The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 515 Underground and Above Sea

"In fact, in my heart, you are the one who truly possesses the qualities of a knight," Ryan said seriously.

Whether it was Menia's performance in the battle just now, or what Ryan felt, those battle scenes from the fragments of Menia's consciousness, Ryan had a heartfelt respect for this mature, beautiful and wise woman in front of him.

Although Ryan did not fully view all the fragments of Menia's consciousness because they were not fully integrated, he could get a glimpse of the other party's character. Ryan had already known it clearly.

Menia was slightly startled when she heard what Ryan said.

When she came to her senses, she found that Ryan was still staring at her with burning eyes.

If anyone else had been so rude, Menia would have been angry.

At the same time, if it were in the past, even if it was Ryan, Menea would definitely feel offended.

But she is different now.

Even she didn't realize that after experiencing the process of merging consciousness with Ryan, she inexplicably had a natural sense of closeness and familiarity with Ryan.

In a way, this kind of intimacy even exceeds that of love.

When Ryan looked at Menia at this time, the feeling was completely different from before. Instead, it was like looking at Anna, a person he was very familiar with.

"Thank you."

Facing Ryan's gaze, the always majestic 'Red Queen' Menia blushed slightly, felt shy, and extremely rarely lowered her head in front of a young man.

If outsiders saw this scene, they would be shocked.

However, in Ryan's opinion, Menia in front of him not only looked elegant and graceful, but also had a bit of the charm and shyness of a mature woman, which made him stare at her even more intently.

"Lerain, I need some time to recover."

"Well, of course you can, Your Highness Menia." Ryan nodded quickly, trying to cover up his own gaffe.

"However, although I brought healing potions, I don't think they will be very effective in treating the aftereffects of the dragon blood sacrifice. So, it may take me a few days to recover a certain level of combat effectiveness."

Menia looked around with her beautiful eyes, as if trying to determine whether this place was safe.

"Don't worry, Your Highness Menia, I'm here, you can recover here without worry." Ryan said immediately.

"By the way, is there anything I can do to help?"

He had long felt that although His Highness Menia in front of him did not seem to have any obvious injuries, his breath was much weaker and moreover, very unstable.

He could barely even maintain the level of a fourth-level Dawn Wizard.

If he is not treated or recovered immediately, he will likely fall from the realm of the Dawn Wizard.

This is easy to understand. After all, the power of the secret technique is so great, and correspondingly, the sequelae are also extremely serious.

In fact, normally speaking, after Menia sacrificed herself by using dragon blood, she would basically die.

But fortunately, Ryan, the object that was infused with dragon blood, was rather different. He forcibly terminated the dragon blood sacrifice and returned all the properties to their original owners.

However, this is not borrowing something, and it will be fine if you return it.

This involves a series of extremely complex and sophisticated changes. Ryan knows that even if Menia recovers well, her strength will probably drop by at least one level, becoming a fourth-level mid-stage Dawn Wizard. This is already the best expectation.

If not dealt with immediately, there is a high chance of falling to the early morning hours.

Even if we prepare for the worst, it is very likely that we will fall to the peak level of the third level crystallization.

"Thank you, but not for now." Menia shook her head and said.

"Well, if you need me, you can always call me."

As Menia fell into a deep meditation state, Ryan checked the surroundings carefully again. After confirming that there were no ferocious species in the dark lake and the surrounding rock walls, he returned to Menia with peace of mind.

"This place is hundreds of meters below the surface, and the pit above has formed a lake due to the siphon effect. The possibility of being discovered by the Poseidon Cult is very small."

"However, after something like this happened, the Federation would probably go crazy."

He had just tried to use witchcraft to communicate, but it seemed that because he was deep underground, the witchcraft fluctuations were greatly affected and he could not contact Reginald.

"I wonder if His Majesty Reginald has escaped?"

After a little thought, Ryan couldn't help but shake his head again, feeling that there was a small risk in contacting Reginald just now.

It's not that they are worried that Reginald will reveal their situation, but if there are a large number of high-level wizards of the Poseidon Cult around the island, then there is a certain probability that his witchcraft communication process will be sensed by nearby wizards.

At the moment, he only had a few attribute points left. If the Poseidon Cult was attracted and Menia was at a critical moment of recovery, it would be counterproductive.

However, Ryan was not idle.

In addition to summarizing combat experience, although he did not have the relevant raw materials for elven leathermaking or the raw materials for goblin engineering products at the moment, he should not forget that the goblin engineering knowledge that he had memorized in his mind before had not been studied thoroughly.

Hiram had previously shared all his research progress with Ryan, allowing him to complete the third prerequisite for his promotion to Goblin Engineer (Legendary) - 'Mastering knowledge related to Goblin Engineering', and the progress had reached 63%.

Therefore, Ryan plans to take advantage of Menea's recovery time to see if he can improve the progress further.

Of course, before that, Ryan still had one thing to do, which was to confirm the situation of the mermaid girl who seemed to be from an ancient race.

The other party's condition was very strange. There was no consciousness in his body, neither the consciousness of his original body nor the remaining consciousness after the Goddess of the Underworld took over his body. However, the blood in his body was flowing slowly, his skin was delicate and lifelike.

It's like falling asleep.

minutes ago.

On the sea near the island.

Just as Reginald was trying his best to control his dragon partner Ted and try to catch up with His Highness Menia and Ryan who had separated and retreated towards the island, he was stopped by the Pope of the Church of Poseidon Egil and a large group of high-level sorcerers.

As a last resort, Reginald could only fly to the other side, that is, to reunite with the remaining imperial airship fleet that came to bravely support him.

He planned to rely on the cooperation of the Imperial airship formation to resist a wave of attacks from the enemy, and then look for an opportunity to seek a chance to reunite with Menia and Ryan.

Of course, he also knew that although Ryan's fighting power was as amazing as ever, Menia's condition was very bad and she could hardly maintain her dragon form. Once Menia lost her fighting power, the entire balance of the battle would be broken and both of them would face desperate situations.

Therefore, at this moment, he was extremely anxious!
"The Imperial airship formation, cooperate with His Majesty Reginald and forcefully assault the island ahead!"

In the captain's room of the Imperial flagship, the old major general naturally saw the scene before his eyes and immediately gave the order.

But just as the airship formation turned and started fighting with the Flying Fish Knight and Manta Ray Knight of the Poseidon Cult, suddenly, a dazzling white beam of light appeared in front of everyone!
This beam of light appeared in the center of the island not far away, almost piercing through the sky, and quickly expanded to dozens of times its diameter. Then, a strong shock wave covered the island and blasted towards the sea surface.

The densely packed flying knights of the Poseidon Cult were blown dozens of meters away by the air waves, and the only four remaining airships of the empire were also shaky like candles swaying in the wind.

Only Reginald and his dragon could barely stay stable in midair. "This kind of fire energy fluctuation, it can't be..." Reginald, who saw this scene, turned completely pale and muttered.

Because he knew very well that Ryan was a metal wizard, and the one who could release fire magic with such energy fluctuations must be His Highness Menia. But Menia was almost exhausted just now, so where did he get the mental strength to release such a strong attack?

The Pope of the Church of Poseidon, Egil, was also very experienced. Looking at this scene, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

"That young man named Ryan is not a fire-type dawn wizard. The only one who can cast such powerful magic is the woman called 'Red Queen' Menia from the Dragun Empire."

"Based on the state the opponent was in just now, he is definitely not capable of releasing witchcraft of this level. It seems that the opponent has been forced by my Lord to self-destruct."

After hearing the analysis of their own Pope, the high-level sorcerers of the Poseidon Cult behind Egil nodded one after another with happy looks on their faces.

"That's a big victory too! I heard that this dragon knight named Menia is the aunt of the Emperor of the Dragun Empire and a top-level royal powerhouse. It would be of great significance to be able to kill her!"

"I've also heard that the 'Red Queen' Menia was a renowned guardian of the Dragun Empire. Her death by our Poseidon Cult will raise the reputation of our Cult to a higher level."

"Haha, then should we work harder and wipe out the enemy here?"

"Don't worry, let's go to the island to check the situation first. As for Reginald, we will make a decision later." Pope Egil thought for a moment and decided to go to the island to check the situation first.

This is what he was thinking. First, if Ryan was still alive, he must have been seriously injured since he was so close to the center of the witchcraft explosion. They could just help their goddess stop him from escaping. If they were lucky, they could even take advantage of the situation.

The second is Reginald in front of him, who is an earth-based dawn wizard known for his defense, and has a yellow dragon gifted with earth-based witchcraft. He is really like a turtle shell, and it is difficult to kill him in a short time.

Therefore, in terms of priority, the first choice must be to kill Ryan.

As a result, the battlefield here strangely reached a kind of unity. Both the Poseidon Cult and the Empire were fighting desperately and quickly approaching the island. Naturally, the fighting became more and more intense along the way.

Soon, the scene of the island appeared before everyone.

In an instant, almost everyone stopped in shock and stared at the huge hole in front of them that had turned into a small lake. Many people even looked around as if they were looking for something.

All I saw was a stretch of land that looked like a hurricane had passed through it. All the vegetation had been completely destroyed, and it was all radial dirt and rocks. The scene was almost clear at a glance.

There is no sign of Hela, goddess of the underworld.

There was no sign of the three-headed dragon, Rayne.

Even after a closer look, they had no sign of the Red Queen Menea.

It was as if all three of them disappeared in the explosion at the same time.

This caused many high-level sorcerers of the Poseidon Cult to whisper.

"Could it be that we will perish together?"

"It's hard to say, there is such a possibility!"

"Although my Lord has lost an avatar, if he can kill the Empire's 'Red Queen' Menia, it will be considered a small victory."

These words naturally reached the ears of Pope Egil, but he frowned slightly, because the scene before him was not quite the same as he had expected. In addition, his opinion was different from that of other people in the church.

Because if their own goddess has the upper hand, then even if the Red Queen Menia self-destructs, there should be an incarnation of their own goddess at the scene, but now there is none.

"The self-explosion just now was a fluctuation of fire energy. Red Queen Menea should have died, no doubt about it!"

"However, that Ryan is likely still alive, and he defeated my Lord's clone."

"At the same time, the other party should be seriously injured, so he hid before we arrived. This can explain why there is no one at the scene at this moment!" Pope Egil's brain was working at high speed, and his eyes gradually brightened.

In particular, when he prayed silently to his goddess in his heart, there was no response, which made Egil more certain of his guess!

"Stop the Imperial airship and search the entire island!" Egil gave the order immediately.

"Yes, Your Holiness!"

The same thought popped up in Reginald's mind.

"His Highness Menia is very likely dead!"

"But Ryan may not have. At least, we didn't see the seawater clone of the Undersea Goddess here. This means that it is very likely that after Her Highness Menia blew herself up and severely injured her, Ryan took the opportunity to defeat the Undersea Goddess."

"Could it be at the bottom of the explosion crater?"

The sudden attack of the Poseidon Cult interrupted Reginald's thoughts.

Facing the fierce offensive of the Poseidon Cult, the remaining airship fleet of the Empire was not afraid of life and death, but still fell into a disadvantage. However, under the leadership of Reginald, they were able to fight and retreat and still managed to hold on.

However, the Poseidon Cult soon discovered that a small fleet of the Federation was approaching rapidly from the sea not far away.

Although this fleet was quickly destroyed by the flying knights of the Poseidon Cult, a certain amount of troops were dispersed after all. In addition, not long after this small fleet was destroyed, several federal fast ship formations that were cruising nearby arrived.

For a moment, a long battle line stretching for several kilometers spread out on the sea, with artillery fire roaring and sea beasts roaring!

after a while.

"Your Holiness, our subordinates have searched the entire island, but still cannot find any trace of Ryan." At this time, a sorcerer came to report.

"Keep searching!" Egil said in a deep voice.

"Well, Your Holiness, more and more federal naval ships are gathering in our direction. The Flying Fish Knights and Manta Ray Knights have suffered heavy losses. What do you think?" a high-level sorcerer nearby advised.

In fact, when Pope Egil gave the order to search the entire island just now, many high-level sorcerers nearby were confused, because in their opinion, whether it was Menia and Ryan of the Empire, or their own goddess clones, they should have died in the explosion just now.

Especially when the search was fruitless, this thought naturally became stronger.

Pope Egil of the Church of Poseidon naturally understood the meaning of his capable subordinate's words. He looked around and indeed, more and more federal ships were appearing on the sea in the distance.

If we wait a little longer, I'm afraid the powerful federation leaders will arrive soon.

In addition, he had just tried to pray again in his heart, but his goddess did not respond. Obviously, even his prayers as the Pope did not receive any response, so his goddess clone must have fallen.

But as to whether they would die together, he was not sure.

"Could it be that we will die together?" Egil looked thoughtful.

At this moment, a silver light suddenly flashed across the eastern sky, and a strong man was rushing towards them at high speed!
"Duh!"

A huge silver sword cross streaked across the sky, immediately chopped dozens of Manta Knights and Flying Fish Knights who tried to step forward to block it into several pieces, and turned into a blood rain!
Faced with such power, the other flying knights did not dare to step forward to stop it for a moment.

"Tirion, the Federal Swordmaster!" Egil said with his eyes slightly narrowed.

(End of this chapter)