Chapter 256: with translation of chapter title

NO. 18: This is our southern cicada, take a look at the northern one.

"Where on earth did the truly clever classmate go?"

A few minutes ago, Dong Shang Bian Ge was still staring at the umaline on his phone that had gone three minutes without a reply, somewhat puzzled about what the other person was doing, then suddenly recalled something, turned his head to look at Bi Ze, who was stuck to the window, eyes unblinking.

"Mr. Bi, do you know the hobbies of the truly clever classmate? You're her fan, right?"

"You've asked the right person, but if you think you can find the booth through her hobbies, I think that's pretty bold."

He actually could understand Dong Shang Bian Ge's train of thought; Aomo would have to applaud if he were here.

But for Dong Shang Bian Ge, he still doesn't know that this man secretly possesses a nature close to the early stage of the Golden Ship; he's merely puzzled as to why it's so bold.

"Movies, paintings, sculptures, aikido and whatnot—Ka Lian Jiang's liked things are far too broad, and how could she possibly still go to those booths right now?!"

Bi Ze said, raising his hand to poke at this thick, hard glass wall with complex magical patterns appearing and disappearing, also pointing outward at that dazzling 'fireworks'.

Even the booth staff have flown outside—who's still looking at the booth?

They went to see things like 'steps so light, nothing to fear anymore' and 'silly but capable', as well as 'Uranus system, activate', 'multiversal ensemble saturation barrage r all r askew' and such.

Like Bi Ze and Dong Shang Bian Ge, who originally stood near the window, they could immediately see the huge, cool lobster approaching outside, and the former could even shout, 'I'm so cool, that's a awesome Baltaan!'

And those who arrived late… could only see that, under the magic-filled, artillery-covered scene, only half a jio remained in place.

Ten seconds later you could see a lobster with more than half of its body melted, then several rounds of heavy fire grilling, followed by a dazzling azure light pillar:

Death Reincarnation!

Broken, the card in the Dragon Manager's hand is the 'gan sui 1.0 server' one.

"What the heck, so there's summoning after all."

Bi Ze, who had no idea that the Bahamut was the real deal, displayed his full understanding of FF14.

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The Magic Staff's one-key summon macro fits perfectly with his pre-transmigration imagination of FF14!

Now he could even imagine whether he could summon other primals, and while he was still imagining, a red crystal sphere shot into his field of view, also striking where Dong Shang Bian Ge was, expanding into a dark red circle that blocked the branching, extending golden lightning.

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……!!!

Bi Ze couldn't even make a sound, startled dumb by the sudden attack, but the experience from his time in the club still showed: a few seconds before Dong Shang Bian Ge reacted, he raised his Magic Staff, instantly activated the defense spell macro, and lifted it to brace before the little witch, signaling her to step back.

At the same time, some nearby spellcasters also noticed the commotion, and in unison they pulled out magic arrays aimed at the daredevil who was carrying out an indoor attack here.

One wore an obviously vision-obstructing enchanted cloak hood, truly a traditional old-school mage, holding a Magic Staff in his right hand, but the golden lightning clearly came from his left hand.

Between the fingers of that left hand was clamped a page of a card.

"Monster card?"

Thanks to Aomo, Bi Ze could say that upon seeing a card capable of releasing skills, his first thought went this way, which was a lucky mistake.

But just as he exclaimed in surprise, the momentum grew even greater, fully capable of covering the corridor, a massive lightning intertwining into a faint beam-like attack, already crashing in——

【Lethal threat detected, advise user to retreat】

"If I could run, I would have run already!"

Seeing those words pop up on the Magic Staff, Bi Ze, who had poured all his magic into the staff to construct eight linked defensive spells, only saw those arrays, light curtains, and shield-shaped things shatter at the first strike of the lightning.

He could only push Dong Shang Bian Ge to run backward, but found the other sidestepping his arm, lightly tapping a wooden-looking Magic Staff, and the scene before his eyes instantly twisted——

——But in the instant before the twist, he also saw a familiar moon-shaped highlight streak past beside him.

"Wait! Miss Bian Ge!"

"Screw waiting, you go with her!"

Having rushed to the two, Aomo, who was drawing all current via the Thunder King card, was amused by the lingering words behind him.

Regardless of whether those words reached Bi Ze's ears as he teleported away, Aomo turned his head to look at the other mages still present.

He had just started to advise them to leave when he saw half of them vanish on the spot, while the other half were busy stacking more shields on themselves, the magic arrays before their staffs overlapping, poised to launch.

Then you guys come!

Aomo immediately stepped back several paces; at first glance it looked like he couldn't withstand the opponent's lightning beam, and in fact——it was pretty much the same.

Ordinary current, to Aomo's Thunder King card it's all-you-can-eat—no matter how many tens of thousands of volts, it's a feast!

But the moment that current from the opposite side made contact, Aomo realized something was off.

From the card's feedback, the monster's instinct was screaming in terror—can't eat! can't eat!

Not that it can't be eaten, but that it can't be swallowed.

That current was mixed with nearly half non-electrical substances, which to the Thunder King was pure dark cuisine.

So——

Switch positions!

Aomo lowered his right hand, extended his left forward; the dark red crystal sphere hovering nearby floated ahead as well, and a larger red magic array appeared before him, continuing to block the current.

At the same time, the flowing light released by those surrounding mages, curving around his side, bombarded the head-and-tail-exposed guy.

But the opponent pressed down with his hand——the golden lightning no longer aimed at Aomo, but instead covered those streams of light, turning into a series of explosions, and simultaneously the lightning vanished instantly.

Pull back now?!

Aomo frowned slightly, then was met with a gust that made him instinctively raise his shield again—yet it came from behind.

Looking back, he saw it was the Star Jia from behind, suddenly unfurling its wings in a flapping motion, which let him sigh in relief: 'Turns out it was you who scared him away.'

"I had said to let you find a good spectator spot, but the attackers turned out to be more numerous than expected."

The Dragon Manager's expression was rather grim: "Any intel on the opponent?"

"Impure golden lightning—if we're thinking from the monster side, I have a few conclusions, but after seeing your card, I suddenly feel my understanding of monsters is still too narrow."

"Another monster card? Besides the card, what else did we gain?"

"The opponent has an enchanted robe that hinders observation," Aomo shook his head, pointing to the other mages not far away, "you might as well ask them—maybe someone has magic gear that can see through that."

I'll ask later; by the way, the police will be here in ten minutes, so please help us make a record then.

No problem, but what does that mean…" Aomo turned his head to look out the window.

That giant lobster, or rather giant cicada, has already disappeared.

"It's temporarily over; the exhibition is also temporarily suspended. Each of you check your goods to see if there might be any loss." The manager was already on the phone, the claws jumping in mid-air obviously operating the terminal. "You also go chat with your three companions, see if they plan to stay or leave."

Alright, then I'll take my leave for a moment.

Go ahead.

He nodded at Xingjia Lai, Aomo turned back along the way he came; at the end of the road stood Zhenjiling, whom he had just said goodbye to not long ago, while Bi Ze and Dong Shang Reform apparently needed to contact via terminal or line.

I don't even know where they teleported to.

——

Bi Ze: Thanks for the invitation, I teleported to the second floor of the exhibition.

At a glance, I locked onto Zhen, identifying it as Baltan.

Gazing at the electronic mechanical Baltan that ought to have been outside receiving a light cannon baptism earlier, it now stands before me at a distance of 'either a kiss or a fight', and Bi Ze's heart is dokidoki-ing like never before.

I already need to steady my heart rate.

However, beside him, the little horse girl wearing a witch's hat, likewise frightened, but her reflex reaction was to cast a spell again—

She didn't teleport away; instead, she scooped up two people.

"Ah?"

"Uh… where is this?"

Rin Tōsaka and Tianhuo, in this dimly lit room lacking lighting, upon turning their heads also saw the electronic mechanical Baltan with its eyes emitting an orange glow.

"……"

"……"

"Wahhh!!! fire!"

"Wahhhhh!!! gandr!"

Origin Arts and Rune Magic were both flung out in the panic of the two remarkably similar persons.

——

"It's not over yet, right?!"

Amid the fire alarm and the activation of the automatic fire suppression system, Aomo raised his head toward the second floor where the faint explosion sound came from.

He glanced at the still-inactive communication terminal, but still decided not to let any abnormal situation pass, going up to check.