Chapter 207 (1/2)
Chapter 207: You’re Impeded Here!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Buzz… Buzz… Buzz…
Once they’d landed on the ground, Celine, Link, and Vance all activated their defensive spells. They took the same positions as they did in the underground palace—Celine was in front, while Link and Vance stood side-by-side behind her.
Nana had reached the ground too. She stared at Celine who was standing in front and estimated her strength.
“Target locked,” said the magic puppet with her uncanny voice. “Threat level: 2 stars.”
The instant she finished speaking, there was a loud boom in the air. Nana had used her deadliest move—the Ultra-Speed Charge!
In previous battles, whenever Nana used this move, she’d appear as if she’d vanished out of thin air to the eyes of those with slow reaction time. This prevented her opponents from estimating where her attack would come from, which would naturally render them helpless and defenseless.
But this time there was a problem!
Moments after Nana seemed to disappear, a mysterious figure glowing in red light appeared suddenly. Not only that, but Nana who was supposed to charge at full speed straight towards Celine was resisted by an unknown force. It threw her off balance and flung her away from her target just when she was about 30 feet away from Celine.
Because of her extreme 2000-feet-per-second speed, she’d sliced through the outrageously strong magnetic field of the island which caused a terribly high electric current to run through her metallic body.
The force of the electric current was equivalent to being struck by a lightning spell!
What was even more frightening was how her body got magnetized by the electric current, which then caused her body to interact with the magnetic field of the island even further. That was what threw her off balance.
“Huh…?” Celine’s stunning pair of eyes widened at the sight of Nana’s accident. It was something she’d never expected to occur.
Link and Vance had predicted this outcome, though. They wasted no time and each cast their own attacking spells!
“Titan’s Hand!”
At the instant when Nana was flung away from them, Link’s Titan’s Hand quickly caught up to her and changed into the form of Fist of Firomoz and slammed down violently against the magic puppet’s body.
Bang!
Nana’s body was struck just as she was about to hit the ground, and the impact sent her flying again at high speed. She kept on intercepting the magnetic lines of the island which would generate more electricity in her body.
The magnetic force converted kinetic energy into electric energy, and once the electric current ran through Nana’s body, it would then be converted into a huge amount of heat. In other words, this meant that the extremely high levels of kinetic energy (due to her extreme speed) would eventually be transformed into an equally high level of heat!
The higher the temperature of Nana’s body, the more intensely her body would emit the red light.
“Body temperature will soon exceed limit,” said the voice coming from Nana’s body. “Begin heat dissipation! Begin heat dissipation!”
Soon, Nana did not dare to move at high speed even though she wasn’t completely comprehending what was going on. Her most lethal weapon, her speed, was now canceled out by the Magnetic Island.
Finally, Vance now had enough time to cast his spell. 1.8 seconds later, he pointed his wand towards the magic puppet and shouted, “Metal Decay!”
A gray light shot out from the wand and went after the magic puppet. Nana immediately detected the great threat coming from this ray of light, and she instinctively dodged it with her lightning speed, causing another boom to reverberate through the air as she seemed to disappear once again.
Only this time, she was forced to reappear a mere seven feet away.
The red light on the surface of her body had now turned white, proving that the metal that made up her body had reached an extreme temperature that was close to its melting point.
Sizzle sizzle!
The Metal Decay finally caught up with her and struck her chest. Thick white smoke billowed out from the spot, and a fist-sized gaping hole appeared where the ray of light hit her body.
Nana just stood there motionless now, and the mechanically crisp voice once again emerged from her body.
“Fatal damage detected on the body,” the voice said. “Begin repairing process.”
“Repairing process failed,” the voice continued. “Performing memory backup…Backup successful. Hibernation process initialized. Mission to protect master has failed…failed…failed…failed…”
Then, Nana’s body trembled and flailed about violently for a few seconds before her head and arms got detached from the main body and dropped to the ground. The rest of her body just stood there without any signs of life or movement left in it.
“Is she defeated now? Just like that?” asked Celine, hardly able to believe it. Somehow it had seemed a little too easy.
Link nodded and heaved a long sigh of relief.
“She’s gone into hibernation,” he said. “We’ve won.”
Vance, on the other hand, said nothing. He stared at the motionless magic puppet wordlessly for quite some time before letting out a long sigh.
“I built her in my daughter’s image, you know,” he finally said. “And now she’s dead by my own hands.”
As he spoke, he slowly approached Nana and made a move to examine her more closely.
“You should probably cast Metal Decay on her one more time,” Link reminded Vance, “just in case she’s not totally destroyed.”
“That wouldn’t be necessary,” replied Vance. “That last attack from me was aimed at her Mana core.”
The old Lich seemed to have fallen into a deep melancholic mood. He completely ignored Link’s dissuasion and insisted on approaching Nana’s lifeless body. He then stretched out his bony hand and softly touched her face.
Crack!