Putting aside the feelings of Odin and Heimdall, Lu Xiao is trying to think of ways to restrict Fafnir's actions in the mirror space.
It is obviously unrealistic to expect a time spell to immobilize a huge dragon. The preparation time required for the spell to be successful is too long and there are too many variables.
The same goes for space magic.
Fortunately, dragons are not divine, so Lu Xiao thought about it for a moment and formulated a battle strategy.
Freya, who stayed in place, was hit head-on by Fafnir's dragon breath, but she was not harmed. The magic vines rising from the ground blocked the dragon's breath.
Mimir, who was almost killed by Chiyu, innocently shouted to Lu Xiao: "Hey! Brother, did you forget something?"
Lu Xiao, who had just pulled out the Xuanyuan Sword, laughed without looking back: "Because I know you will be fine, let the goddess protect you."
Freya stared at Lu Xiao's back with an unhappy expression: "Selfish guy!"
Mimir explained: "Considering the relationship between you and your previous attitude towards him, I think Lu Xiao has this..."
"Shut up!"
Facts have proved that it is foolish to reason with a woman who is already prejudiced against him. Lu Xiao taught Mimir a lesson with practical actions.
Fafnir, who was soaring in the sky, would roll in pain in mid-air from time to time, but after all, he still couldn't get rid of the rune stone pillar inserted into his neck.
"roar!"
His eyes completely lost their luster, and like a wild beast, Fafnir relied on his hunting instinct to attack Freya on the ground again.
Judging from his posture, this time he seemed to be planning to land and fight Freya in close combat.
"Why are you looking for me! Get out of the way!"
The shape-changing magic vines erected a curved wall in front of Freya, guiding Fafnir, who was in full swing, in the direction of Lu Xiao.
"boom!"
The dragon landed, causing violent vibrations in a wide area. Fafnir's dragon chariot rushed straight towards Lu Xiao after being deflected by Freya.
Lowering his body's center of gravity and stabilizing his lower body, Lu Xiao took off before Fafnir's dragon head arrived, and golden sword energy shot out from the Xuanyuan Sword.
"Bah!"
The sword energy easily broke through Fafnir's strong scales and sank into his flesh, but this wound was like a needle prick to the dragon and could not pose a substantial threat.
Fafnir twisted his head strangely before being hit, and the attack originally aimed at the rune pillar actually missed.
‘As part of the mental control, is the primary goal to protect the rune pillar? Trouble.’
'I hope Yongzhen can gain something.'
…
At the same time, Yong Zhen and Tamamo Mae, who were isolated outside the mirror space, did not move for the time being.
With Lu Xiao's control ability, as long as he has the idea, he can definitely bring Yongzhen and Tamamo Maeya into the mirror space.
But he didn't do that.
Tamamo didn't think much about it. She didn't know Lu Xiao well enough, so she thought it was just a mistake caused by poor communication, but Yongzhen didn't think so.
"Lu Xiao must have his own motives for excluding us from the barrier."
Yongzhen held his eyebrows with his right hand and thought hard: "Only a few people know about our outing today. The time from departure to arrival at the destination is too short, so it is basically impossible for an insider to report us."
As a releaser of concealment spells, Tamamo Mae thought of a possibility.
"Could it be that our hidden spell was seen through by someone, and the other party deliberately arranged a dragon to attack?"
"It is possible." Yongzhen pondered and speculated: "Considering the relationship between many parties, Asgard should be the only one who has the ability and the ability to make such an arrangement."
Yongzhen and Tamamozen also heard Mimir tell stories about Fafnir. After deducing the identity of this giant dragon and the identity of the manipulator behind the scenes, they gradually clarify their ideas.
Yongzhen: "I think Lu Xiao hopes that we will find the Asaph clan controlling Fafnir behind the barrier outside the barrier."
Tamamo nods: "Considering that the God of Darkness, Hodel, died not long ago, Odin probably won't send an overly important god to perform the mission this time. We don't need to kill him, we just need to interrupt his attack on Favre."
Just keep it under control."
Once the goal is clear, the next step is how to execute it.
If Tamamo Mae's guess is correct, they will be exposed to Asgard's gaze as long as they leave the cave.
Obviously, the other party would not just watch the two people searching all over the mountains and plains, and would definitely make flexible responses, such as asking the manipulator behind the scenes to move the location and hide and seek with the two people in the vast mountains and forests.
"Anyway, let's locate the opponent's position first."
Yongzhen formed a seal on his hand and transmitted his magic power to Tamamo Mae: "After discovering the opponent's position, don't rush to alert him. We will find another way to sneak attack."
Tamamo-mae danced in the wide cave, and the faint blue spiritual energy wave slowly spread outward with Tamamo-mae as the center.
After about 2 minutes, Tamamo-mae stopped dancing and opened her eyes.
"We found it. It's in the middle of the mountain above us, and it's still moving forward."
A smile appeared on Yongzhen's lips: "As expected, he lost his vision. He will definitely want to see clearly what happened first."
The mirror space is not an ordinary barrier, and it is difficult to see abnormalities when observing from the outside.
In the eyes of the god Hermod, Fafnir suddenly disappeared without warning.
He could only confirm that Fafnir was still alive and engaged in a high-intensity battle with people through the divine power connected to the rune pillar.
But Hermod couldn't see the battle at all, and he subconsciously thought that someone had used a barrier to hide the battlefield.
Without Hermod's command, Fafnir was just venting his anger instinctively, and his combat effectiveness can be imagined.
In order to live up to Odin's trust, Hermod planned to touch the edge of the barrier to explore the bottom first, and then consider whether to risk entering the barrier to personally command the battle.
Tamamozen and Nagama who were hiding in the cave could not be seen by Heimdall, and Hermode was completely unaware of their whereabouts because of Tamamozen's concealment spell.
The disparity in intelligence allowed Hermod to continue groping forward without knowing anything.
"Da~"
Hermod, who jumped down from the mountain, held a black rune stone in his hand, which should be the same set of rune stone pillars that controlled Fafnir.
Yongzhen and Tamamoae watched Hermode fall from the sky, looked down at the rune stone in their hands, and relied on the resonance phenomenon to find Fafnir's location.
‘Shh~’
Yongzhen raised his finger in front of his mouth to make a silent gesture, and used the spiritual contract to direct Tamamo Mae to start taking action.
"Um... are you the great Asgardian god?"
Most of Hermod's attention was focused on finding the barrier. When Tamamo Mae asked in a timid tone behind him, Hermod was so frightened that he almost threw the rune stone.
While Hermod turned around on alert, Tamamo Mae did not make a sneak attack, but silently waited for Hermod's next reaction.
"you……"
Hermod's eyes were a little dazed by the peerless appearance of both East and West.
This was Tamamo Mae actively activating the eight-tails level charm spell, and even the gods were not that easy to break free from.