Pendragon's Infinity Gauntlet

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Seeing this, Oriana laughed:

"Oh dear, I thought you were the one who was injured. It seems I was wrong."

There was a thick piece of paper with a word card on her lips. The word "FireSymbol" was written on it in blue handwriting.

Crunch.

With a creaking sound, Tsuchimikado's body gradually collapsed to the ground.

Oriana smiled slightly:

"It seems you have some patience... but that alone won't be enough to beat me, your big brother."

The moment he finished speaking, Tsuchimikado's body collapsed to the ground as if she could no longer bear it. Her limbs had completely lost their strength.

"What happened? What did you do to Tsuchimikado!?"

"I simply used the blue text to eliminate the fire attribute, which symbolizes regeneration and recovery. This is a technique that enters the body through the ear via sound, causing someone who has suffered a certain degree of injury to fall into a coma. The ringing just now was the activation signal... It seems you weren't injured at all, right?"

The Pure Spirit stroked Tsuchimikado's body with her right hand, but to no avail. More accurately, the effect would immediately revive as soon as it was dispelled. This technique differed from the previous counter-attack techniques; it seemed the effect wouldn't disappear unless the grimoire at the main base was destroyed.

"A technique that invariably renders anyone who has suffered a certain degree of injury unconscious..."

This means that as long as the certain condition of the technique—"the injuries to Tsuchimikado's body"—is not healed, the coma effect will continue. Even Jōgami's Imagine Breaker cannot heal Tsuchimikado's injuries. This method cannot restore her freedom.

The God of Purity glared at Oriana, then gleefully grabbed the unconscious card with his left hand and tossed it into the air to be blown away by the wind. In the blink of an eye, the extremely light word card was carried by the wind to behind Oriana.

Jing Shen's face suddenly became hot.

"You bastard!!"

Sensing this anger, Oriana trembled with a strange sense of relief. He licked his lips and said:

"If you want to save her, you'd better defeat me quickly. If you don't, this guy will keep going like this until I say stop. But I don't know if she can hold out until then. Maybe she won't last that long, right?"

The teeth of the pure spirit chattered.

He was trembling with anger.

"Why?"

The cleansing spirit choked as he spoke.

If this incident hadn't happened, Haruka Tsuchimikado would probably have forgotten about her spy job and happily participated in the Daihasei Festival. If no mission had come her way, she would probably have had a lot of fun with everyone.

Tyr Magnus was also one.

If Orianna hadn't caused this incident, there would have been no need for combat, and she wouldn't have come to Academy City. Even if she had, she would probably have already seen her long-lost old colleague, Index.

And the class monitor.

Although the God of Purification didn't know why he became a member of the Daihasei Festival's operations committee, since he wasn't forced by anyone but became a member voluntarily, he must have some kind of goal.

For a professional magician, this might be a minor matter.

Compared to the "Thrusting Sword" that can shake the world, this is probably nothing at all.

“I don’t know what value the ‘Thrusting Sword’ has. I really can’t feel how such a thing will change history or how the world will be affected by it.”

Jing Shen said:

“But I only know one thing. It’s wrong to hurt someone over something so pointless. If the ‘Thrusting Sword’ is a tool that only produces such pointless results, I will destroy it with this hand.”

Hearing these words, Oriana Townsend smiled. It was as if he were saying it wasn't worth listening to at all, just laughable nonsense. It was as if he were asserting that the people involved in this affair were utterly worthless.

She said, "If I said that I had no choice but to do it because of work, it might sound cool. But saying that would be too dishonest to my client."

His voice had absolutely no sense of heaviness.

"Of course, we must achieve our work goals. As for how to achieve them, that's all up to your big brother, Luo."

The distorted heat within Jing Shen's body began to surge wildly.

The clenched molars were almost crushed.

"Don't take human lives—"

She clenched her right fist tightly.

"Treating it like a child's game!!"

She stretched out her fist.

Seeing this serene spirit, Oriana continued to smile.

And he looked very happy.

The distance between the Pure God and Oriana was only ten meters.

"Now that you've finally finished your lines, there shouldn't be any more surprises, right?"

Fang Cun appeared from behind Jing Shen, holding the note that Oriana had thrown into the wind earlier.

"When?"

Oriana's expression suddenly changed, and he let out a surprised sound.

In his perception, the note, which was magically connected to him, seemed to have been teleported to that location.

"It's you!"

The Goddess of Purity also recognized the valiant man who had torn the stone giant apart with his bare hands. Although she also expressed the same surprise, her reaction was one of delight.

"..."

Then, before she could utter a second word, her vision suddenly blurred.

Chapter 335 Is this a stand-in?

Chapter 335

Then, before she could utter a second word, her vision suddenly blurred.

The next second, Fang Cun was already standing next to the unconscious blonde mage and clapped his hands.

"It's done."

"..."

Jing Shen felt that his worldview had been reset.

If Tsuchimikado were still awake, he should tell her that the bald woman in front of her is the one who is truly on par with the archangel's "divine power."

"Let me see what that thing that can destroy the world is. Is it this plaque he's carrying?"

Fang Cun began to open the packaging with great interest.

Jingshen destroyed the word card with his right hand; Tsuchimikado Haruka would probably wake up in a while.

After thanking Fangcun, Jingshen, unsure of what to do with her and the "Thrusting Hang Sword," decided to call the expert Tyr first.

But she didn't know Tyr's phone number. Feeling a little guilty, she decided to borrow Tsuchimikado's phone from the bag lying on the ground. She used her call log to press the call button.

Tyre's opinion was quite straightforward.

“Alright, then destroying the ‘Thrusting Sword’ shouldn’t be a problem with your right hand. That will completely ruin Lidovia Lorenzetti’s plan. I’m not too familiar with the security situation in Academy City, but if a bus is on fire, they should be able to contact us. Destroy that thing and get out of here before anyone else arrives.”

"But is it really okay to destroy it so easily? Won't the angry employers attack Academy City in retaliation?"

“If they do that, they'll be the ones surrounded. This is Academy City, which is like the center of an enemy camp for magical forces. Anyone planning a deal calmly would leave the scene. Even if it's a dispute between trading partners, they'd wait until they reach a safe place before proceeding. This city is too dangerous for mages.”

The explanation that Academy City is a dangerous place didn't really resonate with Pure God, who actually lived there. However, since it was what the expert said, Pure God decided to listen to it.

"Understood. I'll take care of the 'Thrusting Sword' with my right hand."

"Hurry up. I'll discuss future policy with my superiors."

After saying that, Tyr hung up the phone.

"Can't you even say 'please'?"

Jingshen ended the call on her phone and put it back in Tsuchimikado's pocket. Tsuchimikado's unresponsiveness sent a chill down her spine, but upon listening carefully, she could hear his regular, sleep-like breathing. It seemed her life was probably not in danger.

"Ok."

After saying this, Jing Shen turned his gaze to the signboard that Fang Cun was carefully unpacking.

It was a large rectangular signboard wrapped in white cloth. Its length and width were probably proportioned to the size of the "Thrusting Sword," with any excess material used to fill in the gaps and maintain its rectangular shape. Even though it was wrapped in white cloth, the exposed shape of the sword would still attract attention.

By using the power of Imagine Breaker, the "Thrusting Sword" can be destroyed.

"Ugh...! What is this? It's really... hard."

Perhaps imitating the way businesses bundle things, the white cloth was rolled up quite securely. The knots were professionally tied into shapes that were extremely difficult to untie, leaving one wondering where to begin. Unlike rope, it couldn't be forcibly broken. Helpless, Fang Cun could only keep pulling on the cloth with all his might. After a while, with the help of a clear mind, he finally felt the cloth loosen.

As soon as one end loosened, the originally rolled-up white cloth lost its overall rigidity. Fang Cun and the others peeled away the rolled-up white cloth layer by layer. The object, which had been rolled up by several layers of cloth, gradually revealed its true shape.

What exactly is the shape of the 'Thrusting Hang Sword'?

Jing Shen thought about this and unrolled the cloth.

However, after untying the white cloth,

I did not see the "spike sword".

"What?"

Jing Shen couldn't help but stop untying the white cloth.

Like unwrapping the bandages from a mummy, something appeared inside the white cloth. It was just a long, thin signboard. Painted on a thin sheet of iron, it looked like something a student had made. It was probably a decoration from a student stall during the Daihasei Festival. It read "Ice Cream Shop" in cute, round letters.

but.

"What...is this?"

Isn't a signboard a form of disguise? Directly carrying the "Thorn Sword" would be too conspicuous in Academy City. And that size wouldn't fit easily in a bag, so Oriana disguised himself as a painting artist and disguised the "Thorn Sword" as a signboard by rolling it up in white cloth, going to the trouble of making sure no one could spot it.

Unexpectedly, he was holding an ordinary signboard.

The initial predictions were proven wrong.

Where is the "Thrusting Hang Sword"?

Is the major premise that Tyre Magnus told Tsuchimikado Haruka true?

Furthermore, was what they were actually doing a transaction involving "piercing the Hanging Sword"?

What's going on...?

The purifying spirit, seeking to exorcise the demon, murmured in a daze.

No one could answer her question. The professional magician Tsuchimikado was now unconscious on the ground, but she asked again.

The exact same lines.

"What on earth is going on...!?"

Jing Shen thought of the target who had been captured alive and immediately turned his gaze to the unconscious Oriana.

However, at some point, the blond man who was lying on the ground disappeared, leaving only a single word stuck in place.

Or perhaps, the one who was defeated in the first place wasn't him, but rather a smokescreen he left behind?

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Oriana Townsend walks down the street.

The place he was at was a temporary clothing and accessories center set up near a large department store. Due to concerns about potential bomb threats during the Daihasei Festival, the unmanned locker service was suspended. Instead, a service similar to a hotel cloakroom, where goods are manually checked, stored, and delivered, was implemented.

Oriana handed the plastic number tag to the counter staff. The young counter man looked puzzled as to why a paint technician would use a cloakroom. Oriana smiled and explained, "If I don't keep my valuables safe during work, my wallet might get covered in paint." The man responded with understanding. Oriana took the handbag and left the cloakroom.

The bag didn't contain a wallet, but rather a change of clothes.

Now that they no longer have their signboards, the paint shop workers' attire is rather conspicuous. Wandering the streets in their original work clothes, doing nothing, feels rather unnatural. "...They used quite a few spells this time. Honestly, there are quite a few guys I'd like to linger with again."

Although Oriana possessed a vast array of spells, he was bound by the rule that once-used magic could not be reused. Therefore, he had to constantly consider what might happen next and fight using any means necessary. However, this time he unleashed an unexpected "ultimate move"—fighting twice and escaping twice. While satisfied with its excellent results, the thought of never being able to use it a second time left him with a somewhat lonely feeling.

Chapter 336 Free Food and Drink

Chapter 336

"Shouldn't this be considered a worthy opponent? Let's change our clothes first and then think of a strategy."

Orian decided where he wanted to change clothes. The paintman's attire was quite conspicuous enough to enter the building.