Chapter 385: Chapter 385: Conquering the Demon
This kind of stone attribute creature is quite distinct.
With outstanding physical defense and strong strength… it would surely be disadvantageous to face off against it head-on.
However…
During the group fight.
Bang! A visible shockwave blasted open.
Debris was scattered everywhere.
Red-haired Winry wielding the blacksmith’s hammer in her hands… managed to completely shatter a gargoyle in a ‘complete petrification state’, with just one strike.
“This girl…”
The shock wave emanating from the point of impact was clearly felt by everyone.
Knight Vino looked utterly astonished… such terrifying, pure strength, was something she had never seen before.
Mia, also a girl, was no less impressive.
The special attribute of the Demon Sword allowed it to ignore portions of armor and inflict equal damage to any form of life.
Combined with six months of intensive sword practice, Mia felt like she was cutting vegetables while dealing with the stone creatures.
The others were also performing well.
If one were to carefully observe, they would notice that Han Dong, Dumps, and Cass were deliberately ‘holding back’ when dealing with these creatures, saving their energy to deal with the hidden demons.
“Haven’t you found it yet?” Knight Vino urged.
Han Dong laid his palm against a nearby petrified creature, which turned into a pile of yellow sand at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“The stone demon has a very unique attribute that allows all kinds of stones to not emit contaminated air… I find it difficult to capture the demon’s body when it is not moving.”
“We’ll have to kill all these little things first, and then seek it out slowly.”
Vino leaped up and clenched her light shield into a fist.
She punched the face of the Stone Giant heavily, sending it flying over ten meters away, crushing two petrified civilians in its fall.
She gave no chance for the Stone Giant to rise again.
Knight Vino muttered some holy scriptures and hurled out her right-hand manacle, which glowed, into a large sacred hammer in mid-air.
Bang!
A strong glow erupted from the point of impact, and piles of shattered stones scattered everywhere.
The Stone Giant was forcibly killed by Knight Vino.
Right hand gesture.
Humm!
The manacle lying in the pit resonated with its owner immediately, swiftly flying back into Knight Vino’s hand.
You have to say, that move was impressive… allowing her, a knight, to salvage some dignity among these genius apprentice knights.
As soon as the manacle returned, many more controlled civilians rushed in.
“Hmm? These little pests just don’t know their place…”
Just as Knight Vino was about to use her common sweeping attack to deal with the encircling civilians, Han Dong exclaimed:
“Vino! Something’s wrong with one of the civilians…”
Vino, who had cooperated with Han Dong on numerous occasions, immediately took his word.
Decisively, she cast the highest level of protection blessings on herself, held the light shield in front of her, and switched to using the shield impact to deal with the group of civilians.
Bang!
A civilian, wrapped in a hood, countered the frontally charging light shield with a single hand.
Vino was retaliated against.
“Such a pesky ‘eye’…” a full of ‘loathsome’ voice came from beneath the hood.
Then, a punch struck the surface of the light shield.
On closer inspection, this punch was actually the overlapping attack of more than a dozen stone fists.
Crack!
The light shield was forcibly shattered, turning into numerous small points of light that were absorbed into the holy light artifact on Vino’s wrist.
Her body shook, her wrist joint crying out in pain.
She herself was sent flying… however, just before she was about to hit the ground, Vino adjusted her center of gravity, landing steadily on the ground.
“This strength is stronger than several of the demons I’ve encountered outside the city, and the stone body also signifies stronger defense… it’s really troublesome.
“We’re stalling for the knight reinforcements to arrive. With just me and these apprentice knights, it’s going to be hard to pierce this demon’s shell.”
Vino knew her own character tendencies well.
An omnipotent knight, while not weak in attack, is not exactly strong either… Facing this stone demon with extraordinary defense power, it’s hard to inflict deep damage.
Caw!
Just then,
A crow flew into the market area and rested in the stone wall area.
Others only heard a simple crow caw.
But Han Dong confirmed he understood the message being delivered from Mr. Black White:
“Feel free to use your abilities, I will completely isolate the market. Nobody will know what has actually transpired… This investigation was conducted very quickly, well done! It’s a pity we couldn’t lure out the individual behind all this.”
“Come see me after this task is done.
You and Dumps Martin from the library must have caught the attention of the individual behind all of this.”
“Alright!”
With the assurance of Mr. Black White, Han Dong did not need to hesitate about anything else.
“Cowardly crow… Are you ready? It’s time to put our half-year of practice into play.”
“Don’t… don’t push yourself too hard.”
Let us take the main attack on this elder-level existence, we can just sneak attack from the dark. We could get killed if we’re not careful.”
“You’re a double-headed crow man now, why are you so timid?”
“I’m not timid, I’m just worried about your safety… I don’t care if I die (trembling).”
While Han Dong was talking with Duo Zeya, he also gave Dumps a look, indicating that he could deploy all his abilities, and let Mr. Black White handle everything.
“Mia, Winry… There’s barely any small monsters left in the periphery, I’ll leave them to you! Let us handle the demon.”
“Understood!”
Mia opened her Spider Domain to the max, trying to entangle as many enemies with her web as possible.
Winry used a new move, slamming the ground with her hammer to change its shape.
The two girls cooperated and blocked the small monsters in the periphery.
……
“Dumps, your attack should be able to touch the inner source of this demon… Let us attract its attention first, and you can find a chance to strike from the dark.
I’ll give you the best opportunity to act.”
“Okay.”
Dumps lightly pushed the single copper mirror, temporarily fading from everyone’s sight.
On the other hand,
Knight Vino burst out a strong Holy Flame breath and clashed directly with the demon.
At the same time,
Cass, clad in armor and at the peak of his powers, joined the fray.
Influenced by various blessings, the combat power displayed by Cass was not weak at all, assisting Knight Vino from the side which posed a considerable threat to Adelaide.
However, Adelaide also revealed her true terrifying form.
Throwing off her robe,
Revealing a ‘stone face’ composed of thousands of tiny ‘careful stone eyes’. By looking into them, it can exert immense mental pressure and inflict powerful visual pollution.
In the meantime, a ‘Stone Body’, transformed and sublimated, was revealed.
The smooth and darkly glowing body emanated an unyielding vibe. The Evil Curse scriptures that were carved on its surface could resist most spell damage.
The Holy Flame chains could only leave slight burn marks on its body.
If they could not break its body, the battle would just become a meaningless expenditure of power…
Just then,
Caw!!
The cry of a crow echoed throughout the area.
A dense, eerie pollution drifted from mid-air.
The wings of bones fluttered.
On the left and right shoulders were living raven-head shoulder guards, a deep black cloak fluttered behind… The glossy raven eyes stared down below.
There was even a moment when Adelaide thought the ‘reinforcements’ had arrived.
