Chapter 2845 - 1348: Jealousy (2)

Most shields, at best, can only exert less than half the essence of the Fernan Shield Art, which means the Flying Shield Technique and the Wobbly Shield Technique. The former is simple enough: find a good angle and throw the shield like a boomerang. The latter is a bit more complex; you can refer to the Barrier Shield that Motan comprehended.

Only shields specifically crafted for the Fernan Shield Art can truly unleash the full power of the shield technique. Although Scarlett has two shields given to her by Duke Fernan, and the Diesel Family even has a simplified version of the production process (horse swapped), the quality of the shields is just average and they are particularly fragile.

But the advance compensation for this action, Scenery, is different. Though NPCs can’t see system notes and don’t know the historical background of this item, Scarlett is a professional and can tell at a glance how terrifying this seemingly unimpressive shield truly is.

Or rather, how terrifying it becomes when it falls into the hands of someone who can master the Fernan Shield Art!

All things considered, this price... this task, you can’t say it’s fair; it’s practically a free benefit!

Scarlett Diesel took a deep breath, quietly igniting herself.

...

Game Time PM18:16

Academy City inner ring area, in front of Comprehensive Library No. 2

"..."

The girl wearing a dark cyan magic robe has unusually kept silent for over ten minutes.

"..."

And the man walking behind her is also silent, maintaining this atmosphere of quiet.

Finally——

"Frank Hughes."

Double Leaf abruptly stopped and murmured softly.

"I’m here."

Motan immediately paused and responded with a smile.

"You’re such a strange person..."

The girl turned her head to look at his gentle face, pushed her glasses with her middle finger, and muttered with a pout.

Motan blinked with curiosity and asked, "Double Leaf, you mean... what happened in that inherent barrier just now..."

"What else?"

Double Leaf rolled her eyes and snorted angrily, then turned her head swiftly and stepped forward with long strides: "Unless you’re talking about the time you deceived Diana emotionally?"

Motan continued to keep half a step behind her, smiling softly: "I genuinely care for Diana..."

"Wholeheartedly! I know!"

Normally quite irritable, Double Leaf seemed inexplicably even more so today, impatiently interrupting Motan, gritting her teeth: "You don’t need to keep babbling; my ears are practically turning into calluses from listening to you."

Motan shrugged his shoulders and, following the flow, closed his mouth, obediently staying silent.

"Hey!"

Soon after, Double Leaf again suddenly turned and glared at Motan: "Why aren’t you talking?!"

The latter shrugged helplessly, spreading his hands: "Didn’t you tell me not to babble?"

"I just told you not to babble about your rock-solid feelings for Diana, and now you’re silent?!"

"Uh..."

"Seems like you can’t find anything else to talk about besides showing off your love here, right?"

"This..."

"Shut up! I..."

Double Leaf angrily hurled a water ball onto Motan’s face, then summoned a flame to dry it, pausing again to squint slightly, whispering: "Did you notice anything strange?"

Motan blinked in confusion and repeated: "Anything strange?"

"Why are there so few people walking this way today?"

Double Leaf frowned, glancing back at the direction they came from: "I remember there were quite a few people in the hall."

Motan thoughtfully looked around, nodding slightly: "There indeed seem to be fewer people... perhaps because we came early today and are leaving early, it’s different from usual?"

"Fewer people at six o’clock than at eleven or twelve at night?"

Double Leaf twitched her lips, then lazily waved her hands: "Never mind, perhaps you’re right that I’m just being too sensitive. Let’s hurry back; Diana came back early today too."

"Okay."

At the mention of "Diana," Frank’s face immediately showed an expression of warmth and longing, subconsciously quickening his pace.

Then he tripped over a piece of elemental crystal suddenly appearing on ground level.

...

Five minutes later

"Tsk tsk, seems like we actually came out early today."

Double Leaf lazily stretched her body, a faint blue gleam flashing in her left eye behind her glasses, leisurely saying: "The sky hasn’t darkened yet."

Motan nodded, smiling: "That’s right, but since we’ve completed the transaction with Mr. Book Spirit, we won’t need to come so frequently in the future."

Double Leaf immediately shot him a sideways glance: "Don’t even think about it! Don’t care how you and Diana argue; I have to see..."

"Careful!"

Double Leaf hadn’t finished her sentence when Motan, who had been standing behind her, suddenly lunged forward and pulled her behind him in passing.

Almost simultaneously, a blade emitting a ghostly green light silently pierced toward Motan’s chest.

With just its color and the sweet scent in the air, one could tell it was coated with an extremely aggressive poison.

Normally, this kind of poison, without any disguise, is either a shoddy trick to fool amateurs or is the kind of top-level venom that could finish off anyone, whether Frank Hughes or Tan Mo, with just a scratch!

Considering the skill with which the blade was silently thrown, the answer is undoubtedly the latter!

Even with actually high-level strength and being far from a useless disguise like Frank Hughes, Motan would certainly be doomed if hit in such a situation.

However, in the next instant——

Pwhoong!!!

With a piercing hum, several barriers of various colors rapidly spread in front of Motan, firmly repelling the blade mid-air, then all converted into blinding white light, erupting with a chilling wave, completely enveloping the blade in thick ice.

"Are you asking for death?!"

With an exceptionally concealed expression, Double Leaf pressed down, using a gentle wave of magic power to force Motan to the ground, quickly setting up several mixed elemental shields of high-order pinnacle around him, then pulled out a scroll from her sleeve and from it guided a complete advanced defensive barrier "Tower of Thick Earth," enclosing the layered ’turtle shell’ over Frank Hughes, angrily scolding: "Stay inside obediently!"

But Frank was desperately trying to squeeze out from inside those layers of shields, shouting: "Run! They’re after you! They won’t waste anytime on me..."

"Shut up!"

Already holding a white short staff, Double Leaf shouted back at a high volume, then immediately set up a soundproof barrier around the illusory Tower of Thick Earth, gently sighed in relief, and strolled to the stone steps with a layer of golden thin light from the sunset, looking down at the now empty street below, smirking coldly: "So you really made a move..."

Almost at the same time, her friend list suddenly lit up with a message from Tan Mo.

’Yo, Flat, ready to die yet?’

’Quite a big move from you, huh?’

Double Leaf, while simultaneously monitoring six Eyes of the Mage, absent-mindedly replied.

’Is the one behind you your new flame? Tsk tsk, you do know how to pick.’

’Yeah, you got a problem with it? Jealous?’

’You bet, I’m practically turning sour~’

’Hehehe...’

’Hahahahahaha!’

Chapter 1348: End