The Cornflower Witch Chapter 254

Inside the cave, the two cleaned up the battlefield.

Lucas’s primary target was naturally the incomplete dragon bones embedded in the stone wall. Although their quality was poor, they were still rare and valuable to him.

On the other side, Sylphidya walked among the skeletal remains, searching for anything useful that might have been left behind.

Most of the bones here were from beasts, and Sylphidya guessed that this might have once been a dragon’s lair, and these bones were the remains of food after the giant dragon had feasted.

Aside from the mostly decayed beast bones, Sylphidya occasionally saw some incomplete weapons, but most of them were rusted and broken.

Wait, she seemed to have spotted something special. A brilliant light gleamed in Sylphidya’s eyes.

Her Eye of Discernment, combined with Nature Sense, gave her extraordinary insight. She used a wooden stick to push aside the shattered bones and dust, and from within, she found a small, peculiar metal plate.

Shaking off and cleaning the dust from it, Sylphidya noticed the intricate and beautiful patterns on its surface, which seemed to depict the trajectory and rules of some kind of operation.

Carefully feeling the metal plate in her palm, Sylphidya suddenly understood. She subtly shifted her Aspect, slowly injecting the power of ‘Alien World’ into it.

The patterns on the metal plate glowed faintly, and then several points within it lit up, beginning to slowly move and wander.

[Stellar Track Inscription (Griffin)] (Tier 3 Rare): A metal plate inscribed with the trajectory of the stellar constellation (Griffin), which can be used to draw upon the power of the stellar constellation.

What a stellar constellation was, or what ‘Griffin’ represented, Sylphidya had never heard of before. She could only guess that it was an item related to the ‘Alien World’ Aspect.

Putting away the metal plate, Sylphidya looked to the side. Lucas was still busy collecting incomplete dragon bones.

Meanwhile, Sylphidya took out another ‘Corpse Seeking Vine’ seed, catalyzed it, and planted it, sensing the surrounding environment.

The ‘Corpse Seeking Vine’ could detect the aura of ‘Dead Embers’ Aspect in the soil and was commonly used to search for corpses. Now, it could also be used to search for dragon bones.

Synchronizing her senses with the ‘Corpse Seeking Vine’, Sylphidya extended her perception deep underground with the help of the vine’s power, and indeed, she found more.

There should be another dragon bone, but it was buried deeper, several hundred meters underground, and there was no passage leading to it.

To excavate it would probably require a long-term plan. At this moment, Sylphidya had already heard faint footsteps from the entrance of the mine tunnel, which should be the Anti people coming down.

After packing their things, Lucas and Sylphidya began to walk back, discussing how to deal with the enemy.

“If there are no more than five enemy knights, we should still be able to resist, but if there are more than five, we should retreat as quickly as possible,” Lucas suggested.

“Most of the white bone creatures I control are around Tier 2 in strength. Although they are quite powerful among Tier 2 creatures, they would find it difficult to inflict damage against Tier 3 Knights.”

The defense of the Knight class is the highest among common Transcendents, and they are the cornerstone of stable royal power.

“I understand.” Sylphidya nodded.

Afterward, she thought for a moment and took out a ‘Iron Thorn Vine’ seed, holding it in her palm. She continuously infused it with the power of the ‘Verdant Dew’ Aspect, causing it to grow into a tough vine whip with hard black thorns.

With her abilities, such a vine whip, even knights would not be able to break free from it in a short time. At that point, it would be very useful for blocking, trapping enemies, or engaging in combat.

On the other side, Lucas once again pulled out the pale skull. He poured some of the discarded dragon bone powder he had collected earlier into it, and then activated the skull, slowly absorbing its power.

Minutes later, the two arrived near the exit of the mine tunnel and encountered the Anti soldiers guarding it.

“Who’s there!?” Before the soldiers could get a clear look at the two, white, misty specters assailed them, passing through their bodies and causing them to slowly collapse.

Afterward, these misty specters rushed out of the mine tunnel, beginning to scout the surroundings. At this moment, after two gunshots, many specters were blasted into smoke and dissipated by explosive flames.

Outside the mine tunnel, the Anti soldiers formed neat lines, surrounding the exit, and set up numerous crossbows, aiming at the exit.

Behind them, Somaelin sat on a lounge chair under a parasol, guarded by two Anti Knights.

“Finally out, these Regas rats.” Hearing the commotion, Somaelin slowly sat up, holding a wine glass.

The first to charge out of the mine tunnel was a white bone monster, bovine in size, with three long white horns on its head. This bone monster was immensely powerful, instantly knocking aside two layers of the Anti soldiers’ shield wall before being cleaved apart by a captain-level figure with a great axe.

However, it had completed its task of drawing attention. As the Anti soldiers were dispatching the bovine monster, Sylphidya and Lucas dashed out of the mine tunnel, following behind several bone creatures.

“Fire arrows!” the commanding officer at the rear immediately ordered.

The crossbow strings buzzed incessantly, and within seconds, about 100 arrows were shot towards the two.

“Bone Splicing!” Lucas’s bone staff swung, and the white bone monster before him instantly transformed. Its bones aggregated and arranged themselves, forming a thick bone wall that blocked the incoming arrows.

On the other side, Sylphidya wielded a gleaming golden blade, her body rotating like a graceful dance, deflecting and parrying the incoming arrows.

“Oh, there’s a skilled woman too.” Somaelin watched from the rear, a hint of greed in his eyes.

Though it was just a fleeting glance, the girl’s unconscious movements revealed her flexible and coordinated physique, as well as a unique aesthetic. Such beauty was rare for Somaelin to encounter in the military.

“Alu, go deal with the bone manipulator. Let Blain and the others handle the woman.”

“Yes, boss.”

Upon hearing Somaelin’s command, a mountain-like giant among the rear ranks of the army rose to his feet. He was about three meters tall, robust and corpulent, wearing a silver breastplate with circular armor plates protecting key areas like his elbows, while the rest of his body was exposed.

This warrior, named Alu, was a Tier 3 Blood Law. He carried a gleaming steel double-axe on his shoulder, the axe alone likely weighing 100 jin.

The burly man gripped the axe handle with both hands, leaping from the rear like a mountain falling into the battle line. He then let out a roar, the explosive sound nearly deafening the soldiers in front of him. Following this, he swung his giant axe, directly bisecting a white bone monster in front of him, crushing its skull and vital parts.

Seeing this, Lucas’s eyes widened with fury. He immediately raised the pale skull in his hand, and a thick, greyish-white mist billowed out, swirling towards the burly man.

“This move, huh.” Alu shook his head disdainfully, then tightened his grip on the axe handle. As if holding his breath, his face quickly turned red, and the muscles exposed on his body bulged menacingly.

Then he stomped his foot, charging directly towards Lucas’s position. In the process, he raised his great axe high, then brought it down violently with a sideways blow, cutting through the air with an explosive shriek. It cleaved the white bone creature that had been beside Lucas, and the aftershocks shattered the mine tunnel, the falling rocks temporarily sealing off the entrance.

Both were Tier 3, but the immense physical enhancement and explosive power brought by the ‘Blood Law’ Aspect were incomparable to the ‘Castle’ Aspect. Under such powerful offensive capabilities, they often brought a stronger sense of oppression and danger to their enemies.

On the other side, Sylphidya also encountered two knights specifically assigned to besiege her.

Both knights wore fully enclosed armor, their helmets resembling enlarged ship prows, with ventilation holes on the lower sides and two horizontal bars serving as observation slits on the upper sides. They carried shields and specially made clubs. Rather than knights, they looked more like members of a slave-hunting party.

Facing Sylphidya, the two advanced quickly from both sides, holding up their shields. If Sylphidya had been even slightly inattentive, one of them would have struck her. The heavy force imbued in the clubs could easily fracture bones, making escape impossible.

“How despicable,” Sylphidya instantly saw through their intentions, silently shaking her head.

She no longer hesitated but charged directly at one of the knights, engaging in combat early.

The girl wielded two blades, drawing faint golden arcs as she slashed down, ripping an opening directly in the knight’s shoulder and arm.

For other ordinary Tier 3 creatures, a single such wound would be severe, but the defense of the knight class was indeed very strong. Cutting into it was like cutting into steel, and Sylphidya only managed to carve a shallow gash.

At this moment, the opponent returned with a shield bash, which Sylphidya dodged by shifting her body. Then, her blade skillfully flipped, and as she brushed past the opponent, she blindly slashed back, again tearing an opening in the knight’s back.

After two consecutive blows, the knight became cautious, and the other knight who was besieging Sylphidya also caught up, attempting to cooperate with his teammate to compress the girl’s range of movement.

However, Sylphidya’s footsteps were agile and practiced, easily breaking out of the hunting circle the two had formed. Then a new round of pursuit and counterattack began.

During the process, Sylphidya, relying on her keen observation and speed, was always able to escape the encirclement of the two, but she also lacked powerful burst damage, only managing to inflict minor injuries on them, unable to deliver a decisive blow.

“I need to think about improving my offensive methods in the future,” Sylphidya silently noted. Perhaps it was also because she had left the Woodland as soon as she advanced, so she was far from being a stable Tier 3 Transcendent. She hadn’t even had time to master some of the intermediate abilities of the ‘Verdant Dew’ Aspect.

In the battle, Sylphidya was initially a bit flustered, but she became more skilled the more she fought, consciously adjusting her fighting style, removing unnecessary and useless elements, and focusing on techniques that could yield results.

Indeed, practical combat was the best classroom. Now, she could slowly clarify her strengths and her incomplete areas.

Minutes later, Sylphidya felt it was almost time. She pulled out a handful of special grass seeds and scattered them with the wind.

Before the two knights and the observing Anti soldiers could guess, faint golden light appeared in the girl’s eyes, and then strange autumnal scenes appeared around her body, with numerous trees and flowers spreading out and growing.

The two knights besieging her were instantly enveloped by dense autumn foliage and flora.

The grass beneath their feet turned yellow step by step, continuously winding around their ankles and calves, attempting to latch on and immobilize them.

Initially, they could break free with sheer brute force, but now they were trapped as if in a maze. No matter where they went, they would be entangled by the withered weeds.

Deep within the forest, spiraling emerald green spear blades shot out. The first few could be blocked by their shields, but as spiral spear blades pierced from all directions, the two gradually became overwhelmed.

At this moment, the two could only defend with all their might, unable to fully protect themselves. The withered grass beneath their feet continued to spread and grow until the two realized something was wrong, but it was too late to break free. After that, several emerald green spiral spear blades, carrying electric currents, shot out, piercing the two immobilized knights and pinning them within this autumn courtyard scene.