So I became a witch

"Even if you want to go back, it's too late now. Don't worry, such an overlord exists, even among those monsters, it is extremely rare. If those ordinary monsters are called soldiers, then this snake is equivalent to Their kings. And these monsters seem to have considerable domain awareness, so there will be no other overlords within a certain range of the giant snake. We only need to carefully walk around it, and we can officially enter The depths of the restricted area. But remember, don't touch it casually..."

"Report, it seems that something strange has been found on the ship." A knight came over, holding a ball like seaweed in his hand.

Leila hadn't said anything yet, but Steller's voice suddenly changed: "Idiot! Didn't I say not to be casual..."

Before her words fell, she was covered by the hissing sound enough to disperse the clouds.The black snake that looked like a towering building suddenly vibrated, and the calm sea rolled up a huge vortex, and their boat was drifting powerlessly on the sea like a leaf.

The sudden change made everyone unable to react. They lost their balance and fell to the ground. Only the knight who was holding something like seaweed just now was too close to the edge. Was completely thrown overboard.But after all, he is worthy of being an elite knight trained by the empire. Even in the face of a sudden crisis, he reacted quickly and firmly grasped the railing with one hand.

"Damn it!" Leila gritted her teeth and got up from the boat deck, stumbled and ran to the railing, desperately clenched that hand, "Hold on, I'll get you right away..."

The opponent's weight was unexpectedly light, so that Leila fell back to the plank of the boat under excessive force.When she fixed her eyes on what she was holding in her hand, she suddenly froze.

It was a severed hand.

The incision was quite messy, as if it had been cut by countless blades or teeth. Because the time was too short, the section of the arm even started to bleed now, as if it just remembered being separated from its owner.

Today, the expedition ship finally ushered in the first victim.

Leila shuddered violently. From the time the knight fell off the boat to when she rushed over, in just a few seconds, a well-trained knight was killed without even having time to shout. Next, he couldn't even see his opponent's face.If they hadn't owned this ship and rushed into the restricted area of ​​human beings rashly, would they have become the same?

Years of training made her suppress the uneasiness and fear in her heart, because now their situation is not much better, or if they are not careful, they will follow in the footsteps of their predecessors.

"Everyone, don't act rashly! Also, what is that!" In desperation, Leila didn't bother to lower her voice. The first sentence was an order to the other knights, and the second sentence was a question to Steller.After all, among all the people, only she has a considerable understanding of this sea area.

"That's a sea monster! Although those things have very poor eyesight, hearing and sense of smell, they have extremely sharp nails and teeth. They are enough to hunt a giant whale alone, and even some giant monsters can be hunted in groups. .However, in general, if those group of things want to hunt, they must rely on their 'hair', which is the kind of parasitic organisms with self-awareness like seaweed. The 'hair' will float freely on the sea surface, and once it touches the prey, it will They will immediately tighten their restraints, and then hand them over to the sea monsters to kill them. So the correct way is to either ignore them, or throw them out with something like a stick!" Steller held the steering wheel tightly, Said on the side.Because the vortex generated by the giant snake's roll is like a black hole, crazily attracting everything to its side, even if the ship's built-in electric power is fully turned on, it can barely maintain the state of not being sucked in.

"But you said that there should be no other overlords around!" Leila was taken aback.

"I said it! Because it's not an overlord at all, it's just a minion that can be seen everywhere, or it's something like the giant snake's subordinates. As long as it's not at sea, that thing can't do anything to us threaten!"

"If that's the case, then it's fine to just destroy it." Leila took a deep breath, and slowly pulled out the sword in the scabbard that had been tied around her waist.

It was a sword that shone with blue light. There was a chill from top to bottom of the sword, as if it was made of ice. There seemed to be some kind of special symbol engraved on the sharp-edged edge crystal.

"La Yiy Hale Molu ziec Wurie Gc, Fiay Jerk Vuit loIt Diva!" Leila chanted the runes that seemed to be prayers and hymns, and as her voice sounded, the blue gemstone on the hilt became stronger and stronger. Invention lights up.

"The Ring of Everything Frozen! (Viy Iaridn Strick)"

With Leila at the center, the chill completely spread out.A layer of ice barrier suddenly appeared around the ship. After a while, the ice layer and the seaweed-like 'hair' around the ship were all peeled off, and fell back into the sea with a 'plop'.

"In this case, it's safe for the time being." Leila panted slightly.

Steller was a little stunned: "I see, is this the power called 'magic' that you have mastered? It's really well-deserved...Without the guidance of those 'hairs', sea monsters would not threaten us Here, the more troublesome thing is..." Steller glanced at the huge black snake rolling on the sea behind them, "That guy."

Chapter 97 The End

In the center of the vortex, the towering giant has already shifted its gaze, and its opened eye is like a red sun hanging in mid-air, emitting a faint light that permeates people.Just being stared at by that line of sight can make people unable to move. That monster has such a terrible oppressive force.

"No way, I'm sorry, the princess will be left to you to protect." Leila held the sword in her hand as hard as she could, her gaze became firm.

"Layla, could it be that..." Xilia showed a worried look.After the sudden incident just now, Xilia ran to the cockpit of the ship alone. Should I say that she is really brave enough?

"Ah, it seems that if you want to move forward, you have to defeat that monster." Xilia took a deep breath, keeping her body in the best condition, and her voice was loud enough to shock everyone on board. Everyone can hear, "Listen to my orders, the Knights... attack!"

As soon as she grasped the pole of the boat, she jumped out, and the other knights jumped from the deck without hesitation after hearing her call.

"Hey, you bastard...!!!" Steller was taken aback by her behavior, just about to stop those guys, but was startled by the scene in front of her and was speechless.

The sea is frozen.

Layla, who rushed to the front, swung her blade at an inhuman speed, cutting off all the sea monsters flying towards her. Wherever she passed, a thick layer of ice automatically formed under her feet, forcibly covering the sea. A layer of land was laid.And the other knights also followed behind very tacitly, using their weapons to cover Leila who was running in the front, and the rest began to chant solemn and clear spells, and a huge ball of light shot from their The tip of the sword shot towards the sky and exploded. In an instant, the night was like day. Countless rays of light illuminated the figures of Leila and the others, and completely reflected the appearance of the surrounding sea monsters and giant snakes in everyone's eyes.

"Hiss!!!" The sea monster that attacked everyone let out a miserable cry, and sank into the bottom of the sea again.For this kind of things that have always lived in darkness, the existence of light has become their weakness.Just like Steller said, those sea monsters seemed to really obey the orders of the giant snake, with a snake-like slender body and a human face, distorted by the light, the originally extremely ugly face appeared Even more disgusting.

The faces of the other knights were a bit ugly, letting the sea monsters scatter spontaneously under the light, only Layla seemed to be unresolved, and continued to rush forward while beheading the sea monsters in front of her. .In a short period of time, she was already close to the giant snake in the middle of the sea, and then raised her sword with both hands.

"Ado Tray!" The blue light gathered on the tip of the sword suddenly multiplied by more than ten times, and then the light condensed into azure blue frost, with the extreme cold that made the rolling giant snake dull.It seemed to finally sense the approaching danger, but it was too late, Leila jumped up from the ground, and the ice-blue sword, which was dozens of times larger than her whole body, was as light as a fruit knife in her hand , the blue light flashed across the space like lightning, the body of the giant snake suddenly stagnated, and a negligible small opening was opened on the body covered with black scales, the small opening gradually enlarged, and finally was completely torn apart.The huge erect body of the black snake could no longer bear its heavy weight, and after the sound of stones shattering like a giant building collapsing, the black snake's body broke, and half of its head hit the ground heavily. When it reached the surface of the sea, waves of more than ten meters high were set off, while the other part gradually sank while continuously gushing black liquid.

The vortex that had been stirred by the giant snake stopped, and the blue barrier automatically supported Leila's head, isolating the black liquid.Her face was extremely pale, obviously she had expended too much strength, but she still forced a smile towards the direction of the ship: "Your Highness, I succeeded..."

Before her words fell, the ice cube stained by the black liquid under her feet suddenly cracked, making a piercing sound as if it was about to shatter.

"Layla!" Celia yelled her name in panic. Leila obviously had a reaction. She turned around slowly, but fell on the ice again.The move just now seems to have consumed too much of her physical strength, while the other knights tried their best to cast magic to prevent her from being disturbed, and completely dispersed the surrounding sea monsters. The accident happened too suddenly, even if they wanted to It was too late to rush to the rescue.

At this moment, a figure rushed over at an incredible speed.It was the knight that Steller always thought was just a bad young man dressed up. His weapon was a spear, which was emitting a golden light similar to Layla at this time. The light enveloped his body. There is only a phantom left.

"Don't come here! Those black blood..." Leila shouted reluctantly. At the same time, the icy road paved by Leila's power finally couldn't bear the erosion of black blood, and started from there. , breaking steadily towards both sides.

Even without the giant snake, if a person who has lost his strength falls into the dark water without protection, there will be only one consequence.

Torn to shreds by those peeping sea monsters.

No one can save her.The broken ice bridge was swallowed up by the pitch-black sea in an instant, and the distance between Leila, who was sitting alone in the center of the sea, and everyone was like a gaping distance, and the distance was still deepening at this moment.

However, when even Leila gave up, that figure stepped heavily on the edge of the ice-breaking layer as if she hadn't realized it, and then jumped forward.

His speed was so fast that it even exceeded the speed of breaking the ice layer.He landed lightly beside Leila, held her dazed hand without saying a word, and threw his spear towards the boat before the broken ice reached their feet.

The spear passed straight through the ship's mast like lightning, and at the tail of the gun, a golden chain that seemed to be made of energy connected the two of them to the ship.After doing all this, the unscrupulous youth hugged Leila's body together, and sank underwater along with the broken ice.

"Why are you standing still! Pull them out quickly!" Steller was the first to react, and roared at the other knights who had climbed back onto the boat.The other people also came back to their senses, firmly grasped one end of the chain, and pulled it this way with all their strength.

"Please, don't..." Silia, who couldn't do anything, looked at the figures of the crowd uneasily, and could only pray in a low voice.They all saw the end of the unlucky knight who was accidentally thrown overboard, and it was hard to expect the survival of the two of them.

(There should be no updates for the rest of this week, mainly because the graduation thesis is too troublesome. After this month passes, I can relax completely, and there should be a lot more updates by then)

Chapter 98 Hydra

The chain was unbelievably light, and when everyone finally dragged the chain back to the boat and saw the two figures entwined at the other end, they breathed a sigh of relief.

However, this does not mean that you can rest assured.The armor of both of them has become tattered, especially the bad knight.In order to protect Leila, he pressed his body tightly against it, which also caused most of the wounds to appear on his body. On the exposed skin, the rows of teeth marks that were deep enough to make bones visible People can't help feeling cold.

But what is more serious than the row of wounds is the erosion from darkness.Because of the contact with the highly polluted sea area, even if the time is not long, it is still fatal enough without the protection of the armor.

"Hmm..." After spitting out a big mouthful of black sea water, Leila gradually woke up from the coma.Compared to the bad knight, her injuries are almost negligible, except for the blackness caused by the collision with the giant snake's scales and a few wounds bitten by sea monsters, the rest are not fatal injuries , so she woke up quickly.After seeing the bad knight lying next to her, she froze for a moment, and immediately understood what was going on. There was a complex emotion in her eyes, but she immediately regained her usual firmness.

"Ge Wen, Ai Liye, put Levin in the waiting room. Murphy, start preparing for treatment immediately. The others continue to be alert and prepare, and don't relax their vigilance." Leila quickly issued an order.

"Understood." The three people whose names were called quickly stood up and carried the unconscious Levin from the deck to the resting place.

Levine?This was the first time Steller knew the name of that bad knight.After boarding the boat, apart from knowing how to trouble Steller, the guy's favorite thing to do was to harass Leila, and Leila always showed a ignorant attitude towards it.Now it seems that there is a story between those two people.

However, none of this was her business.Although the guy was seriously injured, since he didn't die, there would always be a solution with the power of the empire.Steller had heard that in the Knights of the Empire, there were magicians who were responsible for healing, so there was no reason why they would not be equipped here.Although Steller didn't look down on these "little hairy kids" who had never even been out of the city gate, they had to admit that they were worthy of being the elite of the empire in terms of combat effectiveness.Even that gigantic giant snake has the power to cut it in half, no wonder it dares to go deep into the restricted area with a small team of less than a dozen people.

However, even so...

"Leyla! Are you alright!" Princess Xilia flew into Leila's arms, with tears in her eyes.

"Ah, thanks to Lai... Anyway, I'm fine, Your Highness." Leila said, stroking Silia's hair gently.

"Great, I thought you...don't do that next time." Xilia pouted and said.

"Understood, Your Highness."

"Every time you say that, you actually don't intend to obey it at all."

"How could it be? Your Highness's order is supreme to us. From the day I became your knight, I vowed to dedicate myself to you completely."

"Well, although I didn't intend to disturb you..." Steller coughed lightly, and intervened in the conversation between the two, "How is your injury?"

Leila was stunned for a moment, and said, "Although there are some minor injuries, it's not a serious problem, as long as you rest for a while, it will be fine. As for the armor, I have prepared backup parts because of similar situations."

"Then, how many times can you use the move of making the sword tens of meters bigger like just now?"

Leila hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm sorry, it's a secret of our clan. After using it, it can't be used again for at least half a month, and even the original strength will be affected."

Steller nodded and said, "Think about it too. Then... get ready to run."

"……Hey?"

"Did you know that Hydera has nine heads?"

"No, so that's..."

The rolling waves drowned out Layla's voice.As if time repeats itself, a huge pillar slowly rises from the sea level.Immediately afterwards, the second giant pillar also rose from the sea-sky boundary, then the third, and the fourth... A total of nine thick snake bodies broke through the sea, each of which was cut off by Layla. The giant snake was similar, even bigger.That slender body seemed to swallow the world.

Everyone lost their voices.Just one giant snake gave them great oppressive force, let alone a whole nine snakes.

I am afraid that only Hydra, the hydra that exists in the real myth, will have a terrible sense of existence, right?Compared with the giants in front of him, demons or vampires seemed more real.

"That's..." Layla noticed one of the giant snakes in a daze. To be precise, it was a snake head of Hydera.At the neck of the snake, there were still traces of being cut off by the sharp blade just now, but the traces were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon completely disappeared without a trace.Maybe if you really want to cut off all nine of its heads in one go, as in the legend, can you really kill such a monster?

However, in the face of this monster whose head and neck alone are over a kilometer, can anyone really do this?Just cutting off one of them has exhausted the strength of the whole team, let alone nine?

At this time Leila finally understood the meaning of Steller's words.For weak human beings, facing that god-like existence, besides running away, there is no other option at all, right?

"All—" After finally suppressing the shock in her heart, Leila shouted with all her strength, "On alert!"

Countless fireballs and icicles fell from the sky.For that god-like existence, even without chanting incantations, one can innately control the power of elements.Nine gigantic snake heads towered high, and in front of the golden pupils that were bigger than humans, countless seals were naturally combined, venting unreservedly to Steller and their ships.

It is angry.As one of the overlords in the deep sea, it has been a long time since no one dared to challenge its majesty, let alone cut off one of its heads.Thunder and lightning, fire and rain, glaciers, and storms. At this time, the giant snake seems to have turned into a god, manipulating the power of nature, and is invincible.The boat can only sway with the monstrous waves, pitiful and helpless.

Leila desperately injected power into the protective cover of the ship. With her extremely rare soul capacity in the empire, she felt powerless at this moment, like an ant eager to shake the rocks with her body. For the first time, she felt her own insignificance.

Chapter 99 Darkness

That is, an opponent that is absolutely impossible to defeat.If the opponent didn't underestimate the enemy at the beginning, he would probably be killed in an instant, right?Although it is the same now, it is just a matter of time.

I was still too reckless, and it was called a "restricted area" precisely because it was an area where no one returned it.Trying to challenge the gods in the form of mortals, the next step is when they pay the price for it.

Although they are completely outstanding in the knight academy, they are still too small compared to the huge snake body.A hole finally appeared in the barrier protecting the ship. The thunderbolt fell from the sky, and the knight who was hit was turned into ashes without even screaming.

They will die, and the hearts of everyone on board have never been so sure of one thing.

Leila's eyes were stained with despair, and because of too much force and the previous injuries, the corners of her mouth were bloodshot.Consciousness gradually casts a gray curtain.

wrong!At least, even if only the princess is alone, she must be allowed to go back safely.

However, Hydera's offensive has not weakened at all. Its magic power seems to be endless, and the entire sea area has become its backup furnace. Although the ship is already advancing at full speed, it is still quite far away from completely escaping its defensive range. A distance, and during this time, enough for it to kill everyone countless times.

Already, there is no other way.

Subconsciously, Leila searched for the princess and finally found her in front of the deck.At this time, Celia was standing beside Steller with a serious face, looking at her worriedly.

Even in such a desperate situation, Steller still maintained his calm appearance, concentrating on steering the steering wheel.If it weren't for her efforts, the ship would probably have sunk long ago.However, it now appears that it is nothing more than a useless move.

……what.

The lightning hit the barrier heavily, Leila's eyes went dark, and she spat out a big mouthful of blood again.

However, thanks to it, Leila finally remembered the fact she had forgotten.

There is indeed a way to escape.Before setting off, Silia gave her necklace to the girl who led the way as an opportunity of trust.It was also because of the existence of that necklace that even the second princess who was not valued was allowed to leave the royal city.

Since it is a secret treasure that can be recognized by the royal family, there must be a way to escape from such a dangerous situation.

however……

Although I don't want to imagine it, that secret treasure has already been given to that girl by the princess.

As a knight who swears to dedicate everything to the princess, she is unwilling to go against the princess' words, but if it concerns the life of Princess Xilia...

The hand holding the sword was trembling slightly.

Some kind of black emotion was slowly dyeing her heart, the field of vision in her eyes narrowed, and only the figure of the young girl was in her sight, concentrating on manipulating the ship.

If it was now, it would be easier to kill an unsuspecting civilian with her power than to open the bottle cap, and even the victim himself would not realize the fact that he died.As long as this is the case, the princess can use the power of the secret treasure to escape.

Leila shuddered suddenly, not understanding why she had such an idea all of a sudden.To actually want to sneak attack a commoner, this was absolutely unimaginable to her who valued chivalry before.Obviously, even if you don't do anything, as long as you tell the girl well, she can understand it, right?

Put away your boring hypocrisy.Another voice in her heart gave her a disdainful laugh.Wouldn't it be tantamount to asking her to die if she said "please return the necklace to the princess" in this situation?

This...is indeed true, but...

It is absolutely impossible for someone to agree to this kind of request, let alone the kind of untouchable who came from a slum.Scattered like rats everywhere, do you think she might listen to your good spirit?

Well……

Rather than wasting words, it would be better to do it directly, right?If she is alerted, it will be troublesome to regain the secret treasure again.And, while you are hesitating, time is passing by little by little, right?I don't know when this ship will sink completely. At that time, Her Royal Highness the Princess you cherish will disappear completely.

Can't!That kind of thing is absolutely not allowed!

Well, just raise your sword.Every time, just like this, slowly and unnoticed, he walked behind her...

Ahh, if doing this can save the princess, then...

Leila's consciousness was completely plunged into darkness.

The body is like a mechanical puppet, faithfully executing the input commands.

aim and...