200. Who Cried?
Ian, after exhausting her magic power, was about to lose consciousness. Before her magic power was depleted and her whole body was about to lose its strength, she discovered a blue, energy-filled core within the power core.
Could that be the core?
The power core was damaged, and the magic golem was teetering, as if it would fall at any moment.
A chilling shriek came from the armor of its head. Could it be that the magic golem could also get angry?
A sense of incongruity made Ian have to have doubts, but what she could do now was to run away immediately and not continue to entangle. The other matters should be left to Josan to handle.
However, the residual power on the magic golem was still enough for it to launch a powerful counterattack.
After landing on the ground, her feet couldn’t support the weight of her body and she fell to the ground. She braced herself and looked at the falling magic golem. The magic golem did not completely fall after losing its power core, but supported its huge body and held onto the wall with its mechanical tentacles.
“Resurrect… resentment… perfect…”
The magic golem once again emitted a voice that was indistinguishable from any feature.
And this time, the voice actually came from the power core!
Yes, could this magic golem have self-awareness? Could it be that the real core was inside the power core?
“Fusion…”
In an instant, Ian began to “search” the memories in her brain, beginning to think about what she had missed.
Yes, the magic golem had been strange from the very beginning.
It was recorded in ancient books that she… could understand magic countermeasures and half-human controlled magic against magic, and react automatically…
But was this powerful martial art really man-made?
Just from the movements just now, Ian would even begin to suspect that the magic golem was a living life form. As such, it had destroyed the core of the entire research institute, but this had not affected the magic golem’s actions.
What on earth had happened on Josan’s side?
However, even if she didn’t know the answer to the crime, she had her own guess.
The Shadow of God.
A few years ago, it had become the enemy of the whole world, an organization that had resurrected the Goddess of Light for the human empire, but had been surrounded and intercepted by the God Slaying Society, and had only recently been declared completely destroyed. It was said that the leader of the Shadow of God had been confirmed to be dead.
However, Ian couldn’t produce any evidence that the Shadow of God had been wiped out.
It was as if the existence of the entire organization had been annihilated, completely without a trace.
If she couldn’t investigate it, then perhaps the dragon race had dealt with this matter. After all, the Silver Dragon Airspace did not welcome outsiders, and those materials would not be circulated to Lekadis.
The real culprit of the Shadow of God? Or was it the leader of the Shadow of God?
…Then who on earth was it?
A thought suddenly appeared in Ian’s mind, as if it were something that had happened in the Hundred-Layer Purgatory a year ago.
The Shadow of God had once resurrected a legendary dragon. He had, from the beginning of the Era of Light until a few years ago, when Calysia had replaced his name, been known as the “strongest.”
According to the records of the God Slaying Society, he was almost immortal, incredibly strong, and cruel and bloodthirsty.
Just a year ago, the first princess of the dragon race had fought with him when Dragon Slayer had broken the seal. The battle had lasted for three or four hours before it ended.
The result was that the former strongest creature had been ended again by Calysia’s daughter…
But was it really that simple?
That existence, known as Dragon Slayer, why had he been resurrected in the Eternal Night Era? It was the highest secret of the God Slaying Society.
But Ian understood that that battle was related to the leader of the Shadow of God.
If that leader was really still around, then the threat would never disappear…
And with his combat skills, and that exaggerated confidence in his power…
If the assumption was correct, then this magic golem was very likely Dragon Slayer!
Yes, Dragon Slayer had very likely used the enmity of the leader of the Shadow of God to survive again. Now, he had actually possessed a magic golem and become a machine!
An incomplete soul ultimately did not have the strength of its former life. After being so weakened, Dragon Slayer’s combat instinct was still not to be underestimated.
Now, the magic golem was about to be destroyed. What he had to do was a “substitute”!
“Ian…”
As expected, the magic golem, relying on its last instinct, walked towards Ian.
The current him, his residual strength was already enough to launch another full-powered attack.
And then, Dragon Slayer would devour her flesh and become nourishment for his resurrection!
If Ian still had her combat power from two hours ago, she would have been able to dodge this magic golem’s attack without any effort.
But in fact, the current her was already exhausted just from staring and thinking.
Her whole body was extremely cold, her legs were almost numb, and her entire arm could not be felt. It would take a long time to recover.
Yes, she was going to die here now.
Ian had experienced despair many times. In fact, she should have been used to it.
But in fact, just as the magic golem was about to reach her, her two eyes, which could travel through a large number of magic ruins, but when she looked up, Ian knew that no miracle would happen this time.
Was it over…
Ian had been through many things. If she wanted to reminisce about something before she died, she had too many to choose from.
However, as soon as her body was close to the cold ground, she would involuntarily think of that young woman’s face.
Beth…
This form of hers, this evolved power, and her unexpected abundance of stamina, if she were to ask where it came from, Ian could only come to the answer she wanted to avoid the most.
No matter how much she pretended to be asleep, she still had to wake up in the end.
Perhaps it was because she was afraid of this that she had been running away until now.
But if she could see Beth one more time…
Ian unknowingly shed two drops of tears.
Because she had also made a promise with Beth…
If she died, that cute girl would surely be in a lot of trouble. She would surely cry, and then she would never be able to show that smile she used to have.
No matter what her true identity was, no matter whether she was a pawn being used, Beth’s concern for her should be real, right?
“Ian…”
However, whether it was real or fake, Ian wanted to keep this thought in her heart forever, even if she died.
Because if one day, Beth decided to leave her and told her that she was a succubus, she would die with regrets.
It turned out that what I was afraid of was not the mission of investigating the sun…
But I was afraid that I had no reason to be with Beth.
“Sob, sob… I’m sorry, Beth…”
Suddenly, the voice from the sky was gradually amplified and became a clear, anxious cry of a young woman.
“Ian!!!”
Ian was just about to amplify her perception, but she had already been picked up.
Golden hair hung down on her cheek, and the young woman’s unique body fragrance made Ian’s tears gush out like a bursting dam.
It was Beth.
After flying to a safe foothold, even more tears welled up in the young woman’s pupils.
“You… why are you crying?!”
“Who’s crying… nonsense…”
