There was also a giant archer frog, which, after devouring three adventurers, was lured by other adventurers into swallowing a large amount of highly explosive explosives and was blown up from the inside.
These enhanced species are not only abnormal in number and frequency, but also in their types.
Insect type, animal type, amphibian type, fish type, bird type…
This situation is like someone conducting some kind of experiment, testing the strength of different types of enhanced species.
But the question is, what exactly is the purpose of doing this? Is it for the drops of the enhanced species? But this is too inefficient. The magic stones consumed to feed an enhanced species far exceed the value of the drops that can be obtained.
“If someone is really催生enhanced species, then he should have the ability to hide this matter.”
Of course, it is also possible that all of this is just a coincidence, and the birth of enhanced species is entirely a naturally generated phenomenon after the dungeon riots before.
But Shirou Emiya will not take chances. As things have developed to the present, he will treat it as a man-made event no matter what—in this situation, being overly cautious is always better than underestimating the situation and paying the price.
After speaking, he hurriedly turned and left.
【Magic 【Unlimited Blade Works】 effect activated】
【Skill 【Roadless Valhalla】 effect activated.】
【Temporarily gain the skill 【Mind's Eye】】
200
Chapter 200 Twelve Glory: Crow-Repelling Heavenly Bow.
On the nineteenth floor, three figures were moving forward rapidly, namely Shirou Emiya and two cat person adventurers—Anya and Kuroe.
However, Lunoire, also a , did not accompany them.
The polite way of saying it was that Lunoire had to stay behind to protect Haruhime and the others.
Anya and Kuroe's agility are both A-rank, and Shirou Emiya's agility is the lowest of his ability values, but even so, his potential ability has already reached SS-rank.
Floors 19 to 24 are called the “Great Tree Labyrinth” because the walls, floors, and ceilings of these floors are made of wooden structures, looking like they are deep inside a giant tree.
The monsters in the Great Tree Labyrinth release toxins and have more powerful basic abilities than the Minotaur. Therefore, even large teams composed of adventurers find it difficult to explore this area deeply.
After reaching the level of the Great Tree Labyrinth, the range of the dungeon has become extremely vast. However, this time, Shirou Emiya and the others' target is unusually conspicuous.
One of the reasons why firebirds are rare is that these monsters easily ignite forests and are then hunted by other monsters inhabiting the Great Tree Labyrinth.
Anya frowned and asked.
“No need, just here, lure them over.”
Shirou Emiya replied.
The three of them stood on a thick branch to temporarily rest. Kuroe waved her short knife and quickly killed the vine monsters trying to wrap around them. Anya held a spear and pierced through an owl monster that pounced over with one blow.
Kuroe said in surprise.
【Twelve Glory: Crow-Repelling Heavenly Bow (King’s Order SixthOrder)】
Increases strength, greatly increases dexterity, bow and arrow hit rate is corrected, eyesight is corrected, attack power against flying objects is increased, and attack power against bird monsters is additionally increased.
When in doubt, 【Nine Lives】, you can always trust Heracles.
In fact, if you want to deal with “Firebirds”, the most targeted weapon should be the divine bow used by the Eastern hero—Hou Yi to shoot down the Golden Crows.
Shirou Emiya waved the arrow rain at an extremely fast speed, and the arrows seemed to form a stream of light, accurately shooting towards the distant flock of firebirds.
In a very short period of time, several firebirds were shot and killed by him one after another, falling to the ground, the magic stones shattered, turning into clusters of raging flames.
“They’re coming!”
Anya clenched the spear in her hand, ready to face the battle.
Kuroe held her short knife in front of her, her eyes sharply staring at the flying firebirds. Her legs were slightly bent, ready to meet the frontal impact at any time.
The firebirds hissed and rushed over. Their wings were burning with scorching flames, emitting an amazing heat. As they swooped down, they turned into streams of fiery meteors, pouncing straight at the three people's location.
On the other side, Kuroe agilely dodged a firebird's dive and quickly counterattacked. The short knife slashed across the firebird's wings, and the monster screamed and fell.
Finally, a purplish-black giant firebird pounced over. It opened its huge mouth and spewed out dark flames. Shirou Emiya and the others quickly jumped away from the spot.
It is conceivable that this giant bird must have eaten a large number of magic stones from poison-attribute monsters, and such monsters are everywhere in the Great Tree Labyrinth.
Anya shouted while running.
In terms of attack and defense capabilities, the value of the purplish-black firebird may not even be stronger than the previous mantis, but its flying ability is too tricky!
“Elementalization…”
Although the firebird's name is firebird, it is usually just a bird-like monster that can control flames.
Anya shouted while running.
“No, it’s too late, use the magic sword, buy me some time.”
Anya caught the magic sword, looked at the snowflake emblem engraved on it, and instantly understood. She waved the magic sword.
Kuroe quickly took action on the other side. She waved her long knife, and lightning instantly burst from the blade. A bolt of lightning accurately hit the firebird's body, slowing its movements for a moment.
“Tsk, didn’t hit the magic stone, meow.”
Kuroe couldn't help but click her tongue.
At this moment, Shirou Emiya's voice came: “Okay!”
After completing the incantation, he projected a brand new sword in his hand—Futsu-no-Mitama.
The long sword cut through the sky and suddenly exploded, spreading black lightning, and the lightning wrapped around the purplish-black firebird like a snake.
The firebird let out a shrill wail, lost its balance, and fell heavily to the ground.
Anya shouted loudly, unhesitatingly jumped down after the firebird, and the spear in her hand shone with a cold light, accurately piercing the firebird's chest, piercing through the magic stone.
That monster, clearly it was his carefully cultivated perfect work. Although the potential ability on paper was only a lower-level , it possessed several of the most troublesome abilities—flight, monster summoning, poisonous flames, elementalization…
He already has that kind of title, he should just obediently fight with a sword, why use a bow!
The cat person male stared fiercely at the figure of the red-haired man in the eyeball-shaped magic tool, his heart filled with unwillingness and anger.
“Wait a minute, no way, this distance… this is the limit of the magic tool signal.”
In the next moment, an arrow flew quickly.
“Move, can’t move…”
The cat person froze in place, watching the arrow fly towards him.
A figure stood next to the cat person, wearing a mask. She let out a soft groan, and the hand holding the arrow trembled slightly.
She suddenly let out a burst of wild laughter, broke the arrow, and looked at the bloodstains划出on her palm, a fanatical light flashing in her eyes.
Another was a unicorn swordfish, which the guild commissioned Tiona, the 【Great Cut】 with underwater breathing ability, to kill at the bottom of the twenty-fifth floor.
“And today, there was a sighting report of a black-purple flame bird…”
In past sighting reports of enhanced species, the monster types were mostly concentrated, commonly found in certain specific categories, but this time it was different.
Because the method of creating enhanced species is actually very simple, just feed a large number of magic stones to powerful individuals among the monsters.
As for utilizing the combat power of enhanced species… controlling these enhanced species, which are even more violent than ordinary monsters, is not an easy task.
“To be honest, if someone is really doing this, so obviously showing their purpose, it makes people feel even more uneasy.”
Emiya thought: “However, the fact is that these monsters have not only not been concealed, but various enhanced species have appeared one after another.”
Emiya turned to Morse: “Morse, tell everyone to withdraw from the nineteenth floor, I will go and deal with that flame bird.”
Morse breathed a sigh of relief, nodded heavily, his voice filled with gratitude: “Yes! I'll go right away!”
Watching Morse run off, Emiya took a deep breath, then turned to the members of the team: “Let's go.”
【Projection Weapon【Nine Lives】Bow Form】
【Temporarily Acquired Development Ability【Bowman】G】
【Temporarily Acquired Development Ability【Swift Foot】H】
【Temporarily Acquired Skill【King’s Order Sixth Order】】
This time, Emiya did not bring all the team members, only Anya and Kuroe came along.
A more direct explanation is that as a pugilist, she cannot play any role in aerial combat, and her agility stat is only D-rank, making it impossible for her to keep up with the full speed of Emiya and the others.
Moreover, Emiya has other means to make up for the lack of stats.
The floor was covered with radiant moss, emitting a blue light, different from ordinary phosphorescence. These floors contain many undeveloped areas, as well as various insect and plant-type monsters.
The 24th floor is the most expansive area in the Great Tree Labyrinth, at least half the size of the labyrinth city Orario.
Some rare trees grow here, producing precious natural gems within their trunks. These trees are guarded by the strongest monster on this floor, the “Tree Dragon.”
Deep within this dense forest, a large area burning with flames is clearly visible, as eye-catching as a beacon in the night, and that is where the purple firebird is located.
“Shirou, are we going over there next?”
The ignited forest, such a combat environment is obviously extremely unfavorable to them. Even if everyone is equipped with fire spirit cloths sufficient to withstand flame attacks, the high temperature and lack of oxygen are still great threats.
Emiya raised the longbow in his hand.
“Ah, such a long distance, are you going to directly…”
From their location, they could only vaguely see the blurry shadow of the firebird monster. But before the girl could finish speaking, Emiya had already shot the arrow.
Evolving from one of the deeds of the great hero Heracles, “Shooting down the Stymphalian Birds.”
You are right, but this is Heracles, the strongest power, the strongest endurance, the strongest martial skill hero spirit. Can be ranged, can be melee, can act alone. Has resurrection, can resurrect twelve times, each time stronger than the last, can even unlock 【Twelve Labors】, and then, there is a set of divine equipment, when the Skywind is opened...
But unfortunately, Emiya's 【Unlimited Blade Works】does not have a model of this weapon.
Threatened, the firebirds flapped their wings in panic and began to circle in the air, but their speed and agility seemed powerless in the face of Emiya's arrows.
Seeing this, the remaining firebirds seemed to realize that staying in the air would only make them targets, and had to abandon their original terrain advantage, screeching as they pounced towards Emiya and the others.
Emiya pulled the bowstring again in a brief gap, and the arrows shot out rapidly, each arrow piercing the body of a firebird, turning it into fragments of flame and flesh in the air.
The purple flames, like maggots attached to bones, tightly wrapped around the tree trunk, not only scorching the parts they touched but also causing the entire tree to begin to wither rapidly.
“This kind of firebird, if it hadn't encountered Shirou, the difficulty of subjugation would definitely be above !”
Emiya pulled the bow again, and the arrow shot out, but this time the arrow actually passed through the firebird's body without causing any substantial damage.
Emiya said in a low voice.
And this one seems to have surpassed its original attributes, and its nature has changed.
“Shirou, do you need me to use magic?”
Emiya responded quickly, while projecting two longsword-shaped magic swords and throwing them to Anya.
A cold blizzard howled from the axe blade, colliding violently with the purple flames. Flames and ice intertwined in the air, making a violent roar.
At the same time, the girl threw a short sword, aiming directly at the firebird's magic stone. However, the short sword still passed through the firebird's elemental body without causing any damage.
She secretly felt annoyed. Perhaps she should have thrown the short sword with ‘anti-magic’ properties, but that short sword was too expensive, and she was reluctant to use it for a while.
His gaze locked onto the firebird in the air, and then he placed the sword on the bowstring and shot it out as an arrow.
At the same time, the power of Futsu-no-Mitama was activated, and the suddenly erupted gravity, like an invisible big hand, held the firebird down, and the firebird's body was instantly twisted into an unnatural shape under the action of gravity.
“D-don't joke with me…”
In a corner of the nineteenth floor, a cat-man, observing the distant battlefield through a magic tool, had cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
Without sufficient information, even a first-class adventurer might be defeated by this firebird's special abilities in the first battle.
But, that man, what exactly is that guy's strength? Is he 【Swordsman (Saber)】or 【Sun Shooter (Archer)】!
However, at this moment, the man in the screen seemed to sense something, and suddenly turned his head, his eyes looking straight in his direction.
The cat-man saw those deep and blurred eyes through the crystal eyeball, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, as if falling into an ice cellar.
At the moment when the arrow was about to touch his face, a hand suddenly stretched out and steadily grasped the arrow in his hand.
“Haha… Hahaha…”
“That’s it, that’s this kind of pain!”
