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Chapter 548: Michaela's Plan, the Incarnation of the Shadow Tree

Facing the slap that Li You was about to throw in the face, the golden figure simply flashed and Li You's hand passed through it.

The human figure is not a physical entity, so it naturally cannot be hit by Li You.

However, after this, the attraction emitted by the figure seemed to subside. Li You suddenly felt relieved, and his companions also got rid of the influence.

The golden figure slightly distanced himself from me, and then spoke again, his voice slightly hoarse and somewhat androgynous: "Why are you resorting to violence? Do you want to be my enemy?"

Li You then made an expression of sudden realization: "So it's not an invader? I'm so sorry, I thought I met an enemy again. What can I do for you?"

Golden figure: "..."

The figure paused for a moment before saying, "In front of here is the foot of the Shadow Tree. That's not where you should go. Turn back."

"Is the foot of the Shadow Tree just ahead?" Li You looked around and thought to himself, "That's good. I found the right tree after all."

Golden figure: “?”

"...I said, don't get close to the shadow tree. There are things there that you shouldn't touch." The figure was very patient and even repeated it again.

But Li You immediately looked at him and said, "Sorry, I forgot to ask. Who are you?"

Figure: “???”

"You... don't know who I am?"

"Why should I know who you are? You don't even have a face?" Li You's face was full of confusion.

Figure: “You…!!”

Of course, it is impossible for Li You not to know the identity of the golden figure. The magic circle when he appeared just now, and the strong attraction he exuded at all times, all revealed the identity of this person.

He is the demigod served by Reda and her companions, the brother of the Valkyrie Marennia, the god-man Michaela.

Although what appeared in front of Li You was just a phantom.

This phantom obviously has no other abilities. The only thing it can do is to rely on its own charm to attract others. But perhaps because it is just an image, its effectiveness is not strong. Li You can block its effect by letting the divine power flow slightly in his body.

However, his companions were indeed a problem, so Li You asked them to retreat outside the church and directly cut off Michaela's influence with the distance.

In this way, Li You cracked Michaela's only trick. So Li You was not afraid of him at all, and he was already saving some face when he spoke at this time.

Just like Li You said before, he originally liked Michaela very much...if you only look at the game itself, the Old Man Ring.

Apart from anything else, the character of the little boy girl also gives Li You an innate favorability bonus. Of course, the most important thing is that Michaela himself is a very kind demigod. In his sphere of influence, in the city under the sacred tree overseas, he provides living space for all kinds of persecuted and discriminated species, where different races can coexist peacefully.

Michaela is also a very gentle person. In order to cure her sister Marlenia's corruption, she also devoted herself to studying the Golden Rule. She treats others very kindly, regardless of their status.

Therefore, although Michaela did not appear in the main game, Li You's initial favorability towards him was still very high. This was precisely because of his philosophy, not because he was a little blond man-girl... more than that.

However, after entering the Shadow Land, everything he saw was different from Li You’s past impressions.

In order to enter the Shadow Tower, Michaela gave up her half body, Torina; and through the power of charm, he forced others to work for him; even on top of that, Melina, who was living in Kara's body, was suspected to have been sealed by him?
Is this something that the original Michaela would do?

Li You even suspected that he was being deceived. Was it not Michaela who was in the cocoon of the Blood Dynasty at that time, and he was tricked by Leida to come to northern Myanmar, which is the border area?

Leida, you little girl, what are you doing here?

But unfortunately, everything he saw was obviously true, and it was all done by Michaela.

On top of this, he also bewitched Kara, to the point where not only did she not reply to his messages, but she even wanted to fight with her master, so Li You's good impression of Michaela instantly plummeted.

TNND, you want to steal my apprentice, right? You just wait!
As for Michaela, he was insulted by Li You. No matter how good-tempered he was, he couldn't help but lower his voice:
"You couldn't recognize my identity, which means you weren't guided here at all. Moreover, you spoke rudely and ignored my warnings... So, you have decided to become my enemy?"

Li You glanced at his golden shadow and said, "No, I'm not interested in you."

Although he had spent a lot of effort to gain Leida's trust before, it was useless now. He had come here for Michaela's Big Rune, but he had met him here, which made it clear that he would inevitably become hostile to his camp in the future, so Li You was too lazy to spend the effort to do superficial work, even saving the trouble of pretending.

As he said this, he ignored Michaela and went to the next floor through the passage next to the church statue.

There is an unactivated blessing here, and in front is a big door, but it also has a light golden seal with the emblem of the holy tree on it.

Li You ignored the seal and reached out to light up the blessing. But Michaela's spirit appeared next to the blessing again and said to Li You: "You can't enter here. My seal will not fade."

"So much nonsense."

Li You ignored him completely, came to the seal, raised the spiral sword, and the spiral sword body gradually changed its posture in his hand, and finally turned into a flaming hammer!
"ha--!!"

"boom!!"

With a loud bang, the Fire Hammer smashed hard on Michaela's seal, and the entire wall seemed to be shaken, but the seal did not move at all.

Li You didn't believe it and smashed it with another hammer!
"Boom!!"

The seal still did not respond, and the wall next to it seemed to be shaking, but it was actually just as solid.

"Give up. You can't break my seal." Michaela's shadow spoke again, "No matter how strong you are or how deep your magic is, it's impossible. This is not something that can be broken by human power."

"Yeah."

Hearing this, Li You's eyes moved, and he immediately had a new idea. He held the handle of the sledgehammer with both hands, accumulated some strength, and then... swung it out again!
"Boom-!!"

When the hammer fell this time, the seal actually made a crisp "crack" sound, and a faint crack appeared where it was hit!
“How can…!?”

Without a doubt, the one who was most shocked at this moment was Mikaela: "How could a mortal destroy this seal!?"

"Thank you for your reminder." Li You grinned and swung the sledgehammer again, "Otherwise I might not have thought of it the first time!"

The reason is actually very simple. If the seal cannot be broken by brute force or magic power, then...why not use divine power?

"boom--!!"

Another hammer fell, and this time there were more cracks on the seal, which were now visible to the naked eye.

Li You was in high spirits and was about to swing the hammer for the third time when Michaela suddenly shouted anxiously, "Wait!"

"boom!!"

When the third hammer fell, Li You stopped for a moment and looked at Michaela: "What's wrong?"

"...I already know that you are not my companion, but you are here for other purposes." Michaela's figure was still blurry, but her voice softened. "Although I don't know what your purpose is, if it does not conflict with what I want, then you and I can avoid fighting."

"The thing in front of here is very important to me. Now is not the time to give it up. So tell me, what do you want me to stop?"

Li You looked at him. Michaela seemed unaware that she had already had contact with Kara, or at least she didn't know that he was reminded by Melina and came here specifically to find Big Rune - perhaps this could be used.

However, Li You thought about it and decided not to negotiate with Michaela.

Melina also said that Michaela's ability to charm mainly depends on himself, and it will not be completely ineffective without the Great Rune. So even if Li You destroyed the Great Rune, he might not be able to immediately remove the charm that Kara was suffering from. It would be useless to say anything to Michaela at this time, and it might even expose his target, which would be a bad thing.

So Li You simply ignored him and continued swinging the hammer.

"Bang! Bang!"

As the fire-patterned hammer infused with divine power continued to smash down, more and more cracks appeared on the seal. Michaela was obviously getting anxious. She kept trying to stop Li You and tried to use her charm on Li You again, but she was blocked by the barrier that Li You had set up in advance by consuming his divine power, and she did not achieve any results.

Instead, Li You was swinging the hammer with great enthusiasm, and began to chant: "80——! 80——!"

I've been wanting to see this for a long time.

“Stop it!” Michaela raised her voice. “Stop here, there is still room for recovery!” “Crack——”

However, as Li You's last hammer fell, the entire seal suddenly shattered, turning into countless golden fragments, and then scattered into light spots all over the sky!

Li You then saw the area behind the seal. It was actually a dark golden swamp. There were black dead branches growing everywhere in the swamp, huge cracked barks scattered around, and at the end was the trunk of a huge shadow tree.

In the center of this dark golden swamp, there was a giant withered flower that was slightly different. Li You keenly caught the big rune floating on it.

Compared to its base, the Great Rune itself is inconspicuous, but the aura it exudes is very eye-catching.

"That is……"

"Om-!!"

But at this moment, a strong light suddenly emanated from the Big Rune!
The light spread across the entire swamp and also shot into the church on this side, enveloping Li You. Li You then felt an indescribable warmth coming over his heart.

"……!?not good!"

Li You reacted very quickly, and immediately realized that something was wrong, and wanted to mobilize all the divine power in his body to resist. But in that light, a figure had already appeared in front of him.

Judging from the outline of his body, it was obviously Michaela from before, but it was much clearer and his features could almost be seen.

With her long, loose blonde hair, a low-key golden pendant on her holy white robe and a gentle smile on her lips, everything about her looked extremely sacred.

As for his face, it seems clearly visible, yet it always seems a little blurry, as if there is a layer of gauze between them, making people want to get closer and uncover it at all costs.

Michaela's image clasped her hands in front of her chest and whispered to Li You, "Powerful warrior, you made a mistake."

"Your target is my Great Rune, and you seem to want to remove my charm. However, you forgot that when you come into close contact with my Great Rune, my ability will be amplified to the limit.

"You are so strong that you can actually break my seal. It's curious. If I can have your help, I am sure that the promise I made will be fulfilled."

Li You had indeed miscalculated. He had not expected that even a projection of Michaela could use the power of the Great Rune to amplify her ability to charm.

But his spirit was still resisting. Facing the image in front of him that he didn't know whether it was real or fake, he spat loudly: "Who wants to go with a little boy like you? It would be better if you could replace him with Torina!"

However, Michaela seemed to have misunderstood his meaning and nodded slightly: "I see... You are here for Torina as well? Same as her."

"Don't worry. Torina and I are one. Even though I have separated her from me, our essences are still the same. You can rest assured and leave yourself to me."

"Can you please stop saying things that could lead to misunderstandings? Children won't be able to control themselves if they see this."

Li You seemed to still have the energy to complain, but in fact he had already tried his best, but still couldn't resist the penetration of Michaela's light. He clearly felt that his suspicion and anger towards Michaela were gradually being replaced by admiration and respect, including the most determined and unshakable goal in his heart, which was gradually becoming blurred under the light.

"Is this how Kara fell into his trap? The person he mentioned just now, is it her…"

Li You knew that he didn't have many choices in the current situation. To resist Michaela's charm, he could only use the power of the Sakura Dragon. Now that Michaela's charm was fully activated, he might have to transform into a dragon and spread the power throughout his body to isolate himself from the influence.

But the problem is, Michaela seems to have completely suppressed his control over his body. Li You can hardly even lift his hands now. The flow of magic power in his body is extremely slow, and even his mind is almost frozen. He can't even transform into a dragon man.

Fortunately, Li You has a final plan.

The system panel suddenly opened in front of Li You, and in the backpack, a fragment of the world was flashing!
As long as he activates the world fragments, his consciousness can leave his body and get rid of Michaela's influence; and when he passes the world fragments, he will also gain five seconds of time stop. As long as he instantly transforms into a dragon man at that time, he will not be suppressed by Michaela when he recovers.

As for the system props, he can activate them with just a thought.

So it is now, the world is broken, and...

"Dong-dong-!!"

Just when Li You was about to activate the world fragments, a heavy bell sound suddenly came to his ears.

The sound of the bell was very familiar. It seemed to come from the boundless void and echoed in my ears.

The moment the bell sounded in his ears, Li You immediately regained control of his body and all consciousness, and instantly eliminated Michaela's influence!
Li You: "!!"

Michaela: “!?”

"What is this sound!?"

Michaela seemed to have heard the bell as well, and the light emanating from her body was interrupted, and even the Great Rune in the distance fell silent.

Li You raised his head in surprise, looking at the top. It should be an ordinary ceiling, but he seemed to see through all obstacles and met a pair of majestic eyes.

"I see."

It was at that time...

"……Well!!"

A muffled groan from the front brought Li You back to reality. He looked forward and Michaela's shadow became blurry and looming again.

Michaela was looking at him, raising her hand to cover her chest, muttering: "This is... the power of an Outer God... Impossible, how can there be such a powerful Outer God... No!"

His shadow suddenly burst into light, but did not release the power of enchantment again. Instead, it dissipated directly, and the church returned to silence.

"Run away? He was pretty fast."

Li You curled his lips, glanced at the system panel in front of him that had not been closed, and waved it away. He looked up again, but the feeling he had just had was gone.

“Li You——!!”

Suddenly, footsteps were heard, and V rushed in with a trail of afterimages, grabbing Li You: "I just felt an extremely exaggerated force... Are you okay?!"

Yuzu and Aggie rushed in right after him and surrounded Li You.

"I'm fine. Sorry to have worried you." Li You patted V's shoulder, then nodded to Yuzu and Edge. "I was almost ambushed by that kid Michaela just now. Luckily I was more skilled than him."

"...Really, it seems like you really don't need anyone to worry about you."

Seeing him like this, V also breathed a sigh of relief: "But that vague aura just now was too terrifying. I can't imagine what kind of person it was... Could it be Michaela?"

Yuzu also nodded, but Edge said he didn't feel anything.

"If there is no magic power, you can't sense it?" Li You was a little surprised, but he didn't want to study it.

"Don't worry, that's not Michaela, otherwise how can I still be standing here? That's one of my trump cards. It's the power to drive Michaela away."

Li You briefly explained and looked outside the church at the dark golden swamp. "Let's not talk about this anymore. You've come at the right time. Big Rune is just ahead. My intuition tells me that there might be enemies here. Everyone, be prepared."

V didn't ask much, but glanced at the swamp and said, "How can you be sure there will be enemies?"

"There's a large open space at the end of the road. You can tell there's a BOSS there just by looking at it." Li You smiled and picked up the Fire Emblem Hammer that had fallen from the ground. "Or rather, since it's at the foot of the Shadow Tree, just like there are incarnations and tree spirits under the small golden tree, it's normal to have enemies here, right?"

This explanation was acceptable to everyone, so Yuzu, Edge and V adjusted their states and prepared for battle.

"Okay, then let's go get the Great Rune!" Li You stepped into the swamp first and headed towards the Great Rune floating in the center.

Just as Li You expected, when the group approached the Great Rune, the huge dry flower stem below the Great Rune suddenly trembled, and then it suddenly rushed out from the swamp like a living creature!
In the splashing black mud, the guardian of the Great Rune revealed its true face - a black giant with vine limbs and a head shaped like a giant sunflower!
The incarnation of the shadow tree!

When the avatar rushed out of the swamp, it sucked the floating Great Rune directly into its body, so now it is obvious that unless it is defeated, there is no hope of obtaining Michaela's Great Rune.

"...It seems that this guy is the BOSS." Li You raised the Fire Emblem Hammer, "Hurry up and dig out Michaela's Great Rune!"

The companions responded one after another: "Understood!"

(End of this chapter)