Chapter 669 Angels Arrive
The "Red Priest" card, which records the names, formulas, and rituals of all the potions in the "Hunter" path, also describes the general characteristics of each sequence. Although Angel cannot use this to understand all the abilities of the extraordinary people in this path, he can get a glimpse of the "characteristics" of this path.
At the end of the potion formula and ritual of "Iron Knight", there is only one word:
"connect".
After seeing Syrio Soran forcibly conscript the homeless people on the first floor of 13 Market Avenue and share his injuries with them, she thought that this was the purpose of "Connection", but she didn't expect that after summoning a team of iron soldiers close to high-sequence, Syrio could actually concentrate their power and use a flaming spear to launch an attack far beyond the ability of Sequence 4.
The flaming spear crossed the diagonal distance of two floors almost instantly, piercing through the floor and walls like paper, and landed on Angel's defenseless chest. The flames that were so hot that they emitted a blue-green light immediately pierced the body of the demigod, and then made a strange arc and went into another room downstairs.
Angel's figure reappeared and condensed at the location where the tip of the spear was pointing. Before he could recover from the brief pause of his "mirror substitute", he was penetrated by the flame stream emitted with a power close to Sequence 3. He was burned into a pile of black ash in the high temperature of blue-green.
It was the witch's wand that burned!
In the interval when the flaming spear attacked her double, Angel finally used the glass fragments scattered throughout the building to return to the "mirror world". She looked at her left chest with lingering fear. The cloak and clothes there had long since turned to ashes in the high temperature, revealing the charred flesh and blood underneath. Fortunately, her two doubles withstood some of the damage, and the heat wave that penetrated everything did not turn the heart below into a burning fireball.
Next to the charred skin, new flesh and blood was slowly wriggling, trying to repair the wound, but the powerful recovery ability of the "Rose Necklace" derived from the "Shepherd" was not worth mentioning under the fatal blow of the demigod level, and the recovery of this injury was extremely slow.
In a battle of this level, abilities below Sequence 5 seem to be of little use. I didn't have time to use the "Rose Necklace" to herd the souls just now, but even if I use abilities like "Chaos" and "Wild Wind", they shouldn't have any effect on that flame... Angel was pondering this when she suddenly felt an intense burning sensation behind her. She looked back and saw that the flaming spear that was persistently targeting her weakness had actually penetrated into the "Mirror World" through the same mirror and flew towards her along the winding passage!
The ability of the man in the mirror combined with other means really restricts the "witch"... Without time to complain about this, Angel immediately got out of the "mirror world" and returned to the corridor on the same floor as Syrio while avoiding the spear.
The latter's probing gaze immediately turned to her, with a smile of "as expected" on the corner of his mouth. Under the protection of the armored soldiers, he raised his right hand high, flames surged, and another spear was about to take shape.
Do you think I can't launch two attacks in a short period of time, and are planning to take the opportunity to attack me?
His light green eyes "said" so.
No.
Angel's eyes challenged him, startling the confident hunter.
"Disaster."
She shook out a dark red iron talisman from her right hand, pinched it between her thumb and middle finger, and chanted in a low voice to open the talisman.
Then, she stretched out her left hand wearing the "Parasite" glove, clenched her five fingers, and pulled it back.
Syrio Soran, with one hand holding up the condensed flame and the other hand slightly raised to hold the spear, suddenly found himself less than a meter in front of the "Despair" witch.
He was in the protective circle of his teammates, but the nearly twenty-meter distance between him and the enemy was stolen and wiped out!
“Fuck…”
Before he could curse in pure Trier accent, and before he could lower his raised hands for defense, the seemingly harmless "disaster" spell was pressed against his bare chest, making direct contact with his flesh and blood.
Bang--
A strong, terrifying aura that seemed to devour everything suddenly exploded with him as the center.
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In the hot spring area, in Sylvia Soren's mansion, the "Black Witch" Clarisse stood on the balcony of her bedroom, looking towards the direction of the Honest Man Market area. Her eyes flickered, and her focus seemed not to be here.
After a moment, the "Immortal" witch, whose gray eyes concealed an inexplicable emotion, chuckled softly, looked at Sylvia who was standing respectfully behind her, and said:
"I didn't expect her to head straight for that building just a few minutes after leaving... Of course, that couldn't be helped by those guys down there. They couldn't wait any longer and wanted to create some big noise as soon as possible to escape from the 'mirror world'.
"Unfortunately, creating a demigod-level battle noise at that leaked seal node will attract the attention of the angels in a matter of minutes. This reckless behavior is a bit unlike their style..."
Sylvia just lowered her head and listened to her mother's words, without any intention of joining the discussion.
Fortunately, Clarisse seemed to be just talking to herself. She quickly walked to the full-length mirror in the room that had been used as an entrance and exit several times today. With a light touch, she activated the "door" with a dark background and hidden gray fog.
"I'm leaving too. You should keep a low profile for the next few days."
Before the other party could answer, her figure disappeared in the mirror.
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"boom--"
With a loud bang, a ball of fire suddenly exploded between Angel and Syrio. Under the scorching heat, Angel had to use ice to resist and retreated his body.
Syrio, who should have died in the "disaster", also kicked his legs and distanced himself. The explosion just now was caused by his instinct. It was loud, but had almost no lethality.
The "Hunter" demigod no longer had the confidence and arrogance he had just now. From the place where the talisman touched his chest to his limbs, neck, and face, his originally healthy skin had turned gray, and was covered with patches of rust-like marks, as if it had been eroded by some terrifying force.
Half of the armored soldiers lined up behind him and providing their strength to the "captain" had fallen to the ground, and the surface of their shiny silver-white armor was also covered with rust. The other half showed similar symptoms, but still insisted on standing, but their momentum was weakened, their joints were stiff, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.
This was the first time Angel used the "Disaster" spell but failed to kill the target... To be precise, it was the second time, but when dealing with Annie, the "Arbitrator" angel's body remained in the spiritual world, so the hit to his real body was not fatal.
However, the "Iron-Blooded Knight" in front of him, who was only at Sequence 4, used the "connection" between him and the armored soldiers to share the fatal disaster, allowing the power that could kill one target to severely damage eleven targets.
These tin men appear to be only Sequence 5, but they actually possess demigod status. Their iron armor is likely a manifestation of the Iron Knight's ability to transform into steel, potentially even surpassing the flesh-and-blood Syrio in terms of defense. Furthermore, Syrio himself is also Sequence 4, which is why a single "disaster" spell didn't kill the group that shared the damage...
Half of the soldiers fell down, and the other half were also seriously injured, but they were just magical objects, not living people, and it was unknown whether they were really "dead". On the contrary, Syrio seemed to be seriously injured, but his momentum increased. Is this the "courage" of the "Iron-Blooded Knight"?
Angel frowned and looked at the situation in the corridor, constantly evaluating the effect of the attack he launched after using the "Parasite" gloves to steal the distance between the two of them.
I used up all the "Disaster" spells I had, and only had one "Betrayal" left. However, it would be very difficult to use the same method on Syrio again. He would definitely be on guard against this kind of close-range attack, and his remaining five armored soldiers could still provide strength for the demigod to launch attacks against his weaknesses.
At the same time, my "disease" would take longer to take effect on the soldiers, who are essentially "summoned creatures," than on the living. Moreover, they possess the status of demigods. If it drags on for a while longer, will Trier's official Beyonders, or even demigods and angels, notice the battle in this special building?
Thinking of this, Angel no longer hesitated. The "Rose Necklace" on her chest switched to the soul of the Wind-loving One, blowing the strong wind to the opposite side, pressing the unextinguished explosion flames and thick smoke towards the culprit. She took out a light yellow harmonica, puffed up her cheeks, and blew hard.
On the other side of the corridor, Syrio, who was surrounded by the armored soldiers who were still standing, had just made the final adjustments. His body turned into a solid "steel body" that could resist disease, making it impossible for the rust on his skin to cling and slowly fall off. He felt a palpitation.
It was a spiritual scream, a premonition of danger.
He subconsciously turned on his spiritual vision, penetrated the thick smoke that blocked his sight, and found that next to the originally lonely figure in front of him, there were four heads with golden hair and red eyes.
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Ten kilometers away from the center of the conflict, in the core area of the northern cathedral district of Trier, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded from the cathedral of the "God of Steam and Machinery" Church, and the towering chimneys began to spew out light white mist one after another.
Boom, boom, boom.
The large bell driven by connecting rods and gears rang regularly, joining the ensemble of whistles and steam.
These movements seemed like part of a grand ceremony, echoing each other and causing the increasingly thick smoke above the church to condense together, forming a faint human figure.
The figure gradually became clear. He had a handsome face and a tall stature, with long chestnut hair draped behind his head. He was wearing a gray robe and a white apron that craftsmen often wore when working. His azure eyes looked directly to the south, locked on the six-story building that was almost just a black dot and was destroyed by a fire decades ago.
He is the Angel of the Church of the Steam, this month Saint Benoît of Trier.
This Sequence 2 "Knowledge Mentor" took a step in the air and walked towards the south. The space beneath his feet instantly shrank, overlapped, and returned to normal, but the angel had already appeared in the distance.
It only took him a few steps to reach the sky above the Honest Man Market area, and right under his feet was the long-abandoned building with a black exterior and broken windows.
The building was filled with the aura of iron and blood, the power of disaster and death, and even a glimmer of order and evil appeared. The seal, which had already loosened and could pollute the creatures inside at certain times, became even more fragile.
Snap, the earthly angel took another step.
The description of "space" in the laws of physics changed instantly. He had entered the invisible barrier outside the building and arrived at the center of the battlefield.
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