"The puppet's body has no sense of pain, and these injuries do not affect combat and movement. I will heal myself after rescuing Miss Benanis."
Shade said that Miss Lathers was still a little worried, but it was not easy to say anything at this time.
But unfortunately, they couldn't lift the Royal Knight's silver shield that could bounce moonlight and fireballs. It wasn't because they didn't have enough strength, but because the shield was directly connected to the ground, and the scene didn't allow them to take the armor away.
"Let's keep going. There should be other battles at the top. Since the Royal Knights just now were so strong, it's hard for me to imagine what will happen in the end."
Miss Lathers looked at the collapsed wall with some embarrassment. She actually had a guess in her mind. In this standard "knight princess" story, if there is no dragon in the end, it would be a waste of such a theme.
She didn't know the specific relationship between Shade and the Witch Council, she just thought that the man in front of her was introduced by other witches and came to seek help, so she hesitated whether to speak out her guess. She was worried that this would scare Shade. After all, judging from the current situation, he was not restricted by this sage-level relic, and maybe there was a way to leave directly.
But in the end, he still spoke out his guess. This was not just because he wanted to show his sincerity and honesty, but because he felt that hiding things from each other and taking risks would definitely cause problems in the end:
"According to the normal storyline... will it be a puppet dragon?"
"It's possible."
Xia De agreed with this, but he didn't feel any trouble. The puppet dragon had its own way of dealing with it, and since he dared to venture into the field of relics, he naturally had his own follow-up arrangements.
Including the mystery lock, he still has at least two hidden cards that have not been revealed.
The puppet's body did not need to rest. Because Shade was preparing to give the half-human-height puppet some surprises in the end, he did not waste his own spirit to heal himself.
The two walked up the stairs and came to the main door on the top floor of the castle. There were three grooves on the metal door. They inserted the "Heart of the Forest Giant", "Ring of the Evil Wizard" and "Sword of the Royal Knight" into them one by one, and the door, which was very thick for a puppet, was opened.
However, the three objects embedded in the gate could never be removed again, and it was obvious that they had completed their final mission.
Behind the gate is the hall where the king receives guests, which is often depicted in fairy tales. The ceiling is supported by wooden pillars, and the floor is covered with red cashmere carpets. Opposite the door, there are nine steps at the far end, on which are placed golden chairs, and on the chairs are tied silkworm-like witch dolls.
Seeing the door open and the strange man appearing with Miss Lathers, the witch, who was already wriggling like a worm, immediately struggled harder. Miss Lathers wanted to run over, but Shade held her shoulders.
Then, the puppet's funny singing voice came from the window outside the building. Shade looked toward the window and saw the puppet squatting outside like a giant, with its two button-like eyes looking inside:
"Final Scene: Dragon Quest -
The knight and the maid finally defeated all the enemies that blocked their way and came to the top of the castle hand in hand. At this moment, the princess was in front of them, and the powerful enemy who kidnapped the princess also appeared at this moment. "
The puppet outside the window blew the wind into the window, and the wind blew the window open. Then, as expected, the dragon puppet smashed the huge French window and "flew" in from outside the window. Of course, it couldn't speak, but the puppet squatting outside the window spoke for it:
"Oh, tiny human, who allowed you to enter my palace?"
The voice is deliberately lowered, which is a very poor voice changing technique.
The "dragon" was actually only the size of two dolls, flying around below the ceiling.
Shade glanced at Miss Lathers and replied:
"Dragon, we are going to rescue the beautiful princess and then defeat you!"
"Haha, you tiny human beings are so bold! Let me burn you to ashes with fire!"
The puppet outside the window continued to speak for the "dragon" in a low voice, and the dragon really opened its mouth and spewed out a flame towards Shad and Miss Lathers.
The flames were like a sea of fire, covering the entire ground, leaving them no place to hide. The door behind them had been closed at some point, and the flames rushed directly towards the bodies of the two puppets:
"careful!"
Miss Lathers looked around in panic, and then saw Shade standing in front of her. The Moonlight Greatsword pierced into the ground, and the hemispherical golden shield exploded around, but it only lasted less than five seconds before being dispersed by the endless flames.
Although she was a middle-level warlock, she subconsciously closed her eyes in the face of this dangerous and desperate scene, but then she realized that she couldn't close her eyes at this time, and she was not burned by the flames.
She looked forward in surprise, and then she noticed that in front of Xia De who was standing in front of her, there was an ice coffin.
"Mystery Lock - Sleeping Princess!"
The spellcasting effect in puppet form is extremely poor, but the reduced consumption means that Shade can use high-level magic that cannot be used in normal state.
The sea of fire was divided into left and right sides by the ice coffin that exuded a chill, as if the dragon's breath was also afraid of the ice coffin.
The originally magnificent palace hall underwent some changes at this time. The red carpet was still the red carpet, but the originally empty walls were now covered with silver and green tapestries. There was a moon on the silver tapestry, and a giant tree on the green tapestry.
The lid of the ice coffin was engraved with a vivid cartoon dragon with a big tail. The blood-red pattern looked like the ice surface was stained red by blood. Carrying a chill that seemed to be able to freeze the soul, the ice coffin slowly opened, and the puppet of Miss Fiona Drago, the red dragon witch with a beautiful big tail, looked out of the ice coffin. Her beautiful appearance was fascinating even in puppet form.
"What?"
"What?"
“Woo woo!”
The first sentence was spoken by Miss Lathers behind Shade, and the second sentence was spoken by the puppet outside the castle, none of whom could understand what was happening before their eyes. The last voice was spoken by the bound witch, whose mouth was also covered.
"At that most critical moment, the knight from another land remembered the ties of the past."
The witch puppet with a big tail stretched out her hand to Shade, who held her hand while singing casually:
"A red dragon princess from a foreign country has arrived, willing to fight for the knights."
The witch walked out of the ice coffin, and Shade kissed the back of her wooden hand:
"Princess, please defeat the powerful enemy for me."
Even in puppet form, the latter was still able to nod slightly shyly.
The witch puppet walked forward, and the flames that were still spewing out automatically parted in front of her. She looked up at the giant dragon in the sky, and after a moment, she let out a roar that froze the souls of everyone present:
"roar!"
The orange-red flame spewed out from the witch's mouth, even more fierce than the dragon's. The flame directly engulfed the "dragon" in the air, and Shade's eyes went dark because of the excessive consumption. He almost fell down because he couldn't hold on. Fortunately, Miss Lathers supported him in time.
When the flames died down, the Red Dragon Witch and the ice coffin had already disappeared. The giant dragon puppet, which had been burnt black, fell from the sky, landing "heavily" on the ground and bouncing a few times in a rather funny way.
The half-man-high puppet outside the window stared at this scene in amazement. Shad was supported by Miss Lathers. He felt his body was hollowed out, but he still sang:
"The foreign red dragon princess helped the knight defeat the dragon. The road ahead has been cleared. The kidnapped princess is in the high place. The knight and the maid, together with the maid, saved the kingdom and the princess."
Shade said breathlessly, barely standing up with the help of Miss Lathers, and said to the "stunned" child puppet outside the window:
"It's very exciting, right? So, we won this puppet show, right?"
The puppet outside the window was obviously shocked by Shade's reversal of power, and Shade broke free from Miss Lathers's support:
"Go quickly."
He signaled to the young lady to rescue Miss Benanis quickly before the puppet outside the window took any action.
Although she was worried about Shad's current condition, Miss Lathers quickly stepped over the smoking, charred "dragon" on the ground and ran towards the golden chair deep in the palace. Shad continued to talk to the puppet in an attempt to delay time.
He could recover by leaving the venue. As long as he could get Miss Benannis's puppet, even if the relic did not actively remove the negative status for the two of them, Shade believed that there must be other ways to reverse this puppetization:
"The hero defeated the dragon and freed the princess. The puppet show is over! It's time to live happily ever after!"
Xia De said this with certainty, and the puppet squatting outside the window came to its senses and complained loudly:
"No, it wasn't a hero who defeated the dragon, it was another princess who defeated the dragon! That's not fair, that wasn't my puppet! You shouldn't let other people interfere with our puppet show! Where did that puppet come from? I didn't invite her!"
"No, it's fair! That's a part of my soul, a princess who came because of ties and bonds! I didn't let anyone else interfere with our puppet show. And isn't it more interesting than the old-fashioned knight saving the princess, the princess saving the knight, and then saving the princess again?"
Shade said with certainty. Because he turned his head to look at the side window, he could only see Miss Lathers struggling to untie the chains that were wrapped around Miss Benanis. The more he looked at the witch's charming puppet tied up tightly, the more interesting it became.