Symphony for the Insect Princess

"Oh shit!!!!"

Suddenly, there was a curse from the other side. With a loud bang, a blurry human figure was bounced away by Butcher's fist and soon disappeared. There were several blood marks on Butcher's arm, and he looked very angry.

Obviously, the insect people's target is not just Sedroon.

But where did this guy go?

The first time was Sedraon, the second time was Butcher, and the third time—

"Gu——!!!"

A shadow flashed by and crashed straight into Rodrigo! The shield Rodrigo had put on himself in a hurry was broken by the blow. He immediately waved his staff, skipping the weaving of the spell and directly releasing the magic power!

“██████!!”

The insect man realized the impending danger, and the next moment—

The magician's true strength finally became apparent. Even without chanting or other preparation, the rich wood and earth elements materialized instantly! With Rodrigo at its center, a turquoise wave erupted, tangled giant trees, swirling vines, and bizarre flowers… In a flash, the small restaurant was overwhelmed and collapsed under the roar of the small forest that appeared out of nowhere on the second floor!

"Teacher!!!"

"Don't worry, I've already detected that everyone on the first floor has escaped! They won't crush anyone else—"

“But we!!!”

Everyone still on the second floor—Sedroang, Butcher, Qimila, and the students—was engulfed by the small forest! Several boys were hung from a large banyan-like tree, while the girls and Qimila were suspended from vines nearly ten meters above the ground!

"Anyway, you guys should run away first! The farther the better! It should be easy for you to escape from these plants!"

"But this is a plant created by you, the wizard! You can't just destroy it!"

“…………Ah, that’s right.”

Rodrigo touched his head stupidly.

As a wizard, the strength of the plants he created was terrifying, and even high-level magicians or magic warriors would have to spend some effort to create them.

"Tsk, tsk! Then I'll hurry up--"

"There's something wrong with your brain, Four Eyes!!!"

A hard shoe sole slammed into Rodrigo's face. If it weren't for the magic shield, his nose would have been broken. Sedroon grabbed him and yelled in frustration—

"What are you dawdling about, idiot? Get rid of these broken trees!"

"I, this... this can't be harvested just like that! Making a plant wither and making it grow are two different things—"

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!!!"

"But at least all these trees stopped the insect man, right? Look, wasn't it knocked away by the trees at the beginning..."

"You're such a loser, and you're still teaching me? Don't you have any combat experience? This is a small 'forest'! It's the home turf of the bugs!!"

As if in response to Sedroon's roar, the nearby trees suddenly shattered, and two figures rushed out! One was Butcher, his body covered with more than a dozen scratches, and the other was naturally the insect man! It looked completely unharmed!

“██████!!!”

"Damn bastard!!!"

Spiral magic patterns coalesced around his caged hand, and with a single punch, a vortex of magical energy erupted, shredding a dozen large trees! But the insect-man moved like a ghost, dodging and evading with dazzling movements, fully utilizing the reflections of the grass, trees, earth, and rocks to create a fluid, almost ethereal motion! Butcher roared, and the giant red magic hands reappeared, leaving ten scarlet claw marks. But the insect-man instantly swerved sideways and slipped through the gaps in the marks!

“███!!!!”

The insect-man closed in, launching a punch, and Butcher immediately met it with a punch! The blows collided, and Butcher's body shook—the insect-man's punches were incredibly powerful! But he wasn't to be outdone. Concentrated magic power flowed through his blood, flowing into his caged hand. Blood veins glowed brightly, and like an extension of his hand, he clawed at the insect-man's flank! However, with a clang, the insect-man paused briefly, leaving a few white marks on its flank, but otherwise unharmed!

Whoosh! ! !

“—Holy shit!?”

The insect man suddenly spun around, and Butcher ducked down at the critical moment, just in time to avoid the insect man's scorpion tail! The spike at the end of the tail pierced a tree over twenty meters tall. In less than three seconds, the tree was reduced to a pool of stinking water!

Extremely poisonous!

"Don't interfere with my fight!!!"

Sedroon suddenly attacked from the side, slashing with her greatsword, but the insect-man blocked it with one hand! At the same time, the scorpion swung its tail and turned to stab her! However, Sedroon was prepared. The moment the poisonous stinger struck, the greatsword in her hand suddenly split in two, and even the hilt was broken into two pieces, the original huge sword became a pair of broad-bladed long swords!

when! ! ! ! !

The separated long sword blocked the scorpion's tail, and the stinger pierced the blade without causing any damage.

"████!?"

——Instead, the insect man screamed and took several steps back. The poison needle that originally flashed with cold light turned into a charred black, and there was a tendency for it to melt!

"Will et longulus Der Zerstorer Psuju otricu!"

The moment the chant (in Dragon Language) was completed, the two blades were coated in a layer of orange-red magma and liquid fire elementalism. The exploding heat wave instantly withered the small forest! Droplets of magma, filled with fiery magic, dripped onto the ground, instantly burning the dried grass and trees to ash, and the floor tiles were melted, leaving pits one after another!

"Not bad, you bastard! I thought my Crucible Edge would roast you like a skewer, but it only destroyed your stinger. But you won't be so lucky next time, because..."

Sedroon raised her two swords, leaving a series of afterimages of tongues of fire in the air, while a strange magical power emanated from her whole body.

Completely different from the magic she had used before, this magic was so powerful that it was visible to the naked eye. From a distance, it looked like overlapping scarlet and pitch-black flames, full of ominous fluctuations.

"...The fun is over now, I'm going to get serious."

"Don't steal the spotlight, bitch! That's my line!"

Butcher also stood up. At this time, hideous blood marks were all over his body, and the pressure he released was even higher than before.

“██████… … ”

The insect man also sensed the danger. It leaned down and stared at the two men with its eight eyes.

After rescuing the students in the distance, De Broglie also began to chant in a low voice, ready to attack as soon as the insect man moved.

A war spirit, a magician, and a very powerful magician and warrior, working together to fight a monster.

At this time-

"Dae'UhlNer'mah·SalokZhakulZerashk·Sha-a'zul du templari·Anht zagatir nas!"

A sudden chant echoed, followed by a dazzling silver light overhead! The moment the insect man looked up, a myriad of starlight beams descended upon him!

Chapter 40 Leaving

A sudden chant erupted, followed by a dazzling silver light overhead! The instant the insect man looked up, a myriad of starlight beams descended upon him! The blinding light blinded everyone around him. Sedroon and Butcher immediately shielded their eyes and stepped away, while the insect man was completely enveloped in the beam!

Boom boom boom boom!!!!

A series of roars shook the earth. Sedroon, having distanced himself, peered up at the sky through the cracks in his eyelids—only to see a massive magic circle appear in the sky. It lacked traditional elements like spells, but instead consisted of constantly flowing points of light, as if—

"...Star map? The chanting of star language? Is this astrological magic?" Sedroon muttered, his tone full of dissatisfaction.

Astrological magic has always been known for being time-consuming to prepare and extremely powerful. The person who came here was able to construct this not-so-small star map in a short period of time, and was able to cast magic at noon when the stars could not be seen. He had at least reached the level of a magician.

At this moment, the falling starlight finally dissipated. Since all the energy was concentrated on the insect people, the scope of the damage caused was not large.

And the insect people——

"███..."

Half of its body was stuck in the soil and rocks, and it let out a painful roar.

The half of the body exposed was obviously injured, with many cracks on the shell. In some places, the shell was completely peeled off to reveal the flesh underneath. One of the tentacles was broken, and even the light in the eight eyes was dimmed.

Seeing this, even Butcher and de Broglie in the distance couldn't help but click their tongues.

They knew how terrifying the insect man's defense was. The hardness of its shell could easily defeat most magical tools, but it was still severely damaged. It was worthy of being called a "natural forbidden spell" by the astrological magic. Even if it was not fully activated during the day, it could still have such power.

"Everyone!!"

A young female voice came from above. On the top of a tall building adjacent to here, a young woman with long silver-white hair was holding up a staff and shouting to the people below.

"Please cooperate with me to stop it, and I'll fire another shot!"

Butcher frowned. He recognized the woman. She was the second-in-command of the Pantheon's investigation team, the mage "Starfall" Stella Gondel. In some ways, she was the most influential, receiving more respect within the Pantheon than even the Grand Mage. After all, she was not only a brilliant and gifted mage, but also—

“██████!!!”

The insect man let out a piercing howl, pulling himself out of the earth and rocks and shooting straight into the sky! It was like an indestructible cannonball, and wherever its sharp claws passed, it seemed as if even space was cut apart! Stella was also shocked. She had underestimated the insect man's physical strength and thought she had already inflicted decisive damage to it, but unexpectedly—

“███—█!?”

The insect-man suddenly paused, and vines stretched out from below, wrapping around its feet and pulling it downward! With a swift swipe of its scorpion tail, the vine was instantly split in two. However, more new shoots emerged from the broken surface, and in an instant, they once again wrapped around its ankles!

On the ground, the bespectacled man—Rodrigo—muttered something to himself as turquoise vines continuously emerged from the ground around him, swarming towards the insect-man! While wood elemental magic suffers from a lack of attack power and explosive power, it's the world's strongest in terms of restraint and control!

“Thank you!!!”

Stella breathed a sigh of relief. As someone who majored in astrological magic, she was like a long-range turret, with immense power and a very long range, but her reload speed and melee ability were extremely poor. However, as long as the target was fixed, there was no possibility of failure!

“Aruu nal adannuwo fwaa!”

The chanting of the Star Guide was elegant and long, as melodious as a beautiful canto. Several points of light representing stars on the sky map connected in pairs, forming a complex geometric pattern, from which a condensed mass of starlight suddenly fell!

Rumble rumble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The loud noise of the collision could be heard across half the city. A silver-white beam of light shot straight into the sky, and stardust-like light particles scattered everywhere. In the midst of this—

"Did you make it……"

Butcher released magic power to disperse the light particles that interfered with his vision and looked towards the center of the explosion, but a figure suddenly jumped out!

“█████████!!!!!!”

Bug man!

"how!?"

"Varied--"

Butcher was shocked, and so was Stella—he'd been hit head-on by two rounds of mage-level astrology magic, and he wasn't dead yet!?

But it definitely wasn't feeling well either. It was completely transformed at that moment. Its shell was gone, its body had shrunk, and its strangely structured red and black muscles were completely exposed. A colorful and disgusting liquid was oozing out of its wounds...

"Shelling!? Holy crap!!!"

Butcher spat fiercely. The insect man, who had escaped by shedding his shell, was clearly panicking and rushed towards him with his severely injured body! The insect man's strength relied largely on the defensive power of its shell and its own agility. Now it was no match for Butcher or Cedroon!

"Don't even try to escape!!!"

Blood shone brightly on his caged hand, and Butcher's right fist seemed to pierce through space, fiercely branding the insect man's chest! The insect man let out a strange cry, staggered and was about to duck down to escape, but Butcher stretched out his left hand and grabbed its arm tightly, preventing it from escaping again!

"Checkmate, you bastard!"

A vortex of magical power filled Butcher's entire right arm, and he swung another punch, landing on the insect man's ugly head! Without the protection of the shell, and with Butcher holding his arm so that he couldn't dodge, this punch was enough to smash its upper body into pieces!

however--

“——███!!!”

The insect man let out another strange cry, and at the same time, there was a snapping sound at his shoulder. His body suddenly dodged to the side, just avoiding Butcher's fatal blow! He actually severed an arm to escape capture!

"Holy shit!?"

Butcher was stunned for a moment, then immediately reached for the insect man. However, a long barb suddenly emerged from the insect man's remaining arm, piercing through his magic armor and stabbing his hand! Taking advantage of this gap, the insect man punched through the street ground, revealing the underground drainage pipes of Kasol City.

"Stop right there, ma'am!!!"

The scorching blade fell from the sky, exploding the moment it hit the ground! Butcher was blown away by the blast, and everything around him was reduced to ash in the intense heat, even the bricks and stones were melted into magma!

……

……

Sedraon pulled the Flame Blade out of the ground, looked down at the ground, and sighed.

"...I was a step too slow, and he ran away into the sewer, damn it!"

"Uh... everyone," Rodrigo walked over, scratching his head, looking apologetic. "When it was drilling underground, I used the seeds that had sunk underground to create a barrier to block it, but it couldn't stop it. It drilled down too fast..."

"""..."""

Everyone was speechless.

Four powerful wizards/war spirits were unable to stop a single insect.

"Tsk... I was just careless for a moment. If I had been serious from the beginning..." Sedroon smacked his lips in dissatisfaction, looking very unhappy.

"Well, Miss, there's no need to blame yourself. That insect man is about our level in terms of strength. If he really wants to escape, it would be really difficult to stop him."

"Huh? What do you mean by 'our level'? I'm a lot better than you bastards, okay?"

"Uh……"

the other side--