Chapter 1303 - Lapis, Towering on the Ground (2/2)

I’m allowed to do it!

Upon hearing his command, Lapis became rather agitated and nervous. She extended her trembling right arm and reached for a metallic object from her spatial bag. Then, she clutched it in her hands.

Almost at an instant, Rhode felt an unknown sense of danger all of a sudden. It felt so strong as though one had struck an ice pick into his spine. He hadn’t encountered this feeling of imminent death in a long time since becoming a Creator Dragon. Even at the very beginning when he was being chased down the street by a demon lord, he hadn’t felt such danger and fear. But now… His instincts were warning him that death was closing in on him!

Without any hesitation, Rhode rolled on the ground, before leaping to the back in a fluster. He didn’t know what exactly was threatening him, but the feeling was so strong that he didn’t even have the time to consider whether it was all just an illusion. At that moment, he finally witnessed the source of danger.

Shing———!

A dozen billows of smoke bursting with flashes of light dazzled past his face. It was so fast and close that for an instant, he felt as if they brushed against his cheeks and left behind burning pain.

And at the next moment…

Flashes and rumbles enfolded his world.

Since Rhode dodged at the very last second, Dona and Eleanor didn’t have it any better. They were also surprised by his sudden retreat. And it was this moment of hesitation that brought upon a world of difference in their predicaments.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Constant artillery fire suppressed the entire square densely. At that moment, Rhode turned to Lapis and was instantly taken aback…

“Holy cr*p. This is…”

Standing right in front of him, Lapis had completely changed into a different person. The shy young lady from before was gone. At that moment, her entire body was encased in a huge, steel armor-like gadget, and even her head was protected by a steel helmet. Dozens of magical runes spiraled and wrapped her body tightly. It wasn’t her costume that surprised Rhode, but the huge steel barrels sticking out from her arms, shoulders, and back that were aiming ahead instead!

This is…

Of course, Rhode remembered that downsizing of the magical cannons was always one of Lapis’s main research topics. Previously, Marlene’s family produced a batch of lightweight and portable magical cannons. However, the only problem was that they were too expensive to be mass-produced, so the project was ultimately abandoned. Thereafter, Rhode handed the project over to Lapis, and of course, she didn’t disappoint and mass-produced the portable magical cannons successfully. But after Rhode considered the consequences of the proliferation of firearms, he finally decided to put this research project on hold temporarily. Despite that, he didn’t expect her to actually make it work. Not only that, but she also…

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The whistling cannon fire interrupted his thoughts. At that moment, Lapis was no longer a person, but a fortress with full gunfire. What made Rhode even more speechless was that this was the first time he knew that Lapis was actually an enthusiast for multiple cannon barrels like himself. Right now, this young lady had four cannons as thick as steel pipes under her arms. There were also two cannons on her shoulders and dozens of densely packed cannons on her back like feathers of angel wings standing upside-down. The constant whirring of the magical brilliance tore through the open space and enveloped the land, covering the plaza in a mere blink of an eye.

Rhode almost didn’t react in time, not to mention Dona and Eleanor. The berserker and Grim Reaper were instantly devoured by the gunfire. On the other side, Catherine and Stefania also scrambled from the ambush and even Rhode also couldn’t keep it classy any longer. He also tried to dodge Lapis’s gunfire desperately like everyone else.

As the saying went, an inexperienced person defeated a master by throwing out the rules of traditions. In this case, it wasn’t an unreasonable thing to say. At that point in time, Rhode would rather hope that Lapis was trained as a professional combat shooter like Icy Snow, so that he could predict and dodge the trajectories of her shots. But the problem was that she was simply firing blindly and haphazardly right now with her eyes closed. What made matters worse was that her artillery fire was still strong enough to leave him and the others in a fluster and confused as to where to hide.

“————!”

The land shook. Roaring explosions and rumbles shrouded half of Grandia. Everyone else standing outside the plaza was bewildered. They didn’t know how Lapis did it. They merely saw her pull something out of her spatial bag. The item flashed a golden light that wrapped around her and she became like this…

“Well, that works I guess. Big Sister, Lapis isn’t thinking of killing Leader, right?!”

Looking at this scene, Mini Bubble Gum widened her eyes in shock. She saw with her own eyes that just a moment ago, Rhode had a hard time escaping from the curtain of barrage. But almost immediately after, another wave of even more ferocious gunfire pinned him right down mercilessly. If she hadn’t known that Lapis was firing blindly, perhaps she would suspect that Lapis was planning to take this opportunity to murder her ‘husband’!

Whoosh———!

Just as the intensity of the cannon fire gradually decreased, the Grim Reaper flew out and dispersed the thick smoke all of a sudden. Her robe that was already tattered was now covered in burn marks. It was apparent that she suffered a ton in that wave of gunfire by Lapis. But now, she was getting serious. She brandished her scythe at Lapis abruptly!

“Stay away!”

Upon witnessing her appearance, Lapis was alarmed. She took a step back hurriedly and crossed her arms in self-defense. Along with this action, the runes metamorphosed into a shield before her, resisting the Grim Reaper’s scythe. Then, at the next moment, an amazing scene occurred.

Swish!

Before the Grim Reaper could swing her scythe again, the cannon barrels that made up the shape of wings behind Lapis fell off on their own like feathers. In the blink of an eye, they hovered in midair and fired. Shortly after, yet another string of magical brilliances erupted, shooting straight at the Grim Reaper.

Looking at this scene, even Rhode was stunned.

“Floating cannons?”

[1] One of the skill sets of the Shaolin Sect in the MMORPG, JX Online 3