Chapter 2429 Shadow Time (One Day Before 2077 Is Unlocked!)

This time Ellie didn't use the projection weapon and then release her skills directly, because to a certain extent, it just copied the ability of its holder through the weapon, and it was still magical to some extent. A sort of. If you want to rely entirely on pure divine power to attack, the best way is to summon the spirit body to end.

"Shidunai!!"

Accompanied by Ellie's cry, the white-robed girl raised the short sword in her hand, and then the huge white bear beside her roared forward, raised its body high, and raised its two front paws to face the monster in front of it Smash it down hard. And the sharp blades in the hands of the monster did not have the slightest effect in front of the white bear. Although it also gave out a ghostly scream and waved the long sword, those sharp blades did not even leave a trace on the white bear. Instead, the white bear's front paws smashed down like a giant hammer, smashing the monster in front of him to pieces.

"Gah----!!!"

Perhaps because he realized that he was at a critical moment, the monster at this moment also screamed and launched a surprise attack, and the white bear dodged the counterattack of the shadow monster with a flexible posture that was completely invisible. At the same time, only the girl in white robe Jumping over to the back of the white bear, an extra bow and arrow appeared in his hand at some point, and then the white-robed girl aimed at the shadow monster, bent her bow and set an arrow, and shot it out.

The ice-condensed arrows directly penetrated the shadow monster that was slashing its blade because of anger and pain, and the cold air exploded in all directions, completely freezing it. Then I saw the shadow monster's body suddenly stopped, and then slowly disappeared into the air.

"call……………"

At the same time, the spirit body that Ellie called out also dissipated, until this time, she was also relieved.

Not long after the monster was eliminated, the surrounding atmosphere seemed to return to normal. The original huge moon disappeared, and the scene of blood and shadows in the entire city also disappeared, and the original stability was restored.

After that, Kirijo Mizuru and the short-haired boy hurried to find the brown-haired girl and Xijian Qinyin. At this moment, both of them collapsed on the ground, and Xijian Qinyin passed out directly. According to the brown-haired girl, they were also attacked by shadow monsters when they left through the back door. At that time, Shiomi Qinyin used the brown-haired girl's pistol to summon her own Persona to defeat those monsters, and she also because of this fell unconscious.

Everyone sent Shiomi Kotone and the short-haired boy to the hospital for treatment. After that, Ellie returned to the Iwatodai branch and started talking with everyone.

It wasn't until this time that she finally knew the situation of these people.

The red-haired older woman is called Kirijo Mizuru, the eldest lady of the Kirijo Foundation, and one of the members of the Iwatodai branch. At the same time, she is also a member of a team called S.E.E.S here. According to Kirijo Mizuru According to Crane, this S.E.E.S team was specially set up to deal with those monsters.

The short-haired boy before was named Sanada Akihiko, who was Kirijo Mizuru's companion, and the brown-haired girl was Yue Yuyukari, a newcomer who had just joined.

As for the middle-aged man wearing glasses, his name is Shuji Tsukizuki, the chairman of the Gekkokan Academy, the director of the Iwatodai branch and the leader of the S.E.E.S team.

The twelfth artificial island itself is sparsely populated, so there are only two or three small birds in this branch, but Ellie doesn't care about these, on the contrary, she is more interested in what happened before.

"What happened to that before?"

There is Fang Zheng behind Ellie. Of course, she can feel that the previous scene is very similar to the seal of the Red World, because in the seal, ordinary people can't move, but in this enchantment, only ordinary people become Just a coffin.

Facing Ellie's question, everyone looked at each other, and then it was Shuji who spoke a few months later.

"You don't know, Miss Ellie, we call it the shadow time, also called the twenty-fifth hour, because this phenomenon will only happen after 12 o'clock every night for an hour. During the whole process As you can see, there will be some weird monsters - we call them shadows, which will move in this place and everyone else will be turned into coffins, and only a few people are immune to this phenomenon."

"But that's not a good thing either."

Kirijo Mizuru continued to speak, her face was solemn and serious.

"Ordinary people don't have any ability to protect themselves in the shadow time, and are easily attacked by shadows. Although they won't die because of this, their spirits will be swallowed by the shadows, and then they will become like the living dead—— We call it 'asthenia' here. In fact, a significant number of victims are currently in hospital."

"How long has this phenomenon been happening?"

"About ten years."

"ten years?"

Hearing this, Ellie suddenly had an idea, and recalled that the information she had seen before showed that an accident occurred in the research institute of the Kirijo Foundation ten years ago, causing many casualties... She had a lot of meaning He glanced at Mizuru Kirijo, then looked back at Shuji Tsutsuki.

"Since it's been such a long time, why don't you seek help from the Artificial Island Management Association?"

"this……………"

Facing Ellie's question, the two looked at each other in embarrassment, and then Kirijo Mizuru said in a low voice.

"We have requested assistance from the Artificial Island Management Association several times in a row, and the other party has indeed sent people, but...how should I put it...the filming time is very selective...if it is not the chosen one, when When the shadow time comes, they will become coffins, and after the shadow time is over, there will be no memory of that time..."

That's why it's no wonder that asking for help several times failed.

Hearing this, Ellie understands that even if the artificial island management club sends someone, if the other party cannot move freely in the shadow time, then there is no difference between coming and not coming.

It's just that this shadow time is much stricter than the banning. The banning of the Red World is at most only sealing up ordinary people, but those who have special powers can still enter the banning. But this movie time seems to only allow specific people to move. You must know that Ellie also asked Shuji and Mizuru Kirijo about the number 12 man-made island, in addition to humans, there are many elves and orcs living here, and they will all be there when the shadow time comes. into a coffin.

This is much more troublesome. In addition, according to what Ellie saw just now, the monsters in Shadow Time all have magic immunity barriers similar to Fantasy Killer, and only physical attacks and summoning Persona can damage them. To be honest, for a moment, Ellie thought about whether to call Higra's Glory to check the situation, but according to Shuji A few months, only specially modified instruments can be activated during the shadow time, and there is no Know whether the distance of this shadow time includes the outer space at the same place, in case the Higra's Glory fails and falls...

That would be a huge loss.

"What are your thoughts on the cause of shadow time?"

Ellie thought for a moment, and finally decided not to take the risk of the Glory of Higra for the time being. At the same time, she looked at everyone and asked, and this time it was Xiusi who answered Ellie's question.

"Of course, we found that whenever the shadow time appears, at the same time, a strange tower will appear in the center of the artificial island No. 12. We call it Tartarus."

"Oh? Have you investigated that tower?"

"We'd really like to investigate, but..."

Facing Ellie's question, Shuji Tsutsuki and Mizuru Kirijo showed embarrassed expressions.

"Currently, the S.E.E.S team only has Kirijo and Sanada. Yue Yu has just joined and has no combat effectiveness... and the closer to the tower, the stronger the shadow's combat effectiveness..."

Having said this, Kirijo Mizuru also became serious.

"And, we think, it's very likely that the tower has something to do with that late-night TV!"

"Oh?"

Hearing Kirijo Mitsuru's words, Ellie cheered up immediately.

"what happened?"

"It's like this. I once explored that high tower with Ming Yan, but at that time the depth of that high tower was covered with fog, and I couldn't see what was inside. To be cautious, Ming Yan and I did not Didn't go deep into it. But when we explored again after that, the fog disappeared, but there was an extra door.

"Door?"

"That's right, Ming Yan and I have also gone in, the inside...is weird, I don't know the details, but it doesn't feel like a normal place, we also want to find out what's inside, but there are only two of us, The shadows behind that door are powerful and numerous, and Mingyan and I can't break through, and even Mingyan was injured during the exploration, so we had to evacuate in the end."

Having said this, Kirijo Mitsuru looked a little downcast.

"And not long after that, we learned the news of the death of the congressman, and then when we went to look at the door, we found that it had disappeared again and was shrouded in a cloud of fog again, so we thought it was very likely What is the connection between that late-night TV and Tartarus, and those of us now are not enough to explore it deeply, so we will ask the artificial island management association for help again, hoping to send a magician to investigate this matter .”

"So you think that the scene broadcast on late-night TV will appear in that tower?"

Ellie narrowed her eyes and tapped the table lightly with her fingers.

"I see, it seems that this matter is indeed difficult... Well, I will deal with this problem."