The Evil God Summoned by the Saintess

Chapter 230: Chapter 228: Rose: You Complain When I Actually Shoot

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Right ahead, arrows that had been placed there for countless years were released as the trap activated, shooting like a machine gun at Hilia and Elina, who had triggered the swamp trap.

Including their magic puppets.

Along with the arrows came flames from both sides and anvils from above!

Except for the door behind them, which did not trigger any trap attacks—all other directions had traps. Oh, and the big door shut behind them after they entered, preventing them from retreating.

Both reacted quickly, noticing their feet were stuck as if glued, and immediately cast defense magic.

Several ice walls formed in front of Hilia, extending to envelop her, Elina, and their magic puppets.

Elina’s magic puppet reached out, and between the gaps of the ice walls, countless slender green vines spread out, filling the gaps.

Hilia suddenly felt that the strength of the ice wall seemed to have increased.

And this enhancement... didn’t come from the Elf’s blessing, nor was it an inherent increase from natural magic, but rather, the vines naturally strengthened the ice walls upon entering the gaps.

The most direct feeling was that when the arrows hit the ice walls, instead of shattering completely as before, the ice walls only partially broke, with the rest still holding together, capable of resisting another attack. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Hilia’s eyes gleamed, "The ice walls are solid, but once broken, they can’t continue to block. After integrating natural magic’s vines, they’ve gained a degree of flexibility; apart from the shattered parts, other areas can still block, and..."

Mage’s hand reached out towards the broken gaps in the ice walls, simulating the magic power circuit of the ice walls with spiritual power threads, causing the broken parts to condense again.

The places where the vines entered the solid ice not only allowed the newly formed ice to merge into the ice shield but also increased the strength.

More importantly—

Simply repairing the broken sections, magic power consumption is almost negligible!

Then the task becomes simple.

"Let’s see if your attack speed is faster or my repair speed is!"

A multitude of ice arrows pierced holes in the ice wall, flames from both sides continued to melt the solid ice, and every falling anvil from above shattered three layers of ice walls—before being covered by vines.

After Elina’s vines covered it, the anvil only broke through one layer of ice wall before being fully cushioned by the added impact resistance from the vines.

This unexpected combination skill made Hilia’s eyes light up.

"Previously, I only thought about relying on the effects post-magic to execute combination skills. I never considered if the elements could merge, the resulting strength might be double that of a single element!"

However, Hilia remembered that magic unfamiliar to oneself would have poor effect upon release...

She could only wait until the new semester began to study it thoroughly back at school.

But for now, let’s get through these ruins first!

Surrounded on all sides by ice walls and green vines, only beneath remained sticky and greatly impeded movement.

If anything unexpected happens, they could potentially be injured because of it.

Hilia frowned in thought, pried an ice chunk from the ice wall, threw it on the ground, then turned to Elina, "Elina, step on the ice for a moment, and have the magic puppet do the same."

Elina, unsure of the reason, nodded, "Alright."

Once she stepped onto the ice block, Hilia slightly closed her eyes, recalling the all-freezing technique Rose used at the Lost Lighthouse and the frost condensation she had learned, noticing the similarities between the two.

In the next instant, a layer of ice crystals spread from her feet, swiftly covering the entire swamp trap, freezing the trap instantly.

Hilia opened her eyes, "It’s done. Indeed, these two freezing spells have many similarities. All-freezing doesn’t require water elements and can freeze everything, while frost condensation can only freeze water elements. The swamp trap’s sticky parts have some moisture, leveraging their similarities allowed for direct freezing of this water... I’m truly a genius~!"

Feeling no longer restricted by the swamp trap beneath, Hilia felt pleased, unable to resist glancing at Rose in her mind.

Seeing this, Rose gave a slight smile, "It’s a rather clumsy method, useful but not very much."

Hilia quietly hummed, a hint of a smile lifting her lips.

Returning to reality, she said, "Elina, I suspect this trap won’t stop until our magic power exhausts, why not move forward as we are?"

Elina exclaimed, "Can you move with that many layers of ice walls?"

"Why wouldn’t I?" Hilia found it odd, "Defense magic can’t follow the mage, why still call it defense magic? It’s just that your magic effects are embedded in it now; I still need you to help me carry the ice walls along."

"I’ll give it a try; it’s Tier Two Forest Silk, a natural defense magic, theoretically it can follow the mage... Move and see."

Hilia attempted to move the ice walls, immediately encountering strong resistance from the Forest Silk.

Simultaneously, Elina slowly furrowed her brows, seemingly uncomfortable.

Hilia felt the resistance from the Forest Silk diminishing.

The ice walls began to push, resembling a thick moving fortress, enveloping them as they slowly advanced.

Cold sweat appeared on Elina’s face, suggesting moving the Forest Silk consumed her greatly.

Hilia said, "You haven’t discovered the knack for moving. Use your spiritual power to feel the effects of the magic, relax, don’t force yourself to think about moving it, think about allowing it to freely extend, just treat it as a hands-off spell; I’ll handle it."

Elina nodded, her expression gradually relaxing.

She watched Hilia move the thick ice wall fortress, a look of shock in her eyes.

"Ordinarily, one can only control one or two layers of defense magic surrounding themselves, making the magic follow them is already the limit. Why can Hilia move such a thick ice wall, with her own magic added... and with such ease?"

Mage’s Hand being a scarcely known spirit magic, Elina remained uncertain of how Hilia managed it, leading to both envy and admiration after her shock.

"Just a mage from a border town can be this impressive. No wonder the Elf Race has slowly been overtaken by human empires over the past five hundred years; human magic talent is terrifying..."

Elina began to feel her belief that the decline of the Elf Race was solely the fault of the Holy Court might be somewhat hasty.

After traversing the swamp trap area, they soon reached the ever-arrow-shooting trap mechanism.

Hilia blocked the arrow slots with solid ice, then went behind the mechanism to remove the magic crystal powering it and kicked the mechanism over.

The young girl viciously said, "I’ll have you shoot relentlessly; try shooting one more!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The arrows’ whistling sound came from a distance, the young girl’s smile reached Rose’s face. freёwebnoѵel.com

Rose: "If it really shoots, you won’t be happy anymore."