Chapter 168 – Episode 167. This Is the Place to Be Buried. You or I (3)
Cumbersome.
This was Astrid’s impression.
Her chanter is one of her, unlike the wizard who only needs to take care of her caster, her shaman is one of her main body, but even the amulets flying around her bother her and bother her.
“Your spirits are on the rise, but why are you losing your pulse? It was like that when I was younger, and nothing has changed since I grew up.”
“Wasn’t it the teacher who said it was good because he had good energy?”
That’s what she said, but Astrid was well aware that things weren’t very good right now.
Her amulet flies around, blood arrows fly from her amulet, snakes or unknown tentacles sprout from all over her and attack her, and if you want to avoid them, her Astein appearance It disappears in a flash and then appears from afar.
“Imaginary Gorge is the world of my heart. Since you set foot here, there was no chance of winning in the first place, Astrid.”
“I can break your heart.”
Not a word spoken
Astrid had just swung her Snow Flower Jr. And sliced her tentacle in half.
Her momentum hasn’t diminished, but what should I do to defeat Astain, who seems to have no restrictions on movement at this point?
“What would it be like to quietly become a sacrifice? I’ll change my plans too, so if you become a sacrifice, I’ll make it easier for you to kill me.”
Astain smiled and grinned at Astrid.
A lot of sacrifices have already been collected, and only the last one is left.
The glass filled with her blood, now rocking on the altar, was proof of that.
There are hundreds of people who have squeezed blood for that glass.
Since it was a ritual that required blood to be squeezed and squeezed out to collect only the remaining blood containing the final death, it was only possible to collect that much after collecting hundreds of sacrifices.
And now that he is using that blood to spread his sorcery, unlike before, he can subdue Astrid so easily.
This is proof that magic is superior to magic.
The source of life, the magic that is used by squeezing blood, is not so weak that it is pushed back by a woman who only believes in such power and goes wild.
Rather, it is overwhelming enough to overflow.
“Don’t be silly, sir. You thought I was stupid.”
“You are stupid.”
I didn’t have a study head.
His combat sense was really good, but it’s true that he didn’t have the brain to study to support it.
“Do not be ridiculous. Because His Highness will surely come to help me.”
“Your Highness, tell me.”
Astain’s hand, which was busy signing hands, stopped.
His eyes are full of ridicule, and he is looking at Astrid.
The question of whether he still had vain hopes rose to the top of his throat, but there was no need for such an obvious provocation.
“This self-sustaining tower is now a place where you cannot enter without my permission, Astrid. It means no one is coming even though you’re cornered like this. Even that traitor bitch can’t come in without permission. Do you still not understand?”
“There is no such thing as absolute. Don’t you know that either? It would be even more embarrassing when you get older and don’t know that.”
Astrid slammed Snow Flower Jr. Into the ground and caught her breath.
Honestly, it was true that the situation was not good right now.
Whatever he had done, it felt like he was out of breath every time he breathed.
Since breathing is not properly performed, the strength of the limbs is gradually decreasing compared to the original one.
Besides, it felt like my field of vision was getting narrower.
“Astrid, there is no chance for you. Let it give up As long as there is residual blood, there is no way for you to escape this canyon.”
Even though black circles are drawn under his feet, Astrid doesn’t notice anything.
And even though tentacles are wriggling and crawling out of the circle, Astrid doesn’t notice.
At last the tentacles wrapped around his ankles and lifted them high—
It was faster than Astrid, who cut off her tentacles and wielded a greatsword.
The tentacles that held her aloft plunged her to the ground faster than Astrid’s greatsword.
– Bang!
Dust was blown up.
As the dust, which could be clearly seen even in the dark, rose up, Astrid coughed up black blood.
No matter how she is, her divine powers and divine martial arts are specialized for her offensive powers, and do not help her defensive powers either.
And more than that—
– Quickly…
Incontinence spread to her bracelet, which protected her with her white light from all her magical attacks.
As soon as Astrid saw her bracelet, Astrid let out a bitter sigh, as if the incontinence that had spread for a long time was clearly visible, foretelling that the bracelet would break at any moment.
“I guess I can still hold on.”
“Come on, sleep—”
Despite Astrid’s cries, her tentacles coiled around her ankles and lifted them high again.
She pauses for a moment, then plunges her back toward the ground as if driving a nail into her.
– Quaang!
“Aww… !”
Finally, a painful breath escaped Astrid’s mouth.
The Snow Flower Jr., Which she was holding tightly, was dropped, and on the contrary, even the bracelet on her left wrist shattered and disappeared into unrecognizable fragments.
“Oh, no… “
There was no feeling below her knees.
She wasn’t cut or anything, but even though she was broken, she didn’t feel any sensation as if she had blocked her senses to stop the pain.
But more than that, her bracelet broke.
Her bracelet, which had been holding her in place, was broken.
Her bracelet, which Leopold had given her as a gift, broke.
“Bracelets, bracelets… “
After her bracelet disappeared, Astrid had no anti-magic / anti-magic defense equipment left.
In the wake of that, the breath of Hell, which had originally spread throughout this Hell Valley of Purgatory, began to oppress her, and the brimstone mixed in her air slowly ate away from her respiratory tract.
Her eyes were blurring.
Her previously narrow field of vision had become even narrower, to the point where she couldn’t see anything but the front of her.
It hurts as if her whole body is being weighed down by the heavy air.
Her defeat, which she had scarcely felt before, was coming with her companion, the crisis of her life as never before.
*
– This self-sustaining tower is now a place where you can’t enter without my permission, Astrid. It means no one is coming even though you’re cornered like this. Even that traitor bitch can’t come in without permission. Do you still not understand?
I heard Astain’s voice.
“He always has plans like this. If he didn’t know, he wouldn’t consider it at all. So it will be like this.”
Berathien murmured softly.
At those words, both Erania and Leopold nodded their heads.
Just as there is no house without an emergency exit, there was an exit like a dog hole at the top of the self-sustaining tower.
Erania had invaded this place before, so she came there to find it, and that was the correct answer, and thanks to that, Leopold, Erania, and Veracien were able to break into the Jaseng Tower without too much difficulty.
“Then, now here at once.”
Leopold was ready to jump down.
The Jaseng Tower has a somewhat odd structure, where you climb the stairs in a circle from Sogong-dong on the first floor.
The height is too high to jump without any countermeasures, but once you jump up and deploy the magic bracelet’s air suspension, you should be able to fall without shock.
“Wait a minute.”
Veracien stopped such Leopold.
Vera Shien shook his head, holding Leopold’s shoulder and holding him back.
“Wait a little longer. Even if you jump down now, if you fall into that space, there will only be two corpses.”
“Then how?”
“Stay still.”
– Astrid, there is no chance for you. Let it give up As long as there is residual blood, there is no way for you to escape this valley of images.
Then, as if waiting for her words, Astain’s voice was heard.
I don’t know what residual blood means, but Veracien seemed to understand what he said.
“Hey, do you see that altar?”
Looking down, I saw something that looked like a fairly large barrel.
It doesn’t look right, so I don’t know what it is, but I still see something similar.
“That thing that looks like a barrel, what’s in there is probably blood. Blood. Blood collected by squeezing a person. Because that seems to be the raw material for the magic that is currently being developed.”
“Is it okay if I break it?”
“That’s it.”
Vera Shien nodded her head.
“If that’s the case, shouldn’t I just shoot and destroy it here?”
“It’s not weak enough to break with an arrow. Leopold, don’t even think about attacking directly from above, just fall from above. Could you?”
Veracien was asking for something unreasonable.
She is telling Leopold to just jump this height with her bare body.
“Can’t you?”
“… You have to do it to know You’re saying I’m going to break that thing with my weight, right?”
“That’s it.”
“You have to save Astrid… “
At the same time as his answer, a loud bang sounded.
Her hasty look down at her saw Astrid pinned to the ground, and something in her grip around her ankle lifted her high again and slammed her to the ground.
“… I’ll go first. Please follow me.”
Leopold thought no further.
Before Astrid could get any more dangerous, Leopold jumped under him.
*
“Okay, now we have to finish. It was a lot of fun, Astrid. But don’t be lonely because your lover will follow soon.”
Her tentacles held her high again.
Snow Flower Jr. Had also been blown away, and her bracelet had been blown off, and Astrid’s eyes had lost their vitality.
Astrid, helpless and unable to resist, was lifted high into the air, and she was about to be stamped under her.
– Kwaaaaang!
An explosion occurred with a tremendous sound.
A thick cloud of dust should have bloomed— but the dust didn’t bloom because the explosion was mixed with the sound of glass breaking and liquid scattering.
“Cool, cool… “
“Eh, what is this… !?”
With Astein’s voice mixed with surprise, Astrid’s tentacles wrapped around her ankles disappeared.
Astrid falling down.
And then, someone embraced her.
“Astrid, are you okay?”
