Magical girl? She got tricked into this!

Volume 7: A Strange Journey to Another World: Chapter 89: You Should Have a Solution

One month later

The caravan was still moving slowly forward in the Great Rift Valley as usual. There were many signs of damage on the dragon cart, and the caravan members were already exhausted.

Even Melinda, who usually takes good care of herself, was no exception and looked a little haggard and weathered.

During this period, the caravan was attacked by the undead many times, but most of them started at night and lasted only two or three hours.

Fight, chase?

However, they now had to face another important problem, which was that the dry food they brought with them was almost gone. Even if they lived frugally, they could only last five more days at most before running out of food.

Meiko Ando had her own reserves in the storage space so it was no big deal. Of course, she was not kind enough to take out her own food and share it. After all, her stock was limited, and she was not alone now. She had the responsibility to take care of Beth and Ronia.

"Apart from the first encounter with the giant claw earth dragon, the rest of the encounters were with undead. It would be great if there were a few more magical beasts." Sitting on Melinda's dragon car, Ando Meiko listened to her complaints.

It’s not that the caravan didn’t bring enough food when they set off. After all, before setting off, Melinda deliberately cleared out two trucks to load enough dry food to last for two months.

The reason for this situation is that in an offensive and defensive battle with the undead army ten days ago, more than 3,000 undead suddenly emerged.

Even though Meiko Ando and Beth tried their best to use magic to attract the attacks of the undead on both sides of the convoy, a large number of undead still broke away from the battle circle because they could not squeeze in and attacked other people around them.

A guard who was responsible for guarding the dragon cart was overwhelmed and killed by the undead due to a mistake. A large number of undead rushed in and destroyed a grain cart.

If it were just that, the loss wouldn't be so severe, but the exposed food was quickly contaminated by the strong aura of the undead and could no longer be eaten.

All of a sudden, the rations that could last a whole month turned into a pile of useless garbage. The caravan members who saw it afterwards felt like crying.

"Melinda, you should have other solutions, right?" After listening to her complaints, Ando Meiko spoke.

She wasn't sure if Melinda really had a backup plan, but seeing the frustrated yet calm expression on her face, she felt that the caravan would not stop there.

Sure enough, Ando Meiko's question received a decisive nod from Melinda. Without saying a word, she immediately opened the map and placed it on the table between the two of them.

Melinda stretched out her hand and pointed at the border of Porter Country where they had originally started, then moved along the Great Rift Valley and finally stopped near the end of the Great Rift Valley.

"This is where we are now, and then..." She moved her hand forward again, "If we walk for another day, we should be able to get here."

Meiko Ando carefully observed the direction Melinda pointed to. It was also still in the Great Rift Valley, but unlike other sections of the road, there was a clearly marked fork in the road.

Looking at the fork in the road, she suddenly realized, "You mean we can find food if we take this fork in the road?"

Melinda nodded again and said, "Yes, there's a small, secluded village just beyond the Great Rift Valley. We can trade some of our goods there for some food, which will at least cover our needs."

Fortunately, the earth dragons pulling the carts are all herbivorous. Although the desert has the word "barren" in its name, its resources are far less barren than those in the desert. In particular, the Great Rift Valley has a lot of vegetation coverage and water-filled mosses growing and distributing, which is enough to meet the food needs of the earth dragons.

Meiko Ando looked at the map and calculated carefully. She decided to take the forked road to the village to exchange for food, then return to the original route and take the regular route to the Great Rift Valley. If she was lucky, the round trip would only add about eight days.

Of course, you can also choose not to return after exchanging for food but continue to move forward. Doing so will take a considerable detour, and the time to complete the journey will be extended by nearly twenty days.

"Then let's go back here and start again after we exchange food." Ando Meiko suggested. If they could arrive early, they would naturally not take a detour, so Melinda and Ando Meiko's choices and opinions were quite consistent.

After discussing some unimportant matters again, Meiko Ando left the carriage, returned to her dragon carriage and brought the news to Beth.

Melinda had several guards on her side who were delivering the message, and soon the new route plan was firmly memorized by everyone in the caravan.

A day later, the caravan arrived at the fork in the road as scheduled. As the first dragon cart turned and went in, the dragon carts behind it also followed the team inside.

The fork in the road is much narrower than a normal road, only four or five meters wide at most. It is not even possible for two dragon carts to drive side by side, and they can only pass slowly one by one.

Meiko Ando, ​​Beth and Ronia sat together in the carriage and watched the caravan changing lanes. If it weren't for replenishing food, Meiko Ando wouldn't want the caravan to come to this place.

Beth observed the surroundings and said, "This position is terrible. If anything happens, we won't be able to move at all."

Ando Meiko nodded in agreement and said, "If they come from the front or the back, it's fine. But if they appear right next to the dragon carriage like the undead did last time, we'll have trouble dealing with them."

While the two were talking, Ronia looked up at the sky out of boredom. Following the rock wall that had begun to slope down, the little princess saw some kind of creature flying in the air.

"Sister Meizi, Sister Beth, look over there, there seems to be something flying in the sky. What on earth is this thing?"

"Where?" Ando Meiko looked curiously in the direction Ronia pointed. The moment she saw the flying creature, her pupils trembled violently, "No way."

Beth looked up at her intense reaction, but her face paled slightly as she uttered a name word by word: "Six-winged Nether Snake?!"

A hurried voice came from the end of the team, which made Ando Meiko and Beth, who were still looking at the sky, react. They turned around, gave Ronia a word of advice, and rushed towards the source of the sound.

Volume 7: A Strange Journey to Another World: Chapter 90: Ghost Python

When the two arrived at the enemy attack site, they found that the invading forces were not the undead, but countless giant snakes crawling towards them.

These giant snakes are grayish white all over, with black and purple rings on each segment. Each one is as big as an adult, and their bodies are translucent. If I had to use something to describe them, they would be ghosts.

They twisted their bodies as they moved forward, but not all of them crawled on the ground. Many of them floated up and down in the air as if they were wandering in the sea.

Isn't this a ghost?

"This is a monster that can only be encountered in areas where six-winged Nether Serpents appear, the Ghost Python."

When Meiko Anten said this name, there was no ease in her eyes as when she dealt with other magical beasts, because although the ghost python was only a level three or four magical beast, it had a very practical passive magic called "Void".

Void magic is a combination of light and dark attributes. Its function is to make the body translucent, ignoring all physical attacks and greatly weakening magical attacks.

Fortunately, the light attribute and the dark attribute are mutually reinforcing and counteracting. If they coexist in one body, they will counterattack each other and cause their owners to explode and die at a young age. Otherwise, if someone can master the magic of "voidization", it is probably only a matter of time before they conquer the world.

Meiko Anten tentatively took out a Flame Demon Spear, injected enough magic power into it, and threw it at the group of ghost pythons while activating the inscribed magic "Weapon-Dissolving Flame Explosion".

With the explosion of the Flame Demon Spear, the extremely explosive fire magic power immediately spread outward with the impact, and the momentum was still mighty and fierce, showing its power.

However, the usually effective Bingjie Flame Explosion had little effect at this moment. The ghost pythons gathered very densely, but the explosion only killed two or three weaker ghost pythons, and the rest were pushed away by the air waves, disrupting their formation.

Not only that, the "Bingjie Yanbiao" did not have any effect, but instead angered the ghost pythons, making them rush towards the convoy with red eyes.

The extent to which the ghost pythons weakened the magic attack was a little beyond Anten Meiko's expectations, but facing such a large number of ghost pythons, she still jumped off the carriage. The red fluorescence wrapped around her whole body suddenly appeared, and the body strengthening magic was immediately cast.

"Since you can defend against physical attacks, I will use magic against you." She stretched out her right hand and summoned the Flame Demon Sword, while her left fist was wrapped in a magic glove created by imagination.

Magic power was injected into the Flame Demon Sword, which was swung diagonally to create a red crescent sword energy. The sword energy whistled forward and pushed three or four ghost pythons against the group of pythons to retreat continuously until the magic power was finally exhausted and dissipated.

He swung out another upward strike with the sword, and at the same time, he swept out with his left hand and punched a ghost python that was in front of him, knocking it flying and back into the python group.

Meiko Anten was surprised to discover a problem, that is, when the Flame Demon Sword and the Flame Demon Spear directly used physical attacks, the spear tip and the sword blade would not cause any effective damage because they would directly pass through the ghost python's body.

However, the ghost pythons that were bounced back by magic were able to crash into the python group. The combination of one force and the other force could actually form a considerable counter-thrust force that continuously disrupted the ghost pythons' forward pace and formation.

Her thoughts kept changing, and she finally decided on a solution which was quickly implemented.

She became extremely fast, and her figure rushed forward like a red lightning. She stretched out her hands and clasped them together to hug a ghost python that looked like a third-level monster.

After doing this, she stepped back a distance on her toes, and at the same time, she calmly punched the struggling ghost python in mid-air, knocking it unconscious.

She immediately took a step forward, wrapped her hands in magic power, grabbed the ghost python's tail, and used it as a thick whip to sweep towards the ghost python group.

The effect of this attack was very obvious. The ghost python's body collided with the bodies of other ghost pythons and immediately knocked them away.

The best way to break the "Void" magic is to use the same Void magic. When the two are in the same state, all immunities will become ineffective.

The constantly waving ghost pythons turned into countless afterimages, forming an impenetrable wall of storm, blocking the advancing ghost pythons as quickly as possible.

Melinda, who was watching from a distance, gave her an approving look. She shared the information about the ghost python, but did not tell her how to break the "void" magic.

And after only two attempts, Meiko Anten immediately discovered that something was wrong and found the best way to restrain the virtual magic. Her combat experience and talent are simply admirable.

Of course, there are many people who know how to deal with virtual magic, and there are also people who can directly wrap their fists with magic power to launch effective physical attacks like her, but there are very few people who can catch a ghost python and use it as a whip.

Her actions completely enraged the group of ghost pythons. A strange purple light bloomed in their originally dark pupils. All the transparent pythons suddenly flew into the air, and thousands of ghost pythons scrambled to gather together and combine to form a giant white egg.

The upper part of the dome separated and rose up. A closer look revealed that it was actually a translucent white snake head. The giant snake let out a sharp scream towards the sky, and the terrifying sound waves spread outward visibly, shaking Anten Meiko, who was closest to her, so much that her entire head felt a tingling pain, and blood even flowed from her nostrils.

An Teng Meizi threw the ghost python in her hand away, and the Flame Emperor Wand appeared in her hand. She poured her magic power into it without hesitation, causing the Flame Marrow Crystal to shine brightly: "Entangle!"

The flaming chains that suddenly appeared caught the python off guard and bound its mouth, stopping its screams abruptly. More chains wrapped around it one after another, and soon the white giant egg was wrapped into a flaming giant egg.

boom!

Having the means to restrain the white snake, Anten Meiko was about to retreat when she saw a powerful burst of magic released from the white snake, directly breaking up all the fire chains she had created.

Seeing that the caravan had already driven out of the rift valley at the fastest speed, An Teng Yazi no longer wanted to fight and immediately turned around and ran. At the same time, she continued to form a wall behind her, which was composed of intertwined chains of fire and superimposed with glass shields to block the white snake's continuous advance.

"Yezi, I'm here to help you!" The moment Anten Yazi rushed out of the rift, Beth, who had already prepared to chant magic, immediately took action.

The magic clay magic released by the combination of water and soil turned into a cement stone wall to block the mouth of the rift. The white snake was not in a hurry to dodge and hit its head on the cement. The whole rift shook under the heavy burden, and countless pieces of broken stones kept falling off and merging into the clay magic.

The entire rift exit was completely blocked.

Volume 7: A Strange Journey to Another World: Chapter 91: Magic Combinations and Branches

Meiko Anten took a few deep breaths of fresh air. Beth helped her up and she slowly looked at the clay stone wall behind her that had already taken shape.

The white snake kept bombarding the stone wall, but was bounced back several times. Instead, the rift was still shaking and a large amount of rubble fell down, burying the rift passage.

"It seems that the plan to return by the original route has to be changed. We can only continue along this road." Anten Meiko said calmly.

"I'm sorry... I didn't know it would..."

Before Beth could finish her words, An Teng Meizi reached out and touched her lips, stopping her from continuing. "Don't apologize. You did nothing wrong. We were just unlucky to encounter the ghost python following the six-winged netherworld snake."

After saying that, she and Beth turned and walked towards the caravan: "Where's Ronia? Is she okay?"

"Well, the ghost python only appeared at the back, and Ronia hid in the carriage before the caravan accelerated, so there was no problem."

"That's good." Meiko Anten finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She was more worried about the safety of Beth and Ronia than the caravan, but Beth, as a genius magician of the Silver Fox clan, also possessed considerable combat power. She had the ability to take care of herself, but the little princess Ronia did not.

"Once we arrive at the Theocracy, we must get some magical devices for Ronia to protect herself." Meiko Anten murmured.

Beth agreed immediately after hearing this: "You're right. We can't always stay by her side. If she needs to leave the battle like now, she needs to have some skills to rely on."

Although Ronia possesses the magical ability of mind reading, in the face of absolute power, mind reading, a magic without any attack or defense capabilities, is completely useless.

Even if you see someone rushing towards you and you know that he wants to kill you, but you have no means to stop him, then you can only watch him grab you, cut your throat, and eventually fall into the fear of death in unwillingness.

"Thank you both for your hard work." Melinda trotted over, stood beside Anten Meiko, and reached out to brush off the smoke and dust on her clothes.

Seeing the branch president rushing over, An Teng Meizi asked casually, "Melinda, is there any damage to the caravan?"

"Thanks to you, there wasn't much damage other than a few dragon carriages being damaged. However, we can't go back the same way now."

"I understand that. What are your plans next?"

Melinda continued without hesitation, clearly having already thought of a plan: "I plan to replenish my supplies in the village, repair the dragon cart, and then set off. Although I can't return the same way and save time, this route is much safer than the one we took just now."

"We'll just follow your instructions. Beth, help me go back and rest first."

In front of Melinda, Beth nodded coldly and helped An Teng Meizi walk towards their dragon carriage. Of course, the excuse of wanting to rest was not true. She said that just because she didn't want to be pulled by Melinda to hold another emergency meeting.

After all, she already knew all the information she needed to know. The emergency meeting was actually just Melinda unilaterally telling Anten Meiko about her strategy, and Anten Meiko, who had no decision-making power, could only listen from the side.

Instead of wasting time on learning how to be a good listener, it would be better to use this time to play with Ronia and relieve her boredom.

After discussing some matters concerning Ronia with Beth, they returned to the dragon carriage. Seeing Ronia obediently waiting for them to return, Anten Meizi smiled, opened the door, and was the first to walk up: "Little Ronia, I wonder if you have ever tested your magical attributes?"

"Hmm... Could it be that Meizi-nee is planning to teach me how to use magic?"

Having her thoughts exposed, An Teng Meizi laughed and said, "Yes, after all, I can't hide it from you, little Ronya, who has the ability to read minds."

According to the principles of this world, ordinary human babies can awaken their magic power at the age of five and differentiate different magical attributes from their own blood.

Demons are different from humans. Their bodies are naturally adapted to magic, so they can sense it from the moment they are born.

The fact that Ronia had awakened the blood of a hero was also discovered when she was testing her magic properties at the age of five.

"Do you still remember testing the light of the crystal ball?" Beth asked, who had just closed the car door.

An ordinary seven-year-old might not remember what happened when he was five years old, but Ronia remembered it very clearly.

"The color at the time seemed to be half white and half red."

"Fire and light? Great! They can be combined into the Fire of Light."

This world has eight basic magical attributes: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, light, and darkness, but the basic attributes do not represent everything, because above them there are space and time.

But in fact, the magic attributes awakened by both humans and demons are all strange and varied, which is related to the combination and branches of magic.

Combination magic is like the water and wind used by Beth, which can be combined into ice magic for use.

Branch attributes are magical attributes that have the same origin as the basic attributes but are of different types. For example, the branch of water is ice, the branch of fire is thunder, and so on.

Although the branch attributes here also appear in the attributes of the combined magic, after becoming someone's awakened magic attribute, the single ice attribute cannot be split into fire and wind for use, but it can be combined with other attributes to form other attribute magic.

Ronia possesses the magical attributes of fire and light. Naturally, fire and light can also cast a combination of magic. Moreover, these two attributes are very special and are half of the same origin, so the magic power of their combination is much stronger than other combinations.

"Fire of Light? It sounds so powerful, Sister Beth. I want to learn this. Can you teach me?" Ronia's two big eyes flashed with anticipation, which made Beth feel unable to refuse.