Chapter 445: Dog King Shikigami
Nao was using all the forks in the road to try to thwart the pursuers.
Therefore, the carriage continued to make extreme high-speed turns, which often made it difficult for Erina, who was crouching on the roof of the carriage, to stabilize her center of gravity, staggering and swaying as if she would be thrown out at any time.
Even though Nao was driving at such an extreme and Erina was constantly casting spells to thwart the enemy's pursuit, a carriage still caught up with them, driving beside them, and began to swing its body and collide with their vehicle.
The moment the car body was hit, there was a violent vibration as well as the sound of breaking wooden boards.
Erina held on to the steel plate tightly and managed to steady her body without rolling off the roof of the car.
The carriage driving on the side followed closely, swinging its body constantly and crashing into their car.
Nao did not just passively take the beating. He also pulled the reins and swung his own car, trying to knock the enemy's car apart first.
Erina attempts to destroy the carriage with magic. However, the mages on the other side's car defended them one after another, preventing her spell from having any impact.
They either hit the protective shield, or were delayed in casting and directly hit the air. For example, Erina repeatedly tried to create obstacles and spikes in the path of the enemy carriage, but this kind of spell only needs to be interfered by the opponent to cast it. It will take effect after a short delay, and nothing will be hit.
When those obstacles and ground thorns appeared, the car had already passed through that area.
Erina had to deal with the enemies in the rear and flanks at the same time, and she was already very worried.
She had never fought against six or seven mages alone.
If the carriage driving on the flank could be dealt with quickly, the pressure might not be so great.
But she simply couldn't do it.
The mage who attacked the flank was quite good. The defense against her spells was watertight.
Erina even used double casting, which would intensify the consumption of spiritual power - that is, casting a spell with both hands at the same time, but failed to defeat the other party.
Tsk…
That guy's turquoise staff is quite troublesome!
It is assisting in the casting of defensive magic... As long as the staff is there, he can easily target my spells accurately with very little spiritual power!
Is there any way to destroy the staff... No, it doesn't need to be that troublesome at all! It's enough to distract that guy! The reason why he was able to catch my attack perfectly without making any mistakes was not because he only stared at me!
But who can help me interfere with him? ! Nao has no time at all!
Without a guardian, the power that the Underworld Miko can exert is greatly reduced.
Most spells are just a waste of spiritual power because they cannot be cast and aimed with peace of mind.
At this time, she desperately hoped for some helper to distract the enemy mage.
And spell summons seem to be a good choice!
Erina crouched behind the bunker, patted the roof of the car, and summoned a magic circle, so that it could automatically interfere with the enemy's spells in the next fifteen seconds, preventing herself from letting the enemy's weapons flawlessly deal with other threats. The attack spell successfully hit the car.
The moment the magic circle was formed, Erina released a continuous barrage of will-o'-the-wisps with one hand to force the enemy mage to defend. With the other hand, she grabbed a paper talisman drawn with her own blood and tried to turn it into a living thing.
Since the will-o'-the-wisp barrage can continue to consume spiritual power to launch indefinitely after completing the cast, the opponent needs to continue to defend it.
She could devote enough spiritual power to try to force the enemy to keep using a defensive barrier with endless barrages, and eventually exhaust her magic power to break the shield and die, but that would be too risky.
Erina doesn't know how much mana is left in the opponent's body, nor does she know whether the defense-specialized staff also stores the mana to cast a defensive barrier.
Therefore, it is possible that she fought hard until the end, but the opponent's mana was still not exhausted. But she used up all her spiritual power. That's trouble.
The safest way is to use barrages to delay time and take the opportunity to complete the summons!
Since summoning this shikigami requires a large amount of blood, Erina only tried it once and never summoned it again.
However, she can't control that much in this emergency situation now.
Erina slapped the charm on the car, pulled out the dagger used for protection, and chanted a few spells, causing the blade to glow with a dim yellow light.
Not daring to delay at all, Erina frowned and immediately reluctantly slashed the dagger to her arm.
The moment the blood vessel was cut, the blood splattered all over the paper talisman.
The wound healed in an instant, and the talisman floated with a glow from yellow to red, transforming into a three-dimensional human shape that seemed to be folded out of paper, and quickly expanded.
The shikigami named Inu-oh has a face on the front and back of his head, and his neck can rotate freely.
The face looked like a vicious dog and very similar to a human face.
The dog king has a crescent moon on his head.
The crescent moon, like the neck, can rotate freely.
The paper-man-style magical body glowed with blood and quickly grew to the height of a person.
From the moment it emerged from the bunker, its body was hit by a dense barrage of bullets. But no warhead can penetrate the paper body that contains the magical power of the Underworld Witch.
The moment it stopped expanding, the shikigami rotated its head and crescent moon and let out a howl.
Its arms suddenly opened wide to both sides. With just a shake, it exploded with violent spiritual power and shook out a ball of black and green light. It absorbed and hovered all the bullets fired around it, and engulfed its arms. The moment his arms crossed his chest again, with the will of the shikigami, he flew back in a different trajectory.
The bullet had that ominous black-green light attached to it. The two guards were shot directly through the chest and died.
Their bodies exploded in an instant, and a large number of bones were pulled out, and they were assembled into monsters holding swords made from spines. They jumped to other carriages and fought with the guards at close range.
The dog king let out another bark.
Under Erina's command, it raised its arms and fired three bursts of psychic core-piercing bullets at the mage holding the turquoise staff. Each bullet is the size of a Yukikaze Pill.
Unexpectedly, he would be attacked like this. The mage quickly deployed a defensive barrier to block the three consecutive shots, but because of this, he failed to notice the soul-stealing belt released by Erina.
The streamers were transformed from paper charms.
In order to prevent the other party from becoming vigilant after witnessing this move, Erina let it fly under the carriage, go around behind the mage, and then activate the entanglement.
This move was indeed successful.
When he noticed that his neck was entangled with the streamer with runes on it, it was already too late.
It tightened instantly, compressing blood vessels, interrupting breathing, and quickly depriving consciousness.
The mage's vision turned black, and he tried to take a breath in pain.
But it was all in vain.