Chapter 838 The Mysterious "Strange Mage"
Angel had already experienced the "Shadow Command" of the "Black Knight" that controlled the enemy's shadow, and the "Blade of Flesh and Soul" that could cut through all defenses and even attack conceptual targets such as the "Mirror World" on the saint of the Aurora Society when he attacked Mr. X.
Therefore, when her legs were bound by shadows and the giant sword was chopped on her head, she did not panic. Instead, she felt a sense of familiarity in her heart.
I met the members of the "Aurora Club" again!
boom--
The edges of the "Angelica Blade" in her hand ignited with blue flames, and the scorching temperature instantly burned the mutated shadow under her feet to ashes. Even the giant sword in the black knight's hand was burning because of the characteristic of "destruction", and the momentum that seemed to cut through everything was reduced.
Bang! Two weapons, one long and one short, collided with each other. The wriggling black substance and the high-temperature flames instantly mixed together, and then separated from each other. The flame color turned orange-yellow, and the temperature dropped. The black sword edge with a decadent aura broke into two halves again. The tip of the sword turned into flesh and blood, returned to the surface of the black knight's armor, and merged into the lightless darkness.
Before he could summon the same giant sword again, Angel retracted his arm, held the sword flat with both hands, and stabbed it directly into the chest of the tall black knight.
A bit of black cursed flame ignited at the tip of the sword, instantly covering the entire sword and replenishing the consumed flame.
The black flames merged harmoniously with the flames that gradually changed from orange to yellow-white, forming a gray, strange flame that did not exist in a normal environment. It carried an aura of destruction and was about to penetrate the black knight's breastplate without any hindrance and pierce into his body.
The eyes on the black knight's visor suddenly brightened and became two spots of light.
"Spiritual Piercing!"
Angel's head suddenly felt a sharp pain, as if a dagger had been inserted into it and stirred it a few times.
The pain was sharp and brief, but it was enough for Angel to stop what he was doing.
The next second, she was swept into flying mirror fragments by a giant sword. The sword continued to move forward, cutting the big trees on both sides in half, and the leaves fell like rain.
Behind a tree that required two people to hug, Angel's figure was outlined. There was a deep mark on her clothes, revealing the smooth skin underneath. It was the damage caused by the "Blade of Flesh and Soul" crossing the mirror world.
If she had used the "mirror substitute" a little later, it would not only be her clothes that would be damaged, but her flesh and blood and even her soul!
But her hesitation was not without reward. The moment she was hit, a black flame that could annihilate spirits and burn flesh and blood ignited on the Black Knight's body. At this time, the flame of curse was spreading over his body, penetrating the gaps in his armor, entering the inside, chasing all spirits, using them as fuel to burn everything.
This is the experience Angel gained from fighting against the "Secret Prayers" many times. Their flesh and blood magic is most afraid of the black flames that target the spiritual world!
boom--
A huge flame ignited at the edge of the woods. The black armor of the Black Knight was surrounded by higher black flames, almost becoming a burning torch. Angel grabbed the straight sword and jumped out from behind the tree. He poured spirituality into the weapon, making it light up the blades on both sides again, and was about to step forward to deal another blow.
She didn't believe that a Sequence 4 could die so easily under the black flames.
Sure enough, the armor in the black flames twisted and deformed, quickly turning into a black shadow, almost blending into the ground, and moving rapidly under the sunlight. However, it did not try to move away from Angel, but approached him rapidly. The man and the shadow walked towards each other and collided with each other in an instant.
The shadow instantly "grew" from the ground and transformed into a "black knight" in armor and armed with sharp weapons. He nimbly dodged Angel's stab and chopped down the giant sword on his head.
But the giant sword, which was almost longer than a normal person's height, was very slow in close combat. Angel didn't even use the "mirror substitute" and went around behind the black knight. She stomped the shadow under her that was about to move again with a black flame, and then held her blade with both hands and launched a charged attack.
A teeth-grinding sound of metal friction was heard as Angelica's sharp blade pierced into the Black Knight's armor from the back of his waist and exited from his right shoulder, creating a huge wound that almost split him in two. There were even traces of melting on the edge of the crack in the black armor, and the flesh and blood inside was burning with flames, pouring out from this scar and other cracks in the armor.
The next moment, the black armor that was more than two meters tall and looked like an ancient giant shattered into thousands of pitch-black fragments, which fell to the ground with black and blue flames, and then faded and disappeared.
Is this a "mirror stand-in"?
Angel frowned slightly, not feeling overly surprised.
It would be surprising if a "Black Knight" who was promoted from a "Shepherd" did not shepherd any souls and fought only with his own abilities.
She immediately spread the disease, sweeping across the surrounding woods, the nearby meadow, and even deep into the "Fountain of Youth" in the withered grass, capturing the Black Knight who used the grazing "witch" soul to escape a fatal blow.
But these mystical diseases fell on deaf ears. Apart from the rapid death of insects in the forest and maggots in the mud, no real "victims" appeared within Angel's perception range.
He is herding a "despair" witch, fighting against my occult illness?
Angel realized something and looked at the grass in front of him.
In the sunlight, a figure was outlined. It was a lady wearing a black robe, with her hair and half of her face hidden in the hood, leaving only her fair chin and eye-catching red lips exposed.
Would the demigod-level "herding" also reflect the original appearance of the soul on the "Black Knight"... Angel was dumbfounded as he watched the strong man who was chopped into pieces by a sword turn into a weak lady in the blink of an eye, with various thoughts flashing through his mind.
Then, she saw the Witch of Despair draw out two cursed black flames beside her, causing the flames to explode, tinging the black flame waves with an orange-yellow sheen.
Then, two new figures walked out of the flames.
That was the "Black Knight", and a short young man wearing a short shirt and wide-leg pants, with short golden hair like a hedgehog.
Flame jumping!
No, it wasn't the Black Knight who had herded the "Fortune Teller" that appeared with the real "Fortune Teller", but...
The Black Knight's slower movements, his careless tactics of not caring about being attacked, and the ending where he suddenly turned into mirror fragments all appeared in Angel's mind one by one, and she immediately thought of a terrible possibility.
"A strange mage?"
She asked cautiously.
The Black Knight, the Witch of Despair, and the young man who looked a bit like an Intis person all smiled in the same way.
This unified movement made Angel feel as if he had witnessed the pranks that Klein occasionally arranged using the secret marionettes, confirming his guess without a doubt.
But why is there a strange wizard guarding near the "Fountain of Youth" controlled by the "Witch Sect"?
If the Black Knight can be explained by the cooperation between the "Aurora Society" and the witches, then the "Fortune Teller" path where the "Weird Mage" is located is almost entirely controlled by the mysterious organization of the Secret Order, and has no intersection with the "Witch Sect" at all... By the way, most members of this organization are Intis people, no wonder one of the secret puppets he controls has a strong Intis style... However, this may also be his deliberate misleading. The "Fortune Teller" is the best at deceiving people.
Angel kept recalling every bit of the "Strange Mage's" origins and abilities. Seeing that the three men and women, who were clearly marionettes, at least two of whom were demigods, maintained strange smiles and did not attempt to attack, he simply asked:
"What is your purpose in waiting here? Guarding the Fountain of Youth? Or waiting for a certain ascended witch?"
These were the only two reasons she could think of. Otherwise, which demigod would waste decades of his life hiding in this special mirror world, spending one difficult year after another on an isolated island?
Even if she had the witch by her side, and could even listen to the whispers of the "True Creator" heard by the Marionette, it would be too boring... She muttered to herself, and saw the "Black Knight" standing to the side, but with the aura of the three leaders, speaking:
"I said, it's just a matter of mutual benefit... I'm bound by a certain contract and must drive away those witches who don't belong to the 'Witch Cult,' that's all."
On the other side of the witch, the blond Intis youth took over the conversation in a youthful tone:
"So, you just leave and no one gets hurt."
He spoke the Intis language, which fits the identity of a secret marionette. Was it also some kind of "acting"? Angel couldn't help but compare this strange mage who served the "Witch Cult" with Klein, and was quite tempted by his suggestion.
With her current strength, she has no chance of winning against a Trickster who has released Despair and the Black Knight. If the other party has no intention of pursuing her, then I will leave first...
Her thoughts suddenly became slow and her limbs went into a state of paralysis.
Her "spiritual thread" was controlled by the evil wizard!
As the companion of a Trickster, Angel naturally knew all the elements of this powerful Beyonder ability. It could only provide preliminary control over targets within 150 meters of the Trickster, and it would take at least 3 seconds.
Although there is no "Magic Master" within 150 meters of her, through the transmission of power between "secret puppets", the Magic Master can extend the distance of the line of control of the spirit body, and can reach the upper limit of the manipulation distance of the secret puppets, which is more than one thousand meters!
This means that the "Strange Mage" may be hiding anywhere in the core area of the island.
Although her disease could spread to this area, it would take more time, and was currently being interfered with and counteracted by another witch of "despair". This time was enough for her to become a secret marionette dozens of times...
In her dull eyes, the "Black Knight" suddenly transformed the black shadow on his body into a giant sword, jumped out in the black flames guided by the "Despair" witch, and slashed down at her from the air. The blond young man smiled and snapped his fingers, pointing at Angel, as if conveying some kind of power to her.
But apart from the fact that the secret holy emblem on his wrist was getting colder, Angel didn't feel anything else unusual.
Of course, the idea of becoming increasingly stagnant was not included.
boom--
The giant sword fell, and "Angel" was separated from his body and soul in an instant. His body was cut in two, and his spirit was shattered into pieces by the power of "corruption".
Then, under the gaze of the "Black Knight", their outlines faded and gradually disappeared.
That's a stand-in!
Without words, the shared thoughts between the puppets immediately understood everything that was happening. The witch in black robes kept flashing her eyes and found the place where Angel was hiding in the "mirror world". The black knight did not hesitate at all and slashed at his side with a sword.
There was a faint sound of a mirror breaking, and a deep, dim light flashed above the empty grass, and Angel's figure appeared again.
She held the "Angelica's Blade" in her right hand and placed it diagonally over her left shoulder, cleverly blocking the "Blade of Flesh and Soul". Then, when the opponent's giant sword fell to the ground, she raised the straight sword with her backhand, pointing the tip of the sword at the "Black Knight" and the "Despair" witch behind him.
A blue-purple flame that could destroy everything emerged from the tip of the sword, piercing through the black armor, across a distance of a hundred meters, through the witch's black robe, and burning everything it touched to ashes.
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