Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 422 - 422 199 The First Appearance of the Devil's Shadow

422: Chapter 199: The First Appearance of the Devil’s Shadow 422: Chapter 199: The First Appearance of the Devil’s Shadow (Lorelette Language)

“…..~Traitor~…..~Found you~…..”

The eerie intonation grated on Leon’s eardrums, the mysterious ancient chant even more puzzling to him.

But this did not hinder Leon from activating the “Molten Flame Sword” magic technique within his Magic Wand.

——Restless, Condensing…

From the Flame Sun Roulette in the Magic Gun, Demon Runes suddenly extended, and the Wing Blades of Garner surged with a fierce Magic Flame.

That “Emmon” with its bizarrely enchanting face suddenly smirked and leapt backwards; its pallid flesh retreating from the Magic Gun just before the scorching Flame Blade materialized.

Leon wouldn’t let him escape, swinging his blade to slash, the Flame Blade of the Magic Gun traced a dazzling arc through the air.

But the creature wearing Emmon’s shell, as if dancing, spun and dodged in the air with ease, evading the Knight’s swift strike; a whistling afterimage lashed out like a whip from behind it.

Instinct conveyed the forewarning of danger into Leon’s consciousness even before the sound of the cracking whip reached his ears.

Sensing the terrifying attack faster than sound, Leon did not dare to hesitate and with an empty swing, he activated another spell from Garner with his backhand.

——Gale!

Magic Power enveloped the airburst in front of Leon, the Wind Hammer slamming hard onto the body of the fiend in mid-air.

——Boom!

The heavy atmospheric hammer sent Emmon’s body flying unavoidably, its figure spilling blood squirting from a punctured chest while the purple-white tail whip, aimed at Leon’s very face, was forced to retract.

The tail-end gleamed coldly as it whisked past Leon’s eyes, startling him to lean back slightly.

Leon was shaken; this was terrifyingly fast, nearly matching Olivia’s top sword speed.

A moment later and his eyes might’ve been beyond salvaging.

The far-flung Emmon giggled as it fell into the forest below.

A series of eerie heavy laughs echoed from all around the quasi-spiritual battlefield, like reverberations.

Leon snapped shut the visor of his Knight Helmet with a click of his hand, despite the erected grille limiting his vision, but it was still better than nearly having his eyes sliced blind moments earlier.

It’s best to be fully armored when tussling with such a dangerous foe.

He surveyed his surroundings; besides the increasingly muted infiltrating laughter, the trace of Emmon was gone.

Leon couldn’t help but wonder about the meaning of those enigmatic words that ghostly thing had muttered.

…Traitor?

Was it referring to Kovis?

Why is it in Lorelette Language?

“Acro!

Are you awake?” Leon turned his head to check on the state of his younger brother behind him.

He had broken free from that absurd fake illusion, but was unsure whether his companion was conscious.

Glancing back, he saw Kovis with half-closed eyes and a furrowed brow, his young face filled with sorrow and sadness.

“Hey!

Wake up!” Leon held the Magic Gun inverted and shook his entranced companion vigorously with his free hand.

Hearing the call from reality, Kovis abruptly opened his eyes wide.

“Um…” Kovis took a deep breath, raised his eyes to look at his Lord, and came to his senses.

Slowly setting down the long-standing pain and hatred that had just awakened, the young man revealed an apologetic bitter smile: “Sorry…

I seemed to have fallen into an illusion just now.”

“That was the Demon’s trick to disturb the mind.

I almost got caught too.

Also, remember to wear your helmet with the face guard.

The enemy attacks very quickly,” Leon reminded.

After speaking, he turned back and questioned Lola in his heart: “What was that wearing Emmon’s skin just now?

Was it the ‘Desire Demon’ you’ve mentioned before?”

“That’s right…” Lola’s mental voice responded.

However, her tone suddenly changed, speaking irritably: “You, you actually wanted me to strip and bathe with you?

It seems I should’ve directly transformed into a skeleton and scared you just now~”

What?

Wasn’t that fake?

Leon’s eyes widened, even more panicked than when he was almost blinded by the Desire Demon; he thought that was also part of the illusion.

“You saw that illusion too?”

He suddenly felt as embarrassed as if he were watching a small film in a room and realized that his parents had been standing behind him for some time.

Lola sighed: “I appeared intending to wake you up, but since you woke up halfway through and deliberately lured the Desire Demon closer, I didn’t make a sound…

Li Ang, Li Ang, I didn’t expect you to be so insatiable.

Be careful, I might tell Olivia on you~…”

Leon felt a chill down his spine and clumsily begged for mercy: “Ouch, don’t take it seriously, all of that was a fake phantom created by the Demon.

I deeply understand the principle of being moved by emotion but stopping at propriety, I have always respected and admired you as an elder, how could I dare to offend.”

…Says the one who sounds nice, had the Demon appeared later, you would probably have tried to take matters into your own hands, wouldn’t you…

Lola secretly spat in her mind, but she wasn’t actually angry.

As if triumphantly holding a bit of leverage, she quickly changed the subject: “Alright, don’t be distracted.

I thought it would be a more powerful Pride Demon that took over the Rodoc Mage’s body; I didn’t expect to attract a Desire Demon instead…

Right now, the Desire Demon is actually easier for you to deal with, but no matter what, the human body you saw earlier is just a layer of fake skin.

It can transform into a more dangerous true form at any time, do not be careless.”

Leon nodded, peering down at the endless expanse of forest wilderness that seemed to grow as they flew, alert to the utmost.

Fortunately, whether the Desire Demon hadn’t attacked the Griffin or the Griffin’s pure spirit resisted the illusion’s assault, he could sense that the Death Claw beneath him was conscious and had not fallen victim to the trick.

Unexpectedly, they encountered a Demon attack just as they entered the spiritually sensitive area.

Now that the Desire Demon had been so proactively free to act, Orad’s party who entered before probably met with more bad luck than good.