I rely on myself

Chapter 783 Capturing Golden Rose

"Damn it! What the hell is going on? Those two puppets were clearly hit directly by my miasma, weren't they?"

Looking at Arthur and Karna wearing their usual bright and beautiful robes and armor, Astrid didn't realize that her attack had no effect at all, but that was why she looked so frustrated.

She couldn't believe that the secret skills inherited by their Set family, which they were so proud of, were ignored by just two puppets.

Although Astrid also uses mechanical magic, her way of thinking is more like that of ancient magicians, so she does not regard automatons as partners, but more as weapons or props, no matter how self-centered and intelligent they appear.

That's why she couldn't accept that Arthur and Karna were able to ignore her miasma on their own, and even used it to hit her hard. Although due to some special reasons, she was not fatally injured and even recovered quickly, the pain did not decrease.

From a personal perspective, she really went through an experience where her entire body was burned by flames, even her internal organs were burned.

However, no matter how angry she was, Astrid was still very clear-headed at the moment. She knew that she could not defeat Lin Yuan with her current strength, so she had already thought about retreating and took action.

As for whether she would retaliate later, the answer is yes. After all, she suffered such a big loss. If Astrid didn't want to retaliate, she would not be called a witch.

Even now Astrid has already had an idea. After recovery, she will immediately send people to the Qing Kingdom to capture all of Lin Yuan's family members and relatives and use them as a threat to capture Lin Yuan.

When she succeeds, Astrid promises to return the humiliation she is suffering now tenfold or a hundredfold to this hateful Qing kid.

Astrid thought about this, without any further hesitation, she activated the magic circuit in the Perfect Beast's body again.

"Perfect beast!"

The world stopped again. Astrid, who was very familiar with this, naturally didn't care too much. When she was about to leave, she suddenly found that she was surrounded by a layer of barrier without her knowing when!
"what happened?"

Astrid was naturally completely unprepared for this sudden change, and for a moment she was stunned by the barrier.

After careful observation, it was found that the barrier was centered on Astrid and covered the space with a radius of 5 meters. In other words, it was a barrier set up entirely against Astrid herself.

Although the barrier itself had stagnated due to time stopping and its full appearance could not be seen, Astrid's magical attainments as a witch allowed her to see at a glance that the barrier was used to trap people, which meant that Astrid was completely unable to retreat at this time.

"This barrier! When did it appear?"

This sudden change completely overturned Astrid's original plan, but the problem was not limited to that.

The stagnant world has begun to show signs of slowly moving again, which is a sign that the effect of "The Flow of Everything" is about to end. Unconsciously, Astrid has completely wasted the precious time for retreat because of this sudden accident. Now she is about to face difficulties again. "Ugh————!"

Facing the gazes of Lin Yuan and the others who were looking at her leisurely, Astrid made a timid sound.

At the same time, as time began to flow again, the barrier that trapped Astrid was fully revealed. Dense runes covered the semicircular surface of the barrier, revealing an extremely tight feeling. At least Astrid used her telekinesis to test it and found that the strength of this barrier was somewhat astonishing.

"You'd better give up, Miss Golden Rose, I guarantee that the number of people who can break this barrier can be counted on one hand."

Although Lin Yuan's face seemed somewhat calm when he said this, his tone revealed a strong confidence, and he was not worried at all that Astrid would be able to break the barrier and escape.

Astrid naturally didn't believe this, and immediately responded in a stern voice: "Shut up, Qing country boy, how could the inheritance of my Sett family be predicted by such a young boy? Watch how I break this barrier."

While speaking, Astrid was also using all her skills to continuously analyze the barrier, trying to find a way to break it, but it was obvious that as time went by, Astrid's face became more and more ugly, and she never took any action. The answer was obvious.

"Okay, it's over. Don't worry, I don't intend to take your life directly. After all, I am still very interested in the so-called inheritance of the Sett family and the complete <Time Control Magic>, so we will be together for a long time in the future, so please look forward to it."

"Wait, wait a minute, I..."

Astrid was about to say something, but unfortunately Lin Yuan didn't listen to her and simply shrunk herself and the barrier together.

Astrid was successfully sealed, and even Lin Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this moment. It was not a problem of the opponent's strength.

In terms of strength alone, Astrid is not too strong among the opponents Lin Yuan has encountered. However, if she runs away, the consequences will be something Lin Yuan cannot afford.

After all, once the other party runs away, he will definitely take actions against Lin Yuan's family and relatives. Lin Yuan is very sure of this. The reason why Lin Yuan is sure of this is that in the relevant intelligence collected, there are many examples of the other party's behavior, many of which use people the target cares about as bargaining chips to threaten the target.

It was precisely because he knew that Astrid had a criminal record that Lin Yuan was so nervous. After all, he had been holding back during the battle and waited until he had an opportunity before taking action. He even used the most advanced barrier technique he could, and the result was gratifying.

"Now that we have dealt with the mastermind, what should we do next, Lin Yuan? Should we go and clean up the remaining enemies?"

"No, it's not necessary. Don't underestimate the power of this academy. The reason why we were suppressed before was that the academy didn't expect the enemy to suddenly appear. In addition, the academy's top leaders didn't show up. More importantly, it was the influence of Absolute Kingship.

Now that we have defeated Golden Rose and eliminated the influence of Absolute Kingship, and it has been so long, the people in the academy should have reacted and fought back, so there is no need to worry about the remaining guys."

(End of this chapter)