The Witch and the Doll Swear

A pair of bare feet stepped on the sloping wall that blocked the sacrificial hall.

The touch of the smooth rock wall and the soft soles of the feet is silent, one step, two steps.

She looked around the atrium for a while, the rows of zombie figurines lined up, the pool blocked by the indiscriminate bombardment of the "Missile Queen", and the gold flying over the long bridge again. sun.

In the distance, on the lake surrounding the city, the condensed dark clouds and raindrop-like thunder and lightning have lasted for more than half a day, but there is still no sign of weakening.

The witch lowered her head without saying a word, staring at the staff-wielding figure sitting on the throne in the deepest part of the temple.

She walked down step by step, expressionless.

The square in front of the throne was covered with scars from the battle dozens of hours ago, and the colonnade on one side collapsed, and the entire square was full of traces of the large amount of range magic she poured out when she wiped out the army of zombies.

At the bottom of the inclined wall, Liliana stopped in her tracks and looked at Akhenaten from a distance of more than a hundred meters. Even at this distance, she could still see the sincere smile on that shriveled face.

"..."Evil Eye Demon Princess" dress. "

Liliana spoke in a low voice.

Alice floated beside her, changing appearance in the magic light.

It is impossible for such a remarkable change not to be seen by Akhenaten's pair of eyes that have long since lost their eyeballs. He noticed that the puppet around this magician who may also be a "puppeteer" has changed. Wear a gel-textured evening gown. On the slightly changed face, the two dark yellow eyeballs gave off an obvious sense of alienation, and the long silver-white hair was longer than the doll's body, but the strands of hair could not be seen fluttering in the wind.

And the girl obviously has a lot of jewelry on her body, including collars, bracelets, armbands, earrings, brooches... Heh, even a few rings on her toes, she looks fully armed, but this level of Preparation, what kind of results do you want to get from him?

A large part of the magician's combat power comes from the alchemy props prepared in advance, but can a treasure-level magician rely on a doll and a bunch of alchemy accessories to defeat himself?

Did she think that she was still that "Akhenaten"?

No, no, he was Akhenaten, and although he wasn't that Akhenaten, he was undoubtedly...A...A...Ton.

On the cane, the hand stroking the slowly wriggling Ouroboros paused for a short while, as soon as this idea came up, he was stifled in the bottom of his heart.

The mummy re-erected the cane, like a god accepting the audience of the believer.

——It's really a pleasure to meet again. I hope this time, I can hear a young and excellent magician make a complete self-introduction.

"...No matter in which era, it is the etiquette of nobles to introduce yourself before asking others to introduce themselves."

A few seconds later, Liliana responded with a tone of indifference. Before Akhenaten could say anything, the girl raised her chin slightly again, and a hint of sarcasm seemed to flash in her dark pupils.

"...But even if you don't tell me, I know it."

Akhenaten was wrapped in cloth strips, his mouth froze when he was about to taunt back, and his eyes focused on the witch became serious.

Didn't wait for its answer, but Liliana didn't care, just paused for another half a minute as if organizing her words, raised her head and stared at the surrounded by thunderclouds, leaving only a clear blue sky above the city, She raised the corner of her mouth and said firmly.

"...Let's start with this secret place first. It was built in 821 of the Second Era. The old capital of the dynasty, Letopolesta, had just become the core of a huge magic circle covering Sinai. At that time, the pyramid was the At the end of the ancient kingdom of Sinai, in exchange for the favor of calming the Sinai sand disaster, the magic empire built this secret place, but due to the lack of important materials for an experiment, this secret place was not used as a test site until hundreds of years later."

"...Compared with the common demi-plane that is completely independent and built in the void, this secret realm is attached to another plane-the Netherworld. Since ancient times, Sinai has been the closest area on the mainland to the Netherworld. Many scholars speculate that this place is unique. The outlook on life and death and customs are influenced by this. In the early second era, the magic empire was in the first bottleneck period after the founding of the country. For the development of magic, those magicians sent their ideas to Sinai, which was still full of mysteries at that time. "

"...Hundreds of years later, in 1268 of the Second Era, the whole plan was finally ready. Taking advantage of the fact that the Amon Order was growing stronger and the new pharaoh succeeded to the throne for less than five years, the magic empire intervened. In the internal affairs of the subordinate principalities, a thorough religious reformation was a great success in just two years. A new, unique god appeared in Sinai, and believers of this god appeared, and the secret realm began to function. After receiving this, the magicians began to spy on the realm of the gods."

——Hehe, very knowledgeable, young lady.

Crack, crack, crack.

Akhenaten clapped his hands and praised "sincerely".

Even if the research data of this secret realm has long been annihilated into dust with time, the observatory and laboratory have been destroyed and disappeared in the depths of the yellow sand and lake water. It is not difficult to deduce the above conclusion from everything he saw, so he didn't pay attention to the witch's long talk at all.

Only when Liliana mentioned Letopolesta and the magic circle that engulfed Sinai did the mummy pay a little attention.

This is not something that everyone can know.

"... There is no way to verify the specific experiment. After decades of experiments, the pharaoh was assassinated. Although this is a serious experimental accident, it can also be the key to the experiment. The magicians may have preserved the pharaoh in some way. He mummified his body, built his tomb at the entrance to the secret realm, and started another experiment after his burial, and I think that experiment was successful."

The witch didn't care about Akhenaten's interruption at all, and continued to talk.

Thinking of seeing the Sinai people gathered at the entrance of the temple on the way over, panicked by the thunder and lightning surrounding the city, and praying desperately, Alice curled her lips, a little disdainful.

And within a few years of its success, new changes took place.

The new pharaoh succeeded to the throne, and the belief in polytheism came back.

I don't know if it's because the experiment has achieved the desired results, or because the higher-ups of the Magic Empire have conflicts about it. Like a storm, the monotheistic belief that has lasted for nearly 70 years has been completely overthrown, far more serious than the last time the traditional polytheistic religion was overthrown. thorough.

"...At such a time, a big man came to the Secret Realm Research Institute, and—"

The witch glanced at the mummy on the throne indifferently.

"...He didn't leave until the secret place was deserted."

The mocking applause stopped.

Akhenaten stared at the witch with a calm expression for a long, long time.

——Well, it's very interesting. I'm a little curious about who this big guy is.

Still pretending to be stupid.

Alice raised her eyebrows and snorted coldly in the spiritual link.

——Perhaps he thought that we didn't discover his true identity, and we didn't even send zombies to attack him when we hid in the cellar.

... Or maybe, even with absolute confidence in his own strength, it's also possible... He really doesn't know what's in the cellar.

Liliana paused for a moment.

Amon Ra and Tutankhamun confidently stated that the small altar would never be discovered, so in Akhenaten's view, they should have failed to escape, and then found a place to hide to discuss countermeasures, and Learn something from Tutankhamun and finally come face to face with him...

This is good news.

On the hair behind Alice, a scarlet pupil with black whites suddenly opened, this weird eye stared at the sky behind them, and then slowly closed.

Liliana took a step forward.

"...Many, many years have passed, and the pharaoh's tomb and secret realm were hidden by the temple in Sinai. From a normal point of view, this 'big man' should have already turned into dust, but...what if it is not the case?"

The breath around the mummy seemed to freeze.

It probably has something to do with his current situation. He can't control the leakage of emotions. Even though the mummy's face is hard to tell, it makes his thoughts less difficult to see through.

"...If he didn't disappear into dust under the time, then where is he and how did he survive? After careful thinking, I think I found the answer, the key is...God can't die of."

"To be precise, as long as the belief in God has not completely disappeared, it will not disappear. But outside the secret realm, the belief in God Aton has been completely destroyed. To maintain faith, you can only rely on the believers in the secret realm, but These people will grow old, die, lose external material assistance, and the cities in the secret realm will soon be destroyed, so this big man has done one thing."

Alice added an explanation. After the little puppet finished speaking, Liliana took another step forward. This time, her speaking speed slowed down a lot, her eyes narrowed, and she looked at Akhenaten even more sarcastically.

"He killed all the believers and turned them into undead. Due to the particularity of the Netherworld, the form of the soul on this plane is like that of the living on the mainland. They themselves don't realize that they are dead. And maintain their self Consciousness, and they can maintain their beliefs."

"...But it's not enough. Even if they are deceived that they are already in the kingdom of God, they will not grow old and die, and there will be no newcomers in the completely closed secret realm. The eternal happiness, happiness and enjoyment promised to these people will not be able to survive the loss of material support. Realized, these believers will gradually realize all this. The impact of this will be greater than imagined."

"...The accumulation of memory will make the influence of undead become significant, so he changed some things in the secret realm that were only symbols into brainwashing institutions, regularly erasing the memories of believers, instilling prepared, In order to maintain the faith. In the end...he replaced the original god in this God's Domain and used light to block the prying eyes of the believers, in this secret place, in the ancient corner of this continent."

"Although I don't know why he didn't turn these undead into belief machines that only praise him... Maybe it's just that he still has nostalgia for the outside world, but the abandoned facilities of the ancient magic empire is not the reason to completely destroy this place... Maybe it's because I'm worried about a magic emperor's final counterattack, maybe I think he might still be useful in the future, who knows."

The long narration came to an end, and the witch could feel the more dignified atmosphere.

Because of this, she finally shrugged and acted nonchalantly.

Below the throne, the canal was vibrating, and the humming atmosphere caused the thunderclouds that spewed fiery electric snakes downward to gather. Akhenaten, who held his long staff tightly, straightened his body. Now, he doesn't look like a god accepting an audience.

In Alice's opened and closed eyes, he was like a cheetah ready to go.

"...The history is too long for me to say his name right away, but as long as we investigate who was far away from the center of imperial power around 1331 of the Second Era, this mystery can be solved... What do you think? ? Magical Emperor Akhenaten."

Finally, the Witch said the name, and said the title in a contemptuous tone that unmasks the Joker's funny mask.

It represents the highest achievement and power of magicians.

It represents the supreme ruler of the magical empire.

It represents the pride of mankind in conquering the continent with magic.

For the person who holds this title, it is honor, dignity, recognition, and a reputation that cannot be desecrated, protected by an entire imperial law.

Both Alice and Liliana were ready to face the stormy attack, but when they watched Akenna, who still hadn't got up, with vigilance, the long dead soul just let out a low, low sigh.

——Has the Magic Empire been destroyed?

His hand holding the staff was relaxed as if he had no strength left.

——If the great empire is still there, no magician would dare to overstep the emperor so much.

——If the great empire is still there, this research institute related to the study of gods will not be abandoned for thousands of years, so that only the dead sects with empty heads will care about it.

——If the great empire is still there, magicians should have abandoned the patchwork common language long ago, and used a truly noble language that conforms to magic and mystery! !

decadent?

Yes, but only for a moment.

Akhenaten's roar became more miserable and angry each time. Even the sunlight of dawn was disturbed, and the thunderclouds stopped close to the city, connecting with the newly emerging dark clouds above the sacrificial hall to form a cloud ring.

The silver wire jumped, and soon, countless thunder snakes were entrenched in the sky above the sacrificial hall. In this secret place where the earth element and the light element were difficult to mobilize due to certain magic, the magic emperor waved his staff and said "Extremely!" Thunder on the level of "Big Magic"!

—And what about magic? What about great magic? !

His anger seemed to be poured into the thunder, and he calmed down instead. His voice became hoarse and deep, and he asked the witch. Now that the empire has collapsed, have people abandoned the one that made them reach the pinnacle of civilization? Ask the magic of truth! !

It started to rain.

The rain concentrated in the sacrificial hall, every drop of the rain shone with lightning, the rain that poured down from the sea of ​​thunder in the cloud ring.

"...ancient magic."

In the hands of the witch, her "law and reason" appeared.

"Laplace" flipped, and the magic circle lit up on the page repelled all the rain and all the lightning. Her incandescent pupils stared at the magic emperor who heard these words.

The "Silver Timepiece" was held in the hand, and when the witch spoke the next sentence, he pressed the button on the top.

"...has been eliminated."

The next moment, the world froze.

………………………………………………………………………………

Lei Hai broke.

It was as if a page had been taken out of a continuous book, and the terrifying sea of ​​thunder that had condensed over the sacrificial hall just a second ago was dispersed by an invisible force in the blink of an eye.

The cloud ring disappeared, and the huge lightning that seemed to be able to turn the entire city into ashes exploded in the sky, turning into a bright fireworks. Even the approaching dark clouds were blown away by the impact, and a thunder curtain that blocked the lake surface appeared. some notches.

"here we go……"

Tina tightly held the amulet on her chest, lowered her head, closed her eyes and prayed continuously.

How much she wanted to provide Miss Liliana and Alice with even a little help at this time, but she couldn't do it, and neither could Ai and Tutankhamun.

The flashing thunder, the gust of wind that split the boulder, the invisible giant hand that lifted the lake, and the flood that poured in like a natural disaster, no matter which one they were, they could easily be destroyed.

There is nothing to do but wait.

Ting Na hated herself for being like this, but after hating her, there was only a strong sense of powerlessness and the urge to cry.

He thought that he was strong enough after traveling for more than a year, and he became different from when he was in Salt Sand City, or even when he was on the grassland.

But now, the girl finally understands that her strength is all based on the witch.

When she was ready to fight and said nothing about her worries, this so-called "strength" was as fragile as a sandcastle on the beach, as if she had returned to the dark and terrifying heresy trial room, and returned to her home. On the airship at home, I watched the Templars chasing after me!

If it weren't for the smaller Ai, maybe I would really cry bitterly.

"...Have you forgotten Master Liliana's explanation? Rather, we may be the key to the outcome of this match, so we can't go wrong..."

"But, but this means that Miss Liliana and Miss Alice don't have the confidence to defeat that magic emperor—"

"Ah, this can't be forced, it's... the Emperor of Magic."

Ai stood aside, his eyes wandering.

"The most powerful magician class in the history of the mainland, and using ancient magic that no one is familiar with now, Master Liliana probably didn't want to win at all."

Her words were of little consolation. Tina, who was sitting on the ground praying, looked at her with an unbelievable expression. She opened her mouth, but felt that what was spewing out of her throat was not words but flames.

"Why are you still so calm?! Don't you worry about Miss Liliana?!! They have to fight a battle that has no chance of winning because of us!!!"

It wasn't until she finished speaking that Tingna suddenly realized that these three questions were more like self-blame than questioning.

The girl lowered her head, her pupils slowly contracted, she stepped in front of Tina, grabbed her shoulder and shook vigorously.

"How can you not be worried? That's my mentor, the one who saved me from my damn fate! But what's the use of worrying now?"

There was a flame burning in those eyes, burning her tormented heart.

"Will worrying allow me to obtain a treasure? Will worrying weaken the power of the Magic Emperor? Worrying is meaningless, so we must calm down, calm down and complete Master Liliana's plan perfectly!"

"Liliana and Alice are not just people who are important to you. When they have to take risks because of their burden, I am no less afraid than you! So I must calm down and complete this plan!"

Emotional control is a necessary quality for a magician, and soon, Ai's breathing calmed down.

"I don't know what kind of family Miss Tina came from, but my mother told me that when I was a child, when the responsibility that I had to bear appeared in front of me and overwhelmed me, when I was afraid, When I am angry or sad, I have to be more calm and rational, this is the only way to prevent myself from escaping and sinking into regret for the rest of my life.”

She turned her head to look at the two urban areas on the left and the long bridge, and suddenly spoke to Tingna in a soothing tone.

"Miss Tingna and Master Liliana, Miss Alice has been traveling for so long, she must have done similar things once or twice, don't be overwhelmed by worry, just do as before..."

"...No. I, I'm not as strong and capable as you. I can't help you during the trip. I can only wait for Miss Liliana and Alice to answer my questions and save me. Go out, similar things, I also..."

"Then, it's our first time. Since we can only do it, we can only do our best... Let's cheer for each other."

"……Um."

Tingna turned her face away, rubbed her eyes, and felt some drops of water slipping through her fingertips.

...It's really disappointing, obviously I am the elder, but at this time, I want the younger Ai to encourage me, so...it can't be done.

Snapped! Snapped!

Tina slapped herself on the face hard to cheer herself up.

"Ai go to the reserved position, I, I will be fine..."

"That gun, can you shoot it?"

Ai glanced at her, then at the javelin lying at her feet, as if made of sunlight.

"...I'm fine, I should be."

This spear was a gift from Amon Ra.

This god only knows that there is a magic emperor in the secret realm, but what it and the gods of Sinai are more worried about is only the mysterious magic set by this magic emperor, some insidious backhands, but when they know that the god of Aton—Akon After Naton was replaced by the Emperor of Magic, the attitude of the sun god of Sinai changed.

Through the sunlight in the cellar, he condensed part of the power into the spear, and the other part of the power was given to Tutankhamun, as he said, "to completely destroy this despicable evil god and his usurper at any cost."

-Sunlight from the true gods will easily wipe out those profane creations!

"...I'll wait a little longer."

After listening to Tina's unfounded answer, Ai sighed and decided to wait until another implementer of the plan started to act before going to the predetermined location.

Their target gradually approached. Before that, they could only look at the light in the depths of the temple.

Not far away, the young man holding two swords was silent.

Even if he also doesn't understand magic, the warrior's intuition honed by fighting on the battlefield makes him feel more than the two girls.

It was definitely a warrior's hell, a battlefield between two top magicians from the mainland, even if he got close, it would be wiped out.

Even if they have the same treasure, the altitude and the scenery they see are completely different.

And he also knew from the conversation with Liliana that two generations after he was assassinated, the pharaoh's bloodline no longer had the martial ethos. It is no longer pure.

He sighed and stood up.

"……it's time."

Tutankhamun muttered to himself, the twin swords in his hands glowed with hot sunlight.

This light does not belong to the dawn, it is dazzling, it is an invisible flame, a blessing from the invisible sun.

After confirming the plan with the girls for the last time, he turned and walked towards the edge of the tower wall. Before jumping down, Tina's voice stopped him.

"Mr. Tutankhamun, do you really want to... kill, kill all these people in the secret realm according to the plan?"

When he turned around, Tingna showed a nervous and unbearable expression—after all, she was a woman, and she would hesitate about this kind of massacre plan... No, as long as she was a normal person, she would hesitate.

Tutankhamun can understand this feeling very well, but when the witch proposed this plan, the calmness in her eyes even made him feel cold.

"They have long since died and become enslaved undead. The living walk on the earth, and the dead return to the underworld. The blasphemer who tries to break the law established by God will be completely destroyed. This is the constant in this land. All we have done is to free them from becoming Akhenaten—or the slaves of the magic emperor who absorbed his faith, so that they can truly rest in peace.”

Liliana's plan has three rings.

The first is for her and Alice to hang on to Akhenaten as much as possible, stalling for time.

Then, Tutankhamun and Ai rested the souls imprisoned here one by one, cutting off the source of his belief.

Faith is immortal, faith in God is immortal, and dealing with faith in God can make Him lose the basis of existence from the root.

Even if he encounters obstacles and loses his only source of faith, although it will not be annihilated on the spot, it can still greatly weaken his "god" nature.

Of course, it may not be so smooth.

As for the last link of this plan... it will depend on the favor of some goddesses of fate.

Tina said nothing more.

The planner was Liliana, and she really understood the meaning of the plan. The reason why she asked was just to get a reason from the executor so that she would no longer feel guilty. ,

Nodding quietly, Tingna indicated that she was fine. Tutankhamun nodded slightly, and then, holding his swords tightly, jumped down from the top of the tower wall.

"...Then, I'm going to reserve a seat too."

"... Ai, I, I have something to ask you..."

"Um?"

"Ai is always protecting me. Is this just because I helped Ai? If Ai actually hates me, this kind of thing..."

"I don't particularly please—tsk. That's right, there is indeed the idea of ​​repaying gratitude. Without Miss Tingna, I would not be where I am now. No matter what you think, I will always remember this kindness in my heart, so you don't There needs to be some sense of indebtedness."

Ai, who was adding the "Feather Fall Technique" to herself, interrupted Ting Na's words impatiently, but she also let out a long, long sigh.

"If you want to say what you owe, I'm the one who owes you."

"..."

"..."

After this sentence was over, neither Ting Na nor Ai knew what to say. Who owes whom, and what is owed, this is not a question that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences, and there is no time now, so Ai silently prepared magic for himself, and jumped from the top of the tower wall like Tutankhamun. Down.

"……be safe."

"I will."

With the help of wind and feather fall, Ai floated towards the city on the other side.

Only Tina was left on the top of the tower wall. The "Shadow Walking" technique had already been dispelled. Only Liliana and Alice had set up barriers and shields to protect the girl.

The direction Tutankhamun and Ai left was exactly on the left and right sides, the urban area on the lake, people who were frightened by the battle in the temple and the thunder in the sky were gathering under the obelisk in the center of the city, looking at the golden sun above their heads Pray, they are anxious and anxious. At this time, perhaps only praying, praying, and praying constantly can make them feel at ease.

But prayer cannot protect you.

The pharaoh with two swords in hand rushed into the square where they prayed. As long as the two swords with sunlight touched their bodies, they would melt like ice and snow amidst the screams.

No, it was not so much melted as swallowed.

At the end of everyone's melting, only a sun-like light remained, but that light was swallowed up by the invisible flame on the sword in an instant.

The nearby zombies were attracted, but Tutankhamun's twin swords cutting those obsidian-like bodies were like cutting fragile paper.

The power bestowed by Amon Ra made him truly incarnate as a warrior of God, swaying the wrath and judgment of God in the face of paganism and heresy.

Seeing this scene, those who were lucky enough not to be selected as the initial target let out almost desperate screams.

"Pagan demon!"

"Stop him, stop him! Don't let him blaspheme the glory of God Aton!!"

It will be difficult for them to understand.

It is clearly in the kingdom of God, and it is clearly within the reach of God Aton, but there are pagans killing wantonly here.

Watching familiar faces melt and disappear, if it is said that death in this world will return to the kingdom of God, then here... Tutankhamun mourned silently.

May the Light of Amon Ra rest in peace.

In the urban area on the other side, there was a mist-like light mist, and everyone who was contaminated became stiff and slowly drifted away in the mist.

The light system magic obtained by simplifying "Undead Return to Death" before the Witch, "Liliana's Resting Fog", is an undead nemesis with both offense and defense.

The city immediately fell into chaos.

After the moment of change in a new day, Ai, who has recovered his spell slot, and Tutankhamun, who is at the Noble Phantasm level, are like giant wolves rushing into a flock of sheep. In this chaos, above the long bridge, the golden sun is still there Moving slowly, he slowly approached the tower wall of the city gate.

"Since you can only do it, then you can only do your best..."

Tingna stared at the javelin cast by the sun, she gritted her teeth, held it with her hand, and stood up, enduring the pain that had not completely disappeared.

"I can only...do my best..."

The girl repeated it over and over again, and the eyes that stared at the sun disc gradually became firm.

………………………………………………………………………………………

When the first desperate wailing passed over the tower wall of the sacrificial hall, Akhenaten, who was surrounded by flickering lights like a god in the sky, suddenly raised his head.

His gaze inevitably moved up, but before he could see anything clearly, a layer of twisted, as if countless incompatible colors were smeared in front of his eyes, and finally solidified into twisted and indescribable seven-color stripes.

--oh.

He tapped on this layer of cloudy glass with his cane in disgust, the shocking ripples easily shattered the disgusting glass several centimeters thick.

The distorted fragments fell on the ground and dissipated quickly, and then a dozen red, black, and blue rays hit the invisible barrier one after another, causing illusory holes to appear in the layered barrier.

One floor, two floors, three floors... ten floors!

The last black ray approached only a few centimeters from Akhenaten's chest, festering the shield there into a pitch-black shadow.

Liliana stared there, letting the test tubes filled with mercury and silver horn snake venom melt into the rune cube in front of her eyes.

In less than a second, the gap was less than the size of a palm, and the ten eyes in Alice's hair closed. The moment the witch sang the cracking reading, a metallic mist erupted around Akhenaten.

"Primura's Fatal Paleness"!

--it's useless!

The white mist filled the air, but Akhenaten's voice sounded from another place.

He walked out of the ruins of the collapsed colonnade, raised his right hand that was not holding a staff, and a palm covered with pitch-black scales, like a devil's hand, was formed around Liliana's waist, following his grasping movements Holding the witch in his hand, the magic shield immediately produced a large cobweb-like fine crack, and countless mold-like dark spots appeared, as if infected with a terrible plague.

"The Cursed Hand of the Demon Lord", the famous curse and evocation compound magic in ancient Chinese magic.

In the hands of a magic emperor, crushing the witch's defense is as easy as crushing a piece of bread. As long as he exerts force, he can turn her into twisted carrion.

But when the first second passed, one eye opened between Alice's hair, and a black ray shot out from the eyeball, causing the condensed curse and malice to disperse like a cloud of mist.

Immediately afterwards, the ring on the witch's ankle also lit up with emerald green light, purifying the remnants of the curse.

"Magic Disturbance Ray", the innate magic from the beholder, can disturb the magic power and make the magic collapse. If it directly hits the magician, it can also block the magic for a short time.

——I have to admit that you are the most thoughtful and capable puppeteer I have ever seen. Even if I am not in the best condition, you can fight me for ten minutes. In the Magic Empire, this feat will change for you Come to a favor of all magic towers, and at least five precious medals commending the strength of magic.

Standing up his cane, Akhenaten spoke words of admiration from the bottom of his heart.

He admitted that he underestimated them.

It seems that the girl who has just reached the age of marriage has amazing strength. During the ten minutes of non-stop magic confrontation, she never made a mistake in judgment, and she was never forced to a "dangerous" level.

Unknown magic, dolls with targeted abilities, treasures, alchemy accessories, positioning and movement, all of these made him feel tricky.

Especially that puppet.

When her hair opened one eye after another, shooting out disturbing magic power and elements, rays with terrifying destructive power and curses, Akhenaten finally understood where the strange feeling on the doll came from.

beholder.

These monsters with big eyes that look like tentacles are born masters in the spiritual field. They also possess a large amount of ray-type innate magic. Every time there is an extra eye that grows on the end of the tentacles, the innate archery magic they can use will increase. A sort of.

According to a more detailed classification, different types of beholders have different innate magic, but usually an adult beholder only has 5-7 secondary eyes, and this doll can open up to eleven eyes at a time!

This does not include the pair of emerald and fiery red pupils of different colors on her face!

The aurora-colored thread of light connects the puppet and the witch, and it seems that this is the way to provide magic power to the puppet, allowing her to use these powerful eyes continuously.

Moreover, Akhenaten had no doubt that the reason why he only opened these eyes was not because he only had eleven eyes, but because only these eleven eyes were the most effective in this battle.

Disturbing magic power, elemental disorder, thinking stagnation, motion stillness, soul atrophy, bewildering illusions... There are many kinds of innate magic of beholders, more than half of which can be called the nemesis of magicians, almost at the same time Facing two adult beholders!

I don't know how many beholders she hunted to make such a doll.

In the magic empire, there are many magicians who study this kind of monsters that can easily kill the formed army, but no matter how many beholders they hunt, the best results are just various styles of evil eye jewelry. No one has ever thought of using these powerful beholders. Focus on one alchemy item, even if there are only two!

And her pocket watch—even in the ancient magic empire, there are only a handful of treasures of the time system. With that, she has avoided his attacks that he thought had no loopholes, and completed his unpredictable attacks time and time again. , and even faintly has an invincible temperament.

Although it seems that the use of this treasure has conditions, but even so, facing an excellent magician who can stop in time, even a magic emperor has nothing to do.

But on the other hand, the witch has nothing to do with him.

——You are a real genius, even if the great empire perishes, there will still be magicians like you. With this figure alone, you can win the "Edge of Truth" award for the highest achievement in the field of alchemy, and I'm honestly very happy.

The withered mummy was not stingy with words of praise. After speaking, he shook his head, which was no longer wearing a crown, expressing his regret in a pitiful tone.

— Not enough, not enough. You can't even break my shields, can't really hurt me with all your beautiful magic. I'm more than capable, but your magic is in jeopardy, it's time to get real, little girl.

"..."

The fighting stopped temporarily.

Alice floated in front of Liliana, and Liliana seized the time that she didn't know how long it would last, divided a bottle of medicine as deep and blue as the sea into several sips, and took out several other test tubes, using different Potions restore status quickly.

Using the title of "little girl" to deliberately dwarf her words, the witch didn't take it to heart at all, but the fact that was not so optimistic in front of them was expressed by Akhenaten and his elders looking at the younger generation who was working hard , so that her and Alice's expressions are not very good-looking.

In Liliana's "Arcane Vision", there is an unprecedented three-dimensional magic circle beside Akhenaten. It is composed of countless runes, countless formulas, and countless beautiful geometries that conform to the laws. It is like a big tree with roots piercing thick rocks. , including roots and trunks.

Liliana is no stranger to the three-dimensional magic circle.

Some great magics and almost all great magics and forbidden spells require such complex magic circles to be constructed, and the first three-dimensional magic circle of modern magic comes from the imitation of ancient magic, but it developed better later.

But this was the first time she had seen such a complicated three-dimensional magic circle. Those "leaves" and "trunks" formed layers of magic circles, which reminded her of the dense and beautiful mandala totems in a certain religion in the Eastern Kingdom.

——Lily, have you analyzed anything?

...well, but not good news.

Liliana bit her lip, barely recording the general magic structure on "Laplace".

Judging from the structure, this magic is composed of thirteen layers of defense. The twelve leaves and the trunk itself each represent a certain kind of defensive magic, including magic shield, mage armor, mind protection, curse resistance, and death barrier. , six elements to resist barriers, physical shields, and spell absorption barriers.

These magics are independent of each other, but unified as a whole, they can be arranged and changed freely, and when a part of them is broken, new protection can be regenerated extremely quickly.

That's right, not patching, but regenerating.

This means that as long as the nature of the attack can be judged, the type of shield can be adjusted in a very short time, and the attack can be resolved in a targeted manner. This is the strongest defensive magic that the witch has ever seen, and it has never been heard before!

The silence of Liliana and Alice was like a wordless acknowledgment. Akhenaten, who did not relax his vigilance, pointed at them with the eagle with wings spread on his staff, and spoke slowly.

——Maybe you hope to kill all the believers in the city, but unfortunately, even if these high-quality sources of belief disappear, as long as you can get them, it will be enough to make up for it.

"……Yeah."

——That's right, rather, I can't understand why you guys want to fight me.

The mummy spoke easily.

——I have strength and wisdom, and my existence represents a supreme path. Of course we can cooperate, can't we? Equal cooperation. I will be released from this damned imprisonment, you will gain the wisdom of a magic emperor, and from now on there will be a bench at the top of the continent's power, this is mutually beneficial, isn't it?

Akhenaten continued, and he even put away the magic aura surrounding him, and withdrew the magic field that would protrude from the soul as long as he got close.

——We already know each other's strength, fighting is no longer necessary, isn't it?

"..."

In the quiet sacrificial hall, the witch was silent.

After saying this, Akhenaten didn't speak anymore.

That's all he can say since he lowered his status. He has never been a supplicant.

Promise that, of course better. But even if he refuses, it doesn't matter. He has a general understanding of the strange magic system that will produce strange patterns when casting a spell and say the name of the magic, and the mental state of the girl who relies on potions to sustain the consumption of magic power has dropped significantly.

Perhaps due to the influence of the different magic systems, the magic power of this witch is obviously incomparable with the witches of his era.

There are also many kinds of winners and losers in battles between magicians.

But a few minutes later, the witch nodded and spoke in a relaxed tone.

"...In this way, the last problem has also been successfully solved."

This nod clearly did not represent his approval of the cooperation, and Liliana's words made him even more stunned.

--What's the meaning?

"...In the previous inferences, I skipped a lot of things, such as the details of the experiment in the secret realm that can no longer be verified, such as the details of the process in which the Emperor of Magic replaced Akhenaten as the God of Aten , although there is no answer to the former question now, but the latter, the general method, I have already guessed."

On Akhenaten's forehead, the wrinkled flesh moved.

If he had eyelids, the motion would have made him squint his eyes, but he doesn't have those anymore, just a heavy, menacing gaze shooting out of two empty eye sockets.

Liliana spoke indifferently.

"...Emperor of Magic, Akhenaten's 'Your Majesty'." Liliana especially emphasized the syllables in the title of His Majesty. "You just said that we don't have 'any' conflicts, but that's actually not accurate, the battle between us is not anyone else, but you, who started it- no, it's not strictly speaking. Exactly, it's because you saw some kind of extreme hatred and disgust in my eyes, that you activated the defense system of the secret realm and provoked the battle before we were sure whether to help you or Tutankhamun , but now, you're saying we don't have 'any' contradictions, and that sounds pretty solid, which leads me to another speculation."

Liliana raised her eyebrows. Although what she said was speculation, her tone was "very certain" as she said.

"...I guessed before that you are the Emperor of Magic and God Aton, and you replaced him. But is this really the case? Or...is there really only one soul in this mummy?"

The eagle cane entwined by ouroboros suddenly lifted the cane, and the invisible scream outside the "Alan Jia's spiritual protection force field" rushed like a tsunami. As long as you break through the precarious protective force field, you will be thrown into an endless The fear of hell!

"Great fear technique"!

The modern magic system was not developed by completely abandoning the ancient magic. Even though the systems are completely different, there are still many similar magics.

This great magic of the mental system was poured with an unknown amount of magic power. When the "Alan Jia's Mind Protection Force Field" was crumbling, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on his forehead, and cast "Alan Jia's Steel Mind".

Spiritual magic from the same magician, one focused on defense and the other focused on resistance. Liliana stood where she was, her tone still calm.

"...With this idea, the subsequent development is very logical. The body of the mummy belongs to a "pagan" pharaoh. That pharaoh became a god or a god-like god because of experiments. God's magic is the evidence, and the 'big man' came to the secret realm after this. "

"...Under such a premise, you in front of us seem to know nothing about the conflict between God Aten and us, and the way of fighting is also very different, so it is natural to draw the next inference that you did not As you said to replace Akhenaten, the previous battles were not to conform to the image or rules of God Aten, but...it was not you who fought us at that time."

After a pause, Liliana nodded.

Tutankhamun was right. As a warrior of God, none of the pharaohs in the past was a magician. Because in Sinai, magic is not the power of Amun, not Horus, not Ra, or any of the royal symbols of the gods.

"So, why can you coexist with it, even dominate its body, and exert a considerable degree of magical ability? Thousands of years have passed, and the development of theology has not stagnated. Today's magicians have figured out how to believe in God. Nature."

For the first time, the magic emperor who raised a powerful pillar of fire and summoned an eagle of light with a long staff showed a strong sense of disbelief.

The essence of God?

During the time he was trapped in this mystery, the magician had already figured out the nature of the gods? !

The great astonishment made him forget to control the glorious eagle. This gorgeous raptor could only stand in front of him, waiting for specific orders.

"It is the embodiment and personification of a belief. He is the god to be believed in, and he is also the most demanding belief itself. Belief in a god cannot do anything that goes against the belief. If the belief in a god is mixed with 'impurities', they will They will also purify themselves very quickly. The ancient saying Magic Empire has not studied this step. They have misunderstood the essence of God. In a word, it can be summed up as, "Affecting the gods cannot profoundly affect the faith, but profoundly affecting the faith can profoundly affect the gods." affect the gods". "

But since the ancient saying magic empire has not been researched to this point, the magic emperor will certainly not know.

"But you still survived until now with the help of the power of God Aten. I think it should be through magic to withdraw memory, and through hints and other methods to make yourself think that you are 'Akhenaten'. On this basis, Try to keep self-awareness as much as possible, but this will still lead to self-purification of the god of belief. Therefore, you suppress the activity of God Aton, let him fall into a deep sleep, and let yourself fall into a deep sleep, suppress this effect to a minimum, rely on The long existence of the gods has spanned a long time..."

Even the enemy, after the witch finished speaking, she felt a kind of admiration spontaneously.

This is the process by which she deduces the possibility based on the known results. Based on the past research on God, it can basically be considered correct without carefully studying the specific method of achieving it.

Even so, the group of magicians who studied the most did not find a way to put a rabbit beside a believer in God without changing the teachings of their beliefs.

But in the first bottleneck period of the ancient magic empire, when the research on the gods was not very deep, a magic emperor hid in the body of the gods in a "parasitic" way without knowing all this, even After recovery, there is still such a powerful force.

Is this the magic emperor?

Liliana looked at Akhenaten, who was completely stunned, and couldn't help but think that this might be a unique success story in the mainland. If those crazy people who explored the mysteries of the gods knew about it, they would definitely go crazy.

Of course, Liliana and Alice, who were fighting with him, could feel the ten-minute magic confrontation, and it was more because he wanted to observe more magic of unknown systems.

Liliana was also speechless with emotion that she hadn't felt for a long time.

Thanks to this, the most dangerous period of the plan was passed without any danger.

It's a pity that such precious experimental materials cannot be kept.

Akhenaten was completely frozen.

——You guessed it...you really understand the secret of the gods...

When he was in shock for a long time, beside Liliana, Alice closed the eyes that were open on the hair behind her.

"It looks like the plan is going well."

On the other side, there is no need to pay attention all the time. Alice did not convey this sentence through a spiritual link, as if she didn't care about being heard by the still shocked Akhenaten.

Even those aurora-colored threads were gone.

--plan? what's the plan?

Akhenaten growled in surprise, a sense of fear that the situation was completely out of control rose for the first time, and the radiant eagle also screamed sharply and flapped its wings restlessly.

Liliana didn't answer, she turned her body, turned her back to the magic emperor Akhenaten under his astonished eyes, looked at the sky outside the sacrificial hall, and calmly said a short word.

"...the "Sunfall" project. "

A dark red ball of light rose high in the dawn sky.

At the same time, Tina raised the spear in her hand.

The golden sphere reciprocating along the long bridge has come to the gap in the center of the two tower walls. The riots in the urban area are still going on, but Ai has arrived at the predetermined position—that is, the top of the obelisk in the center of the left urban area.

Immediately after that, a white ball of light rose, which represented Tutankhamun—this Noble Phantasm-level powerhouse was already in place, and these two balls of light were the signal that the battle had entered the final stage!

The time of worrying and waiting finally came to an end. Without any hesitation, Tingna threw the spear that seemed light and weightless. It flew several meters away, and before reaching the top of the parabola, it pierced into the Into the huge ball suspended in the sky.

The sky above the city was lit up with a fiery sun.

At the same time, the top of the obelisk in the center of the city.

The black-haired girl and the muscular young man crushed the wax seal of the scroll for a short while. After tearing it apart, Ai jumped out without hesitation. The body protected by the Feather Fall technique floated in mid-air and slowly fell. .

"Great magic..."Brilliant Crack""

She whispered the name of the scroll that her mentor gave her after the plan was formulated, and the scene after the brilliant and shining light hit the golden ball was deeply reflected in her pupils.

The sun fell.