Although it is a bit shabby, this heroic spirit is super strong

They are definitely not escaping reality.

"You two be careful."

"You too, Dora."

With that, Crystal and Sasha jumped off the city wall with the three-tailed sparrows and began moving towards the northwest corner on the roof of the Pier El building.

"It's terrible in the city, too."

Looking at the corpses on the chaotic street, Sasha said very sadly.

In the city, the temporarily recruited militia and adventurers were also fighting against the sporadic monsters that broke into the city.

Although there are not many monsters in the city, they also do not have many fortifications to withstand attacks.

In addition, many militiamen had not received combat training, and there was a lack of coordination among the adventurers.

Even in the relatively safe urban area, they suffered heavy casualties.

"Yes, we must hold the gap in the northwest."

Looking at the huge gap in the city wall in the distance, Crystal felt tremendous pressure.

She now felt a little regretful for being too assertive in front of Sasha and Dora.

Sasha noticed that Crystal's expression became serious, and said nothing, but just silently held her hand.

"Thank you, Sasha... Tsk, it's too late now. I'm going to cast a spell here first, so please cover me."

Seeing that the defending troops had collapsed, Crystal stopped.

"I see."

Crystal waved the flaming staff and chanted with a sweet voice.

"O great dragon that sleeps in the land of sunset, a being of great power, scorched by the flames of the world. Even if I see something filthy and evil before me, please allow me to use your wrath to send it into the abyss of flame."

A beautiful and majestic red magic circle appeared under Crystal's feet and behind him.

Violent flames gushed out from it and condensed into a giant red dragon in the air.

"Please, Flame Dragon."

This giant dragon summoned beast was a farewell gift from Crystal's mentor to her.

Because of its great destructive power and its special significance, Crystal rarely summons it in battle.

After letting out a shocking dragon roar, the giant dragon made of flames rushed towards the northwest where the monsters of Pier El were emerging.

"Kristo, are you okay?"

Sasha quickly supported Crystal who almost fell to the ground.

"It's okay, please give me another bottle of magic recovery potion."

Crystal smiled tiredly at Sasha and pleaded in a weak voice.

"No, even if you have magic power now, you can't cast magic anymore, right?"

Sasha looked at the cold sweat on Crystal's forehead and knew that she had definitely pushed herself too hard.

"It's okay. That Akatsuki guy's training was much harder than this before. With a little rest, your mental strength will be restored to the point where you can cast magic."

"Then you can take a rest now, and leave the rest to me."

Sasha carried Crystal on her back.

"That Sasha..."

"Just rest on my back. At least I can help you with this matter."

"Then trouble you."

Crystal, who was being carried on Sasha's back, smiled a little embarrassedly.

But another loud noise made the two of them freeze in place.

"You're welcome. I'm your older sister after all... Could that be Tianshu..."

Looking at the huge vines that sprang out of the ground, Sasha and Crystal were stunned.

Chapter 99 Desperate Situation

“This is too…”

Then, dozens of vines emerged from the ground one after another, as if to support something, and embedded themselves into the ground again.

"There's no hope..."

Sasha murmured in despair as she watched the Sky Tree completely emerge from the ground.

The entire ground of Pier El began to shake violently, and two balls of flesh wrapped in vines broke out of the ground.

"Is this an eye?"

Crystal watched as the vines of the Heavenly Tree that had wrapped around the fleshy ball unfurled, revealing an enormous eye.

Then, like the wails of the dead in hell, screams that made people feel heartbroken and sad filled the entire Pierre.

"ah!"

Realizing that Tianshu had launched a mental attack, Crystal swung the staff again with difficulty.

"Lion God, the ancient guardian of all, please grant this person the courage to face pain."

She chanted a spell in great pain to Sasha, who was lying on the ground crying, and a very warm red-orange light appeared on the two of them.

"Krystal, are you okay?"

"It's okay, we have to stop that guy quickly. I haven't heard that this guy called Tianshu can release mental attacks!"

Crystal wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and forced a smile.

Mental attack is an extremely rare ability among both magicians and monsters.

She now realized with some despair that they had underestimated Tianshu before.

If Tianshu is not stopped quickly, the defenseless Pierre's defenders will soon be wiped out.

"Kristo...we...even if it's just you..."

Sasha held onto Crystal with a trembling voice, her eyes full of pleading.

"Sasha, I won't leave."

"But…"

"Don't look at me like this, I'm still considered a hero in Nosti.

Moreover, if I don't complete what Akatsuki asked me to do, the mocking look on his face afterwards is too infuriating just to imagine."

Crystal smiled and playfully put on an expression of disgust and distress.

"Xiao, he wouldn't do such a thing, would he?"

"That's because you haven't seen the devil he looked like in the maze."

Crystal thought back to what happened in the Pure White Labyrinth and felt nostalgic.

"But, but you already..."

"Sister Sasha, please take me there."

Unable to convince Crystal, who had already made up her mind, Sasha carried her on her back again and moved towards the northwest city wall.

Although the two of them couldn't do anything, as long as the summoner Crystal got closer, the Flame Dragon's ability would be greatly improved.

Sasha gritted her teeth and prayed continuously, "Just hold on until Xiao and Su Lin'er return."

But the conditions of both the Flame Dragon and Crystal were getting worse.

The dragon struggled to avoid the vines of the Sky Tree and had to deal with swarms of flying monsters.

Just to contain it, it had already used up all its strength and had no ability to fight back.

On her back, Crystal was sweating profusely and his consciousness was beginning to blur.

When Sasha finally reached the northwest wall of Pier-El, the dragon let out a mournful cry.

It was bound by the vines of the Heavenly Tree, and its entire body was torn in all directions.

"No way?! Chris, how about you cancel the summoning magic so quickly!"

"Pfft! Look, it seems I'm a step behind. Sorry."

Crystal didn't cancel the summoning magic in time and was seriously injured due to the backlash of the contract.

"Krystal, you idiot."

Sasha laid Crystal on the ground and fed her a healing potion.

The three-tailed sparrows circled around the two of them, silently guarding them.

"W-Why isn't it working?!"

Sasha panicked when she saw that the healing potion Akatsuki had prepared didn't work as expected.

"Calm down, Sasha. This is normal. Contract backlash is different from ordinary injuries."

Crystal held the hand of Sasha, who was kneeling beside her, and after a light cough, she forced a smile.

"So, what should we do now?!"

"Don't worry, that guy Xiao is a Heroic Spirit Master. Didn't he tell you?"

"Well, you, you don't want to say..."

"That guy wouldn't let me go even if he died, after all, that's what we agreed on.

As long as I can be with him and you, it doesn't matter if I'm half dead."

Because of the contract between her and Akatsuki, even if Crystal died here, she could still stay with Akatsuki and the others in the form of a soul.

"No, don't say such weird things!"

"It's just a pity. I still want to try to be a mother or something, but now it seems that there is no chance..."

"Hey! Crystal, you, you don't need to sleep!"

Seeing Crystal lose consciousness, Sasha burst into tears.

This feeling of powerlessness reminded her of the death of her mother and her little maid.

In her panic, she didn't notice that the blood-stained ruby ​​on Crystal's chest emitted a warm orange glow under the watering of her tears.

"Kristal, you look so miserable."

A person that Sasha had never expected appeared in front of them.

Although she was laughing at Crystal, her expression was very sad.

"Eh? You are... Duke O'Neill?!"

"I'm sorry, I'm the Duke's agent. Just call me Hildreth. You must be Sasha Andar, right?"

"Yes, it is."

"Now do me a favor, I need you to fight Tianshu's mental attack. Otherwise, Pier-El will be wiped out before that bastard and Lin'er come back."

Hillilite leaned over to check Crystal's condition while giving orders to Sasha.

"Eh, but I..."

Remembering that it was Crystal who protected her from mental attacks not long ago, Sasha, who knew little about magic, was very confused by what Hillilite said.

"That's just because you're mentally fragile. It's different from casting magic to defend against mental attacks."

Crystal's dire condition made her answer impatiently.

"But even if you say so..."

"I can definitely do what you say. In return, I'll help you save that damned girl Crystal."

Hearing that Hillette could save Crystal, Sasha forced herself to cheer up.

"Then what should I do?"