"is her..."
"She's here, she's here as expected..."
Mixed in the crowd was a middle-aged city guard with disheveled hair and a face full of decadence and frustration. When he looked up and saw Shirley's figure in the middle of the portal, his whole body seemed to be stimulated and he recalled something terrible. shadow.
He was so distraught that he took a few steps back and fell to the ground with a plop, covering his face with his hands and shaking.
At this time, a passing thief happened to have just arrived outside the city through a secret passage.
"What are you doing? Stand up!" Chris looked at this man who seemed to be frightened. He knew who he was as a new recruit and immediately became anxious and wanted to pull him up.
Although with the support of the Vulcan Cult's mages and the auxiliary magic of Vivian's halo, the situation is now very good, after all, we are still on the battlefield and cannot slack off at all.
But Chris's pull didn't matter. Instead, he was shocked.
"you..."
"You're not that one!" Chris got closer and saw the other person's face clearly. He immediately trembled and almost ran away without turning around.
The commander of the Fire Code Knights, a legend in the Flame Territory, the strongest knight warrior captain, and the most feared figure in the city guard among their underground forces.
Harvey.
But the other party's current depressed and passive appearance is not even remotely similar to the rumors?
"Ha...Harvey! You are Mr. Harvey, right! Why don't you go to the front to take command? You...what are you doing here now!" Chris said with a little anger in his voice.
Because even he mustered up the courage, well, with the help of a certain girl...
But Chris has also overcome his fear and is ready to fight the monster to the death and use his own hands to save his brother.
But the commander who was obviously more important than him, who had so many soldiers under his command, and who had a great influence on the battle situation, escaped from the battlefield and cowered behind?
"It's useless... everything is just in vain, that... that..."
Harvey sounded bitter and gave up at first, but in the end, it seemed that all the humiliation and unwillingness in his heart had accumulated and exploded, and he slammed his hand on the ground angrily.
"That kind of monster is simply not something we humans can fight against!"
With Harvey's incompetent and furious roar in his ears, Chris became even more puzzled.
What is that kind of monster? Is Harvey referring to the humanoid female figure in the sky that just came out of the portal?
Chris looked at Shirley in the distance, and just at this moment, Greco also killed in front of Shirley.
Gorgeous robes, exquisite coats of arms, as well as the Vulcan scepter and flaming crown that symbolize the position of bishop.
"Look!" Chris patted Harvey's shoulder excitedly.
"The Bishop of the Vulcan Cult is here! He is the third-level Archmage second only to the extraordinary. We are completely saved this time!"
This is definitely something to be excited about.
Many surprises similar to Chris's came from all around, because the Vulcan bishop's costume was so easy to identify, everyone recognized Greco.
It sounds ridiculous and ironic, but the fact is that no matter how much Vivian has done before, the effect on morale and uplifting is still not as good as Greco's appearance.
This is the result of accumulated reputation.
The Vulcan Cult has long penetrated into the hearts of the people of Huodian City, and is the place where most people place their faith in the Vulcan. As a bishop, it is synonymous with power and completeness in the hearts of the people, and even the nobles. .
Greco enjoyed the cheers of the refugees and city guards below.
It seemed that all these gave him strength and his self-confidence began to expand even more, as if he was really the voice of the omnipotent Vulcan, and any evil or monster was not worth mentioning in front of him.
"Monster! No matter what your purpose is, but...it's over here!"
Greco even used magic to amplify his high-pitched voice several times, so that everyone on the battlefield could hear his righteous and majestic words.
"I, Greco, will defend the Fire Code City to the death, protect the people of the Flame Territory to the death, and defend the glory of the God of Fire to the death!"
"Today, I will expel you, you evil heretics, from Huodian City..."
"Leave no one behind!"
The lines full of justice and glory made Chris below feel so passionate, and his whole body seemed to be boiling with passion.
If nothing else, Bishop Greco is definitely a master at controlling people's hearts and shaping his own image.
Under his words, many people even temporarily ignored the fact that the war had been going on for so long, and the Vulcan Cult and Greco were just belatedly arriving at this time.
Of course, Greco's words are not all just to show off.
To be able to become a bishop, he naturally has some skills and combat experience. He was secretly clever, trying to attract the monster's attention through words, and at the same time secretly released magic.
What a mage is actually most afraid of is being interrupted while casting a spell.
But once the mage actually completes the spell preparation...
"The great God of Fire is above, please condense the sharpness of the world here and melt it with fire..." He finished the prelude of the incantation silently in his heart.
A proud smile suddenly appeared on Greco's face.
Spiral flames rose from his hands and turned into a sharp outline several meters long at an extremely fast speed.
"Yandian..."
"Fire Spear Technique!" Greco shouted out the final magic technique.
In an instant, the flame spear under his hand, composed of scorching flames, finally took shape at this moment. With the blessing of the Vulcan Scepter, it was much more powerful than the ordinary flame spear technique, and the spear body was fully enlarged. It reached a terrifying length of more than ten meters.
"Repent in flames, monster!"
Greco moved the scepter forward a little, and the tip of the huge flame spear flashed, like a roaring fire dragon, and hit Shirley hard.
A rolling heat wave hit my face in an instant.
The flame spear with the power to break through the air seemed to hit in front of her in the blink of an eye, leaving Shirley with no chance to dodge.
that's all...
boom! !
Chris, as well as all the refugees outside the city, use magic projection to pay attention to the residents at the scene.
They had been holding their breath before, and they were extremely nervous when Greco and Shirley were confronting each other. After seeing the flames of the Flame Spear skill successfully engulfing Shirley's figure, they all breathed a sigh of relief. It is the color of joy.
"Look! Look!" Chris patted Harvey's shoulder excitedly.
"Succeeded! We succeeded. We are truly worthy of being a Bishop Mage!"
But Harvey still didn't speak, just staring in the direction of Shirley who was engulfed in flames.
Count Thistle also made the same move as him.
And soon after, Harvey showed a lost expression as expected, while Earl Thistle couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and the obsession in his eyes became even more intense.
"Do whatever you want."
"When it comes to using fire, there's really not much difference between you and that adult." A cold female voice with contempt rang in everyone's mind out of thin air.
She even withstood the dark flames of the wolf cub, and some of them even lodged in her own body. Shirley was almost immune to these ordinary flames.
From beginning to end, Greco's every move has been under Shirley's control, including the other party's secret preparation of magic.
The reason for not stopping it.
It's because the hunting process cannot just kill the prey with the last blow.
There is also the struggle of prey before death.
I saw Shirley calmly walking out of the blazing flames caused by the explosion of the Flame Spear Technique.
Her whole body was still intact, and there was no sign of any injury.
"No...impossible! How could it be possible? How could someone be hit in the face with a pyrotechnic and still be unscathed?" Greco immediately lost his voice in shock when he saw this.
The instinctive fear finally made him wake up a little from Shirley's bewitchment.
Greco began to think about a question that should have been the first thing he thought about.
What is the strength of the other party?
Are you sure you can win and just charge forward?
wrong?
When did he become so reckless and careless?
And when Greco saw Shirley's seductive dark green eyes, the seductiveness here was really seductive in the literal sense. Just by looking at it, Greco felt that he had finally found it. A little sense, but there are signs of getting lost and collapsing.
In an instant, Greco felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and trembled all over. He understood that it was the monster on the opposite side that was controlling him. He...everything about him was being manipulated by the opponent!
What kind of terrifying ability is this!
From the beginning, he was like a little bug caught in a spider's web, and he followed the thread unconsciously and crawled to the Spider King step by step.
run...
Run away!
Escape back to Huodian City!
monster! That is simply not a monster that humans can contend with!
Greco's heart at this moment is exactly the same as Harvey's before, but the difference is that Harvey has the death-free token given by the wolf cub, but Greco does not.
Can a little bug stuck in a spider web still fly out?
The answer is of course.
impossible.
Greco no longer cared about his image or the oath of guard he had sworn before. He turned around and fled quickly in the direction of Huodian City.
He even said that he was still playing tricks up to this point.
Greco deliberately flew in the direction of Vivian, trying to make Vivian his scapegoat and provide him with breathing time to escape.
Almost...
It’s just a little bit off!
Seeing that the City of Fire was right in front of him, and the majestic and great Vulcan statue was close at hand, as long as he could run back to the city and get to the Vulcan statue, no matter how terrifying the monster was, Greco did not believe that the other party could break the protection of the Vulcan. .
This is indeed true.
If Greco is really allowed to run back, then Shirley will really have nothing to do with him. After all, the Vulcan statue is no joke. It contains the Vulcan's uncontaminated will.
but...
If, unfortunately, there is no if in this world.
"Come back." Shirley didn't even bother to move. She just said these two words to Greco gently like a command.
Then, Greco's body really stopped abruptly in the air, and with a frightened and collapsed expression on his face, he turned around stiffly like a puppet, and returned to Shirley along the same route. .
Greco found that he had no control over his body.
It was as if he was just a soul imprisoned in a physical body. He could do nothing but watch as the distance between him, the monster, and Shirley kept getting closer.
Yes...it's that strange disease!
The strange disease that is about to spread throughout the entire Flame Territory actually... actually has its source from here!
Greco really got it.
He became the first person to discover this shocking secret.
All the people from the Flame Territory who are suffering from that strange disease, that is, the Abyssal Fire Poison, can take over and control their bodies at any time as long as the monster opposite wants to!
puppet...
The entire Flame Territory will become their puppet! !
Greco opened his mouth wide. At this time, he tried hard to speak out and tell the secret, but he couldn't do anything.
"Now, I'll give you a chance. If you cast the spell you just cast on me there again, then I can let you join the Fallen Abyss, join us, and even say..."
"Give you more powerful power, the supreme power from the Fallen Abyss." Shirley licked her lips, then stretched out her finger.
Everyone could see that Shirley was pointing at the countless refugees in the city who had not yet recovered from the sudden turn of events.
Shirley's words had just fallen, and the next second.
"No...no, that's not true!"
"He, how could he!" Chris' eyes widened, his voice mixed with betrayed anger and trembling.
Because I saw it, Greco didn't hesitate.
The Bishop of the Vulcan Cult, who was temporarily regained control of his body by Shirley, and who was trusted by the people of Fire Code City, once again summoned a huge flame spear that was exactly the same as before, and this time the flame spear The sharp point of the gun was no longer pointed at Shirley, but at the refugees and city guards outside the city who had cheered for him before.
You don't understand...
You don't understand at all!
It’s hopeless, Yanyu is hopeless, it’s Vulcan who abandoned us, don’t blame me... don’t blame me, if you want to blame, blame Vulcan!
Greco felt cruel. When he threw this shot, when he saw that his flame spear technique was wrapped in endless fire and was about to devour a large number of refugees, he felt a little bit of relaxation and a little bit of joy in his heart. .
It's all your fault. If he hadn't saved you rotten people, how could he have fallen to this point? Go to hell! Go to hell!
Greco's eyes flashed with vindictive madness.
But below, Chris and the others, who were within the attack range of the Flame Spear Technique, were extremely desperate and angry. He never expected that he would not die at the hands of the monster, but would die under the magic of his own people.
But just then.
A loud shout woke up everyone.
"You...bastard!"
A thin figure that had been somewhat forgotten because of Greco's appearance appeared and flew over, standing alone between the refugees and the Flame Spear Technique.
With the little girl's delicate body as the center, a huge blue cover, a magic barrier, suddenly erupted.
boom! !
Among the second-level spells, the Flame Spear Technique, which is also considered to be extremely offensive, collides with the most basic defensive skill of the mage.
Chris closed his eyes subconsciously.
But the imagined feeling of his body being scorched by the fire did not come to him.
When the refugees and city guards below looked up again, they found that the flame spear technique still looked like before. Some of it was still the clear and transparent azure blue barrier.
as well as...
The figure of the girl who saved them again just like in the beginning.
