Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1329 1301. Lava Swimming
Lawrence's beastly body is undoubtedly not of the same level as the beastly bodies of ordinary clergymen.

Lan En didn't know what the root cause of this difference was.

Perhaps it is because of his status as the archbishop of the Healing Church, the founder, and the discoverer of [blood therapy] that the quality of Lawrence's blood is higher than expected, and after transformation into a beast, he is also stronger than expected.

Perhaps because he planned the murder of the Son of God, he was cursed like Ludwig, who dealt the final blow at the murder scene.

Or perhaps, the identity of the 'first clergy monster' carries a special meaning in this world, making Lawrence himself special.

In short, compared to Yharnam in the 'future', the clergy monster that the elderly Mark transformed into was actually quite tame compared to Lawrence now.

Lawrence possesses stronger power, a more insane state, and most importantly, the flames and lava on his body seem to never run out!

The dense black hair of beastmen is easy to ignite, which is why the people in the Yharnam region have the common sense of "using fire to deal with wild beasts."

Clergy monsters are no exception.

But on Lawrence's body, the fire seemed to radiate heat from his bones; his bone marrow and blood were like scorching magma!

What fire can harm it?
It is it that uses fire to hurt people!
"Ow!!!"

The strange beast roared and smashed its already damaged lumbar vertebrae straight through, not even leaving the last bit of entanglement between the upper and lower body!
Then, the magma flowing out of the broken lumbar vertebrae was simply gushing out!

In just a short moment, the volume of magma that flowed out was larger than the lower body it had discarded!
It is completely hard to imagine where this mass of magma comes from.

The semi-solid magma accumulated viscously at the fracture of Lawrence's lumbar vertebrae, and then collapsed and spread out under gravity.

The high temperature caused the temperature of the entire cathedral to suddenly rise by more than ten degrees!

Originally the lighting was not very good, and the cathedral, which had a somewhat eerie and deep atmosphere, was now orange-red, and the skin could feel hot from the light!
In terms of influence range, Lawrence is far inferior to the Flame King Dragon.

But the lava on it is real magma! It is definitely not an illusion or a trick!

The moment the lava gushed out, the mad hunter whose axe handle had just been chopped off by Lan was knocked down by the sticky and massive magma almost without a sound.

Immediately afterwards, these high-temperature semi-solid substances burned the unfortunate and mad old hunter at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning him into a black and gray crust floating on the hot orange-red magma.

The marble floor of the cathedral was crushed and burned by the lava, and even the air became a distorted funhouse mirror due to the scorching heat.

The spreading lava seemed slow, but no one could stop it, until it finally covered almost the entire cathedral!
But just as the hunter's mad and meaningless roar disappeared, and only Lawrence's upper body was left in the field.
An exquisite metal ball was thrown into the sky and landed next to the stone table of the main altar.

With a "bang", the alchemical bomb was detonated, and a white cold mist suddenly spread as the bomb exploded.

Alchemical Bomb [Advanced North Wind].

The flowing lava that was about to spread in front of the stone table suddenly cooled down and turned into dark solid stone with a "sizzle".

The stone that was magma in the previous second has become a dam to prevent the lava from flowing to the side of the stone table in this second.

And at the location where the alchemical bomb was thrown, there was a tall figure in the distorted air.

Amid the crackling sound of lava erosion, he stood on it without dodging!
The mist layer created by [Spell: Intense Sweating] enveloped the entire body, and this set of armor named [Smaug] itself had extraordinary defense and fire resistance because it was made of the scales of the Lonely Mountain dragon.

Lava?

The temperature of lava is only about 1,200 to 1,300 degrees Celsius, not much different from the temperature of melting gold.

The evil dragon named Smaug, though covered in molten gold, seemed to feel nothing. The discomfort he felt was caused by the weight of the gold, not the burns.

The densely arranged dragon scales isolate the lava from the outside.

Stepping on it will only produce a puff of white smoke, but will not harm the person in the armor.

Lan, who came out from the heated and distorted air, frowned as he looked at Lawrence who was still going crazy.

The witcher remained calm. Lawrence was not his target, and killing it would not change anything even if it had already turned into a beast.

After he roughly figured out the root cause of this nightmare, his consistent target was the body of the Kos orphan.

But since Lawrence has already blocked this goal and is about to destroy it.
"That'll just take some effort."

The clergy beast with one thick hand and the other thin hand, now only had the upper body left, and it was rushing towards Lan En with its two hands flapping in the lava as if it was swimming.

And above the lava, the demon hunter had already prepared the greatsword that was gleaming with deep moonlight.

All around, plankton-like light spots that were still swimming on their own under the scorching flames of the lava gathered on the sword, making the moonlight brighter and brighter!
"Om~"

Amid the low and blurry sound of energy surging, a thick stream of light shot straight towards Lawrence who was swimming towards him!

【Moonlight Torrent】!
"Ouch!"

Lawrence opened his mouth and roared. But just as he opened his mouth, the surging yet calm stream of light hit his face directly!
The wolf-like head had more than half of the side cut off by the light!

The left side of its face, along with its left neck and half of its shoulder, were shattered by the huge force!

The howling stopped abruptly in the Moonlight Torrent.

After all, Lawrence is not one of those hunters who treat blood bottles as daily necessities, and his vitality is far less deformed than Ludwig's.

Immediately, the huge beast that was swimming towards Lan En, its two hands sliding and flapping on the lava ground, suddenly became limp.

Only the momentum left and the upper body of the beast fell to the ground and was tackled.

It created a wave of sticky lava.

Lann sprang into action again the moment Lawrence fell.

He had no intention of getting carried away and went straight to the half-dead body of the Son of God on the stone table.

If Lawrence had not been in this confined terrain and the violent and indiscriminate attack might have harmed the body of the Son of God, he might not have cared about this guy.

However, in this way, he also killed the founder of the Healing Church, the Archbishop, with his own hands. In the same cathedral, Future killed the church's agent Amelia.
He killed two generations of the top leaders of the Healing Church.

The half body of the Son of God was still lying twisted on the stone table, and Lan En pulled his hand away.

When the body was being carried, it was covered with a waterproof cloth, wrapping up the entire thin, weird and slimy body, and then he carried it away with one hand.

Lan En carried the thing on his back and headed out of the cathedral, stepping on the sizzling lava.

The scholar he didn't know who had stolen the other half of the Son of God's body had been out for at least two minutes.

Although the entire Church Town is now blocked, who knows what kind of help that guy has in the Church Town?
As Lan walked down the stairs, he and Mentos speculated on the development of this nightmare based on the situation of Yharnam in the 'future'.

The Healing Church calls the [blood healing] produced through informal means "filthy blood".

In the future, Lan En once heard that in Maria's hometown of Cainhurst, the blood nobles had already lived in seclusion and became the filthy blood clan.

There is no doubt that they must have obtained the [Blood Healing] technique from an informal channel outside the Healing Church, and then got this title.

And the accident that led to the outflow of the blood and knowledge of the ancient gods might be this time!

The scholar took away the entire lower half of the orphan of Kos!
This means that in the 'future' history, he was successful!
Although he took advantage of a chaos that destroyed the entire Old Yharnam, he was able to successfully take away such an important thing from the church town of the Healing Church. He must have had helpers or a plan.

Sure enough, when Lan En rushed out of the cathedral carrying the wrapped half body, the entire church town was still in chaos.

Fighting and fire were still raging in the church town. It was better than the entire old Yharnam that had been burned down, but it was still limited.

But the scholar had completely disappeared.

In just two minutes, he just ran away and disappeared?

Lan En's eyes narrowed slightly. After tying the waterproof cloth with his hands, he put the half body into his alchemical leather bag.

"Whoo~"

Lan adjusted his breathing, and then controlled his senses with his breathing and heart rate.

The upright pupils in the amber cat's eyes began to shrink unsteadily.

If it was an ordinary hunter in Yharnam, he would definitely lose the person in such a chaotic situation.

But... the one chasing us now is a demon hunter!

Amid the flickering firelight, the collapsing buildings and the shouting of people, Lan's vision changed.

A series of footprints emerging from the cathedral became colorful in his eyes.

Even though the ground of the church town is made of bricks and stones, there are basically no traces left when you step on them, but for the witcher's extraordinary senses, this is completely enough!

"You can't escape."

Muttering in a declarative tone, Lan En raised his head and looked at the footprints extending all the way into the depths of the church town.

He immediately chased after her and turned his head to look. Although the direction where Maria was was chaotic, there was no trace of the female hunter, and it seemed that she had escaped.

If she didn't want to use the special secrets of the Blood Nobles, such a large number of enemies would be difficult to deal with, but it was far from enough to prevent her from escaping.

(End of this chapter)