Chapter three hundred and fortieth fierce battle in the rain
Amidst the rumbling rain, strange-looking figures appeared from windows, alleyways and rooftops in the surrounding seemingly abandoned houses. At the same time, after Shade and the professor finally jumped out of the window, shadowy figures also appeared on the street behind them.
figures of local residents.
Professor Katya might not be able to see clearly due to his old age, but Shade could see clearly that the faces of the residents were clearly the same as in the oil paintings, showing an ugly and terrifying appearance. They might not be as pure and peaceful as the captain of the fishbone pirate ship.
Terrifying, but definitely not a normal human being:
"This old street...Professor, Mr. Scott, you run first. Go to the direction indicated by Miss Princes."
As Shade said, a silver arc of light flew out of his hand and cut off the head of the male servant who stuck his head out of the window where the two of them jumped from just now.
The head fell on the rainy street, spinning and stopping at the feet of Professor Katya. The eyes were not closed, and they had strange blood-red fish eyes, which looked particularly disgusting.
Professor Katya looked at Shade in surprise, with a look of realization on his face:
"So you are...I understand! Let's go first."
How could a folklorist who had worked with the church not know about the existence of ring warlocks? The professor grabbed the students who looked around in fear and ran straight to the streets that were not blocked yet.
Lecia and Shade stood together. The former nodded and took a deep breath. As the paper roll thrown casually burned, light green light spots on his body flew out vaguely. A few seconds later, the forest archer carrying the quiver on his back
An illusory figure appeared beside her.
"The cult here is transforming humans into those terrifying fish-men."
The princess summarized the situation in the rain, controlled the archer to set up a bow and shoot an arrow. The green light cut through the rain curtain and accurately penetrated the throat of the fish-faced creature closest to the two of them. Others looked at them in fear.
"Mr. Jude's cure for the mermaid curse shouldn't be a lie. If he transforms into a mermaid, the curse may disappear. He used these words to attract the local cursed ring magicians, hoping to transform them into such ugly things to bring peace to the sea.
We also prepare more manpower for the ceremony.”
Shade also said, with his back leaning against Princess Lesia, the silver moonlight in his hand gently pushed forward. The arc of light cut through the rain curtain like a shock wave, cutting off three fish-faced creatures that rushed out of the abandoned stone house.
Although these things look scary, apart from being difficult to kill and being physically stronger, they have no special powers at all.
Just as Shade was thinking this, Lesia suddenly pulled his arm and made him take two steps back. Almost in the next second, an arrow made of black liquid flew past his face.
The two of them looked at the alley to the side at the same time. Mr. Jude, who said he was going to pick up antiques upstairs, was looking at the two of them with a slender salted fish in his hand. A voice like a mouthful of phlegm passed through the rain curtain and reached the two of them.
In the ears:
"I originally thought that you were really reporters, and I wanted to transform you into my Lord's dependents. Unexpectedly, you turned out to be ring warlocks attracted by the rumors I spread. That would be even better..."
People with fish-like features on their faces hid in every corner of the street and peered at the two people. Shade, reminded by the woman's voice in his ear, noticed that there were at least four ring-like creatures hidden among the fish-like creatures.
Warlock.
Since this ancient street is the stronghold of the Scarlet Secret Cult, there must be more than one ring warlock stationed here. I am afraid that the residents of this entire street are all terrifying creatures transformed by the Secret Cult, and some of them live here.
Some have already penetrated into the city.
"Your companions can't escape either. Someone will intercept them. This street has been under our control for hundreds of years. A large ceremony is held from the ground to high in the sky to ensure that no matter what happens, no one outside will notice."
Mr. Jude looked towards the direction in which the two scholars were escaping, Lecia pursed her lips, and Shade looked across the rain curtain towards the Peace Church located in the old town of Coldwater Port. The church is not very far from here, but even if it is not there
The so-called ceremony, in the rainy weather, the sound of the steam bomb could not be heard from this street.
"Xia De, you..."
The princess, who was soaked all over, glanced at Shade. Her long red hair stuck to her face and she looked very embarrassed:
"Do you know what you're going to do?"
Shade nodded:
"Understood, but we need to buy some time so that we can have a chance to escape."
"no problem."
She took out a roll of parchment with each hand, and as the flames burned in the rain, an almost solid princess holding a spindle appeared on the left, and an equally solid little girl wearing slippers and carrying a basket appeared on the right.
Dorothy said that an important manifestation of their mutual influence is that both of them can use their power.
The whistle and bell rang, and the ring warlocks hidden in the building rushed out, but they all seemed to be low-level warlocks. The princess holding the spindle and the little match girl rushed forward in the rain, but they were two people away.
The nearest Mr. Jude shook the slender salted fish in his hand again, and Lecia hooked up a slender red ribbon from the earring with her right hand and flew towards Mr. Jude.
Mr. Jude did not dodge, and the salted fish in his hand emitted a faint silver light. He quickly swung the fish in the rain. Although it looked ridiculous, the red ribbon actually shifted its direction.
Shade threw away the frog legs in his hand, squatted slightly in the rain, and then jumped into the air. He looked up at the rainy sky. When he reached the highest point, his body disappeared out of thin air, and then appeared 30 feet away.
at.
"This height is enough."
The tallest building in the nearby block was not taller than him. Shade squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the Peace Church, then pointed his finger at the sky, and the whole body's spirit exploded violently at this moment:
"Silver Moon!"
On a rainy and hazy morning, even a flash of light could not travel very far. However, it was located high in the sky and was not blocked by buildings. This light, which almost blinded the eyes of everyone on the ground, still attracted the attention of the Peace Church.
Shade landed safely, and Lesia was not hurt because she lowered her head and closed her eyes in time, but most of her opponents lost all their vision in a short period of time.
"Let's go!"
The strange light appearing in the city has attracted the attention of the church. The high-level warlock stationed locally may appear at any time. The members of the cult have also thought of this. In the chaos after the flash, not many people still want to stay.
Exit Shade and Lesia.
"Wait, he's the only one who has seen our faces up close."
The blurry figure of the archer next to the princess appeared again. He bent his bow and set an arrow, and the arrow shot through the rain curtain towards Mr. Jude at the entrance of the alley. But the blind middle-aged man gently flicked the salted fish in his hand, and actually shot it
This arrow was blocked.
"That fish has special resistance to energy attacks!"
"The church people are coming!"
Golden light spots have already appeared in the sky, and if we don't move away, it will be too late.
"You go first, and you must not let the church see you."
Shade pushed Lecia and then rushed towards Mr. Jude. The princess nodded worriedly:
"Run east in a moment, I'll wait for you there."
After saying that, he held up the hem of his skirt and ran towards the direction where the two scholars left.
The boots stepped on the puddles, but the splashes could not keep up with the moving footsteps. Mr. Jude turned and ran along the alley towards another block. The sound from behind let him know that someone was chasing him:
"Stop him!"
Although his eyes were temporarily blind, he knew there were helpers ahead.
The two fish-like creatures lurking in the alley immediately passed Mr. Jude and shot at Shade with guns. However, the old-fashioned gunpowder guns they used were prone to problems in rainy days. At this moment, they were still aiming at moving objects. Two consecutive shots
Shade was unscathed despite the gunshots.
The sound of wind came from behind. Mr. Jude thought of the sharp moonlight he had just seen, and immediately turned around to block it with the salted fish in his hand. But to his surprise, what split the rain curtain and the air was not moonlight, but more like
It’s an object like playing cards:
"What?"
The salted fish, which could withstand energy, was actually cut into two sections by a card, which surprised Shade. He thought it was a relic, but he didn't expect it to be an alchemy item.
Immediately, the stranger, who still had a dozen steps left to catch up with his opponent, let the flying moonlight hit Mr. Jude's head.
As the middle-aged man continued to run, he let the life ring appear behind him. The [Guardian] spirit runes flashed, and the metal full-body armor wrapped with seaweed actually appeared from the air, blocking the moonlight attack.
The suit of armor moved slowly, as if trying to stop him. But Shade, who was catching up, raised his sword and dropped it. The giant sword in both hands carried huge potential energy and slashed straight down. The metal armor was divided into two, and the cutting
The cross section is extremely smooth.
"oh!"
Mr. Jude, who was running in front, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and the thaumaturgic backlash caused him to stagger and almost fall down.
The second spiritual rune [Drowning] lit up, and the blasphemous spiritual light spurted out, making Shade, who was catching up in the rain, suddenly feel short of breath:
"Breathing underwater."
The thaumaturgic effect was targeted, and Shade continued to approach with the two-handed sword. Mr. Jude stopped running away. He held his chest and breathed heavily, and turned to face Shade:
"You think I'm afraid of you because I'm blind?"
The four-ring warlock's life ring appeared completely, and the three runes of [Guardian], [Fish] and [Sacrifice] lit up at the same time. The flickering silver light made the middle-aged man seem to have grown taller. His face
Becoming closer to the terrifying appearance in the oil painting, his hands gathered the rainwater and fixed the liquid into a slender stabbing sword and a shield with a mermaid pattern.
The gunshot rang out, and it was Shade who fired. His revolver was fairly waterproof. But Mr. Jude resisted the shot, and then his ears noticed the sound of wind coming from both sides at the same time, so he stabbed with the rapier in his right hand.
After passing through the flying card, the shield in his left hand blocked another card.
Because he was blind, he did not see that Shade had jumped into the sky with the power of the spell that had not faded away.
"Ah!"
The sword light fell, and the corpses and patches of blood fell to the bumpy alley floor. The silver giant sword disappeared in Shade's hand, and the blood attached to the sword left more traces on his trousers.
Because he knew it was a low-level attack, Shade dared to catch up. This was not a fair fight. If the opponent's eyes could see that the attacks on both sides were just cards, he would never choose to give up the defense on the front.
At this time, there was another gunshot behind him, and Shade subconsciously dodged it. By chance, a whole team of ring warlocks had appeared behind the alley, so instead of killing the two fish-like creatures that shot at him, Shade suddenly
He jumped up onto the roof beside the alley, and left quickly in the rain.
There were scattered gunshots behind him, and the golden light unique to magic appeared in Kezem Lane. Shade vaguely heard the voice of the group of church ring warlocks behind him as they rushed up:
"Look, I knew there must be a mermaid who can shoot!"
After heading east and crossing two streets, we successfully saw Lesia and the carriage. The coachman and the two scholars had serious eye injuries, but the maid in the carriage was lucky to be fine.
Shade jumped off the roof, squatted down using the momentum of his fall, and then jumped into the car through the window:
"Come on...oh!"
Then he bumped into the blind men in the carriage.
The maid and the father-in-law couldn't handle the wailing of the people in the carriage. Together they set up the carriage and drove everyone along the rain-stormed streets into the distance.