiveness.

As all the nobles in the palace who joined the Evil Eye Moon were captured one by one, the knights in the castle also began to join the battle, replacing the wounded knights on the front line.

An open area had been cleared to serve as a first aid camp. Knights hurriedly aided their wounded comrades, carrying them off the battlefield on their backs, shoulders, or stretchers. Magicians, priests, and bird-beak doctors, skilled in healing, busily shuttled between the camps, stitching wounds, channeling vital energy, and stabilizing vital signs... They continuously pulled one dying life after another back from the brink of death.

Drexi was still fighting stubbornly. She had long realized that Mebucha and the others were planning a rotational battle, hoping to wear her down with the constantly rotating knights, Mebucha guarding the rear, and the lich lurking in the dense forest!

All the knights' gleaming armor was engraved with a lich-proof amulet made by Mebucha. Not only that, they also had another amulet hidden on their bodies. Even if Deresi tried her best to destroy their armor, it still could not attach to their bodies or devour their souls.

He couldn't fight to support himself, nor could he obtain more energy. He would even be exploited by the combos of the knights and the great magician from time to time, and once again a section of his tentacle or a piece of his soul would be removed... Once those parts were swept into the dense forest by the wind created by Mebucha's magic, they would disappear and could not be summoned by Dresi again.

As a result, Dresi, who was getting weaker and weaker, could only conserve her soul energy as much as possible. Her current fighting style was more similar to that of the undead, mainly relying on physical tentacle attacks, supplemented by corrosive tears from her eyeballs and paralyzing curses.

Those eyes that randomly opened and closed not only looked terrifying, but also disturbed the mind of the person looking at them. Even if they were only caught unawares, their brain would go blank and their hands and feet would become paralyzed and unable to move. This kind of stiffness was extremely deadly in combat, and they would immediately become the target of all the tentacles' attacks.

It only takes a dozen seconds for a stiff knight to instantly "melt" (metaphorically) under the concentrated fire attack.

At this time, his teammates need to fill in the position and rescue in time, or use fighting spirit to weave a huge shield, or use offense as defense to launch a surprise attack to divert Dresi's attention... The great magician Mebucha will also cast [Mage's Hand], generating a huge palm shadow in the void, throwing those unlucky stiff knights to the safe zone in the back to let them recover on their own.

The battle lasted for several hours, from the darkness of the night until dawn, and Jiang You next door also ate a lot for several hours.

A portable snack kiosk has been set up next to the table, with two stoves burning with vigorous flames. As the ingredients delivered by "takeout" vary in parts, moods, and flavors, Jiangyou uses various cooking methods to pursue the most delicious cooking products.

The amazing thing is that those hideous and horrifying 'ingredients' that are so ugly that the hairs on one's back stand on end at the mere sight of them, are all exquisite delicacies with their own gourmet filters in the eyes of Jiangyou - perhaps the soul of a lich is such a delicious thing in the eyes of its kind - and as long as Jiangyou handles the ingredients, they will inexplicably change from the unbearable 'Ke family dishes' that people cannot look at directly into decent dishes that look good according to traditional Chinese standards.

——After all, in the eyes of most foreigners who don’t understand the “art of eating”, many normal Chinese meals are enough to be classified as “horrible”.

Even more amazing was that after becoming a proper dish, these "soul fragments" were no longer subject to Deresi's summons and control. Takumi no longer had to laboriously suppress them, and could enjoy them slowly according to his mood and appetite.

So, Jiangyou went from simply eating and drinking to happily eating and drinking after cooking. She had no choice but to find an outlet for the energy she ate, otherwise she would always feel bloated.

It’s a pity that Andre can’t eat soul fire dishes, and there are no undead or cicadas in this hunting ground, otherwise these soul energies can be quickly consumed.

As Jiangyou ate and cooked, and cooked and ate, Derek became weaker and weaker.

No matter how strong her soul is or how full her energy is, she cannot withstand this kind of consumption that only goes out without coming in.

Soon, accompanied by a scream, Deresi turned into a ball of purple-black soul fire. Before she could escape into the void, Mebucha quickly raised a ring in his hand and cast a spell, absorbing the last of her soul fire into the garnet inlaid on the ring.

He exhaled slowly, looked up at the clear blue sky, then glanced at the messy woodland. He said to the knights, "Save the wounded and clean up the battlefield. I'll be back soon."

Mebucha walked briskly into the woods and soon came in front of Takuyu and Andre.

Still struggling to finish the plates of soul-fire dishes in front of him, Jiang You looked up blankly: "Any takeout?"

"This is the last point." Mebucha raised the garnet ring in his hand and handed it to Andre. "I imprisoned Deresi in the garnet. The magic circle on this ring is enough to seal her for a long time... About a few hundred years.

"Of course, before that long deadline arrives... Andrei, I want you to use this garnet ring to locate Dresi's phylactery, destroy her phylactery and her lair, eliminate her last remaining followers, and confiscate her vast wealth obtained through illegal means."

He tapped the garnet with his fingertips. "The lich's soul fragments will be involuntarily drawn to the phylactery. As long as you wear this ring, you will feel a faint attraction. The closer you get to the target, the stronger this force will be. Follow the guidance of this force, and you will find Deresi's phylactery."

"Yes, sir!" Andre saluted Mebucha.

Mebucha smiled and said, "...perhaps, in the process of searching for the life box, you can also find the ghost-faced man who killed your mentor."

"What I mean is..." Jiang You raised one hand, puffed out his cheeks and asked while chewing, "Can I take it away?"

She was rather annoyed. "This Soul Fire dish is delicious, but I'm already full and can't eat any more! But since it's a Soul Fire dish, it shouldn't go bad. Maybe I can freeze it in the refrigerator and enjoy it later?"