The silver sword flashed, and Natasha appeared behind Kritonia. There was a long wound on her right abdomen, from which silver and purple blood flowed out. She was heavily wounded even though it was only the rebound of the power of "Heart of Time".
The wound seemed to have been corrupted by time and recovered extremely slowly. Also, because of the exhaustion after using a legendary item, Natasha could no longer stand where she was. She fell on one of her knees and supported herself with her longsword. Her hands that were wearing translucent silk gloves were shivering violently like those of a dying old man.
Kritonia, who was floating in midair, seemed to be absolutely unharmed, except that his face was frozen in shock.
Suddenly, an illusionary wound that did not belong to this world appeared on his body and quickly expanded into countless tiny traces. Then, blood splashed out and dyed Natasha's sacred white wedding dress red, like a rose that was blossoming on the snow.
The intense stink of blood spread out. Kritonia sighed, and his body fell apart into countless pieces of flesh, dyeing Natasha's wedding dress even redder.
After a crack, a badge fell to the ground. At the center of the badge was a river of time that surrounded a heart, representing the glory of the Kritonia family.
The badge was enshrouded in blood, as if it were Kritonia's last worry that he could not abandon.
The blood, in vague ripples, dripped from the badge like a running river, but it seemed that it would not run out anytime soon. Crack.
After another crack, the longsword "Heart of Time" fell on the gray sand, and the storage bag that was not corrupted by legendary power lost its color and fell before Natasha without a sound.
Natasha was exhausted, and her wounds were painful, but she was extremely excited. Her blood was running so fast that her soul seemed to have been melted.
"I've finally killed Kritonia! I've finally avenged my uncle! "
The attack seemed easy, but it did not have the paralysis effect of Lucien's "Vengeful Gaze" or Granny Hathaway's "Luxury Cracking" to remove the other defense and magic effects on Kritonia. It was impossible for her to hit him. She would've been killed for sure if she had fought an attack with an attack.
Of course, as a gold knight, Natasha keenly sensed that her aura and willpower suppressed Kritonia at the last moment, making him slightly absent-minded. Also, the paralysis effect hadn't completely faded yet, which slowed him down. Otherwise, she would've been wandering between life and death. If she was lucky, she would've survived, and if she was unlucky, she would've been killed. Without any life-saving methods, she would've been completely dead!
What she needed to overcome was the fear of death and cut the path of life in the face of death.
Lucien was more or less relieved. The "Elemental Protection" that he had been preparing was finally not launched. It was a preparation for Natasha's defense at the most dangerous moment. How could he watch his wife die without doing anything?
On the other side, the Lich King and the Primordial Mummy had guessed Kritonia's ending when they saw Natasha's attack. He might've been able to kill Natasha, but he couldn't have survived either. Therefore, they did not chase after Hathaway who blinked to the side. Instead, the Lich King chanted weird spells in a low voice.
The gems around his head suddenly lost their colors, and the intense greyness spread out and enshrouded the environment.
Then, the greyness was gone, and so were the two legendary spectres.
If they did not run away while Hathaway was still caught, they would never be able to run away!
They were still able to judge the simple changes of the situation!
Lucien had used Vengeful Gaze that was attached to the Hand of Uncertainties four times in a row. Together with the consumption of other legendary spells, he only had half of his spiritual power left. However, he did not waste any time to take the potions to recover himself, because Hathaway was already free. Would he be scared of the Original Fire?
In the realm of legends, the gap of two levels was enough to crush the enemy, not to mention three levels!
Had it not been for Kritonia's old age, his Robe of Grand Arcanists was level-two legendary, the power of "Moon Timer" was close to that level, and the unpredictable Hand of Uncertainties, he and Natasha would've been suppressed by Kritonia even if they worked together. They could only survive.
The World of Souls regained its tranquility. It was still monotonous black, white, grey, and messy mountains and rails. Lucien flew to Natasha and helped her up. He fed her the healing potion and performed Heal on her, stopping the bleeding from her wounds and allowing her to regain some strength.
Hathaway, on the other hand, looked at the location of Maze and waited for its effect to be lifted.
"Let's deal with the Original Fire first. I'm fine." Natasha picked up Kritonia's storage bag and badge and pointed at the Sword of Truth, the Heart of Time, and the Shield of Truth not far away. "You will transform into a Legendary Knight and kill him together with Granny Hathaway."
She was already too weak to pick up any of the legendary items.
Lucien nodded his head and quickly transformed. Moonlight flowed on his face, making him look even paler and weirder. Then, holding the Shield of Truth in his left hand and the Sword of Truth in his right hand, he waited for the Original Fire to break the Maze and for his teacher and the President to come.
If he were the one who broke the Maze, the Original Fire would've certainly realized the change of the situation and escaped through stealth methods. If he stayed away for too long, he would've been able to determine that reinforcements had arrived, and he wouldn't be bothered at all.
Inside the maze, the Original Fire had given up answering the questions. He charged at the maze with a gloomy face and counted the time in his head.
Boom. The maze made of twisted time and space began to tremble violently.
The Original Fire was delighted at first, but his face was gloomy again. Dozens of seconds had passed. What would he be faced with after he got out?
Would he be surrounded by a bunch of legends? Or was Kritonia already on the verge of success in killing Lucien and Natasha, and he only needed his help?
"No. Lucien has already advanced into legendary and kept it a secret. He must've been well prepared. He must've carried a lot of legendary items and life-saving methods. Kritonia is too old and weak to reach his peak state. It's possible for him to kill Natasha, but it's almost impossible for him to kill Lucien, unless he baits Natasha with Lucien."
"In any case, I can't take the risk. I'll be really dead if I'm killed by the Sword of Truth."
Seeing that it was much later than he expected, and that Kritonia might've already escaped, the Original Fire looked at the legendary staff, the legendary robe, and the legendary ring in his hand and put on a hideous face. "I can only sacrifice them!"
The pain in his heart was indescribable. The Original Fire had the urge to commit suicide.
Yes, he began to commit suicide. A pure white fire popped up from his soul and burned his body from inside to outside. Bearing unimaginable pain, he controlled the progress of the burning and waited for the end of the maze. In the meantime, he triggered the marks inside the three legendary items.
The more painful his heart was, the more intense his killing intent was!
Boom. Cracks appeared inside the maze one after another, and it began to fall apart.
The moment the frozen black, white, and gray appeared in the eyes of the Original Fire, he roared, burning the fire faster and faster. The three legendary items hummed and shivered.
As the maze collapsed, Lucien did not see the Original Fire anymore. He only saw a cluster of pure white fire and an expanding staff, ring, and robe.
Danger!
Lucien quickly shielded Natasha behind him and extended the Shield of Truth in his left hand. Illusionary colors popped up, making the two of them feel that they were in a different world.
"Elemental Protection!"
Hathaway's voice echoed, and countless spots of elemental light were gathered.
Then, the legendary robe, the staff, and the ring exploded abruptly. Red, purple, and green, the three clusters of fire in different colors rolled out and razed everything to the ground. The power of destruction, death, curse, poison, decay, and incineration were mixed in, destroying everything.
Even with the Shield of Truth, Lucien could only protect Natasha under such a terrifying storm. He could not move forward or slash the Original Fire at the center of the explosion.
The white fire where a vague shadow was roared in pain and fury:
"I will not let go of you!"
"I will stuff those questions into your mouth!"
Suddenly, an illusionary voice that seemed to be from another world echoed:
"Advanced Time Stop."
Black, red, purple, green, and all the other colors were gone. In front of Lucien's eyes was a frozen world. Only he and Natasha behind the Shield of Truth could move slowly, but they could not interfere with the outside world.
After the solidification was gone, a brilliant streak of starlight glowed and crashed at the center of the explosion like an enormous shooting star.
"No!"
The Original Fire let out a miserable cry, which came to an abrupt end in the deafening explosion.
The rolling explosion, with the feeling of time and space being torn apart, did not die down until a long time later. Lucien held the Shield of Truth steadily, not letting himself and Natasha suffer any damage. There were only tiny cracks on the surface of the shield, but they would be fine after some minor repairs.
As expected of the ultimate space-time defense!
After the explosion, Lucien asked Douglas and Fernando who blinked to his side, "Mr. President, is the Original Fire dead?"
He did not expect that the Original Fire would be so resolute that he almost escaped.
Douglas nodded, but he was slightly confused. "Hit by my 'Fateful Shooting Star', his soul should've been completely destroyed. However, he seems to be somehow connected to the World of Souls. I'm afraid that there are other weird things about him. However, no matter how weird he is, it will be impossible for him to recover his legendary strength anytime soon."
"The World of Souls is involved in this matter, too … We need to speed up the exploration in case the hidden scheme works out." Fernando was worried that part of the Church would cooperate with the World of Souls.
Hathaway flew close from another side and was not hurt at all. She looked at Lucien in confusion. "The questions in the maze?"
The Original Fire couldn't forget the questions even until the end. He seemed to have been greatly hurt.
Lucien's lips twitched. He casually mentioned a few unproved conjectures.
Douglas frowned. "Those questions …" He couldn't figure them out for now.
"You have answers? How can you build a maze if you don't have answers? "Fernando asked loudly.
Lucien smiled. "So, the answers to some of the questions are unproved for now. 'You can change the questions' is misleading in itself."
If it were the complicated or uncanny questions, the answers could be obtained by asking the mysterious existence with magic.
Natasha chuckled. "If he hears the answers, the Original Fire will be so infuriated that he'll come back to life."
At this moment, she was reading the diary inside Kritonia's storage bag.
Hathaway, Douglas and Fernando did not say anything, but they were all wearing similar expressions.
Suddenly, Natasha, who was reading the diary, chuckled. "The Original Fire is studying arcana and looking for a way to reshape his cognitive world."
Lucien was stunned. "Well, he's studying arcana? If I had known that, I would've set up the electron diffraction experiment in my maze. Then, his legendary items would've been mine, and there would've been no chance of resurrection … "Or other similar subversive experiments would've worked too. It was truly regrettable that he had failed to get three legendary items!
"Haha. Evans' head-blowing maze?" Natasha laughed delightedly and appreciated the idea.
Hathaway, on the other hand, was looking at Lucien with glittering eyes.
"You're insane!"
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