Chapter 19: The Sword of Damocles

A steaming hot bullet casing fell onto the roof of the carriage, making a crisp clinking sound.
Mianbao calmly pulled the bolt, loading the next bullet.

To intercept the Dragon-form Saint, Mianbao had used up all the top-tier magic-engraved bullets that she and her father had made, which could be said to be their last resort.
After all, it was a matter of life and death, so she couldn’t be stingy now.
There would be plenty of time to make high-level magic-engraved bullets in the future; it was just a bit troublesome.

Both Mianbao and Wendi’s shots accurately hit the Dragon-form Saint’s wings, but the roughness of the Dragon-form Saint’s flesh far exceeded their imagination.
Their attacks only had a negligible effect.

“Second round, get ready!” Wendi commanded Mianbao with a solemn expression, another magic seal lighting up on her staff.

“【Sirius】, one of the strongest sniper-type thermal weapons on the Lazel Continent, capable of loading the magic-engraved bullet 【Heaven】, whose power is comparable to a B-rank forbidden spell,” Kunta said with her eyes closed.
“The owner was the magic-engraved bullet expert who announced his retirement back then, Ka Slan · Wei Er.”

“No, the current owner is his daughter, Ka Slan · Mianbao.”

Hu Qingyu didn’t know how terrifying the power of a B-rank forbidden spell was.
In short, he knew that Mianbao was holding a very powerful divine weapon.

Hu Qingyu currently had nothing to do, so he could only close his eyes and rest.
Because the only thing they could do now was to believe in Mianbao and Wendi.

Now he could also take the opportunity to sort out his thoughts on Mianbao’s previous strange transformation.
After a few short days of getting along in the Kunta Song and Dance Troupe, Hu Qingyu had probably adapted to the life here.
At the same time, he had also learned a little about Mianbao.

It was obvious that besides using a “gun,” a powerful form of attack with a weapon that was novel to him, Mianbao had no magic power or battle aura at all.

But the previous Mianbao had somehow conjured an ice blade and pointed it at him.
And that demeanor, that tone, was not something Mianbao should possess at all.

At that time, Mianbao’s mind was on the verge of collapse.
In this magical world, it should be easy for a powerful person to invade someone’s mind.
Perhaps that was what happened to Mianbao.

Maybe the person who killed the villagers of Lange Village was not Mianbao either.

He had managed to come up with a reason that was somewhat plausible.

‘But, what is the Yixiubeita that “that person” mentioned later?’

“It’s here.” Wendi stopped the half-formed magic seal and looked up at the cloudy sky.

Mianbao let out a breath and, after hitting the Dragon-form Saint again with a level-four magic-engraved bullet 【Electric Net】, she followed Wendi’s gaze with her scope.

A crimson Magi-Knight Armor, with scarlet light wings, like the legendary Phoenix, and also like a meteor, streaked across the sky and came before the Dragon-form Saint to fight it.

“A flying Magi-Knight Armor!?” Mianbao was a little surprised.
For a Magi-Knight Armor to be able to fly in the sky, not only did the Magi-Knight Armor have to be high-level, but the elemental crystals consumed also had to be high-grade.
This was also the first time Mianbao had seen a flying Magi-Knight Armor.

“Let’s go, the mission to delay the Saint is complete.” Wendi put away her staff and floated back into the magi-mobile while reminding Mianbao.

“Wait…” Mianbao raised her scope.
Thanks to the unique design of the 【Sirius】 scope, even though Mianbao was getting farther and farther away from the Magi-Knight Armor and the Saint, it didn’t affect her spectating at all.
A super-high-level Magi-Knight Armor fighting a Saint—after watching this battle, she would be someone who had seen the world!

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“The 【Saint】 has evolved.” Xirui, equipped with the third-generation anti-god Magi-Knight Armor named “Damocles,” held a pair of fiery red twin swords and moved at high speed with the huge wings on her back, launching a fierce offensive against the Dragon-form Saint.

“It’s so strong.” In Mianbao’s eye, magnified by the scope, shone a light called admiration.
“Such a powerful 【Saint】, yet she can handle it with such ease!”

“Cecilia, why are you still alive!” The expression on Xirui’s face under the mechanical mask was slightly distorted, as she viciously stabbed her twin swords into the Saint’s wings.
“When I find you, I will definitely give you a proper welcome…”

The Saint wailed and fell to the ground, spinning, kicking up a large cloud of dust.
The Saint’s enormous weight made the earth tremble painfully.

“The third-generation anti-god Magi-Knight Armor can indeed defeat the Saint with ease.” Xirui pointed her twin swords diagonally, looking down from above at the struggling Dragon-form Saint on the ground.
“Cooperating with Edis back then was the right choice.”

“Go to hell.” Xirui raised one of her swords, and a fiery red light shot straight into the sky, condensing into a giant, strangely shaped sword in the sky above the Dragon-form Saint’s head.

“Sword of Damocles—” Xirui chanted, slowly bringing down the sword of judgment hanging above her, which carried immense power.

The Dragon-form Saint, upon contact with the sword of judgment, in the endless brilliance, was like paper meeting fire, continuously turning into plumes of ash and flying into the air.

The Saint was perishing, but its tenacious life force made it still struggle.
Under the blade, the Saint detonated its own body, and streams of fire burst out in all directions, falling into every corner of the Wind Forest.

Unfortunately, the Kunta Song and Dance Troupe’s magi-mobile also suffered this calamity and was hit by the Saint’s final stream of fire.
One carriage overturned, and Mianbao and Hu Qingyu, who were just about to be pulled back into the carriage by Hu Qingyu’s hand, were both thrown out of the carriage and rolled down a steep, bottomless slope on the side.

The Saint was dead, and a carriage was destroyed, so the Kunta Song and Dance Troupe had no reason to continue.
Kunta simply ordered them to rest and planned to call Zero to go down the slope together to find Hu Qingyu and Mianbao.

“Really, always causing trouble for me.” Kunta looked at the steep slope covered with dense bushes and trees and shook her head helplessly, but she didn’t seem particularly worried.

Hu Qingyu’s strength was considered strong, and Mianbao had fallen with 【Sirius】 on her back.
There was almost no need to worry too much about their safety.

Finding them was just a matter of time.

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“【Light Chaser】—dead.”

“Mission failed.”

“Incubation Chamber No. 18 activated, codename: Valkyrie.”

“Launching capsule cooling, remaining time eight hundred and ninety-nine hours.”

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“Didn’t find Her Highness the Princess? It seems she has already left that place, so I don’t need to go there anymore.”

“It seems I need to step up contact with the others. I wonder where Her Highness the Princess will appear next.”

“Edis… this time, I will definitely make you…”