novelonline Chapter 3010: Forest Giant
Chapter 3010: Forest Giant
Chapter 3010: Forest Giant
The innkeeper looked at the shocked people with regret. He sighed, and the white smoke he exhaled continued to merge into the falling snow:
"But you probably haven't realized one fact: time and death are equal. Although I dare not presumptuously claim to possess the power of time, it is a pity that your dagger cannot be said to represent the original death. The ancients blessed me. To put it simply, although I am not immortal, the 'instant death' effect of a low status is ineffective on me.
This is a characteristic that most of the chosen ones have. Although I am not one of those chosen by the ancient gods, you can take the bodies of your companions and leave."
He sighed again, then turned to look at his wife's tombstone:
"I don't want to kill anyone here. This foolish woman has believed all her life that she is not worthy of me. She has been trying to do things all her life to prove that I was right to choose her. But she doesn't understand. I have never regretted letting her be my wife. Don't stain this place with your blood anymore. This is disrespectful to her."
After saying that, he ignored the eight middle-ring warlocks and threw the dagger in his hand fiercely toward the back of the tombstone.
Although the dagger that had not completed the so-called "thin burial ceremony" had no other characteristics except being almost indestructible and vulnerable to undead creatures, it was still extremely powerful when he threw it with great force. However, the sound of breaking through the air stopped as soon as it appeared, and Shade appeared in the snow and caught the sage-level relic.
The first thing he did was to apologize to eight strangers:
"I'm sorry, everyone. If I had shown up earlier, you wouldn't have to make such a sacrifice."
After all, in Shade's opinion, the assassination itself was meaningless, and Thomas Bennett sneered at him:
"So what if you showed up earlier? Even if you got there first this time, they would still find a chance to execute their plan. So you're not in this together? They came to seek revenge on me, and you're the 'bringer of justice' in the knight novels?"
Shade shook his head seriously and threw the dagger back to the ring sorcerers who were collecting the bodies of their companions. He would not take other people's things casually. The movement here has aroused the vigilance of the small church in the cemetery. The gravekeeper stationed in the cemetery probably knows that this matter is not something he can handle, so he has not come out. However, Shade believes that the church's large forces may appear at any time. After all, the Bennet family has just gotten rid of suspicion:
"Strictly speaking, I don't represent justice. Of course, strictly speaking, I don't even have any hatred against you, and you even helped me."
"So you are the guest who visited the transit station overnight?"
Thomas Bennet was much more cautious in dealing with Shad, as he realized the unusualness of this opponent.
Xia De came out from behind the tombstone:
"I came to you for many reasons, such as collecting debts for someone, because you are a candidate for the Chosen One, because you have the cards I want, because I want to know the secret of the remains of the World Tree through you, and because I think that things like the Time Transfer Station that destroy the order of time should not exist."
The black key that had been grasped in his right hand let light seep out from between his fingers, and the white light extended forward and backward until it turned into a long black staff:
"Thomas Bennett, do you really understand what your family has done in the thousand-year history of Riverwood?"
"Of course I understand, God-Summoner holding the 'Staff of the World Tree', I know that we are the real controllers of Ximu Town, and we are the family that weaves the history of Ximu Town and this forest."
Thomas Bennet took off his coat and covered his wife's tombstone with it. The usually amiable innkeeper looked solemn. He stretched out his hand to the air, and then held the old lantern that Shade had seen many times in the transit station:
"There's no need to talk nonsense. You did show up at the most appropriate time. Before she died, I might have tried every possible means to avoid being exposed and to avoid confronting you directly, but now all this is meaningless."
"So what does your wife's death mean?"
"You don't need to understand. Your strength is unquestionable, and I don't think I'm stronger than the opponents you defeated in the past."
The light of the old lantern appeared, and the innkeeper looked directly into Shad's eyes:
"But Godcaller, this is the only time I cannot lose no matter what. I have heard most of your stories, and I know that you are a true hero to most people in this world, and I just want to be their hero."
He held the lantern high above his head:
"Maze Lock·Time Transfer."
With a whoosh sound, an arrow shot from the woods outside the cemetery shattered the lantern.
Thomas Bennett threw the lamp aside without changing his expression. As the eight life rings behind him spun rapidly in preparation for meeting the enemy, the figures of the witches in the woods also appeared.
The innkeeper then stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers:
"Time stands still!"
First, the snowflakes around him stopped in the air. Wherever the invisible sound waves passed, the scattered snow stopped one by one from near to far. The cemetery and the surrounding woods were frozen in this moment, but as the silver moonlight lit up, Vanessa, Carina, and Megan still came to Shad's side in the frozen time.
Silver moon marks shone on the sides of the witches' arms, and the [Staff of Yggdrasil] pierced the ground. Although the lush green trees covered everyone's heads, although it could not completely eliminate the effect of "time standstill", it could affect other time-related abilities.
Carina came to Shad holding the "Night Watcher" in both hands. Shad let go of the staff and grasped the hilt of the sword. When the tip of the sword was facing the earth, the holy silver sword had already wrapped the angel-level relic.
The witches' life rings and golden steps all appeared behind him. Shade didn't want to waste time talking nonsense anymore. He raised his sword and pointed it forward:
"let's start!"
As Shade's figure disappeared, the witches' magical bombardment submerged the place where Thomas Bennett was standing. But in the dazzling aura and surging elements, he was like a phantom and was completely unharmed:
"Thaumatology - Time Barrier."
The shield formed by the thin white mist made all the attacks of the witches ineffective, but when he wanted to take a step forward, he found that it was so difficult to lift his legs.
The little witch pressed her hands on the ground, trying her best to increase the gravity of the land. Even if the power of time makes the enemy completely immune to the effects of magic, she does not attack the opponent but affects the environment. Even if Thomas Bennett is immune to all damage, he is still a mortal standing on the earth.
Silver moonlight was also floating behind the innkeeper at this time. Although the latter had difficulty moving his legs, he could still raise his right hand to parry backwards. His index finger touched the blade of the moonlight sword, and the silver giant sword solidified in time and space like a snowflake.
But at the same time, the bloody dagger was held in Shad's left hand and stabbed directly into Bennett's lower back. The [Moonlight Greatsword] summoned by the Red Moon seemed to be oozing blood at this moment. After the "Moon of Madness" incident, this sword also underwent corresponding changes.
The short blade was at his waist, and Thomas Bennett gritted his teeth and said nothing. He suddenly used his strength to fall forward with the help of gravity, but before he really fell to the ground, he turned into a cloud of smoke and rushed towards the forest in the northeast of the city outside the cemetery.
The time freeze around them was lifted as the spellcaster left, and the witches immediately took off to chase after him. After Shade pulled out the [Staff of Yggdrasil], he suddenly jumped into the sky and immediately turned into a scarlet light, surpassing everyone and chasing after the fleeing fog.
The white mist and the red light met again above the forest. After the blood light and the white mist collided several times above the snowy forest, they fell into the depths of the forest together.
The loud rumbling sound pointed the direction for the witches who arrived a little later, but before they got close, Thomas Bennett's voice rang out in the falling dust:
"Thaumatology - Incarnation of the Forest Spirit!"
Huge tree roots broke out of the ground beneath his feet, wrapped around him, and continued to grow upwards, until a fifty-meter-tall wooden giant stood up from the sea of snow. The tree roots and vines were both his body and his armor. When he reached out to the forest, the forest responded to his call.
The vitality and spirituality of the forest turned into emerald green light and continued to gather towards the wooden giant, so the vines and roots that were entangled on the originally rough body squirmed and became denser. The shoulder armor, hand armor, skirt armor, and chest armor grew out on their own, and ancient runes were engraved on them as the spirit flowed, but then they were cut open by the 30-meter-long giant moonlight sword.
Fifty-meter-tall Xia De also stood up from the dense forest. Seeing that the Moonlight Sword only cut a hole in the wooden giant's vine armor, he simply threw the sword into the forest, and a giant fireball appeared in his palm:
"I wonder if a wooden man like you is afraid of fire - Chaos Remnant!"
The exploding spinning fireball was not thrown out, but as the giant Shad used "Raglai's Leap" to appear in front of the wooden giant, he pressed it directly into the chest of the wooden giant.
The wooden giant, who was a circle larger than Shade, crossed his arms in front of his chest and tried to block, but the subsequent explosion directly cut off his arms and even blew a huge hole through his chest.
"Your flames are not enough to burn down the entire forest!"
Hundreds of densely packed hands grew out from behind the wooden giant, and attacked Shad at the same time as his right hand was injured by the backlash of the magic.
The sight of hundreds of fists striking together was indeed astonishing, but the giant rock giant rose from the ground at this moment, and knocked the wooden giant away with a sideways collision. Carina's voice rang out from the rock giant's shoulder:
"Witch's Secret Art: Chain of Order!"
Hundreds of golden chains crisscrossed in the snow, binding up the hundreds of giant arms growing out of the back of the wooden giant.
The giant's arms struggled, and the sound of the chains clattering echoed for a long time, but the vibrating golden chains only became brighter and brighter. The Witch of Balance had buried the source of all the chains deep into the body of the rock giant under her feet, and the Witch of the Earth was constantly drawing power from the earth, causing the rock giant's body to grow.
The power of balance and the earth worked together, and the two, whose relationship far exceeded that of ordinary sisters, provided the greatest help in this snowstorm.