above the ring

Chapter 22 Quickly stepping up the clouds

Slowly passing through the city gate, Lear walked forward as if strolling in a courtyard. A huge city-state stood in front of Lear. In the background of endless fog, close in sight.

This huge and wide long bridge connects the cliff where the city gate is located and the towering city of Stonewell.

On the distant city wall, an old man with golden light all over his body called out the name of the faded one.

"O Fade One"

"Toyed with by the fire of foolish ambition, in the delusion of acquiring Elden's Circle?"

"Boom!" He paused the crutch in his hand, and the sound was extremely crisp.

Then, with a vertical leap, he took off from Stonewell's city wall, smoke and dust billowed everywhere, and then he landed on the bridge.

Lear raised the shield in his left hand to block the flying dust.

The shield moved down slowly, and the eyes in the mask of the wandering knight's helmet were bright and firm.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew up, the smoke cleared away, and the situation changed in an instant, and the sand was like a dragon swimming.

Markit, who used a cane as a sword, slowly stood up.

"Then it must be extinguished, including the fire."

"I, 'Omen of Omen', Markit, execute here."

The crutch sword was held by his right hand with one hand, and stood on the left side.

Although he didn't wear knight equipment, and only a priest's robe covered his body, this simple knight holding sword ceremony still told Lear and the world that he had an extraordinary background.

Because he was not an orthodox knight, the blade of the sword deviated, but he had faith in his heart and turned to the knight, so he used a half-set knight salute that did not comply with the regulations.

Lear knew his background, a wandering knight, and he was kicked out of the ranks of knights long ago if he said he was a knight, otherwise he wouldn't be called a "vagrant".

This is actually no different from "lost home".

But this does not prevent Lear from responding with the knight salute.

The long sword stands on the chest, indicating the determination to defend the glory to the death. This is the knight etiquette that has been handed down in Europe since the Middle Ages. It means that the next battle will be open and aboveboard, and it also means that this is a glorious duel.

Even in China, when the ancients made friends with martial arts, they treated each other with courtesy first and upheld etiquette.

Although Lear is not a real knight, he knows that there is a tradition in soul games. Before invading other people's worlds and starting pvp battles, the intruder and the original owner will both bow and salute each other, finish drinking the red medicine, and then start to fight. A very formal duel.

So, Lear also followed this tradition.

He put down his shield, stroked his chest with his right hand, and then bent over.

Sure enough, Markit did not attack first, but waited for Lear to complete the etiquette.

Regardless of whether the two camps are hostile or not, there is still a basic respect for honor and identity.

Lear straightened up slowly, stepping forward with his right foot first, stepping forward step by step, his whole body tensed, his eyes fixed on the opponent's starting gesture all the time.

Markit is twice as tall as Lear, and his body is relatively large. There are curved horns on his head, one of which has been sawed off, which is very obvious in the long gray and flowing hair, covered with long and fine fluff. Around his body, there are several slightly disgusting tumors growing on his joints, and there is a thick and curved tail behind him, which looks very feline.

His body is powerful and powerful, and his posture of holding the sword is calm and majestic, but his expression looks a little dignified.

Because the man in front of him, who only reached his abdomen, didn't seem to take him seriously at all. After saluting, he kept walking forward, as if telling himself that he was full of flaws, so hurry up.

However, the intuition of being a warrior made Markit pause for a moment. He was carefully observing the movement of the faded man in front of him. It seemed that he neither planned to release his faith nor use magic. He didn't even intend to draw out the straight sword stuck in the tattered leather bag at his waist, he just walked forward.

He walked calmly, and every time he stepped forward, he would deliberately pause for three or four seconds. The self-confidence and calmness in his steps made Markit feel that this was an unprecedented and difficult enemy. .

"Hey, you're making a fool of yourself!"

"Whoo~"

The huge crutch sword was swung horizontally and landed on the right side. Markit instantly condensed a dagger in his left hand and threw it forward with the strength of his arm alone!
"Shh!"

The light dagger flew past the opponent's figure, and the man in front of him avoided the throw with just the right movement!
But this wasn't Markit's ultimate move. When the first luminous dagger was thrown out of his hand, the second luminous dagger appeared in his hand, and continued to fly towards the faded man in the next moment of shaking hands!
However, something that surprised him happened, the opponent avoided the throw once again with a subtle oblique retreat!
"interesting."

The feet moved quickly, stepping barefoot on the gravel-covered bridge. After three steps, Markit made a vertical leap, holding a cane and sword in both hands with great power and stabbing forward fiercely.

However, the man in front of him seemed to have known about his leap and pounce. Taking advantage of his relatively small size, he lowered his head and stooped, and sprinted under the body of the jumping Markit!
Markit, who missed a hit, immediately changed his move, and the tail in the rear immediately followed a sweep, and then turned around, seeing the faded man who had already walked out of the attack range of the tail sweep and turned around. .

Markit raised his right hand, took a step forward to catch up with a downward chop, and was easily dodged sideways by the opponent, then turned to hold the cane with his left hand, and smashed forward violently!
This time, the opponent didn't dodge, but raised the shield with his left hand, and shook it with the strength of his own hands.

Markit found that he didn't take any advantage at all, but felt the other party's calmness like walking in a garden!

The power of this fader is so terrifying!
Markit immediately jumped back and distanced himself from the opponent.

This is the strongest opponent he has encountered in Ningmgfu, and it is worth fighting seriously.

"You are very slippery, little loach"

Regardless of the original meaning of what Markit said, but Lear heard that meaning, and he suddenly wondered, why, is there such a thing as loach in this world?Isn't that thing an octopus?

In the fight of footwork and shield defense just now, Lear judged that his current strength was not weaker than the opponent's, and he could even suppress it for a short time in terms of strength, which surprised him a little.

At the very least, it shouldn't be as scraping as it was when he hit this guy for the first time.

Lear's eyes didn't relax for a moment, and he was watching Markit's movements all the time. He was fully on guard against every move made by this guy.

The first set of moves that Markit attacks every time is actually relatively fixed, there are only two sets in total, the first is the most common jab after a jump and the second is to run over The wave of vertical chopping is easy to remember.

But his strength does not lie in how fast his initial attack is, but in his subsequent changes.

His changing moves are very strange and very elusive. Sometimes it is one kind of changing move, and sometimes it becomes another kind. Judging by the starting gesture at the time of the move.

Lear knew very well in his heart that this was a powerful changing move that could only be played with absolute proficiency in the various combat skills he had trained, just like Lear was very familiar with the rebounding skills of shields. Such a powerful operation can only be achieved when the weapon has reached the point where it can be commanded by the arm and is superb.

Before it was too late, Markit's second wave of offensives followed one after another!

This time he chose the second routine, raised his right hand high, held the hilt of the sword with his left hand, leaned forward, moved extremely fast with his feet, sprinted to Lear's side, and in an instant was an extremely fast downward chop!

Lear didn't counterattack immediately, he just held up his shield and was tough - he was waiting for the opponent's next move to change!
Sure enough, Markit, who slashed with the knife, didn't think that the knife could pose any threat to Lear. The moment he slashed, he let go of his left hand holding the crutch, and immediately turned into a light dagger and slashed towards Lear.

This sudden swing of the knife was extremely fast. Although the damage ability was not strong, and the shield block blocked most of the damage, it still caused damage to Lear.

Lear felt that the armor was cut by some kind of energy, and something seemed to happen to his body as a result.

He discovered that he was not immune to the energy slash of this light dagger!
As Su Lian guessed, Lear is immune to the flames that change the properties of objects, the "madness", "sudden death" and "poisoning" that change the state of the body, and even the starry sky magic contained in the pyroxene magic, but not immune to it. Pure energy that can cause physical damage.

This is true of gravity magic, and so is the light weapon summoned by Markit!
Lear turned sideways quickly, dodging the throwing knife thrown by Markit in an instant after jumping back, he was also a little dignified now.

The damage caused by the light dagger was actually very weak, and it had little effect on Lear, but it also sounded the alarm for him.

After all, it is the avatar of the majestic Omen King, even if it is a weakened version, it must not be underestimated.

The self-confidence gained in the wrestling process before, and the thought of how to take down the opponent without exposing the shield is completely shattered now, Lear must concentrate on it!

The junction is huge, and there are countless powerful enemies. Even if you have the power to overturn the fire, you can't be arrogant.

He put the shield in front of him with his left hand, and in the face of the opponent's surprised expression, golden flames covered the shield in an instant.

In the blazing golden flame, Markit felt the power of the strong holy system prayer.

This is a very dangerous feeling!

The person in front of him, even among the faded ones, is definitely not low in status.

And the jumping flames dancing on the shield in the gust of wind on the bridge seem to indicate Lear's determination to win.

"Fall against man, Lear, join us!"

The show begins now!
"Hmph, it seems that you are considered to be a person of high status among the Faded Ones. Humph, that power should not be underestimated. The Faded Ones are worthy of being the descendants of warriors!"

As soon as the words fell, his left hand was held downwards, and a huge golden hammer appeared in his hand.

"Whoo~"

"That's it!"

The golden sledgehammer was swung by the opponent, and the smoke rose suddenly. Markit carried the golden sledgehammer on his back, showing his powerful jumping ability when he first appeared on the stage, jumping high on the spot, and the sledgehammer was also charged behind him by him with.

Lear's eyes followed Markit, followed him and raised his head. Markit, who happened to have a huge golden tree behind him, was bathed in the light, and swung a sledgehammer to smash it down!

Seize the moment, raise your hand, throw the shield!

"Boom!"

A large amount of smoke and dust was carried around by the violent shock wave. Relying on the fire-enchanted shield, Lear successfully deflected Markit, an extremely powerful killer, but he was also pushed away by the opponent's huge force for several steps. .

Lear's field of vision was just blocked by the smoke and dust, but before the smoke and dust dispersed, a huge figure rushed out of the smoke and dust from above, and Markit, who was holding a cane and sword, jumped forward and pointed at Lear's position It was an extremely powerful lower jab!
"Dangdang!"

In just a split second, sparks flew everywhere, and the flames on the shield trembled violently.

Lear bounced back successfully again, and Markit was staggered by the bounce, and almost failed to grasp his figure when he landed.

"Is this your strongest combat skill?"

After shouting these words, Markit squeezed his left hand toward the void behind him, and a long lightsaber appeared in his hand!
Here comes the deadly four-hit combo!

The moment the lightsaber was condensed and formed, it made a forward stab at Lear. Lear raised the shield in his hand to block the first attack immediately, but immediately after, Markit relied on The tyrannical physical fitness forcibly raised his left hand, which had been somewhat weak from the bounce, and pulled it horizontally from the inside to the outside to connect it, but it was still defended by Lear. At this moment, he raised his cane and sword and continued to stab forward with the force of the horizontal slash with his left hand!
Three consecutive terrifying attacks that focused on skills made Lear, who was focused on defense, take a step back.

But Markit didn't stop at all, and smoothly retracted his sword and turned around, with a golden lightsaber in his left hand and a cane sword in his right, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, and when Lear took a step back and his foot was unstable, he made a blow Fast to the extreme cross cut!
The last blow of the fatal four-strike combo is a cross cut that is so handsome that it explodes, fast and ruthless!It directly sent Lear into a backward roll, and after several sliding steps to unload the force, Lear finally stabilized his figure.

Although a bit embarrassed, Lear did defend against this terrifying four-hit combo!
Now, it's my turn!

Markit thought that Lear, who had been slashed by him in this way, would never be able to fight back again. The lightsaber in his hand dissipated, he raised the crutch sword high, took two steps forward and then slammed it down violently, trying to take Lear away. Let's go, but Lear didn't give him any chance at all. The shield struck from the upper right to the lower left at an extremely fast speed with the metal and iron of the cane and sword.
Markit was also directly knocked out, and knelt down on one knee while clutching his right arm!

Lear straightened up, a golden flame flashed in his hand, then he clenched his right hand into a fist, cut through the air from bottom to top, wrapped the fist in flames, and swung forward vigorously
"Oh!"

With a dull bang, Markit's white haired face full of horns caught Lear's fist that exploded with all his strength, and was directly hammered several meters away, and his huge figure was just like that Fist turned!
Lear took advantage of the momentum to pursue, with his left foot forward and his right foot backward, standing in a lunge posture, his right hand stretched his five fingers as if drawing a strong bow, turning his fist into a palm, and pulled it behind him, a huge golden fire Handprints formed behind Lear.

And Markit just got up from the ground, with a bewildered expression on his face, when he saw a huge handprint slapping him like a mountain!
Markit didn't have time to shout, and was slapped to the ground again. When he fell to the ground, he heard the other party's loud shouting just now.

"The hand of God."

With one punch and one palm, just two moves, three-fifths of Markit's blood bar disappeared in an instant!

But he still has the power to fight.

Lear did not continue to pursue, although he still had the strength to launch another big handprint, but he still decided to wait for a while.

"When Lataen and Marlene fought in the Ionian swamp, he chopped off Marlene's right prosthetic hand with his superb swordsmanship, and then let the two knives fall to the ground, waiting for her to connect the prosthetic arm before fighting , I, Lear, as an upright rebellious person, I am here to let you fight, and when you stand up and recover, it will not be too late to fight me again." (Note 1)

Lear's slow words seem to be stating a fact in a calm manner, but the tone sounds to Markit as if he is mocking him for being so good
"Hmph, I'm a majestic evil omen ghost, why should it be your turn to let me in!"

Markit, who had regained his fighting power, snorted coldly, raised the crutch sword in his hand, and rushed towards Lear.

This time Lear didn't get used to the opponent anymore, he repeated the old trick with a downward bounce, which reversed the opponent's first stab, and then followed by two extremely simple retreat steps, avoiding Markit's angry attack. After slashing with the light dagger twice, and watching the opponent clenched his left hand backwards, a huge light hammer appeared behind him again.

The left and right hands slashed out at the same time, the crutch sword and the golden sledgehammer fell one after another. Lear took the crutch sword that fell from Markit's right hand in front of him, and then used his strength to bounce back the heavy-weight sword. The golden sledgehammer, popped out this winning blow!
Lear stretched out his flaming right hand and held it on the horn that grew outward from Markit's face.

At this time, Markit's arms were so weak from the rebound, and he was no longer able to fight anymore.

Lear said beside him: "You said something wrong. I know that you are not the real body, and your strength is still much weaker. So when we meet again in the future, please call me by my name."

He paused, then said in a playful tone: "Please call me a traveler, don't call me a fader, at least, I'm not with them all the way now. Oh, I didn't come to Stonewell for that big Lu Well, my purpose, anyway, you must not guess it. Well, that's all, I'll take you home right now, bye~"

Letting go of Markit's horn, Lear slapped it across the face, an extremely powerful big dick directly split the forehead of Markit, and then, the figure of this clone disappeared in an instant As fly ash, dissipated without a trace.

"Eh? Didn't you say anything harsh?"

Logically speaking, this guy should have spoken harshly for being so humiliated, such as "Although you are afraid of the blackness in the darkness", "Evil omens will not let you go", etc., but these harsh words do not Lian turned into flying ashes, and Lear felt as if something was missing.

It's probably the kind of feeling that when eating watermelon, you don't spit out the seeds and swallow it. It seems that there is no big deal, and it seems that something will happen.

Lear looked at the direction the fly ash flew in a little surprise, finally shook his head, picked up the small leather bag that was left behind after the fly ash dispersed.

【Amulet leather bag】

This is a small bag used to hold talismans. For each additional leather pouch, one more talisman can be worn.

Talismans are generally items with a blessing effect left by some powerful will. Wearing amulets can allow the wearer to obtain the power corresponding to the amulet. Generally speaking, the number of amulets that a person can carry is limited, but with the amulet leather bag There is one more grid for wearing amulets.

Of course, Lear doesn't have any talismans yet, let's wait until we get those powerful talismans later.

Lear happily touched the blessing point left after defeating the evil omen, and unlocked the teleportation anchor point here.

The guiding picture once again appeared in Lear's mind.

"On the main road of Stonewell City, there are heavily guarded exiled soldiers and homeless knights. The Storm Eagle guarding the city is also hovering around and circling around. Outside a small house, a female warrior with a beautiful face and a plump body holds a horror The giant ax of the man was fighting face-to-face with a lost knight in armor and holding a spear. Going up, there was the room guarded by the troll giant, and behind the room, on the king's avenue full of tombstones. Huge deformed monster with the carcass of a wyvern"

"Oh, all the elements are complete." Lear opened his eyes and took a deep breath, "There are extraordinarily many guidance screens, um, this is indeed a tough battle."

Suddenly, on the edge of the blessing point, mist belonging to the spiritual world suddenly appeared.

"Huh? Long time no see, Melina, you seem to be more beautiful again!"

Lear said so.

PS: My head is a little dizzy, I will change it after getting up in the morning.

Note 1: Marlene is the nickname of Marlenia, which belongs to the kind of appellation with a relatively close relationship. Later, according to the character of the protagonist who doesn't want to face in the setting, there is a high probability that he will call it this way when he meets a Valkyrie. Mainly I I don’t want to change it anymore. It’s easier to type Famaleni than those four characters. Every time I write the full name of the Valkyrie, I have to type an extra character separately.
All the moves and changes of the omens I described in this chapter are made by the boss, and the changes of these moves can appear in the game. In other words, I did not imagine the moves here, and they are all from the game itself.

Last night plus this afternoon for nearly four hours of prison-like observation, I found that there are six to seven changes in the first stage of the omen, and the second stage plus the two key moves of the light hammer and the frequent shots of the lightsaber. Four combos, three or four more changes.The only thing that makes me uncomfortable is that the attack desire is too low in the first stage, so it takes a long time to see his new changes after spending two days with him, but the changes in the second stage are really fast. Here I chose the more common ones and the coherence is relatively high Two or three kinds of changes in the book are called to describe, and the "sledgehammer" and "deadly four combo" with distinctive characteristics and powerful moves are both must-write items.

I will basically write according to this pattern for future boss battles. I will fight a few times by myself first to get familiar with boss moves, and then come back to write chapters. If I can write clearly and beautifully with sufficient fluency, I will still insist on doing so.

Oh, by the way, let me mention the update instructions by the way. I have to go to work normally after the Ching Ming Festival holiday. There will not be so many updates by then, but I will try my best to update it every day. Maybe the number of words in the chapters at that time There won’t be as many as there are now. Basically, a chapter can finish a story. After all, writing too much is sometimes not very good, and I have to use my hands to cook~
Thank you for your support. In the future, I will work hard to code words without dreaming salted fish~
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