My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 276 Hmph, trying to run away!?
Discussion concluded.

After a brief moment of thought, Roland decided to relay the information he had received from the Blood Lord back to the Empire.

Of course, the source of the information should be cited, and it should also be noted that this information was shared with reliable senior Vatican officials.

Incidentally, Roland also relayed this message directly to the great sage Erebus of the Academy.

The Demon King had no objection to this, and remained silent after being interrupted by Roland.

He seemed to be thinking, or perhaps reminiscing.

Clearly, the words left behind by the Blood Demon Lord before he left had a great impact on her mindset.

And the Demon King was indeed trying his best to search for answers within his own fragmented soul.

In other words, what exactly is the King of Carrion and his royal court resisting?
Then why say you're about to give up?

What crisis has the demon race encountered? And why do I seem to know the true nature of this crisis?
Did the demons start the war simply to collect runestones and then activate the Golden Horn?

Is this really the only method left?

Why won't the Blood Demon Lord reveal the truth? Is it because he's afraid I'll find out?

Suddenly, the Demon King understood the reason.

The dangers posed by the demon race must involve evil gods.

Only in this way would the Blood Demon Lord choose not to reveal the truth.

But... is that really the case?

If it involved evil gods, then Danso wouldn't have mentioned the possibility that the demon royal court, led by the Heart-Beating Demon King's Court, might be colluding with cultists.

What exactly is that?
The Demon King's soul suddenly began to tremble with pain.

She hadn't felt this intense pain in a long time.

The last time she felt this kind of pain was when she was trying to gain knowledge from death.

Fortunately, the excruciating pain came and went quickly.

The pain disappeared in no time.

The Demon King sensed what Roland and Kalia were doing.

Then they discovered that the young couple were exchanging intelligence and information.

We can chat casually.

Suddenly I felt superfluous.

The Demon King sighed helplessly.

Fortunately, she is an ancient being who has lived for thousands of years, so she is not troubled by questions that cannot be answered for the time being.

Not to mention she's dead now.

I'll just treat my gauntlet as an encyclopedia every day.

Anyway, I've been having a pretty good time around Roland lately.

There's no need to worry about the development of the demon race, nor about the progress of the war.

There's no need to guard against strange elves that suddenly appear, nor to face the world-ending crisis that seems both far away and imminent.

She doesn't even have to think about what to eat anymore.

The only thing we need to consider is the strange and unusual questions that Roland has raised.

These kinds of days seem pretty good, don't they?

Just as the Demon King was about to continue his slacking off and temporarily trust the wisdom of his descendants, a strange sense of crisis surged up.

Caught off guard by the sudden unease, she only had time to shout a warning to Roland and Kalia: "Watch out!"

The reminder worked.

Before the unidentified black object destroyed the cozy little house where the two people and one gauntlet had lived for a month, Roland activated his Time Control in conjunction with Flash, using unimaginable speed to take Kalia and the Demon King out of the disaster area.

When the Demon King sensed his surroundings again, he could only feel the battle familiars surging in from all over the mountains and fields.

There are even high-level familiars like the vampire plant Ernash.

Most of the familiars appeared in canine-like magical beast form, and their bodies and limbs were heavily armed, as they charged toward Roland and the village behind him.

In mid-air, Russell was already fighting an evolved prototype whose shape was clearly different from the other prototypes.

This special prototype was covered with an extra layer of heavy armor, but its agility was not significantly affected by the spatial magic.

On the contrary, Russell no longer had an absolute advantage because his opponent was no longer too wary of the disintegration effect of the boxing gloves, but he still managed to overpower his opponent with his bold and unrestrained boxing style.

But before Roland could suddenly use magic to counter the sneak attack on the special prototype, the seven-meter-tall black giant that stepped out of the wooden house ruins forced him to take it seriously.

Especially when he discovered that his spell countermeasures were no longer very effective against this seven-meter-tall special machine.

When I countered with my own spell, the lag was less than three seconds!

This is not good news.

Fortunately, his own spell interference was still able to clear out those familiars in large waves, turning them into pieces scattered all over the ground.

In the blink of an eye, before the seven-meter-tall giant armored figure could hurl its spear at him, Roland shoved Kalia aside: "Lia, evacuate the villagers! Take them away from the village!"

"My teacher and I are fine for now! Let's go!"

“But…” Kalia wanted to say something, but she gritted her teeth and nodded, then turned back to evacuate the villagers.

Fortunately, the villagers have a strong instinct to run away because of the special location they live in.

Without Kalia's command, they began running towards their usual refuge.

All Kalia needs to do is summon some shadow creatures to eliminate any obstacles in their path.

As she escorted the villagers away, Kalia would occasionally lean back and look around.

Then she froze.

Roland was seen wielding his sword, locked in a fierce battle with the seven-meter-tall giant!

real or fake? !
Although somewhat taken aback, Kalia was no longer the same person she was a month ago.

Knowing the importance of things, Kalia simply ordered the Shadow Beasts and Shadow Giants to carry the villagers and run, which would be faster.

……

"Ping!" "Bang!"

"boom!!!"

Kalia was not mistaken; Roland was indeed engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the prototype at that moment.

Although Roland's physical strength, even after enhancement, was far inferior to the prototype, his power and speed were completely overwhelmed.

Not to mention this special seven-meter-tall aircraft.

Its power and sense of oppression are no less than those of a prison cell.

But this time, Cherlinina was no longer by his side to protect him from the frontal attacks of the legendary warriors of the Nine Rings.

He can only rely on himself.

However, although Roland's base stats are poor, he has a lot of skills.

In short, they have outstanding self-abduction abilities.

Sun Runestone activated!

Blood-Activating Gear!
The steel reinforcement system is activated!
Since the physical enhancement of the magic circuit is included in the base stats, the enhancement effects of several skills are significantly improved after the base stats are increased.

At this moment, Roland was not only radiating golden light, but also steaming, and his body was covered with layers of iron-gray light.

Its colors are only slightly less vibrant than the colored lights in a tavern.

Moreover, these light effects were not just special effects; Roland was indeed unleashing a combat power that would shock everyone.

Anyway, the Demon King was frightened.

Roland, fully buffed and wielding the Holy Sword, was able to break through the defenses of the seven-meter-tall special prototype machine in front of him using only physical damage.

As the creator, the Demon King knew very well how this seven-meter-tall special edition came about.

It's actually quite simple; it's just two prototypes fused together.

After the fusion, the prototype's combat power changed from being a mediocre machine comparable to a Nine-Ring Legend with only its toughness and annoying nature, to a Nine-Ring Legend with the strength of an ordinary Nine-Ring Legend. In other words, it was a Nine-Ring Legend comparable to Cassius of the Chaos Brotherhood.

However, it will become taller and stronger, with its speed and strength greatly increased, and its magic resistance will almost reach its limit.

Roland has already experienced this firsthand.

The skill "Radiant Spear," which is definitely not weak in terms of damage, was actually less effective than a direct hit from a sword when it hit the opponent.

At least with one strike, the opponent will suffer some injury.

But when I cast a spell, not even a white dot appeared.

Although I am indeed only at the sixth level of strength, even after several enhancements, most of those enhancements are still aimed at my physical body, especially the steel enhancement.

He was able to hold his own in hand-to-hand combat, almost entirely thanks to the protection he received.

After this blessing was activated, Roland could feel that not only his defense, but also his strength and speed had been enhanced.

On the contrary, their own spell strength did not benefit much from the enhancement effect.

It all relies on the enhancement of the Sun Rune, but unfortunately the Sun Rune is just a projection, which not only has a short duration but also a much weaker effect.

It's perfectly normal that my spellcasting power can only reach the eighth ring, so it can't damage the prototype.

but……

After once again blocking the attack with his Gray Spear, and then suddenly stabbing his opponent with the Silenced Sword in conjunction with a spell counter, Roland was already planning to end the battle.

In the recent probing, all the damage I caused was rendered ineffective.

Although I hit the opponent dozens of times, and all of them caused effective damage.

However, the opponent's health bar and health regeneration speed were too fast. Although the opponent couldn't kill Roland when he was buffed, Roland couldn't deal with the opponent either.

unless……

Roland already had a plan in mind, but it required a little cooperation from his teammates.

"boom!"

Another parry and counterattack. Roland's close-combat skills are actually not very good; at best, they are only slightly above average.

Just over a month ago, he was just a guy who liked to use Flashy Flash in combination with Blink and various gadgets to ambush his enemies.

Swordsmanship is enough as long as it's sufficient.

After that, acquiring a series of skills that were not very friendly to mages further fostered Roland's slightly gloomy personality.

His swordsmanship, which was not particularly good to begin with, was once again neglected.

Thinking about it carefully, I realized that it had been a long time since I had engaged in close combat with such a thrilling intensity.

"Bang bang bang bang!!!!"

After a swift four-hit combo, Roland adjusted his breathing, then took a step forward, his waist following his movement, and slashed down fiercely at the giant object in front of him with the Silence Sword held high in his hand.

"The Spear That Breaks Boundaries!"

The sword swing was merely a feint; clearly, this not-so-bright prototype hadn't noticed Roland's subtle maneuver.

In Roland's left hand, the incredibly hard, gray spear had been planted in the ground, and in its place in his palm was a phantom spear radiating terrifying spatial fluctuations.

Yes, thanks to the Demon King's teachings and the heartfelt instruction on using the Spear of Boundaries, Roland has mastered how to conceal this technique.

Most importantly, Roland used his inherent time control to accelerate his spellcasting animation.

This is the moment we've been waiting for!
As expected, the seven-meter-tall special machine, upon discovering Roland's attack intentions, planned to use its special spatial teleportation technique to leave.

But this tactic no longer works on Roland.

How could Roland not have noticed that the prototype had escaped several times?

"Spell Interference! Curse Counter!"

The two different skills, one after the other, not only interfered with the activation of the teleportation spell, but also made the prototype's movements stiffen.

The next moment, the Spear of the Boundary, through Roland's hand, precisely annihilated the half-prototype machine in front of him.

With the disappearance of the central link of the seven-meter-tall giant mecha, the prototype, which resembled being cut in half at the waist, finally ceased operation completely.

Roland's task progress bar also started flashing.

【Prototype of the Demon King's Hand (2/7)】

(End of this chapter)