nagpurpolice Chapter 551 Emergency Rescue
Chapter 551 Emergency Rescue
"Run!"
"I...I...I'm already doing my best, I'm already going full speed ahead!"
The free-range chicken sprinted forward, tucking its wings as close to its sides as possible to reduce air resistance, barely managing to keep up with the iris flower's magically enhanced run.
As the young mage ran, she turned back to cast spells, unleashing fireballs, lightning bolts, and various other magics at her pursuers. The once silent Fox Gate erupted with a series of crackling and booming sounds, as if celebrating the New Year, creating a lively atmosphere.
But only the iris that made all this noise knew that this was definitely not a "show" - it was a sign that the firepower output was starting to decline and that the third-tier spells were running out!
"They seem to be getting more and more resilient," the iris muttered to herself.
Another fireball was launched, exploding on the leading black shadow as expected. However, it seemed unaffected as it emerged from the fireball, only turning to ashes and disappearing when a second fireball struck its face.
When we first met them, one fireball was enough to take them down. Now we need two. Will it eventually escalate to the point where even three or four fireballs might not be enough to defeat them?
What should we do next?
With Sasha in tow, they continued running through this place—whether dream or mental imagery—while the pursuing shadows grew stronger and stronger until their fireballs were utterly ineffective against them, and then...
No, if this continues, Sasha will be in danger. We must find a way to escape from here.
"Fifth-order technique, [Anonymous - Ring of Flames]."
The spell was cast, and the iris planted a blazing ring of flames at the crossroads behind it, instantly burning away any shadows that tried to pass through it.
The shadows, capable of withstanding a third-tier spell, were utterly powerless against a fifth-tier spell. They could only manage two or three steps within the fiery ring before being incinerated. In an instant, the pursuers behind them were almost completely wiped out, leaving only the pungent smell of burning fire and the faint roars of the shadows as they were burned in the alley.
"Huff, huff, oh... I'm so tired, so exhausted...!"
The winged girl, panting heavily, leaned against a collapsed rubble by the roadside to stand up. She glanced back at the shadows roaring in the flames, her face showing a look of horror and fear. She shrank her neck into her wings, trying to hide behind the iris as if she had found a savior.
"What exactly are they?" Sasha pressed.
"……I have no idea."
Iris honestly shook her head, then gulped down another mouthful of blueberry-flavored mana potion. The previously weakened Flame Ring burst into flames again, forcefully halting the Shadows' pursuit.
"But judging from their fearless appearance, these guys are definitely not good people."
"We need to find a way to escape from here... If we delay any longer, my magic probably won't be able to suppress them."
"Iris said, and Sasha didn't dare to say a word."
Everything before her eyes was beyond the realm of common sense she could comprehend, entering a state she couldn't grasp no matter how hard she tried:
He was sleeping soundly in bed when he opened his eyes and found himself in this strange, dilapidated Fox Gate. Before he could figure out what was going on, he was chased by a group of shadow legions that looked dangerous and frightening, and he fled all over the city in a panic.
But that wasn't the end of it—halfway through the run, feeling too tired to run anymore, he tried to fly to escape his pursuers, only to find that he couldn't fly long distances. So he had to settle for a safer-looking high-rise ruin to rest for a while. As a result, he bumped into someone who looked somewhat familiar. His tense nerves were touched, and he was so scared that he kept panting. He only calmed down after confirming that the other person was someone he knew.
As for the subsequent moments of the mage's solo crushing of the Shadow Legion, the exciting and thrilling spell bombardment and Legion pursuit, and the most terrifying ground chicken marathon for the winged people... all of these seem relatively less important.
"...Little bird."
The iris suddenly called out.
Sasha took a moment to realize that this was the code name Hyacinth used to call her during their adventure at the Gate of Fox Virtue. It sounded quite cute, so she simply accepted it as their nickname.
"Did you see anything like an exit on your way here?" Iris asked.
"Exits... do damaged ports near the sea count? I saw one when I flapped my wings and flew up, but many ships had sunk, and I didn't see anything that could still sail." Sasha shook her head.
"It seems that going by water is not an option. But over at the city gate, there's a secret waterway leading out of the city. Perhaps we could also climb down the city wall..."
The young mage muttered to herself, trying to come up with a way to escape from this place.
Their gazes remained fixed on the Shadow Legion, which was being scorched by flames.
Their numbers seemed endless. Even though the ring of fire had been burning for more than a minute, the Shadow Legion showed no signs of decreasing in number. Instead, they became more and more resistant to the fire and were almost able to pass through the entire ring. Through the wall of fire, one could even see their gaping, black mouths.
...This seems a bit bad. If they continue like this, the Flame Rings will probably soon be unable to stop them from advancing.
Sasha also noticed that the shadows were becoming increasingly resistant to heat. Her heart, which had been half relieved, jumped back into her throat. She gently clutched the iris-patterned mage robe in front of her and whispered:
"They...they seem to be about to burst out of the ring of fire—"
Almost exactly as Sasha had said, before her words had even traveled far, the first black figure to rush through the ring of flames shrieked and charged forward!
"Watch out! Run!"
Iris was focused on maintaining the ring of flames and, in her haste, didn't have time to retract her staff. She hurriedly called out to Sasha to run away quickly.
But the leader of the shadowy figures moved with extreme speed, and in the blink of an eye, he had already pounced into the air and leaped towards the winged girl!
broken.
The iris only had time to mutter this to herself before instinctively trying to cast a spell to stop the shadow's attack, but it was too late.
Its pounce left a trail of dark, misty shadows, closing in on Sasha in a mere instant. Just as it was about to swoop down and tear the terrified, screaming winged girl to shreds—
"Ninth-Order Technique"
"【Bigby's Crushing Palm】"
A giant, semi-transparent hand appeared out of thin air.
It caught the winged girl who screamed and fell to the ground, pulled away the young mage who was frozen in place and unable to move because the spell had been stopped, and with its other hand it slapped the black shadow that was rushing towards it, crushing it into ashes in an instant.
Before Iris could even confirm who had used such a powerful spell, another surge of magic swept up from behind her, and the sky suddenly turned gloomy and dark. Four meteorites trailing scorching tails fell from the sky!
"Ninth-Order Technique"
"[Anonymous - Meteor Storm]"
Iris witnessed this earth-shattering explosion firsthand:
As the meteors crashed to the ground, the entire Fox Gate was shaken and trembled under the bombardment of the four meteors. The mage tower, which had been broken in two in the distance, was further damaged by the falling debris.
The sky seemed to be ignited by the trail of flames, and the buildings where the meteorite struck were instantly reduced to ashes. The shadows that tried to break through the ring of flames were also crushed into dust. A single spell completely leveled everything around them, leaving only ruins.
"We've finally found you two! How are you? Are you hurt?"
A familiar voice came from behind. Iris turned around and saw the golden fox wrapped in a mage's robe. She was sitting on the giant's shoulder, maintaining her semi-transparent hands. The stone giant trotted over to the two of them and gently placed the fox mage on its shoulder in front of Iris and Sasha.
The two looked at the golden-haired fox girl in front of them, who had her hands on her hips.
"Heart Moon Fox? What are you doing here? Could it be that you really created this place...?"
"Bang!" "Ouch!"
A translucent hand suddenly reached out to Iris and gently flicked her forehead.
"What are you talking about? I finally managed to pinpoint your exact location, and it took me ages to get here to support you. And what do you do? I helped you crush your pursuers with a meteorite, and you're telling me this was my doing?"
The young mage rubbed her aching forehead, and after hearing what Xin Yuehu said, her doubts deepened.
Xin Yuehu said that she didn't do this, which means that the situation he just encountered wasn't her prank? But this Fox Virtue Gate was indeed Xin Yuehu's creation, and even though it's become so dilapidated, it's hard for him to believe that this place has absolutely nothing to do with the little fox in front of him.
It's like you go to a friend's house for dinner today, and when you walk in, you find that a murder has happened. You just called the police, and your friend appears behind you and whispers, "This has nothing to do with me, don't blame me..."
That's roughly the meaning that these long and complex sentences are trying to express.
"I have a feeling you're thinking something very impolite." The golden-haired fox girl's swaying tail suddenly stopped moving, and she narrowed her eyes, staring at the iris with a subtle look.
"No, no, I wasn't thinking about those things."
The fair-skinned young mage awkwardly scratched her cheek and quickly changed the subject:
"Since you say you're here to help, what exactly happened in this mental world? And what about those monsters?"
"Good question, I don't know," the fox spirit answered decisively, without the slightest hesitation.
Iris and Sasha exchanged a glance. If there were orc tails in front of them, they would probably be bent into a big question mark behind them by now.
"Don't look at me like that. I really don't know what happened here," the golden-haired fox girl repeated, to prove that she wasn't wrong.
"What the hell... How did my perfectly good Fox Gate become like this... Was this place completely bombed by an artillery battalion? I don't remember ever setting up this place like this..."
The fox girl quickly began to mutter to herself.
"I've also torn the mage tower in half, and what are these monsters emerging from the shadows? Oh well, I have something very important to tell you—"
"——————"
An unexpected heavy burden fell on my shoulders.
Iris quickly braced herself on her staff and knelt on the ground. The gravity around her body seemed to increase several times in an instant, and painful creaking sounds came from all parts of her body.
Everything around was pressed to the ground, the air became thick and viscous, and the sand and gravel tumbled on the ground. Some of them even gradually cracked and shattered in the tremors, being crushed into countless tiny dust particles.
The staff in his hand gradually could not withstand the violent and surging pressure on him, and was gradually bent and deformed, almost breaking off.
"What! What happened?!" Xin Yuehu exclaimed in astonishment.
While the iris could barely hold on, Sasha beside her was completely unable to resist the sudden increase in gravity:
The winged girl was crushed to the ground by the immense pressure. As a winged person, she was not good at physical combat. Her entire bird was pinned to the ground and flapped around. She struggled to stand up, but she couldn't support her body at all.
"So heavy... my whole body feels so heavy... I can't breathe..."
"Iris! Little bird! What's wrong with you two!?"
Xin Yuehu seemed completely unaffected by this gravity; she only saw the two people in front of her suddenly pressed to the ground by some invisible force, unable to move.
But the moment she reached out to support the young mage, a heavy pressure descended upon her—thankfully, the giant statue behind her caught her in time, preventing the golden fox from being crushed on the spot.
"Ugh!"
"This feeling is... rejection...?"
"No, this should be... should be worse than rejection..."
Xin Yuehu looked up at the sky.
Those eyes, like molten gold, still hung high in the sky, watching everything on the ground. No other emotion could be seen in those burning eyes, and it was even impossible to tell whether they were inside this world or above the heavens.
The gaze of Garuda.
"It noticed us, damn it!"
"Grab my hand! This is my only chance!" The golden-haired fox girl reached out to the two of them and shouted loudly.
Iris Flower didn't have time to think anymore and decisively reached out to grasp the fox girl's outstretched hand. The winged person Sasha, who was lying on the ground, also did her best to lift her heavy wings and put her wing arm in the fox girl's palm.
The three figures vanished in an instant, and the slender, dark figures that had surged forward like a tide lost their target, standing there blankly, making no move.
High in the sky, golden eyes fixed on the spot where the three figures had disappeared. For the first time, a certain look appeared in those eyes.
A look of thoughtfulness.