I Am a Heroic Spirit

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod over the rivers, the brooks, and the pools, so that frogs may come up on the land of Egypt.’ So Aaron stretched out his rod over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.”

The LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the ground, so that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.’ ” They did so; Aaron stretched out his rod and struck the dust of the ground, and lice became common on both man and beast; all the dust of the ground became lice throughout the land of Egypt.

The Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh at the water’s edge. Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you, upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be filled with swarms of flies, as will the ground where they live.”

The Pope struck the scepter three times in succession, reciting the Holy Word rapidly. With the sound of "crackling", three deep cracks appeared on the scepter.

A swarm of lice, flies and frogs pounced on the sea monster, and Astolfo hurriedly dodged to avoid being affected.

Dense lice, flies and frogs pounced on the sea monster's body and bit it. In the blink of an eye, the sea monster lost weight and nearly one-tenth of its flesh and blood was eaten away.

The Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘Let my people go, that they may serve me.’ But if you refuse to let them go and still hold them back, then the hand of the Lord will be on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks—with a very severe plague.”

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of ashes from the furnace, and Moses shall sprinkle them toward heaven before Pharaoh. It shall become dust throughout all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out with boils on man and beast.” Moses and Aaron took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses sprinkled them toward heaven, and boils breaking out with boils on man and beast.

Two more cracks appeared on Aaron's scepter, and ashes fell from the sky. Astolfo and Mary quickly hid far away.

The ashes containing the curse of plague were spread on the sea monster's body. Large blisters rose on the sea monster's body surface, and then exploded into pools of poisonous blood, dissolving the sea monster's body.

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand toward heaven so that there may be hail throughout all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and on every plant of the field.’ Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail; fire flashed down to the earth; and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.”

The Pope knew that one or two disasters could not keep up with the speed of the sea monster, and he did not dare to delay at all. After the plague and boils, he raised Aaron's scepter high and summoned the most powerful hailstorm.

Hail and lightning rained down from the sky, bombarding the sea monster relentlessly, causing it to wail shrilly. The successive disasters dealt the sea monster a severe blow. Nearly a third of its body was destroyed, and its recovery speed could no longer keep up with the speed of the damage.

Joy was already visible on everyone's faces, because if ever the sea monster was going to be defeated, it would be now.

However, none of them knew that their actions to defeat the sea monster would lead to dire consequences in the near future.

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"Now! Astolfo! Prepare to charge!"

Dion's eyes brightened, and when the time was right, she shouted loudly.

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. He who saw it has borne witness, and his witness is true; he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe. These things happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not a bone of him shall be broken.” And again, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

The Spear of Longinus was held in the Pope's hand, and half of the Bible handwritten by Jesus automatically turned the pages. The hazy holy light shone through the book and merged into the Spear of Longinus.

The Pope made a throwing gesture, shouted loudly, and threw the Spear of Longinus out with force. The Spear of Longinus turned into a stream of light and shot towards the sea monster.

The sea monster's tentacles that stretched out to entangle it collapsed at the first touch, and its body, which was rapidly repairing itself, was also suppressed by the power of the holy light.

"Show me your strength! Hippogriff, the phantom horse that never existed in this world!"

As the Spear of Longinus passed by him, Astolfo immediately drove the Hippogriff forward. The Hippogriff flew at super high speed and followed the light trail left by the Spear of Longinus in the air without falling even a meter.

The holy light gradually expanded, its power accelerated by the blood of the Son of God. Like divine retribution from the gods, it slammed into the sea demon's body. Every component of the demonic giant, a manifestation of terror, was exposed to the holy light's impact, and the sea demon let out a shrill scream.

Dozens of tentacles dancing wildly almost knocked Mary down from the sky. More than 30 Templar Knights were smashed into mud, and Marshal Gil was also blown away by a tentacle that swung around erratically.

A huge hole with a diameter of ten meters appeared in the body of the sea monster, and as the Spear of Longinus penetrated deeper, the hole became deeper and deeper. The pierced flesh and blood recovered extremely slowly due to the suppression of the holy light. Astolfo followed the Spear of Longinus in front and entered the body of the sea monster. The speed was not much slower than that of the holy light, so the sea monster could not stop her from the back or sides.

The Spear of Longinus quickly pierced the sea monster's body completely. From the front, through the hole, one could see the sky and earth behind the sea monster. It was a passage that was large enough for an airplane to pass through. It almost cut off one-fifth of the sea monster's body. If it weren't for the penetrating attack, the sea monster could be killed in less than three strikes.

Astolfo, who followed closely behind, also saw Giles' figure. In the center of the sea monster's body, half of Giles' body had been torn apart by the impact caused by the Spear of Longinus. Only half of his body was left, and he was still holding a magic book bound with human skin.

Giles also saw Astolfo rushing in from outside the sea monster's body. In panic, he summoned a large number of monsters. Some of them pounced on Astolfo, and the others were used to fill the center of the sea monster to prevent Astolfo from moving forward.

In front of him were monsters being summoned continuously, and behind him was the flesh and blood of the sea monster that had been partially repaired. Astolfo was caught in a dilemma.

It would still be possible to retreat now, but the Pope no longer had the strength to inflict such severe damage on the sea demon. If she continued advancing, regardless of whether she could successfully kill Giles or defeat his Noble Phantasm, even if she could destroy Giles's Noble Phantasm, or even kill him, it would only suppress the sea demon's recovery ability and mana supply. It would be impossible to immediately eliminate the sea demon, which meant that she would likely be trapped inside the sea demon's body.

"Do I need to think about this?"

A similar thought flashed through Astolfo's mind, and her eyes became unusually bright, as if a hero were radiating his own brilliance.

"Hippogriff!"

Astolfo pulled hard on the reins, calling out Hippogriff's real name.

The Hippogriff let out a sharp, piercing cry, and its body became illusory in an instant. Even though it solidified immediately, it was as if the previous moment was an illusion. However, the Hippogriff and Astolfo, the knight, still seemed somewhat out of tune with reality. It seemed that they did not exist in this world, but their existence could be clearly observed.

The monster that was rushing towards her did not bring any obstacles to Astolfo. It was as if it was transparent. The Hippogriff carried Astolfo through the monster's body. The squirming and merged pieces of flesh could not stop Astolfo and her mount.

The Hippogriff is inferior to the Griffin, a beast of the Age of Gods, but its charge creates a crushing attack comparable to an A-rank physical attack. It can fly at speeds of 400 kilometers per hour.

However, its true trump card isn't its offensive power, but a hidden ability called Dimensional Leap. Upon unleashing its True Name, and with the Hippogriff's shrill cry, both the Hippogriff and its rider transform into a blurry form, vanishing from view, evading all mortal observation and reappearing elsewhere. Even attacks powerful enough to annihilate even the gods and Buddhas would be powerless to harm it.

After unleashing the true power of the Hippogriff, nothing can stop them.

Giles appeared in Astolfo's sight again. The distance between the two was no more than ten meters. For a heroic spirit, there was not much difference between ten meters and one meter.

"The Evil Vision of the Abyss!"

Giles widened his single eye, which looked like a creature living in the deep sea. Life and sea monsters had a very close connection, which gave Giles a high level of combat continuity ability. Even if half of his body was gone, he could still launch an attack.

The evil gaze from the abyss casts endless fear upon Astolfo, a mental attack that can also affect first-class servants.

However, Astolfo was not affected at all, even after he had escaped the state of dimension jumping.

After all, how can rationality, which has already evaporated, be affected?

"Declaration of the Breaking (Casseur de Logistille)!"

Astolfo didn't hesitate and immediately took out the Magic Master Guide and released the True Name of the Noble Phantasm.

Suddenly, broken pages flew out of the Magic Guide, and the paper turned into butterfly shapes and scattered on the wind, rushing towards the magic book in Giles' hand with a targeted approach.

Although it is an A+-level Noble Phantasm, due to compatibility issues, even if it is only a C-level Noble Phantasm, the Luoyan City Textbook is still unable to resist the power of the Destruction Declaration. The magic book made of human skin shattered like the Magic Universal Guide, but it shattered more thoroughly than the Magic Universal Guide.

"Damn it! It's not over yet... the filth isn't enough..."

Giles let out a cry of agony as he watched his most important Noble Phantasm being destroyed by Astolfo.

Astolfo was too lazy to pay attention to him. The situation was very urgent. Although he destroyed Giles's Noble Phantasm, it only reduced the threat of the sea monster by half, but could not make the sea monster disappear immediately.

After all, it is a summoned creature. Although it relies on the magic power of the Luoyan City Church's text to function, it was not created by the Luoyan City Church's text and will not be directly affected.

If they delayed any further, there would be no possibility of escape, and Giles was so seriously injured that he could not survive.

With this in mind, Astolfo turned the Hippogriff around. Although she wasn't afraid of death, she would never give up hope of survival.

The Hippogriff also felt Astolfo's will, moved its legs, created a sonic boom in the air, and its wings brought up a scorching storm, carrying Astolfo back to escape.

Although a crushing assault at the military level could not cause serious damage to the sea monster, it was not impossible for it to break through the siege.

Enduring the strain of exerting all his strength multiple times, the Hippogriff once again pushed to its limits, piercing through the flesh and blood blocking the road ahead. However, the spreading flesh and blood also slowed the Hippogriff's speed. However, this did not affect the Hippogriff's chances of breaking through.

At this moment, a change occurred.

"You bastard! Let me be one of the sacrifices..."

Giles's frantic and hoarse voice rang out, penetrating through layers of flesh and blood, and shaking the atmosphere along with the filthy magic power.

Outside, Mozart and the Pope were assisting Marshal Gil and the remaining Templars in their retreat. The sea monsters, now increasingly frantic and lashing out at everything with their erratic tentacles, were no longer a threat for ordinary Templars to handle.

Hearing the devilish sound echoing between heaven and earth, Dion, Samson, Mozart, Marie and others' minds suddenly became confused. Marie, who was in the sky, had her glass BMW shattered by a tentacle and fell from the sky. Only the Pope, with the help of various holy objects, avoided the extreme spiritual pollution at the moment of Gilles' death.

In the distant sky, Black Jeanne frowned, her gaze piercing through the obstruction of the wyvern and the dark clouds, falling on the sea monster that had shrunk almost by half but was now expanding again.

"Jill..."

Black Jeanne's lips moved, and a soft sound escaped. After a moment's hesitation, she seemed to have made up her mind. She narrowed her eyes and turned her gaze away from the wriggling sea monster. There was no need anymore, either to save it or to take action.

Inside the sea monster's body, the Hippogriff gradually slowed down, and Astolfo's smile became heavy, because she knew it would be difficult to escape this time.

Although the sea monster's recovery ability was suppressed by the power of holy light, it was greatly restored with Giles's sacrifice of himself. Although it could not be compared with its original form, it had recovered two-thirds of its flesh and blood in its heyday.

If a dimensional jump is launched, there will naturally be no problem. Unfortunately, Hippogriff has already reached its limit. Even if a second dimensional jump is launched, it cannot send Astolfo out of the sea monster's body.

The Hippogriff stopped, because it had no strength left to penetrate the flesh in front of it. No! It might not even be able to break it open.

The Hippogriff is a mount, a mythical beast, and a combat partner. Although it is called a Noble Phantasm, it is not a lifeless prop after all. It also has physical limitations. After being pushed to its limits many times, the Hippogriff is on the verge of collapse.

Astolfo turned his head and saw that the passage behind him was about to disappear. Twisted tentacles extended from the left and right, up and down of the passage, entangled and intertwined with each other, filling the empty space in the passage.

With a sigh, Astolfo turned over and got off the Hippogriff. His shoes stepped on the road paved with flesh and blood, leaving a pair of footprints that sank slightly.

Hippogriff turned his head in confusion and rubbed his head against Astolfo's face.

"Sorry, that's all. My friend, you should go back first."

Astolfo also stroked the fur on the Hippogriff's head and spoke in a depressed tone.

"It's really frustrating to be out like this. This behavior is a lot like Xuanzang's disciple, the Monkey King, who also likes to defeat his enemies by burrowing into them, but he always succeeds, while I fail. I wonder if anyone mentions me in 3 or 4 and says I was the unlucky guy who got eaten by the tentacle monster."

Astolfo complained incessantly. She had thought of many ways to die. The most satisfying one was dying in a battle with a powerful enemy, but she had never considered dying in the body of a tentacle monster.

The Hippogriff nuzzled Astolfo's face, chirping softly to comfort her.

"Okay, you should leave quickly too. It would be too ugly to die like this." Astolfo shook his head, avoiding the Hippogriff's hesitation and breaking the magical connection with the Hippogriff.

The Hippogriff turned into light and disappeared. In the sticky and disgusting passage, only Astolfo was left, pouting and waiting for death.

The intertwined tentacles quickly filled most of the empty space and approached Astolfo. Although Astolfo was mentally prepared, he still showed disgust when he saw the approaching flesh and blood tentacles. He huddled his body into a ball to reduce the area that would be touched.

At this moment, a hot breath penetrated in and almost roasted Astolfo dry. Astolfo raised his sweaty head in shock and almost touched the tentacles that were so close.

"what happened?"

Astolfo opened her mouth wide. She saw that the tentacles in front of her had been burnt. She just exhaled, and cracks appeared on the tentacles.

Then, a wave of heat struck, shattering the tentacles and singeing Astolfo's hair. In the dazzling light, Astolfo squinted her eyes and seemed to see someone approaching her.

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The sea of ​​fire, which could almost evaporate an entire river, completely submerged the sea monster. The scorching flames dried the sea monster's filthy blood and burned its torso. Even Astolfo felt the heat and unbearableness wrapped in the sea of ​​fire. If she had not still had the Broken Declaration in her hand, she would have been seriously injured in the burning sea of ​​fire.

However, this sea of ​​fire was clearly no ordinary flame. Its power surpassed the limits of an A+-rank Noble Phantasm. A large portion of the sea demon's body was scorched. Astolfo could hear the crackling of the scorched earth beneath his feet. If he didn't leave now, he would either fall to his death after the sea demon was completely incinerated, or be consumed by the sea of ​​fire. After all, even with a Breaking Declaration, it would be impossible to hold back a flame of this magnitude for long.

Just as Astolfo was trying to find a way out, the sea of ​​fire ahead suddenly split apart, just like the legendary Moses parting the sea. A large armored dragon, like a UFO, kept circling, emitting scorching flames like the sun and flew in from outside. Standing on the dragon's back was Marda, with her staff casually tucked away at her waist.

"careful!"

Marda also saw Astolfo, but unlike Astolfo who looked happy at being saved, Marda nervously shouted to Astolfo.

"Varied……"

Astolfo was about to ask when he felt his feet go empty. With the arrival of the giant ankylosaur, the flesh and blood under his feet were completely burned, causing Astolfo to fall directly.

"Tsk! What a hassle, Tarax, go and catch her." Marda quickly ordered Tarax at her feet.

The big iron-armored dragon didn't waste a moment and immediately flew towards Astolfo. Before Astolfo hit the ground, it appeared under Astolfo. Marda saw the opportunity, stretched out her hands, and caught Astolfo's falling body.

"Phew, that was dangerous."

Astolfo breathed a sigh of relief. After helping Marda to stand steadily, they had already left the sea monster's body. Looking back, they saw that the sea monster was burning with raging flames all over its body, with countless tentacles dancing wildly, but it was not dead yet.

"Merda, when did you acquire this ability?" Astolfo asked Marda curiously, standing on the back of the giant ankylosaur. "I remember your Noble Phantasm was only A+ rank, but this is clearly above that."

"My Noble Phantasm is EX-class, and the power of A+ class is due to the limitation of magic power. This time, the magic power supply is sufficient, so I can naturally exert my full strength." Martha said calmly, her eyes fell on the sea monster burning with flames by the river, and she felt inexplicably depressed.

Although she didn't feel anything wrong or notice anything unusual, Marda didn't know why she felt an inexplicable sense of oppression in her heart.

Could it be her?

Marda looked up and saw a black flag rising in the distant sky. Black Jeanne d'Arc, holding the flag, stood on the head of a wyvern in the front, observing the situation here coldly.

Martha had never met Black Jeanne before, nor had she ever heard of the Humanity's Final Trial Plan. But she had a feeling that the oppression she felt wasn't caused by Black Jeanne.

At this moment, the ground suddenly shook. The earthquake was so severe that cities within thousands of miles collapsed. Wide cracks appeared on the ground one after another. If the troops stationed in Orleans had not undergone countless trainings and their physical fitness and reaction speed far exceeded that of ordinary people, at least half of them would have died.

Servants and knights jumped across the cracked earth, avoiding the huge ravines on the ground.

The sea monster, who had difficulty moving, fell directly into it. In a blink of an eye, the fire disappeared, which showed how big and deep the crack in the ground was.

"Wow! So deep!"

Astolfo climbed on the edge of the giant ankylosaur and looked down at the crack in the ground, but he couldn't see the bottom at all. It looked extremely eerie and chilling.

Astolfo took a look and was about to retract his head, but he saw a red light from the corner of his eye from the crack whose bottom was invisible. He immediately stopped and looked down carefully.

"It seems like something is coming up!"

Astolfo exclaimed, and the others hurriedly looked down. Sure enough, the pitch-black bottomless pit suddenly took on a vibrant red color.

As if realizing something, Marda's face changed, and she immediately drove the Great Iron Dragon to fly in the direction where the ground fissure was not so serious. The servants and knights on the ground also hurriedly fled, not daring to stay for a moment.

The largest crack is where the sea monster fell. Although there are many cracks in other places, they are not as wide or as deep as where the sea monster fell. Ordinary people may be troubled by them, but they cannot hinder the servants and knights.