Chapter 279: Taking Shortcuts Is Taking a Long Detour

"ha?!"

The [Dragon of Light and Darkness] behind him was picking up the dust in the gaps between his fingernails in boredom, looking at the World Tree that was already very close, with a distorted face and shouted at the person blocking the road, "You said I can't pass. What does it mean here?”

Perhaps it's because everyone else who clearly used mounts to travel was very smoothly moving from the sky, the ground, the water, the forest, and the girl's skirt (this was crossed out) to the World Tree that had been shortened by a lot, but only Wan Zhangmu was intercepted by this inexplicable guy in front of him.

Just now, he was flying well in the air while sitting on the [Dragon of Light and Darkness], but suddenly he was knocked down from the sky by this big man wearing a cloak. If it weren't for the [Dragon of Light and Darkness]'s body, He caught himself in the air, otherwise he would have been thrown to death.

Even though he remembered that this was not a real world but a virtual world, Wan Zhangmu was still very angry when he was suddenly approached. Unexpectedly, the other party coldly told Wan Zhangmu that the road ahead was closed.

"I hate saying the same thing twice to the same person, because if a sentence needs to be said twice to be understood, it means that the other person has a bad mind. Please don't let me say it a second time." The words of the man in the cloak seemed very polite. , but the tone used in speaking was quite cold, "In order to maintain the current stability of the nine realms, no living beings are allowed to approach the sleeping place of the King of the Middle Court. This is an absolute mission issued by our king."

"Never allow any living beings to come close? Then who are they?" Wan Zhangmu pointed at the other students in the sky who were flying through the airspace on large and small mounts, and said dissatisfied, "I can't live with them? Today I won't Let’s see who can stop me!”

With that said, Wan Zhangmu rolled up his sleeves and was about to take out his deck and summon some more monsters to support the scene.

The guy in the cloak didn't pay attention to the threat from thousands of meters away. He just glanced behind him coldly and said: "I am just one of the king's servants. I am only responsible for intercepting those who are stronger than other soldiers. Those people are not under my control." ”

"Other soldiers?" Wan Zhangmu was stunned, and looked into the air again, only to see countless golden rays of light flying from the ground almost in an instant, passing through the horses and even themselves of those people in the sky. Nearly one-tenth of the large group of people who had just returned to the chaos were cleared away in an instant, and the flying light turned at an acute angle and began to harvest the rest.

Not just in the sky, those golden rays of light also swooped down into the forest, breaking down all the trees blocking the road. They seemed to be hunting people who took the land route. The same was true in the river not far away. , Wan Zhangmu saw with his own eyes the body of a student from the Obelisk-Blue dormitory riding a [Seahorse Beast] being directly smashed into pieces by the light and disappearing without pain.

It was also because the target had been smashed into pieces that the golden light slowed down slightly. Wanzhang Mu was able to see clearly the body of the light. It turned out to be a long sword and a tower shield that were as high as the body. He was fully armed and still had beautiful golden light wings on his back. "Angel Knight"! ?

Asuka, who was riding [Old Saint Dai-Shilong], was not selected as the target of the attack immediately because she was carrying three people and was starting out a step later than the main force. However, looking at the "massacre" of her classmates, she I still felt creepy and subconsciously angry at the "death" of my classmates.

There was no time to calm down the panicked Momoe and Junko. She stood on one of the paws of [Old Saint Dai-Shilong], summoned the next-generation duel disc on her left arm, and immediately summoned her strongest The [Electronic Angel]-[Electronic Angel-Mei Zhu Ru-] guards in front of him to guard against attacks that may come at any time.

Unexpectedly, a boy from the Huang dormitory, the Sun God, who was being carried away by [Mo Linfen] and wanted to escape, was "killed" by the golden light less than ten meters away from Asuka, but the "Angel Knight" He just glanced at Asuka and the others, showing no intention of taking action and hovering quietly in the air.

Asuka, who didn't know what the other party meant, was on guard, and was about to continue moving forward under the protection of [Cyber ​​Angel - Miju Ru-], but unexpectedly, [Old Saint Dai - Shilong] under her body just moved. The "angel knight" immediately raised the long sword held in his right hand with a "clop" sound and pointed it at Asuka, as if she would attack if she moved again.

Frowning, Asuka tried to make [Old Saint Dai-Shilong] retreat a little. Just as she expected, the "Angel Knight" also followed [Old Saint Dai-Shiryu] and lowered his sword a little, and then moved at [Old Saint Dai-Shiryu]. When Dai Shilong tried to get closer again, he raised his sword simultaneously.

"Will those 'soldiers' only attack enemies who enter the designated range?" Wan Zhangmu withdrew his gaze from the sky and continued, "But Uncle Wan Zhangmu, I am different from other miscellaneous fish. What I say—— "

He suddenly stopped talking, and of course there was a reason. After all, who can remain calm when they find themselves being pointed at by a dozen knives?

The man who stopped Wan Zhangwang casually lifted up his cloak, revealing armor that was the same as those of the "Angel Knights", but with obviously more sophisticated details and a lot of gorgeous decorations. He slowly raised his sword, Together with other soldiers, he surrounded Wan Zhangmu and said: "If someone insists on breaking in, we will risk our lives to let the other party understand the sharpness of the sword in our hands."

"What did you want to say just now?"

She turned her head stiffly to avoid irritating these dangerous guys with too much movement. She glanced behind her and was about to ask for help from the [Dragon of Light and Darkness], but found that she was also surrounded by a dozen "angel soldiers". Surrounded, although it may not be able to stop her, it can at least prevent Wan Zhangmu from being rescued by the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] immediately.

"——That's what I just said, but Uncle Wan Zhangmu, I am different from other miscellaneous fishes. I know very clearly what 'a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall'." After sweeping away the domineering attitude just now, Wan Zhangmu became serious. He said, "There is an old saying called 'Western material Wei Junjie'. Of course I will not enter such a dangerous place."

"Is it okay if I take a detour?"

Although it was frustrating to not be able to pass directly through the area in front of him, it didn't matter much if Wanzhangmu took a long detour, not only because even if he was a little slower, he would be better than the tenth generation president who was still walking slowly behind. It was still much faster, and more importantly, it was not tiring to take a long detour - after all, it was the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] who was on the way, not himself.

Just as Wan Zhangmu was thinking this, he heard the "Angel Knight" who seemed to be the leader who stopped him say: "The location where the King of the Atrium sleeps is the entire Atrium Midgard, and the area around the World Tree is prohibited from entering. Even if you take a detour, you won’t be able to find a place where you can pass through our guards and get closer to the World Tree.”

"Huh? According to what you said, it's impossible for me to reach the World Tree?" Even if he was pointed at by someone with a knife, Wan Zhangmu couldn't help but get angry. "Why is the king so great? Why can't he let me go even when he's asleep?" What if I have to try?"

Hearing Wan Zhangmu's words, the knight commander pointed to the distance and asked Wan Zhangmu: "Can you see there?"

Glancing at the direction the other person was pointing, Wan Zhang Mu said contemptuously: "It's such a long row of mountains. If I can't see such a long row of mountains, wouldn't I be blind?"

"That is part of the sleeping King of Midgard." The Knight Commander said seriously, "Theoretically, after digging through the mountain, you can see the true body of the King of Midgard buried deep underground, and then you can try Attack the body with the same strength as the world to awaken it, but the prerequisite is that you can penetrate the scales that are strong enough to block Thor's hammer and the skin that is as thick as the earth and hurt its real flesh."

𝖘𝖙𝖔55.𝖈𝖔𝖒

"Actually, I just said it casually. I also hate people who wake me up for no reason." Wan Zhangmu decisively gave up his previous idea and complained, "What can be so powerful and have such a big body?" With scales?"

He didn't expect that the cold and mechanical angel knight in front of him would answer him, but he didn't expect that the other party actually said the answer: "King Jörmungandr."

"Wait a minute, who is it? Jörmungandr?" Wan Zhangmu asked again with some uncertainty, "The earthly python in Nordic mythology?"

The answer was the knight commander's cold gaze. It was obvious that as he said before, he would not say the same thing twice to the same person.

"I wanted to complain when I saw the World Tree before, but now even Jörmungandr has appeared? That guy Judai must be very excited when he finds out. After all, isn't this the background of the 'heroic epic' he dreamed of? "?" Wan Zhangmu said, frowning in distress.

No wonder the journey here went so smoothly. There were no special restrictions or special events. The co-author was here waiting for the first batch of people to arrive. The problem now is that this group of "angel knights" prevent everyone from entering the location of Jörmungandr, who is known as the "King of the Middle Court" for some reason. But what happened to their group after entering this virtual world? The first and only mission and guidance is to go to the location of the World Tree.

Is it possible that the only way to get there is to fight all the way?

Just as Wan Zhangmu was distressed, the knight commander suddenly said: "If you want to reach the location of the World Tree, you don't necessarily have to arrive directly from the courtyard, because it connects the nine worlds and can be reached from other worlds. The location of the World Tree."

"Sounds really good. I couldn't even pass your blockade, and now you're letting us go to other worlds, huh?"

The strange aura of Wanzhou was clearly heard by Asuka who came down from the sky. She did not continue to confront the soldiers in the sky. After she saw that Wanzhou was surrounded, she immediately chose to come to the ground to see if Wanzhou needed support.

"Other worlds? What do you mean?"

"This virtual world seems to be based on Nordic mythology. I originally thought it was just a restoration of the World Tree, but I didn't expect it to be a restoration of everything like Jörmungandr and the Nine Realms." Wan Zhangmu saw Asuka's arrival. , also complained, "This guy said that the place in front of Jormungandr where he sleeps is not allowed to enter, but you can go to the location of the World Tree from other worlds."

"I don't even know where the end of the universe is. How can I know how to get to other worlds?"

The knight commander listened to Wan Zhangmu's complaint, but he tilted his head, and his facial expression covered by the helmet could not be seen, but his movements were enough to reveal his confusion: "But, there is something right in the direction you came from. A teleportation rune array that can lead to the nine realms. Could it be that you didn’t walk through it on the ground at all, but took the shortcut from the sky?”

"Taking shortcuts is taking the long way around."

At the same time, the students who were killed by the "Angel Knights" and forgot that this was a virtual world and thought they were really dead felt gravity restraining their bodies again and felt the ground under their feet. They subconsciously opened their eyes and looked around blankly.

A jumping student from the Red Dormitory looked at the large group of people who appeared in front of the exit of the duel venue that had long been empty, and asked in confusion: "Huh? I remember you had left before, why are you here again?"

"This" standing at the front of the crowd was the boy from the Obelisk-Blue Dormitory who had mocked others after summoning [Molinfen]. Could he say that he was flying in the sky and was inexplicably hit to death by a beam of light? That would be too embarrassing!

"I, I think it's boring to travel on a duel monster, so I flew back and planned to walk over."

"Yes, yes, yes, we all think so." Several other students from the Blue Dormitory who were his neighbors also quickly echoed.

"It's safer to walk on the ground with your own feet." "I think so too."

The student from the Red Dormitory who was not killed directly by the golden light but fell to the ground from the sky, and the student from the Blue Dormitory who was also lucky enough not to be killed with the "Lion Wizard" he summoned but drowned because he fell into the river and couldn't swim, now transcended their different dormitory classes and had a common language.

"Zhongbang, why are you still here and what are you doing?" A student who recognized the boy from the Red Dormitory also cooperated with others to actively change the topic and not focus on why they were here, diverting the attention of the boy named Zhongbang.

"Oh, because I'm not very interested in the competition, and it just so happened that classmate Si Ze asked a few of us to help test the data, so we just stayed here to help." Zhongbang turned his head and said, "Xiu Ze, Ji Zhu! Are you guys ready?"

"I'm ready here." The boy with glasses Xiu Ze pushed his glasses and said.

Huang Mao Jizhu also responded: "I've done it too, Qizhe classmate!"

"It's Misawa!" Standing in front of an operating table, Misawa corrected angrily, then covered his cheeks, "Forget it, there's no need to argue about this, it's more important to test my calculation results now."

"Basic skeleton, explain"

"Gravity parameters, substitute"

"Operation system, start"

"Energy filling, ready"

"All engineering, completed--"

As Misawa pushed the joystick, a huge tarpaulin covering something behind him was lifted up, and the huge robot slowly stood up in front of everyone and stood on the ground!

"Ah, thief! It's running quite smoothly. I have successfully made a large robot in this world!"

Accompanied by Misawa's excited cheers, others complained: "Smooth at all, that's clearly a Gundam! Be careful of being sued for infringement!"

"There is obviously nothing, how did this guy manage to make a Gundam in this world?"

"Are all the top students in Huang's dormitory monsters?"

"He can make a Gundam in such a short time since we left? I dare not imagine what he can find out if he is given a day!"

"It's really an interesting toy, isn't it?"

A female voice suddenly sounded, and others turned their heads in confusion to see who made this strange voice, but saw a lady in an elegant long dress walking from a distance, with long hair as brilliant as a treasure in the world fluttering in the wind.

However, what attracted the attention of the boys present was the huge and eye-catching mechanical giant!

"Armor defense judgment: weak; power transmission judgment: weak; structural strength judgment: weak; control level judgment: weak." Mechanical synthesized voices came from the limbs of the giant metal creature, "Voting result: 90% voting rate, useless machinery."

"Conclusion: immediate destruction."

The mechanical giant reached out to grab the back and pulled out a huge hammer. In the eyes of all the boys who looked regretful and heartbroken, he swung the hammer and smashed Misawa's "Gundam"! (End of this chapter)