Boom! Magma surged into the sky.
Lyle rushed out of the magma once again, coughing up a mouthful of blood. He sucked in a cold breath and said, "That hurts. That last strike must have had the critical hit bonus from the passive 'Aura of Courage'."
Aside from inheriting his Foundation attributes, the Einherjar had clearly also inherited his passive abilities.
Whoosh! The Einherjar had already charged over again, throwing punches incessantly at Lyle. Every punch that landed in the air produced a sonic boom.
Lyle's figure dodged continuously while he also threw punches in return; the force of his attacks was equally astonishing.
The two were positioned above and below each other in the magma, their four arms turning into afterimages as they struck continuously.
However! Despite such intense attacks, not a single punch from either side landed on the other.
"Evasion Intuition"! "Evasion Intuition"!
Under the enhancement of the [Gunslinger] skill, Lyle and the Einherjar could precisely perceive each other's attack trajectories, and combined with their identical Foundation stats.
This resulted in the current situation where, despite the extremely fast and ruthless pace of the attacks, neither side could hit the other.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Punches blurred, and the sound of sonic booms continued.
Lyle dodged and punched while narrowing his eyes, carefully observing the Einherjar before him.
It was a sudden whim of his to summon the Einherjar to spar with himself. Firstly, he wanted to find an opponent of his own level to fight without holding back, and secondly, to figure out the capabilities possessed by "Einherjar".
Boom! Boom! The roars of fists striking the air exploded repeatedly, and the magma where they were located surged violently, impacting the surroundings.
The stalemate between the two did not last long.
As the effect of the "Evasion Intuition" skill faded, both sides simultaneously lost the perception of the other's attacks.
The next moment! ""Minds Eye"."
Lyle let out a low shout internally, following up with the "Evasion Intuition" effect, easily dodging the fist that came crashing toward him, and then struck the Einherjar's shoulder.
Bang! The Einherjar was sent flying by the blow, crashing heavily into the sea of magma in the distance, sending flames soaring into the air.
The scalding airflow emitted a roar like an explosion!
"It's a pity that the Einherjar cannot use "Martial Skill"."
Lyle waved his hand to swat away a large glob of splashing magma, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes; he had already tested this just now.
The Einherjar could not use class skills like "Dark Wave", "Enlarge", "Shrink", "Mana Slash", or "Purifying Javelin".
As for magic-type skills like "Mad Meditation", there was no need to even mention them.
Ordinary skills were unaffected, but the ordinary skills Lyle possessed were mostly auxiliary, such as "Stealth", "Evasion Intuition", etc.
These restrictions from "YGGDRASIL" made the Einherjar a more pure combat Clone.
This reminded Lyle of Zesshi Zetsumei.
She also possessed "Einherjar". In the light novel version, Zesshi Zetsumei's Einherjar also did not demonstrate the ability to use "Martial Skill".
Thinking about it carefully, it was normal.
The execution of "Martial Skill" requires the consumption of concentration, and the Einherjar clearly does not possess the "stamina" that living organisms have.
Although he had anticipated this result.
Lyle was still disappointed; if only the Einherjar could use "Martial Skill", its combat power would definitely be significantly increased.
Bang! The Einherjar charged over again.
Lyle narrowed his eyes, a surge of mana flowing within his body, and chanted in a low voice: "Fourth Tier Magic · All-Race Charm."
A wave of the psychic system surged out and instantly fell upon the Einherjar.
However! The Einherjar was completely unaffected and charged directly in front of Lyle.
"Hm?" Lyle was stunned for a moment, caught off guard and slow to react by half a beat, and was hit on the shoulder by a punch, knocking him back several meters.
"Again!" A trace of excitement appeared on Lyle's face as he charged up again. Fists blurred, instantly filling their field of vision. He didn't use any skills, engaging instead in pure physical combat.
He had almost forgotten that although the Einherjar looked like a human, it was actually only because it shared the appearance of its user; it did not have a race.
To describe it, it was like a Golem, an artificial creature, possessing the same resistances as a Golem, such as: no need for food or sleep, immunity to mental attacks, immunity to instant-death attacks, immunity to critical hits, no fatigue, no aging, etc.
The surface of the magma sea trembled incessantly.
Waves of magma crashed down from time to time, submerging the figures of Lyle and the Einherjar, but they soon reappeared.
The intense physical combat lasted for several hours!
A trace of fatigue had appeared between Lyle's brows, and his movements had slowed down somewhat, while the Einherjar's offensive had not diminished in the slightest from beginning to end.
"It doesn't get tired? That really is terrifying."
Lyle had gradually shifted to a defensive stance, his eyelids twitching as he thought to himself.
"The current basic experiments are complete. Next step—"
Lyle's heart stirred, and he quickly retreated to put some distance between himself and the Einherjar, issuing the command: "Activate the skill!"
Bang! The Einherjar paused, and then red mist erupted from its entire body. In the blink of an eye, crimson full-body armor enveloped the Einherjar.
Seeing that crimson figure.
Lyle's eyes lit up slightly, and he said with pleasant surprise: "This skill wasn't affected at all!"
The Einherjar summoned by activating "Einherjar" was entirely white, even its clothing was the same, so one could tell at a glance that the Einherjar was not a real person.
On this point, even when Shalltear summoned it while wearing equipment, the Einherjar still had white equipment.
But at this moment! This "Physical Armament", which had mutated under the influence of the New World and been modified by Rune technology, had not been affected.
The crimson armor wrapped around the Einherjar, allowing it to act completely as an independent entity!
"Shadow Assault"!
The Einherjar instantly merged into its own shadow, turning into a flowing mass of shadow, and rushed to Lyle's front at high speed.
Immediately after! A fire-red sonic wave attack erupted.
"Blazing Sonic Wave"!
Boom! Lyle was sent flying, crashing into the distant mountain wall, coughing up a mouthful of blood, but a brilliant smile appeared on his face:
"As expected, the abilities of the Physical Armament can be used!"
Bude Village. Early morning.
Lyle and his group boarded the carriage pulled by the Ghost Hound and drove out of the village, compared to the situation when they first arrived at the village yesterday where they weren't very welcome.
At this moment, the village chief brought a group of villagers together to see Lyle and the others off.
The low-level "regeneration potion" had healed all the villagers, and at a price of five copper coins, it was really not expensive compared to buying herbs for treatment.
The price Lyle had set for the diluted "regeneration potion" was specifically to sell it to those ordinary people.
The healing effect of the low-level "regeneration potion" was very average, but that was for those powerful adventurers.
Ordinary people only had an average level of one, and having 10 HP was already not bad; one bottle of low-level "regeneration potion" was enough to easily recover from injuries.
Thump—thump—the wheels rolled over the uneven road, bouncing up and down.
Enri stood on the carriage with a happy face, holding the carriage with one hand and waving continuously at the villagers of "Bude Village" with the other.
"In just one night, you've gotten along quite well with the people of that village, haven't you." Lyle leaned against the carriage frame, picked up a waterskin to take a drink, and spoke with a chuckle.
Enri turned around nimbly, her light brown pupils shining with an expression of admiration as she looked at Lyle:
"Captain, you are so amazing. Those alchemy potions easily healed the injured people in the village."
"They all admire you,"
"Admire? Forget it, I charged for them." Lyle shrugged his shoulders.
"I think Captain, you truly wanted to help them!"
Hearing Lyle's words, a serious expression appeared on Enri's fair and lively cheeks, and she shook her head vigorously.
She remembered that the Captain's potions were divided into two types.
One was the regeneration potion that sold for 5 copper coins, and the other was the regeneration potion that sold for ten gold coins.
The 5-copper-coin regeneration potion was clearly intended to be sold to ordinary people who had no money. During this time, she had been able to perceive that the Captain actually didn't care much about money.
"Someone is coming!"
Just then, the Emerald Leaf Witch's calm voice rang out.
At almost the same moment.
Several figures rushed out from the sides of the road; a glance showed a dozen or so people.
Enri's face turned pale, but she did not show the same fearful expression as last time; instead, she took a short sword out from her bosom and held it in her hand.
This was a weapon she had bought in Bude Village with the money she had earned.
"Quite a few people have caught up in just one night." Lyle spoke with some boredom, raising his hand and waving it:
"Take care of them."
"Yes!" The Emerald Leaf Witch nodded respectfully and stood up from the carriage.
Magic bombarded down.
"Ah!" "Ah!" "...!"
Screams rang out instantly. The Twin Witches' strength was between level 23 and 25, which, among adventurers, belonged to the "Adamantite-rank" adventurers.
These ordinary mercenaries or adventurers were simply no match for the Twin Witches.
Under the powerful magic bombardment of the Emerald Leaf Witch, these enemies who rushed out couldn't even escape; within a minute, they were all wiped out.
The road on both sides was stained red with blood!
The accumulation of broken corpses in front forced the Ghost Hound to slow down.
Whoosh! A black arrow shot from the front left. In mid-air, not only did it show no signs of slowing down, but it became faster the further it flew.
In a single breath, it had already turned into a black afterimage.
The target of the arrow was not the people on the carriage, but the eyes of the Ghost Hound at the very front.
Faced with this extremely fast attack, the Ghost Hound had to release the Bone Chain pulling the carriage, swinging it to block in front of itself, colliding with the arrow and emitting a metallic clanging sound.
And with this action of the Ghost Hound, the entire carriage came to a complete stop.
Step~ step~ several sets of footsteps rang out from the front.
Immediately after, four majestic figures, exuding powerful auras from their entire bodies, blocked the road ahead.
The silver-colored mithril nameplates hanging around their necks indicated that these four people were a "Mithril-rank" adventurer party.
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