Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

Before the girl could finish her words, Astaroth disappeared from her sight, leaving only a few sparks in his place.

The girl was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that the busty woman she bumped into was actually a big shot!

However, the girl did not dwell on the identity of this "big-breasted woman".

Because she was busy looking for her boss - Ingrid!

In the demon world, everyone's impression of Ingrid has always been that she is a female knight who only obeys Brack and likes to act alone.

However, as a senior executive of Nomad, Ingrid actually has a direct subordinate, or a close follower.

Storm Knight Lina.

Who would have thought that such a young and somewhat confused girl could be a knight recognized by Ingrid, and even be given the name Storm by Ingrid?

Nine days.

Nine days have passed since Lin Zhiyu captured Ingrid.

Now, Black doesn't know what he's doing.

Anyway, Lina couldn't sit still anymore.

Since she started following Ingrid, she had never encountered a situation like this where she couldn't contact Ingrid for more than a week!

Although she was confident in Ingrid's abilities and believed that Lady Ingrid would be fine, the girl, who deeply respected her superior, could not help but search for her Lady Ingrid...

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Chapter 10 A Song of Ice and Fire

"Excuse me, sir and madam, have you ever seen a woman with dark skin, long pink hair, and a plump figure?"

"Oh, right, just like this lady! The person I'm looking for also has a beauty mark under the left corner of her lip!"

...On the busy street, next to a small stall selling octopus balls, Lina, who was looking for Ingrid, met Lin Zhiyu and Bayonetta who were buying food.

"Huh? Pink hair? And you have a little mole on the side of your mouth like me?" Bayonetta, who was eating, swallowed the chewed octopus balls in her mouth, then took out the toothpick from her mouth, looked at Lina thoughtfully, and turned around to see Lin Zhiyu's reaction.

By this time, Lin Zhiyu had already paid for the twenty octopus balls packed in a bag and box from the vendor. Then, Lin Zhiyu turned his head, glanced expressionlessly at the girl with a sword at her waist, and said indifferently:

"I'm sorry, I don't think I've ever seen the person you're talking about."

After finishing speaking, Lin Zhiyu took Bayonetta's hand and they turned and left.

Seeing this, Lina didn't think much about it, but just pursed her lips and drooped her eyelids, feeling a little disappointed.

Almost half an hour had passed since she met Astaroth. During this half hour, she asked many passers-by along the way, but all the responses she got were: shaking head, I don’t know, I’ve never seen him.

"Oh! Lady Ingrid, where are you..." The girl sighed, but then her nose twitched and she finally noticed the aroma of octopus balls coming from the stall next to her.

"Gurgle..." The sound of the little belly growling appeared.

The girl, who had been searching for Ingrid and was already starving, opened her watery eyes wide and stared at the octopus balls on the stall next to her. Her throat made a gurgling sound as she swallowed her saliva.

Ok……

I should eat something first! Once I'm full and have more energy, I can continue looking for Lady Ingrid!

"Boss! Give me twenty octopus balls!" the girl licked her lips and said loudly.

At the same time, Bayonetta, who had already walked a distance away from Lin Zhiyu, raised the corner of her lips. She leaned on Lin Zhiyu's shoulder and whispered in his ear:

"Girls these days really can eat! Including Miss Lani, the three of us could have eaten twenty octopus balls, but for that little girl just now, that was just her own portion."

"We don't just eat octopus balls." Lin Zhiyu's expression and voice were a little tired, and then he told Bayonetta that although Tokyo in this world is a mixture of humans and demons, at least the city center is still very prosperous, and there are many shops and stalls selling various delicacies. They can buy more and more delicious food next, and they must have a good meal tonight.

Bayonetta held Lin Zhiyu's arm tightly, blowing hot air into Lin Zhiyu's ear and whispering softly, "You want delicious food so much, why don't you ask me? I have delicious food here~"

So Lin Zhiyu turned around and looked at Bayonetta.

Bayonetta looked into Lin Zhiyu's eyes with a smile, then opened her lips and stuck out her tongue. The tip of her red and tender tongue reached the end of her chin. After that, she playfully teased the tip of her tongue, as if waving to Lin Zhiyu and hinting at something.

Lin Zhiyu sighed and said helplessly:

"Not tonight. Don't think I don't know—you're seducing me while Lani is working so hard to perfect the seal. You just want to see how Lani will treat me coldly afterwards, right?"

"Hehe~" Bayonetta retracted her tongue into her mouth and smiled coquettishly at Lin Zhiyu.

Although her little thoughts were exposed by Lin Zhiyu, the black-hearted witch did not feel embarrassed. She even deliberately stared at Lin Zhiyu with an extremely charming, almost stringy look, which made it clear that she wanted to tempt Lin Zhiyu to commit a crime.

Lin Zhiyu simply didn't respond and turned his head to look forward again.

...nine days.

For the next nine days, Lin Zhiyu had been assisting Lani in setting up a sealing formation for Ingrid.

As Bayonetta had said before, as long as Ingrid was sealed, Lin Zhiyu wouldn't have to worry about her life being threatened. After all, sealing was, in a sense, a form of protection. And since she was sealed, unaware of what was happening outside, Ingrid wouldn't be stimulated, and the Honkai Index, which the mission required to remain below 30%, wouldn't increase.

In this way, as long as the seal can be maintained until the clearance.

This time, the secondary mission related to Ingrid in this world can naturally be completed smoothly.

However, Ingrid's strength should not be underestimated! Moreover, the sealing array not only needs to suppress Ingrid, but also has to be resistant to external attacks. Therefore, for the past nine days, Lin Zhiyu has been acting as Lani's "generator".

Lin Zhiyu doesn't know how to make sealing arrays or anything like that.

This task had to be entrusted to Lani, who was proficient in magic. However, the sealing array set up by Lani alone might not be safe, so Lin Zhiyu was needed to help. However, Lani's own cold magic conflicted with the power of fire controlled by Lin Zhiyu, and Lani was very stubborn and insisted on merging these two powers into one...

Lin Zhiyu could roughly guess why Lani insisted on doing this. Because she and Lin Zhiyu were husband and wife, they should fight side by side. How could their respective strengths exclude each other?

Because of this, the formation of the sealing array had been delayed until now, taking a full nine days to complete. The array that sealed Ingrid now contained an incomparably powerful force.

A deep blue magical flame formed by the fusion of Lin Zhiyu's fire of destruction and Lani's cold magic!

Now, only half an hour has passed since the sealing formation was formed.

Because Lani still needed to make some minor adjustments to the sealing array, she remained at the secret location where Ingrid was sealed. Lin Zhiyu couldn't help much for the time being, so he and Bayonetta headed downtown to buy some delicious food. Later, once Lani had fully perfected the sealing array, the three of them would return to the hotel for a delicious meal.

…………

Just as Lin Zhiyu and Bayonetta were strolling around the night market picking out various delicacies.

On the other side, in the outer ring of the city, there is a group of abandoned buildings that are already deserted and no one comes out at night.

A large, empty basement.

"Tick, tick, tick, tick..."

The sound of high heels stepping on the ground echoed continuously in the basement.

There were no electric lights in this long-abandoned basement, but at this moment the room was shining with a dazzling blue light.

A circular magic circle with a diameter of ten meters, engraved with various strange inscriptions.

In the center of the formation, Ingrid, her armor torn, lay on the ground motionless.

Coming to the edge of the magic circle, looking at Ingrid who was sealed unconscious, Astaroth couldn't help but narrow his eyes, wondering who could have defeated the famous Demon Knight and sealed him here?

"The magic circle emits such a dazzling light, it looks like it has just been formed." Astaroth made a judgment in her heart. Although on the surface she was just standing outside the circle motionless, she had actually magnified her perception to the extreme, trying to find the person who might be hiding in this basement and forming the sealing magic circle.

"My judgment should be correct. About half an hour ago, I suddenly felt a fluctuation of flame power, and then I followed the trajectory of that fluctuation and found myself here."

"Then again, this sealing array doesn't seem to have anything to do with fire..." Astaroth continued to think while amplifying his perception.

For a strong person like her, doing two or even three things at once is no problem.

Then, Astaroth tentatively stretched out his right hand into the sealing circle.

"Om~!"

When she stretched out her white and tender palm and was about to pass through the magic circle, a strange and contradictory energy, both icy and hot, suddenly wrapped around her hand.

This energy turned into a ball of blue flame and burned in Astaroth's palm.

"Hmm?" Astaroth raised her eyebrows, withdrew her hand, and then looked down with interest at her hand that was burning in the blue flames.

In Astaroth's hand, the blue flame seemed to have no power at all. It burned for a long time without causing any visible effect on Astaroth's palm.

"Hoo~!"

Just a gentle blow and the flame will dissipate.

Astaroth held her still white and tender palm in front of his face, turning it left and right to look at it. Then, without turning back, he glanced back and said leisurely:

"Combining the cold magic of the stars with the destructive power of fire, this blue fire... Oh, it's quite interesting! It can actually make my palms and skin feel hot, but my bones feel cold."

After saying this, Astaroth turned around and looked at Lani, who had appeared behind her without her noticing.

The two were only ten meters apart.

Lani, wearing a light long dress and holding a short and thin pyroxene staff, said to Astaroth with a cold expression:

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

Astaroth folded his arms, raised his chin, and said to Lani with a proud look, "How about I ask you a question instead? Because I also want to ask, who are you? Why did you seal Ingrid of Nomad here?"

"Are you testing my patience?" Lani's tone began to become cold, and she raised her hand and pointed the end of the staff inlaid with pyroxene at Astaroth.

Astaroth sneered, and then a layer of red, translucent, hot aura lingered around her.

"In that case, let's have a fight first. Whoever wins will be able to give orders!"

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Chapter 11 Melee Female Mage*2

It was late at night and the moon hung in the sky, emitting a bright white light.

Above the abandoned buildings, in the biting wind, tiny stars appeared out of thin air and quickly solidified into a tall and plump figure.

"boom!"

Wrapped in flames, Astaroth burst forth with astonishing force, shooting straight up from the ground like a rocket. He then floated in the air, gazing at Rani, and said with a sneer on his face:

"What? Want to escape?"

Lani did not answer Astaroth, but waved the pyroxene staff in her hand slightly, proving with practical actions that she was not afraid of fighting!

"Wow!"

The azure light shone on the pyroxene inlaid on the staff, and tiny pyroxene meteors flew towards Astaroth. The flight paths of these pyroxene meteors were not consistent, but they all left beautiful sky-blue rays in the sky.

And when these pyroxene meteors with inconsistent flight paths finally flew over from different angles and were about to hit Astaroth.

"Hmph~ That's it?" Astaroth showed disdain on her face. She didn't make any movement, but with a thought, the red, translucent, hot aura lingering around her suddenly condensed into a barrier.

Da! Da! Da! Da! Da! Da…

Just like hail falling on bulletproof glass, the pyroxene meteors released by Lani were unable to break through the barrier and cause any damage to Astaroth. They only made some noise.

"If this is all you can do, then you'd better run away!" Astaroth looked at Lani sarcastically.

Lani had moved from the basement where Ingrid was imprisoned to the air to prevent the aftermath of the battle from damaging the sealing array. While she was confident in the sealing array she had personally set up, she could also sense Astaroth's strength. If Astaroth were an opponent of similar strength, a fierce battle between the two might actually break the seal.

But I didn't expect that this red-haired woman would be so annoying. She insisted that she wanted to escape?

At this point, Lani didn't argue with Astaroth. Entering combat mode, Lani was typically ruthless and reserved. Facing Astaroth's sarcasm, Lani raised and folded her right arm, thrusting her staff forward at Astaroth through the air like a sword thrust.

“Sizzle~~Splash!!!”

As Rani thrust her staff forward, the pyroxene inlaid on the end of her staff suddenly shone with a deep blue light. In the blink of an eye, this light transformed into a beam of light as thick as two adults could hold together, and shot towards Astaroth.

Comet Azrael!

One of the four legendary magics in the Elden Circle!

When the destructive magic laser reflected into Astaroth's eyes and was about to hit Astaroth, Astaroth's face became solemn and he opened his palms and pushed forward.

"Shh!"

A fiery red beam of light, as thick as two adults could hug together, suddenly extended out and collided with the deep blue magic laser, and a struggle between mages began.

Well...commonly known as the wave.

"He really is quite powerful! No wonder he was able to capture Ingrid."