Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

Chapter 12: Saving Laura

The flames gradually died down.

After the victory, the red lions did not stop for a moment and finished off all the corrupt followers on the ground, and then gathered the corpses of these insects and prepared to burn them.

Bertolos tied the horse to a broken stone pillar, then found Orson, who had run out of arrows, and said in a deep voice:

"As long as the Crimson Corruption remains, these bugs will be endless. I'm afraid it won't be long before they find another suitable place to build a nest."

"But there's nothing we can do about it, right?" Orson glanced at Bertolos, then focused his gaze on the bodies of some dead soldiers. "Have you counted the body count? The casualties shouldn't be serious."

Bertram replied:

"Not counting you, me, and Lin Zhiyu, there were eighty of us out there this time, and fourteen of us died in battle, nine of whom were just soldiers. The rest were mostly lightly injured."

Speaking of Lin Zhiyu, Orson looked around and then asked Bertolos if he had discovered where Lin Zhiyu had gone.

So Bertolos also looked around, and all he saw were soldiers busy piling up corpses, and he couldn't find Lin Zhiyu at all!

This is because Lin Zhiyu is no longer on the ground.

While everyone else was busy finishing off the enemy and collecting the bodies.

Lin Zhiyu remembered that in the game, there was an underground tomb in the place called "Yi Zhan Street Ruins". In the tomb was a special weapon called "Iron Meteorite Knife", which was quite valuable as a collection.

With careful searching, Lin Zhiyu quickly found and entered the underground tomb.

Since they were in a completely dark basement, Lin Zhiyu couldn't see anything and could only faintly hear some creaking sounds.

Then Lin Zhiyu raised his left hand, and a flame ignited in his palm.

In the light of the fire.

"Squeak!"

Lin Zhiyu suddenly saw that next to a coffin two meters away from him, a young corrupted follower, only one meter long, suddenly stood up.

The larva cried out while spraying silk threads towards Lin Zhiyu.

Ta-ta-ta-ta!

A large number of sharp insect threads hit Lin Zhiyu's body, but it was like hitting steel and could not break through the defense at all!

Ignoring the young corrupted follower next to him for the time being, Lin Zhiyu then looked in other directions and found that every coffin in the tomb was filled with young corrupted followers next to or inside the coffin!

A mushroom-covered figure holding a rotten wooden stick, like the caretaker of these larvae, approached Lin Zhiyu from the depths of the tomb, waving the rotten wooden stick in his hand, creating a cloud of poison, which he flung towards Lin Zhiyu.

Like the Corrupted, these mushroom-men are devoted to the Crimson Corruption and coexist with it. However, they were once human, but chose Corruption, transforming into such ugly monsters.

At this moment, facing the slowly approaching poisonous cloud, Lin Zhiyu snorted coldly and shot a flaming arrow with his backhand.

Whoosh! The projectile, made of blazing flames, penetrated and dispersed the poisonous cloud, then struck the mushroom man's head, setting it ablaze. He could only cover his head and struggle haphazardly under the burning flames.

"Quack quack!"

A large number of corrupted dependent larvae let out creepy cries, stood up one after another, and sprayed silk threads at Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu sneered and immediately moved at high speed, easily dodging the insect silk and swinging his knife to start the slaughter.

Swish swish!

The knife light continued to flash in the tomb along with the flames.

After just a few minutes, the dark crypt fell into complete silence.

"A bunch of disgusting bugs!" Lin Zhiyu, who had finished the pest control work, walked in the underground tomb with a look of disgust on his face. The soles of his shoes and pants were still stained with a lot of dirty and filthy bug blood.

After a while, when they reached the deepest part of the tomb, Lin Zhiyu saw a tightly closed black iron door.

Just like in the game, Lin Zhiyu squatted down, put his hands under the door, and with a little force, he easily pulled the iron door up.

Inside this iron door is a very small room.

There was no treasure chest in the room like in the game, but there was a dried corpse lying there.

Next to the mummy's hand, a samurai sword was lying close to the ground.

Lin Zhiyu stepped forward, picked up the samurai sword, illuminated the blade with flames, and began to observe it.

Hmm... the golden handle, the black blade, and the dark red lines on the blade, this must be the iron meteorite knife in the game!

At the same time, holding this iron meteorite knife in his hand, Lin Zhiyu could faintly feel the power contained in this knife.

"This knife is made of meteorite iron and contains gravity, but how can I stimulate this power?" Lin Zhiyu fell into deep thought.

Reality is different from games. In games, players only need to press buttons to perform combat skills corresponding to their weapons. For example, the Iron Meteorite Knife's in-game combat skill is called "Gravity," which releases gravity waves that pull in surrounding enemies and cause damage.

Although in the game, the combat skill "Gravity" is rubbish and is simply a defense.

But in reality, using gravity waves to control enemies should be quite effective. Not to mention that Lin Zhiyu's strength and endurance are extremely high, and he can't wait to pull all the enemies to his side for close combat.

"The question now is, how can we stimulate the gravity contained in this iron meteorite knife?"

Lin Zhiyu continued to think.

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"Roar--!"

On the scarlet field, the flying dragon "Aegis" let out a deafening roar.

It dragged its body, which was severely corroded by scarlet corruption, and felt unprecedented anger in its heart.

Since when did a few stray dogs dare to offend the dragon clan!

Of course, the wild dogs paid a price for this.

At this time, just behind Eggkiss, several big wild dogs were lying motionless on the ground, already dead.

But Aegis knew that there was still an ant that disturbed his rest and had not been killed yet.

So he flapped his wings, barely flew into the air, adjusted his direction, and soon found the human who led the pack of dogs to his side.

"Roar--!"

Aegis roared again, ready to chase after the damn human.

At this time, Laura, who was running for her life, had already opened up a distance of at least one thousand meters between her and Aegkis.

She heard the dragon's roar from behind, but did not dare to look back.

She only knew that she had to be quick!

Go faster and get as far away from the dragon as possible!

"Damn it, what the hell is this place?! How can there be a legendary creature like a dragon?!"

Laura was filled with anxiety, her pretty face flushed red from the long, intense run. She felt that although she had successfully escaped the fate of being mauled to death by wild dogs, what awaited her next was nothing more than being mauled to death by wild dogs and then being swallowed by a giant dragon.

At the critical moment, Laura, who was just running forward madly, saw a ruin.

The ruins were still some distance away from her, but she could see the flames burning in the ruins and the white smoke rising into the sky.

"There may be someone in the ruins ahead!" Laura made a judgment immediately.

Her instinct was to speed up and run to the ruins to seek help.

On second thought, how could humans be the enemy of dragons?

She had gotten herself into trouble, so was she going to bring this trouble to other unrelated people and drag them down with her?

With this in mind, Laura, who was kind-hearted by nature, began to wonder whether she should run in another direction.

"Roar!"

At this moment, the dragon's roar reached her ears again, and it was obviously much closer to her!

In the ruins of the post station not far away, the red lions that were burning corpses also heard the dragon's roar that shook the sky.

Bertolos and Orson, who were standing together, looked at each other. The former subconsciously clenched his fists and whispered:

"Damn it, it can't be the flying dragon near the Great Dragon Feast Church!"

Orson said in a deep voice:

"It's very likely this one. After all, this place is very close to the Great Dragon Feast Church."

Then, the two knights quickly ran out of the ruins and looked in the direction where the dragon's roar came from. They saw Laura running fast on the field, and Aegis flapping his wings and flying a hundred meters behind Laura.

"It's that guy!" Bertolos exclaimed again.

Orson next to him said nothing, but tightened his grip on the bow, as if considering whether to lead his troops to retreat quickly, regardless of the life or death of the man being chased by the flying dragon.

Lin Zhiyu was in the underground tomb thinking about how to stimulate the gravity contained in the iron meteorite knife, and then he faintly heard the roar of a dragon.

Realizing that something might have happened outside, Lin Zhiyu hurried to the ground and rushed to the two knights.

With a physique as strong as a superman, Lin Zhiyu's eyesight was naturally far superior to that of an ordinary person. He recognized Laura who was running desperately in the wilderness from a long distance away.

There is also Aegkiss. Lin Zhiyu of course also knows this flying dragon.

Thinking back to when he first saw the flying dragon in the game, to when he successfully killed it for the first time, he died no less than twenty times!

"Damn it, how could she get involved with that guy!" Even someone as strong as Lin Zhiyu was hesitant at this moment, wondering whether to take the risk and help Laura.

After all, it was a dragon!

It also emits a breath of corruption.

If he sprayed him and stained him with scarlet corruption, Lin Zhiyu didn't think that his 100 points of endurance would be enough to withstand it.

After all, the Scarlet Corruption, taking the data in the game as an example, deducts health by percentage!

That was when Lin Zhiyu was considering it.

In the field ahead, Laura suddenly changed the direction of her escape and ran towards the cliff on her left!

Obviously, Laura didn't want to involve others in the trouble she had caused. She would rather jump off a cliff and fall into the sea than drag others to die with her!

It was because I realized why Laura did this.

Lin Zhiyu no longer hesitated and rushed out at full speed with a knife in hand!

Damn the flying dragon!

It’s a good opportunity to try it out. I want to know what level of combat power my buddy is at in the world of the Ring of Magic!

Damn the scarlet corruption!

My friend is playing with fire. Isn’t fire the best weapon to restrain Scarlet Corruption in the game?

Chapter 13: Dragon Slaying

Laura's eyesight was not as abnormal as Lin Zhiyu's, but she could still vaguely see several figures coming out from outside the ruins after hearing the sound.

Anyone else might have wanted to cling to this lifeline, but she didn't want to divert the trouble, so she resolutely turned and ran towards the cliffs facing the sea.

The dragon chasing Laura, Aegis, was an old dragon. This was evident from the gray mane growing all over its tail, back, and wings. Perhaps due to the influence of the scarlet corruption, the gray mane looked extremely dry.

Because he is an old dragon deeply eroded by the scarlet corruption, Aegis's flying speed is far lower than in his heyday.

Even so, Laura, who is considered to be agile among humans, still cannot escape the pursuit of Aegis, and the distance between the two is getting closer and closer!

"Hoo-ho-!"

Nearly.

Laura didn't dare to look back and ran for her life. She could clearly feel the airflow brought by the dragon's wings on her back, and her heart was filled with despair.

"Roar--!"

Suddenly, the dragon roared again, its momentum seemingly shaking the heavens and earth. Laura, her scalp tingling from the roar, sensed the rage mingled with it, but she remained undaunted and continued to flee at full speed.

At this moment, Lin Zhiyu's shouts reached Laura's ears along the wind:

"Laura! Run to the ruins!"

Then Laura finally turned her head and looked behind her, and saw that the dragon that was chasing her had flapped its wings and adjusted its direction in the air.

Lin Zhiyu rushed towards the flying dragon Aegkiss, raised his left hand, and continuously shot out flaming arrows from his palm, hitting Aegkiss's rock-solid body.

Therefore, Agkis ignored Laura for the time being, and chose to turn around and head towards Lin Zhiyu, and then faced the flaming arrows that were like scraping to it, and pounced on Lin Zhiyu from the air!

With both the man and the dragon running in both directions at high speed, the huge figure of Aegkiss instantly covered the skylight above Lin Zhiyu's head.

Like a mountain falling down, a corrupt flying dragon dozens of times larger than Lin Zhiyu fell from the sky, trying to grab Lin Zhiyu with its terrifying dragon claws and crush him in an instant.