Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 135: The Holy Hammer is Attacked
Wearing a white and purple hood, Holy Hammer walked slowly on the commercial street in the central city.

The road of the commercial street is paved with bluestone slabs, and ancient runes are engraved on each slab. They flicker with a faint blue light in the moonlight. Whenever someone walks by, the slab will light up with a brighter blue light, illuminating the surroundings.

On both sides of the street are rows of houses built with magic stones. Their exterior walls are covered with dense vines and exotic flowers. These plants seem to be alive, and if you listen carefully, you can even hear their whispers.

The windows of magic shops are filled with all kinds of strange magical items, and wizards wearing colorful robes and holding wands are walking back and forth on the streets.

From time to time, some cute little pets would leisurely walk by the street corner. Right now, there was a talking cat and a winged dragon walking in front of the Holy Hammer.

Although the Disaster of Flesh and Blood happened two weeks ago, the red moon hanging high in the sky is still the focus of heated discussions among wizards.

“That night I saw with my own eyes rows of dark elves riding black lizards running out of the dark alleys.

When those lizards ran, even the shadows around them shook as they ran, looking like water waves.

I guarantee with my grandfather's butt that will never have hemorrhoids that those dark elves are definitely loyal believers of the Dark Dragon. Only the believers of the Dark Dragon can manipulate darkness so skillfully. That terrible red moon and the strange creatures that appeared on the street must be the followers of the Dark Dragon!
War, this is war! Those black-haired dark elves in the dungeon have declared war on us in this way, we must fight back! "

"Calm down, old friend. I understand your feelings about losing your brother, but the City Lord's Mansion has already issued a notice. This matter has nothing to do with the dungeon. It is the mercenaries of the Holy See."

"Impossible! This is the cowardice of the Cowardly City Lord. She is covering up the truth and causing our residents to die in vain! I will go to President Mahir, I will go to Rainbow City, to the Senate of Nine Ring Magicians, and report it to the central government. I will report it to the central government!"

Holy Hammer's ears vibrated slightly, and the discussions in the streets and alleys and various residential buildings flowed into his ears like water. A lot of tedious information was filtered, sorted, collected and summarized in his mind, forming an even more complicated information framework.

Finally, Holy Hammer lowered his eyes slightly, and in his mind, pictures kept emerging.

The bloody nun holding two knives ran and jumped on the roof, flying through the moonlight like a bird; the dark elf lizard cavalry loomed in the shadows. When they moved, there was no fire and light, but the poison and darkness that were ten thousand times more dangerous than fire and light followed their actions and spread wantonly in the most hidden corners of this city...

Relying only on the few words of passers-by and his observation of the surrounding traces, Holy Hammer replayed the dark elves' arrangements that night in his mind almost exactly, as if he had been there in person that night.

"Sure enough, Xingge concealed a lot of information. These dark elves were able to send such a large force into the Travel City, so there must be someone to support them.

If no one had covered for them, they would have been discovered by the travel city's defense magic circle long ago.

Someone is plotting against Xingge and wants her to fall.

Humph... No wonder the Grand Chancellor suddenly canceled his original visit plan and returned from Death Valley. Targeting Xingge is targeting the Grand Chancellor. No matter who is behind this, the Grand Chancellor will not let them go easily.

I'm afraid it will be another bloody storm. I can already smell the scent of fire and swords."

Thinking of this, Holy Hammer looked towards the direction of the City Lord's Mansion in confusion.

"According to common sense, the Holy See is indeed the first suspect in such a situation. However, the Holy See's stigmata shackles were just stopped by Richard. Given their conservative and cautious style, they should not send out continuous attacks to forcefully target Xingge.

Unless they are deliberately provoking the Grand Chancellor and want to start a second Broken Staff War. That would be too crazy."

"Holy Hammer."

Just as Holy Hammer was thinking, suddenly, a voice that made him a little scared rang in his ears.

"Senior sister." Shengchui bowed his head and replied. Although he was four years older than Xingge, he did not dare to be disrespectful to Xingge. Xingge entered the sect earlier and her strength was much stronger than his.

As a fellow disciple, he had fought Xingge many times, but never won. He knew better than anyone that Xingge's talent in magic was all-round and there was almost no flaw. Even his proud fighting skills were suppressed by Xingge.

"Just check whatever needs to be checked, don't take it too seriously."

Xingge's voice transmission made Shenghammer feel helpless.

"This... Senior Sister, the teacher gave me a task. You know the teacher's temper. If I don't find out something, my life will be very difficult."

"You are still so stupid. I didn't say that you can't investigate, I just told you not to take it too seriously. You only need to investigate five out of ten clues. The bloody disaster has little to do with you, and I don't want to involve you and the teacher."

Sheng Hammer was keenly aware of Xingge's implication, and he immediately said, "Senior Sister, do you have a clue? Have you told the teacher?"

"I know my limits. Now is not the right time. Take that red-haired idiot who is underdeveloped except for his lower body and check it out quickly and go back quickly. The waters of the Travel City are too deep for you to control."

Sheng Hammer was silent for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Senior Sister, I have received your warning."

"I have to tell you one thing. Be careful when you investigate with the red-haired idiot. Protect yourself. Don't die in my territory, or I will have trouble explaining to the teacher."

"Haha. Senior sister, you are really a joker. With my and my junior brother's strength, unless you do it yourself, no one can kill us in the Travel City."

"Haha. Laughing? Is it funny? If you know this, wouldn't the people who want to kill you not know it? The people behind the Flesh and Blood Disaster are much more powerful than you think. Their courage is also far beyond your imagination.

In my opinion, if you were killed, I would be the first suspect. When the teacher investigated me and ruled me out as a suspect, the murderer would have already run away.

I have warned you not to look too deeply into the matter, but if you insist, there is nothing I can do.

You may not want to listen to my advice, but don't die here and cause me trouble, do you hear me?"

"I understand, Senior Sister."

After Holy Hammer finished answering, Xingge fell silent. He waited for a moment, and when he was sure that Xingge had nothing else to say, he took the cross from his back and smashed it hard on the ground.

Shengchui plans to listen to the advice and join Shi Ensheng in the fight.

Circles of ripples spread deep underground, continuously transmitting information about the surrounding terrain to the Holy Hammer's mind.

He immediately saw the little light man who was roaming around in the magic network looking for him.

"Hmm? Junior Brother and Richard have finished their investigation so quickly? Well, since Senior Sister has spoken, I should go over."

The Holy Hammer patted the cross, and the eye pattern in the center of the cross suddenly opened. The world around the Holy Hammer was captured by the light emitted by the eye. In front of the Holy Hammer, the whole world gradually turned gray.

At that moment, the Holy Hammer escaped from the real world into the world between shadow and reality - the Gray World.

This is a world without any color, the world where the raw materials of gray steel come from. The Holy Hammer pulled up the huge cross of truth, used his magic power to reach out to the void, and caught a light man running around in his hand.

"Take me to find your master, little guy." The Holy Hammer pinched the light man, and the light man howled and moved twice, then disappeared on the spot.

Shi Ensheng in the distance had already released the recall magic, calling the light man back to his side. A long glowing trail appeared in the gray world, pointing the way for the holy hammer.

The Holy Hammer took a step forward and followed this trajectory across space, teleporting to the location where the little light man was recalled.

Next, he only needs to take one step forward to leave the gray world, return to reality and appear next to Richard and the others.

But such a simple task could not be accomplished by the Holy Hammer at this time.

He never expected that an ordinary teleportation to the gray world would actually teleport him into an encirclement of monsters!
At this time, a large group of terrifying shield-shaped shadow monsters surrounded the Holy Hammer. In the distance, there were dozens of shadow monsters that could attack from a distance, throwing dark magic balls at him.

"Beast, courting death!"

Holy Hammer was anxious and frowned. He smashed the Cross of Truth in his hand with all his strength! The huge cross in his hand shone brightly, and marks representing magic quickly appeared on the cross.

If Richard were here, he would be shocked. That giant cross that could kill people turned out to be the magic book of the Holy Hammer!
In a flash, a pure white magic barrier appeared out of thin air, blocking the Holy Hammer and intercepting all the flying shadow balls.

【Shield of Truth

Level 4 Magic/Air/Mana: 35
Effect: Summons a shield that will automatically remember the next attack it receives and become completely immune to identical attacks of the same type for a certain period of time.

Up to three different attacks can be recorded. 】

Richard called the Shield of Truth "the same move will not work twice on a Saint Seiya", and it is a very excellent defensive magic.

No matter whether it is magic or physical attack, once it is recorded by the Shield of Truth, it cannot cause harm to the protected person again.

Relying on its strong physique, the Holy Hammer took a hit from a shadow ball. Then the white shield of truth quickly took effect and swallowed up all the other shadow balls.

With the help of the invincible time protected by the Shield of Truth, the Holy Hammer quickly observed the surroundings.

The shadow monsters that were approaching and surrounding him had no limbs or facial features. They only had a scallop-shaped body and a shield-shaped head. They were dark gray all over, and their bodies looked a bit like solid cement.

The Holy Hammer searched in his mind and soon recognized that this was a very troublesome monster living in the Shadow Realm and the Gray Realm. The mages gave it the scientific name [Gray Shield], and they have a tricky special skill called [Shield Counter].

When they take damage, a violent shock wave is generated, causing damage and knocking back the source of the damage.

For a magic assassin like Holy Hammer with extremely high damage, it is quite difficult for him to deal with monsters with thick skin and flesh that rely on counterattack to deal damage.

Behind [Gray Shield] were the monsters that threw shadow balls at the Holy Hammer. They looked like headless babies, with huge and bloated bodies but extremely slender hands and feet. Black flames were wrapped around their bodies, and they were accumulating strength to launch new shadow bombs.

This is a shadow creature called [Embrace of Darkness], which is often dispatched together with [Gray Shield] and has excellent long-range attack capabilities. Once they enter combat mode, the number of shadow bullets released in each attack will increase rapidly.

The mage fights with magic, while the Dark Embrace fights with life. The Dark Embrace releases shadow balls at the cost of one's own health, and often attacks and attacks, and will kill oneself.

If you leave [Dark Embrace] alone, their output will become higher and higher, and they can often kill their targets before they die.

Holy Hammer immediately realized that this was a killing spree targeting him.

"My output methods are mainly single-target damage, and I lack area damage that can deal with a large number of monsters. Even the few area damage magics I have cannot specify the casting range.

If I use my area magic, it will definitely affect the group of gray shields blocking the Dark Embrace. The damage reflected by the gray shields will definitely seriously injure me.

But if I don't use area magic, but single-target magic, I will be too slow to deal with Dark Embrace, and once the Shield of Truth disappears, my other defensive magic will not be able to protect me.

Dark Embrace and Ash Shield are not common monsters in the Ash Realm. They usually only appear in the high-level monster area in the depths of the Ashes, and rarely appear in groups.

My teleportation point happened to be in the encirclement of these monsters. How could it be such a coincidence?

This must be a trap set by someone who knows my abilities and wants to kill me."

Sheng Hammer immediately thought of Xingge's hint. The attack came as expected.

"If it was me a month ago, this would have been a bit of a hassle. But I'm sorry, I'm not the same person anymore."

"If fate is unfortunate, you should not pray to God, but hold the blade of truth in your hand and cut off your fate!"

The Holy Hammer raised the Cross of Truth in his hand high, turned the cross into the Sword of Truth, and slashed down into the void!
In an instant, an invisible sword energy appeared in front of the Holy Hammer, and it forcibly cut through the Gray Realm! The Holy Hammer took a step forward, returned to reality, and forcibly cut off the connection between itself and the Gray Realm!
"Hoohoo!"

"Wow!" Shi Ensheng was shocked to see Sheng Chui suddenly appear beside him, holding his knees and breathing heavily. "Brother Chui, what happened to you?"

"Be careful, there are enemies!" Holy Hammer straightened up and shouted loudly: "I was attacked in the Gray Realm."

Shi Ensheng's eyes focused, and he immediately unfolded a magic circle under his feet. Elemental spirits of various colors jumped out of the magic circle and spread out in all directions.

After a moment, the expression on Shi Ensheng's face changed from serious and nervous to doubtful. After a while, the expression on his face turned into complete confusion.

He looked at Holy Hammer suspiciously and asked, "Brother Hammer, there are no enemies around. I also checked the Gray Realm, there is nothing there, it's empty."

"Empty? How is that possible? I was just surrounded by a large group of Gray Shields and Dark Embraces." Holy Hammer tore open his clothes and pointed at his chest and said, "My chest was hit by a Shadow Ball."

"But there's nothing on your chest." Richard pointed at Holy Hammer's chest in confusion.

"Hmm?" Holy Hammer looked down and his eyes suddenly became confused.

Just as Richard said, his chest was empty, without a single scar.

"Illusion magic?" Holy Hammer's pupils shrank, and he was extremely horrified: "Impossible, I am immune to mind control magic, who can use illusion magic to affect me?"

(End of this chapter)