Symphony for the Insect Princess

"Soul refining."

“Uh ...

Charlotte didn't know what she had done to Ailian's soul, but a heart-wrenching burning pain instantly swept through Ailian's body! It was as if every organ in her body had turned into a blazing furnace, and even her blood vessels had turned into magma, burning her body and mind!

"I told you, right? The winner is decided, now you—"

“Shut up… Shut up!!!”

A part of my soul has been captured by her.

It's no use running to the ends of the earth.

We have to make a quick decision and kill this woman right now, at this moment!

Do whatever it takes!!!

“morkrets herre du

Folk for att be for dig, den har kroppen..."

The spell chanted in the Darkin language was like a song coming from the depths of the earth, ancient, heavy, and sad. As the chanting continued, Ailian's skin decomposed into dark particles at a speed visible to the naked eye and merged into the shadow realm.

“fodd i morker,，begravd i

morker och skugga, kom! ”

All the shadows in the shadow zone rose into the air, curling and entwining, forming a black shadow tornado! Everything around them, the wreckage of buildings, corpses, and fleeing passers-by were all sucked into it and swallowed by the black hole at the center of the tornado!

"How...Necromancer?"

Ailian grinned grimly. Her clothes were almost completely torn, and the exposed skin looked like it was burned. This magic was a heavy burden on her.

"The Shadow Feast can continuously devour everything it touches, growing over time. In less than a minute, it will be large enough to engulf half the city! Even if you—"

"Dark Devouring Spirit."

However, Charlotte just muttered something in a low voice, and a gust of cold wind completely different from the shadow tornado swirled above her head, forming a misty ice-blue skull in an instant.

The skull opened its mouth wide, and deep inside the huge mouth was a bottomless whirlpool.

Whoosh! ! !

The shadow tornado that had just been born immediately became weak under the suction of the skull, and scattered into countless shadow streams that were sucked into the skull's mouth. In just a few seconds, nothing was left, leaving only a devastated block.

The skull shook itself with apparent satisfaction, then closed its mouth and disappeared into the chilly wind.

Facing the completely stunned Eileen, Charlotte shook her head with emotion.

Then gently, gently, put his hand on her forehead——

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"Let me see... let me see... are there any fish that have slipped through the net~~?"

At the top of the tower, the silver-haired woman leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, her eyes sparkling with brilliant stars. This was the "Eye of the Stars", a vision-enhancing magic in astrological magic, which could use the power of the stars to see far away places.

“…Huh?”

That troublesome woman in black, Ailian, and another woman in black were fighting fiercely. It seemed the other woman was a... necromancer!?

Stella curled her lips. To the Pantheon, the necromancer would always be a sinner who violated the taboo, and they were irreconcilable. If that guy hadn't helped her to entangle Ailian, she would probably have been shot again.

What about the rest of the Pantheon? He'd already hit the target, so why hadn't anyone gone to search for the great treasure? Was he supposed to be the long-range artillery support?

"Really? It's better to be more efficient. I still need to report to Saint Anthony-senpai——eh!?"

Stella suddenly realized something and swung her staff backwards! A light bullet condensed from starlight shot back, blasting away one side of the wall on the top floor of the tower!

but--

"I was so merciful that I didn't sneak attack you, but you just raised your hand and fired a shot? A heart-to-heart fight?"

The woman with white hair and red eyes, Sedroon, walked in, still swinging the giant sword in her hand. Although she had just been hit by a star bomb head-on, she looked unharmed.

"I remember you are..." Stella frowned, "The mercenary who had the dispute with Butcher?"

"Not a mercenary, but if you insist... a bounty hunter, right?"

"What do you want from me?"

"Remember our last conversation?"

"Last conversation...ah!"

I remembered.

When faced with his attempt to keep her, this woman not only refused him outright, but also mocked his breast size.

What an infuriating bastard.

"Let me ask you, Miss Cedroon, are you an enemy or a friend here?"

"What do you think? Even if they were originally friends, they became enemies after you hit them, right?"

"So you were the 'enemy' from the beginning..."

Stella pretended to be at ease on the surface, but she secretly felt that something was wrong.

This Sedroon is very powerful. She is not good at close combat in a small space and is definitely not something she can handle. Moreover, she had just used powerful long-range artillery to intervene in the battle between two great war spirits and a great magician, and her physical strength has not fully recovered yet!

(This is an overwhelming disadvantage... I wonder if Senpai has managed to regroup? Should I call him for support?)

But even if the war spirit arrived, it would take time. If he had this gap, he would have been killed.

"Nehahaha, are you scared? That's normal. After all, an astrological magician is useless once someone gets close to him!"

Sedraon laughed and attacked with his greatsword. Stella gritted her teeth and blocked the first blow.

boom! ! ! !

"……yeah?"

"……what?"

Sedroon was stunned.

Stella felt herself soar into the air.

Then fall.

Being wrapped in a sticky and fishy thing.

And then—he was pulled into the mouth of a giant worm that suddenly appeared through the floor.

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Nellis: Plan Pass

Chapter 68 and the Great Mage

—She was pulled into the mouth of a giant worm that suddenly appeared through the floor.

Too sudden.

Stella didn't react at all, and her attention was originally on Sedroon.

By the time she reacted, she had already entered a wet, slippery, crowded and stuffy cavity.

She was swallowed by the bugs - when she realized this fact, her consciousness was like a light bulb that had been cut off, and it sank into darkness in an instant.

"Holy shit!?"

Without hesitation, Sedroon slashed at the giant worm with his sword! However, the worm was much faster than it looked. It seemed to have no intention of fighting Sedroon. After swallowing Stella, it immediately drilled back!

"Damn it! The will of thunder is upon me, punishing me!!!"

Rumble, rumble, rumble! ! ! !

Silver-white lightning descended from the sky, blasting most of the tower into smithereens! But it was too late. When Sedraon used wind magic to scatter the rubble on the ground, he discovered a bottomless circular pit on the ground, about the same diameter as the giant worm.

It has already burrowed into the ground and escaped.

"damn it!"

Bugs, bugs, bugs again! Why do I have such a connection with bugs? This giant worm is undoubtedly in league with the two bug-men from before. There's a magician who can control bugs, lurking in the shadows, watching their every move!

“It’s really frustrating…”

Although he was still complaining, Sedroon had already started thinking.

Stella was swallowed instead of being chewed up by the giant worm's sharp mouthparts, which means that the worm manipulator did not want her to die - or did not want her to die for the time being.

This is not an "attack" but a "kidnapping."

Did he want to force Stella to reveal information about Saint Anthony, the great war spirit of the Pantheon?

But this efficiency is too low. If you want to get first-hand intelligence, just send a few more insect people to find trouble with Anthony.

Or... is he planning to use Stella as a hostage to force the great war spirit of the Pantheon to hand over the great treasure?

"That's impossible... How can a mere wizard be as important as a great secret treasure? Besides, we don't even know if that old man has found the real thing... Hmm? Wait..."

hostage……

hostage?

Speaking of which, based on the information I heard during my previous operation with the mercenaries...

Stella, the magician of the Pantheon.

Her full name is Stella Gondel.

Gondar?

"It sounded familiar to me when I first heard about it...Gondar...Gondar...Gon...wait, that's not it..."

Gondor? Really that Gondor?

If this is true, Saint Anthony might really have to carefully weigh the importance of Stella's life and the great treasure.

"Tsk! So she's the real joker. Damn it, I only realized it now!"

She shook her head in annoyance, but regret was no use, so she could only make other plans.

Anyway, let's leave here first and reunite with Charlotte.

——Sah! !!!!!!

At this moment, an unprecedented terrifying pressure descended from the sky! In that instant, Sedraon felt as if he were in the deep sea of ​​the polar regions, forever swallowed by the icy darkness!

Not a magician, not a wizard.

But -

"Humph, I followed the magic flow of the star map and came here, intending to teach this little girl a lesson, but I didn't expect to see such a ridiculous scene."

Click, click, click...

Dense noises were heard, it was the sound of frost covering the ground. Was it the cold air or murderous intent that froze the air?

Snowflakes floated in the sky, and countless snowflakes gathered into a human shape, transforming into the great wizard of the Tower of Babel - "Blue Flower" Glory.

"I didn't expect her to be defeated by a bug-shaped familiar. However, this is convenient for me. After all, given her status, I can't really take action. I'll just let the Pantheon bear the wrath of that master."

Glory said this in a joking tone and then turned away.

"A bounty hunter? You're so reckless! You're also a very troublesome and uncertain factor. I wanted to teach you a lesson, but I have important things to do, so I won't waste my time on you."

Don't waste too much time.

In other words,

It's not "give a lesson",

But "directly erase".

The sound of freezing resounded, and the ruins of the tower instantly transformed into an icy inferno. The overwhelming cold penetrated every pore, permeating all matter within range! Plants, trees, soil, and rocks, regardless of whether they contained water or not, all turned to ice from the inside out!

"Han Chen."

Click! ! ! ! !

Then, shattered into ice dust!

"Humph……"

Not even bothering to take another look, the cold air enveloped Glory, and just as she was about to leave——