Endless Silver Machine

The wasteland designated by Liuyin is just a rocky beach at the junction of the Varro Mountains and Pufa Town. It still retains an undeveloped primitive feel and few people come here.

Liuyin was sitting at the end of a rock that stood horizontally, quietly looking at the bright moon in the night sky tonight.

"Are you here?" The footsteps of the three people walking on the gravel were very obvious in such an empty place. "I originally thought Xiao Xi would persuade you to give up."

"Wei Xi did tell us about the risks of fighting you, but wouldn't it disappoint you if we just run away?"

Liuyin didn't expect Aika's intuition to be so sharp, and he had already guessed her intention in making this request.

If the person protecting Wei Xi is strong enough, Wei Xi will be very safe even if she stays with them. But when she saw Aika and his group in the tavern last night, she was a little disappointed.

There is a magic power around Aika that is different from ordinary people, which may be caused by special magic items. But even this was exposed in front of him without hiding it, which showed that his own magical quality was far from enough.

Although the owner of the "Light Flame Sword" is said to have a fighting power similar to his own, Wei Xi's strength goes without saying. But if it was just the two of them, Liuyin still felt comfortable.

"I hope you can think about it for a while longer. It would be better if you give up." Liuyin jumped lightly from the standing rock, "Also, why is Xiao Xi here?"

"I also want to...tell Xiaoyin..."

"Yeah……"

Wei Xi just said this, and Liu Yin realized what she was thinking.

The cool breeze blew, and her long silver-white hair, which was as beautiful as Wei Xi's, fluttered in the wind.

This battle is inevitable, and everyone present knows it.

"Then, let's get started."

As the calm words fell, the silver-white figure disappeared from the place.

The dark blue clothes made Liuyin's figure blend into the night perfectly, with only her long silver-white hair shining in the moonlight.

Liuyin's magic power constructed an icy spear that reflected the moonlight in his hand, and thrust towards Ling without any unnecessary movement.

Although Ling was caught off guard by Liuyin's flashing figure, her excellent reflexes helped her avoid the direct attack. Ling lowered her body and rolled around on the ground a few times, dodging Liuyin's spear. She raised two small swords shining with golden light in her backhand, blocking the second attack that followed.

"This guy...why is he so fast..."

Ling was forced back by Liuyin's stormy attacks, but he could barely block her attacks with two small swords. At the beginning of the battle, she did not expect that she would give up her best elemental magic, but instead resorted to close combat.

No, the ice-condensing spear that threatened Ling's life was the product of elemental magic. The ice-condensed spear had the toughness to cut through even the light-flame sword that cut through iron like mud. The moment it brushed against the blade, the cold air that made the body dull was transmitted along the blade to Ling's hand.

"Ling, get out of the way!"

The silver-white magic energy turned into a bullet and passed by Ling's side face as he dodged. At this time, Liuyin had not yet withdrawn the ice-condensing spear from the two small dachi swords he had set up. It must be very difficult to dodge this bullet.

But she had no intention of withdrawing the ice spear. Instead, two rotating fireballs appeared around him, responding to the bullets fired by Aika.

Two different kinds of magic power caused a violent explosion of magic power in the air. The strong wind between the two people caused Ling and Liuyin to distance themselves.

Ling took advantage of the moment when Liuyin's attack speed was affected by the strong wind, and injected magic power into the two Kodachi swords. The golden magic power flowed all over the blade along the delicate lines on the blade, bursting out with dazzling golden light and the pressure of huge magic power. Ling Hou kicked the ground with his heels and approached Liuyin.

Liuyin, who had not yet regained his footing, could only raise his ice-condensing spear in a hurry to resist, but was cut off by the Light Flame Sword without any suspense.

Liuyin launched barrage constructed with fire elements one after another, dragging Ling's footsteps, and he gradually became anxious.

The power emitted by Aika when he pulled the trigger just now was not weak, which was inconsistent with Liuyin's initial impression of him.

Liuyin looked at Aika who was standing not far away from the corner of his eye. When he saw the two silver-white pistols in his hands, he had already roughly thought of the reason.

——Even if that magic weapon is not a magic weapon, it is still a magic tool with performance comparable to that of a magic weapon. Hold a weapon of this level.

——It seems that not only is the eldest daughter of the "Heinz" family, but he also has some connections that cannot be ignored.

"It seems that this time it won't end as easily as imagined..."

While Liuyin was wary of Ling and Aika, who were always preparing for the next attack, he quickly felt the surrounding atmosphere. From the beginning of the battle, Wei Xi's figure disappeared from the battlefield, and Aika and Ling's attacks did not give Liuyin time to find Wei Xi.

But the reality was not as she expected. Wei Xi's familiar special magic was not felt around her.

"what happened……"

Aika didn't give Liuyin time to continue searching for Weixi. He raised his two guns, and the bullets containing overwhelming magic power turned into a barrage, targeting Liuyin.

Liuyin did not move or avoid. The tip of the ice-condensing spear was pointed at the ground, and three-story ice walls rose up, blocking all Aika's bullets.

But this is of course not Aika's final resort. He just wants to force Liuyin to take a defensive stance.

"Ammunition switch - penetrate!"

The Eye of Fiery Flame has been connected to Aika through magical threads. After changing the structure of magic power in his consciousness, Aika pulled the trigger again. Arrow-shaped magic power that was different from pure magic power-constructed bullets was shot from the muzzle, turning into a silver line that penetrated the three-layer ice wall.

The speed of the magic arrow did not slow down, and it shot straight towards Liuyin after penetrating the ice wall.

Liuyin did not expect that Aika's bullets would be given different properties as the magic structure changed. She had just taken a defensive position and could not immediately rebuild her defense. She could only drive her body to the side of the bullet's trajectory to avoid it.

The silver-white magic arrow brushed past the flying silver-white hair.

Ling did not miss the moment when Liuyin's posture wavered, and the red-gold blade followed the magic arrow.

Liuyin, who was constantly being pursued, used her petite body to dodge attacks again and again, and for a while she didn't even have the energy to fight back. For her, throwing herself into disarray was a fatal mistake.

Liuyin actually didn't have much practical experience. Although his theory and technology were superior to Aika and Ling, there was no difference between them based on experience alone.

After her own pace was disrupted, Liuyin immediately fell into a passive state. She could not find a gap in Ling's attack to counterattack.

At this time, Liuyin was already very panicked. Not only because he was at a disadvantage in the battle, but also because it had been a while since the battle started, but Wei Xi was still nowhere to be found, and even her magic power could not be felt.

As long as Wei Xi is given enough time to construct the barrier, she will definitely lose. Therefore, the first task is not to knock down Aika and Ling, and it cannot be done in a short time. Liuyin knows that he must immediately find Wei Xi hiding somewhere.

"Don't look around during the battle! Do you think we are the only ones who cannot be your opponent?"

Ling's attack was once again dodged by Liuyin. It was obvious that she did not intend to fight Ling.

Thinking that he was being despised by the other party, Ling felt an unknown fire rising in his heart.

Liuyin was attracted by Ling's words and narrowed his eyes.

"You misunderstood. Because you are an unexpectedly strong enemy, I must take this battle seriously." Several black and white solid-color magic clumps appeared around Liuyin, "I'm sorry, it seems you want to We have managed to hide Wei Xi, so I can only knock you down one by one and go find her again."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two colors of pure magic power blended with each other and turned into a mass of black and white energy.

Aika, who had not taken action for fear of accidentally hurting Ling, noticed the strange changes around Liuyin and quickly reminded her loudly.

"Ling, leave her side immediately!"

As soon as Aika finished speaking, dozens of energy aggregates surrounded them at the same time and released the energy within them. The violent energy that broke through the cage was involved together with Liuyin himself.

Aika rushed over immediately, but because the fluctuations caused by the burst of magic disrupted the flow of his own magic, he couldn't get too close.

The flames gradually dissipated, revealing Linghe who had fallen to the ground and was unconscious, holding an ice spear, standing proudly and squinting at Aika's Liuyin.

Aika felt a hint of bitterness and helplessness in that sight. Perhaps making Ling powerless was not her original purpose.

Just when Aika was about to talk to Liuyin with such a look, the tip of the spear reflected in the moonlight was already close to her eyes.

The silver-white magic power formed two short blades at the muzzles of the two guns, and Aika deflected the rapidly approaching gun tips at the critical moment.

"She can no longer fight, so you should surrender. It will be good for you and me."

"Then try to get me to surrender."

Aika was aroused by Liuyin's words. The silver-white double blades retracted from the muzzle, like hunting snakes ready to make the next attack from Liuyin's loophole.

Aika knew that Liuyin wanted a quick victory, but he was originally responsible for stalling for time. As long as he buys enough time for Wei Xi, his mission will be completed.

He has already begun to understand Liuyin's strength. As expected of being one of the only eight blue knights in the Holy See, if he fought her one-on-one, Aika knew that he had no chance of winning.

However, he is not fighting alone.

Aika put away the short blade, and the dark muzzle exuded the aura of death, pointing directly at the silver-haired girl standing proudly.

"I... No, we will never give up until the last moment!"

He also made a declaration to fight again in front of Liuyin without being humble or arrogant.

"……I am looking forward."

The moment these words fell, the two of them moved at the same time.

…………

Because they didn’t know how long Aika’s fight would last, the tavern put up a “temporarily closed” sign.

Now only Gurley was drinking in the tavern hall as usual.

"Aren't you worried?"

Nia across the bar held her chin and looked at Gurley as usual, her tone was not as sharp as usual towards Gurley.

Gurley's hand holding the wine glass stopped in the air, and then he put the wine glass down.

"It's useless to worry, right? This is the kid's own battle. It would be too uninteresting for me to interfere."

"That's right, let them make trouble on their own...if that boy wins, he can feel at ease for a while."

"..."

Seeing that Gurli was not going to say anything else, Nia could only continue to hold her chin and look through the window at the bright moon hanging in the night sky.

"I never thought you would give up a profitable evening show just because you were worried about them."

Gurley suddenly said something that did not fit the current depressing atmosphere.

"If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute!"

"You still haven't changed at all. Remember when we first met..."

"Don't act like you know me well."

"When I first came here, I felt this way when I saw you. Now that I've met those brats again, I feel like it's my destiny to meet such interesting people."

Gurley ignored Nia's protests and continued.

"If you think I'm troublesome, pack up and leave immediately. No one begged you to stay here."

"You don't have to pay back the money? That's great! I'm going to pack my bags now. See you again when we have the chance!"

"Come back!"

Although there is no hustle and bustle in the past, the tavern tonight is still full of cheerful air.

Suddenly, Gurli, who was joking, frowned, and Nia naturally noticed the change in his expression.

Gurley, who has always been calm, actually reacted like this now...

"What happened to them?"

"……nothing."

Gurley picked up the wine glass again and shook it in front of him.

The ice cubes collided in the glass with a crisp sound.

He put the glass down again and stood up from his seat.

"Please go and call down the kid's sister upstairs. By the way, help her prepare something..."

Nia didn't know what exactly Gurli noticed, but she did as he asked.

…………

The battle in the wasteland continues.

In the past two weeks, with the help of Ling and Wei Xi, Aika has made obvious progress in controlling magic power and adapting to magic equipment.

At that time, Gurley told him so.

——With the feeling of wanting to understand the magic suit when you first came into contact with it, try to establish a spiritual communication with the magic suit, and treat the magic suit as a human being like us.

At that time, Aika could not understand this sentence. But in the process of constantly running into the Fiery Eyes, he gradually grasped the core of this sentence.

"Ammunition switch - shower!"

Aika controlled the conversion of magic power in the flaming eyes, raised the muzzle of the gun to the sky and pulled the trigger.

A silver-white magic circle, like some kind of mysterious emblem, unfolded above Liu Yin's head. This kind of magic circle will appear when using the magic of the Fiery Eyes. It is also the inherent magic of the magic suit like the magic circle that appears when Ling uses the Light Flame Sword.

Countless silver needles erupted from the magic circle like a shower, pouring down towards where Liuyin stood.

Liuyin raised his hand based on intuition and quickly built a crystal clear hemispherical ice shield on top of his head. The dense rain of magic power hit the ice, and even the light flame sword had to strike with all its strength to cut through the ice, and cracks appeared in the ice.

Realizing that he couldn't sustain this for long, Liuyin immediately jumped back. The next moment, the place where she had been standing was bombarded by a magical shower, creating a huge crater.

Before Liuyin could stand still, a murderous aura hit him from behind.

Even though she deployed the magic barrier, it offset most of the power of the attack from behind. But after all, it was launched in a hurry, and the temporary magic barrier quickly fell into pieces, and the magic power coming from behind hit Liuyin.

"Ahem!"

Even Liuyin spit out a mouthful of blood after being attacked to this extent.

The magic shock just now caused a large piece of her right shoulder to turn red. With this level of injury, she should no longer be able to dance the ice spear like lightning.

The panting Ling was standing in the distance holding a long shining sword in his hand. It was a fierce attack caused by just slashing with the sword.

Ling, who had just woken up, happened to catch Liuyin who was exposed in Aika's attack, and immediately took a surprise attack regardless of his physical condition. Although her mastery of magic power was not mature enough, Liuyin discovered her attack in advance, and it did not achieve the expected effect of immobilizing Liuyin.

But it can hurt Liuyin, which proves that it is not useless at all.

"I'm sorry, Wei Xi. It's impossible not to hurt her..."

No one heard her apology, so she could say it.

The hand holding the long knife couldn't stop shaking. This was the first time since I held the handle of the knife that I had made someone else show pain with my own hands.

——Don’t be afraid...even more revenge...don’t be afraid...

She kept encouraging herself in her heart, but the psychological impact of hurting others was far greater than she imagined.

Although Liuyin has a strong heart, she is also an ordinary girl. The severe pain caused by the deep wound still triggered her tears. But Liuyin didn't let the tears flow down because she still had things to finish.

"I have not……"

Liuyin staggered up from the ground, and the air in the entire wasteland instantly became restless.

The stone-paved ground gradually began to glow red, with dots of silver light flashing, ice crystals flying all over the sky, huge pillars of fire spurting out from the ground, and sparks flying everywhere. The darkness in mid-air gradually twisted into a vortex visible to the naked eye, constantly sucking in active natural elements in the air.

Immediately afterwards, an even more violent aura emerged from the black hole.

Anyone can see at a glance that the magic vortex formed by pure magic mixed together is very dangerous. In comparison, the magic power that had been unleashed in the previous battle seemed as if it was just playing house and was not worth mentioning.

"Are you crazy? That thing will drag that town into it!"

Aika's words did not reach Liuyin's ears. Her brain was already occupied by the pain in her right shoulder. Now Liuyin has become mentally numb in order to get rid of the pain, and only reacts based on the instinct of the mind.

"Phantom light..."

Taking the whisper of flowing sound as a signal, the dark cave gradually filled with dazzling colors. Different natural elements are brought together and then blended, and the violent energy is compressed again and again.

Although the size of the magic vortex is very small compared to the small town, the power of the magic burst is enough to level the entire town.

"It's not okay yet, Wei Xi..." Aika shouted anxiously in her heart, "Hurry up..."

Faced with this situation, there was nothing he could do. Now we can only place our hopes on Wei Xi, who has never participated in the war.

As time passed by second by second, the magic vortex seemed to explode at any time, and the expected voice finally reached Aika's ears.

"Brother Aika, you're ready..."

"Ling!"

While reminding Ling, Aika converted the bullets from both guns into magical threads with absolute toughness, binding the unsuspecting Liuyin without any hindrance. Aika exerted strength on her arms and used the magic thread to pull Liuyin into her arms. The impact of the body collision knocked Aika to the ground.

The magic vortex that lost control of Liuyin's magic power immediately began to lose control, and restless natural elements burst out from the center of the vortex from time to time.

Liuyin's eyes, exhausted of physical strength and magic power, lost their luster, and the blood seeping from his shoulders dyed Aika's chest red. As her consciousness gradually blurred, the tears lingering in the corners of her eyes finally flowed down.

"Get out of this place quickly..."

But Aika was holding the unconscious Liuyin, and Ling was also seriously injured before, so it was impossible to escape anywhere.

"That's too late……"

He could only pull Ling who rushed to his side and used his back as a shield for the two of them.

"Ring out, the roar of the void——"

Dozens of blood-red light ribbons wrapped up the colorful magic vortex in mid-air, and the ancient characters on the light ribbons shone with a coquettish light.

Then, the heat wave caused by the energy pressed towards the wasteland.

…………