Veronica looked up. Her blue eyes reflected the 15 heads of the Saint Hydra in the dark sky. Even someone as powerful as the Goddess of War couldn't help but hold her breath. The giant beast caught the slightest movement on the other side of the forest from above the clouds. Its crimson eyes saw the tiny human, but after the 15 heads circled around him in a snake-like formation, only the seventh head remained. The giant serpent head lifted high and turned into a cloud in mid-air.
The attack from the cloud came one after another. Thousands of air arrows shot out, aiming for Veronica below. But Brando knew this was bad. The monster's attack area was too large. It covered a radius of a thousand feet, almost covering the entire forest.
Thousands of white air arrows pierced the forest at the same time. It was a terrifying yet beautiful scene to the bystanders, but to the people in the middle of it, it was a breathtaking scene.
Brendel's position was no exception, but he decisively rolled to the side. Immediately, more than ten air arrows as thick as buckets hit the spot where he was originally standing. The air currents were as sharp as blades, scattering the grass and leaves, and gaps of various sizes immediately appeared in the grass.
Scarlett's reaction was not slow either. She dodged the translucent air like a beautiful leopard and closed in on him.
The Saint Hydra's second round of attack could come at any time. Just as the two were about to leave the dangerous place, they heard an angry roar. "Did I allow you to leave?" Among the three of them, Veronica took the brunt of the attack. Hundreds of air currents formed a terrifying white whirlwind in the air. Under normal circumstances, even an Elemental Awakened would not be able to survive. But what surprised Brando and Scarlet was that not only was Veronica fine, she even had the strength to hold them back.
Brando could not help but look back. At this moment, a sky-blue transparent air shield had appeared around Veronica. The sharp white air currents that hit the shield were immediately deflected to one side. Although the transparent air shield flickered, it did not look like it would break anytime soon.
Veronica held her sword in one hand and stood still in the middle of the storm of attacks. Her eyes were about to spit fire. Brendel swallowed his saliva, knowing that he had truly angered her this time. Facing an enraged War Goddess of the Empire was not his hobby. As soon as he saw Veronica's sword move, he immediately jumped into the side of the valley.
A ray of white light shot out from Veronica's sword. It formed a white sword light that was dozens of meters wide. The sword light flew over Brando and Scarlet's head and hit the stream not far away. With a loud bang, the sword light evaporated the water from the riverbed. The stream was cut off for a moment, and it took a while for the water to flow again.
The Supreme Sword Saint's full power was truly terrifying. Brendel's scalp went numb as he looked at the broken stream. He looked back and saw Veronica's second sword in her hand. He immediately knew that something was wrong. He quickly turned around and grabbed Scarlet's hand. "Scarlet, get ready!" Scarlet was stunned, but Brando had already activated his Charge. Veronica's second sword was just a hair's breadth away from Brando. As he turned into a continuous black line and disappeared into the forest, the sword light hit a row of trees with a loud bang.
At that moment, it was as if a gust of wind had swept through the forest. Dozens of huge trees that would require ten people to wrap their arms around them were chopped in half and sent flying far away before they crashed to the ground.
Veronica could not help but grit her teeth when she saw that her sword had missed its target. She had never lost her composure like this since the Highland War with the Hazel people. However, the fact that the young man was able to see through her moves one after another made her suspicious. She even began to suspect that the young man had some sort of relationship with her. Her swordsmanship, 'Sky Wall', was a secret swordsmanship of the Presco Family that was never passed down to outsiders. It was also a superb swordsmanship that was rarely seen in the Kirrlutz Empire that used the wind element as its foundation.
However, the Sword Barrier — Backflow required the wielder to remain motionless. Before the aftershock of the Saint Hydra's attack arrived, Veronica could only watch as Brando escaped. She looked up, wanting to see how long the giant beast would continue its attack. Although the Sword Barrier — Backflow was known to be invincible, it was still an exaggeration. If the Saint Hydra had gone all out, the Goddess of War would not have dared to be so careless.
However, when she looked up, she was a little surprised.
Veronica saw that the seventh head of the Saint Hydra had completely disintegrated into countless air arrows. The white air currents scattered in the air and then converged in her direction. For a moment, it looked like a white chrysanthemum blooming in the night sky.
It was also a deadly flower.
Veronica frowned slightly. She activated her wind element, and the green light around her thickened by another layer. No matter how many air arrows hit the air shield, it was not affected at all. But she was curious why the Saint Hydra would scatter its attacks. Was it just to ensure that it would hit its target? But that was not normal. The Saint Hydra should be a high-grade monster with intelligence.
The battle-hardened Goddess of War immediately became alert. She then noticed that the air arrows did not disappear after piercing into the forest. Instead, they gathered together.
Mist?
Veronica's sharp eyebrows twitched as she saw that the fog had reformed into white knights. She had never seen those tall knights in any literature before, and the armor formed by the fog was not the standard of any country in the world of Vaunte.
They were not Elves, Humans, Dwarves, or even Undead.
"What is this?" Veronica noticed that the Saint Hydra's new attack was not the air arrows, but the strange Knights that had reformed in the forest. She dispelled her barrier and looked at the new enemies with caution.
… …
On the other side.
Brando dragged Scarlet with him and stopped a few hundred meters away in an instant. There were too many obstacles in the forest. He was afraid that Veronica or the Saint Hydra would catch up to them. He did not dare to delay and rushed towards the entrance of the valley with Scarlet in tow. Brando knew that with the Goddess of War behind him, there was no way he could return to the White Rock. He could only continue forward. Fortunately, the frost wave had passed, and surviving in the Dark Forest was not a problem for him.
[But Amandina will be very worried.] He thought to himself, but he couldn't care less about that at this moment.
Just as Brando thought about it, Orthlyss suddenly warned him: "Be careful!" He raised his head, and suddenly a spear pierced through the fog in front of him. Because the entire process was silent, he almost collided with it head-on. He quickly retreated and bumped into Scarlet who was behind him. Both of them groaned in pain, but Brando did not have time to feel the warmth of her body. He retreated and pushed Scarlet to the side, allowing the spear to graze his chest.
Then, he saw the enemy clearly.
A Knight riding a gigantic four-legged dragon slowly walked out of the mist. This first impression was a little wrong, because it was more accurate to say that it was a tall and muscular Knight that came out of the mist. [Or is that thing made of mist?] It retracted its spear and looked at Brando with a blurry face.
Brando looked at it and felt goosebumps all over his body. [There's more than one Saint Hydra in the mist?] [There are more monsters?] That was the first thought that came to his mind.
Just as this thought flashed through his mind, the knight raised his spear and stabbed again. His attack was fast and ruthless, and the Mist Spear was very special. When he attacked, there was almost no air flow. Brando was not used to this, but he noticed that the enemy was not very strong. It was only at the level of a Gold-ranked Knight, and its biggest weakness was its lack of agility.
To prove this point, Brando decisively used a common trick in the game to lure the enemy to attack. The Knight fell for it, and Brando grabbed the spear. But he grabbed nothing but air. [It's an incorporeal creature!] Brando was shocked, but his right hand did not slow down. Halran Gaia pierced through the enemy.
Halran Gaia was a magic sword that was at the same level as Halran Gaia. It did not care if the enemy was an incorporeal creature. The magic on the sword pierced the enemy's heart. The Knight raised its head and howled in pain, then turned back into mist and dissipated into the forest.
[System: You have defeated the demon, Misty Nightmare (part of it). You have received 1510 EXP.]
Then, green words appeared in his vision. Brando was slightly surprised. He gritted his teeth. The monster gave 1510 EXP, which was close to the Lord-tier Black Wolf. But it was just a normal monster. It was not an elite, nor was it a Lord-tier monster. Furthermore, the notification said that the Misty Nightmare (part of it) was repelled, not killed. It was a bit like fighting zombies. If not killed with spells or weapons with purifying properties, the Misty Nightmare would only be temporarily immobilized.
At this time, Orthlyss said: "Boy, there's a familiar scent on this thing."
"A familiar scent?"
"I'll give you a hint. It's the Saint Hydra."
"Wait!" Bran seemed to have realized something: "Lady Orthlyss, are you saying that this thing is formed by the Saint Hydra?"
"That's fast."
"No wonder it's a Misty Nightmare (part of it), and it has the ability to regenerate …" Brando could not help but take a deep breath. If what Orthlyss said was true, then this thing was definitely not the Saint Hydra. Or rather, the Saint Hydra was just an image of the Misty Nightmare. If that was the case, then it should be some kind of monster that lived in the fog.
Misty Nightmare, he seemed to have heard of this name on the forums. But this monster seemed to be ridiculously strong!
At this time, Scarlett nudged his hand and motioned for him to look at the ground not far away. Brando was startled. He looked in that direction and saw that there were many figures in the fog where the Misty Knight disappeared. He could vaguely see that they were human. Again? Brando subconsciously raised Halran Gaia in his hand.
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