"Interesting!"
Hearing Coyote's words, Long Yu smiled as he played with the scroll in his hand. Things were indeed as fishy as he had guessed. Bringing Coyote into the Dimensional Altar was indeed the right choice.
"Captain, you've already guessed that the scroll is fake, right?" Team member Xue Leixing asked in the team channel.
"Yes, I've guessed a little!"
Long Yu said with some pride, "I've carefully read the information of the Heng Mountain Sword Sect and found that in the battles with Merlin, no matter what the situation was, the Heng Mountain Sword Sect always won. They always beat Merlin away and obtained the Magic Dispelling Scroll that Merlin left behind.
"Merlin is a very powerful Yuan Kou. Every time, he can fight with the Heng Mountain Sword Sect's team for dozens of minutes. He only won when the Heng Mountain Sword Sect's sword essences were almost exhausted and their shields were almost destroyed.
"It was precisely because of this powerful Yuan Yan. In the Heng Mountain Sword Sect's first few battles, their team wasn't familiar with Merlin's magic. As a result, four of their personal shields were destroyed at the start of the battle, but even so, the Heng Mountain Sword Sect still won …"
"Similarly, when his sword essence was exhausted and his protective shield was basically destroyed, he inexplicably injured Merlin, and then Merlin retreated … The duration of those few battles was actually faster than the battles that he had familiarized himself with Merlin's skills. Don't you think this is too illogical?
It seems that Merlin lost on purpose. He pretended to fight with all his strength and was accidentally injured.
He deliberately left the Magic Dispelling Scroll behind.
"That's why I suspect that there's a big problem with this Magic Dispelling Scroll, but I'm not sure, so I asked you to bring Coyote in. I think that in this game, only Coyote can determine whether the Magic Dispelling Scroll is real or fake. The key to dispelling the mission is also Coyote!"
Long Yu's series of explanations instantly made all of his teammates feel a sense of worship and respect. This person's thinking and wisdom were too strong. As expected of the Old Military Advisor's last disciple, he was really too smart. If he wanted to trick someone, that person probably wouldn't even know who tricked him.
Just as the rest of the team was filled with admiration for Long Yu, on the other side, Coyote, who was struggling to stand up, glared at Merlin furiously. "You didn't expect this, did you? Merlin, I, Coyote, didn't die but lived until now. You didn't expect this, did you?"
"I really didn't expect you to be alive!"
When Merlin saw the coyote getting up, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he still maintained a smile on his face.
"Coyote, I'm glad that you're alive. Things aren't what you think. I'm really helping Artoria."
"Help?
From the moment Xu Da appeared, I knew that you were the mastermind behind the scenes.
Merlin, Artoria and I trusted you so much, why did you betray us?
Why? "
Coyote roared at the top of his lungs. Merlin finally could not maintain the smile on his face, but it was tinged with embarrassment.
"Silly boy, I, Merlin, didn't betray Artoria. This matter isn't something a silly boy like you can figure out."
"Alright, since you didn't betray Artoria, why did you?
Why did you give this filthy scroll to these human sword-bearers so that they could save Artoria?
It's impossible that you didn't know that this scroll would cause Artoria to fall back into the control of filth! "Coyote scolded.
"The effect of this scroll isn't something a fool like you who can't even score fifty points in the magic exam can understand …" Faced with Coyote's interrogation, Merlin could only use these powerless words to refute.
"Human, believe me, this scroll won't harm Artoria at all. Only it can help Artoria!"
Merlin did not intend to continue arguing with Coyote, so he directly said this to Long Yu in an attempt to convince him.
Long Yu was completely indifferent to this. He looked at Merlin as if he had seen through everything, indicating that he had seen through Merlin's disguise.
"…" Merlin still wanted to say something, but suddenly, his face turned bitter. With a helpless expression, he said, "I don't have time." Then, he quickly turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared without a trace.
"Hmph, this despicable traitor …" Seeing Merlin escape, Coyote stomped his feet in frustration and anger. However, no matter how frustrated and angry he was, it was useless because Merlin had already escaped.
"Mr. Coyote, please hold your anger for a moment. The matter at hand is more important!"
Long Yu patted Coyote's shoulder comfortingly. "Mr. Coyote, the most important thing right now is to save Artoria. Since this Magic Binding Scroll is fake, how should we save Artoria?"
"That's right, that is indeed the most important thing right now. I was too anxious!"
Coyote sighed, but soon became excited again. He said to Long Yu, "Actually, the Binding Magic on Artoria comes from the power of the entire Dimensional Altar.
The Martyr's Palace has set up a magic array in the entire Dimensional Altar, concentrating the power of the entire magic array to bind Artoria. As long as this magic array is broken, Artoria can naturally be saved. "
As he spoke, Coyote raised his right hand and pointed at a sword inserted very high above the Dimensional Altar. "That's the core of this magic array. As long as you pull out this sword, the magic array will collapse on itself.
However, you have to be careful when you play with it. That sword is very powerful, and anyone who touches it will suffer a backlash. The stronger the person who touches it, the greater the backlash. It's best to let an ordinary person pick it up. That way, the backlash can be reduced to the lowest level. "
"Only ordinary people can touch it?"
Dragon Feather began to bite his knuckles again. Everyone here, including Aardwolf, was a freakishly powerful person. Where could he find an ordinary person to remove the sword?
"What kind of backlash will this sword cause?"
Long Yu really could not think of where to find an ordinary person, so he could only think of a way to endure the backlash. The system would not give him an unsolvable problem.
"It will seal the power of the person who touches it!"
Coyote replied. "Unless it's a flood-grade or desolate-grade Yuan Kou, all the sword wielder or Yuan Kou below the flood-grade will have their power sealed.
Furthermore, it's a seal that lasts for a long time. Even if you throw the sword away on the spot, the power of the person who touches it will be sealed for more than a month. Because of this, none of us dared to take the sword. "
"I understand!" Long Yu continued to bite his knuckles. He was calculating the benefits.
He could send an ancient sword wielder to remove the sword. This way, he would only lose the combat power of an ancient sword wielder.
No matter how he thought about it, losing such a small amount of combat power was acceptable to his team.
Long Yu turned his attention back to Monien. He still planned to give this unlucky mission to him. He was the weakest member of the team, and he had the least value.
However, when the words reached his mouth, Long Yu hesitated.
It was not that the loss of an ancient sword wielder was too great. After all, this was a dungeon. After leaving the dungeon, all attributes would be reset, and the sealed ancient sword wielder would instantly return to their normal state. It was not a big loss. After all, in the final battle, losing an ancient sword wielder was not a big deal.
Long Yu hesitated because he knew that he had already given Monien a bad mission. If he gave him another mission that would cost him a lot, he was afraid that Monien would have a falling out with him.
At their level, there were very few things that they could fight over. The only two things that they had to protect were face and fairness.
If Long Yu made Monien a scapegoat twice in a row, then Monien would lose face. In a fit of anger, it would be normal for him to have a falling out.
Even though Monien was the weakest in the Great Blue Waves Raid Team, his father was an important figure.
If Long Yu wanted to obtain more resources in the Deep Waves Team in the future, he would need Monien's father's support. If he really fell out with Monien, many of Long Yu's plans would be hindered. This was not something he wanted to see.
After thinking it over, Long Yu decided that he would bear this loss himself.
He would send his own ancient sword wielder to retrieve the sword.
Moreover, by setting an example, he would be able to solidify his reputation and earn the goodwill of his teammates. This would pave the way for the future.
"Purple Myrtle, go and retrieve that sword for me!" Long Yu put away his Demon Soul Sword, then released his ancient sword wielder, the Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword.
Long Yu had awkwardly called the Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword "Purple Myrtle" instead of directly calling it Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword. Apart from the Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword, there was also the Purple Myrtle Magic Sword and the Purple Myrtle Imperial Sword … the former was a spirit sword, while the latter was an immortal sword. How could the Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword dare to compete with these two for the name Purple Myrtle? It could only be called Purple Myrtle.
Back to the topic at hand. The sword had been inserted very high up, and there was no place for it to use as leverage. As such, the Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword could not reach the sword by itself.
As such, Long Yu ordered Graceful Lady, "Graceful Lady, release your Floating Nether Sword and help Purple Myrtle get up."
The Floating Nether Sword was Graceful Lady's treasured sword wielder. It had the ability to levitate. If no one interfered, it could fly up to a height of 200 meters. It was one of the few treasured swords that could levitate.
That's right, the ancient sword wielder, the Skywalker Sword, also had the ability to levitate. However, the Skywalker Sword's ability to levitate was only five meters, which was far inferior to the Floating Nether Sword.
Under the Floating Nether Sword's embrace, the Purple Myrtle Flexible successfully flew to the location of the treasured sword.
"Long Yu, this isn't a treasured sword!" Suddenly, the airborne Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword said to Long Yu, "There's only a scabbard here."
"Aardwolf, my wielder said that there's only a scabbard there. What's going on?" Long Yu asked curiously.
"… I'm not sure either … The sword and scabbard were originally there …" Aardwolf shook his head, indicating that he did not know what was going on.
"Forget it, Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword, pull out the scabbard!"
Under Long Yu's command, Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword finally pulled out the scabbard.
The moment the scabbard was pulled out, the bound Artoria's body flashed with light. She was released from her restraints and fell to the ground.
At the same time, Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword, which was high up in the sky, let out a blood-curdling scream and returned to its sword form, falling to the ground as well.
However, what Long Yu did not expect was that even the Floating Nether Sword, which had carried Purple Myrtle Flexible Sword up into the sky, was affected and returned to its sword form. After being appraised by its wielder, Graceful Lady, the Floating Nether Sword was also sealed. In this way, the Great Storm of Azure Waves team had already lost two Sword Wielder members.