Volume 1: The Poem of Departure Chapter 52: Gloomy
Shaman totem pole is the reason why shamans are called shamans.
In addition to revering the gods, another tradition of the orcs was the worship of the ancestors, who believed that the heroic spirits of the ancestors would protect the living people, and in the early tribal period, each tribe had its own unique ancestral sacrifice rituals, but regardless of the ritual, the totem pole representing the tribe was always essential.
The totem pole is carved with the totems of each tribe's faith. These totems were not concrete things, but abstract figures that the orcs used to distinguish themselves from rival tribes (at that time, the orc tribes were still fighting with each other), and the totem poles that stood tall on the battlefield replaced the battle flags to guide the warriors who were fighting. In ancestor sacrifices, totem poles are considered to be beacons guiding the return of the spirits of the ancestors.
The priests who presided over the sacrifices of the ancestors were called shamans.
In fact, orcs have proven to be inherently unsuitable for learning magic, their bodies are naturally elemental resistant, but because of this, they are not affinity with the elements, and it is difficult for orcs to become powerful magicians. But the shamans took a different path, they saw all kinds of totem poles as an extension of themselves, and instead of relying on themselves in battle, they cast all kinds of carefully carved totem poles, and manipulated the totem poles with mental power to cast magic on their behalf. This path proved to be feasible, and the appearance of the shaman also filled the gap that the orcs did not have a great magician, greatly enhancing the overall strength of the orcs.
Incidentally, shamans are also usually powerful arcane mages - as no elemental involvement is required to release them.
What Leolante threw out just now was the "Flame Totem", this totem pole will randomly cast twelve fire magic inscribed on it in a row, and the firepower is not inferior to that of a great magician, and it can continue to output for five minutes-
Don't be afraid that the time is short, a normal archmage releases magic and draws runes and recites spells, totem poles have no scruples about this, fireballs, firestorms, earth flames, lava explosions, all kinds of powerful attack magic instantly illuminate the area, the firelight breaks through the blockade of the shadows and goes straight to the sky, and the sound of bursting and burning is also endless. For a while, the light of the flames even obscured the black shadow, and there was no trace of the mysterious person in the field of vision, only the light of the fire in the sky remained.
But Riolante's expression remained serious.
Suddenly, a shadow flickered.
An inky humanoid figure suddenly broke through the blockade of the flames and galloped in the direction of Riolante! By the time Del Cora first discovered this scene, the black shadow and Riolant were already close at hand!
"Guard! Golden Will!"
But a tower shield glowing with golden light blocked Riolant in time.
The black shadow collided with the tower shield, and the huge impact force made both sides take a step back at the same time - the black shadow instantly lost its human form and turned into a black curtain again, and the golden knight Kieran who appeared in time stood beside Riolante with a large shield, and his face was also very ugly.
But the ever-changing battlefield rarely gives a chance to focus on thinking. Riolant threw out two totem poles again, one glowing with cyan light, and when it hit the ground, it began to unleash wind magic with great coverage, while the other was thrown in front of him, and the light lit up, and everyone present had a looming shield.
"Wind Totem" and "Guardian Totem".
The guardian can naturally choose the object, the black shadow does not have a shield on his body, he maintains a dark appearance and hovers around Riolante, always looking for opportunities to attack, but each of his attacks is blocked by Kieran holding a tower shield. The black shadow surrounded the two people, Leolante didn't dare to manipulate the totem pole to release the range magic, Del Cora hid in the distance and cast a few manipulable pointing magic, but was easily devoured by the black shadow-
This thing has at least a mid-level anti-magic skin or elemental neutralization shield, and magic below the silver level is estimated to cause him no damage. Del Cora immediately made a judgment, and then urged the other ring on his hand.
Before he could make the move, he had rings on all ten of his fingers. But he never thought he would actually use so much - it showed that the situation had completely exceeded his expectations.
He reached out and pointed the ring in the direction of the shadow.
A surging river of flames erupted, instantly enveloping the area where the black shadow was!
Del Kora's attention instantly became extremely focused.
Yes, his magic shrouded the shadows, but it also enveloped Riolant and Kieran.
"Damn, does he want to kill us together?"
Kiran roared angrily, instantly blessed himself with an elemental shield and a life link, and was about to force his way out of the fire by leaning on the front top of the tower shield - but Riolant directly reached out and grabbed him.
"Don't be impulsive! Kieran, take a closer look—the flames are not hurting us. ”
Sure enough, the stream of flames that enveloped the entire clearing into a hemisphere left a small clearing for them, and around them, not even the temperature had changed.
"It's ...... Blazing Torrent?" Kieran's eyes widened suddenly, "Fire-based high-level magic Blazing Torrent?"
It's not a high-level - Riolant was just about to say something, but the raging torrent suddenly began to be chaotic and chaotic, the flame flow was no longer controlled and scattered, Kieran held a shield to block a few flame streams, and then the blazing flames that surrounded them disappeared in an instant.
"I'm mentally exhausted!" Kieran saw the little magician who had caused the disaster, his eyes were bloodshot and terribly red, "Attention!"
Before the words fell, a black shadow condensed and formed again, this time, without waiting for him to attack again, Kiran had already put away the tower shield and replaced it with a long sword, and directly started the dreadnought charge - he held the long sword in front of his chest, and the real person became a sharp arrow, sprinting towards the black shadow that had been condensed and formed.
Then, he went straight through.
The black shadow instantly collapsed into countless black mist, but these black mists condensed and formed in the distance, there was no change, no damage, Kieran's golden charge didn't even feel like hitting the target, he rushed out another six or seven meters with his sword, and only then did he realize that he had crossed the target.
"Physical damage immunity?" Delkora scolded, "what kind of freak is this!"
"You brought it here, and you asked us!"
Kieran roared back and hurriedly stepped back in front of Leolante. The other party is not a soul body, he is sure that the other party is physical, and the huge impact force when it collides with the tower shield will not be faked, but the moment the long sword pierced in just now, the other party strangely blurred into a black mist.
"I don't have a soul suppression totem!" Witnessing the scene just now, Riolante's face was ugly, "This thing is an undead?
"No, it's not an undead! he has entities, but he can void them!" said Kiran's judgment. "The Soul Suppression Totem doesn't have to be useful - it's still magic!"
Magic can always deal some amount of damage to both entities and souls—whether that damage is high or low.
Riolant didn't speak.
Because he found that the mysterious black shadow did not attack again—it condensed into a human form and stood in place, like a shadow that had been cut out and stood up. He stood outside the cast range of the two totems, and the occasional overflowing elemental stream was scattered by his wave of his hand.
He didn't turn into darkness again, which seemed to be a sign of some kind of serious injury, but Riolant had a gut feeling that the other party was actually lightly injured.
And he's still recovering. At an incredible speed.
No one spoke. Riolant and Kieran stared warily at the shadow, and Delcora rubbed the ring, pondering which one would be more appropriate to use later.
Suddenly, a small fireball landed on the black shadow's head.
"Teacher, we're here to help you!"
A little human boy dressed in a mage robe and holding a delicate staff in his hand rushed out, and then raised his hand to a string of fireballs.
The other students also rushed out, and they formed a simple revitalization, with a few warriors and knights holding shields in front of them, and ranged classes unleashing all sorts of magic in the rear - the magic they had mastered was useless, of course, but each of them was not short of magic items, and all kinds of strange magic and energy streams rushed towards the black shadow together, and some even collided with each other in mid-air to cancel each other.
Was this helpful?
Of course not.
Even the magic that has been engraved on the magic items needs deep spiritual support, and the most that can be manipulated by these apprentice magicians is only mid-level magic, and the black shadow only blows them away with a wave of his hand, and then suddenly raises his head, and the whole person once again turns into a black curtain that covers the sky and the sun.
"Danger!"
At that moment, Kieran directly gave up the fragile shaman Riolante beside him, and fearlessly charged in front of the students and raised the tower shield; Leolante directly reached out and tore off his necklace and threw it around the students with a dozen totem poles on it; Delkora urged the ring with his exhausted spiritual power, and the full-attribute defensive shield that could resist high-level magic damage instantly enveloped the group of students, but isolated himself -
The shady curtain closes.
The man in black reappeared, touched everyone's chest with one hand, and then disintegrated into pieces of black energy on the spot, surging in the direction of the town and disappearing.
"Whew......" Del Kora let out a long breath and fell to the ground weakly, forcibly squeezing his mental power to release the shield, making him now have a splitting headache and extremely sleepy, and the hand holding the staff began to tremble.
"......" Riolant and Kieran glanced at each other, and they both saw a hint of happiness in each other's eyes.
But it's not over yet.
They looked at the exhausted Del Cola with deep annoyance in their eyes.
If it weren't for this little magician, how could they have to deal with such a thing!
"We need an explanation, magician. Fighting back his anger, Riolant said, "You have to make it clear. ”
"I'm ......" Del Cola was already almost unconscious, and when he heard someone call him, he subconsciously replied-
Then, darkness returns.
Kieran immediately raised the tower shield, and Riolant manipulated the totem instantly, but the darkness only lasted for a moment. Before they could do anything, the vision had been restored, and the little magician who had caused trouble was gone.
“...... Wasn't that the thing just now?" Kieran's face became even more ugly.
"The Assassin's skill 'Dark Film and Television World', we're too nervous. Riolant shook his head and sat down relieved.
"That little magician is at least bronze, and there's another sharp-bladed assassin. Heh, what the hell is going on here. ”