Chapter 1161

Thinking to himself, Xia De, standing at the end of the "forest path," looked up, past the "forest" and "city," toward the "castle" at the far end:

"We had a deal. If I save the princess and finish your puppet show, you will turn everyone back."

"You can still talk even after turning into a puppet? As expected of someone chosen by Him. I keep my word, don't worry about that. I have already sworn it to the god; I hope our story will be interesting."

The comical voice faded, and a singing voice appeared: "Act One: The Giant of the Forest:

The knight entered the forest and encountered a maid of the princess being chased by wolves. He must save the beautiful girl and also obtain information about the princess."

Amidst the comical humming of the puppet hidden behind the castle, the puppet in the black-and-white maid dress "darted" out from the dense tree models while being chased by a dozen wolf puppets, as if these puppets had been hiding there all along.

Of course, whether it was the maid or the wolves, these puppets were also controlled by strings, which meant that above the models, there were a dozen circular discs floating, controlled by invisible hands.

It is worth mentioning that those wolf puppets were also the size of a palm; like the human puppets, they should be called "giant wolves." And the face of the maid puppet, no matter how one looked at it, was that of Miss Xilisi Grand Lasers, whom Xia De had gone to solve the land pollution problem with yesterday.

She seemed to be controlling her own body, and although she wasn't very skilled, she still ran quickly toward Xia De and waved her hands, trying to express something. Those "ferocious" wolf puppets then rushed over closely behind her. The puppet Xia De took a deep breath:

"Moonlight Slash!"

The puppet's hands clapped together, then pulled apart to release a crescent arc of moonlight. At that moment, Miss Lasers felt the threat of approaching death, but the brilliant radiance only brushed past her, then cleaved the wolf puppets behind her into two halves.

This made Xia De, who had originally thought he would face a difficult battle, feel a surge of joy:

"They aren't that strong... Binding Halo!"

【According to the tropes of the story, how could the first enemies to appear be strong?】

"She" asked with a light laugh.

With the consumption of Spirit, a dozen silver moonlight halos flew out with Xia De's punching motion, accurately hitting the wolf puppets. One was placed around the neck of each puppet, and then those puppets collapsed onto the forest path of the model. Miss Lasers had also run to Xia De's side by now, but unfortunately, although the puppet Xia De could speak, Miss Lasers' puppet lacked the ability to speak, so the lady could only gesture anxiously—one could tell her anxiety from the speed of her waving, but unfortunately, Xia De did not understand sign language.

"The brave knight saved the beautiful maid and learned the path to the castle from her. The maid decided to move forward with the knight to save the imprisoned princess together."

Amidst the comical singing, the environment that had originally been blocked by the tree models at the front of the forest path changed. With the rolling of pulleys, the model field itself began to move. The trees shifted aside, and a path toward the distance appeared in front of the trail. Miss Xilisi Grand Lasers was still gesturing at Xia De incessantly. Xia De looked at her, troubled, and then a pitch-black chain shot out from his sleeve.

The chain did not attack anyone but crawled along the floor behind him, reaching into the pile of Xia De's dropped personal belongings.

Before long, the Sin Chain dragged back some items. These were the metal toy-shaped longsword, longbow, and a quiver of toy arrows. Xia De had originally brought them just in case, and now they were just right for Miss Lasers to take.

At the same time, the brass ring that Xia De really wanted to get his hands on was also pulled into the forest path. Perhaps because this was not a relic for auxiliary combat, the puppet did not stop Xia De from doing so.

The radius of the 【Fish-Training Ring】 was now thicker than the waist of the puppet Xia De, but fortunately, similar relic rings had the function of adapting to the size of the wearer. When Xia De reached out a finger toward it, the ring automatically shrank and locked onto the puppet's knuckle. The puppet Xia De said:

"Miss Lasers, I know the current situation is very complicated, but it seems we have to move forward together. Please put on this ring; it can let you speak."

After saying this, he took off the ring and handed it to Miss Lasers, who put it on:

"Oh, my god, I can finally speak."

Xia De's voice when speaking was consistent with his own, but Miss Lasers' voice was clearly that of a puppet:

"Mr. Watson, it's me, Miss Grand. My companions and I encountered an accident, and that's how we got trapped by this Sage-level relic. I am truly sorry for dragging you into this matter."

She spoke quickly in a tone of great annoyance:

"I can cast spells in this form, but my spellcasting ability is severely weakened, at least not reaching your level. However, the strength and speed of this puppet body are quite good. Mr. Watson, please help me save my companions. I know this is very difficult, but I swear you will gain the friendship of the Golden Dawn and receive the reward you deserve."

Although the puppet could not make overly complex expressions, her tone was exceptionally sincere, and this was exactly what Xia De was waiting for:

"Actually, I couldn't leave even if I wanted to. No problem, let's move forward together. I will save that lady."

Miss Lasers then strapped on the quiver, picked up the longsword, grabbed the longbow, and followed behind Xia De, setting off along the forest path together.

The puppet hiding behind the castle continued to hum happily:

"Act Two: The Wizard of the High Tower

The kingdom has fallen, and evil men hide within, a nest breeding sin. The righteous knight is determined to eradicate them and asks for the path to the evil wizard's residence. The knight from afar charges with sword drawn, and the beautiful maid bravely assists..."

The model forest field was still moving, only this time it was the model field under Xia De and the two of them that was moving. The path carried them forward and finally stopped at a fork in the forest. A signpost stood in the center of the fork, with "Ruined Capital" written on the left and "Giant's Home" on the right.

Xia De turned back to look at Miss Lasers' puppet following behind:

"It seems there will be battles later. I'll state this first: I have also been weakened in puppet form and now have no strength; there are too many things I cannot do. I need your help."

"I will cooperate. But your strength is not weak; at least you are stronger than me."

The female sorceress's puppet said, walking forward alongside him. The model was not large to begin with, and after walking only a few steps, they saw the end of the path in a forest clearing, where a humanoid puppet about five or six times the size of the puppet Xia De was lying on the ground, fast asleep.

Although for a normal person, this puppet wasn't considered large, for the current Xia De and Miss Lasers, it certainly counted as a giant.

Xia De had no intention of fighting this thing in a fair duel; he reached out to draw a moonlight cross in front of him and then lunged forward to collide with it.

The sneak attack was indeed effective, but the silver moon cross hit the puppet and only left a deep cross mark on its body, failing to resolve this enemy in one blow.

"As expected, it won't be that easy."

"The knight launched an honorable duel against the giant of the forest, and the enraged giant awoke from its slumber, deciding to teach these two little people a lesson."

Amidst the puppet's comical voice, the giant puppet also climbed up from the ground. It also could not speak, but by beating its chest with both hands, it could make a terrifying thumping sound. The Binding Halo flew toward the giant, but it was crushed to pieces by the giant's palm. Miss Lasers fired those arrows that actually had simple alchemical enchantment effects, but these arrows could not exert much effect on that massive body either.

But the good news was that the forest giant's movement speed was very slow; although it was difficult for Xia De and Miss Lasers to launch effective attacks against it, it also could not accurately hit the targets when it bent down to attack Xia De and the others.

"Thunder Spear!"

The silver thunderbolt, like a toothpick, was thrown by Xia De toward the top, hitting the massive body, but it only paralyzed it for a second.

"This won't work."

Xia De said to Miss Lasers while dodging the attacks.

"Even if I still have spellcasting ability, I cannot launch effective attacks against it. Lady, I think it must have a so-called vital point. In a moment, I will hold it off; please take this opportunity to attack the vital point."

"But where is the vital point?"

Miss Lasers dodged the fist the giant swung down while bending over. She was gradually adapting to this stiff body, so she understood even more how surprising it was that "Mr. John Watson" could perform so nimbly in this state. Considering that he could speak directly, his spellcasting ability seemed to be barely weakened, and he possessed special purification abilities, Miss Lasers believed this was an extraordinary man.

"Since it's to take the giant's heart, the vital point should be in its chest—Sin Chain!"

The giant bent over to attack Xia De again. This time, Xia De did not dodge but released the pitch-black chain toward the giant's fist.

The chain, possessing the four runes of Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, and Wrath, could normally even bind a severely wounded demon, but this time it only prevented the giant from moving.

One end of the chain was tied to the giant's wrist, and it pulled hard on the chain, trying to pull Xia De up. Xia De also pulled hard on the chain. For a moment, the two, with a huge difference in size, were actually deadlocked:

"Red Dragon Power! Quick, Miss Lasers!"

In his haste, Xia De realized he had called the other party by her real name instead of "Miss Grand," but Miss Lasers did not seem to notice this. The small puppet ran to the giant's feet and then climbed up its leg with great effort.