"This should be his limit, right?"
On the roof of the church, standing on the top of the ridge, with one foot on the intricate and exquisite saint statue, Mai Shutoku asked softly while looking at the four mythical swords that were hanging high with the giant statue.
"If this is his limit, Mai, should I give you white lilies or calla lilies next year today?" The voice of the potato chip girl thousands of miles away came to mind faintly in the headset, without too much gloating, probably just genuine. She wanted to be so disrespectful, so Mai Shutoku didn't really talk back.
"If the little white rabbit misses the target, I'll send you stars all over the sky." Mai Jiude looked back and glanced at Lu Mingfei, who was still tremblingly crawling on the roof of the church like a tightrope not far away and said lightly.
"You really don't have confidence in that little monster? He is a pure monster that can push you to the ground with one hand."
"It's not that I don't have confidence in the little monster...it's that his opponent is the Dragon King." Mai Shutoku sighed softly, looking at the unparalleled power, slowly moving at a frighteningly slow speed. The statue of the god with four giant swords inserted into it, its lazy speed is reminiscent of the meteorite that is about to hit the earth. It seems so slow, but the death it brings is constant, not one second faster, nor too late. One second.
"There is nothing scary about a cowardly Dragon King who just wants to run away, but the key is that he is now forced to a dead end... Rabbits will bite when they are anxious, let alone a Dragon King who controls boundless power? In a desperate situation For what he wants, we all know what he will be forced to release..." Mai Shutoku said.
"The world-destroying word spirit...Zhulong?" Potato Chip Girl's voice became softer rarely, and the sound of biting potato chips was also much quieter. This was a sign of awe for the real power. When talking about him, she would always start from Fear and respect welled up in my heart.
"...It's just that Constantine is now qualified to release this word spirit? Shouldn't that be a power that can only be controlled after the fusion of the twins?"
"If it was just Constantine alone, there shouldn't be any problem for the little monster to deal with him, and we wouldn't even need to take action. But now 'power' and 'power' have been initially integrated, even if it is not complete, what was born It's not something that hybrids can resist, and the incomplete Candle Dragon is also a world-destroying authority." Mai Shutoku said, "Sometimes I really doubt whether the 'Emperor' is a brilliant chess player or a pure madman, even if he is the boss. It is also impossible for the Dragon King to take the lead in merging, such an extremely outrageous move!"
"So even the boss is guessing the real purpose of the 'Emperor'..." Potato Chip Girl whispered, "If we just want to tear the old king off the throne and execute him, then the 'Emperor' has nothing to do with our purpose. They are consistent. But the problem is that the King of Bronze and Fire who is appearing now is far beyond his heyday! What does he want to do? Is he obsessed with performance, or is he uncomfortable with not being grand and spectacular? Is his Shakespearean plot better than the one in his heyday? Does the boss want more weight?"
"No..." Mai Shutoku said, then looked into the distance. Lu Mingfei, who finally crawled behind her, wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but then the whole church suddenly shook, as if someone was dragging the tray on the table and violently jerking it back and forth. The terrible sense of imbalance instantly made him lose his balance. He slipped on the roof and fell downstairs!
At the critical moment, Lu Mingfei was grabbed by the back of the collar. The wooden box he was holding in his arms, which weighed more than one hundred kilograms, hung like bacon on the edge of the roof. He looked up at the rescuer with lingering fear. He was standing on the ridge of the roof, Mai Shutoku, who was walking on flat ground... But he found that Mai Shutoku was not looking at him, but looking up to the sky.
So he also looked at the sky, and saw the red sky streaking across the dark clouds, like a meteor shower, and the biggest one hit them directly in the direction of their church! It smashed through the cross on the church, the fiery wind pressed against their heads, flew over their heads, crashed through the roof, and hit the ground!
There was another vibration that could almost lift people up. However, Mai Shutoku seemed to have no feeling in this vibration. The powerful balance of the female ninja allowed her to finish the whole thing amidst the shaking that was no less than an 8-magnitude earthquake. That shocking collision.
After climbing up the roof again, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but look back at the big hole on the roof of the church, and at a glance he saw the body of the meteor that crashed into the church... What kind of meteorite was that? It was simply a huge god's head, with an angry face cast entirely from lava. The fracture in his neck was so smooth that it looked as if his head had been cut off by something sharp!
In the direction of the Hall of Valor, the neck of the giant statue that originally stood tall was empty. Only the handles of the four mythical swords that looked like opening the sky were left. At the moment of the impact, the four heavy and sharp blades were superimposed and were furious. 'The knife was shattered and spun around, flying in all directions. When it landed, it split open the ground and penetrated deeply into the four corners of the academy. The head of the statue was also decapitated by the unabated knife!
The dangerous spirit of 'Agni' was transformed into hot magma during the shattering. At the moment of the collapse, it turned into a river of magma and flooded in all directions, destroying all the places to stand, but now all of this cannot be given. His enemies caused no trouble at all.
...The pale figure in mid-air has vibrated the blood-colored membrane wings, torn the air, and crashed into the Dragon King, who is also suspended in the air!
They use the sky as their battlefield! Gravity can no longer restrain their limbs! The new rules are also rewritten in the collision again and again, chanted in the scarlet color of blood and flesh!
"Three times of violent bloodshed...is it really the heart of the Dragon King that was released in the end?" Mai Shutoku's eyesight was enough to see the white monster with back and wings that was almost the same as the Dragon King and said in a low voice, "...This Why are you forcing the Dragon King? You are simply forcing him to keep moving towards the abyss! Does the 'Emperor' want to use the power of the King of Bronze and Fire to re-forge the 'S'-class sword?"
"If that's the case, is He a little too confident in that boy... Even with the third degree of violent bloodshed and the tenth level of 'Setsuna', compared with the already fused Dragon King, he is still a step behind... .That is an insurmountable chasm.”
Potato Chip Girl couldn't see the scene in Kassel Academy, but she could imagine the end of the world based on Mai Shutoku's words. As a logistics worker, she would rather not watch that scene and give up this shock. Spectacular drama.
"Does He want this boy to cross the threshold of the fourth degree of violent blood?" After a while, Potato Chip Girl suddenly guessed again in a low voice.
"No..." Mai Shutoku said, "Three violent bloodsheds are already the ultimate for him. To take another step forward, he needs more than pure blood and will to kill. The front is locked. The gate...According to the boss's words, three times of violent bloodshed or above is like a broken ladder to heaven. A 'key' is needed to resume the road to becoming a god and open the gate at the end of the heavenly road...but the 'key' It has been lost in history, and even he has no clue to find it."
"Then I don't see any hope for him to win. Even if he can destroy the Dragon King's 'Jun Yan' and 'Agni', what will he do with the 'Sky Fire' and 'Candle Dragon' that are very likely to appear next? ?" Potato Chip Girl asked, "... Maybe they seem to be evenly matched now, but he is almost at his limit... He has almost nothing left to squeeze out, but the Dragon King is still able to handle it, right?"
"Yes, that's why we are here." Mai Shutoku glanced down at Lu Mingfei, who was sitting on the ridge behind her, dumbfounded throughout the whole process, and slapped the boy on the top of his head, "... Little white rabbit, it’s time to get to work!”
"What kind of work are you doing?" Lu Mingfei was confused and frightened now. Anyone in his position would be like this.
Mai Shutoku kicked open the box in Lu Mingfei's hand, revealing the dark sniper rifle parts inside. The 20mm RT-20 heavy anti-material gun, also known as the 'Gun of the Giant', uses an advanced barrel and excellent sights. Equipped with weapons and a complete braking system, the ultra-high shooting accuracy can ensure a very high hit rate within a kilometer range.
But in fact, whether it can actually hit the target still depends on the sniper itself. Mai Shutoku is an excellent sniper herself. She has carried out no less than fifty attacks as a single sniper on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. For sniper activities, the mission completion rate is 100%.
But the person who needs to hold the gun today cannot be her. According to the boss's script, the person who pulls the trigger and becomes a hero can only be Lu Mingfei.
After the anti-material gun was quickly assembled, the big gun was placed on the only flat ground on the roof. Mai Shutoku carried Lu Mingfei to the sniper rifle like a chicken. Only then did the guy react. "Wait! Why me? I'm just a courier!"
Lu Mingfei really thought that he was a courier, and that delivering the wooden box to the beautiful long-legged sister in front of him who was not easy to mess with was his whole mission. Then he lay down and shot at the Dragon King. It’s within the scope of his contract!
"Why can't it be you? As an 'S' class, you may be one of the few hybrids in this academy who can shoot the Dragon King." Mai Shutoku stood next to Lu Mingfei with her hands folded and looked at him and said, "This It's the weapon you brought, so naturally it's up to you to use it. According to the scope of the contract, my obligation can only ensure that you arrive at this location safely and provide you with firearms assembly services... Because I guess you are The shooting club only teaches shooting but not the assembly and disassembly of firearms.”
Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded, because what Mai Shutoku said was right, which also meant that he was considered dead from the beginning when he was thrown away from the army, to when he rushed back to the dormitory to receive the package, and when he came to the current church. Damn it...he had already entered the situation without any knowledge, and now it is almost impossible to give up and leave.
"Look there." Seeing Lu Mingfei still struggling with his thoughts, Mai Shutoku raised his finger and pointed to the sky above the Hall of Valor where the impact of power was erupting in the distance, "If we continue at this pace, in the hands of the Dragon King, your friend may insist Less than ten minutes. In ten minutes, the Dragon King's patience will be exhausted, and the words that will be released will be no more than the previous small fight... Even if your friend can stop it, it will definitely be at the cost of his life. The price...you have been saved by him so many times, don't you want to return this favor to him even once? Or do you want to turn around and hide in a safe place now and put everything on him again? ?”
"You mean the one fighting that thing right now...is Lin Nian?" Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then turned to look into the distance.
"...You actually don't know? When did you evacuate from the Hall of Valor? Didn't you see his handsome appearance as a hero... But is your subtext now that your only friend is Lin Nian? ?" Jiude Mai tilted her head and looked at Lu Mingfei and smiled softly, "Why do you feel so pitiful..."
Her malicious comments were not counterattacked by Lu Mingfei, because the boy suddenly calmed down after being stunned, staring blankly at the two ferocious and beautiful shadows in the sky in the distance that could not be clearly captured by the naked eye.
Every time the monster with pale scales collided with the silent dragon king, they were in absolute balance. Whether it was strength or speed, 'Snap' and 'Blood' pushed the former's threshold to an extreme. However, at this extreme he could only A draw with his enemy - this was already quite a shocking result. He did not rely on modern force, but faced the sword and the Dragon King tit for tat with pure blood. No hybrid in history could touch this step.
But this is far from enough. His purpose is to kill the Dragon King, and the Dragon King is imprisoned in the realm of 'crime and punishment' and will do everything possible to kill him. Once it is a real battle of life and death, he now stands The peak he reached was still too low. The Dragon King was in the sky, so he also went to the sky. So how should he respond when the Dragon King really brings about the end of the world?
"This is... an unsolvable situation. The truly fused Dragon King cannot be matched by a single hybrid, not even the 'Prince'." In the church hall, in front of the giant statue head, a boy stood In the flowing magma, he turned to look at the fireworks blooming on the horizon outside the window and said softly, "By putting the 'Prince' in this situation, do you want him to transform or... seize the throne?"
No one could answer his question.
Above the church, Likutoku Mai's calm voice did not bring much fear to Lu Mingfei, because he only understood one message from beginning to end.
"You said Lin Nian might... die?"
His tone was strange, causing Mai Shutoku to look sideways at him again, and this time she found an emotion welling up in the boy's eyes... not blood, nor indignation, but fear.
Pure fear.
Afraid of losing something important.
Afraid that what she said would come true.
Afraid that her words would come true.
Mai Shutoku didn't know what expression to make. She just grinned and then her expression returned to calmness. The boy in front of her lowered his head as if he was having a psychological struggle... He should be like this. Is he running away in the face of a natural disaster? Friend grabbing the handle of the weapon is a problem for anyone. Thinking and struggling is never wrong. What is wrong is that they did not come up with a good answer before the question.
"Have you found the answer?" Jiude Mai looked at Lu Mingfei who had his head lowered and asked calmly.
"I...I don't know." Lu Mingfei said.
"..." Mai Shutoku looked at the boy's back lying on the ridge, and an emotion flashed across her eyes, but it was only fleeting.
"If you can't make up your mind, help him make up his mind, Mai, we don't have much time!" Potato Chip Girl, who heard everything on the communication channel, said fiercely, "If it really doesn't work, you can shoot. If the Dragon King really Once you take that step, it’s really doomed.”
Mai Shutoku was about to take a step forward to do something, when she suddenly saw Lu Mingfei, who was looking down at the side of the sniper rifle and sweating profusely. She was stunned for a moment and said, "What are you doing..."
"Damn it, where is the safety of this broken gun? I haven't found it before, sister!" Lu Mingfei shouted anxiously with his eyes wide open. He looked up from time to time to look at the battlefield in the distance, his eyes filled with confusion. I don't know whether it is passion or pure anxiety...the gathering together ignited the dim pupils that had been dimmed for eighteen years.
"Have you made up your mind?"
"What else can I do?"
"Then listen carefully. The safety switch is three centimeters above the magazine, just below the side of the pull bolt. You only have one chance to shoot, because there is only one bullet made from the Philosopher's Stone. This is An entity condensed with pure spiritual elements can penetrate even the Dragon King's Word Spirit when accelerated to a certain level! So your bullet needs to be fired accurately when the Dragon King is about to release the real Doomsday Word Spirit."
"You haven't taken the course of "Word Spirit Science". If you have, you will know that the interruption of the release of the Word Spirit will cause the backlash of the rules. The higher the level of the Word Spirit, the more taboo it is to interrupt it. This is why the Dragon King never easily The reason for using these powers is that once the word spirit backfires, they will reveal quite fatal flaws. At that moment, it is the opportunity for those who fight with him. If you seize that moment, the battle will have a chance to be reversed."
"So your mission is not to kill the Dragon King, but to serve as a feint to provide the main attacker with a fatal blow. When aiming, you also need to find the core of the word spirit that is about to be released, not the weakness of the Dragon King itself... Do you understand it?"
"...So my shot is related to the direction of this battle?" The more Lu Mingfei listened, the more pressure he felt. This feeling was no less than the feeling in high school when he was told that every point was worth thousands of people's rankings every day. , now his only bullet is related to thousands of people, but it is not the ranking but the living life!
"It can be said that... The premise is that we are the only back-up in this battle." Mai Shutoku paused and said.
"Is there someone else setting up a gun in the academy?" Lu Mingfei heard that someone might tell him the truth. His eyes lit up and he felt much less stressed.
"No...if there really are other back-ends, I don't think their method will be the Philosopher's Stone." Mai Shutoku shook her head.
As if she was being pulled by something, she stood on the commanding heights of the church and turned her head to look in one direction... That was the northwest corner of the college, where an equally tall building stood under the scorching night. It didn't collapse even though the magma was gushing out.
Lu Mingfei also followed Mai Shutoku's gaze and found that there should be... the bell tower?
I don’t know how long it has been, but the bell of the Kassel College bell tower no longer rings, and it seems unusually silent. It seems to have taken on a life, and it is also feeling sad for the end of this college, silently watching the land that is about to become a sea of fire. hometown.
The bell ringer in the bell tower was holding the bronze bell and overlooking the entire Kassel College. She could have sounded the last elegy, but she still did not wave the heavy wood. Perhaps when she makes up her mind, the bell tower will once again make a deafening roar. When the white dove flutters its wings and falls again, it will be time for everything to settle, and the belated bell will become a long song of mourning.
"So...have you thought about it?"
On the top of the bell tower, with his back to the whole world engulfed in flames, Paco looked at the beautiful girl beside him who was listening to the roaring sounds of fighting that resounded throughout the world, and the fireworks that lit up the sky of the lonely mountain and asked softly.
"...What should I do?" the girl whispered, as the meteors passed over their heads, and flowers bloomed in the distant wilderness.
"Don't you hesitate?" Paco stared at the girl and asked.
"You said...he might die."
"It's just a possibility. Maybe he won't die? I guess we are not the last resort. Maybe somewhere, there will be someone with a gun, betting that a blood-red bullet can end everything." Paco looked sideways. He said calmly in the direction of the distant church.
"But I can't afford to gamble, and I don't want to gamble."
"..." Paco was silent for a moment, and then chuckled. She rarely smiled, but now her smile was so pure, "Yes, you can't afford to bet, how can you afford it? People like you, The only thing that is always put on the table as a stake is yourself instead of what is truly precious to you. You are more like the gambler's wife than the gambler... The only value you have is yourself."
"Is that Paco? Please tell me... what should I do?" Su Xiaoqiang looked at Paco beside him, with a faint flame in his eyes, so sad and intense that it dwarfed the entire burning world. Hope, "You said...I can change the current situation, but I have nothing."
"No, you still own yourself... all you need is to sign a contract... just like the story that has been played out countless times." Paco, who was standing behind his back, looked at the increasingly dark scene in the darkness of the bell tower. the near silhouette whispered.
"Sign a contract with you?"
"Of course it won't be me." Paco walked forward, walked into the bell tower, stood on the side of the shadow and lowered his head, like a loyal guard in front of the temple door.
Su Xiaoqiang turned around and saw a faint light appearing in the dim stairs of the bell tower. It was the golden eye of lava. Such beautiful and majestic eyes had appeared on three people today, and he was naturally the same. One of them is now belatedly stepping on the fire and shock of the doomsday.
He walked out of the shadow into the burning light, stared at his beautiful reflection in Su Xiaoqiang's eyes, and said with a chuckle, "Finally we meet again, Su Xiaoqiang."
"You are..." Su Xiaoqiang raised her eyes slightly, and when she saw his face, she felt her heart stop beating at this moment.
"I have always thought that we should talk - really, face to face... just like now!" The emperor turned his head slightly and looked at the beautiful girl in front of him, with a clear and cold smile in his lava golden eyes. meaning.
