Have they been hypnotized by me?

Echidna was just a little surprised. She knew that Nan Zhukong was not from this world - after all, she could not understand his magic at all.

However, Artoria was different. She was surprised to the point of shock. A simple girl of this age could easily be moved by such a story. Even if Nan Zhukong only told it in a straightforward manner without too many embellishments, she was moved by this kind of humiliation. Baba's narration was so touching that she almost cried...

"So... the teacher is here to find a way to save his friends?" After listening, Artoria looked into Nan Zhukong's eyes and said with some sympathy.

"It's not a friend, it's a lover." Nan Zhukong's next words made the girl forget to be moved, and just stood there blankly...

Love, love, love...

Wait, are they all lovers?

"Mr. Sage, are they all?" Echidna also asked with some uncertainty.

"Well, that's right, all of them are, all of them are my lovers." Nan Zhukong said, without any hint of joking in his words.

"So... so many... one, two, three... ah ah... I can't even count them." Artoria counted the girls in Nan Zhukong's story with her fingers. , I found that I seemed to have lost count...

"Mr. Sage has so many lovers..." Echidna murmured to herself, then turned her head and pinched her chin, wondering what she was thinking about.

The three of them fell into an awkward situation.

[You guys are really good at keeping quiet...]

Othinus commented as she sat on Nan Zhukong's shoulder, looking like she was watching a show.

[If you say this kind of thing, it will be ignored no matter what. Besides, now is the right time. If you talk about it later, won't you feel embarrassed? 】

Nan Zhukong explained that it was probably because the girls over there happened to be mentioned now, so he took the opportunity to talk about it...

[You... just want to prepare them. 】

Othinus commented.

[That’s true, but there is also a reason for talking, or rather that’s the main thing... Thanks to them, I feel much better now... And of course you, thank you, Othinus. 】

Nan Zhukong said so, but Othinus did not respond.

There was still an awkward atmosphere between the three of them until...

"Over there in the forest...the monsters in the forest, go and inform everyone, the wave of monsters...is coming!" A bruised villager ran under the scorching sun, and he fell on the field ridge...

Artoria, Echidna, and Nan Zhukong suddenly became alert...

14. The dragon deep in the forest

Warcraft...

Arturia heard those words, those words spoken by the village uncle who was lying on the roadside.

Arturia had no impression of this villager uncle, except that he liked to fish in the forest and would fish all day long.

Arturia looked at the village uncle. He was now lying on the ground, blood was flowing all over the floor, and there were wounds everywhere on his body that could see bones.

He was holding his stomach, and blood probably came from it...

"Haah...haah...no, no, not yet." He gasped, turned over, and his intestines flowed out from his stomach...

Arturia fell into a certain degree of sluggishness because of this scene. She had never seen such a tragic scene except the slaughter of livestock in the village.

Although she didn't know this uncle very well, she was still very worried - extremely worried.

There will definitely be deaths, definitely.

"Teacher..." She turned her head and wanted to talk to Nan Zhukong beside her, but she couldn't see him anymore.

It turned out that at the moment when she was stunned, Nan Zhukong had already rushed to her uncle's side.

I saw Nan Zhukong coming to the side of the villagers, casually pulling out some dolls and talismans from the void.

He wrote "Doumu Yuanjun" on the talisman.

Doumujiang uses large medicines to cure the disease, regulates the five elements, raises and lowers the two Qi, relieves stagnation and suffocation, breaks darkness and eliminates evil spirits. Those who are in trouble will be relieved, and those who are in trouble will be saved.

As a god in mythology, Nan Zhukong can use it as a symbol to condition the uncle's body.

However, Nan Zhukong has no further understanding of this god. He can only make talismans, and the power generated by the "idol effect" is also limited.

This is used for emergencies, and the rest of the treatment is done in the temple...

Nan Zhukong placed the puppet he had made, which was a god wearing a crown on his head made of branches and leaves of laurel, love wood, olive tree or water lily.

In order to cope with this situation that requires treatment, Nan Zhukong made a statue of Apollo. Although Apollo does not actually exist, he is still the god who represents medicine in Greek mythology.

Nan Zhukong placed the statue in the middle, and placed the lyre, silver bow and arrow, quiver, and golden sword in front of the statue.

Nan Zhukong quickly drew a magic circle next to it and completed the construction of the temple.

At the end, Nan Zhukong sat down and began to recite the edict, ordering the statue...

The symbolic "simple temple" began to play its role. The "idol effect" summoned the medical power represented by Apollo. Nan Zhukong took the opportunity to stuff the uncle's intestines that came out... with a burst of light. , the injured uncle's injuries immediately recovered to a great extent.

"Uh...ha...wait, I...shouldn't I die?" He got up from the ground, and his vision gradually became clearer. He only saw a handsome young man in front of him, so he grabbed Holding his shoulder, he ordered something with a horrified look on his face.

"Warcraft... Warcraft, you must go back and tell everyone, go and take refuge..." The uncle villager who likes fishing has gone a little crazy. His impression is still that he was attacked by the Warcraft and was on the verge of death. The threat of death haunts his consciousness. , pulling him off the surface of sobriety.

"Wake up a little bit, where is the monster?" Nan Zhukong grabbed the uncle's arm and squeezed it a little harder, making him feel a burst of pain and wake up...

"Wha...what? Did you save me?" This guy was still in shock, but at least he was more awake and knew to focus on the person in front of him.

"That's right, it's us, so can you tell us what the World of Warcraft wave specifically means? Maybe we have the ability to solve it." Nan Zhukong said with a smile. There was a believable temperament about him that made the people in front of him Guy calms down.

"Well...actually..." the guy talked about his experience.

While he was fishing by the lake in the forest, he was attacked by monsters that suddenly came from the depths of the forest. Those monsters fled frantically towards the lake, as if they had seen some terrifying existence. He was attacked by these passing monsters. So he became like that just now. He ran back desperately and turned into this miserable state on the way.

"Is that over there?" Arturia stepped forward and asked, pointing to the other side of the village.

"Yes...yes, that's right...Artoria, run away, and everyone in the village..." This guy was still in shock.

"Teacher, can I... go?" the girl said, looking at Nan Zhukong.

"Go ahead, don't you really want to do it?" Nan Zhukong stood up and looked towards the direction of the forest, which was an unexplored area on the edge of the British border and seemed to be the location of the legendary dragon.

But it doesn't matter what it is. What's important is that the girl now wants to destroy those monsters and protect her villagers.

"Emmm...I'm also very interested in the existence of terror and the reason for the wave of monsters, so let me go too~~~" Echidna originally had no interest in these villagers, but when she heard that there was something deep in the forest... The existence of horror], she immediately became interested.

"It's okay, but you...be careful not to be eaten by the forest." Nan Zhukong couldn't help but look at Echidna with some worry after hearing what she said. As a sports idiot, who knows if she will It might accidentally fall into the lake or be planted in the bushes... maybe it would even be delivered to the mouth of a monster.

"I am also capable of magic... Could it be that I am too weak at ordinary times?" Echidna pursed her lips and said with some dissatisfaction.

"Yes, that's it~~" Nan Zhukong nodded and blinked.

"The teacher is absolutely right...Sage's usual behavior is really worrying..." Arturia also nodded.

"It will make me very embarrassed if you do this! I am a girl after all, so give me more face in front of outsiders~~~"

The three of them talked and walked towards the forest, leaving only the fishing uncle who stayed where he was.

Can they...can solve it?

Although I don't know, there is a convincing aura about that young man. I guess if it is him, it must be possible...

However, we have to notify them in case they are in danger...

It's better to call the villagers first. I really don't have the courage to step into it again...

Sorry, sorry...

The villagers who did not have the courage to step into it again could not stop them. At this moment, they were in a dilemma, and he was suffering from the condemnation of his conscience.

On the other side, Nan Zhukong and three others had already arrived at the entrance of the forest.

The dark depths of the forest were like the maw of a beast, but the three of them had no fear and stepped into it as if they were going home...

In the deepest part of the forest, a giant dragon opened its eyes.

"Is it...A Kong?" There was a hint of surprise in the huge vertical pupils.

15. Battle of Artoria

Looking at the giant dragon in front of her and the broken sword in her hand, Artoria finally understood the meaning of the sentence.

"[The Sword in the Stone] is just a symbol of being a king. It is the same everywhere... even during battles." Arturia remembered what Echidna said before the battle.

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Nan Zhukong and Echidna stood behind, while Arturia hunted monsters alone. She held up the gorgeous sword in the stone and kept slashing, each sword hitting the vital points of the monsters accurately. above.

She was clearly slashing and holding a long sword, but she always seemed to be using other fighting methods, such as daggers, daggers, giant swords, long sticks, knotty sticks, soft swords...

She swung her sword at the monster far away from her. The monster kept spitting out annoying flames, causing her to dodge frequently.

With the slashing movement, the long sword came out of his hand and rushed straight towards the monster. Arturia also jumped in that direction, caught her sword after the sword pierced the monster's body, and broke away at the same time. Surrounded by monsters.

After learning [Various Martial Arts], she constantly changed her fighting style. She was not used to it at first, but as the fighting progressed, she quickly mastered the fighting skills - she was a genius in fighting.

Accustomed to the scenes of livestock slaughter, coupled with the anger of injured villagers, the girl did not hesitate to slaughter the monsters, and she did not hesitate in raising the knife...

The Sword in the Stone provides magical power so that her physical strength will not be exhausted, and the battle is already one-sided...

But the next moment... the monsters fled in all directions, and Artoria felt the danger. She looked behind her and saw a huge red dragon sticking its head out from the forest, with a fierce light in its eyes.

I don't know where this guy came from, but the dangerous aura on it made Artoria's hair stand on end.

The dragon represents strength. All stories of brave men must defeat a giant dragon in the end...

But Artoria still decided to fight it.

"Roar~~~" The red dragon breathed out, and a huge amount of flames swept over here. Arturia controlled the magic power to condense and form, and swung the long sword to bring up the wind pressure, like waving a huge fan, blowing the people in front of her. The flames blew away.

But she immediately looked behind her, and the place where Nan Zhukong and Echidna were was already covered in flames...

"Teacher! Sage!" She shouted worriedly.

Even though she knew that Nan Zhukong and Echidna were stronger than her and should not be injured, they still couldn't help but feel a little worried under such circumstances.

After the dragon's breath dissipated, a large area of ​​forest was burned to ashes, and Artoria also became disgraced and embarrassed due to the high temperature and ashes.

She still cast her somewhat worried eyes towards Nan Zhukong, where the place was wrapped in ashes...

Soon after, the ashes dispersed, and the figures of Nan Zhukong and Echidna emerged from them.

"Don't worry, Artoria, go fight it!" Nan Zhukong, who was unscathed and even smiling, encouraged her.

"Is this the so-called [terrifying existence]? Why doesn't it look like anything at all?" Echidna pinched her chin, feeling that the red dragon in front of her was a bit disappointing... It wasn't even considered a [terrible existence]. existence], but for ordinary people...it's no wonder.

So Artoria stepped forward again. She felt relieved and tightened her grip on the sword...

"Roar!!!" The dragon's roar echoed throughout the forest.

It breathed out the dragon's breath again, and the flames enveloped the surrounding area.

Artoria used the same defensive method as last time, blowing away the incoming flames...

But I didn't expect that this red dragon would hide in the flames and attack secretly. The huge dragon claws had already arrived in front of the girl. Fortunately, the girl retracted her action in time and blocked her with the horizontal sword. Otherwise, she would have been blown away by the dragon. skull...

"Crack..." Artoria heard a strange noise...

With her keen combat intuition, she realized something must be wrong, but she couldn't find it...

But then the dragon's claw attack came again, and the girl was thrown away, flipping several times in the air before barely stopping...

"Click~~" This is the sound again...

The girl used the "Sword in the Stone", the symbol of the king, to block the dragon's attack. She firmly believed in the holy sword that fought with her, but the holy sword was not like that...

"Click"

"Click"

"Click"

This sound keeps coming, like the strings of a guitar are breaking one by one. In the end, it can no longer play...

Finally, when Artoria used the [Sword in the Stone] again to block the dragon's claw attack, the [Sword in the Stone] collapsed...

Shattered...destroyed...no more...

Arturia's pupils tightened, remembering what Echidna had said to her before.

"[The Sword in the Stone] is just a symbol of being a king. It is the same everywhere...even in battle." At the beginning, Echidna looked at her with a slightly mocking look. said.

She didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at first, but now she understands it, and she understands it no more...