Chapter 257: NO.19: Yuan Ban Lin: Only I can C?

NO. 19: Yuan Ban Lin: Only I can C?

【Boss, although we couldn't kill a few big shots, but destroying the exhibition counts as done】

【You two need to make it out alive for it to count; hurry and meet up with Number Three, he's run into trouble】

【He ran into trouble? He's got two monster cards in his hand!】

【That's why you need to go meet him; don't forget those two cards he's holding are related to that guy】

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【…Those guys didn't go to Bi Su Wu to look for trouble in yellow clothes, did they?!】

【Not sure if it's him, but anyway, get to work!】

The exit of the exhibition, which is also the edge of the anomalous barrier, the hooded figure looking sneaky lowered his phone and sighed.

"You're just using me as a transport tool……"

He raised his Magic Staff, and in a brief chant traced out a void belonging to a teleportation spell, proving his staff wasn't just decoration.

Then he decisively stepped forward, greeting the suddenly changing corridor:

"Number Three, time to go back! The boss is urging us!"

He greeted him as a matter of course, but discovered that the figure ahead, while still strange, was also unfamiliar.

"Yuan?"

The demon, trying to assess the situation from the fire scene with its demonic soul vision, turned its head.

The black flame in its eye sockets slightly contracted, the white point within showing no emotion.

——

As someone said in the previous chapter's trivia, gandr, as a rune magic, is actually a non-harmful curse originating from Nordic tradition.

However, given sufficient magical density, its direct destructive power can rival that of a bullet exiting the barrel.

Especially in the hands of this magic-wielding miss!

——Because she often drops the ball at critical moments, or runs into some nonsense, Yuan Ban Lin frequently needs to employ this swift magic that can be cast with a raised finger.

Its frequency of use is even comparable to her signature gem magic to a certain extent.

Between the magic that releases gems upon being taken out and the magic that can be cast by raising a hand and pointing, the black-haired magic-wielding miss chose the latter at this critical juncture.

And it demonstrated the excellent qualities that come with high skill proficiency.

In others' hands, gandr is just a pistol, but her magical condensation and casting speed make it undoubtedly a machine gun!

Formed from ill-omened black-red magical energy into pellets, condensed and fired at astonishing speed from the fingertips, its sonic boom mixes with screams, accompanied almost simultaneously by fireballs!

Aserufuru Yuri Mongberan, is already in a heated state, literally.

Gripping the staff, flames surged; amidst that sea of red, the whole room brightened because of her.

Its redness swelled further from her shout.

Here we must retract the previous statement:

The similarity between Aserufuru and Yuan Ban Lin's voices goes beyond just the pronunciation in Jidong; they are excessively alike in this kind of shout.

But the Heavenly Fire-coded Aserufuru, too, cannot be unleashed in this emergency.

As a member, in the company's armed personnel division, she was assigned to the 'Expansion Arts Practitioner' role.

Miss Heavenly Fire excels at group attacks and field control, not one-on-one duels.

In this narrow space, her increased firepower would, due to terrain, temporarily contract and retract into a stronger blast, but this advantage only exists in the first round.

In the second round, the walls should crack, then be further scorched, triggering the fire suppression system via the excessive heat.

The piercing fire alarm also sounds from this.

Yet amidst the machine-gun-like rune magic and the scorching Origin Stone Arts, the silver-gold mechanical monster licking the flames remains unharmed and unmoved.

Even magical bombardment only produces constant clanging and red flames, unable to cause even a slight discoloration of that silver armor; although struck by hundreds of ultimate moves outside the building and thus smashed without ripple, before the two hastily engaging spellcasters it still retains strength proportional to its appearance.

Even with proportions similar to an ordinary human, it can still whip up a gale with a swing of its arm, break through flames and pellets with its massive toothed pincers, and snap the floral shield formed from five petals.

"Danger!"

The great Aegis shield imitating the Aegis was instantly shattered, yet Bi Ze, reacting, charged forward with his staff, while Dong Shang Bian Ge meanwhile swung his wooden rod, dismantling the footing of the electronic mechanical Baltan!

As the floor broke, Bi Ze's ice-blue staff's automatic chant summoned a massive ice hammer that slammed down onto Baltan's head!

With a dull thud and the crisp sound of the ice hammer shattering, the electronic mechanical Baltan fell to the floor below.

But what position this lower floor is——no one here knows.

"Let's move now!"

Bi Ze, not considering scoring any points, knew exactly what to do now and immediately urged Dong Shang Bian Ge.

He responded anxiously:

"Impossible! There's transmission interference!"

"Otherwise we wouldn't have appeared here in the first place, nor would we have summoned those two!"

"How…?" "You two aren't coming over?!"

The club's battle drills could only give Bi Ze some courage to act, but when facing such a crisis he'd just short-circuit his thinking; fortunately, someone here could still make decisions.

Aserufuru was already standing at the flame-encircled door, waving to the two, while Yuan Ban Lin, with a pained expression, pulled out several gems from his pocket.

The latter had already prepared to meet the alien attack; for this, her other hand had even grasped from midair a short sword composed of multifaceted crystals.

The Gem Sword Ze Er Li Qi, a magical regalia designed by Ze Er Li Qi, is not an official version but a facsimile that Yuan Ban Lin perfected via blueprints and theory; yet it is also her trump card equipment.

Although sword-shaped, it is essentially a staff, capable of interfering with parallel worlds, causing its magical energy to flow out and converge into a beam, emitted as a light-cutting strike, no different from a kind of sword-light projector.

But……whether the primal magic from parallel worlds can inflict sufficient damage on this world's alien-tech crystals——is also something she's unsure about.

Who would have thought that coming to chat with a friend about Magic Staff theory would encounter this?

Even if some phantom beasts or evil gods appeared, that would still be more normal than an alien attack!

Ah, that kind of alien god and wandering star vanguard doesn't count... she thought.

Even the strange alien servant with King Arthur's face doesn't count! she quickly added in her mind.

But thinking about these things at such a critical moment would be too lacking in tension, so she immediately dispelled that thought; her magic sword in hand was already poised to strike, waiting for the giant pincer to appear again in her sight, then she would blast it with a beam of light.

But the fact is, the giant pincer didn't appear; what appeared was the light cannon.

—from the oblique lower direction.

The two destructive light beams surging out from the mechanical giant pincer converged into one; the slightly delayed gleam of the jeweled sword obviously lacked the certain ceremonial power of striking first after waiting, so that brief resistance was already an all-out effort.

And in that brief time, whether it was the frantic youth hastily adjusting his staff mode, or the little witch beside him rushing to the cave entrance trying to confirm the enemy's position, both were obviously unable to provide decent support.

Rin Tohsaka watched as the purple-current-wrapped light beam drew nearer; the feeling of helplessness and the looming shadow left her somewhat stiff, yet she also felt something pressing down on her right shoulder.

"Freya?"

She immediately thought of her friend beside her, but then realized the palm on her shoulder was too broad.

The next moment, Rin Tohsaka felt a tremendous force on her shoulder that instantly made her lose her balance.

"Move aside, you two."

Plus that chilling, bone‑deep bass that made the heart tremble.

She then saw a tall, sinister black‑robed demon standing where she had been, while she and Tianhuo were both suspended in midair.

More precisely, they had been thrown into midair.

They were falling toward the unfamiliar man and the horse girl.

"Pure killing intent isn't really meaningful, don't you think?"

The dark‑gold thunder blocked the beam, but the next second it was met by the high‑speed pincer of the electronic mechanical Baltan coming from below.

The silver‑black intertwined demon, as if prepared, had the iron coffin behind its shadow instantly transform into a sharp, overly long great tachi.

The overly long, oversized standard form was just right for a demon standing two and a half meters tall.

The blade sliced horizontally, cleanly entering the giant pincer, yet failing to cut its base; instead, it seemed as if the opponent's empty pincer had swallowed the blade.

But at the instant it penetrated the base, the katana unfolded from its fine overlapping layers along the blade like an opening umbrella, deploying a shield that perfectly jointed with the hilt.

This braced the giant pincer at an angle that looked like it was about to malfunction.

All of this happened within two seconds, a flurry of action so fast that only Bi Ze, who had seen this posture before, was delighted enough to shout:

"Oh—!" "Number Three."

The demon's low, chilling tremolo cut off all sound; as it pressed the shield against the electronic mechanical Baltan's pincer, its slightly trembling stance revealed the strain of a deadlock.

The three girls glanced at the sole youth whose face bore a smile, not understanding why there was anything to be happy about in this monster‑vs‑monster spectacle.

And...

"Indeed, what do you suggest? Number Four."

The electronic mechanical Baltan retreated half a step, evidently having received some command.

The one issuing the command approached from the still‑burning doorway, beneath a hood filled with Hei'an.

"In my case, I would make use of these few people's influence to write an article, for example— that horse‑girl maiden." The demon pointed, aiming at the stiff‑expressioned Dong Shangbiange.

"This is the Boundary Gate District; the news value of horse girls is something everyone should understand."

"Indeed, I understand why Number Two values you so much, but why doesn't he come fetch me himself?"

"Shouldn't his ever‑present teleportation magic be effective in a situation like this?"

"Because he trusts us, believing we can leave safely without direct teleportation— that too is the chief's trust, isn't it?"

The demon spoke, and with a simple interlock of his fingers, a card slipped out, entwined with a few strands of golden electric snakes, exuding an oppressive aura that demanded submission.

Instantly, Tianhuo, Rin Tohsaka, Dong Shangbiange, and Bi Ze all felt an unconscious urge to kneel.

And those two are definitely on the same side!!!