Hall was furious. Bai Meng was his best friend. They had been living together since he became a trainee swordsman. They were the first swordsmen to follow Princess Rex when she was sent to the Bitter Water Prefecture. Later, they were sent out for training. They risked their lives together and honed their swordsmanship.
Hall couldn't control his emotions when his friend of more than ten years was trampled to death by a huge beast. He took a short bow from his back and drew a golden arrow. This arrow was a reward from His Majesty. He was never willing to use it.
His sword aura circulated wildly. Hall managed to draw the short bow and held the bowstring with his finger. With a buzz, the golden arrow disappeared. When it appeared again, it was already in front of the huge beast. Hall's finger was cut by the bowstring, and blood flowed.
The short bow was too powerful. Even his sword aura couldn't protect his finger.
The golden arrow appeared suddenly. The huge beast couldn't react at all. It could only close its eyes. The huge beast's eyelids glowed with a metallic luster. The golden arrow was blocked by the eyelids and spun violently. Countless magic symbols spread out and floated in the air. The golden arrow pierced in, and light shone everywhere.
Roar!
The golden arrow was in the shape of a cross. It cut open the huge beast's eyelid and crushed its eyeball. Blood and broken eyeball spurted out. The huge beast shook its head violently. Its huge head, which was more than three meters in diameter, broke the tree that Hall was hiding in with a bang.
Hall injured the huge beast's eye. He was shocked. This golden arrow was the most advanced magic arrow. It shot into the huge beast's eye, but it didn't penetrate the skull.
His finger was cut. He used his left hand to draw the longsword. He flipped backward and dodged the huge beast's serrated head. From above, Rex's spell struck down again.
A rock over five meters in diameter fell from the sky. This was a level-four spell, Rockfall.
Rex saw that even level-six spells couldn't hurt the huge beast, so he had to think of another way. Although this Rockfall was only level-four, it was a pure physical attack. It was impossible to control a rock that weighed tens of thousands of kilograms. Even a swordsman could dodge it. Its attack speed was much slower than regular spells.
The beast did not care about the boulder at all. One of its eyes was injured by the golden arrow. In a fit of rage, it stared at Hall.
Seeing that Hall was in danger, Salin commanded the Witcher Spider to pounce forward. The Witcher Spider wasn't even as big as the giant beast's eye. With a flash of black shadow, it had already climbed onto the monster's leg. The front legs of the Witcher Spider stabbed fiercely at the Behemoth's thigh. The black front legs that could tear through magic shields flashed and only left a shallow mark on the Behemoth's scales.
Seeing that his attack was ineffective, Salin controlled the Witcher Spider to crawl towards the Giant Beast's abdomen. Generally speaking, a magical beast's abdomen defense was relatively low. The scales on this giant beast's leg were probably half a foot thick. Who knew how long it would take for the Hunter Demon Spider to hurt the giant beast?
Rex couldn't control his Rockfall spell, and the giant beast pounced at Hall. The giant rock that fell from the sky smashed onto its back. This time, the giant beast stopped in its tracks. Sparks flew everywhere, and the giant rock rolled to the side.
The strength and defense of this giant beast were too terrifying. The Rockfall spell had stopped it for less than three seconds, and it had caught up to Hall, opening its mouth to bite him. Hall was enchanted with Windspeed, but he still couldn't outrun this huge fellow.
Rex was anxious, but there was nothing he could do. This giant beast was almost immune to magic. Rocks that weighed tens of thousands of kilograms had no effect on it. The puppet's javelin could only break the scales, but no blood flowed out. Did he have to abandon these people and escape alone?
Just when he was at a loss, a figure suddenly appeared on the back of the giant beast. It was Neris. She didn't know how she jumped up, and even the giant beast didn't notice.
Neris had already kicked off her shoes. The nails on her feet were tightly gripping the scales on the back of the giant beast. She stood steadily on it. She bent down, clasped her five fingers together, and forcefully stabbed down.
Rex was anxious. The back of any magical beast was the place with the strongest defense. No matter how strong Neris was, she couldn't hurt the giant beast with her bare hands.
Sure enough, Neris's entire upper arm stabbed into the back of the giant beast. She pulled out her palm, and there was not a single drop of blood on it. The scales on the back of the giant beast were very thick. Even though Neris could break the scales, she couldn't reach the inside of the giant beast's body.
Seeing that her attack didn't work, Neris pounced forward, and her nails dug into the scales of the giant beast. A gray fog was emitted from her body, and even Rex couldn't see her.
After using the fog to conceal her body, Neris's green eyes burst with golden light. A thin and long tail extended out from behind her, and stabbed into the broken scales.
This tail was more than two meters long, and it stabbed into the body of the giant beast almost without any obstruction. The giant beast bit and broke Hall's long sword. Its front claws swept out, and hit Hall's shoulder. Hall's shoulder was directly torn apart by the giant beast's claws. Even the magic armor couldn't protect his body.
Just as it was about to swallow the unconscious Hall, the giant beast felt a sharp pain on its back. Neris's tail continued to extend, found its spine, and stabbed into the gap with force.
With a boom, the sharp blade at the end of Neris's tail stirred in the giant beast's spine. The giant beast instantly lost control of its body, and fell heavily onto the ground. Neris pulled out her tail, and quietly retracted her body.
Shika was afraid that the giant beast still had the ability to move, so he took a risk and pulled the unconscious Hall away, and ran back.
Salin was instantly relieved. The giant beast was paralyzed, so it couldn't use its power no matter how strong it was. He controlled the Hunter Spider to go straight to the head of the giant beast. The Hunter Spider pounced on the injured eye of the giant beast, pried open the wound on its eyelid, and crawled in.
The remaining 11 Battle Puppets blocked the magical beast behind them. Rex didn't dare to be careless. At the same time, he released a level-five spell, Ice Strike.
Fine pieces of ice fell and covered the head of the giant beast. The scales of the giant beast started to freeze. This spell could not only attack, but also control. The giant beast's magic resistance was too high. This control was only a psychological comfort.
Blood kept spurting out of the giant beast's eye, and the Hunter Spider continued to wreak havoc inside. It only crawled out of the wound when its magic core was about to run out.
Neris saw that the giant beast was only twitching, so she leaped forward and came to the neck of the giant beast. Black lines appeared on her nails, and she began to tear the scales on the neck of the giant beast.
At this time, the giant beast no longer had the ability to resist. Neris patiently peeled off the layers of scales, and inserted her arm into the neck of the giant beast, breaking the bones in the neck.
Rex carefully observed the magical beasts behind them. The dozen or so magical beasts were all lying on the ground, waiting patiently, and kept a distance of 500 meters from the puppets.
A dozen or so level-four magical beasts weren't scary. Rex could deal with them himself. What he was afraid of was that once his team was exhausted, these magical beasts would be very dangerous.
The giant beast finally died under Neris's torture. Neris was also very tired. She jumped down from the neck of the giant beast and came to Salin's side. Salin took out a water bottle, and let Neris drink the Recovery Water.
Shika carried Hall and came to Rex. Rex looked at Hall's injuries, and his heart felt sour. Hall was obviously not going to live. That claw of the giant beast not only tore off his entire arm, but his shoulder blade was also gone, and his ribs were shattered. The fluctuating fascia wrapped around his heart. With such injuries, Hall's life could only be saved with Joey's help in the capital.
Rex cast a Spring Rain spell, and green mist seeped into Hall's body. Hall opened his eyes, and his gaze was unfocused.
"Princess, I'm going to die, right?"
Rex shook his head, and then nodded. At this time, lies were not very useful. Hall was a swordsman, and he could check the internal injuries of his body. The sword aura protected his heart, but the other parts of his body had basically been shattered.
Hall slowly closed his eyes, and said in a weak voice, "Wizard Salin, please do me a favor."
"Speak." Salin's heart was also a little heavy. He thought of Loki, who had entrusted him with his last words. The situation now was so similar to that time.
"Princess … is a good person. You have to protect him … I know … but …"
Hall's words were intermittent, and the rest could not be heard clearly. Rex's tears flowed down. In the Hell of Divine Punishment, she did not have to hide her feelings.
Everyone surrounded Hall's corpse in silence. After a long time, Rex said, "Salin, don't mind Hall's words. You're a wizard, not a swordsman. You have no obligation to protect nobles. "
"I can understand how Hall feels. Moreover … you're the one protecting us now." Salin's expression was unusually bitter. If Shika was the one who died, what else could he say?
Bai Meng's corpse was all shattered. Rex used magic to create a huge pit in the ground, and placed Hall's corpse in it. Bai Meng's corpse could only be collected and buried together. Then, Rex cast Petrification to turn the ground into hard rock so that scavengers wouldn't ruin the body.
Bai Meng's silver dagger and Hall's short bow were kept by Rex. Rex gave Salin six magic cores for the witcher spider to replace. This spider's attack power was not bad, but it was a little exhausting.
"Take the magic cores." Rex did not do anything. This huge beast was killed by Nelis and Salin, and she did not want any spoils of war. If she could choose, she would rather Bai Meng and Hall be alive.
Nelis regained her strength. She did not stand on ceremony. She went to the huge beast's corpse and pulled out its teeth. This huge beast's teeth were a hundred times harder than steel. With one bite, Hall's eight-sided sword was chewed into pieces.
After pulling out the teeth, Nelis jumped onto the huge beast's head and dug out its eyeballs one by one. Finally, she found the golden arrow. Nelis tossed the golden arrow to Rex, then patiently looked for a gap in the huge beast's skull. Very soon, Nelis found a place to start. She used her nails to cut open the scales and skin on the huge beast's head bit by bit. She dug into the gap and lifted the huge beast's skull.
A multi-colored ray of light shot out from the skull of the huge beast. Six huge monster cores floated up and formed a circle, naturally rotating.
Rex and Salin were a little dazed. It was not strange that this magical beast had a few magic cores. What was strange was that these six magic cores actually formed a magic formation! Both of them had never heard of such a thing.
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