"Funny? Of course it's fun, but that's not fair! This is my puppet show, and I have the final say!"
The child puppet outside the window complained loudly, and at the same time as the funny voice began to sing again, its two "giant hands" broke the window and reached into the model, grabbing Miss Lathers and Miss Benanis who was still tied up on the left and right:
"The hero and the maid defeated the dragon, but it's not over yet! Behind the dragon, there's a terrifying demon king! While the ancient hero was resting, the demon king attacked the three of them and captured the bound princess and the brave maid!"
Two puppet arms instantly grabbed the two puppets on high, and then took them out of the palace model, leaving only a messy ground and irregularly shaped broken windows:
"The devil said: Oh, knight from a foreign land, if you want to save them, go to the top of the castle, I will wait for you there!"
As the voice fell, there was a dull bang and a square hole appeared in the ceiling of the palace. The wooden staircase fell down and bounced a few times after landing.
“Damn it!”
Xia De cursed in an uncivilized way, then hurried up the stairs and came to the real top floor of the castle, that is, the roof. There were no decorations or other functional items on the roof, but there was a hanging device on the edge that had long been unseen in this era.
The horizontal pole extended outwards, extending beyond the top edge of the model castle, with Miss Benanis and Miss Lathers hanging from the ropes. It is worth mentioning that the witch was still wrapped up like a silkworm chrysalis, while Miss Lathers only had her hands tied.
In addition to them, Shade also heard gurgling and bubbling sounds and saw black smoke coming out of the space beneath them.
"Oh, knight~"
The sound of flapping wings was heard, and the originally burnt "dragon" soared into the "sky". The dragon carried the blue suspenders puppet on its back. In order to play the final "demon king" of the puppet show, it now became the same size as Shade. Riding on the flying dragon, it sang loudly:
"The demon king has kidnapped the beautiful princess and the brave maid who was traveling with you. There is now boiling magma beneath them! Knight from a foreign land, make a choice quickly. You can only choose to save one of them. Should you save the princess who has been waiting for you, or the maid who has fallen in love with you?"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Before Shad could say anything, Miss Lathers immediately retorted loudly, squirming continuously as if she wanted to bite the puppet to death.
This was obviously a very serious matter, but Xia De inexplicably wanted to laugh. It was better to say that this matter was ridiculous from the beginning and not serious at all.
Miss Lathers had only been with Shade for less than an hour, so the puppet's statement was obviously an exaggeration.
So, your choice is...
"I want both!"
Shade shouted loudly and punched out with his right fist. With the consumption of his slightly recovered spirit, dozens of confinement halos flew towards the flying dragon in the sky. At the same time, he rushed to the edge of the castle roof, moving in coordination with Ragnar's jump, and the chains of sin in his sleeves shot towards the puppets of the two ladies hanging in the air.
"Hahaha! Foolish foreign knight, you want both. Then you won't get either - the devil said with a big laugh."
The giant dragon dodged the silver halo nimbly, and the ropes holding the two ladies all broke at this moment.
No matter how fast Shade ran, she couldn't be as fast as she was falling. As the puppet-like demon king laughed, they fell into the small bowl of boiling magma that appeared below them.
Rest~
There was a sudden sound of breaking air, and four huge cards flew over quickly, two of which caught the falling ladies, and two flew towards Shade. He jumped onto the Genesis Knowledge and flew up high like a flying carpet.
In puppet form, if you want to use the treasure to control the Rhodes deck, the consumption of spirit will be quite large, because the size of those Rhodes cards is too large. But for the four Vientiane cards other than the Founding Silver Moon, although the reason is unknown, every time "she" says that you have gained new power, Shade can control them as if he were controlling his own body.
In other words, there is no need to consume spirit to manipulate the Impermanence Card.
"Don't even think about running!"
The three Rhodes cards were put together, holding up the three people, and took the three puppets to fly away from the model. The blue suspenders puppet immediately rode a flying dragon to catch up, and the "roaring" dragon spewed flames at the three people:
“Don’t be afraid!”
The moonlight from Shade's fingertips cut the chains that bound the witch. As the latter looked at the sea of fire behind him with some horror, the unmanned Genesis Balance flew over and was used as a shield by Shade behind the three people. The flames hit the cards, but nothing happened. After all, the Impermanence Card was indestructible, and the flames emitted by the model were only the size of a candle flame for normal-sized cards.
"No one can leave until my puppet show is over!"
Amid the angry voice of the puppet behind the dragon, a towering wooden wall suddenly rose up at the edge of the model field. The Rod card immediately carried the three people upwards, but the dragon had already caught up:
"My puppet show isn't over yet, don't even think about leaving!"
"Ms. Lathers, you and Miss Benannis go first, I'll stop it!"
Without waiting for the two ladies to object, the three Rhodes cards that were put together separated. Two of them carried them to a higher place, and without the companions who were in the way, Shad stood on the Genesis Knowledge, holding the Silver Moon Greatsword, and another Rhodes card flew beside him, and then he turned to face the dragon.
The puppet immediately became happy:
"Oh, knight of the outlandish land, even though you helped the princess and the maid escape, you still have one final battle with the Demon King."
It deliberately pretended to have a rough voice, then rode on the dragon's back and attacked Shade.
The Rod card was used as a shield, and Shade and the puppet crossed in the air. Neither of them used ranged attack abilities, but only attacked each other with weapons every time they crossed.
Shade used his own Moonlight Great Sword, while the puppet used a wooden hammer. Although Shade could fly with the Rhodes card, it was just a card after all. The flying dragon puppet was more powerful and more suitable for riding. Moreover, Shade's spirit was now running out because of releasing the maze.
After only three exchanges, Shade was already in a losing position. Miss Lathers and Miss Benanis, who had flown to a higher place, had already reached the highest point of the wooden wall. However, when the two cards tried to fly out, the cards did indeed pass over the high wall, but they were separated from the cards as if they had hit an invisible transparent barrier, and then fell to the sky below.
During the battle, Shade was distracted and controlled the cards to fly back, catching them and letting them wait on the high ground. But this distraction made him fall into a disadvantage, coupled with the injury just now and the lack of spirit caused by using the complete puzzle lock, the situation was rapidly developing in an unfavorable direction, and only the puppet riding the dragon was still laughing.
Dad, ddd, ddd~
At this moment, the two ladies on the high ground heard a slight "footstep" coming from the other side of the high wall. Miss Benanis turned around to look because she was not used to the puppet body, while Miss Lathers turned her head 180 degrees to look. Then, both of them saw the towering wooden wall began to tremble.
An inexplicable panic suddenly enveloped their hearts, as if something even more terrifying and incomprehensible was about to appear. In the two people's terrified mood, the head of the "huge monster" poked out from the bottom of the other side of the wooden wall, and the "huge" amber eyes appeared in front of them.
"Meow~"
Mia swiftly jumped onto the high wall, holding onto the top of the wall with her front paws, but her body was still hanging down. But the cat just shook its tail, and with a force from its not-so-sharp claws, the whole cat crawled to the top of the high wall.
It was not at all interested in the two puppets sitting on the cards, but it still stretched out its claws and poked Miss Lathers to express its dissatisfaction - the fish training ring was now on her finger.
Then, the cat squatting on the wooden wall with a majestic look saw Shade fighting with the model dragon. Although Shade was also a puppet at this time, it still recognized Shade:
“Meow!”
At this time, there was no creature larger than it, so the ferocious cat pounced into the exquisite model. The moment the cat jumped over the high wall, the effect of the venue puppetizing any flesh and blood life took effect. But at the same time as the whispering aura enveloped the cat, the transformation ring on the cat's tail vibrated, and the effect of transforming the flesh and blood body into a puppet body was actually dispelled.
Because Mia pounced on them too fast, Shade, who was concentrating on the fight, and the puppet in overalls riding a dragon only noticed it when the Transformation Ring vibrated.
Mia attacked the dragon puppet head-on before she could react. Fortunately, Mia was a small kitten, and although the dragon model was smaller than it, it still managed to escape under the puppet's control.
So the cat landed in the forest. It didn't care how delicate the model was. After a few flicks of its tail and a few paces and turns, a large number of trees in the forest were destroyed.
"Oh, Mia!"
Shad stood on the cards and flew towards Mia. The cat looked at the smaller Shad curiously and tried to stretch out its claws towards him, but Shad dodged them every time.
However, the appearance of the cat also gave Shade a new idea. He jumped off the cards and came to the cat's back. While the cat foolishly tried to turn its head to look at its body, Shade, who was riding the cat, issued an order:
"Mia, catch up with that dragon... Wait, why does it feel so familiar... It must be a precognitive dream!"