Pendragon's Infinity Gauntlet

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Looks like it's time for a hero to make their appearance?

The world in the small space seemed to freeze instantly.

No, it's not that time has stopped flowing, but rather that, from her current reaction speed, what's happening is moving at a speed almost as slow as if it were straight.

Alice's fist, carrying the full force of her body, came straight at Jing Shen from above. Jing Shen understood at least one thing: trying to block it with her right hand would be suicidal.

at this time.

A familiar figure appeared out of nowhere, standing before her, accompanied by a gust of wind.

"Wait……"

Stunned, Jing Shen stared blankly at the bald girl's back, managing only to utter a single syllable before the rest of her unorganized words were abruptly cut off.

A massive arm, made of several tons of building materials, crashes down from above. Even a heavily armored tank would be unable to withstand such force and would twist and deform.

However, the girl in front of Jing Shen easily caught the fist, which was larger than her body, with one hand. The strong visual impact was enough to shock other people's worldview.

It was as if she was holding up a plastic model with one hand, and she even looked more relaxed than if she were lifting a plastic model!

However, the bald girl's legs were also completely embedded in the hard concrete, like a nail driven into the earth, proving that the pressure of several tons was not fake.

Not only Jing Shen, but everyone, including the guards, the magician Xue Li, and Feng Zhan, were stunned.

Because the girl with her legs nailed to the ground was pulling herself out of the earth, and in the process of pulling her legs out, she casually flipped over the huge stone giant!

To others, the shock of this scene was no less than when they saw ants throwing an elephant away!

The hard concrete was as smooth as tofu; the bald girl simply pulled her legs out casually, and a large number of stones were kicked up.

P.S.: It was working fine for two days, and now the water's out again... emmmmm

Chapter 298 Letting Someone's Head

Chapter 298

"What are you standing there for? Go for it!"

Fang Cun stood as if he were wrestling with a stone giant, and turned to speak to Jing Shen behind him.

In fact, she could smash that thing to pieces with a single slap.

However, she cannot fully control her power yet, and is afraid that she might accidentally shatter the magician's power.

Therefore, Fangcun willingly played the role of a supporting character to the main character, giving his head to the leader.

Hmm...

In fact, compared to taking down that blond man with a single punch, Fang Cun's feat of carrying the stone giant with one hand was far more spectacular. Even the mighty Overlord could only weep in despair.

The guards were so engrossed in watching that they forgot to fire.

Of course, some students were standing right under the stone giant, and they didn't fire their guns.

Seeing that Fang Cun seemed completely unaffected, Jing Shen didn't bother asking her if she was okay. Instead, she accelerated, crouched low, and leaped forward almost touching the ground. Like an arrow released from a bow, she passed right between Alice's feet!

Jing Shen slowly stood up. He reached out his right hand and touched Alice's back. In an instant, the stone giant, which had been controlled by Fang Cun, cracked and collapsed in large chunks, just like a poorly constructed building.

Sheryl Cromwell was standing in front of him.

"Ah... Alice..."

Xue Li shouted in a voice full of anxiety and tension.

"it is good."

"That's what Jing Shen said."

He raised his right hand and made a large circle, as if checking the flexibility of his shoulder.

"what……"

Faced with this desperate situation, Xue Li couldn't help but reveal an awkward smile.

"Haha, what's going on? Now I have nowhere to escape!"

There is no need to run away.

Amidst the swirling dust, Jing Shen closed one eye.

"You just need to sleep peacefully."

With a single punch, the purifying god vanquished the demon, sending Xue Li and Cromwell flying. The purifying god showed no mercy.

Xue Li's emaciated body was like a piece of paper drifting in the wind, rolling around on the ground.

"Depend on……"

Fang Cun was completely dumbfounded. Was the sect leader really that impulsive? If she hadn't retreated quickly, she would have been covered in dust.

As the dust storm caused by the collapse of the stone giant gradually dissipated, the guards and Fengzhan saw the defeated mage.

"Heh...hehehe..."

Suddenly, a man's laughter was heard. Jing Shen's gaze quickly locked onto Xue Li, who was lying on the ground.

"Not enough force? Could this guy have jumped backward to lessen the impact...?"

With her extensive fighting experience, she rarely made mistakes; she knew exactly what kind of force could knock someone unconscious.

But the blond man not only didn't lose consciousness, he actually laughed. He laughed while lying on the ground.

He still held the white wax pen tightly in his hand.

Swish!

The crayon danced across the ground with the speed of a drawn sword, creating mysterious lines that resembled both graphics and symbols.

"Damn it, you want to create a second one?"

The Pure God rushed forward, trying to stop him.

"Hehe...hehehe...hehehehehe. That's impossible. Even if it were made, it wouldn't be of any use."

Xue Li then grinned menacingly.

"However, I know more than one kind of magic."

Instantly, the ground behind Xue Li collapsed within a radius of about two meters, centered on the line he had just drawn. Xue Li was swept into the collapse, disappearing without a trace as if swallowed by the ground.

"Damn it!"

Jing Shen rushed over, but all that remained was an empty cave. The cave was very deep, its depth unknown. However, she could sense air moving within it.

"Oh no, this is a subway passageway..."

However, something just doesn't feel right.

Looking into the dark depths of the cave, Jing Shen felt a surge of questions.

Sheryl Cromwell's dedication to his target was far too weak. This was noticeably different from the magicians he had encountered in the past. If it were any of those magicians, they would never have hesitated to run away from a target like Wind Slash Ice Flower (and the Goddess of Purity herself seemed to be on the list as well).

"Think quickly! What is it that I can't let go of?"

Jing Shen carefully recalled every word Xue Li had said, his face solemn as he lowered his head. After a while, he suddenly raised his head.

"Oh? The key to the imaginary number area wasn't with you? Um... um... how do you pronounce it again? Wind... wind-cutting something. Seriously, Japanese names are so complicated."

Indeed, upon closer examination, Sheryl Cromwell's interest in Kazakiri Hyouka was never very high from the beginning.

'I need some sparks to ignite a war, so as many people as possible must know that I am a member of the English Puritans, understand? — Alice!'

If Xue Li has ulterior motives, and killing Feng Zhan is merely one of the means to achieve those motives...

"It doesn't matter who it is. We don't necessarily have to kill that girl."

If Kazezaki can be replaced by someone else...

'Hehe...hehehe...hehehehehe. Index, Imagine Breaker, the key to the Imaginary Numbers Zone. Which one should I choose? Are any of them okay? Hehe, this is so troublesome. Too many choices are a real headache.'

Shirley. Cromwell did not flee.

Instead, they went to find new goals.

however……

He had three targets, one of whom, Jing Shen, was here and was being protected by guards.

The only one not here and not under guard protection is—

"Oh no... Index Books!!"

-

Footsteps echoed in the dark subway tunnel.

These are not human footsteps. They are the footsteps of Alice, a four-meter-tall stone giant sculpted from concrete and railway tracks.

Held in Alice's arms, Shirley Cromwell wielded a crayon, manipulating Alice's legs. Shirley knew perfectly well which way to go. Before creating this new Alice, Shirley had already pinpointed the target's location by releasing countless clay eyeballs. However, in order to create the second Alice, the eyeballs had now been destroyed.

His cheek, which had been punched, was both painful and numb. Xue Li's feet, hidden within his robe, hadn't actually touched the ground; instead, they were suspended several centimeters in the air. This was why Xue Li was unaffected by Alice's tremors.

However, when the girl punched him, the levitation technique absorbed the impact of the punch, but it was also destroyed. Therefore, Xue Li now has no choice but to be carried by Alice.

-

Unlike the dark underground, the surface was unbearably hot under the blinding white sunlight.

Index of Forbidden Books and Misaka were left alone on the street.

Jing Shen and the others hadn't returned safely yet, and it would be too heartless to go home first, but the two of them had nothing in common to talk about. Under the blue sky where sunlight kept streaming in, they could only maintain a strange silence between them.

Chapter 299 The Old Man's Joke

Chapter 299

Perhaps unable to bear the heat any longer, the calico cat in the arms of the Forbidden Book Catalogue began to struggle.

After a while, the Catalogue of Forbidden Books murmured:

"...It's so hot."

“Yes.” Misaka nodded in agreement. “But what’s with your clothes? It’s so hot and you’re wearing long sleeves… Ah, are you afraid of getting sunburned? I think I saw it on TV before, that skin with little pigmentation gets red and painful as soon as it gets in the sun.”

"I didn't pay much attention to it, and the clothes are actually quite breathable right now."

"Huh? Wow... Looking closer, your clothes are covered in safety pins! Why are you wearing such revealing clothes?"

"Ugh... This touches on some old wounds in my heart. I hope you won't ask why."

Just then, the calico cat suddenly cried out "Meow!" and broke free from Catalogue of Forbidden Books' embrace and ran away.

Index Books couldn't help but cry out. Misaka snapped out of her daze and saw the calico cat break free of Index Books's grasp and land on the ground. Perhaps it couldn't stand the heat any longer, the calico cat took off running.

Index Books hurriedly tried to catch up with the little fugitive, but suddenly stopped. He glanced nervously at the fleeing calico cat, then at Misaka. Perhaps he was caught in a dilemma, wanting to chase the calico cat but afraid to leave the scene.

"It's okay, I'll stay here. You go and catch the cat. Cats dislike me because of my constitution, so I can't help you chase it away."

"Thank you, I would be very grateful if you would be willing to help me with this... Hey, Sphinx!"

Index Nobly thanked Misaka, then chased after the calico cat that had run into the shadows behind the convenience store, disappearing from sight in a few moments. The cat's name was Sphinx? Such a strange name left Misaka speechless.

Suddenly, Misaka noticed that the manhole cover at her feet was vibrating slightly.

"what?"

Misaka uttered a surprised and puzzled sound. Then, the dispenser of the roadside vending machine began to sway gently. Even though there was no wind, the leaves of the roadside trees rustled softly.

It was a very strange vibration; it didn't feel like an earthquake, but rather like a huge monster walking in the distance.

Misaka thought that perhaps the calico cat had sensed the vibration earlier with its keen animal senses and thus escaped.

-

On the other side, in the dark underground streets.

Knowing that the magician had changed his target, the Cleansing God quickly left the area and headed to the location of the Forbidden Book Index.

This place was originally sealed off. Even after the guards lifted the alert, the alloy wall that had been lowered couldn't be retracted immediately because communication between departments took time.

However, through their contact with the disciplinary committee members, the guards learned of a damaged door through which the students who had not been able to evacuate earlier had left.

Jing Shen realized that if he went out through that exit, there might not be enough time to find the Catalogue of Forbidden Books.