Today is the day for the final showdown. I must defeat that guy, and then, as she looks on the verge of tears, I will extol the name of the great Mistydin—"
boom--
As if the world was about to collapse, a huge sound that seemed to pierce the eardrums resounded through the earth. Subconsciously, the three people present stood up and looked at the rubble that was constantly scattered around them.
"Ms. Ella, let's get out of here!"
"Hold on to me, — [Fly]."
Eve extended her hand towards Ella and Lotte, and at the same time, Ella also received a message from the "Message" magic.
"Ella-chan, the Calamity Beast is out of control—"
Chapter 65 Absolute Control
"Iris, are you okay?"
Ella asked as she arrived outside the cave under the guidance of Eve's flying magic.
After hearing Iris's message, Ella and the other two quickly left the underground. Although there was still unread content on the stone tablet, Ella did not want to be crushed into meat paste by the rubble.
Now everyone was floating in the air nearly a hundred meters above the ground, staring at the shaking earth below.
"I'm not injured. I withdrew as soon as I realized I couldn't control it. Is Ella-chan okay too?"
"Um."
Ella nodded.
"I didn't expect that 'Monster Control' would fail sometimes. Could it be that it's too big to control?"
After shaking hands lightly, a look of confusion appeared in Mitis's eyes. With her ability, even controlling a dragon would not be a problem, but she was in an awkward situation when facing the disaster beast. The abnormal situation made her feel a little worried.
Recalling the contents of the stone tablet, Ella looked at Mitis.
"I think the reason has something to do with the Demon King."
"Did Ella-chan discover something?"
"Well, in the passage on the left, there's a stone tablet that looks like the diary of the previous Demon King. It records that the Disaster Beast was created by the Demon King to fight against someone."
"A creation of the Demon King? No, now is not the time to talk about that. If Mitis-chan can't control it, we'll have to resort to forceful measures. It seems that guy has already regarded us as enemies."
Iris said in a deep voice that in fact the disaster beast did not wake up at first. It was not until Iris approached that it seemed as if some kind of switch was triggered, and it suddenly opened its eyes, and then became what it is now.
"If it's something created by the Demon King... it's understandable that it can't be controlled. That thing doesn't seem intelligent, so if we can't communicate, then Lotte will have to use 'Holy Light Array' again—no, we should fight it first. That will at least alleviate Lotte's leveling discomfort."
Boom boom boom——
As the thunderous roars drew nearer, spider-web-like cracks began to appear on the ground. The soil kept turning up, huge trees fell one after another, and the birds and beasts in the forest roared in fear. If it weren't for the unusually lush vegetation around the basin, it would definitely have turned into a catastrophic landslide scene at this moment.
Suddenly remembering the existence of Lingran and the Goblin King, Ella immediately looked at the "Terrain Search" and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Have those without the ability to fly already evacuated? Linglan and Grace are heading this way..."
clack clack-
As if something was about to break out of its shell, a strange crackling sound appeared in everyone's ears. Subconsciously, Ella turned her head to look for the source of the sound.
"Little Ella, get out of the way!"
"Eh?"
"Tsk."
Before Ella could react, her vision flipped up and down, and the roar of the monster and the sound of strong wind reached her ears. If she guessed correctly, she must have been hit by something from below.
boom--
A soft sound like a cracking eggshell followed. Since she felt no pain, it was definitely her friend who saved her in the critical moment. Ella instinctively raised her head—and what came into view was a relieved Lotte and the descending blue sky.
"Phew—luckily I have the ring that Miss Ella gave me, otherwise I would have definitely been hurt by that blow just now."
Lotte looked at the plain ring on her middle finger, which was engraved with the third-level magic "Shield of Magic".
"But what kind of magic did Miss Ella engrave on it? Even with a head-on collision with the Calamity Beast, it was only knocked back..."
"Rather than that, Lotte is the one! Wouldn't it be dangerous if the ring couldn't block it?"
Ella frowned when she realized that she had just been hit by the disaster beast. Although she was very grateful for Lotte's actions, she still hoped that Lotte would not do such dangerous things in the future. With the defense value of "Healing Miracle", she could definitely withstand the attack just now. You know, when she was on Dragon Island, even the collision of Jörmungandr did not cause her any harm.
"But, I can't bear to see Miss Ella get hurt..."
"There's no way I'm injured. It's just a little sore at best."
"Hey, you two over there, save your sweet talk for later. If you don't react soon, the second wave of attacks will come."
Mitis, chasing them from below on her demonic wings, said angrily that because Ella and Lotte were still under the effects of the "Floating Technique", unless they deliberately landed on the ground, they would remain floating in the air. In other words, they were like immovable targets.
Seeing Mitis fanning herself, Lotte blushed and immediately let go of Ella.
"Hmm... Miss Ella, first, let's get rid of the monster that considers you an enemy."
"Ah, I see. This time, we'll lure it away from Yuyu Island. If it spreads to Floating Island—that being said, it seems like it won't work now."
There was a clear magical light coming from below. It must be Iris and Eve who were delaying the disaster monster. As warriors, Angelica and Fukagami were having a hard time attacking the flying monster - it should have been like this.
"You must be kidding..."
Ella, who was slowly descending under the leadership of Mitis, opened her mouth wide. In her field of vision, Angelica and Shen Gan were using a kind of hook with a rope to fix their bodies to the side of the Disaster Lord. While ensuring that they would not fall to the ground due to the swinging, they kept using their scythes and blade claws to leave wounds on the body of the Disaster Lord. Although most of the time they could only scrape off the scales on the Disaster Lord's body, the effect was extremely obvious. The Disaster Lord began to twist its body at unnatural angles, trying to eat the two people hanging on its body with its mouth.
Of course, Eve and Iris on the other side would not let the Calamity Behemoth do this. Eve continued to cast slow-down obstruction magic on the Calamity Behemoth, while Iris used elemental magic to attack the soft parts of the Calamity Behemoth, such as the eyes, fish lips and gills. As long as they were slightly exposed, they would be attacked immediately.
“Hiss—”
"Oh no, that guy is going to use magic!"
Mitis shouted when she noticed that purple light began to emanate from the mouth of the strange fish.
"So you're planning on getting rid of Iris and Eve first? That kind of immense magic power is simply impossible to resist. Ella, hurry up and use—"
Bang.
Before Mitis could finish her words, a roar like a siege vehicle crashing through a city gate reached everyone's ears. Even a behemoth like the Calamity Beast couldn't help but turn its head slightly to the side, and scales and something like blood spurted out of its body.
"The magic was interrupted? That was... Miss Linglan?"
"Hmm, I should 'charge' it and then use 'Vermillion Nova', but is it really okay to just charge into the monster fish like that?"
Mitis put her hand to her lips, her pretty face filled with worry. When they dissected the strange fish before, they found many parasite-like monsters inside. Although the level of those parasites was not high and their size was about the same as that of ordinary snakes, the innate magic they possessed was extremely tricky. Once they bit a creature, they would immediately suck away the opponent's magic power. If the magic power was sucked away, the consequence would most likely be to become food for the parasites.
"Wait, the attack isn't over yet."
Her pupils suddenly shrank as Ella looked at the soldiers who were rising to the vicinity of the strange fish in a magic airship. Including the human swordsman Grace, all of them were holding large crossbows aimed at the belly of the strange fish, and a long linen rope was tied to the tail of the crossbow.
"put!"
Plop, plop.
Although some arrows failed to penetrate the flesh due to the toughness of the scales, most of them successfully hit the target. The soldiers on the airship pulled the rope hard, confirmed that the magic engraved on the arrows - "Sharp Blade" and "Solidification" - had been activated, and then jumped off the magic airship, using the power of the rope to slowly climb onto the fin on the back of the monster fish.
This was one of the tactics they had trained for a long time. In the past, when facing flying monsters, the soldiers could only form a spear formation on the ground to face attacks from the air. That is, the shield warriors raised their shields above their heads, and the soldiers holding spears pointed the spear tips diagonally in the direction of the flying monster's attack. Or they could directly use archers to shoot or use magic casters to snipe, but no matter which method was used, the effect was minimal, especially when facing large flying monsters, such as the two-headed flying dragon or flying snake, which were distant relatives of the dragon.
Most of the time, local patrols could only ask the lord for help from high-level magic casters or warriors. However, considering the distance and the scarcity of these elites—not to mention that they were sometimes unable to defeat dragons—in most cases, the village was destroyed before reinforcements arrived.
However, after the magic airship came into being, the situation improved significantly. The soldiers proposed that they could sacrifice the magic airship's carrying capacity to enhance its defense performance and propulsion speed, so as to achieve a similar landing combat method. Of course, the prerequisite for achieving this is that the soldiers themselves must have certain magical abilities, but it is a generally problem-free plan. The military quickly approved this proposal, and the first to try it out was the Demon King's personal guard. In other words, this is what these soldiers are doing now.
At this moment, the hearts of these bodyguards were filled with high morale. First of all, of course, they were very excited to fight for the Demon King. Secondly, they really implemented the landing operation plan. If this battle could be successful, they would definitely make a groundbreaking contribution to the history of the demons.
Therefore, everyone tried their best to mobilize all the cells in their bodies, trying to squeeze out all the energy retained in them. They slashed, hacked, and stabbed, and any action that could cause damage was used to the extreme. If they were not worried about affecting other people, they would even want to stuff the explosive fruit into the belly of the monster fish.
"This is what it feels like to fight for the Demon King."
"Ahhh, the fire in my chest is burning!"
"We should really thank this guy for giving us this opportunity!"
“Aaaaaaaaa!”
For a moment, hundreds of meters in the air, there were not only the roars of strange fish and the roars of magic, but also the bloodshot roars of the soldiers' faces.
"I can't sit idle either."
Still hanging in mid-air with a rope tied around her waist by Mitis, Lotte took out Hela from her dimensional backpack.
"Hey, hey... Lotte, you're not planning on using Hela here, are you?"
"Don't worry, Ms. Mitis. Hela won't accidentally hurt anyone around her."
“Is that so…”
Although she said she understood, Mitis still looked unconvinced. The attack of the "Holy Light Array" was so terrifying that it left Mitis with something like a psychological trauma.
"I can't just sit here and do nothing."
Replacing the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment with the Arrow of Fire, Ella began to gather ice balls in the air. Although she could now cast enhancement magic on Iris and the soldiers in the distance, the sudden enhancement magic would only disrupt her companions' formation, especially for the soldiers who had never felt their own enhancement magic. If their bodies suddenly became lighter or their attacks became more fierce, it would not be a good thing. In fact, Grace had told Ella before that she hoped Ella would cast less enhancement magic on him, otherwise he would not be able to adapt to the battle because the enhancement magic effect was too strong.
"Ella, can't you move these ice balls further away? My wings are almost frozen!"
"Eh? Ah... Sorry, sorry, I forgot."
"The strange fish rushed towards Miss Elise and the others!"
Lotte's cry brought Ella back to her senses from the bitter smile she was giving up on. The strange fish seemed to have given up on attacking the soldiers on its back and was now focusing all its attention on Iris and Eve, who were constantly moving in the air using flying magic.
Snapped.
A sound similar to a sonic boom suddenly appeared in the air, and with strong wind pressure, the strange fish suddenly rushed towards Iris and Eve below.
"Oh no! 『Magic Shield: Maximize』!"
clang clang clang——
Along with the sound of metal symphony, the translucent magic shield instantly formed a huge shield wall in front of the monster fish. With Ella's current magic reserves, there were at least two hundred magic shields blocking the monster fish. However, due to the huge weight of the monster fish, and because Ella cast the magic shields in a very scattered manner in order to take into account the overall situation, the monster fish's movement was only delayed for one second, and the monster fish broke through the defense of the magic shield.
But this has already worked for Ella. She didn't put all her hopes on the magic shield at the beginning. Her real purpose was to buy Eve a second. With the training in the maze, Eve would definitely make the right choice at this moment.
Ella was not disappointed. Before colliding with the strange fish head-on, Eve put her hand on Iris's shoulder and held the Holy Light Staff necklace hanging around her neck with her other hand.
"'Ghost Transformation'."
The bodies of the two people instantly turned translucent light purple, and then they passed through the body of the diving strange fish.
『Ghost Transformation』 has the ability to be immune to physical attacks, so simply ramming into something is not a problem at all.
Seeing this scene, Mitis smacked her lips.
"What a perverted ability..."
"Lotte, Mitis, please pay attention, okay?"
"Ella, what are you going to do—"
Before he could finish his words, Mitis looked stunned - there were at least thousands of ice balls gathered in his field of vision, and each ice ball was the size of a fist. Mitis was sure that this was definitely not the hardness of snow rolled into a ball on a snowy day. The ice balls in front of him were at least equivalent to an "ice wall".
However, this was not the most shocking thing for Mitis. What made her feel the most incredible was that these ice balls seemed to have intelligence. There was a certain distance between each ice ball, and they were connected in a straight line one after another. If these ice balls were launched, even a huge monster fish would definitely suffer a penetrating wound through its belly.
"Since you're being rude to Lotte and Iris, then try this! Launch!"
Directing the ice ball, Ella swung the arrow of fire at the strange fish.
呲——
The sound of a hockey puck cutting through the air.
Thousands of ice balls were lined up and flew towards the same target. If someone was looking up at this moment, they would definitely open their mouths wide enough to swallow the angel crystals in one gulp.
Lotte, unable to intervene due to the intense fighting, averted her eyes from the scope.
"By the way, Ms. Ella, if the Calamity Beast is a creation of the Demon King, can't it be controlled directly with the Crown of Mistin?"
“Ah—haha?”
Seeing Ella staring blankly in mid-air with her mouth slightly open, Lotte continued to add with a thoughtful look.
"Remember that the Crown of Mistin has the power to control the Demon King's creations? The stone tablet also mentioned that the Branch of Disaster was created by the Demon King."
“Y-yes, so there is such a thing, ahahaha…”
Cold sweat kept running down her cheeks. Ella turned her head away, not daring to look into the eyes of Ruthie and Mitis.
"Stop the puck!"
Mitis, who was hanging Ella in the air with a rope, patted Ella's head.
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