Frilian: The Adventure of the Hero

Nine ancient warriors roam the streets outside the barrier.

9 is not a divisor; it is a real number.

"After I woke you up with an electric shock, I threw my longsword to create a flash of light. Your precise magic attack killed one of them. Otherwise, we would be facing ten now."

After listening to Shane's explanation of the current situation, Frillie also realized that things were getting tricky.

She glanced at the nine Guvars wandering back and forth in the surrounding streets, constantly searching for their whereabouts, and pondered silently.

"When I killed the opponent just now, I heard a sound like breaking glass."

"Glass?"

"Yes, they should all be puppet clones."

Upon hearing the word "replica," Shane couldn't help but think of the location of the Level 1 Mage exam, the "Scattered Royal Tomb," where Frilian and the others encountered the "Water Mirror Demon," who could create replicas.

At that time, those clones were able to perfectly replicate the original's abilities and combat skills.

If the puppet replicas here can also achieve that level... then it means that perhaps the Guvar here is also at the level of 70 years ago?

With Frillie's current strength, killing her shouldn't be a problem. The only concern is how to prevent Frillie from being ganged up on?

Suddenly, he remembered a word he used to often use when playing games: "kite".

"Frilian, have you ever played Eagle Catches Chickens?" Shane asked.

"Um?"

"It's a game that human children love to play. Usually, a mother hen at the front of the line leads a group of chicks around. An eagle will then seize the opportunity to snatch the last chick in the line, and so on, until all the chicks are gone."

"...Luring and seizing orders? That's a pretty good idea."

It has to be said that White Hair is very smart; he understands things immediately.

Soon, through observation, the two drew a map of the locations of the nine ancient garlands and began to study the "kite" route by laying out the streets and city.

Based on the standard locations on the map, Shane figured out the easiest route to "pull monsters" successfully, just like how a main tank (MT) pulls monsters in a game.

"Alright, let's start killing them from number 1, following the numerical order."

He took out the equipment he had acquired before entering the maze from his backpack.

10 kunai swords and 10 fine iron marbles.

Using these ranged weapons to harass, combined with [Goddess's Barrier], he has a 50% chance of success.

…………

The two began their operation according to plan.

Frillie first concealed her magic power to the point where it was not released at all.

Stay put and wait for the right opportunity.

Xia En put away the [Goddess's Barrier], came out of the house, and slowly walked around to the street corner.

Right in front of him was a "Guvar 9" searching for someone.

To be honest, as a very famous demon under the Demon King's army and the number one magician of the demon race, Guval's combat strength is beyond doubt.

Even Frilian, an elven mage who had lived for over a thousand years, admitted that Guval might be "a cut above her" in terms of magical skill.

Faced with such a formidable enemy, Xia En was like an ant looking at a human.

His courage to step out and act as the main tank wasn't entirely due to overestimating his abilities, but rather stemmed from the "diagnosis" that Frilian had previously given him.

When he first tried meditation and couldn't feel any flow of magic, Frillian said that Shane had no magic at all.

The mages in this world rely heavily on [magic detection].

Especially in actual combat, mages with abundant magic power or skilled techniques will keep their [Magic Detection] open all day long, which means that they will gradually develop the habit of seeing the world through "magic power".

For monsters like demons who have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, this habit is even more terrifying.

A weak human with zero magic power probably doesn't exist in their eyes.

Xia En thought to herself silently.

Sure enough, he made his way to the designated location without any hindrance, without needing to activate any backup plan to save his life along the way.

Crawling on the roof, Shane pulled a kunai shuriken from his pocket and aimed at "Guvar 9" on the street below.

It's time for you to pay the price for your arrogance.

whoosh-

As the sword flew out, Xia En simultaneously cast a goddess's barrier to conceal himself.

Guval 9 was hit, and he immediately realized that there were enemies nearby. He roared and began to search the surrounding area.

Because of his roar, the other eight Guval in the distance began to move in this direction. Among them, Guval 1, which was part of the battle plan, fell to the very back of the main force due to its position, and fell into Frilian's attack range exactly as planned.

boom--

The magic beam shot out without hesitation.

The short, compressed magic, like a bullet, accurately struck the head of "Guvar 1," melting the hideous head instantly and obliterating it.

Xia En secretly praised him and said, "Well done."

Because they were far away, the other Guvars didn't even realize what had happened before they saw their companions die.

Naturally, they didn't discover the hidden Frilian.

Shain quietly circled around to another direction and began hunting "Guvar 2".

…………

After more than three hours of guerrilla warfare.

All nine Guval were "assassinated".

Xia En looked at the only remaining iron marble in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief. If he didn't kill them all, he would run out of ranged weapons.

Frillie looked at him, smiled slightly, and praised, "Shane, you did very well."

That look of satisfaction on her face made Xia En feel like he was seeing his "grandmother" coaxing him, her "little grandson."

This doesn't feel good!

Don't give yourself any seniority without permission, young lady!

Just then, the entire city of Gostan suddenly began to collapse, falling like shards of broken glass.

Shane reacted quickly, lunging at Frilian and deploying the [Goddess's Barrier] where the two of them were.

bang bang bang-

The entire city is shattered.

Smoke and dust filled the air.

Debris scattered everywhere.

When the collapse finally stopped, Shane witnessed a scene that shocked him.

They returned to the simple cave they had seen before—

The stone room, a few dozen square meters in size, contained a simple wooden bed, an empty bookshelf, and a desk with a quill pen on it... All the items were covered in dust, indicating that no one had been here for a long time.

The exact same furnishings—this is the room of "Mad Sage Charles"!!!

However, this time there was no diary on the table, but an old page torn from some unknown book.

He focused his mind, and a line of text jumped out at him:

Fragments of the Sage Evish's Notebook

Condition: Incomplete

Entry: [Numerical Mirror (Purple Epic)]: Perfectly replicates your opponent's physical stats in battle, let your opponent see in the mirror.

Evaluation: Based on the magical formula derived from research on the "Water Mirror Demon," this experimental phase can only achieve numerical replication.