You will surrender to me.

"There are only a few of us dark elves left, and we can only rely on inheritance. I am not good at some special magics. Most of what I can use is control magic and shadow magic, which are useless for these things."

Dierba was also depressed. Her attainments in magic were not bad actually. However, when it came to cultivating both magic and physical body, it was obviously a good idea for her to only be proficient in the mind-affecting magic and shadow magic that the dark elves were good at.

But now, it seems that there is a more powerful person controlling this 'frog' thing, so the magic she is good at is of no use at all.

In addition, this "frog" is very strange. Judging from its nature, it is basically a soul, but it has a real "body" and is composed of human bodies. Even the Slit-Mouthed Woman has never seen such a strange thing.

Boom, boom, boom...

A huge sound of footsteps gradually approached. The heavy sound made even the tireless "frogs" stop their attacks and look towards the direction where the footsteps came from.

Soon, a little giant wearing heavy steel armor and at least three meters tall walked towards this side with heavy steps.

"Naoto, now that you're here, the surrounding area has basically cleared out. There's no need to pretend."

The slit-mouthed woman took a few steps back and retreated to Naoto's side, breathing a sigh of relief. Although she knew that nothing would happen to Naoto, she still felt a little worried.

"I won't talk about this for now, what are you doing?"

Naoto looked at the three 'frogs' of different shapes in the distance, and some curiosity appeared in his eyes.

"Is this a soul? Or is it in the shape of a frog? Uh, no, this thing seems to have a physical body. What on earth is this?"

Naoto looked at the three strange-looking "frogs" and found some unreasonable things about them after a closer look.

"It has been transformed by someone unknown. It has the characteristics of a soul, but its body is made of human flesh and blood."

Dirba also stepped back to the two of them and gave a brief explanation.

"Then it shouldn't be so difficult that both of you can't handle it. Could it be that this thing has something powerful on it?"

Naoto looked at the three 'frogs', and the three 'frogs' were also looking at Naoto carefully.

For some reason, Naoto could feel a sense of familiarity from those three 'frogs'. It had no basis, it was just a simple intuition.

But after Naoto was promoted, 'intuition', or 'sixth sense', has been confirmed to be something reliable. Maybe the probability of it being triggered is not high, but if it is triggered, it must prove that a certain feeling is correct.

The triggering of this feeling means that Naoto must have had some connection with this thing. Just now, Dilba and the slit-mouthed woman said that someone created and controlled this thing, so that means the controller behind the scenes is someone who has had some connection with themselves?

Who could it be?

Naoto stroked his chin and looked at the three 'frogs' with interest.

Speaking of which, these three "frogs" do have their own styles. One has three legs, three eyes, and three tongues. I wonder what the taste of the person who made them was. They are really curious.

“Woo woo woo woo~”

The 'frog' with three tongues started to move its mouth, and it actually spit out a string of chains. It looked like a string of iron chains, but there was some mucus on it, which was a bit disgusting.

"That's what you're looking for this time, but why did they spit it out on their own initiative? Do you know the guy who controlled them?"

Dierba looked at the 'frog' that voluntarily spit out the 'mysterious item', with a look of surprise in her eyes.

Chapter 41 'Mysterious Item' and Battle Puppet

"I don't know him, but I feel familiar with that special magic."

Naoto's body gradually shrank back to its original shape, and he shook his head slightly.

"A sense of familiarity? Have you dealt with this kind of thing before?"

Dirba looked at Naoto.

"I haven't seen it, but it doesn't look that powerful. You've been fighting for so long, do you have any information?"

Naoto denied.

“The abilities of these things should mainly rely on contact to activate. We haven’t let them touch each other, so we don’t know the specific effects, but it’s best not to touch them.

Moreover, these little things become two when you cut one, but according to my observation, that is not recovery, but rather they are "transferred" from other places through the technique, so it only looks like recovery."

Dierba activated her magic power, and a flash of flame appeared on the sword, burning away the small amount of mucus on it.

"'Transfer'?"

Naoto looked at those 'frogs', their bodies looked strange and weird.

These ordinary 'frogs' look like enlarged versions of ordinary frogs, but because there is no breath of 'life' in them, they look uncomfortable, but not weird.

What is more uncomfortable are the three big ones. Apart from the strange structure of their bodies, the flesh and blood on their bodies look more like they are spliced ​​together, or like meat paste kneaded like plasticine.

These small "frogs" are at least green, while the big ones are flesh-colored, and seem to be the color of rotten meat.

"That's disgusting."

Naoto looked at the three big guys in the distance and felt a little nauseous.

Woo↗↘!

call!

Suddenly, a grey light emanated from the chain-like object. Then, with it as a fulcrum, countless 'chains' extended outwards and connected to each 'frog'.

Then he directly pulled the small ones into the bodies of the three big 'frogs'. Then, taking the big 'frog' with three eyes as the main body, he pulled the other two in as well.

"Oh my goodness, is it fusion? Is the function of that 'mysterious item' to fuse?"

Naoto narrowed his eyes slightly. The light was not strong, but he found it inexplicably dazzling.

Swish!

puff!

Suddenly, a sound of breaking through the air was heard, and the sound of penetrating flesh rang in the ears of Dilba and the other man.

"Naoto!"

Dirba and the slit-mouthed woman looked sharply at Naoto.

"I'm fine, but I understand now. Now I know why it feels familiar.

This kind of magic power belongs to Giorya and her sisters, but she seems a little fierce.

And the "body transformation", that old man might have been killed and stuffed into the body of this flesh monster."

Naoto pulled out the flying blade that was halfway inserted into his chest, with a lot of his own blood still on it.

As the flying blade was pulled out, the wound on Naoto's chest healed quickly, leaving only the blood on his clothes looking a little scary.

hum~

"Still want to go back? Wish you could."

The flying blade in Naoto's hand trembled and wanted to fly back, but it was held in Naoto's hand and could not break free.

"No matter how powerful it is, it is driven by magic. Let's see if you can eat this."

A pale blue flame emerged from Naoto's hand and enveloped the flying blade, which instantly became quiet.

"Manipulating objects, transforming bodies, it seems you have manipulated quite a few people. I wonder how many surprises you have waiting for me."

Naoto looked at the mass of polymer, his eyes flickering with interest.

This "mysterious item" seems to have the ability to link and fuse. The effect currently displayed by the other party after using the "mysterious item" seems to be just a simple fusion effect. Could it be that there is some important ability hidden that makes the other party desire this thing?

Then, the mass of polymer began to squirm and barely gathered into a human figure, but it had four hands and three eyes, which was very strange.

"..."

It twisted its body as if trying to adapt.

bass!

A figure appeared beside it, holding an exaggeratedly large pair of scissors, and tried to cut it from the waist, but it was stuck there and could not cause any damage.

Pong!

It swung its hand towards the Slit-mouthed Woman, but she reacted quickly, raised her scissors to block its attack, and took the opportunity to move away and fly towards Naoto.

"That's amazing! This almost consumed half of its strength."

Naoto felt the fall of its momentum and praised the slit-mouthed woman.

Although the strange creature didn't seem to have suffered any damage, its momentum was directly cut in half.

Momentum usually shows one's level of strength.

This thing is basically a 'battle puppet', so it usually does not have the ability to hide its strength. Its strength is determined by how much magic power the creator has poured into it. It cannot hide its strength like a living creature.

The concealment technique buried inside is another matter.

"By the way, Miss Slit-mouthed Woman, can you use your domain to block that thing?"

Dierba looked at the 'battle puppet' and thought for a while, then asked the slit-mouthed woman.

"I can't do that. The nature of that magic is a bit special, and its quality is higher than mine."

The slit-mouthed woman shook her head, her brows slightly furrowed.

The Slit Woman's domain can only accommodate one-on-one combat. The effect is very strong, but relatively simple and extreme. The Slit Woman in the domain can cut off everything with one scissors, but other than blocking, this is the only effect.

This is also the reason why the Slit-Mouthed Woman did not use her domain to deal with monsters before, as it was a waste of time and effort and not worth the effort.

"Magic power can actually cut off your territory?"

Dierba was very surprised. The Slit-Mouth Woman was not a newcomer in recent years. She had the ability to cut things in half with one hand. Unless one had a particularly strong immortal attribute, the next person would basically die. But now she was no match for a combat puppet?

"The maker of that thing across the way is probably a big shot. I've dealt with people like the maker before, but the operator of this thing is probably not the maker himself. It's so stupid, I guess the maker just gave an order."

As Naoto explained, the Cang Yan on his hand began to burn more and more intensely.

"Is this the strange flame that burns magic power?"

The Slit-mouthed Woman looked at the brilliant pale blue flame in Naoto's hand, feeling the threat it brought to herself, and couldn't help but take a step back.

"You know? That's right. After all, it's a good thing my grandfather left me. You probably know something about it."

Naoto was about to ask, but then he remembered that the other person was created by his grandfather, so he understood.

"Burning magic power? A flame fueled by magic power? Is there really such an unsolvable thing?"

Dierba looked at the flame in Zhiren's hand and had some doubts.

Chapter 42: Powerful Words and Spirits

"That's not the case. If there's no magic on the surface, it would be hard for the fire to work. But there are very few creatures or items that can do this."

Naoto also explained Cang Yan's rare weakness.

After all, there are all kinds of situations. The effective condition of Cang Yan, 'magic power', is just more extensive.

"But that kind of situation is almost impossible to happen, otherwise we can just use other magic to defeat it. It can attack or defend, it's really a perfect ability."

Dirba sighed as she looked at the flame in Naoto's hand.

"But I have to dissect it manually later. The burning condition of my Blue Flame can only be seen with the naked eye. If the 'mysterious item' is burned, then this trip will be in vain."

Naoto swung his hand and threw Cang Yan towards the fighting puppet that was neither a soul nor a human.

Whoops!

Cang Yan exploded on the puppet's body, so smoothly that it seemed a little unreal.

"Strange, even if it's a combat puppet, it shouldn't stay like this, but Cang Yan definitely burned something."

Naoto took a defensive posture, looking at the puppet that had turned into a ball of fire.

Suddenly, a strange feeling exploded in his mind. Naoto dodged and grabbed the other two people and moved nearly 20 meters away from where he was just standing.

boom!

Almost at the moment Naoto left, a figure appeared where Naoto had stood before, and its fists hit the ground.

It didn't seem to have much power, but it caused cracks on the ground within a radius of seven or eight meters.

The piece in the middle is even quite concave.

"There's another one?! No, a clone?"

Naoto glanced at the 'fire man' on the other side, and that thing was almost burnt out.

"I didn't realize this hidden ability. I'm so ashamed."

Dierba showed some shame on her face.