Six-Armed Serpent Demon

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He stood with his hands in his pockets, frowning as he watched their battles against the six-armed serpent demon, while simultaneously sensing the diagram of Su:

[Clarify, what do you mean?]

However, Tusu's answer also baffled him: "It's either her or it's not her."

The totem demon-slaying warrior's tone became extremely agitated: "That's not her!"

Patrick's pupils contracted slightly; he understood what Tusu meant.

Just then, the Araquo Eagleman let out a long cry and swooped down from the sky.

【wait--】

Before Patrick could finish his telepathic communication, the Araquo Eagleman aimed his net-throwing javelin at the red-haired woman who had stood up again in the center of the "Blade Barrier."

This is a javelin shaped like an umbrella, except that the umbrella surface is made up of a net woven with countless barbs and wrapped with steel wire. Once the spearhead hits the target, the umbrella-like net will spring open and wrap around the target in the opposite direction.

A typical net-throwing javelin is attached to an extension rope. When the thrower releases the javelin, the rope end remains in their hand, allowing them to catch the target trapped in the net. The Arakor eagle-men's nets, however, lack this extension rope. Firstly, the strength of demons is unpredictable; in a tug-of-war, it's uncertain whether the eagle-men would be pulled to the ground. Secondly, when using a net-throwing javelin against demons wielding advanced teleportation magic, the presence or absence of an extension rope is irrelevant.

In the blink of an eye, the net and spear soared through the sky, flying straight into the ravines of "Ivy-Beate".

Two brass beads engraved with demon-binding symbols hung on the net, colliding with each other in the wind and making a loud clanging sound.

Almost everyone cheered.

The Brass Demon-Binding Emblem is a secret technique passed down by demon binders. It combines an alignment magic circle with a dimensional anchor to block teleportation, essentially a summoning array for binding demons, as well as a teleportation trap. Once activated, any free-floating creature within a radius will automatically teleport to the Demon-Binding Emblem, be absorbed and bound by it, and lose all mobility and attack capabilities.

Even a six-armed serpent demon who has mastered advanced teleportation techniques would be bound and imprisoned if it got close to this thing.

The cheers had barely begun when everyone watched as the net-throwing gun passed straight through Ivy Beatrice's figure and landed on the ground behind her with a "thud."

Patrick muttered to himself, "Projection."

Projection technique, one of the six-armed serpent demon's signature skills.

This spell-like ability draws energy from the shadow plane to create a semi-realistic mirror image of the caster. The mirror image is exactly what the caster looks like when the ability is used. It is identical to the caster in appearance, sound, and smell, but it cannot be touched.

The caster can instruct the projected image to do anything, even speak.

This type of spell ability is also an excellent ability for scouting.

The caster can see through the eyes of the projected image and hear through its ears, freely switching between the projected image and their own senses.

Most impressively, the six-armed serpent demon can cast spells or spell-like abilities from its projected image, whether it's contact magic or magic with a longer range. However, aside from illusion magic, the projected image cannot cast spells on itself.

Patrick's internal alarm bells were ringing.

He guessed that she might have seen through the trap, or that she was acting, but he didn't expect that what rushed towards him was a projected image.

The six-armed serpent demon had used projection magic a few times before, but this was the first time she had utilized the ability to this extent. This indicated that her demonic body was undergoing further recovery.

However, projection has a weakness: the projected image and the original image must maintain a visual line, meaning they must be able to see each other…

Patrick quickly looked around.

—Since the projected image is here, where is your original self?

However, the next second, his gaze froze.

The "blade barrier" that covered the street suddenly disappeared, and "Ivy-Beate", which was originally located in the center of the circular force field blade wall, collapsed into thin air and disappeared without a trace!

The disappearance of the projected image means that the visual effect line has broken!

She ran away!

Patrick turned and yelled at Tusu, "Where is she?"

Tusu pointed ahead: "It was just there!"

Patrick looked in the direction he was pointing, but there was nothing there except for specks of bright red on the ground.

Was she there just now?

But what was that over there just now?

Patrick recalled for a moment, then his face immediately darkened.

Squad Leader El!

The squad leader El who was seriously injured and collapsed just now was actually the true form of the Six-Armed Serpent Demon!

The door to the dock office collapsed with a loud crash, half of it falling down.

Losx-Otukan, the Scaled Priest who had been buried in the dock ledgers, raised his bronze dragon-like head and was surprised to see that the squad leader, El, was half red, clutching his armpit, and stumbling in.

"Enemy, enemy attack..."

Before he could finish speaking, squad leader El collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Loskes stood up from behind the table in surprise, immediately looking at the open door. Finding no one outside, he quickly moved to the window and stood against the wall, chanting incantations to cast numerous protective and detection spells on himself.

As he chanted the incantation, he cautiously peered out the window and almost immediately spotted the Arakou Eaglemen flying overhead.

However, at that moment, the violent "blade barrier" filled the entire space of the office, and countless rotating force field blades shattered everything in the office.

In an instant, the magnificent bronze dragon priest's robe and the dimensional bag he carried were cut into countless tiny strips of cloth, and various magical items were scattered all over the ground.

Countless force field blades slashed and swung, and Loskes roared, his body covered in countless tiny wounds.

Fortunately, his thick bronze dragon scales and numerous magical spells protected him.

However, trapped amidst countless rotating force field blades, he could not heal himself. The dragon priest endured the pain, raised his arms to protect his head and face, and rushed towards the open door. He planned to get out first and then deal with the situation once he was out of the confined space of the office.

His first step in the charge landed right next to the unconscious squad leader, El.

Just as he raised his other leg to push off, he suddenly felt his ankle being firmly gripped!

Before I could even look down to see what was happening, an unbearable pain shot through my groin!

The dragon priest let out a bloodcurdling scream and collapsed to the ground.

The "squad leader El," whose fate was unknown, sat up at some point, grabbed Losx's ankle with one hand, and with the other hand gripped the Shadow Sword, pushing it forcefully, almost plunging the entire blade into Losx's abdomen.

The sword sliced ​​open Losques' lower abdomen, creating a textbook-perfect longitudinal section of his lower body.

The terrible fatal wound immediately triggered the "Return Mantra" magic on the heir of the Ottokan family, and the dragon priest's body suddenly became ethereal and disappeared.

Loskes appeared in his sanctuary screaming.

Screams echoed in the tiny room.

The dragon priest prostrated himself on the ground, and almost instantly, blood stained the floor of the shelter.

This is the Ottokan family's secure secret chamber, the address of which is known only to the head of the family and the heir. Only when one is seriously injured will the family's anchored "Return Mantra" magic be triggered to bring them here.

The secret chamber contained enough food and water for a year, various life-saving and antidote potions, all the scrolls and wands available on the market, as well as the family's hidden treasures and magical items.

Losques was in so much pain that he almost fainted, and tears streamed uncontrollably down his face.

"Traitor! I'll kill him!" he cried and howled, gritting his teeth as he struggled to climb toward the medicine cabinet, supporting himself with his hands. "Tear him to pieces! That damned traitor!"

However, no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't move an inch.

Loskes was horrified to discover that her ankle was still being gripped tightly by a hand…

He felt like he was in an icy cellar.

Before he could turn around, he felt a sudden chill in his chest.

Loskes looked down with difficulty and saw the black tip of the Shadow Sword emerging from his chest.

“You’re so irritable, you’re fucking idiot.”

These were the last words Loskes heard before losing consciousness. They were spoken in his ear by the demon in the form of Squad Leader El, in the voice of Ivy Beatrice.

As is well known, the "Return Mantra" and many other teleportation spells share a common feature: as long as the caster is willing, they can bring along any items they come into contact with or any creature that voluntarily chooses to teleport to their destination.

The "Return Mantra" teleportation effect triggered by the Ottokan family's settings ignores the caster's subjective willingness to be teleported because it is not cast by the caster himself.

Unfortunately, the six-armed serpent demon had a very strong ability to identify magical effects, and she could tell at a glance what magical effects Loskes had.

Possessing advanced teleportation skills, she was also eager to find out where Losques would teleport her to.

No matter where Loskes ran, she was determined to take his life.

The six-armed serpent demon, disguised as Squad Leader El, pushed aside the still-warm corpse of Losques-Otukan and stared wide-eyed at the dazzling array of items in the safe room.

She immediately got to work, quickly rummaging through the shelves to pull down all sorts of useful items, then opening her dimensional bag underneath to catch them all.

“What can I say?” she exclaimed, “I love the loot drop rate.”

Only when the shelf was almost empty did Losques-Otukan's soul appear above his own corpse. The six-armed serpent demon gently inhaled at him, and the dragon priest's soul screamed silently as it was sucked into her body.

Sensing the changing halo within the spiritual vision, the six-armed serpent demon let out a satisfied sigh.

With the soul of Losques-Otukan, plus the soul of Squad Leader El that she had previously absorbed, her "mortal form" ability brought her one step closer to transforming into a dragon.

She used her dimensional bag to collect the corpse of Losque in the underground, and then activated an advanced teleportation spell.

"Our agreement has been fulfilled, squad leader."

Rewind to fifteen minutes earlier, to two people pressed tightly together under the wooden pole.

Squad Leader El's helmet drooped lower and lower, his voice growing softer and softer, "...The Samarachi people's plan is..."

The six-armed serpent demon, disguised as Ivy-Beate, brought her ear close to El's face.

El gripped the short sword firmly and, guided by instinct, slowly raised his hand.

At such close range, the woman couldn't see his subtle movements. All he had to do was to discreetly insert the sword into Ivy-Beate's ribs, piercing her liver or kidney.

However, at that moment, his right wrist was firmly grasped.

Ivy Beatrice turned her face away.

He glared at her.

But the emerald green vertical pupils in front of him seemed completely unfocused; even though she was right in front of him, it was as if she wasn't looking at him at all.

He heard her sigh, and then she asked a strange question: "Do you know the real reason I killed the vice-captain?"

He asked, "Why?"

The next second, he felt a sharp pain in his chest as the sword tip inside his body pierced his heart again.

"Because of experience points."

He listened to her speaking in a language he couldn't understand.

"When I played Baldur's Gate, I killed every NPC to get all the experience points. To the point that by the end, besides my party, there wasn't a single living character left in the game. So even though you refuse to confess, I promise you, I will kill Losx-Otukan..."

His clear, cold voice gradually blurred along with his vision until he was enveloped in darkness.

The dragon-blooded paladin Berlik and his city guards were idly carrying out their blockade mission. He had done his best to search every household, but hadn't found a single demon cultist.

Berlik turned to look at the dock and sighed silently.

This Ottokan priest pilgrimage was his best chance to turn things around, but he failed to seize it, and it will probably be very difficult for him to regain his original position this time.

As time goes on, once the new captain of the city guard in the lower city has secured his position, it will be even less likely that he will return.

Just as he was feeling deeply troubled, a thunderous roar resounded in his mind:

[Rapid Support for the Dock]

That was a paladin commander, conveying a message to all paladins through the communication channels of the Flame City army.

Berlik immediately perked up.

He recognized the voice; it was that of Squad Leader El. El's voice was slightly distorted by shock and anger.

[Rapid Support for the Dock]

However, the message that followed filled Berlik with immense anger and alarm.

[A six-armed serpent demon has appeared! Demon worshippers have attacked the dockside office! They've killed the Ottokan priest! The warehouse area has been sealed off! They've fled to the warehouse area!]

Chapter 76 The Final Battle at the Dock (Part 3)

It was nearly noon, and above the steel sky, the yellow sun shone with a blinding blue light.

Patrick appeared at the doorway of the dockside office, his long shadow stretching into the room. He stared blankly at the mess inside; everything was smashed to pieces, including the corpse of the dragon priest.

Losquez-Otucan lay on the ground, his body covered in scales, a mangled corpse.

Pale blue sunlight streamed into the room through a broken window, casting a grotesque purplish-red hue on the blood-soaked, gourd-like corpse of the dragon and the blood-soaked floor.

Patrick telepathically senses the sentry in the air: [What's going on around us?]