I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

No matter how the two of them attacked or tried to break through this space, it seemed that they could not break through the barrier of the black mud tide.

"Huh... This won't work."

Her fingertips quickly swept through the air and wove a red lightning net in front of the two of them. Istina looked in the direction of the Goddess of Light and said.

"This kind of thing doesn't need to be told to me, I know it too."

The Goddess of Light answered slightly breathlessly, waving a curtain of light to block the black mud attacking from behind.

When she was first dragged into this place, she was careless and was contaminated by a lot of black mud curses. It was with the help of Istina that she was able to purify the curse.

But the energy consumed at that time also meant that she couldn't be as comfortable as Istina now.

"We need to prepare for a long battle. I just tried to contact the brave hero, but this space blocks the transmission of communication magic."

"Does that mean we can only rely on ourselves?"

"No, if we think about it another way, as long as we hold on for a little longer, the brave man who realizes something is wrong will come to support us."

"But does she know where we are now?"

"I only know the location of the final battle, but I believe in the hero."

“…I hope so.”

After a pause, the Goddess of Light continued to ask.

"So how do you plan to fight next?"

"Two layers of defense. I'll be in charge of the outside, and you'll be in charge of the inside. Take this opportunity to try to get back into shape."

"I can still hold on. I don't need you to take care of me."

Faced with Istina's plan to take all the pressure on herself, the Goddess of Light frowned noticeably and said with some displeasure.

"No, compared to your strength, my strength can still slightly suppress this black mud, so the main attack is better left to me."

After fighting with the cursed black mud several times, Istina found that her annihilation lightning could still disperse and destroy the black mud to a certain extent. On the contrary, the power of the Goddess of Light could only rely on consumption to wear down the black mud.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of attrition would not be a problem, after all, both sides have equal consumption conditions. But the current problem is that the amount of black mud is endless. In this case, it would be a bit unreasonable to engage in a attrition confrontation.

“…Okay, I owe you one.”

After a reluctant gasp, the Goddess of Light finally agreed to Istina's suggestion and retracted her light curtain to support the two of them, while Istina manipulated the lightning net into a lightning ball that enveloped the two of them.

In the dark space, a red thunder ball shone like a blood-red sun, and around this sun, endless cursed black mud continued to invade as if to extinguish the sun.

On the other side, after the battle on the orc side ended, when Eve contacted Melshia and Istina, she found that Istina had suddenly lost contact, so after confirming that Melshia did not need her support, she rushed to Istina's last location.

brush--

Above the place where the previous battle broke out, as the light of teleportation magic flashed, a petite silver-haired loli figure appeared in mid-air. It was Eve who came to support.

"The battle seems to have just ended recently? Did something unexpected happen?"

Looking down at the battlefield below, which was shrouded in a light gray mist, and the extremely dim golden light curtain beside it, which was even stained with an ominous gray-black light in some places, Eve frowned slightly and considered the possible situation.

The fact that Istina did not send her a call for help before the loss of contact shows that the accident came very suddenly, and before the accident happened, Istina believed that she could handle it with her own abilities.

Could it be that the devil suddenly intervened?

After all, the other party is the culprit that caused the invasion of the demon god, and maybe he will become the embodiment of the demon god's will. That is quite possible, after all, the demon god does have this method.

The space that the demon god pulled her into during the battle at the World Tree Royal Court was sufficient for the current situation.

Thinking of this, Eve flew down, intending to closely examine some of the remaining spatial traces on the battlefield to see if she could find any clues about Istina's whereabouts.

It hasn't been too long since the accident happened, so there must still be some traces left in the space.

At that time, we just need to follow the clues to find the whereabouts.

§52 Tracking

As the saying goes, plans can never keep up with the speed of change, and you never know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident. These two sentences are really suitable for Eve at the moment.

Just as Eve was about to approach the battlefield to check for any remaining traces of space, the gray-black mist that had been scattered throughout the battlefield gathered around her and quickly collided with the anti-magic that was always on her body.

"This is…"

Feeling the strong curse coming from the gray-black fog, and looking at the gray-black fog covering a large area, Eve frowned slightly.

If no one comes to deal with the fog, I'm afraid that this place will be a forbidden place for life in the next few decades. If someone accidentally enters here, even if he is not killed on the spot, these death curses will remain in that person's body and eventually lead to his death, just like the scene in Final Destination.

Neither Istina nor the Goddess of Light possess this power, so this must be the remnant of the attack by the Death Curse God.

Hmm... In that case, his attack should have no effect on Tina and the others. After all, for gods, as long as their divine core is not destroyed, they will not die in the true sense, but will just fall into a deep sleep. Therefore, gods should be quite resistant to the death curse.

In the end, under this premise, something unexpected happened...

After mixing a little destructive magic into her anti-magic, Eve continued with her previous plan as she watched the gray-black mist melt away like snowflakes meeting boiling water.

We can talk about clearing the gray fog later. Right now, the priority is to find the whereabouts of Istina and the other person.

After all, without the source, any one of the three of them could easily get rid of the remaining curses.

However, Eve's plan didn't go so smoothly.

"Huh? No? How is that possible?!"

Feeling the space as calm as a pool of stagnant water without a single ripple, Eve couldn't help but frown.

According to common sense, whether it is teleportation or counter-teleportation, it will inevitably leave a trace in space, proving what happened here not long ago.

Teleport countermeasures will only make the end of the trace undetectable, but the trace itself will still exist.

The current situation is a little different. All Eve felt from the space above was a faint curse, and the traces of space she was looking for were nowhere to be found.

Is there something wrong with her judgment?

Could it be that Istina and the others lost contact because they were caught in some space isolated from the outside world?

No, that's not right. She must have overlooked something.

After a little thought, Eve denied her own speculation and then brought her thoughts back.

After all, judging by the remaining information on the battlefield, her previous speculation should be correct. It should also be true that the Death Curse God's attack had little effect on Istina and the others, otherwise Tina would have asked for help from her long ago.

Hmm... is that something she overlooked...

Standing in mid-air, subconsciously kneading a strand of her silver hair, Eve carefully examined the space in front of her again.

"...Tsk, why is the curse getting stronger?"

After a while, before Eve noticed anything, she waved her hand in a slightly irritable manner to disperse the gray-black mist that was already visible to the naked eye around her.

And at this moment, a flash of lightning seemed to flash through her mind, and she instantly understood what she had overlooked.

curse!

The increasingly intense curses around her were what she ignored!

Logically speaking, since the source has disappeared, these curses have become rootless water. Even if they are not dealt with, they will slowly dissipate over time, although this time may be measured in decades.

But the current situation is obviously different. In the short time that she has stayed here, the concentration of these curses has increased significantly. This means that there must be a source here that is constantly replenishing the curses.

And judging by the current situation, this source is most likely the place where Istina and the others are trapped!

After figuring out the key, Eve immediately turned her attention to the curses that filled the surroundings, and soon she discovered some clues.

"This is it."

Standing in an empty spot, Eve placed her hands in the air in front of her eyes and spoke softly.

After careful inspection, she finally determined that it was here that the curse was constantly overflowing into this space.

If Istina or the Goddess of Light were here, they would surely be able to tell at a glance that this was the place where the Death Curse God was suspected to have died.

"Huh—let's give it a try."

She wrapped purple-black destructive magic around her fingertips, and replaced the anti-magic magic supply with destructive magic. Then she prepared a magic that would allow her to withdraw immediately. After making these preparations, Eve was ready to attack the suspicious place in front of her to see if it would have any effect.

It's not that Eve is overly cautious, it's just to be safe.

Although she has not actually entered it yet, just by looking at the vicious curses that are constantly overflowing, she knows that if this is really the source of these curses, then it must be a dangerous place. Forget about being miserably overturned because of carelessness. She does not have such a hobby, and she does not want to become the protagonist of a defeated and humiliated series.

crackling——

With a crisp sound, the space in front of Eve's eyes shattered like a mirror under her attack, and then a tide of curse formed by countless black muds surged out and rushed towards her, but was completely dissolved by her anti-magic and turned into nothingness.

And in this torn gap, Eve also clearly felt the breath of Istina.

Obviously, she guessed right.

"Tina, prepare your defenses, I found where you are."

"Eh? Mr. Brave?!"

"okay, I get it."

Suddenly, she heard Eve's voice in her mind. She was stunned for a moment, and then she followed Eve's instructions and tightened the defenses around her. She also told the Goddess of Light beside her to be prepared for the impact.

"'Space Collapse'"

Without any intention of going deep into the enemy camp, Eve directly drew the magic of destroying the demiplane on the gap she had pried open, preparing to use it to rescue Istina who was trapped in the space.

After all, sometimes directly annihilating the enemy is also a good way of rescue.

Just like the best support should kill all enemies to protect teammates!

§53 Rendezvous

Crack - crackle -

As the spatial collapse began to take effect, the space that trapped Istina and the other person also began to collapse, and the space on Eve's side spread like broken glass, with countless cracks. Countless cursed black mud flowed out and soon covered the ground within Eve's sight.

After a certain amount of black mud overflowed, it began to change again. It began to pile up little by little, and vaguely formed the prototype of a castle.

crackling——

Finally, accompanied by an extremely obvious explosion, the entire space was completely shattered, and the red thunder ball wrapped in the deepest part of the black mud curse finally appeared.

Just when the cursed mud was about to swallow it up again, a figure surrounded by purple-black magic power appeared in front of the thunder ball at some point.

Then, before the figure made any movement, the originally arrogant curse mud turned into nothingness the moment it came into contact with the purple-black magic power, and no trace of it was left. The effect was even better than Istina's annihilation magic power before.

"Are you okay?"

While maintaining the release of destructive magic, Eve smiled and looked at the thunder ball that had disappeared at some point and asked.

"Well, thanks to the brave man."

Apart from the depletion of her strength, Istina did not show any injuries on her body, nor did she look like she was cursed.

Facing Eve's question, she smiled calmly and answered Eve.

The goddess of light on the other side was in a much more awkward situation.

"Hmph, I owe you another debt."

Her cheeks were slightly red and her eyes were a little wandering, but she still honestly admitted that Eve had saved her. Seeing Eve, she wanted to put a tsundere sign on her head.

It’s nothing, it’s just that she is so easy to understand.

"Yeah, okay, okay, you owe me one."

“…Tsk, I always feel like you’re just being perfunctory to me.”

Faced with Eve's attitude of "yes, yes, yes", the Goddess of Light frowned slightly, but considering that she owed her a favor, she didn't say anything more. Then Eve began to confirm with the two of them what had happened before.

As for the cursed black mud? Just let it rage helplessly outside.

Eve's chants of "die, die" were just background music.

Anyway, the opponent will not be able to break through this barrier formed by destructive magic in a short time.

So after a while, Eve learned what had happened from the two of them.