novelno Chapter 125
Chapter 125
125: How Do You Prove You're You?
Regarding the problem of her main body being too weak, Evelia had thought about it many times already.
As a demon, yet lacking the signature powerful physique and strength, Evelia had actively sought ways to compensate, though she remained puzzled.
Couldn't learn other magic? No problem, just use magic power to draw summoning circles and go the summoning route! Main body had no other attack methods? Then specially craft a shotgun using enchanted materials. This way, she could skip the usual summoning process by engraving simple summoning runes on the ammunition, and make up for her limited combat options by attaching magic power to the bullets.
But only the problem of her body being too weak continued to plague Evelia.
She was like a high-damage squishy mage in a game. When it came to group battles and ranged combat, she could directly open the Gates of Hell and let the hounds tear her opponents apart. But when facing warriors or assassins up close, it was like the sky raining and a woman wanting to marry; nothing to be done about it...
Even after racking her brains, she had only come up with a relatively compromise solution: magitech, cyber ascension!
Evelia had used special methods to create a grenade that used magic power as its source instead of gunpowder. She usually kept it in her personal spatial storage, and whenever needed, she could retrieve it anytime using space magic.
The biggest difference between this grenade and those in modern human warfare was that this grenade's explosive power was nearly zero. But in exchange, the impact force generated when the compressed magic power instantly rushed out after pulling the pin was comparable to the repulsion barriers released by many great mages of the divine era.
This way, even if Evelia was caught off guard and someone got close, she could blow herself up together with them to instantly push them away from her body, buying herself time to draw her gun and establish a relatively good attack distance.
But as mentioned above, this was only a compromise solution Evelia had devised out of utter helplessness. It was called a compromise because this method was a last-resort bottom-tier plan only to be used under extreme conditions.
First, the grenade's explosive power being nearly zero was relative. For someone with excellent physical constitution like Amya or Jasmine, the explosive power really was close to zero; basically just being blown away by a strong wind. Even for someone like Father Harrison of the Church or Mr. Mo Wuyou of the Watchers, whose physical constitutions were likely still at the human level, the explosive power was negligible, causing at most some minor discomfort.
But for Evelia, whose physical constitution was ridiculously low to the point that even demons would find it embarrassing to speak of, as the individual located right at the explosion's center, even if she wouldn't suffer serious injuries, she would definitely be left bruised and scraped.
Plus the shockwave from the explosion would also send her flying. If she happened to be in a bad position and crashed into something sharp, then she would be seriously out of luck.
Therefore, this method was truly something Evelia would not use unless absolutely necessary. After all, it might very well result in zero damage to the enemy and eight hundred to herself.
But right now, she couldn't worry about that anymore!
"A grenade!?"
The black-robed figure clearly froze for a moment after seeing the grenade in Evelia's hand, even exclaiming in surprise. But then again, what kind of mage carries a grenade around for no reason?
But this black-robed figure's voice... it was actually a girl's voice, slightly youthful and quite pleasant to hear. This was something Evelia hadn't expected.
What's more, the voice sounded strangely familiar to her...
But who cares who she was! Anyway, if she's from those shady Descent Faction people, just blow her up!
"Hmph! Anyway, my physical constitution isn't great, so carrying a grenade is perfectly reasonable, isn't it?"
Evelia smiled slightly. Although the room she was in wasn't large, and even blowing herself up together with the other person wouldn't create much distance, fortunately there was nothing behind her that could hurt her. She didn't need to worry at all about a scenario of zero damage to the enemy and eight hundred to herself!
More importantly! In this relatively cramped space, the shockwave generated by the grenade explosion would be enough to shatter the glass behind this black-robed figure! And outside this Director's Office happened to be the opening ceremony venue! Hehe, once the glass shattered, everyone outside would focus their attention over here. Let's see how this black-robed figure runs then!
"Wait! Evelia, calm down! Don't pull the pin yet! I'm Lina!!!"
Seeing Evelia about to pull the pin and blow herself up right then and there, the black-robed figure hurriedly spoke up to stop her in panic. To convince Evelia of her words, she even yanked off the hood from her head. Snow-white long hair instantly cascaded down, and a pair of delicate golden eyes looked at Evelia with grievance.
"Li... Lina?"
Evelia was dumbfounded. She never expected that the black-robed figure hiding in the Director's Office and ambushing her would turn out to be her best friend Noren's "pet," Lina! But in the next moment, as if suddenly remembering something, the wariness returned to her eyes, which had just relaxed. Evelia threatened by holding the grenade's pin and took two steps back, demanding:
"That's wrong! Lina said she wouldn't be able to come out these past two days! You're not Lina. Who are you!"
"I really am Lina, sister! I have a reason for coming out!"
"I don't believe it! How do you prove you're Lina?"
Looking at Evelia's serious expression, the corner of Lina's mouth twitched slightly. She hadn't expected Evelia to be this particular about such a matter.
But... she did indeed know some "secrets others couldn't possibly know." But let's be clear about this beforehand: she was only saying this because Evelia actively demanded she prove her identity. It absolutely wasn't her trying to dig up Evelia's embarrassing history!
"Evelia, when you came to visit Noren two months ago, you wondered what would happen if you pushed open the door without using a key, and the thorn magic attached to the door directly wrapped around you and hung you upside down in mid-air for nearly an hour. During this time, you tried to attract the attention of Noren and me inside by shouting, but because a layer of isolation barrier covered the outside of the room, you shouted until your voice went hoarse and we still didn't discover you. In the end, it was Lola returning from grocery shopping who saw you and rescued you."
"!"
Hearing Lina's expressionless description, Evelia's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Two months ago, she had indeed been hung upside down in front of Noren's home for nearly an hour because of her own foolishness. And after she had repeatedly urged them to keep quiet about it, there was no way Noren and the others would spread that story.
Could it be... this person before her really was Lina?
"Also, about half a year ago? You invited Noren to go shopping with you, and then..."
"Stop! Don't say anymore!!! I believe you, okay!!!"