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Chapter 638 Awakening of Marlenya

At the very bottom of the sacred tree, there is an underground garden.

The space here is vast, with thick tree roots at the end and pale golden flowers all over the ground. The sun shines through the gaps above, and golden fallen leaves flutter in the wind.

This is where the roots of the sacred tree are located. The thick roots are twisted and have grown into the shape of a human, and there is a huge gap in the roots from the chest down.

Michaela had been waiting at the roots of the sacred tree, but was later taken away by Monger.

On the ground below the tree roots, there was a high-backed wooden chair, on which sat a red-haired woman wearing a battle robe, her body showing obvious signs of mutilation and decay.

Her eyes were completely filled with corruption, she had no right hand, and even her legs were prosthetic limbs. Her only remaining left hand was holding the roots of the sacred tree, motionless, and she was sleeping.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard in the garden, and someone walked through the flowers and headed towards the roots of the tree.

The newcomer's steps were very light, as if he didn't want to disturb the woman's deep sleep. However, when the tranquility of the shallow pool in the center of the garden was broken and ripples appeared on the water surface, the woman's fingers under the tree roots seemed to move.

The approaching footsteps stopped immediately.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew up in the garden. Large pieces of pale golden fallen leaves were swept up by the air currents that came from nowhere, swirled in the air, and flew away.

Then, the red-haired woman did move. There was no explosion of magic power, no change of color in the sky and earth, she just looked very normal, slowly standing up from the high-backed chair, just like an ordinary person just waking up from a nap.

The woman turned her head and looked at the intruders. Her eyes had clearly been completely corroded by corruption, but it didn't seem to affect her vision. After scanning the intruders one by one, the woman finally spoke:
"…You're back…Is that so? Michaela, you didn't succeed…"

Talking to herself, the woman squatted down gently, picked up the golden prosthesis that had fallen to the ground with her only remaining left hand, and with a "click", she attached it to her right shoulder.

"...I had a long dream - my body turned pale like gold, my blood became corrupted... Countless corpses piled up, just to wait for that person to return."

After the golden prosthetic hand, she picked up the golden flying wing helmet and put it on gently. Then, as if she was controlling her own body, she used the golden prosthetic hand to lift a pale golden long sword, and with a light swing, a sharp and unparalleled gust of wind suddenly whistled over!

“…Feel it. I, Marenia, am the blade of Mikaela——the reason why I am invincible.”

Beside the shallow water in the garden, Li You felt the strong wind coming and raised his eyebrows: "As expected..."

He looked behind him: "Just as you expected, she will understand what happened as soon as she sees you."

Standing behind him was Torina, and Millicent was on the other side. Looking at the person walking slowly in front of her, Torina sighed softly: "Marlennia, even if you become like this, even your self is torn into pieces, you still can't get rid of Michaela's shadow."

"Looks like I can only leave it to you... Just do as we say."

While she was talking, Marenia was already approaching with a slow but actually fast pace. Li You immediately waved his hand and said, "Leave it to me. You leave first! Millicent!"

Millicent understood and walked out of the garden with Torina. Marenia's pace suddenly quickened by two points. She raised the knife in her hand and stabbed it with lightning speed. She rushed out in an instant and chased after Torina and Millicent!

"clang--!!"

Li You suddenly appeared in the path of her thrust, raised his spiral sword to block her knife.

Although she couldn't see his eyes, the expression on Marennia's face fluctuated slightly, revealing a hint of surprise. She looked at Li You and became more serious.

Li You felt the pressure coming from the spiral sword, his eyes sparkling: "Tsk... You are worthy of being a Valkyrie!"

——Time goes back to a moment ago.

After being defeated by Millicent, the Mary sisters, who could only see through one pair of eyes from the four of them, lay neatly in a row in the passage.

Their weapons were taken away, their injuries were treated, and Torina's nectar ensured that they would not wake up suddenly. So the four sisters slept on the ground, their expressions showing a peaceful state.

"…The remaining memories in their minds have been blocked. They all think of themselves as abandoned children and refuse to accept their true selves."

After checking on the four sisters, Tolina said to Li You and Millicent, "It will take time to awaken those memories. I'm afraid you can only implement the backup plan."

Li You and Millicent looked at each other, neither of them looking relaxed.

According to the original plan, Torina should have awakened the memories of the four sisters, and then the five sisters would go with Torina to face Malenia and return their corresponding parts to her, making her whole again.

Doing so would achieve the goal of avoiding fighting, but at the moment the four sisters were unable to cooperate, and Millicent alone could not accomplish this.

The so-called backup plan was also very simple, which was to forcibly wake up Malenia, defeat her, and then carry out the above operations. As long as Malenia herself could not resist, it would not matter if the four sisters could not cooperate.

"...Or, you can let Millicent and I go over and wake her up. Even I'm not sure what state Marlenya is in right now, but there are only two possible outcomes of this." Torina suggested another solution.

"Marienia will definitely recognize me, and should be able to guess Michaela's situation. At this time, she has two choices, one is to kill me, and the other is to accept me... The probability is about 50-50."

Isn't it the same as saying nothing?

Li You opened his mouth but held back his complaints. He understood what Torina meant, and given the situation, there was really no better way.

So, he asked the other companions to wait at the exit of the passage, and he took Torina and Millicent to try to wake up Malenia - what happened afterwards was just like what happened before, and the battle was indeed unavoidable.

Li You blocked Marlenia's prosthetic knife. Although the blade was incredibly long and was connected to the prosthetic hand, the force transmitted from the end of the knife was so exaggerated that Li You felt that he couldn't suppress it. You have to know that Li You's physical strength is not much worse than Yuzu's now, and Marlenia's knife made him feel obvious pressure. Considering her condition, it is incredible.

Although the golden prosthetic hand was made to measure and moved as if it were one with her, it was not her own flesh and blood after all, so its strength was weakened. If Marlennia had a complete body, how strong would she be?
Although Marennia's thrust was blocked, she was not at all flustered. She turned her prosthetic knife and began to vibrate at high speed. The blade seemed to leave a trail of afterimages, and it suddenly bounced Li You's spiral sword away!

Li You was slightly startled, and Marlene immediately stepped forward, turning her slender prosthetic knife very skillfully and slashing at him without any hindrance.

"clang--!!"

However, Li You would not be polite to her. He pulled out the Bloody Immortal Slash with his backhand, and followed up with the Spiral Sword. With a clang, he blocked the prosthetic knife again.

His purpose was not to kill Malenia. Normally, Li You would not use the Immortal Slash at this time, but the person in front of him was different after all. There was absolutely no room for him to hide his weaknesses when fighting with her.

The three swords were crossed and stacked together, and Marennia's prosthetic hand moved slightly, and she wanted to take action. But at this moment, she suddenly realized something, and suddenly pulled back quickly, with an elegant leap, dodging the four magic light arrows flying from the left and right.

"boom--!!"

The magic arrow exploded on the ground, stirring up a large amount of water and blowing the petals all over the sky. As soon as Marennia stopped, she heard a roar. A three-meter-tall giant wearing heavy armor and holding a huge axe and shield rushed over and hit her with his shield!

Marlene wanted to dodge immediately, but then she noticed that several small pots with strange magical aura were flying towards her from mid-air. No matter where she dodged, she would be affected.

The situation seemed hopeless, but she had her own way to deal with it. Marenia jumped nimbly into the air, turned around and fell far away, and the combined attack just now was also resolved.

However, just when she was halfway into the air, there was a dull echo in the distance, and a bullet filled with magic power cut through the air and shot straight towards her helmet at a terrifying speed!
The power of this spiked bullet was beyond your imagination, and Marenia was in mid-air with nowhere to hide.

This is the combined attack of the four companions!
Faced with a rare crisis, Malenia raised her knife at incredible speed at just this moment and faced the bullet!

"boom--!!"

Everyone only saw that Marenia's figure instantly changed the direction of her fall, floating away like a dead leaf swept away by the wind. However, she immediately turned her body, regained her previous composure, and landed lightly on the ground.

When others looked at her, they saw that there was no scar on her body, only a cut on the side of her battle robe.

V, who fired the crucial shot, was shocked: "Hey, hey, come on, she was able to dodge that shot just now?"

V was very confident in her shot. If it were her, even if Swanstein was overloaded, she would not be able to dodge it.

"No, she didn't dodge it, she... cut the bullet directly!" Kara, who was the first to take action, saw it more clearly and looked solemn. "This is not a joke... Is this the invincible Marlene?"

Edge, who was beside Yuzu and Kara, also raised her highest alert, and the combined attack of the four was easily broken. Apart from anything else, Marineria's understanding of combat had definitely reached a certain level.

Marlenya did not respond to their surprise, but slowly raised her prosthetic knife and the energy in her body began to flow.

At this moment, including Yuzu, Kara and the other three felt a strong chill, as if Malenia's next move would be a fatal blow that would destroy all life.

"...Okay, all of you, get out of the way."

At this time, Li You spoke. He used magic in his words, attracting everyone including Marennia.

"When fighting this guy, the more people there are, the better. Rather, the more enemies there are, the more comfortable she will be."

Li You combined the Undead Slash and the Spiral Sword into a long-handled battle sword. He then raised his hand and walked out from the side in the form of a teardrop, pincer attacking Marlena.

"Leave this to me. I also want to learn the swordsmanship of the Valkyrie."

The Valkyrie Marlennia is set to be able to fight the "strongest demigod" Ratan to a draw, and in terms of actual performance in the game, she is the undisputed strongest BOSS in the main body and an almost invincible existence in BVB.

All of this is thanks to her several killer moves - Water Bird Dance, Blooming Scarlet Flowers, and her unrealistically strong passive ability, which allows her to recover health by attacking.

Waterbird and Flower are not mentioned, but Valkyrie's passive is not bloodsucking, but attacking to restore blood. As long as it hits, even if it is blocked by the opponent, it can provide recovery. It is said that this ability is sublimated from Marlennia's will to resist, and it is an important reliance for her to be like a fish in water on the battlefield.

Li You had previously confirmed with Tolina that the Malenia in this world also had this completely unreasonable ability, so when fighting against her, the more people there were, the better it would be for her.

Her companions, including Millicent, were at least one level lower than Marlenia in terms of combat skills. If they chose to siege her, they would only be treated as mobile health packs by her.

So this time, it's best for others not to join the battle. Li You asked them to step back, including Millicent who had just returned. Li You even planned to control the clone of the teardrop as much as possible.

Kara and the others also understood the situation. Although they were somewhat unwilling, they quickly withdrew from the garden. And Marenia did not try to stop them. She kept her eyes on Li You and the replica teardrop, confronting them from a distance.

When only Li You, the replica teardrop and Malenia were left in the garden, Li You's mind moved, and the replica teardrop a little further away suddenly burst out with a strong aura, instantly transformed into a half-dragon, and rushed towards Malenia with a knife!

Marlennia reacted faster, and her prosthetic knife flashed, and she arrived first. The blade swayed slightly and was positioned in the path of the imitation teardrop's charge.

However, Li You was also prepared. Flames suddenly rose from his teardrop-like body, and his long-handled sword was swung in the air, splashing out criss-crossing sword beams!
At the same time, Li You himself also moved. He raised the sword, accumulated strength, and used the secret sword skills through this long-handled sword.

As he swung his sword, dozens of sword lights swept towards Marlenya. Under the cold light, even the space itself was cut apart!
The secret teaching that matches his current state: One Heart!
Facing the combined attack of Li You and the replica teardrop, Malenia was even more direct. She immediately jumped up and used her own authentic skill - Water Bird Dance!
The sword lights flying from both sides collided in mid-air, and then exploded like flames!
"boom--!!"

(End of this chapter)