Is this really just an RPG? !

The ground was trembling, and the temperature in the hall continued to rise.

Facing a huge monster made of magma that could vaguely see a human figure, I tried to leave the underground palace directly with Emily on my back, but the only exit was blocked by falling rocks. Among the magic props on his body, the things that can open a channel are all related to flames. In this case, they can't play a little role at all.

As long as there is flame, it will be sucked away by the Flame King Melville who is in the center of the sealing magic circle. At the same time, because the hall is in a high temperature and very dry state, the success rate of magic related to water and ice is infinitely close to zero.

The rest is the lightning-related magic that Emily is semi-proficient in. Although it is a combat magic created specifically for living organisms, it is still possible to blow up a stone.

The gate of Naihe Temple is made of anti-electric metal, even if the rocks are blown apart, there is no way to open a hole in the gate, and the other side of the gate is also blocked by these stones that fell due to the earthquake, only relying on two The strength of ordinary people is completely insufficient to push open this door.

It's not that I haven't considered going out from above. Even if I can't get out, it can attract the attention of the people on the ground. If the students and teachers of the entire academy come together to deal with Melville, there should be a great possibility to seal it back. In that little bottle... eh? Having said that, since it has escaped the seal, why does it still keep half of its body in the bottle like a lamp god?

Could it be that the seal was not completely lifted, but just enough to allow his upper body to escape?

Or is it that this guy's lower body is too unrefined, and in order not to pollute the eyes of the onlookers, he deliberately added the setting "only half of the body is allowed to appear"?

"I don't quite understand what you're talking about in the second half of the sentence."

"Ah, senior sister, are you okay..."

"left."

"clear!"

Run a few steps to the left according to Emily's reminder, avoid the falling fireball, turn around and go around behind a piece of gravel, and after confirming that the cover will not be smashed for a while, I put Emily on the ground. Come down, then half-kneel on the ground and look at her.

"so?"

"If the seal is really lifted completely, there is no need for Melville to waste time with us here. He can slap us two trash to death first, and then destroy the things on the ground."

"Rubbish……"

I couldn't help but twitched the corner of my mouth.

"Oh yes, for it, it usually doesn't call human garbage, but..."

Emily clapped her hands together and was about to explain to me when she was interrupted by a loud voice.

"Reptile, die!"

Melville turned his body and at the same time attracted Mana beside him, condensing a huge fireball and hitting Emily and me. But although the fireball looked huge, it didn't actually have much power, and was blocked by the defensive magic circle temporarily supported by Emily.

"Yes, guys like Melville who have the blood of the demons generally call the creatures they look down on reptiles, including humans."

I really don't know what she's focusing on.

"Does that mean there is still a chance?"

"Indeed...Second cast, multiple defenses!"

Emily just gave a simple answer, and immediately focused on dealing with Melville's attack. Even though it was a seemingly large and powerless fireball, the temperature was definitely not something humans could bear.

"It is dragging its time, it has just awakened, and most of its abilities have not recovered. Compared with its heyday, the mana that can be controlled is much worse. Break the seal and run out."

"Even so, there is no way to stop it...... Eeeeeee! What is that!"

Melville stopped attacking, and the condensed flames scattered on the ground, and then these flames seemed to be alive and attached to the gravel, and gathered together to form several stone figures with their bodies on fire, a bit like the ones that can often be seen in the academy. Golem seen.

"Probably because he didn't want to fight himself, so he called him little brother."

"..."

A concise and clear explanation, but I always feel that there is something wrong with Emily's words.

Is it tone?

"Think of a way to avoid them, there is no way to deal with them now."

"Magic doesn't work?"

"In this situation, I can only release some thunder and lightning, but I have only used large-scale magic such as Bombing Disruption before. In my current state, I can no longer use magic that can effectively deal with the flame golem."

"What about physics?"

Emily narrowed her eyes and looked at me for a while, then nodded slowly.

"If you are strong enough, you can also smash the golem, you can try it, brave man!"

The tone of the second half of the sentence doesn't sound like a friendly suggestion, but more like "Idiot brave, go and try it."

Holding the short sword in my left hand, after facing Emily for a while, I decided to give it a try, because there is no better choice now. Even if they keep running, they will eventually be surrounded by these golems. Coupled with the constant falling of gravel, there are fewer and fewer flat places to hide in the hall.

I held the dagger in both hands, and turned to face the nearest stone statue.

"If you have enough strength... Comet lunge [Comet Direct Strike]!"

Infuse mana into the short sword, and at the same time deploy the magic circle for propulsion behind him, approach the flame golem for a moment, turn his body and swing the short sword from the bottom left to the top right, accompanied by the sound of cutting some kind of fruit, The target golem was cut in half by my sword and fell to the ground, and the flames burning on its body were also extinguished.

"It looks okay, it's so hot! It's so hot, it's so hot, it's so hot! It's so hot!"

The hands were released uncontrollably, and the dagger fell to the ground and made a "sizzling" sound when it made contact with the floor.

Just a little touch will cause the weapon to overheat. If it weren't for the "indestructible" setting of the short sword I used, or better protection, I'm afraid it would have melted into a puddle of molten iron.

It's bad.

"So I said, it is possible in theory, but it is impossible in practice. It is very common sense that your weapon has not melted after knocking down a golem. It should be some kind of special weapon? For example, it is enchanted with resistance. Thermal properties, but even so, it is impossible to last for a long time."

Emily said, casting magic to heal the burns on my hands.

The short sword that fell on the ground has returned to its usual coldness. I picked it up and put it back into the scabbard, not planning to engage in close combat with these golems.

Even if this sword has the protection of "indestructible", I don't know how long I can last, and if I do it a few times, my hand will probably be destroyed.

"In short, try to avoid it as much as possible, Emily, you should quickly find a way."

While carrying her on my back, I turned and ran towards the gate of the palace. As long as there is no problem with the escape route, it should be able to drag on for a long time.

"Yes... remember try not to stay in one place for too long, or the golems will surround you."

"clear."

I nodded, and started to run around the hall in a clockwise direction. Melville seemed to be in a state of meditation, and I could clearly feel the mana in the air constantly gathering around it, but because the magic circle was still Now that it's working, those mana can't enter its body.

"Speaking of which, senior sister, you recovered really quickly."

"Um?"

"When Melville first appeared, I think you were too frightened to move."

Then I got hit on the head.

"Brave, are you an idiot!"

This woman's hand is probably made of iron, and the strength of that blow just now is no less than the feeling I was hit by a red-haired roommate's shield.

"Even if it's not, I'll be fooled by you!"

"Although Melville looks like a mass of magma, he is actually a real demon. He has a special ability similar to 'majesty', which can intimidate the surrounding life forms with weak spirits. That's why I appeared for a short time. period of stagnation."

"That's right...but shouldn't the demons be a pretty good group of guys?"

I suddenly remembered the Demon Lord somewhere.

No matter from any point of view, she is friendlier than Princess Lilith, and even though it is the first time we meet, I have an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

"Probably except for the demons next to the Alexander Empire, they basically have this kind of virtue... To be precise, it should be the same for all the demons in the world, except for the demons next to the Alexander Empire, which are strange species."

"Odd, odd species?"

"The only ones who can sit and chat with non-demons are those guys."

When Emily said this, her tone became subtle.

But if you think about it, it does seem to be the case.

I suddenly made a decision: If I can leave here alive this time, I must go to the library of the college to study what kind of creatures the demons are, and why the demons I met are so wonderful. At least before I met them, I never imagined going to a hot spring with a werewolf to watch the moon and talk about life.

I really want to do something to cause trouble for Melville, so that its plan cannot be carried out smoothly, but the golem is still following closely, even if I throw them away for a distance, the free time I have is not enough. Watch this guy cast some kind of large-scale magic.

In other words, to break this situation, those annoying golems should be dealt with first.

"It's not completely impossible."

Emily said something like she was talking to herself.

"Although I really want to complain that my mind is so good... so what is the solution?"

Emily did not give an immediate answer. She seemed to be considering the feasibility of the plan, and she didn't tell the whole plan until I was surrounded by golems. After listening to it, my first reaction was to refute this bold plan, but due to the current situation, I had to restrain this impulse, and after thinking about it carefully, I felt that Emily's plan was so natural.

Because we have no better way.

"Really, no problem?"

I put her down as Emily said, and drew out my dagger to stand in front of her. There are about 8 or 9 golems, each of which has the size of an adult male, and because of the high-temperature flames coming out of the whole body, it is impossible to make melee attacks during the battle.

But Emily asked me to "chop up these clods with your dagger".

[Even if the sword has the property of "indestructible", my hand does not. 】

I complained in my heart, but I did as she said.

"I leave it to you, brave man!"

"Yes, but senior sister, are you planning to..."

"It might hurt a little."

"Yes, it hurts a little? Pfft!"

Before I had time to confirm what Emily meant by "a little pain", I was stabbed from the back by her... well, it was about half the length of a palm, and if it was not pointed at the vital point, there would be almost no harm. Lethality, not to mention Emily cast Heal on my wound after pulling the knife out.

As a result, the place that was obviously the most severely injured became the only part of the whole body that was not injured.

I don't know how to complain about this overactive senior.

"It's just a little bleeding. Since you are a genuine hero, then this method should still be useful."

"Are there any pirated heroes?"

"The authorities have issued a lot of brave certificates, so brave is a very common occupation. Although it is useless, after all, he is a guy who knows nothing but nonsense and burglary."

"..."

This person's description of the brave is so accurate that I, as a brave man, cannot refute it.

Nonsense: Tucao.

Burglary: follow the prompts and go to various houses to find props or clues, and occasionally go to the thieves' den to take some goods.

Nothing: both swordsmanship and spells are at the rookie level.

——I heard that this profession was conferred by Lord Lindsay, the God of Creation. I really don’t know what the gods in this continent are thinking.

"Whatever you're going to do, you'd better hurry."

Swinging the dagger casually a few times did not pose any threat. Golems are a group of dead creatures without intelligence and emotion. They will only follow the orders issued by the caster and implement them in the most concise way, so the only thing I can do is to use Comet lunge when they are close. Direct strike] smashes them, and can only be used once, after one time, my hand will probably be scalded to the point where I can't hold the sword stably.

"Soon. Quarantine!"

A bright red magic circle spread out below, and a raised barrier separated the golems. The golem tried to smash the invisible barrier with its fist, but for some reason, every time it attacked, it was the golem's fist that shattered. Thanks to Melville's flame, the shattered parts will quickly return to the body and assemble back to its original form.

Like super regenerative?

Considering that the main body is magma, then this regenerative power is also understandable.

After making sure it was safe, Emily began to cast her magic. Just judging from the mana fluctuations I noticed, the magic supply of this magic does not come from Emily herself, but from the knife she is biting. When she opened her mouth to chant the incantation, the knife fell and stuck on the ground.

"Use this as a fulcrum"

"Blood as a Medium"

"follow the old rules"

"Above the Sky"

"Prayer to the Creator of all things"

It's not the pronunciation of the rune, but the common language. It's not so much a chanting, it's more like singing something. It may be a way to borrow part of the power of the gods to launch a large-scale magic... Well, how should I put it? As far as I know, this is a relatively ancient way of casting spells.

After the last century of destruction, such incantations were rarely heard.

After all, most spellcasters only need to read short incantations and borrow power from the gods they believe in.

Among them, most mages believe in Antony, who is in charge of knowledge.

However, Anthony himself doesn't care much about beliefs. If someone expresses his mind, even if it is temporary, he can borrow his power. Therefore, on Lindsay Continent, it is almost impossible to find intelligent creatures that cannot use magic scrolls, unless they themselves cannot meet the magic power required to activate the magic circle on the magic scroll.

"Reptiles! You!"

A meditative Melville is awakened by Emily's magic.

But it can't do anything.

The sealing array still played its role, making it impossible for Melville to leave the bottle completely. Although the energy barrier around the magic circle disappeared when Emily cast the spell, the group of golems stopped in place strangely, as if agreed, and did not interfere with Emily's magic.

"This is... the magic released by the spell of the world's most powerful god!"

Emily pushed her hands diagonally downward, as if she wanted to gather all her strength on the ground under her feet.

Before long, the ground trembled.

It was more violent than the jitters brought about by Melville's awakening before.

"Fulgurite! [Lightning Stone]"