Chapter 388 – 388. Ancient Witchbeast (3)
“That…”
The elves looked up at the gigantic object that appeared from the subspace of the black hole created on the floor, with a blank look on their faces.
“… Golem?”
However, it is not a golem made of common materials, but a steel golem armed with iron and powered by magic power.
The exterior designed with the blue color as the base is also very unique.
Also, the yellow golem, which was relatively smaller than the blue golem, and the dozens of dolls surrounding the two golems and forming formations were enough to distract the elves.
“Start.”
“I accept your order.”
The dolls and golems that crossed the barrier Illyana had set up and entered the plains rushed towards the ancient demons all at once.
Kyaaaaagh!
The monsters who discovered the existence of the doll charging at them once again roared.
Even though the battlefield was full of hydra fluids and poison that melted everything around them, including the plains, the dolls and golems moved forward without hesitation.
This is because the bodies of the dolls and golems are all based on Orichalcum and have defenses that can withstand the toxic hydra that has powerful acidity.
Emilia, who was controlling dozens of dolls and two golems in real time, manipulated Optimus to pull out the armament he was equipped with.
She drew the massive gun from her belt and aimed it straight at one of the hydra’s heads.
[Automatic Golem Armament]
[Cannon Blaster]
Kwaaang!
Even though the lower body was supported by firmly stepping on the ground, the body of the huge steel golem was pushed back slightly.
A huge bullet fired from a cannon blaster hit another head of the hydra and exploded.
Kyaaah!
Emilia let out a scream as her body began to fall backwards, and Emilia didn’t miss the slightest gap the hydra showed.
While loading her second bullet and preparing for the next attack, the doll and bumblebee approached the hesitant hydra with both heads blown off by eunhyun and optimus.
The highly toxic bodily fluid ejected from the hydra’s mouth is also a problem, but the most annoying thing about the hydra is that the more damage it inflicts, the stronger the toxic spurts become.
Even the blood of a hydra is so menacing that it melts the ground itself just by touching it.
From the point of view of humans and elves, just facing them is no different from a disaster, but the dolls and golems made of Orichalcum called Shincheol have excellent defense power that can resist Hydra’s poison.
The best opponent to deal with the current Hydras.
Even if it is impossible to win against the ancient Witchbeast, it is not impossible to lead an equal fight.
“Do you think I can leave it alone for 10 minutes?”
Illyana put on an expression of absurdity at the sight of her hydra being thoroughly trampled by blowing off another hydra’s head and inserting various weapons such as swords, axes, and spears all over her body.
Emilia, who was struggling in the battle with the hounds during the previous Pernin drug case, has strongly insisted on strengthening her puppet unit, and how much she has been studying to improve puppets and tactics is revealed.
It was a sight that made it possible to understand why Emilia had so confidently raised her hurdles on her own.
“But that isn’t enough.”
Hydra and Emilia’s automatic units seem to have the upper hand at first glance, but Emilia lacks a decisive blow.
“That thing can’t be killed if you can’t clear all nine heads at the same time.”
As annoying as the poison of the hydra is its regenerative ability that transcends imagination.
No matter how solid the defense was, the dolls and golems could not end the hydra with just enough damage to inflict scratches.
That’s why Eunhyeon gave Emilia an order to ‘endure against the Hydra for a certain amount of time’ instead of ‘deal with the Hydra’.
“Well then…”
Eun-hyeon took her eyes off Emilia’s unit, which had started fighting the Hydra with their weapons, and moved her gaze to the side to look at the other beasts.
A beast with a vicious face, from which tens of thousands of snakes squirm like hair.
Contaminated mana began to condensate in the two red eyes of the Gorgon.
“Illyana.”
“… Okay.”
-Unlike normal monsters, the ancient monsters that consumed the contaminated mana each have their own unique ability.
It is very difficult to deal with because you have to think not only about its size and strength, but also about countermeasures against its abilities.
-There are a total of 17 types of ancient witch beasts that I know of.
However, even Eunhyeon couldn’t figure out which of those ancient demons was approaching the current world tree.
Perhaps there might be a terrible variable that could lead to the appearance of a new type of monster that Eunhyeon didn’t know about.
-That’s why we’ll prepare all the countermeasures and attack methods for those monsters.
Using the knowledge he knew to the fullest, he created a manual by strategically formulating a method to explain and deal with everything from the characteristics and appearance of ancient witches to their unique abilities.
The condensation of the contaminated mana from the two eyes of the beast with snake hair and an ugly face, and the formation of a magic circle over the red eyes is a precursor before the activation of Gorgon’s unique ability, which Eunhyun explained.
Kyaaah!
[Gorgon Unique Ability]
[Evil Eye of Petrification]
With a roar, the dark red rays shot from the magic circle formed in front of her eyes hit Illyana’s magic barrier.
[Six digit top magic]
[Reflect Barrier]
Kwaaang!
The earth shakes and the air trembles due to the collision between the magic eye’s beam and the barrier.
“… Tsk!”
Illyana naturally clicked her tongue and frowned at the intense impact that had the momentum to shatter the barrier.
It infuses mana into the barrier that is about to crack and repairs it, and counteracts the destructive power of the light beam.
Ordinary mages would have already had their barriers shattered by the powerful magical rays, but Illyana endured it.
The ability of double-casting to maintain two completely different types of high-digit defense magic, including a barrier that blocks the body fluids and miasma of Hydra at the source.
Illyana, who received a portion of her divine power as a member of the half-god family and possessed a greatly improved calculation ability along with an overwhelming increase in magical power, is already the strongest high-ranking wizard that only 10 people on the continent exist. Has transcended the realm of
It’s already overcoming the difference in lifespan with Eun-hyeon, and it’s enough to cross the ranks of transcendentalists who have surpassed human limits.
Quaang!
Finally, the petrifying rays that were deflected by Illyana’s barrier disintegrated in the air and scattered across the plains.
The elves hardened their faces as they saw the sight of petrification everywhere on the plain floor.
If Illyana hadn’t reflected the petrifying rays, she imagined that they and the entire forest might have turned into huge boulders.
It is not only the elves who are astonished at the situation in which one individual has blocked the overwhelming power of the ancient witch beast.
[… Crazy.]
Brunak murmured softly with a trembling voice.
“You will have to apologize to Illyana later.”
[Yes… I guess.]
Illyana’s threat that she would cut Brunak’s body in half immediately if she messed around one more time was not a lie.
The witch really had the will to do so, and this is the result of belittling her as just a wizard who couldn’t go beyond her limits in the frame of a human being.
Had it not been for her Eun-hyeon’s intervention, her own body, which had been resurrected at best, might have been shattered again as soon as it was resurrected.
[Wow. If I had a body, I would have gotten down on my knees and begged for forgiveness right now.]
The attitude Illyana displayed towards her demeaning remarks she had made was genuinely threatening.
She was called Shinchang, to the point where she felt chills herself.
[Don’t be fooled again.]
“Okay.”
Eunhyun turned around and looked at the elves with blank faces.
His eyes met with Regina, who stood at the forefront representing the elves, and before long she opened her mouth.
“Come on, Regina.”
“… Yes. Teacher.”
“Take the one-eyed giant in the middle.”
“Teacher… What about you?”
“I’ll deal with the snakes on both sides.”
Cyclops is the only special entity among the ancient witches known to Eunhyun that does not have a unique ability.
Instead, it is almost impossible to kill Cyclops with physical attacks because they have overwhelmingly strong strength and solid defense.
But what we have now is not the humans who are masters of physical attacks.
The tribes of the forest who receive the blessing of the World Tree with spirit magic as their main skill.
Rather, from the point of view of the elves, Gorgon and Hydra, which have threatening wide-area attacks such as polluting the surroundings with strong poison and turning them into petrification, are not more compatible than Cyclops.
“I made the plate.”
The danger of the forest being damaged by petrification and poison was completely blocked by the huge barrier Illyana had set up.
And the pendants hanging around the elves’ necks are all divine artifacts containing prayers of purification that they hurriedly delivered while bringing Emilia.
It contains the divine power of Anies and Eleanor, and has the effect of blocking some of Hydra’s poison.
‘It would have been better if I had brought Agnes or Eleanor, but this is enough.’
“I won’t say a word on my lips that I won’t let you die. But… At least I will help you fulfill your mission as a tribe of the forest.”
What elves fear now.
It is not death
It is the despair of not being able to achieve anything even in their own death.
Even though they fought to the point of burning their lives to protect their homeland and their people, if everything is destroyed in the end, their sacrifice is just a dog’s death with no value left.
But now, the path is starting to find a way out little by little by Eun-hyeon.
Regina nodded her head, accepted Eun-hyun’s words, and made her face hardened with her determination.
“… All elves, listen.”
She turned around and the entire elven army of the elven guard behind her stared at their queen, Regina.
“Our benefactor created the conditions for us to fulfill our mission. Even in this situation, can we just do nothing out of fear and just shake the hand holding the weapon?”
“No!”
Several elves shook their heads and shouted loudly.
“Then what are we supposed to do now?”
“For the forest! Fighting for the Elves!”
“Even if that is the end of going back to nature?”
“That’s right!”
Hope gradually bloomed in the eyes of the elves who were filled with fear and terror.
They imagined the worst ending in which the forest was destroyed by poison and petrification and the world tree, the sacred tree that bestowed grace upon them, was taken away, but in the midst of despair, they began to gain courage from the hope that began to appear.
“I command all elves! To protect the forest, to protect the race, defeat our enemies!”
“I obey the Queen’s command!”
As soon as Regina’s order is given, thousands of elves begin to summon all the spirits that can be summoned in their power.
[Low spirit magic]
[Summoning lower level spirits]
A weak whirlwind blown by the wind.
Dozens of embers floating in the air.
Heaps of stones and mud on the floor that are starting to move.
Water droplets suspended in the air by condensation of water vapor.
They are small spirits summoned by the call of the elves.
[Intermediate Spiritual Art]
[Summon the Spirit of the Middle Level]
And even the spirits in the form of people formed by the colors of the four elements, which seem to be higher entities.
In the spectacle of thousands of spirits flying in a circle around her, enormous magical energy was concentrated, and Regina also activated her own elemental magic.
[Elven Guard Spirit Art]
[Fairy Bloom]
Every time dozens of fairies the size of the palm of your hand flapped their wings, a large amount of dense magical energy was scattered and absorbed into the bodies of the elves.
A wide-area buff that strengthens the physical abilities of all elves within the range by scattering the magic of the World Tree in the form of a blessing.
Having bestowed blessings on her elves to enhance her physical abilities, Regina then summoned her elemental, with whom she made a pact.
[Advanced spirit magic]
[Summon higher level spirits]
As the green magic of the World Tree condensed, the whirlwinds gathered together soon turned into a higher-level spirit in the form of a beautiful woman.
“… ?”
Eun-hyeon stopped her actions for a moment and stared at the wind spirit that Regina had summoned.
It was because the appearance of the spirit was so familiar.
Even after more than 300 years have passed, her appearance evokes memories of a female elf that remains as a memory.
“No way…”
Eun-hyeon couldn’t figure out this much, and she was embarrassed because she didn’t expect it at all.
With an expression of disbelief on her face, Eunhyeon carefully mentioned the name of a female elf she had a relationship with in the past.
“Sylvia… ?”
