Does the mechanical girl dream of the Messiah?

This doesn't seem like a supernatural power that a spellcaster should possess!

After a round of fierce attacks by Lunisia, in the gap between the next wave of attacks, the great lich suddenly clenched his fist and smashed hard at the weakest point of the giant sword, forcing Lunisia to hold the sword with both hands, barely avoiding the rhythm being completely disrupted by this powerful blow - even so, the next round of attacks was directly interrupted by the continuous punches and book smashing, and could not be carried out for a while.

"Luna, that's a martial arts technique."

"I can tell!"

Alexis Pentellier does not have only one identity - there are multiple Alexis active in Marie at the same time, and almost every Alexis has different strengths. Some are excellent in swordsmanship, some are good at potions, some are excellent in magic, and some are even active as priests. And the great lich Alexis in front of him, it seems that it is not only the most powerful "Alexis" as a magician, but also has some expertise provided by other Alexis, such as the almost monk-like fighting skills now.

"Well……!"

At first he could still hold on, but after a while, the severe pain from his right shoulder caused his defense to gradually show flaws. His left arm, which was completely burnt by the fireball and could only continue to be used because of the double protection of armor and the "Shield of Piety", was now just barely maintaining defense. The great lich seemed to have no sign of exhaustion and continued to swing his fists.

"Luna!"

Her usually clear and steady voice inevitably fluctuated. The thrusters under Ashethelin's feet were fully activated. She held the sword in both hands and rushed towards the great lich.

"...!"

Even though the opponent's attitude had not changed at all and he was still trying to break through the greatsword's defense with his blows, Ashlee suddenly felt her mind tremble.

The next second, her chest and abdomen were pierced straight through.

The death aura is not as deadly to a construct like her, which does not have "life" in the traditional sense, as it is to ordinary creatures. It can even be said that it has no effect at all in most cases. But if the Archlich Alexis really needs to use the death aura that always surrounds it to deal with a construct when she is tied up, there is not no way out - for example, like now, he can condense the death aura into a large amount and use it to deal with the enemy like a floating weapon that does not need to be held.

One, two, three, three deathly gray swords pierced through the torso of the construct girl, leaving three terrifying huge cracks, and then disappeared again, turning into part of the death aura around the great lich. However, its strength was greatly reduced, and it might be difficult to recover for a while.

However, this round of offensive is not over yet.

Two dark blue rays chased after her, carrying Ashetherin's body backwards. After crashing directly into the Wall of Erumu, the freezing effect caused ice flowers to bloom on Ashetherin's body, making it difficult for her to move for a while.

At the same time, the lich's fierce attack also knocked away the giant sword. Its other hand opened the Scroll of Silent Whispers and pointed the page with the evil prayer towards Lunisia's body.

"Die."

A faint green light flickers between the pages, as if one can hear the chanting of a great lich who regards himself as a god from the distant past.

Sixth-ring spell, [Disintegration].

——The subject can try to dodge. As long as they avoid the green ray, they will not be affected by the effects of disintegration.

The words of Sethine during the lecture echoed in my ears.

Naturally, Lunicia couldn't avoid this attack by dodging - her stance was broken and she lost her balance, so she couldn't make any effective evasive moves in this situation.

——If you are unfortunately hit, you will be seriously injured immediately... Hmm... But if you are in good physical condition, the hit is not fatal, and it will not cause death on the spot. If you receive timely treatment, it will not be a big problem. As I said before, both priests and paladins are good at this.

Her left arm was burnt, the right half of her abdomen was corroded by Ma Youfu's acid arrows, and her legs were hit by several magic missiles, bleeding profusely. She was definitely not in good physical condition at all - as for the location of the spell, if Lunicia's judgment was correct, it was aimed directly at her heart.

Indeed, after establishing some kind of subtle connection with Ashetherin, his regenerative ability has been inexplicably enhanced. Even if his hands and feet are broken, he can probably grow them back with just holy healing - but if he is hit by the disintegration spell, will he still be so lucky?

——If the person is irreparably injured or dies on the spot due to being hit by "Disintegration", then the person will turn into ash... and everything on him will turn into ash as well. Except for magic items, the sixth-level spell "Disintegration" cannot destroy magic items. Because there is no body left, only the highest-level magic "Complete Resurrection" or "Wish" can revive the person... The regeneration ability will probably be invalidated, except for the lich.

——Anyway, don’t get hit by that kind of thing.

“That’s easy to say…!”

The green light was thin and silent, but it did not hit Lunicia's body directly as expected.

The sword body and hilt of "The Avenger" separated, the hilt turned into a long sword, and the sword body turned into a shield. The direction in which the shield popped out was exactly the direction of the "Dissociation" trajectory.

——Except for magic items, the sixth-level spell "Disintegration" cannot destroy magic items.

"The Avenger" happens to be such an "indestructible" magic item, a powerful enough magic item!

Chapter 35: The Dance of the White Knight (Part 2)

Holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, he first steadied his body and then raised his arm.

On the left is the charred bones, on the right is the book, the first one is to stop, the second one is to clench the fist.

The Archlich raised his fist, trying to reproduce the previous form again.

Admittedly, it only has one sixth-level spell slot, which means that it can only cast Disintegrate or Spell Nullification Ward once in a short period of time. However, this does not mean that it is helpless - it has handed over a large number of spell slot resources to "Grand Duke Ivanov", which does not mean that its low-level spells have been used up. Weak ones like "Freeze Ray", "Mayouf's Acid Arrow", "Magic Missile", "Thunder Wave" and strong ones like "Fireball" and the last one "Withering", using its mana as a great lich, it is too easy to cause fatal damage to a relatively weak paladin.

In the worst case scenario, simply using a large amount of death aura as a weapon is enough to win.

Even if Alexis Pentellier was unable to think normally under the influence of "Grand Duke Ivanov", he was able to formulate such a tactic based on instinct alone!

"How can I let you succeed————!"

boom!

Abandoning the thrust with the long sword, Lunicia raised the pure white shield and swung it hard at the great lich's fist!

When the two collided, neither of them gained any advantage, and they both took two steps back.

"Come again!"

Lunicia took a step forward, and while Alexis was adjusting his posture, she took advantage of the attack distance to take the initiative to attack. Before Alexis could stabilize his posture and make a comeback, she stabbed forward with a sword!

Clack——————

With a teeth-grinding friction sound, the silver sword pierced straight into the great lich's lower jaw, passed through the mouth, and came out from the great lich's right eye socket!

If it were an ordinary human, this blow would undoubtedly have pierced the brain, and there would be no chance of survival. However, Lunicia's opponent was not a human after all, but a spirit, a skeleton, the great lich Alexis! Without internal organs and a brain, there was no weakness like heart, lungs, brain and spinal cord. Even if the structure was destroyed, it would not be fatal. At most, it would only temporarily hinder the action. Similarly, now the skeleton of the great lich was sizzling under the burning of the holy wrath, but it did not lose its ability to move immediately. Instead, it used the ghost fire in the remaining eye socket to stare at Lunicia.

Even with only one eye, you can still use "Fear Gaze"!

"...!"

As the sight from the will-o'-the-wisp came over, Lunicia felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave. The fear seemed to be ignited like a flame, rapidly spreading from the bottom of her heart. All five senses were lost in an instant. In a world dominated by fear, her eyes could not see anything, her ears could not hear anything, her touch could not feel anything, and it seemed that she had even forgotten to breathe. Her brain was unable to judge for a moment whether these were hallucinations or reality, whether she had been put into a black box, or whether everything in the world except herself had disappeared.

Fortunately, she was none other than the holy warrior, the White Deed Lunicia.

"Well……!!!"

Even though everything was taken away from her and she was thrown into the scene she feared the most, she still did not completely lose her ability to move. The Archlich could only use one eye to launch the "Gaze of Fear", and this flaw gave her an opportunity to do something to get herself out of the current situation as quickly as possible - she bit down hard with her teeth.

Her tongue was cut, and the smell of blood burst out of her mouth. The strong smell of rust instantly brought Lunicia's consciousness back to reality, and reunited her with her body, allowing her to immediately move her right arm, instead of advancing, and stab further into the head of the great lich.

However, the Archlich had bought itself enough time.

Even though a long sword was stabbed into its eye socket and half of its head was pinned by the blade, it still stood up again, stabilized its posture, and stabbed out with its left wrist like a snake, directly penetrating Lunicia's defense line - unlike what Lunicia expected, Alexis did not aim at the body protected by armor at all. If that were the case, Lunicia might even be able to exchange injury for life and deal a fatal blow to the great lich by reducing the damage through the armor. However, the great lich's unexpected move caught her off guard for a moment.

The bone palm passed through the stance, ignoring the torso covered with ice spikes and acid corrosion marks, and went straight to the left arm!

Stab——————

Grasping, piercing, tearing, in the blink of an eye, the left arm holding the shield was torn off from Lunicia completely!

"——Eliminate...obstacles must be eliminated...the Kingdom of Nasaran will be revived——"

“Ugh——!!!”

There was a mixture of nonsense and screams, but both sides still refused to retreat.

Even with only one right arm left, Lunicia had already stabbed hard into the head of the great lich - the undead have no hearts, and except for the vampires that only exist in legends, destroying the heart has no effect on almost all undead. Similarly, due to the lack of a brain, everything is commanded by the "soul" wrapped around the body, and destroying the head will not cause fatal injuries. But if this is really done, even if it is impossible to kill it on the spot, it can greatly affect its functions!

Not only the right arm, but also the right shoulder, chest, waist, abdomen, legs... the weight of Lunicia's entire body pressed towards Alexis.

“Lord God of Light and Thunder! Lord of Wrath, King of Heaven! Grant me courage, grant me the strength to move forward————!!!!”

Wailing, screaming and prayers mixed together, the White Knight's body was covered with scars and bleeding, but he suddenly gained more powerful strength and pierced the silver sword into the frame of the Great Lich's skull. Anger was wrapped around it, and the orange-red flame became brighter and brighter, burning more and more fiercely, almost turning into a fireball that exploded in the Great Lich's skull, causing Alexis' entire head to begin to burn.

“Gu…Aa ...

"Blessing", "Divine Grace", "Furious Slash", as she took steps forward, three consecutive divine spells were released by Lunicia, entwined around her body, enhancing her strength, entwined around her sword, making the blade sharper, and making the flame of the "holy weapon" more vigorous. Even the great lich couldn't help but howl.

It was not only because of the severe pain caused by the Holy Flame exploding directly from the head and burning the soul from the inside, but also because, under the amplification of divine magic, Lunicia maintained the posture of the long sword piercing into the head of the great lich, and began to push its body with great force, causing it to involuntarily begin to retreat.

It did not want to retreat at all. In its already crazy consciousness, retreat would not only lead to tactical mistakes, but also be a symbol of compromise and retreat - it would kill all cowards and would not allow any betrayal, any compromise, any capitulation within the "Legacy of Natya" organization. Strategic retreat was also an unacceptable behavior. This idea had already been firmly rooted in Alexis' soul and was strictly enforced by him. Now, it was completely occupied by its mind because of the influence of the crazy aura of "Grand Duke Ivanov".

So, it refused to retreat. So, it gave up its plan to exchange its injury for its life and use the aura of death to attack the now immobile Lunisia. So, it grasped the ground tightly with its skeletal feet and poured all its strength into it.

——No effect.

Under the impact of the strange force, its feet, which were tightly gripping the ground, began to retreat, crushing the white stone tiles on the ground, and then stepped into the sand and soil under the tiles. This still could not reduce the impact brought by Lunicia, and it began to be pushed backwards in this state.

“Uoo ...!!!!!”

The holy warrior roared and plowed the ground with the only remaining bones of the great lich's feet. The floor tiles cracked, the white stones tilted and collapsed to the sides, and the soil was dragged out into two smooth and deep gullies like canals. The speed was getting faster and faster. At first it was like a stroll, then a sprint, and finally it was like a galloping war horse. Lunicia pointed the tip of the sword at the great lich's skull and slammed it hard into the Wall of Erumu!

——If I just bump into it——If I just bump into it————!!!

As long as they collide, the big lich's head will be pierced directly by the two impact forces, and may even cause it to completely lose the ability to move for a while.

However, the great lich finally reacted.

"...die."

It barely raised its right arm and pointed its palm toward Lunisia's head.

As they ran wildly, one was pulled by the strange force and couldn't escape, while the other couldn't make any evasive moves due to inertia - "Freeze Ray", "Ma Youfu's Strong Acid Arrow", "Magic Missile", "Fireball"? No, no, no no no no, this was the last chance between life and death, and if he had to use it, he had to use a stable and winning move.

Use [Withering].

“…………Die.”

A dark green glow shone, and not just dark green, but also the dark yellow of pus, the deep red of blood, the gray-black of death, all the colors that symbolize decay, decay, and withering condensed between its five fingers and were tightly grasped in the palm of its hand - a spell that directly plundered the vitality of the recipient, a fourth-ring spell that could not be circumvented at the moment, a necromancy spell blessed by the Scroll of Silent Whispers, if it hit directly, the head of the paladin would become dehydrated, corrupt, and dry, and then wake up as its own undead soldier, as a loyal servant who would never betray -

——………………?

Nothing came from between the palms.

Where did the plundered vitality go?

No, no, that's not right. It's not that the life force that was plundered disappeared, but——

Looking into Lunicia's eyes, the Great Lich suddenly understood the current situation.

——No vitality was plundered at all.

What happened? The great lich began to recall what had just happened with the last bit of thinking ability left. It was stabbing the paladin's head and ramming it into the city wall. In order to reverse the situation, it stretched out its palm towards the paladin and released the "Withering Spell". At this moment, it seemed that something suddenly flew past the paladin's head and the residual heat and impact seemed to be still faintly felt now.

——Something flew over?

The Great Lich followed his instinct and decided to temporarily give up thinking about such complicated things. He once again gathered heat in his palms, wanting to give Lunicia a second final blow. This time it was "Fireball————"

boom----! ! !

A huge impact and heat came from the palm of the hand. Something hit it hard, knocking the palm of the great lich away, and the fireball that had already been cast also flew into the sky.

BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!!

Three more sounds were heard, hitting the same spot on the archlich's right wrist in succession, swinging its wrist away and making it impossible for it to cast a spell on Lunicia for the third time.

It was not until this moment that the great lich could see clearly what had hit him - on his dangling right arm, four silver-white rod-shaped objects were firmly inserted on it, their sharp ends were slightly dissolved, and their colors were a little black and yellow due to friction with the air - they were tungsten rods, tungsten rods used as kinetic ammunition.

The reason why the "Withering Spell" just now did not work was that at the critical moment, a tungsten rod flew between the great lich's palm and Lunicia's head. The "Withering Spell" did not hit Lunicia's head, but was sucked by the tungsten rod flying through it, and it had no effect at all.

It was only then that the Great Lich saw clearly who was attacking him—

A war horse was galloping from the horizon, and a figure in a black tuxedo was kneeling steadily on the horse's back, holding some kind of long and narrow black stick. He pulled the bolt and aimed at the great lich.

——That’s “Opera” Lusa Efayeret, Lusa Efayeret with a sniper rifle!

boom!

One shot.

boom! !

One shot.

boom! ! !

Another shot!

Three consecutive shots hit a point on the lich's constantly shaking right wrist, and hit the tungsten rod that was already slightly nailed into it again and again. The impact force continued to accumulate, and finally the tungsten rod was completely driven in, piercing through the charred bones, piercing the entire right arm of the lich, cracking and shattering as it shook, and finally breaking into two pieces. The upper part was still connected to the shoulder blade joint, and the lower part fell to the ground with a bang, and could no longer be used for anything.

“Die…!”

The lich raised his left arm again, and the Whispering Scroll flipped open. The pages rustled in the strong wind, and the words of the Lich God were chanted rapidly. It was not to release any spells, but to stir up the death aura beside the archlich, allowing the majestic power to expand, condense, and gather together, turning into a gray-black giant sword suspended in the air, and it was about to pierce the back of Lunicia's head.

""Don't even think about it!""

Two voices came from both sides at the same time, one distant and one anxious.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Invisible air arrows hit the gray-black giant sword one after another. They were sharpened invisible crossbow arrows with prayer characters attached to them. They actually directly pierced through the gray-black giant sword condensed by the aura of death, as if they had tied a string to it and locked it, making it sway and unable to move for a short time.

The sound of breaking air was heard, and two long swords, one purple and one black, tore through the air at the same time and stabbed straight at the great lich - the purple long sword stabbed directly on the Silence Scroll, piercing through the pages, the leather cover, and the wind-dried tongue of a certain great lich. As the entire book was pierced, a dazzling and strange purple flame burned up. The powerful spell book of legendary level seemed to be no different from ordinary paper under the flame. In the blink of an eye, it was burned to a ball of ashes and blown away by the winter wind; the black long sword pierced into the great lich's left shoulder, and as the tip of the sword penetrated the body, the great lich's left arm began to dry and weather visibly, like the bones of any ordinary person thousands of years ago, it shattered at the touch, and turned into fine bone powder under the impact brought by Lunicia.

"Do not……"