On the deserted street, with two moons hanging high in the sky, Marissa ran out of the church and ran as hard as she could to the bell tower in front. On the platform at the top of the tower, there is a communication orb with camouflage magic.
The smoke bomb could not stop the witch for long, and it was already too late to deliver all the evidence. But at least the most critical information must be sent back to headquarters.
Marissa ran forward as fast as she could. Suddenly, a figure jumped out of the darkness and reached out to grab her. Marissa screamed and dodged; she saw that the man's hands and feet were stiff and his movements were weird. His upper body was disguised as a monk by magic, but his lower body was still a metal skeleton - a puppet dummy.
At this time, one puppet after another sprang out from the darkness, moving in a uniform manner, waving the sword in their hands, blocking Marissa's way. Marisa dodged left and right in a thrilling way, relying on her small body and agility to escape between the blade and the puppet's palm.
At the other end of the narrow street, in the thick smoke from the gap in the stone wall, a red light flickered frequently. It was the light emitted from one of Serena's mechanical pupils. Around her, smoke mixed with interference foils blocked the detection of magic, but she was not in a hurry to escape from the smoke screen. Instead, she calmly sent out command signals and concentrated on controlling the puppets;
They were originally their own creations, but after the signal control was taken back, they returned to serving their masters. And because the energy supply is restored, the movements become accurate and powerful, which is more than enough to play with a running away girl. Serena shouted with interest;
"Little mouse, it seems that we are peers. Do you want to compete to see whose skills are better?"
Marissa slipped between the legs of a puppet and rolled around on the ground. Just as she was about to get up, she hit the wall on one side. The pain was so painful that she couldn't stand upright as her eyes were filled with stars. Get up; however, the enemy has no mercy on mistakes, not even by a nine-year-old. The puppet had already stalked up to catch up, raised his sword high, and without a moment's hesitation stabbed Marissa in the back;
At this moment, with a muffled sound, its knees were surrounded by a ball of flames, and the metal frame broke, causing the body to fall immediately; its upper body lay on the ground, still doing ridiculous sword-swinging movements. At the same time, a series of miniature explosions sounded continuously, and the puppets had their legs broken and collapsed.
When she escaped the attack just now, Marissa walked between the puppets and took the opportunity to affix temporarily modified detonating symbols on their legs and feet one by one.
The high-explosive runes she brought had been used up while rescuing the children, but Marisa's principle was never to leave her pockets empty. After walking around the witch's secret studio filled with good things, if she didn't point them out smoothly, she wouldn't be her at all;
Special-grade magic powder, mithril magic guide, and transformation crystal are all high-grade rare materials. The candy inducer used to attract puppets was made from pure blocks of Shunzhiyuan energy. A small piece of that thing was worth thousands of gold, and she felt very distressed when she made it.
While waiting for the fuse to be triggered on the roof, Marissa was not idle. She cut the high-grade birch magic pattern paper that she had come across into small pieces, and then used magic powder dipped in water to write and draw on the explosive array, making a simple explosive circle. of explosive runes. Although she couldn't remember many of the graphics and characters clearly, the actual power it produced was pitiful, but it was still better than bare hands; no, it came in handy.
Just hearing a muffled sound, the puppets all staggered and fell. The disappointed voice of the nun came from the smoke screen, "The material of their skeletons is mithril alloy, but it is very expensive. They are really mischievous and bad brats."
Marissa gritted her teeth and climbed up. She knew that the other party had been teasing her and made her retaliate. Once the location is exposed, the other party may have a way to kill her immediately. He is still under the knife hanging high, and must reach the communication orb immediately to send the information.
Marisa panted and ran towards the base of the tower. She looked up and saw that the orb was reflecting the glimmer of light in the moonlight; she was close, only a few steps away.
However, the distance of more than ten yards is so far away.
A wind blade flew quickly from behind, spinning forward along the ground, and caught up with Marissa in the blink of an eye. The invisible blade scratched her ankle, leaving a deep scar visible on the bone; Marissa screamed and fell heavily to the ground.
Looking back, she saw that her ankle was bleeding profusely and she couldn't get up. She endured the severe pain and crawled forward little by little with tears in her eyes.
From behind, Serena stepped out of the smoke screen, holding a big gun almost as long as herself, and said, "I'm really surprised, it turns out there is someone who is as good as me. If we hadn’t met in this situation, I would have really wanted to have a good communication with you!”
As she spoke, she turned the gun and shot at her feet. Immediately, a violent stream of air erupted centered around her feet, quickly dispelling the rune smoke surrounding her. In her clear vision again, Serena's purple mechanical pupils rotated, and her eyes, which were equipped with eagle eye and night vision techniques, could still accurately lock the target in the night and at such a long distance.
She raised the gun again and pointed it at the thin back under the tower. The small injured body was still crawling forward, dragging a trail of blood;
"What a cruel bunch of rebels, letting such a young child endure such pain." Serena shook her head and sighed, her finger on the trigger.
Before firing, she suddenly moved the muzzle of the gun upward. The charging sound of the wind elemental array was heard, and the wind blade accurately flew to the top of the tower, smashing the communication orb on the transmitter platform to pieces.
Marissa, who was lying under the tower, opened her eyes wide and watched in disbelief as the fragments of the orb fell one after another in front of her. Her last hope was gone, and tears rolled down her dirty cheeks.
"I'm still wondering who designed this device. It turns out to be you, little mouse. Your eyes are so beautiful. Can you give them to me?"
Serena put the big gun on her back, leaned down and grabbed Marisa's collar with her robotic arm, and lifted her up. Looking at her arm with only mechanical parts left, Serena sighed and said, "Oh, the skin I just made is broken again, and all the mice have escaped. Now I have to catch it again. Why are you doing this?" Well, grandma is really sad."
The blade light swung by, and the metal nails cut open Marissa's clothes; a large amount of candy immediately leaked out. Serena burst into laughter upon seeing this;
"It seems you like the desserts I made very much. Don't worry, I will make more for you. As long as you be obedient and hand over what you stole."
Serena searched over and over, but there were only these candies and some unused magic engineering props everywhere on the girl. The missing documents, letters, seals, and the most critical photography crystal were not found. Serena's face darkened slightly, then she smiled again, "As long as a bad boy corrects his mistakes, he will be forgiven. But if he is too naughty, he will be spanked."
