Chapter 2428 City of Shadows (Two Days Before 2077 Is Unlocked!)

"The phone doesn't work either."

Looking at the mobile phone in her hand, Ellie frowned. She originally wanted to call Nangong Nayue to inform Nangong about the situation here, but she couldn't get through at all. The mobile phone seemed to be dead and stuck on the current interface. No matter how Ellie moved, she didn't respond.

"In short, let's go to the Iwatodai branch first."

So far, Ellie hasn't figured out what's wrong with the twelfth artificial island, but she can feel an aura similar to that of the Red World members in Shana's world when they used the seal. From the current point of view, this The artificial island situation is very similar to that time. It's just that the seals in Shana's world are created by the people of the Red World, and you can follow the seals to find yourself. But this strange enchantment seems to be completely integrated with the entire artificial island, and the root cause cannot be found at all.

For the time being, no enemies similar to Lizi or the Red World had appeared, so Ellie let go of her inner doubts and walked towards the Iwatodai branch according to the address.

Fortunately, the Iwatodai branch is not too far from the station, and it didn't take long for Ellie to arrive at the gate of the Iwatodai branch. It looked like an apartment building, and the whole building was completely dark, as if there was no one at all. Ellie reached out, pushed open the door, and walked in.

"what."

However, when Ellie walked into the hall, she saw a girl who looked about her age standing in front of the reception desk. She was wearing a black school uniform, and her dark brown hair was tied back. With a single ponytail and red headphones, he looks quite lively.

Seeing Ellie appearing, she was also startled, turned her head to look at Ellie curiously, and asked.

"Are you a resident here too?"

"I came here to find someone...you are...?"

"My name is Xijian Qinyin."

The girl smiled cheerfully at Ellie and introduced herself.

"I'm going to live here from today...probably?"

"live here?"

Hearing the girl's answer, Airi froze for a moment, while the girl nodded.

"Yeah, I'm planning to transfer to the Moonlight Pavilion branch school, so I have to stay here... Uh, aren't you a student at the Moonlight Pavilion branch school?"

"I'm…………"

"who!!"

However, before Ellie could finish her words, suddenly, a voice sounded, and the two of them raised their heads and looked towards the place where the voice came from, only to see a brown-haired girl in a pink sweater face-on at the stairs leading to the second floor. Pale, looking at them nervously. Her breathing was quite rapid, and her chest heaved accordingly, and then she saw the girl raised the gun in her hand... and aimed it at her forehead.

"???"

Seeing this scene, Ellie and the girl named Xijian Qinyin were startled.

Big sister, let's talk about something, what's wrong with you? Can't figure out what to think about suicide?

"wait!"

At this moment, a calm female voice suddenly came, and then another woman who looked slightly older than the brown-haired girl came out from behind. She carefully sized Xijian Qinyin before looking at Ellie.

"Are you Miss Silver Witch?"

"That's right, you are a member of the Iwatodai branch?"

Ellie's appearance is so conspicuous that it is impossible to recognize the wrong person, even if there is no photo, as long as it is white hair and red eyes, it can be recognized immediately.

"call……………"

Hearing this, the older woman with long red hair was relieved.

"Hi, first time meeting, Ms. Ellie, I'm Kirijo Mizuru from Iwatodai Branch S.E.E.S. In fact, we invite you this time..."

"Boom boom boom!!!"

However, before Mizuru Kirijo's words fell, there was another hurried footsteps outside the gate, and then a boy with short silver-gray hair burst open the door and rushed in, stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Mingyan!!!"

Seeing the boy's figure, Kirijo Mizuru rushed to his side and helped the wounded boy to his feet.

"What happened?"

"I met a powerful guy, something I have never seen before!! You will be shocked when you see it!"

"Is now the time to talk about this?!"

Kirijo Mizuru yelled at the boy, and at the same time helped him to sit on the sofa next to him. At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a suit also hurried down the stairs.

"Sanada-kun, are 'they' here?!"

"Yes, but not the usual kind..."

"Boom!!!"

Before the boy finished speaking, suddenly the whole apartment building shook suddenly, as if something terrible was hitting the building, and the brown-haired girl looked around anxiously.

"What's going on here? Are you kidding me?!"

"Now is not the time to talk about this!"

Kirijo Mizuru was obviously the leader of this group of people, she yelled, stabilized the panicked crowd, and immediately began to assign tasks.

"Yue Yu, you take this girl to evacuate, Miss Ellie, I know you have many questions in your heart, but now is not the time to answer these questions, we are in trouble, please help us!"

"OK!!"

Hearing Mitsuru Kirijo's order, the brown-haired girl hurriedly grabbed Shiomi Qinyin who hadn't figured out the situation, and ran to the back in a hurry, while the middle-aged man in a suit also hurried upstairs. At this moment, the impact outside became louder and louder. Finally, with a loud noise, the closed door was smashed open, and then, a strange monster appeared in front of Ellie and the others.

"What is this thing?"

Looking at the monster in front of her, Ellie couldn't help but be taken aback. The monster in front of her was as tall as two people. It looked like a black slime, but it was covered in the body of this "black slime". On the ground, there are more than a dozen arms holding sharp blades, not only that, one of the hands is also holding a smiling face mask in front of it, it looks as if the mask is the face of this monster.

And beside this monster, there are several smaller monsters of the same shape, but compared with that monster, these monsters only have two arms, and their speed is not fast.

"What is this thing?"

Ellie raised her hand with a question in her mouth. She raised her hand, and soon, the atomic beam mixed with thunder and lightning whizzed past, hitting the body of the black shadow monster in front of her. But to Ellie's surprise, just as her atomic beam hit these monsters, she saw a translucent black barrier appearing outside their bodies, completely nullifying her attack.

"...Huh? This seems familiar."

Seeing this scene, Ellie couldn't help frowning. She remembered that not long ago in the Rope Lake, the knight riding the dragon and the witch in the cloak seemed to use this trick to resist herself magic attack.

Is the fantasy killer of this world so worthless? It’s fine if the main character has one, it’s fine if there’s a boss, and now there’s even mobs? !

Is Fantasy Killer so useless in this world?

Although in fact this skill itself has no reputation, it's just that the magicians in Academy City are stupid...

However, Ellie has long been used to this. After seeing that magic and abilities were invalid, Ellie decisively reached into her skirt, then took out a 40MM grenade gun, aimed at the monster in front of her and pulled the trigger.

"boom!!!"

A huge explosion sounded, accompanied by smoke and dust, the monster in front of him was torn apart, but soon, it twisted and returned to its original shape.

"It's hard to defeat it with weapons alone!"

At this moment, Kirijo Mizuru also hurriedly stood up, holding a silver-gray pistol in her hand, and then saw Kirijo Mizuru raising the pistol—not aimed at the monster in front of her, but at her own head, and pull the trigger.

"Persona!!"

Accompanied by Kirijo Mitsuru's shout, a wonderful, radiant female figure appeared in front of her, and then she saw that woman raised her hand, and in the next moment, several ice edges appeared out of thin air, facing her eyes The monster smashed down.

Although it seems that they are all magical attacks, Kirijo Mizuru's attack was not nullified like Airie's. On the contrary, the ice edge that shot past easily penetrated the slimy bodies of these monsters in front of him, Immediately, they let out a shrill scream, but the huge monster at the head obviously didn't stop because of this, only to see several arms waving on its body suddenly stretched out, and sword lights slashed at it in an instant. The woman Kirijo Mizuru summoned directly tore her apart. Mizuru Kirijo also let out a scream, flew upside down, and fell heavily on the ground.

"Meihe!!!"

At this time, the bruised and bruised boy also stood up, shouted loudly when he saw this scene, and then he also picked up the same silver pistol and pointed it at his head.

"Persona!!"

Soon, a figure with long blond hair and a right hand that looked like a syringe appeared in front of the short-haired boy, rushed towards the monster, and slammed into each other heavily.

This is... magic? wrong? Seance?

Looking at the scene in front of her, Ellie was also thinking and studying their tactics quickly. She could feel that the attacks of these people were not as simple as pure magic attacks. On the contrary, they called the spirit body to come down through their spiritual will. Combat, to a certain extent, is very similar to paladins or priests in religions summoning gods to fight.

In other words, the action they used to point their pistols at their heads just now was a sacrificial ceremony, and they themselves were sacrifices, using this as a sacrifice to communicate with the gods and gain their power to fight?

It's a bit similar to the unfinished version of Servant Summoning.

In other words, the reason why they were able to hurt these monsters was not magic or spiritual power, but divine power?

Although there is only a trace, it is also divine power.

What exactly is this monster, and can it be harmed only by divine power?

Forget it, I will consider these later, let's solve the immediate problem first.

At this moment, the short-haired boy is still holding on, but he obviously can't last long with his body covered in bruises. Thinking of this, Ellie slowly closed her eyes and clenched her hands.

If it is a spirit descending, then you can try it yourself!

With magic power as the source, communicate with the root of the world, entangle the seven heavens of the three great words, pass through the wheel of restraint and appear, the guardian of the balance————!

"Boom——!"

Suddenly, at this moment, everything in front of him suddenly became pitch black.

Immediately afterwards, the shining brilliance gradually emerged.

When Ellie opened her eyes again, she found that she was sitting on the sofa, and behind the round table in front of her was a bald white-haired man with a long nose like Pinocchio and round eyes, wearing a suit old man.

The whole room is like a huge elevator, with several doors erected beside it, and above the old man's head, a round clock is constantly turning rapidly.

"Welcome to the velvet room. My name is Igor... It's our first meeting. I really didn't expect to meet such a guest. It was beyond my expectation."

"where is this place?"

Ellie glanced around and asked, while the old man smiled and answered in his slightly hoarse voice.

"This is a place that exists between dreams and reality, between spirit and matter. It was originally a room that only people who had completed the 'contract' in some form were eligible to visit... So, your arrival is really a surprise I was surprised."

"I don't remember signing a contract with anyone."

Ellie shook her head slightly, while the old man continued to speak without changing his expression.

"But no matter what, from now on, you are the guest of this 'Velvet Room'... You shoulder a huge fate that I can't imagine, I think, you should need my help..."

While speaking, the old man stretched out his hand, and with his movement, a ray of light slowly fell like raindrops, and then turned into a card.

It was a strange card, which depicted a lying woman and seven black shadows, and there was a dark pot-like thing on the top. At the bottom of this card, the words "XI" are written in big.

"This is really..."

Looking at the card in front of him, the old man showed a surprised expression, but soon, he looked at Ellie again and restored his smile.

"Then my guest, my job is done... Please... face your fate."

The surroundings became dark again, however, this time was different from before, Ellie could feel her power responding from the Realm Recording Tape through the guidance of magic power!

She slowly opened her eyes and looked forward. At this moment, she heard a scream, and the short-haired boy was sent flying to the side again. And the huge monster waved its arms and rushed towards them.

At the same time, Ellie raised her right hand, and with her movement, the Tarot card that was called out by the old man appeared out of thin air, spinning and landed in Ellie's hand.

Then, Ellie crushed it vigorously.

"Persona!!"

Accompanied by Ellie's call, the icy cold air exploded around her, and the piercing chill turned into snowflakes, covering everything in front of her in white.

Immediately afterwards, a figure of a girl in a white robe and a giant bear behind her slowly appeared above Ellie's head.