Chapter 1164: The Princess Who Rescues the Knight

"The puppet's body has no pain, these wounds don't affect fighting and movement. Once I rescue Miss Bernice, I will heal myself."

Xia De said. Miss Lasers was still a bit worried, but couldn't say much more at this time.

But unfortunately, they couldn't pick up that silver shield of the Royal Knight that could reflect moonlight and fireballs. It wasn't that they lacked the strength, but that the thing was directly connected to the ground; the scene simply didn't allow them to take this piece of defensive gear away.

"Let's continue. Once we reach the top floor, there should be other battles. Since the Royal Knight just now was so strong, I find it hard to imagine what's left at the end."

Miss Lasers looked at the collapsed wall with some difficulty; she actually already had a guess in her heart. In this standard "knight and princess" story, if a giant dragon didn't appear at the end, it would be a waste of such a theme.

She didn't know the specific relationship between Xia De and the Witch Council, only thinking that the man in front of her had come to seek help introduced by other witches, so she hesitated, not knowing whether she should speak out her guess. She was worried this would scare Xia De; after all, judging from the current situation, he was not very restricted by this Sage-level Relic, and perhaps he had a way to leave directly.

But in the end, she still spoke her guess. This was not just because she wanted to show her sincerity and honesty, but because she felt that adventuring while hiding things from each other would definitely lead to problems in the end:

"According to the general story plot... will it be a puppet dragon?"

"Possible."

Xia De deeply agreed, but didn't feel there was any trouble. A puppet dragon had a puppet dragon's way of being dealt with. Since he dared to venture into the realm of Relics, he naturally had his own follow-up arrangements.

Including the Mystery Lock, he had at least two hidden trump cards that hadn't been revealed yet.

The puppet's body didn't need to rest. Xia De, because he was prepared to give that half-person-high puppet some surprises at the end, didn't waste his own spirit to heal himself.

The two followed the stairs again to the gate at the top floor of the castle. There were three grooves on that metal gate. They embedded the "Heart of the Forest Giant," "Evil Warlock's Ring," and "Royal Knight's Long Sword" into them in turn, and that gate, which was very thick for a puppet, was opened.

Only, the three items embedded in the gate could no longer be taken down; clearly, they had already completed their final mission.

Behind the gate was a hall like the one often depicted in fairy tales where a king receives guests. Wooden pillars supported the ceiling, the floor was covered with a red cashmere carpet, and directly opposite the gate at the furthest point were nine steps, on which a golden seat was placed, and a witch puppet bound like a silkworm was tied to the chair.

Seeing the gate open and the strange man appear with Miss Lasers, the witch, who had been wriggling like a long worm, immediately struggled even harder. Miss Lasers wanted to run over but was held down by Xia De on her shoulder.

Immediately after, the puppet's comical singing entered from the window outside the building. Xia De looked toward the window and could see that puppet squatting outside like a giant, its two button-like eyes looking inside:

"Finale: Hero Battles the Dragon----

The knight and the maid finally defeated all the enemies blocking the way and arrived at the top of the castle together. At this moment, the princess was right in front of them, and the powerful enemy who kidnapped the princess also appeared at this moment."

The puppet outside the window blew wind into the window, and the wind blew the window open. Then, just as expected, the dragon puppet shattered the huge floor-to-ceiling window and "flew" in from outside. It naturally couldn't speak, but the puppet squatting outside the window spoke for it:

"Oh, tiny human, who allowed you to break into my palace?"

The voice was deliberately lowered; this was a very clumsy voice-changing technique.

That "dragon" was actually only the size of two puppets, constantly circling and flying under the ceiling.

Xia De glanced at Miss Lasers and then replied:

"Dragon, we are going to rescue the beautiful princess and then defeat you!"

"Haha, tiny human is so bold, let me burn you into ashes with flames!"

The puppet outside the window continued to lower its voice to speak for the "dragon," and the dragon indeed opened its mouth, spitting a mouthful of flames toward Xia De and Miss Lasers.

The flames were like a sea of fire, directly covering the entire floor, not giving them any corner to hide in. And the gate behind them had also been closed at some point, and the flames rushed directly toward the bodies of the two puppets:

"Careful!"

Miss Lasers looked around in a panic, then saw Xia De blocking in front of her. The Moonlight Greatsword stabbed into the ground, and a hemispherical golden shield exploded all around, but it only lasted for less than five seconds before being dispersed by the continuous flames.

Clearly being a mid-ring sorcerer, but facing this dangerous and desperate scene, she still subconsciously closed her eyes. But immediately realized she couldn't close her eyes at this moment, and she hadn't been burned by the flames either.

Looking forward in surprise, she noticed that in front of Xia De, who was blocking in front of her, an ice coffin had appeared at some point----

"Mystery Lock----Sleeping Princess!"

The effect of spellcasting in puppet form was very poor, but the reduction in consumption meant Xia De could use high-ring wonders that couldn't be used in a normal state.

The sea of fire was divided into left and right sides by that ice coffin emitting chill, as if the dragon's breath was also afraid of this ice coffin.

The originally magnificent hall, at this moment, had some changes. The red carpet was still a red carpet, but the originally empty walls were now covered with silver and green tapestries at some point. On the silver tapestries were moons, and on the green tapestries were giant trees.

On the lid of the ice coffin, a lifelike cartoon giant dragon pattern with a big tail was engraved. The blood-red pattern looked like the ice surface had been stained red by blood. Carrying a chill that seemed capable of freezing the soul, the ice coffin slowly opened, and the puppet of Miss Fiona Delage, the red dragon witch in puppet form with a beautiful big tail, looked outside the ice coffin. Her beautiful appearance was fascinating even in puppet form.

"What?"

"What?"

"Woo woo!"

The first sentence was said by Miss Lasers behind Xia De, the second sentence was said by the puppet outside the castle, and they couldn't understand what was happening in front of them. The final sound was said by the bound Great Witch, whose mouth was also covered.

"At that most critical moment, the outsider knight remembered the bonds of the past."

The witch puppet with a big tail reached out to Xia De, and Xia De took her hand while singing casually:

"The red dragon princess from a foreign land descends, willing to fight for the knight."

The witch walked out of the ice coffin, and Xia De kissed the back of her wooden hand:

"Princess, please defeat the powerful enemy for me."

The latter, even in puppet form, could still nod slightly shyly.

The witch puppet walked forward, and the flames that were still continuously spitting automatically parted in front of her. She looked up at the dragon in the air, and after waiting for a moment, a roar that made everyone's soul stiffen for a moment was emitted:

"Roar!"

Orange-red flames were spat out from the witch's mouth, even more ferocious than the dragon's spitting. While the flames directly swallowed the "dragon" in the air, Xia De also went black before his eyes due to excessive consumption, and almost fell down, unable to support himself. Fortunately, Miss Lasers helped him in time.

By the time the flames dispersed, the red dragon witch and the ice coffin had disappeared. The dragon puppet, burned black, fell from the air and landed "heavily" on the floor, bouncing a few times quite comically.

The half-person-high puppet outside the window looked at this scene in a daze. Xia De, helped by Miss Lasers, felt his body was hollowed out, but still sang:

"The red dragon princess from a foreign land helped the knight defeat the evil dragon, the road ahead has been cleared, and at this moment the kidnapped princess is at the high place, the knight and the maid, together with the maid, saved the kingdom and the princess."

Xia De said panting, stood firm with Miss Lasers' help, and said to the "dazed" child puppet outside the window:

"Very exciting, right? So, this puppet show, we won, right?"

The puppet outside the window was clearly shocked by Xia De's seizing the initiative, and Xia De broke free from Miss Lasers' help:

"Go quickly."

He signaled this young lady to take advantage of the puppet outside the window not acting yet to rescue Miss Bernice quickly.

Although very worried about Xia De's current state, Miss Lasers still quickly stepped over the charred "dragon" smoking on the ground and ran toward the golden seat in the depths of the palace, while Xia De continued to talk to the puppet, trying to stall for time.

He himself could recover once he left the venue. As long as he could get Miss Bernice's puppet, even if this Relic didn't actively lift the negative status for the two, Xia De believed there must be other ways to reverse this puppet transformation:

"The hero defeated the dragon and liberated the princess, this puppet show is over! Next is a happy and joyful life!"

Xia De said quite firmly, and the puppet squatting outside the window finally came back to its senses and complained loudly:

"No, it wasn't the hero who defeated the dragon, it was another princess who defeated the dragon! This is unfair, that's not my puppet! You shouldn't let others interfere in our puppet show! Where did that puppet come from? I didn't invite her!"

"No, this is very fair! That is a part of my soul, a princess who descended because of bonds and ties! I didn't let others interfere in our puppet show. And compared to the cliché of a knight rescuing a princess, isn't it more interesting for a princess to rescue a knight and then rescue the princess again?"

Xia De said quite firmly. Because of turning his head to look at the side window, he could only see with his peripheral vision at this moment that Miss Lasers was struggling to untie the chains binding Miss Bernice. And the witch's charming puppet, tied up tightly, looked more interesting the more he looked at it.

To be continued. ===== CHAPTER 1165 =====