Frilian: Starting by inheriting the title of the Southern Hero

Chapter 64 Projection

At this moment, the members of the "Dawn's Sword" squad, who were pressed to the ground by gravity magic, all turned pale.

The young swordsman gritted his teeth, spittle mixed with dirt spilling from the corner of his mouth. "You... heartless... demon!"

"demon?"

Lynn smiled. "A demon it is then."

After saying this, he walked towards the carriage, leaving behind the words, "Brother, this world does need justice, but it doesn't need blind justice."

Isa chuckled softly and dispelled the gravity spell.

The terrifying gravitational pressure dissipated instantly.

"Cough cough..."

The young captain, now free of restraint, coughed violently. His four teammates behind him also scrambled to their feet, gripping their weapons and pointing them at Lynn.

"stop……"

The youth captain held up his longsword, its tip trembling as it pointed at the backs of Lynn and the others.

"You...you're not leaving..."

"You are no match for us, don't waste your energy."

Isabella, who was about to board the carriage, said indifferently, "And next time, before you draw your sword, open your eyes wide."

After saying that, she turned and boarded the carriage.

"Hold on tight!"

Laofen, who was in the driver's seat, had been waiting impatiently for a long time and immediately raised his whip.

Snapped!

The carriage jolted violently, its wheels rolled, and it drove out of the village.

……

After the carriage left the village, it headed north.

"It's foggy ahead."

Suddenly, Laofen, sitting in the driver's seat, lifted the curtain and poked half her head in. Her usually somewhat dull face was now tense. "Lynn, this fog is strange. I feel... something is watching us."

The carriage jolted violently, and the two horses pulling it neighed in terror.

"Get out of the carriage!"

Lynn grabbed Cromwell's shoulder with one hand and Isabella's arm with the other, and they rushed out of the carriage.

Laofen also instantly used high-speed movement to dodge.

boom!

The instant they landed, a gigantic hand formed from grayish-white mist descended from the sky, smashing the sturdy two-horse carriage to pieces.

Wood chips flew everywhere, and the two horses were reduced to a pile of minced meat before they could even let out a cry.

"That was close!"

Raofen, still shaken, dodged ten meters away. She gripped her staff tightly in the backhand, watching the churning, thick fog warily. The next second, a low roar echoed from the depths of the ruins, and the surrounding fog surged and coalesced into a ferocious beast ten meters tall.

It has a dragon-like silhouette, but its body is entirely composed of flowing gray mist.

"I actually encountered a Mist Demon."

The tip of Isa's staff was already glowing with the light of a defensive spell. "Everyone be careful. These kinds of monsters can be real or illusory. Physical attacks are basically ineffective, and the mist itself has a strong hypnotic effect."

Lynn gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, feeling troubled.

If physical attacks are ineffective, the sword in your hand won't be of much use.

At this moment, the giant beast made of gray mist opened its mouth, and the air in its throat churned.

The next second, dozens of sharp spikes formed from rapidly condensed mist tore through the air and shot out toward Lynn and the others.

"spread!"

Lynn snorted softly.

Raphael vanished from her spot in an instant, and Isa's staff extended forward, creating a semi-transparent hexagonal magic shield out of thin air.

Boom!

The dense fog spikes slammed into the shield, instantly dissipating into an even thicker gray fog that lingered and refused to dissipate.

Lynn had already moved to the other side of the giant beast, observing its shape.

This cloud of fog is constantly shifting and dispersing, with no visible core and no apparent weakness.

"Little Lynn, this kind of monster can only attack the core!"

Isa shouted loudly while maintaining her defensive magic.

"What does its core look like?"

Lynn asked anxiously.

"There is an ancient book that says it is invisible."

As Isa spoke, she conjured another hexagonal magic shield beside her to block another wave of attacks.

"Can't see? That's absolutely damn bad."

Lynn swung his sword, the blade slicing through the gray mist as if cutting into water, finding no point of contact.

"However, the core of this thing will shift its position as the fog flows."

While maintaining her defensive magic, Isa said, "Getting to the core is just a matter of luck."

"There's no time to rely on luck now!"

Lynn charged forward again, sword in hand, shouting, "Raophanes, Isa, cover me!"

Laofen's figure instantly left a blur, followed by a series of craters exploding on the left side of the gray mist behemoth.

That was the vacuum created by the girl's rapid swinging of her staff.

The next instant, countless gray-white tentacles burst forth from the gray fog behemoth's body, raining down on Laofen, who was scurrying around like a fly.

"Be careful!"

As Isa raised her staff, three hexagonal light shields appeared out of thin air in front of Laofen.

The tentacles slammed into the light shield, causing countless cracks to appear on its surface, but it managed to withstand the impact.

Raphael used the momentum to push off, rising high into the air, and swung his staff in a wide arc, smashing it down on the giant beast's head.

"This girl, she's like a berserker."

Isa whispered helplessly, then turned to Lynn, "My magic won't last much longer; we must finish this quickly!"

Just then, Cromwell, who had been silent all along, raised his huge spiked club and swung it forward seemingly casually.

boom!

A tremendous wind pressure rose from the ground, tearing a huge gash in the front of the Mist Demon's body, revealing the turbid air currents churning within it.

"A great opportunity!"

Lynn's eyes suddenly lit up.

The instant the gap appeared, he clearly saw a faint, cold light flash by on the left side of the giant beast's chest.

It's probably the core part!

"Laofen! Hit it in the chest!"

Lynn shouted.

"receive!"

The girl twisted her body, the tip of her staff lit up, and she aimed straight for the giant beast's chest.

Normal attack magic!

The next instant, a black beam of magic shot out from the tip of the staff.

puff!

The beam of light pierced through the giant beast's chest, but only dispersed a cloud of mist, leaving a hole that was instantly filled back into the surrounding mist.

"It's moved!"

Isa shouted a reminder, "The core is in the flow! Pay attention to the direction the fog is moving!"

"This is indeed troublesome."

Lynn frowned.

This is like trying to catch an invisible fish in a huge, constantly flowing pool.

Moreover, this pool can devour people.

"My defensive spells won't last long."

Isabella's voice was somewhat hurried.

The next moment, her hexagonal light shield shattered, and the impact forced her to take a half step back.

Lynn had already used his futuristic vision to rehearse countless different attack scenarios, but none of them could destroy the core.

"Is there anything else I haven't thought of?"

Lynn stared at the swirling mist for a long time, then suddenly noticed the small lake behind it and immediately had a guess.

"Miss Isa, if the core of this monster has a physical form and weight, it cannot move in the air."

"What do you mean?"

Isa frowned as she rebuilt the defensive magic.

"What I mean is, the light we just saw might not have been floating in the air, but rather a projection of something swimming in the lake behind us!"

After saying that, Lynn moved his feet and quickly circled around behind.

But the fog immediately coalesced into a giant hand and pressed down.

Seeing this, Cromwell quickly swung his spiked club, and the powerful wave directly crushed the giant hand!

Lynn took the opportunity to go to the lake behind and sure enough, he saw a small thing that looked like an octopus.

"I never expected that it was you, little thing, who was pulling the strings behind the scenes!" Lynn aimed at the small octopus underwater and slashed out with his sword.

The strike extends, cleaving through the water's surface.

The baby octopus was cut open directly.

For a moment, the mist demon's movements froze.

Then, the gray fog began to turn pure white, then became transparent, and finally dissipated completely into the air.

Lynn sheathed his sword and turned around.

"I never imagined that what they called 'invisibility' would be like this; it really surprised me."

Isa said, "It seems that the first person to kill this monster also accidentally hit the real thing in the water behind it by using a ranged attack to penetrate the projection."