Thinking in his heart, Shade, who stood at the end of the "forest trail", raised his head and looked across the "forest" and "city" to the "castle" at the end:
"We agreed that if I save the princess and finish your puppet show, you will change everyone back to normal."
"You can actually speak even though you've become a puppet? You're worthy of being chosen by her. I mean what I say, don't worry about that. I've sworn to God, and I hope our story will be very interesting.
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The funny voice fell, and the singing voice appeared:
"Act 1: Giants of the Forest:
The knight entered the forest and encountered the princess's maid being chased by a jackal. He wanted to save the beautiful girl and also get information about the princess.
Following the funny humming of the puppet hidden behind the castle, the doll in a black and white maid dress, chased by more than a dozen wild wolf puppets, "jumped" out from the dense tree models beside the forest path, as if these puppets had been hiding there all along.
Of course, whether it is the maid or the wolf, these puppets are also controlled by silk strings, which results in more than ten discs floating above the model, as if they are controlled by invisible hands.
It is worth mentioning that the wolf puppets are also palm-sized, just like the human puppets, so they should be called "giant wolves". And the maid puppet's face looks like Miss Hillis Grande Lathers, who went with Shade to solve the land pollution problem yesterday.
She seemed to be controlling her own body, although not very skilled, but she still ran quickly towards Shade, waving her hands to try to express something. The "ferocious" wolf puppets then rushed over, and Shade in puppet form took a deep breath:
"Moonlight Slash!"
The puppet clapped its hands together, then tilted to draw out an arc of moonlight. At that moment, Miss Lathers felt the threat of approaching death, but the bright light just passed by her, and then split the wolf puppet behind her into two pieces.
This made Xia De, who originally thought he would face a difficult battle, happy:
"Not that strong... Imprisonment Aura!"
According to the story routine, how can the first enemy to appear be strong
she asked with a chuckle.
With the consumption of spirit, more than a dozen silver moonlight halos flew out with Shade's fisting action, accurately hitting the wild wolves. One was put around the neck of each puppet, and then the puppets fell on the path of the model forest.
Miss Lathers had also run to Shad's side at this time, but unfortunately, although Shad's puppet could speak, Miss Lathers' puppet did not have the ability to speak, so the lady could only gesture something anxiously - her anxiety could be seen from the speed of her waving, but unfortunately Shad did not understand sign language.
"The brave knight rescued the beautiful maid and learned the way to the castle from her. The maid decided to go forward with the knight to rescue the imprisoned princess together."
Amid the funny singing, the forest path that was originally blocked by the tree models changed. As the pulley rolled, the site model itself began to move. The trees moved away, and a road leading to a farther distance appeared in front of the path.
Miss Hillis Grande Lathers was still gesturing to Shad, who looked at her with some confusion, and then a pitch-black chain shot out from his sleeves.
The chain did not attack anyone, but instead crawled toward the floor behind it and penetrated into the pile of Shad's fallen belongings.
Soon, the chains of sin dragged back some items. They were metal toy swords, longbows, and a pot of toy arrows. Shade had brought them with him for emergencies, and now it was just right for Miss Lathers to take them.
At the same time, the brass ring that Shade really wanted to get was also pulled into the forest path. Probably because it was not a relic to assist in combat, the puppet did not stop Shade from doing so.
The radius of the fish training ring was now thicker than the waist of the puppet Shade, but fortunately, similar relic rings have the function of adapting to the size of the wearer. When Shade stretched out his finger to it, the ring automatically shrank and clasped the puppet's knuckles. Shade in puppet form said:
"Ms. Grande, I know this is a complicated situation, but it looks like we need to move forward together. Please wear this ring, it will allow you to speak."
After saying this, he took off the ring and handed it to Miss Lathers, who put it on:
"Oh my God, I can finally speak."
While Shad's voice sounded like his own, Miss Lathers's was distinctly that of a puppet:
"Mr. Watson, it's me, Miss Grande. My companion and I encountered an accident, and then we were trapped by this sage-level relic. I'm really sorry to drag you into this."
She said quickly in a rather annoyed tone:
"I can cast spells in this form, but my ability to cast spells is severely weakened, at least not to your level. However, this puppet's body has great strength and speed. Mr. Watson, please join me in rescuing my companions. I know it is difficult, but I swear that you will gain the friendship of the Golden Dawn and the reward you deserve."
Although the puppet could not make complex expressions, her tone was particularly sincere, and this was what Shade was waiting for:
"Actually, I can't leave even if I want to. No problem, let's move on together. I will rescue the lady."
Miss Lathers then put on her quiver, picked up her sword and longbow, and followed Shad along the path in the woods.
The puppet hiding behind the castle model continued to hum happily:
"The maid brought a message: In order to open the door to the upper floors of the castle, you need to obtain the heart of the forest giant, the ring of the evil wizard, and the sword of the controlled royal knight of the castle. For the beautiful princess, the knight from another place is going to challenge the giant in the forest."
The model forest site was still moving, but this time it was the model under Shade and the others' feet that was moving. The trail led the two forward and finally stopped at a fork in the forest. A sign stood in the middle of the fork, with "Abandoned Capital" written on the left and "Giant's Home" on the right.
Shade turned around and looked at the puppet of Miss Lathers following behind him:
"Looks like we'll have to fight later. Let me make it clear that I've also been weakened in puppet form. I don't have much power now, and there are many things I can't do. I need your help."
"I will cooperate. But your strength is not weak, at least stronger than mine."
The sorceress's puppet said, walking with him to the right. The model was not big to begin with, and after a few steps, they saw a clearing in the forest at the end of the trail. A humanoid puppet, about the size of five or six Shade puppets, was lying in the clearing and sleeping.
Although this puppet is not big for normal people, it is indeed a giant for Miss Shad and Miss Lathers in their current state.
Shade had no intention of having a fair duel with this thing. He stretched out his hand, drew a moonlight cross in front of him, then moved sideways and rushed forward.
The sneak attack worked, and the Silver Moon Cross hit the giant, but it only left a deep cross mark on the puppet and did not eliminate the enemy at once.
"It won't be that easy."
"The knight challenged the giant of the forest to a duel of honor. The enraged giant awoke from his slumber and decided to teach the two villains a lesson."
Amid the puppet's funny voice, the giant puppet also got up from the ground. It also couldn't speak, but it could make a terrifying dongdong sound by beating its chest with both hands.
The halo of confined light flew towards the giant, but was crushed by the giant's palm. Miss Lathers shot arrows that actually had simple alchemical enchantments, but these arrows could not have much effect on that huge body.
But the good news is that the giant in the forest moves very slowly. Although it is difficult for Shade and Miss Lathers to launch an effective attack on him, even if he bends down to attack Shade and the others, he cannot hit the target accurately.
“Thunder gun!”
The toothpick-like silver lightning was thrown upwards by Shade and hit the huge body, but it only paralyzed it for a second.
"That won't work."
While dodging the attack, Shade said to Miss Lathers:
"Even if I still have the ability to cast spells, I can't cause an effective attack on it. Madam, I think it must have a so-called weak spot. I will hold it back for a while. Please take this opportunity to attack the weak spot."
"But what's the catch?"
Miss Lathers dodged the giant's fists as he bent over. She was gradually adapting to this stiff body, so she understood how surprising it was that Mr. "John Watson" could be so flexible. Considering that he could speak directly, his spellcasting ability seemed to be little weakened, and he possessed a special purification ability, Miss Lathers believed that this was a unique man.
"Since we want to take the giant's heart, the key point should be its chest - the chain of sin!"
The giant bent down again to attack Shad, but this time Shad did not dodge. Instead, he released a pitch-black chain towards the giant's fist.
Gluttony, greed, laziness, and anger. These chains have four runes. Under normal circumstances, they can even imprison seriously injured demons, but at this moment, they only make the giant unable to move.
One end of the chain was tied to the giant's wrist, and he pulled the chain hard, trying to pull Shad up. Shad also pulled the chain hard, and for a moment, the two people with huge differences in size were in a stalemate:
"The power of the red dragon! Quick, Miss Lathers!"
In a hurry, Shade realized that he had called out the other party's real name instead of "Miss Grande", but Miss Lathers didn't seem to notice this. The small doll ran to the giant's feet and then struggled to climb up its legs.
During the wrestling process, Xia De felt that his entire puppet body was shaking, but surprisingly he did not lose the upper hand.