"I'm not very sure. Vanessa's condition hasn't been very good lately, but it's not something that's particularly serious that can be seen with the naked eye."
Miss Lassers' tone was quite worried:
"I want her to inform the Witches Council, but Vanessa doesn't like bothering others all the time and thinks this is just a trivial matter. Mr. Watson, since you also know other great witches, please advise Vanessa after you rescue her.
"
"No problem, and my real name is Shad Hamilton."
Shade said, Miss Lassus nodded, and then the puppet's head suddenly raised and looked at him:
"Hamilton? It's rumored to belong to Miss Carina."
This rumor spread further than Shade imagined.
"Act III: Royal Knights and Foreign Knights"
The foreign knight and the loyal maid fought against the forest giant, gained the giant's power, defeated the evil wizard, and took away the wizard's ring. For the princess, they continued to set off, even though they had feelings for each other, they still fought for the one who was
The imprisoned princess came to the gate of the castle."
Amidst the funny singing, the two people who returned to the fork in the city were once again taken to the bottom of the castle by the change of venue. This is a typical fairy tale style castle. Surrounding the castle is a moat - that is, made of wooden troughs.
ditch, but the suspension bridge was not lowered at this time.
Movement in the puppet form was hindered. Even if both of them could swim, there was no need to risk swimming across the river. Shade used Silver Moon Slash to cut off the ropes of the suspension bridge. After finding that there was still no whereabouts on the bridge, he cast a spell to summon the dilapidated boat.
Then he and Miss Lassers took a wooden boat to cross the not-wide river.
There are mechanisms on the walls of the castle model. After rotating the turntable, the suspension bridge is lowered, and the entrance to the interior of the castle is finally opened.
Although the area of the castle model is far less than that of the "Giant Forest" and "Abandoned Royal Capital" areas, the level of detail inside the castle model is not comparable to the rough scenes outside.
The interiors of the city model buildings are all hollow, but inside the castle, there are almost real rooms, corridors, stairs and even secret doors, oil paintings on the walls, kerosene lamps and decorative red carpets, all of which make people doubt that they are really real.
Come to the kingdom of puppets.
Corresponding to the wild wolves in the forest and the thugs in the city, the enemies blocking the road are knights in armor in the castle.
They were hollow wooden models, and most of them held wooden one-handed swords. Their swordsmanship and defense were extremely impressive. A few enemies also held shields, and even fewer used two-handed swords or spears.
They exist in almost every corner of the castle model. Although they only perform close attacks, once they form a cluster, it will also be troublesome for Shade and Miss Lassers.
They can only fight as quietly as possible, and at this time Shade's swordsmanship will come into play. Although he will not claim to be a master of swordsmanship, the swordsmanship he learned from [Night Watch] is equally amazing, and combined with [Disorder Time]
The three swords summoned by "Blade" were almost useless to Miss Lassers. Every time she saw Shade rushing forward with the moonlight sword in hand, and then defeating the enemies in front of her after a swordsmanship contest.
You only need to take the stairs to the top, but just like what the puppet said, the door at the top requires three items to open. Even Shade's "Key to the Door" cannot force the door open in the puppet form.
After all, this is the basic rule for sage-level relics.
By collecting small notes left in the castle, Shade and Miss Lassers pieced together some information. They helped each other along the way, and finally learned about the "controlled Royal Knight" through fragmentary information.
The position of the puppet.
The secret door is located in the kitchen on the second floor. You can go back to the first floor through the secret passage, and then go around the bookshelf behind the study to see the stairs going up.
The royal knight puppet is waiting for the two of them in the hidden hall at the end of the stairs. It is similar in size to the armor puppet in the castle, but the surface painting and helmet style are more gorgeous.
The left hand holds a half-height silver shield, and the right hand pulls out the one-handed silver sword inserted into the gap between the carpet and the "floor tiles", as if standing in the arena, waiting for the arrival of the two people.
"Silver Moon Slash!"
Shade, who pushed open the door, still launched a long-range attack, wanting to test the opponent's defense strength. Unexpectedly, the knight puppet did not dodge at all. He raised the silver shield and waved it, and the bright arc-shaped light blade touched the silver.
Shield, and then return the same way as if reflected by a mirror.
If Shade hadn't pulled Miss Lassers to the side in time, the two of them might have been cut off in half.
"what's the situation?"
Shade was greatly surprised. He had never encountered such a situation before. Even though the power of the spell he cast in the puppet form was weakened, the essence was still "Moonlight Slash".
"Fireball!"
While thinking, Miss Lassus also raised her right hand. As the red copper ring glowed, a fireball about the size of the puppet's head flew out. The silk thread above the knight puppet trembled, and the silver shield in her left hand waved out again, and the fireball was immediately struck.
He fought back.
Fortunately, the two of them were well prepared this time, and the fireball just hit the wall, penetrated the wall, and flew out of the castle model. Until it hit the wall of the box, it made a soft thud and appeared.
There was a spark before it disappeared.
The sound was not loud, and it could even be said that it was completely submerged in the hoarse bass singing in the opera house. The opera outside was being staged to the point where the male protagonist was rejected by his courtship and was alone and sad by the river.
"Meow?"
But next to the box where Shade was "adventuring", the cat's little ears, lying on the sofa and taking a nap alone, twitched a few times, apparently hearing this abnormal sound.
The cat was very alert, so it lazily stood up and looked at the wall where the noise had just come from. It shook its tail wearing the [Metamorphosis Ring], jumped from the sofa to the back of the sofa and looked around, but didn't see Shade's.
figure.
"Meow~"
The cat raised its butt back, opened its mouth wide, and stretched its body. The cat jumped neatly on the soft carpet, and then came to the closed door. It bumped it twice with its little head to confirm that it had hit the door.
He didn't open the door, so he turned around and backed away, adjusted his position and rushed towards the door.
His claws grabbed the door panel neatly, and with just two jumps, the dexterous orange cat had already grabbed the metal door handle with his claws.
But unfortunately, the cat was not heavy enough to pull the door handle down. So it squirmed a few times, and as the door handle was pulled down, the door creaked open.
Mia swayed for a few times, then jumped to the floor again, stretched out her kitten's head from the crack in the door and looked around. Then, her pink nose twitched a few times, catching Shade's scent. Then the cat's half
The bodies squeezed out like water from the narrow crack in the door and looked at the half-opened door next door.
The cat smelled Shade's scent and was worried about Shade, so it trotted over.
Clang!
The moonlight sword collided with the knight's silver sword, and tiny silver light fragments flew everywhere. Even though Shade's strength increased while wearing the ruby, he still failed to gain the upper hand in the battle with the "Royal Knight" puppet.
Since the spell cast would be rebounded, Shade brought the ruby and engaged in a close combat with the Royal Knight. The Royal Knight had a sword in one hand and a shield in the other. His attack and defense were so flexible that he didn't look like a puppet. Even his strength was incomparable to the one wearing the "
Pretty much the same as Shad from "Ruby the Forest Giant".
But fortunately, it is only one person after all, using a combination of sword and shield to fight Shade, which means that it cannot defend against Miss Lassus' fireball.
Therefore, when Shade's [Criminal Chain] finally succeeded in binding the Royal Knight's right foot, making it slow in its movements and having to use its sword and shield to defend against Shade's four moonlight swords at the same time, Miss Lassers
The fireball hit its back head-on.
The Royal Knight's body defense is not outstanding. Although it was not damaged after being hit by a fireball, its body movements became more inflexible.
"good chance!"
Shade stabbed the gap between the knight's sword and shield with the yellow "Moonlight Great Sword" in his left hand, and the silver "Moonlight Great Sword" in his right hand pressed against the knight's large shield, not giving it a chance to fight back. Miss Lassus endured the weakness caused by the huge consumption of mental power.
Feeling that, he once again used fireballs to sneak attack on the knight's back. After five consecutive fireballs hit the target, the "Royal Knight" finally knocked away Shade in front of him, turned around and charged towards Miss Lassers with his shield.
This was not a simple charge. At that moment, Miss Lassus actually felt that she was imprisoned in place and unable to move, but the shield-wielding knight had almost turned into a silver chariot and charged towards her.
"Mr. Hamilton!"
"don’t worry!"
The figure of Shade's puppet once again used "Raglai's Jump" and appeared between Miss Lassers and the Royal Knight. At this moment, he also felt that his body seemed unable to move, but he did not need to move:
"Seal of Heaton!"
A golden shield of light emerged from around him, blocking the charging knight. The burst of light caused the knight to fall to the ground. With this cooperation, Xia Decai finally threw out the chain and wrapped it around the knight.
After taking away the long sword, the royal knight finally became motionless.
"Are you OK?"
Miss Lassers hurriedly supported Shade. Although the Heaton seal was successfully cast just now, the shield was actually shattered. Shade was a little unsteady due to the backlash, but the situation was not serious.
"It's okay for now."
As he spoke, there was a "boom~" sound, and the wall on the east side of the battle space seemed to have been hit by a sledgehammer, revealing a cracked hole. After the wall collapsed, a shortcut to the top stairs was revealed.
They no longer have to go back through the secret passage:
“This is convenient”
"You don't look like you're okay."
Miss Lassers asked worriedly. There were now three obvious split marks on Shade's puppet body. Those marks were all caused by the silver sword in his hand at this time, but compared with the previous two props, this one was
The sword is mediocre and has no other effect other than being sharper.