Hearing the girl's words, Shinji couldn't help but sneer so that only he could hear it.
present
How could you be polite to an assassin who broke into people's houses in the middle of the night and started killing people
There is no reason at all, let alone etiquette
To take a step back, even if we do talk about etiquette, we have to follow the etiquette that is universal in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad - give and take.
If you do it on the first day, don't blame me for doing it on the fifteenth. It's rude not to reciprocate!
"Scalp!"
Along with the chanting of one syllable, the mercury film instantly dispersed and split into seven or eight mercury blades that slashed towards the middle-aged man from all directions. As long as one of them hit the target, the target would be dead for sure.
"Stand back." The noble girl pushed Shinji's target back a few steps with her hand. The cane in her right hand drew a strange mark in the air, which looked like a badge and some kind of rune.
The faint azure spiritual force spread outward along with the staff, and the moment it touched the mercury blade, it disintegrated the thin blade, and the mercury turned back into liquid state and dripped all over the ground.
Shinji's face finally changed. He would not be surprised no matter how the Mercury Blade was blocked by the opponent, but he had only encountered the situation of directly causing the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid to disintegrate in two people.
One is Scathach, the incomparable Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows, and the other is Kayneth, one of the twelve Lords of the Clock Tower. The former is the highest-ranking magician in any era, and the latter is the creator of the "Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid", and it is not difficult for him to understand and crack the spells compiled into the mercury.
Kenneth once proudly said that even if there was no one controlling it, only a first-rate magician could crack the "Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid". If he controlled it himself, no one could do it. When he said this, he had already experienced the failure of the Fourth Holy Grail War, so it was unlikely that he was exaggerating. Could it be that this girl, who was only slightly older than him, had already become a first-rate magician? Or was there some other reason
The girl did not allow Shinji to continue to wonder and proudly announced:
"This is the magic gift 'Moon Spirit Fluid' that Lord El-Melloi is proud of. It relies on air pressure and fluid manipulation to achieve various changes. It is indeed an excellent gift. If you were to operate it yourself, my little trick would not be worth mentioning. However, this unknown gentleman, you don't seem to be good at air pressure manipulation. It is meaningless to rely on the spell fixed inside the gift."
"I see." Shinji nodded secretly.
As the girl said, this is exactly Shinji's shortcoming. The Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid is a magic gift that Kenneth tailored for himself with Feng Shui composite attributes, which can bring his expertise in air pressure and fluid manipulation to the extreme.
The fluid operation of water attribute gives mercury various forms, and the air pressure control of wind attribute makes the mercury structure, which originally scattered at the touch, more compact, which truly gives the equipment combat power. Take the mercury blade as an example. Mercury can become so sharp because the air pressure presses the mercury into thin sheets, forming an effect similar to a water cutter. If there is no air pressure, it is just a simple mercury sheet, without any lethality.
Shinji only has water attribute, so fluid operation is no problem for him, but air pressure operation which belongs to wind attribute is much worse.
Although Scathach's improvement has pre-programmed an air pressure manipulation technique into Mercury, allowing Shinji and Kaname, who have only one attribute, to also manipulate it, this is ultimately just a way to make up for it. It can be easily cracked by a true master of atmospheric manipulation. Combined with the girl's previous magic of changing the trajectory, it seems that her attribute is wind.
Knowing this, Shinji immediately collected the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid. The main purpose of carrying the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid was to deal with group battles and barrages. With only two people, it didn't matter whether they used it or not.
Seeing Mercury leave, Gertler breathed a sigh of relief and tried to force a smile: "So, are you willing to-"
Before he finished, the "Rune Silver Bullet" broke through the air for the second time. This time, it was not the Hurricane Rune Hagalaz, but the Thor's Hammer Thursaz. The silver bullet flew a little slower than before, but it was less susceptible to interference.
However, this time, the silver bullet still missed. Gertler had already activated the workshop's defense system, and the lightning bullet hit an invisible wall and shattered.
Shinji had no intention of achieving success with one strike. The moment the silver bullet broke through the air, he activated his leg strengthening magic. He crossed a distance of nearly ten meters like a ghost and chopped down with his magic spear, bow and sword.
With a "swish" sound, a black shadow came in from the side and deflected the blade generated by magic - it was the girl's whip.
interesting.
There was a gleam in Shinji's eyes; the girl in front of him completely aroused his curiosity.
The exquisite magic that can easily break the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid, the skills that can easily withstand the blows of bows and swords, and the unique gift outfit that is both soft and hard, and can be used for both magic and physics - it's like a second self!
Since his master Scathach left, Shinji has not met a magician who is so similar to him. Neither his sister Sakura, who is from the same lineage, nor Araya Soren, who is also a magician and martial artist, has given Shinji such a feeling.
Sakura's physical skills are only for self-defense and are far weaker than magic, and Araya Souren lacks offensive techniques. She is the only one who is similar in all aspects from fighting method to tactical style.
If there is anything different, it's probably that the girl's mind is not mature enough. After the fight started, she still asked: "How come you—"
Her words gave Shinji an opportunity. Shinji swayed and moved half a body length sideways, and with his empty right hand he threw out two rune stones, one for fire, Fehu, and the other for sun, Sowilo.
The two rune stones ignited in the wind and turned into two fireballs, one in front and one behind, heading straight for Gertler.
Although Shinji is very interested in the girl, he knows what is important and what is not, and killing Gertler is his top priority.
Gertler's eyes widened, and the magic circuits extending from his collarbone to his jaw emerged from his body surface. The invisible wall that blocked the silver lightning bullet reappeared, hoping to block Shinji's long-range attack like before.
But he obviously underestimated Shinji's strength and Rune magic. There are 18 original runes, and 24 runes were derived. Each word has more than one meaning. Shinji usually uses the elemental meaning with high lethality, but it does not mean that he will not use other meanings.
The second meaning of Fehu is wild, violent, drastic and rapid change.
The second meaning of Sowilo is to achieve success smoothly.
The core of defensive magic is mostly static and unchanging, which is exactly the opposite of the two runes. Under the concept of hedging, two fireballs, one red and one yellow, successfully penetrated the barrier and continued to rush forward, about to hit Gertler's head.
At the critical moment, a hurricane swept through the entire workshop. The force deflected Shinji's bow and sword, and pushed Gertler's body several meters away, directly out of the workshop.
In the eye of the hurricane, the girl holds her head high, her long hair dancing in the wind.