Mechanical Alchemist-Chapter 543 - 542: Exploded Again
The battle between the Silver Dragon and the Ten Thousand Mage Corps in the city wouldn’t end anytime soon, and with a high-ranking Medusa also present, Su Lun couldn’t think of any solution for the moment.
For some reason, he suddenly thought of that girl with purple waterfall-like hair and a thought struck him, "If Yekaterina were here, she might be able to solve this problem."
The abilities of an Astrology Mage seemed perfectly suited for this situation.
But now she was already Empress Yekaterina, becoming ever more distant from the friend he remembered.
Thinking of other things, his thoughts became complicated.
Su Lun smacked his lips and dismissed the fleeting thought from his mind.
He no longer considered the matters in the city, sensed Qiandao’s spatial coordinates, solidified his Directed Displacement spell, and vanished from the spot.
...
A hundred kilometers away on a hillside, Su Lun arrived to find the battle already over.
What met his eyes was a scene of utter devastation.
The forest trees had been scorched black by the dragon’s fire breath, flames still burning here and there, and the air was thick with the smell of char.
The ground was littered with gorges left by Thunderous Sword Qi, and large sections of tree stumps bore smooth, clean cuts.
Even more horrifying were the scattered limbs, torn flesh, organs, and heads everywhere...
Warm blood flowed from the mutilated corpses onto the ground, staining the earth blood red.
Swordsmen, inherently inclined towards a fierce martial heart, engaged in particularly bloody combat whenever a fierce battle ensued, inevitably resulting in rivers of blood.
The place appeared as though it had just experienced a major war, presenting a hellish vista.
Thousands of knights along with their dragon mounts had died horrible deaths here.
A few critically wounded dragons still struggled on the ground, whining pitifully, their eyes intermittently glancing towards the lone swordsman in the distance, filled with fear, gradually losing their breath.
When Su Lun arrived, the storm clouds in the sky had just dispersed, and a mist of blood-laden steam rose from the ruins. The sunlight pierced through gaps in the clouds, diminishing the ghastly feeling of being in hell somewhat.
He saw Qiandao, who was leaning against a broken tree stump gasping for breath, and walked over to her.
The gambling-addicted woman had placed her sword across her lap, her right arm out of her wide Sword Dao robe, exposing her shoulders. The bandage wrapped around her chest was mostly dyed red. Visible on her skin were several deep, bone-deep spear wounds, clearly caused by a dragon spear.
Su Lun asked with a slight frown, "Qiandao, are you hurt?"
"Hmm, a small matter,"
Qiandao’s expression showed no trace of pain as she responded indifferently, "There were a few tricky ones in that dragon-rider legion, took a bit more effort to handle."
"..."
Su Lun listened but said nothing.
While Qiandao might have slain these thousand dragon knights alone, it didn’t mean the enemy was not formidable.
A knight legion always had the capability to overwhelm high-level combatants, and well-trained dragon riders posed an even greater threat, especially when they came prepared.
The dangers of the battle were clearly much more severe than her casual tone suggested.
Yet, Su Lun also noticed the Sword Intent that hadn’t fully retracted around Qiandao’s body; it was distinctly more domineering and severe than a few days ago when they had parted, indicating her gains in swordsmanship during her journey through the wilds.
On the ground were two empty potion bottles, indicating a rudimentary treatment of the wounds beforehand.
But for a gambling-addicted woman with her level of medical skill, all she had managed was to pour on some potion.
This type of piercing injury from a combat dragon spear would be difficult to heal rapidly with potions alone.
Su Lun approached Qiandao, his fingers entwined with shimmering threads, directly touching her skin.
As his fingers touched the wounds, threads quickly burrowed into the flesh, stitching it together.
Qiandao leaned comfortably against the stump, finally relaxing her tense nerves.
She exhaled a long breath of turbid air and asked, "How are things on your end?"
Su Lun said, "It’s quite troublesome. The deities from the Divine Realm are currently surrounding that eighth-tier Silver Dragon in the capital, Ecklonsa City. The Gracey royal family has already been overthrown... You also have wounds on your abdomen, remove your clothes a bit."
It wasn’t the first time Su Lun had treated her wounds, and even if it meant being naked together, neither of them felt it inappropriate.
As he treated the wounds, he briefly recounted the recent events.
Qiandao listened silently.
In no time, the Swordsman’s robe was removed, and Su Lun quickly dealt with the bloody, turned-out wounds.
After stitching, he applied a healing potion, and new flesh visibly grew over the wounds.
The stitching from the threads left almost no marks; after wiping the blood off her body, she looked as if she hadn’t been injured at all.
After inspecting her once more and finding no more wounds, Su Lun patted satisfactorily and declared, "There, all done."
Qiandao gave him a glance and grumbled, "Hey, just stitch properly, don’t start feeling around."
Although she complained with her mouth, she did nothing to stop those wandering hands, as if it were already a common occurrence.
Su Lun grinned.
The bandaged chest wrap was soaked with fresh blood, the sticky sensation rather uncomfortable. Qiandao stood up and began undoing the bandage herself.
She didn’t avoid Su Lun as she rustled the bandages off. At the moment, with the Swordsman robe hanging at her waist, the removal of the bandage left her upper body completely uncovered, revealing her majestic chest to the open air.
The sunlight streamed through the clouds, perfectly capturing her gracefully angled profile.
Su Lun could immediately see the clearly defined abdominal muscles and the trembling, charming sight.
He didn’t restrain his gaze at all, looking with interest.
No matter how many times he saw it, he always felt that the gambler’s wife had a unique charm, a kind of heroic beauty that was different from others.
Qian Tiao noticed the straightforward gaze, rolled her eyes, and ignored it, as she was used to it by now.
She then took out a new bandage from her storage ring and started wrapping it around herself.
As she found it slightly cumbersome to apply the bandage herself, Su Lun promptly walked behind her and said, "Let me help you."
Before Qian Tiao could refuse, a pair of hands had already started doing the job.
The next moment, she felt a gentle touch, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. She wanted to say something but swallowed her words.
It was as if speaking wouldn’t help.
It was more like gradually... not disliking it.
At this time, the thunderclouds had cleared, and the sky was blue with white clouds.
Time passed gently.
The sunlight suddenly became bright.
...
On the Eternal Night, Su Lun had also inquired, and there was no big issue.
The numerous dragon knights who went to surround and kill were many, but they had not seen cannons or various high-speed anti-aircraft guns.
Rashly attacking an unfamiliar enemy naturally resulted in them being disgracefully battered by the cannons.
Moreover, on the Eternal Night, people like No. 19, Barrett, and a bunch of Mafa’s mechanical warriors were present, giving them a significant advantage in hand-to-hand combat.
The battle situation there was also nothing to worry about.
Before long, Su Lun had treated Qian Tiao’s wounds, and the two returned to the outskirts of Ecklonsa City.
They wanted to continue observing the battle to see if there was an opportunity to intervene while also observing the methods of the mighty beings of the Divine Realm.
Atop a small hill about ten kilometers outside the city, Su Lun and Qian Tiao used binoculars to watch the distant battle.
"Now, there’s a high-ranking Gorgon in the city, probably not just a seventh-tier, extremely dangerous. It has mastered a very high level of earthly power, and approaching the city rashly will likely lead to being discovered..."
"We need to be extra careful. The leader of the ten-thousand mage group is an eighth-tier celestial named Augustus who has opened the ’Omnipotent Eye’..."
"..."
As they watched, Su Lun explained some important points to keep in mind.
Qian Tiao listened thoughtfully.
The two observed for a while but couldn’t find any opportunity to capitalize on.
The silver dragon was now fighting a desperate battle, and the terrifying shockwaves of battle hardly left any room for even eighth-tier professionals to intervene, let alone anyone else.
In the face of absolute power, this was not a situation that any strategy could reverse.
Watching the battle unfold, it seemed likely that the beings of the Divine Realm would be able to follow their plan and defeat the silver dragon, thus taking full control of the Silver Dragon Kingdom.
Su Lun watched with furrowed brows, never relaxing for a moment.
This was not the scenario he wanted to see.
However, just as he was watching, an unexpected situation suddenly occurred.
The fighting in the city was fierce, but suddenly, more combat noises arose from several miles outside Ecklonsa City.
"Huh... who could be fighting over there?"
Through the shared perspective of a black crow, Su Lun clearly saw that there were obvious signs of battle in the forest to the northwest.
But the suddenness surprised him. At this crucial moment, who would be fighting?
Who with whom?
Considering the burst strength of the fighting spirit just now, it was at least a seventh-tier knight, and it seemed there was more than one.
However, just as these puzzling thoughts arose in his mind, an even more bizarre scene occurred.
The combat noises he had just seen starting suddenly ceased.
"Ended?"
Su Lun’s eyes flickered, and he immediately guessed what had happened.
If it ended as soon as it started, the power disparity between the combatants in that forest must have been vast!
A seventh-tier knight instantaneously killed?
There weren’t many who could achieve that.
For some reason, Su Lun immediately thought of the high-ranking Gorgon he had encountered earlier.
But if it really was the Gorgon, who could be significant enough for it to intercept?
Opportunities were fleeting. Su Lun thought for a moment and then said to Qian Tiao beside him, "Sister Qian Tiao, I’m going to check it out."
Qian Tiao nodded.
...
With a single teleportation, Su Lun had already appeared at the recent battle’s epicenter.
However, he didn’t dare to approach recklessly, stopping several kilometers away instead.
He didn’t even dare stand on the ground and used his spatial ability to float in the air.
Medusa had "Earth Bloodline"; Su Lun avoided any contact with large amounts of earth elements that could be sensed.
He released a black crow, carefully flying it up to a high branch.
The shared vision searched through the gaps between the trees, quickly spotting a group of somber "stone sculptures."
Judging by their attire, this was a group of royal knights, scattered throughout the forest.
They were equipped with fine armor, each in different poses, looking back as if being pursued. The petrified faces were full of terror, as if they had been petrified at the very moment of seeing some horrifying sight.
The crow then followed the direction in which those sculptures seemed to have fled and indeed saw the main force.
This was a group of about two hundred "stone sculptures."
"So it turns out the King of the Silver Dragon Kingdom actually escaped..."
Among the group of stone sculptures, Su Lun immediately recognized the fat man surrounded by guards; he was Gracey the Eighth, the King of the Silver Dragon Kingdom.
The rebels had previously breached the palace, yet this His Majesty the King had managed to escape.
Now, however, all these people had been petrified.
"Where is Helen?"
Seeing these people, Su Lun suddenly realized why Medusa had caught up.
In the group, Helen was nowhere to be seen!
The crow continued to fly forward, but in an inadvertent moment, it seemed to crash into some gray light region.
The wings of the crow stiffened in an instant, turning into a stone bird for the second time and smashing to pieces upon hitting the ground.
But in that moment, Su Lun had seen clearly.
In the forest, a Medusa with a head full of snakes was confronting Helen!
The Medusa, unmistakably the same one he had encountered in the city, suspected to be eighth-tier!
Seeing the last glimpse before the crow petrified, Su Lun was greatly puzzled, "So ’Helen’ and that Medusa are not in league?"
From the vision shared by the crow just now, he could clearly see that their interaction seemed far from cordial.
...
In the distant forest, the shattered crow’s essence reconvened, flapping its wings and taking flight once more.
But this time, it did not head in the same direction to meet its doom; instead, it circled to the back.
In that petrifying moment, Su Lun also discovered what seemed to be Medusa’s "weak spot."
That is, her petrifying gaze had a very small blind spot!
Medusa’s range of vision was extremely wide, her entire head of snakes had eyes, each capturing its visual range.
It was almost a no-dead-angle observation.
This surpassed humans and any other creature
However, Su Lun sharply noticed that the petrifying beams triggered by those snake heads covered all around the body, but there was a very small angular range at the back of her head that wasn’t covered.
The snake heads all faced forward, none could twist backwards.
Su Lun guessed this might be her visual blind spot and thought, "Let’s give it a try!"
He and the crow, communicating through thought, headed directly towards the nearby blind spot.
The crow also could perform spatial teleportation, and it moved without alerting the Medusa, quietly flying past her.
This attempt was indeed correct!
The crow landed on a tree directly behind Medusa’s head, exactly at a conical blind spot of gray light coverage.
Though small, it was sufficient to stand on.
Elated, Su Lun felt he might have discovered a crucial weakness.
Moreover, he also realized that besides visual and earth perception, Medusa’s hearing and smell were not sharp, even comparable to ordinary humans...
It was only because the crow was a phoenix that Su Lun had the opportunity to discover this vulnerability.
Anyone else wouldn’t have had the chance to experiment; one glimpse of Medusa meant death.
The crow stood on the branch, taking everything in sight.
Su Lun finally saw clearly what was happening.
Medusa was controlling Helen with her petrifying light, seemingly extracting a golden energy from her body while muttering some gibberish.
"Oh, my dear sister, do you remember me now? Hahaha, when you recall your beloved sister, the ordeal is deemed a failure..."
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"Don’t blame me. If anyone, blame yourself. No one wants to see a Monster Emperor with awakened Bloodline Power emerge. Oh, I am so fortunate you came to suffer in the human world, otherwise I wouldn’t have had the chance. The Divine Power awakening inside you, just give it to your little sister. Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. You’ll just lose your power and continue to be a beautiful human..."
"..."
The crow, lacking the Omnipotent Eye, couldn’t discern what that "golden energy" was.
But from this situation, Su Lun could clearly see that Medusa was stripping some kind of energy from inside Helen.
Although he didn’t understand what they were saying, it was clear that this human and demon were not allies.
Su Lun guessed that Helen was Queen Medusa from the "Trials."
In the process of the Trials, she would lose her power, endure various hardships, and then be killed, shedding her mortal body.
But now, it seemed that an eighth-order snake-haired demoness did not want to see Helen become Medusa and was now trying to extract the bloodline power from Helen midway?
...
Where there are benefits, there is conflict, envy, and strife—not unusual even among demigod bloodline creatures.
Su Lun realized as he watched the scene unfold that this was internal strife.
He then understood that the snake-haired demoness he had encountered in the forest last time was not after the scepter in his hand but was trying to capture Helen.
At that moment, through the vision of the black crow, he saw the back of the snake-haired demoness’ head, the small snakes writhing, among them five strands of bright golden hair.
"Could this golden hair be that scepter? Has this creature gathered five strands already?"
Su Lun’s eyes twitched slightly at the sight.
Looking back, Helen’s body was gradually showing abnormalities.
More and more golden energy was being extracted. Her clear eyes, which had seemed like a perfect world, were now becoming confused as if her memories were awakening.
As Su Lun watched this scene, thoughts flew through his mind.
A feud among the snake-haired demonesses was a great advantage for him!
An eighth-order snake-haired demoness and a Medusa undergoing her Trials—both were bombs that couldn’t be touched.
However, since this demoness was here, it meant she was absent from the king’s city, right?
A spark of inspiration hit Su Lun, and he immediately thought of something.
Another look, and he had already vanished from the spot.
...
The surroundings changed, and Su Lun was back inside the city.
The battle was still fierce.
Since he had destroyed the spirit-restricting lantern before, the residents of the city had not been restrained and most of those who could had fled the city.
Seeing that there were hardly any people left in the city, Su Lun repeated his earlier trick, summoning another earth elemental zombie wax figure.
The beings from the celestial realm probably never expected Su Lun to dare come a second time.
With that snake-haired demoness present, it would have been foolproof.
But unfortunately for them, Su Lun knew she was busy outside the city and couldn’t be spared.
Even if there were other snake-haired demonesses in the city now, the threat was much less.
A seventh-order snake-haired demoness might not be able to approach him silently.
To be cautious, he wrapped himself with the "Shroud of the Ice Man" to block all his scents.
This way, even if the elemental wax figure was targeted, he would have more chances to escape.
Earth elemental energies swirled, and Su Lun once again submerged underground.
This time he went deeper and was more careful.
Since there were hardly any people left in the city, especially near the nine magic towers, where even the buildings were nearly burnt down by the Dragon’s Breath of the trapped beast silver dragon.
Su Lun had no concerns.
This time, he chose to stop at a depth of about a thousand meters. Very smoothly, he went unnoticed.
He felt a thrill in his heart as he placed the precisely calculated explosives.
The directed blasting power would directly blow the magic tower right above it into the sky!
But just as he lingered for a moment, it seemed as though he was discovered again.
This time, it was not the snake-haired demoness, but a mage from the celestial realm.
However,
by then it was too late to make a discovery.
The explosives had been planted, and those mages from the celestial realm had no ability to disrupt them.
The earth elemental wax figure was struck by a mysterious spell, and its soul collapsed instantly.
But Su Lun had already teleported out of the city.
At the same time, a loud "boom," the entire city shook violently.
The ground cracked and heaved as if some terrifying monster was about to emerge from underneath.
A glance confirmed it as a volcanic eruption, a towering blaze shot up into the sky.
The location of the blaze was right under the magic tower on the southern side of the city.
Because there were enough explosives, in that instant, the entire magic tower was blown out of the ground by the violent shockwave, scattering and flying a hundred meters...
In the royal city of Ecklonsa, a splendid flame erupted once again.
