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Chapter 839 Black Dragon Midil

"An enemy? Is he an enemy?"

Thor reacted quickly. Seeing the Dragon Slayer Armor move, he immediately brandished Mjolnir and charged forward with a whoosh.

"You bastard, are you an enemy?!"

He rushed forward too fast, and Li You didn't have time to stop him. Then a beam of blue-white lightning fell, followed by a golden light. Thor, who had just rushed out, was sent flying back at the same speed and crashed into the swamp.

"……Um!?"

Thor got up, his face full of confusion: "What happened?"

Li You, however, saw clearly what had happened.

It's simple. Thor charged forward, swinging his hammer, and summoned lightning. The Dragon Slayer Armor raised its shield and used Golden Retribution. Thor was hit by the reflected golden beam and flew back.

The process was swift and efficient, leaving Suo Dachui completely bewildered.

But this also confirms to Li You without a doubt that, regardless of whether the Dragon Hunter Armor in front is actually Yuzi, at least the shield that looks like a Dragon Hunter Shield is indeed Yuzi's two-in-one shield.

This is indeed a bit difficult to deal with. The ridiculously high lightning resistance of the Dragon Slayer Armor already reduced Thor's effectiveness by 30%, not to mention that the opponent is now carrying an enhanced version of the large shield.

The Dragon Slayer Armor has extremely high resistance to lightning, no obvious weaknesses, and outstanding physical defense. This is why Yuzu has been using this Iron Dragon Slayer Armor ever since.

Fortunately, because it was corrupted by the power of the abyss, the active Dragon Hunter Armor was not very resistant to fire.

Therefore, Li You's starting move was Dragon Humanization + Flame Domain. Most of the enemies in the Hall of Heroes required him to deal with them with all his might. He had long since developed this habit. Recently, the speed of Dragon Humanization has been getting faster and faster, while the consumption of energy has been decreasing as his understanding of divine power has improved.

Even with the same divine power, Li You's combat strength is now about one-third greater than before he entered the Hall of Heroes.

For someone of his level, this is already a very significant improvement.

Even so, Li You barely managed to keep up with the increasing difficulty of the Hall of Heroes—or, conversely, the difficulty setting of the Hall of Heroes is dynamic, changing as his strength increases; this possibility is more likely.

As the fiery domain descended, the swamp beneath their feet, seemingly stained black by humanity, began to boil, with bubbles of all sizes constantly rising and bursting on the surface!
The power of the First Flame and the power of the Abyss are inherently incompatible.

The Dragon Slayer Armor immediately sensed the threat. A dull thud came from beneath its helmet, sounding like a roar, yet also like the echo of armor parts colliding. Meanwhile, the main body, wielding its great axe, charged forward!
Within the fiery domain, eight fire dragons materialized on their own and lunged at the Dragon Hunter Armor.

However, although the flames were effective against the Dragon Slayer Armor, the Dragon Slayer Axe dealt more significant damage to entities that possessed the concept of "dragon." In the ensuing struggle, it was Li You's fire dragon that clearly suffered a loss.

However, the fire dragon at this moment was an extension of the power of the flame domain, rather than being actively driven by Li You. The fact that it could slow down the Dragon Hunter Armor was already an additional effect.

Facing the charging Dragon Hunter Armor, Li You exhaled and swung his spiral sword, which transformed into a giant hammer in his hand. He smashed it down against the large shield held up by the Dragon Hunter Armor!

Of course, he didn't rely solely on his own strength. Thor, who had been knocked away earlier, had already gotten up, shaken off the mud on his body, and brought Mjolnir to Li You's side. He also let out a loud shout, and Mjolnir, flashing with light, slammed into the shield of the Dragon Hunter Armor along with Li You's hammer!

"Boom--!!"

A deafening roar, like the earth shaking, echoed over the Black Mud Swamp. The power unleashed by the three forces in an instant almost shook the originally unbreakable space within the Hall of Heroes!

The burst of energy turbulence swept outwards, even blowing away all the black mud covering the ground near the three people, revealing the eroded ground below.

However, as the turbulence dissipated, the three were thrown apart, and the stubborn black mud rolled back up, covering the land once more.

Li You, Thor, and the Dragon Hunter Armor were all thrown back by the recoil and fell to the ground.

Li You, thanks to his dragon wings, didn't fall into the black mud in a sorry state like the other two, but the force of the recoil he received was still considerable.

If Thor hadn't helped him and even shared most of the force of that attack, he probably would have been blasted to the swamp entrance on the other side of the stairs.

However, from Li You's perspective, he can indeed be said to be under special attack from the opponent. After all, he cannot get rid of the "dragon" attribute. In addition, with the inherent numerical inflation of the Hall of Heroes, even with Thor's help, he probably cannot deal with the Dragon Hunter Armor in front of him without some unexpected moves.

So his taking the hit from the Dragon Slayer Armor head-on was an attempt.

The roar that had just resounded across the sky, and Li You, who was paying special attention, noticed that there was a faint dragon's roar from beyond the sky, different from the one from their side, and his eyes lit up.

Thor, who had just climbed out of the swamp, wiped the mud off his face for the second time, looked at the almost unscathed Dragon Hunter Armor opposite him, and asked Li You, "This guy is really tough to deal with. Do you have any ideas?"

By now, Thor seems to have become quite accustomed to seeking Li You's advice in battles and explorations.

Li You didn't disappoint him, nodding and saying, "Yes, friend, yes."

"Then tell me, how should we fight? I'll do whatever you say!" Thor grinned.

Li You laughed too: "The solution is simple...we run!"

With that, he picked up Thor, and with a flap of his four dragon wings, he flew towards the stone bridge at the other end of the swamp!
Thor: “???”

Li You was incredibly fast, and Thor offered no resistance, so he was easily carried away. In the blink of an eye, the two had crossed the not-so-large swamp and arrived at the stone bridge.

On the edge of this swamp, there are also dilapidated buildings submerged in black mud, almost half of which have sunk underground.

On the original roof of that building, several Ringed Knights were patrolling.

Li You and Thor flew over them in a grand display, naturally attracting the attention of these knights.

But before they could react, a thunderous roar came from the swamp, and the Dragon Hunter Armor, crackling with golden arcs of electricity, strode after Li You, carrying an axe and shield!

During this process, the Ringed Knights who inadvertently blocked his way were swatted away one by one by him wielding his great axe and shield, barely managing to slow down the Dragon Slayer Armor's advance.

Heavy, loud footsteps echoed behind him. Even though Li You had increased his speed to its maximum without using divine power, he still couldn't shake off the Dragon Hunter Armor by much.

Fortunately, having arrived here, Li You had almost achieved his goal.

He carried Thor to the other side of the bridge, found a gap in the mountain wall ahead, and then stood there waiting for the Dragon Hunter Armor.

The dragon-slaying armor strode forward, but he had barely reached the other side of the bridge when a strange roar echoed from the sky! "Roar—!!"

Including Li You, the three of them looked up at the source of the roar and saw an ancient dragon, tens of meters long, pitch black, with four legs and four wings, flying through the air!

The "ancient dragon" had no eyes, and its scales were strangely shaped, like rocks eroded by darkness. Its four wings were tattered, yet it could still soar through the sky.

This is the black dragon living in Ringed City, a descendant of the pure-blooded Dark Soul Ancient Dragon, Midir who devours darkness.

Don't forget that although they have similar names and characteristics, the ancient dragons in Dark Souls and the ancient dragons in the Ring of Fortune are fundamentally different species.

The ancient dragons in Dark Souls were the world's overlords before the Age of Fire, possessing immortal stone scales and resembling non-living things.

Only King Gwyn's lightning could pierce their scales and harm them.

Of course, Midil is not a true ancient dragon; he is merely a descendant of an ancient dragon, raised in this Ringed City to devour the darkness that emerges from humanity.

"Hila" asked Li You to kill Midil so that her friend would no longer suffer the pain of being corrupted by the abyss.

According to Li You's estimation, killing Midil should also be one of the main quests in this Ringed City, or rather, in the Upper Realm of Valhalla.

But he also had to consider whether it was possible that even with Thor's help, they still couldn't defeat Midil.
Given the rate at which the Hall of Heroes' stats are expanding, it's hard to say. Originally in the game, the black dragon Midir was a typical stat monster.

And returning to the present situation, even just this Dragon Hunter Armor is difficult for Li You and Thor to deal with.

So Li You thought, why not try to lure the two of them together and have them fight?

Actually, this was just a sudden thought. Earlier, when he was clearing out those Harland Knights with Thor in Fat Boys Pedestrian Street, Li You had faintly heard Midil's low growl coming from the sky.

Unlike in the game, even if they make too much noise outside of Midir's original area of ​​activity, they might still attract his attention.

It was this discovery that gave Li You the idea to give it a try. Even if they couldn't actually clash, luring the Dragon Slayer Armor to the bridge where Midir breathes fire would effectively weaken the enemy before him.

As mentioned before, the Black Dragon Midil is a numerical monster; his flames are so powerful that anyone who touches them will fall, and even the Dragon Slayer Armor is no exception.

Just as he had expected, after he and Thor crossed the Black Dragon Bridge, Midil was indeed drawn to it and came to guard the bridge, which was the only way to reach Felenenor's bedroom.

He happened to spot the Dragon Hunter Armor that was chasing after Li You and his companion.

Then the flames fell.

However, what happened next was somewhat unexpected for Li You.

Faced with the flames spewed down from the sky by Midil, the Dragon Slayer Armor turned around with incredible intelligence, raising its Dragon Slayer Shield in the direction from which the flames were falling.

Or rather, it was a shield that Li You specially crafted for Youzi.

A golden magic circle lit up on the shield, and most of the power of Midir's flames was absorbed by the magic circle the moment they fell.

However, the energy contained in this terrifying flame exceeded the limit of the magic circle's capacity. The golden magic circle shattered immediately, but even so, an extremely thick golden beam of light still transformed into a stream of light and retaliated against Midil in the air before the magic circle was completely destroyed!

Midil never expected that someone could absorb his breath and then bounce it back. He didn't even try to dodge and took the blow head-on. The golden beam landed on his head, leaving a small hole in his skin covered with black crystals.

From Li You's perspective, you could see that Midier even seemed momentarily stunned before letting out an extremely angry roar!

"Roar--!!"

Spurred on, Midil disregarded everything else. He flapped his two pairs of dragon wings, which were damaged by the abyss's erosion, and his massive body swooped down!

Midil made no attempt to hide his intentions; he was after the Dragon Slayer Armor. Although the Golden Return spell array had shattered during his breath attack, the remaining flames were blocked by the heavy shield, and the Dragon Slayer Armor itself remained undamaged.

But at this moment, Midir pounced down, opened its abyss-like maw, and fiercely bit down on the body of the Dragon Hunter Armor!

The Dragon Slayer Armor struggled fiercely, but ultimately could not withstand Midil's terrifying strength. It was bitten in his mouth, then circled in the air before finally plunging down into the abyss of humanity below the Black Dragon Bridge!

Li You knew that in the abyss of humanity beneath the Black Dragon Bridge, there was a resting place opened up by Midil, which could also be regarded as his lair.

Midil intended to bring the Dragon Slayer Armor there.

This turn of events was indeed unexpected for Li You, but at this point it was impossible for him to stop it.

Seeing Midil disappear into the abyss of humanity, wearing the dragon-hunting armor, Li You thought for a moment and said, "That must be the Black Dragon! Let's go, let's follow and take a look!"

Thor was also very interested in the behemoth Midir, after all, Midir was a pure-blooded descendant of the Dark Soul Ancient Dragon, unlike the dragons he vaguely remembered seeing in Norse mythology.

Furthermore, since he wasn't going to let the Dragon Hunter Armor go so easily, he agreed without hesitation: "Let's go! I'll go with you!"

So, led by Li You, the two took advantage of the black dragon falling into the abyss of humanity, took off again, crossed the black dragon bridge which was divided into upper and lower sections, and returned to the campfire inside the circular wall from the other side.

Here, Li You opened a hidden door that led to the abyss of humanity where Midir resided.

Then, the two went down to it.

After falling for quite a distance, Li You and Thor finally landed on the ground.

This place seems to be an open space located underground, dark and deep. The ground here is somewhat like a black mud swamp, but the black matter is purer and even has a faint glow.

Ahead, they could see Midil pressing the Dragon Slayer Armor under one of his forepaws. He glared at the armor, a dazzling white light brewing in his mouth!

Li You made a decisive order: "Go! Go help the Dragon Hunter Armor!"

Thor didn't hesitate at all, raising his hand and throwing Mjolnir!

"boom--!!"

(End of this chapter)