Chapter 387 Sullivan and the Backyard
"Check your equipment one last time!"
Standing in front of the door of Irithyll Cathedral, Cid spoke loudly.
The members of the expedition team checked the equipment and props they brought with them.
When everyone came here, they underwent the secret ritual of fire infusion to strengthen their spirits, received an elemental bottle, and carried with them no less than five fire-resistant liver stems and anti-magic liver stems, three spirit-boosting potions, and several other potions.
The equipment must be equipped with the [Fire Resistance] and [Magic Resistance] enchantments to ensure that the enchantments on the equipment can be used normally.
Some members of the expedition team were familiar faces, including Cid, Leon, Luluwo, Elsa, and the Hathaway team who came to join in the fun.
When the Fran guards heard that there was news of demons somewhere again, they went out on a collective patrol. They are probably still on the way, so Dal didn't come.
In order to repay her aunt's kindness during the meteor shower, Stellan is currently working for Vienma, so she can't come either.
Except for a few acquaintances, the rest were carefully selected by President Sid. Each of them is an outstanding adventurer and their strength is naturally reliable. After all, the outstanding adventurers attracted by the Sean Dungeon cannot be only Leon and his people. They just happen to be more famous.
After much selection, adventurers who were not at the captain level and whose strength was neither the best nor the worst in the two strategy groups such as Malu and Tammy were unable to join the expedition team.
Upon hearing the news, Count Charon specially recommended a capable subordinate, who seemed to be a mercenary named Stan, who has now been promoted to the chief guard of the Bed family.
Sid inspected Stan and thought that he was quite capable, so he had already hired him. However, on the night after he met with the members of the expeditionary team, news came that he was seriously ill, so he had no choice but to withdraw.
It is said that when Stan saw Elsa, he panted like a frightened wild cat and made an excuse to slip away.
There is no need to worry about the cooperation between the members of the expedition team. They are all capable people. After a few days of running-in - meaning teaming up to challenge all the bosses of Sion - there is no problem with the cooperation between them now, and some of them have even developed feelings for each other.
Before today, at Cid's request, everyone except Fingri had signed the Sun Warrior Oath, because
"【Sunshine nourishes】."
Cid, who pledged to be the "guardian of the princess", released a miracle that could continuously restore the vitality of those around him while no one in the expedition team was injured. Why?
Because he had guessed correctly before, the two oaths, "Princess's Guardian" and "Sun Warrior", actually have a linked effect.
For others, the sunlight nourishment is just a superficial effect, but for the Sun Warrior Oathsworn, this miracle can greatly enhance strength and make the spirit excited, which is the so-called "heroic". It is equivalent to being subjected to advanced inspiration and advanced war berserker spells at the same time. After all the calculations, it actually saves magic power.
This time, Cid did not cast any buffs on the expedition team like he did on Solar. After casting several general spells, he turned around and pushed open the door of the cathedral.
As sacred and solemn background music sounded, the apparition of Pope Sullivan appeared in the center of the venue.
"Just like we practiced before, let's start the action!"
Matilda and another adventurer carrying two large shields rushed forward first. Around their necks, they both wore necklaces made of multiple skulls to lure enemies. They looked like Sha Wujing who had just crawled out of the Quicksand River.
With so many tempting skulls gathered together, even the phantom of Sullivan had to take a closer look at them, but he seemed to have resisted the temptation of the skulls and ran towards Sid, the only person wearing light armor in the field.
“It is so.”
Sid waved his hand and commanded: "Stink bombs, fire!"
Luluwo threw her arms wide, and a large number of chains emerged from under her cloak, throwing a large number of stink bombs towards the Sullivan Phantom, which could explode with a foul smell and drive away the enemy. Her appearance could make people hallucinate her as Doctor Octopus.
A large number of stink bombs can indeed have an effect on the Sullivan Phantom. This is the conclusion reached by adventurers after many verifications.
Sure enough, the opponent became visibly irritable the moment he sensed the stench, and turned to attack Matilda and the Great Shield Adventurer.
The strange thing is that the dung pot can attract hatred, while the stink bomb that smells similar to the dung pot can drive away monsters. People still don’t understand the principle behind this.
While the two at the front were resisting the attack, several adventurers had already run to the positions they had rehearsed long ago and slammed the magic scrolls in their hands to the ground.
Each scroll formed a complicated magic circle on the ground. Sid raised his hand and connected several magic circles to each other, just covering the phantom of Sullivan in the middle!
Even a fool could feel something was wrong at this time. The phantom ran out of the magic circle, but a huge pressure suddenly came, which made him stagger and half-kneel on the ground, unable to move.
He looked like an evil demon trapped in cages, but he looked like he could break free at any moment.
There is only two seconds to attack, and the adventurer needs to attack with all his strength to cause normal damage to it, which means that everyone probably only has one chance to hit it!
Leon held up the Kalia straight sword, and the light blades of the great Kalia gathered on the sword. Fingri raised the sword of night and fire, and the flame burned on the blade. There was a magical light flashing in Cid's eyes. When he raised his hand, an ice cone or iceberg covering the dome of the church took shape. The other adventurers also took out their unique skills.
In a rage, the Phantom of Sullivan accidentally broke free from the magic circle, but the falling iceberg formed a new restraint. The flames of the Sword of Sin had just melted it when a variety of attacks of different colors fell on him!
All of a sudden, all kinds of wounds appeared on the body of the Sullivan Phantom. This was probably the biggest trauma he had suffered since his appearance.
When he was about to stand up, Elsa, holding a giant sword, appeared in the posture of a lion slasher. The giant sword as heavy as an iron door smashed heavily on the head of Sullivan's phantom. The huge force made him half-kneel on the ground again. The air wave generated by the shock instantly blew away the broken stones on the ground.
"Oh my god, so fierce?"
Seeing Elsa so powerful, some people were stunned. They didn't realize that this little girl was so strong during training. And why did her expression look so ferocious, just like
To give a slightly impolite example, it's like the Sullivan phantom killed her family.
Thanks to the gap created by Elsa, people luckily had another chance to attack and used their special moves one after another.
Matilda took a few steps back, gritted her teeth under the helmet, and resisted the will of the Hell March on her body.
This armor had to be on Elsa's side, and even ignored the words of her "master". Even for her own face, she could not let the Hell March run to Elsa.
The phantom of Sullivan got up and the attack became more fierce. People responded according to the tactics previously summarized, and the whole battlefield seemed very orderly.
But something strange happened suddenly. Sullivan's phantom suddenly changed his moves. The moves went from being rigid and vigorous to being tricky and strange. It turned out to be a set of moves that people had never seen before. The battlefield immediately became chaotic.
The adventurer really thought that Sion only knew how to use one set of templates.
Cid observed the battlefield and added enhancement magic to people at the right time. When he saw Sullivan's phantom change his tactics, he took the initiative to act as the nail to stabilize the morale of the army and directed people's behavior through telepathy.
While others were fighting in person, he was more like playing a real-time strategy game. There was nothing he could do about it, after all, he was injured and couldn't do anything big.
Under his micro-management, the battlefield, which had been in chaos for a moment, returned to order. It was a pity that two people had just been sent back to the campfire, and now it was even more difficult for people to fight.
If this continues, victory should not be a problem, West Germany thought, and released the sunshine to nourish everyone, adding vitality.
The premise is that there are no accidents.
The phantom of Saliwan suddenly turned the blade of his sword, and as it spun, the sword of sin drew a round circle of fire on the ground. A red flame ignited at the edge, and then it quickly rushed towards everyone like a prairie fire.
In the blink of an eye, the entire church was filled with flames of sin!
"No problem. We all carry magical equipment that is almost immune to burning. A mere flame is nothing to worry about!"
But this is sin fire.
The sin fire that brought the ultimate humiliation upon Eliphis!
When the flames got close to them, everyone's eyes were reflected in the flames, and they saw their unbearable past in the flames.
In the blink of an eye, the entire battlefield fell into silence except for the sound of burning flames.
Even Sid frowned with a distorted expression and closed his eyes tightly.
“Da, Da”
The phantom of Sullivan walked among the stiff people and flames, his tattered papal garments ignited sparks, and his two-handed weapons stabbed in both directions.
Alayya and another adventurer were pierced immediately, their bodies were thrown out like rags, and turned into ashes before they hit the ground and returned to the campfire.
Wait, wait, wait, what is this move? Why is it not in the videos provided by the adventurers?
Sid and his men knew that the flames of the Sword of Sin would cause people to hallucinate, so they prepared mental potions to deal with it in advance, but the attack just now made it too late for them to take the potions.
Gong Qiying, who observed this, complained:
"It should be common sense to use a big move when the boss is half-health and changes phases."
With a "puff", Luluwo and Fingri were pierced. Luluwo turned into ashes when she fell to the ground, but Fingri's life was more tenacious and he was still struggling.
Since he was a dying man anyway, Sullivan Phantom ignored him and continued walking towards Elsa. The adventurers he passed by fell like weeds.
Is there no way to fight back after being infected?
Sid is trying to wake up, but Sinfire is taking special care of him.
At this moment, there was a sound of breaking air behind Sullivan's phantom. It was a sneak attack!
He didn't even need to resist an attack of this magnitude. He shrugged his shoulders, and his skin, as hard as a giant tree, directly bounced off the flying knife thrown by Fingery. The flames on the ground pounced on Fingery like a snake, completely ending his life.
The phantom of Sullivan walked in front of Sid, and the latter's hands released attack magic like a conditioned reflex, but it was blocked by the Sword of Sin, and another Sword of Punishment was raised high!
"boom--"
A heavy sound was heard, and Sullivan Phantom retracted his weapon and slowly turned around.
Behind him, Sid was unharmed. Was he not attacked just now?
Yes, because someone's sudden attack deflected the attack direction of Sullivan's phantom.
At this moment, an unexpected figure stood in front of Sullivan's phantom, and the straight sword left a clear scar on his thigh.
Who is it?
This was an illusory spirit. Although it was red in color, the unique pattern on its armor and its body shape made it look like the Brass Girl of Anor Londo! ?
Not far away, Matilda, who had already woken up, urged the Hell March, and more and more illusory spirits appeared on the battlefield.
"Fingley, you are really something"
She covered her shoulder, where a flying knife was stuck. It was the one that was deflected by Sullivan's phantom and pierced deeply into Matilda's shoulder.
Normally, severe pain would not negate the effect of the sin fire, but the flying knife was coated with concentrated spirit-boosting potion, which was a tool specially developed by the guild to deal with the sin fire!
"Everyone, wake up!"
The brass women formed because of the Hell March and Elsa pounced on the Salivan phantom and fought with it, while the spirits formed beside each adventurer took out the spirit-boosting potion from their "master" and poured it into their mouths roughly.
The next moment, the eyes of those who were still alive became clear.
"Okay, let's counterattack quickly!" Matilda shouted quickly.
However, people's reactions seemed a little wrong. They were still a little dazed after waking up from the sin fire, because they saw the thing they least wanted to see. As a result, just after waking up, they saw the spirits that appeared after the Hell March started. Each lifelike spirit could make them "painful", which just matched the experience brought by the sin fire!
This dealt a ton of damage to the adventurers' spirits!
Some people simply sat down on the ground, holding their heads in their hands, and doubted their lives.
"No way!" Matilda began to doubt her life. Was her use of weapons considered a skill or just a mediocre one?
Fortunately, at this critical moment, Sid woke up in time and released the magic of collective spiritual inspiration, which once again aroused people's fighting spirit.
"This guy actually dared to take advantage of my childhood. I will tear him into pieces!" an adventurer shouted angrily.
Now everyone knows that his most painful memory is his childhood.
When the adventurers collectively woke up, as if some rules were triggered, the fire on the field shrank instantly, and the Phantom of Sullivan also became... able to be hurt by attacks that were not full-strength?
One of the rules of Sullivan's Phantom is that he is immune to attacks except for full-strength attacks.
Rule 2: When all adventurers are burned by the fire of sin and regain consciousness, Rule 1 will temporarily disappear.
It was finally discovered today, and the triggering conditions of Rule 2 are really difficult to deal with.
The adventurers' spirits were now suffering from a critical blow, but their anger was rising rapidly, and their aggression was unprecedentedly high.
Sullivan's phantom suddenly had a lot of injuries on his body, but the prize pool was still accumulating!
Cid released a boost magic that was many levels beyond the advanced magic in one go. With the help of the brass woman, Elsa rushed in front of Sullivan's phantom in an instant.
“Drink!”
The giant sword ignited with flames, and the color of her hair changed in an instant. The next moment, the sword blade cut an unprecedented severe scar on the enemy!
Taking advantage of the moment when the phantom was stiff, the other adventurers quickly followed, and colorful magic and fighting skills blasted down all at once!
The flames that were burning the entire cathedral were extinguished.
When the phantom of Sullivan fell to the ground, exploded violently and turned into ashes, the adventurers cheered.
Finally won!
[The Soul of the Pope's Phantom] appeared in front of everyone, and various rewards exploded in front of him. Looking at the light spots all over the ground, people felt a sense of joy of harvest for a moment.
If they sell all the rewards they get from this wave of victory, they can eat it for a whole year!
Just as people were excitedly counting their harvest, Luluwo, who had run all the way back from the campfire outside the door, and the other resurrected adventurers showed envious and jealous looks. Damn, they were unlucky and didn't get any rewards.
Matilda quickly canceled the effects of the Hell March, fearing that she would be disliked by others again.
Elsa watched the Brass Woman disappear, exhaled, and walked up to Luluwo, who was stamping her feet in envy, holding a bunch of light spots.
"For me?" she asked in surprise.
"Pick any one you like." Elsa was quite generous.
After thinking about it, Luluwo finally wanted to save her face and refused to accept the reward if the leader was not killed by her.
"Just wait and see, there will definitely be good things later."
As she spoke, she trotted through the cathedral and ran to the big door at the end of the cathedral. The adventurers had long been curious about what was behind this door and what made the Phantom of Sullivan guard here.
Standing in front of the door, she couldn't help but sigh:
“What a big yard.”
Behind the door is a spacious courtyard. Perhaps it should be called the Irithyll Backyard?
For some reason, staring at the backyard, Luluwo suddenly felt her heart beating faster, and her hand holding the weapon was eager to try, and she suddenly wanted to invade very much.
"It would be fun to fight with others in such a spacious backyard, right?" she murmured to herself.
"Did you find anything?"
Sid's voice came from behind her. She shook her head and was about to turn around to speak.
But when she turned halfway, she seemed to see something and suddenly froze.
"What is this?" Sid also saw something and made a surprised sound.
The adventurers gathered around and asked if Luluwo had found anything useful. Luluwo staggered due to the crowd and fell down the stairs.
In the crowd, Elsa, who was wiping her giant sword, followed everyone's gaze.
"Dang."
The huge sword suddenly fell and hit her toe, but her attention was now attracted by other things.
In the distance, a castle stands tall despite being covered in ice and snow.
The snow is flying, but the weight of time is settling on the castle.
"A-Anor Londo!?"
(End of this chapter)
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