The Game of Global Mining

Chapter 607 456: Hunting the Mirror Demon

1 a.m., game time 1 p.m., Chun and his group were flying over the wilderness, with Blue Grey Village faintly in view.

Honestly, the normal 100 kilometer distance shouldn't take an hour to fly, but throughout the journey, Mina either made way for those unknown energy mists, or was simply fatigued, causing the dragon-riding Chun to do nothing as their pace slowed noticeably.

As they got closer, they could faintly see the village's rooftop flashing on and off—a Magic Mirror!

Mina immediately landed and stopped.

The question now was how to dismantle the "camera" right in front of the "camera" without being noticed. Although Mina also had the Nightmare's mist skill, she was up against a Mirror Demon!

Chun called to Aileen in the mirror, "Aileen, we've arrived and located the target."

Aileen's voice was even fainter: "Darling, I've thought of a plan. I'll use the mirror to create an Illusion. You just hold up the mirror and approach."

Another Illusion? That would mean double disguise!

But I'm also a Rune Illusion Mage. I can do illusions too! It was back in the Heroic Spirit Hall that I realized this vocation after the fusion of my alt characters Vine and Eve. Thinking back to those times... well, that's even before the trial was triggered on the alt, when I learned the Illusion Technique at a hotel with the Enchanting Demon mercenary Aimee. This spell belongs to the Rune Illusion Mage's system!

Now I finally have a chance to use it, and that's triple disguise!

But this concerns Aileen's first battle in snowballing victory; there can't be any slip-ups. Chun remembered the Crow King's spirit he recently acquired. Use it. Let the Crow King divert attention. Even if the Mirror Demon notices, it will only go to investigate the crows in the rear…

——System prompt: You used the Soul Artifact "Summoned Crow King"!

The next moment, the black smoke from the crystal core in Chun's hand expanded, then detached, growing into a black-smoke-rolling giant crow the size of Mina's Giant Dragon!

Holy Shit, it's just outright resurrected from the crystal core. How is this a summoning?

The giant crow cawed, and what Chun heard was automatically translated: "Master, your command!"

Amazing, it's just like Beelzebub's automatic translation. Much more advanced than the Black Cat's meowing!

Chun pointed at the village: "Circle around to the village's side gate and attack that flashing Magic Mirror at the tower top, cover our strike!"

The reason for the detour was that Chun's team was too exhausted and didn't want to circle. Anyway, they shouldn't strike from the same side.

The giant crow cawed and rose into the air: "Understood, Master!"

Impressive, it moves fast!

Chun began to activate the Illusion Technique. A pink smoke instantly enveloped the surroundings! Holy Shit, it's just like Aimee's skill effect back then, but this pink is too tacky, it's embarrassing to show!

Aileen also said: "Illusion, activate!"

The mirror flashed, enveloping Chun's pink smoke with a large halo of light... the color was indescribable, yet blended perfectly with the afternoon sunlight.

Great, this is the effect for broad daylight. This is triple disguise!

"Mina, strike!"

Mina flew in, then saw the Crow King descending on the village like a huge black rag.

The village seemed not to issue any alarm, evidently, the Soul World's battle hadn't startled the Material World.

But the next moment, the mirror suddenly shot a beam of "laser" directly through the Crow King's body, the Crow King let out a scream and shattered!

Chun's heart tightened in shock! Is this the Magic Mirror's attack method? Such power!

But the next moment, the shattered body of the Crow King transformed into countless smaller crows, continuing the attack. Meanwhile, the Magic Mirror dispersed countless small laser points in response.

Chun felt a chill on his scalp. This Magic Mirror truly is like an electric fly swatter, capable of being thick, thin, many, or few!

Aileen was excited: "I feel reinforcement coming from the rear of the Magic Mirror, just right, I will devour them whole!"

But, can we withstand the reinforcement?

Getting closer, they could already see some small crows from curious angles smashing into the mirror, turning into black smoke and disappearing.

Chun also saw the mirror clearly, evidently it's a physical entity in the real world, untouchable by the soul, yet it can attack the Soul World, feeling like an existence simultaneously in both worlds!

And Chun, having advanced to this distance, still hadn't been targeted by a single laser beam, the disguise perfectly covering their approach!

Aileen was thrilled: "Mirror, aim—"

At this moment, just in time another small crow vertically stormed and hit the Magic Mirror!

The mirror in Chun's hand flashed black, a beam of black "laser" shot out, wrapping the Magic Mirror into a black shadow, and the Magic Mirror's laser points ceased!

The next moment, the black shadow began to deform and swell, evidently the Magic Mirror was struggling!

Aileen's voice was twisted: "I'm going to mobilize Six's power to reinforce!"

Chun was nervous: "Then let Six give full support!"

Mei said: "Should I join too?"

Aileen said: "No, your support would interfere with the wrapping, if the shadow exposes even a crack, the Mirror Demon will escape, and we will be exposed…"

Meanwhile, an extra layer of mirror light appeared on the shadow's outer layer, this must have come from Six's power, and indeed, the expansion force of the Mirror Demon was suppressed!

The Crow King's voice also came: "Master, I'm too exhausted to continue fighting."

Chun was pleased: "Then rest, you've worked hard."

So, the remaining remnant crows gathered into one, turning into a black sphere drifting towards Chun's hand.

Chun caught it, and it reverted to a crystal core Soul Artifact—System prompt: The Soul Artifact Crow King's Spirit was overly consumed, temporarily unavailable, needs to absorb Fear Energy.

Ah, another one needing to absorb Fear Energy? Well, it keeps Mina from having to absorb everything and getting too busy.

At this moment, Chun saw villagers in the village looking around, and felt a wave of tension, could the Soul World's battle have alerted the real world?

Then, some villagers began to look up at the mirror!

Holy Shit! Chun panicked, and pulled out a pocket watch—Time Freeze!!

The bell chimed, and the Magic Mirror's struggle collapsed instantly, there was a crisp sound from inside!

Aileen was overjoyed: "Gather!"

The shadow sphere wrapped the squirming entity and absorbed it back into the mirror, and the area of the mirror kept expanding, growing more than half as large!

Aileen excitedly said: "Success, I need some time to digest it! Don't disturb me for now."

At this point, the villagers shouted: "The mirror's broken!"

Time to retreat!

But after using Time Freeze, Chun clearly felt his vision and hearing dulling a lot, his movement slowed. This mental exhaustion was much greater than anticipated!

Chun was conflicted, initially he thought he had become a force to be reckoned with, planning to sweeping across the Purple Flower in the second ring territory and Green Stone Village, but this first battle was already so hard, can he make it back?

Mina said: "Master, this village has a lot of dust, there must be some patients, we can try to possess one to recover a bit."

Pneumoconiosis?

Mei also said: "If we can't find any, there's still me, we can definitely keep going back."

Just you, playful yet reliable! Chun immediately stopped being conflicted: "Alright, let's look for patients first."