Chapter 180: The Battle of Man and Beast
"It's been half a month since that fight with the beast, but I still feel the need to record it, after all, it was a battle to prove the ability of human magic, although I already have a little fear of magic.
"When the first batch of exhausted beasts came into our field of vision, they had already been partially weakened by the magic array that had already been laid out. At this time, we did not use the magic crystal cannon, but let the magic mercenaries at the foot of the mountain attack from a distance, these beasts are relatively outer, so their strength is also weak, and they were wiped out before they rushed to the foot of the mountain.
"Then several groups of beasts rushed out, and they were all easily wiped out. I can't help but feel a little proud in my heart, it is precisely because I let the mercenaries kill in the Endless Forest in advance that the number of beasts has become scarce, and the beast tamers of the elven clan have sent tens of thousands of beasts over two days ago, and this so-called beast rampage is just a half-finished product.
"But just when we felt that the beasts were too weak, the next army of beasts rushed over. The mercenaries at the foot of the mountain still used their old tricks, and the overwhelming range of magic beckoned to the beast. But after a battle, less than half of the beasts were killed or wounded, and the remaining beasts probably had the strength of level six or above. Finally, a beast rushed to the bottom of the hill and knocked several magicians who were casting spells away, and it was the first time we had suffered casualties. Then I announced that the second line of defense had been withdrawn, and we were concentrating on the top of the hill against the enemy.
Teleportation arrays flashed one by one, and the strong men of the Elven Guard escorted the mercenaries back to the top of the mountain safely, and the beasts began to rush towards the mountains and canyons. I'm not worried about the canyon, because on both sides I have arranged for Ryan and his party to intercept, and their strength is obvious to all.
"Countless beasts died in the canyon and at the foot of the mountain, and their corpses were piled up on the ground, but the beasts behind were equally undaunted, and they jumped and continued to rush up, using the corpses of the beasts in front of them as a pedal. I had to use the magic crystal cannon to relieve the pressure on the magicians, and these magicians also fought in batches, and after one group of magicians ran out of mental power, they would replace the next batch to ensure that there would not be the slightest weakening in firepower.
"The Magic Crystal Cannon is indeed a very destructive long-range attack weapon, and it is terrifying for the energy in a crystal nucleus to be completely released, and the key is that it shoots from the top of the mountain and can be fired far away. This thing can be used as a weapon to defend the city, I think so, and I can send a batch to Elena after the battle to deter Nanyang.
"It's a bit of a stretch, and the conversation is back to the battlefield. We fought from midnight on the first day until noon on the second day, until the carcasses of the beasts in the canyon completely blocked the two-kilometer-wide gap and turned into a mountain of corpses. When I looked further down the mountain, I could only see corpses all over the ground, but not the ground, which were already halfway up the mountain.
"I can't help but wonder a little, where did so many wild beasts come from? It stands to reason that four hundred years have come into existence from nothing, and it is unlikely that so many wild beasts will appear, could it be that these wild beasts are the same as the Australian rabbit (Australian rabbit disaster: originally there were no European rabbits in this place, but later they were brought in by the colonizers, and in the absence of natural predators, they quickly multiplied, and the number of rabbits reached 10 billion in just a few decades. Like, super reproductive?
"Before we had time to rest, we saw a little darkness in the distance, but we were surprised to find that there did not seem to be many beasts in number, and in any case there were fewer than the previous ones. Is this a sign that the fight is coming to an end? I couldn't help but ask Meryl next to me, but she just shook her head, saying she didn't know. It's no wonder that elves have a lifespan similar to that of humans, and how does she know about 400 years ago. This kind of thing still has to be asked about Long'er, but she is recuperating from her injuries in Alpine City, and there are only her dragon sisters with eyes on the top of their heads, so they can't ask anything. What's more, Long Er was seriously injured like this, and they resented me, and they didn't pay attention to me.
"The beasts were very large and walked very slowly, and it seemed that they had difficulty moving, and the magic crystal cannon was aimed at their huge bodies, but after a puff of wolf smoke, they still walked unharmed. The mercenaries were a little panicked, and began to fill stronger crystal nuclei, and finally saw some effects, but after all, the number of ninth-level crystal nuclei was small, and most of them were eaten by Long'er, and they were used up in a blink of an eye.
"Meryl told me that these beasts are afraid that they all have the strength of level nine, and ordinary mercenaries can't do anything about them, and these days the beast taming technique is ineffective, and the elven guards can only use ordinary natural magic to fight the enemy, and it is difficult to win one-on-one, not to mention that the number of these beasts is much more than that of the elven guards. Her meaning was obvious, releasing magic in the form of indiscriminate bombardment like this was just a waste of mental power, and these beasts needed to be destroyed one by one.
"Fortunately, I have been prepared for a long time, these mercenaries themselves are in the form of a small team, each team is aimed at a target, through the cooperation of the formation, it is not difficult to destroy these beasts. The only caveat is that you have to wait until the beast is close before you can cast a spell to deal with it, and this can be dangerous.
"The height of this mountain range is very high for a human, but it is only a dirt slope for a huge beast, and with the corpses of the beasts in front of it, it is easy to climb halfway up the mountain. It was only then that I suddenly remembered what she had said to me when I first met Long'er: This mountain is not difficult for wild beasts to climb.
"A beast stepped into range of the attack, and in the blink of an eye, it was hit by a team of magicians and rolled down for a long distance before it could stop. The beast did not give up, and continued to climb up, becoming more cautious, and when it saw the magicians raise their staffs, it also knew how to block or dodge with its body. The rest of the beasts also climbed up one after another, and some even learned to take the initiative to attack, and the mercenaries suffered casualties again.
"The dragons also joined the battle at this time, this kind of melee one-on-one hand-to-hand combat is their forte, but they are few in number, not the main force, but when they see something that they can't resist, they will come to help. Rank 9 beasts are quite terrifying, whether it is for the defense of magic or the active use of magic attacks, plus they are naturally tough and can withstand more attacks, so the casualties during this period are the most serious. And I don't want to use the last move at this time, so I can only let the mercenaries desperately resist, but I allow them to return to Alpine City through the teleportation array if they can't resist it.
"As the battle progressed, more and more mercenaries teleported away, and some of the lines had even been crossed by wild beasts, who began to march towards the wilderness after crossing the top of the mountain, although the wilderness was empty. The battle lasted from noon to night, and finally all the mercenaries teleported away, leaving only Meryl and I in the same place. Meryl is strong, and so are the elves around her, and we stopped the beasts in this place, but the defenses around us have collapsed.
"It's already possible, I think. Then Calvin and his students teleported, and without saying a word, they began to summon the corpses of these beasts to fight again. You can't stay in this place, because these resurrected corpses don't care who you are, they will attack indiscriminately. I motioned for Calvin to be careful, and teleported away with Meryl and the elves.
"I don't know what the battle will be, but I can imagine that the ninth-level beasts who had just crossed the top of the mountain found that skeletons suddenly appeared from the ground under their feet, and the beasts composed of these skeletons began to scratch fiercely when they saw the living creatures, and they didn't care until they were beaten into a scattered skeleton. But once they are bitten out of the wound by these 'bone beasts', the corpse poison will slowly spread in the body of the beasts, and then they will not be able to avoid the fate of death, and then become zombies and continue to be controlled by the masters. The beasts that had not yet climbed the hill were even more unlucky, for the corpses under their feet came to life one by one, and began to attack when they were unprepared. Calvin: After casting spells in one place, they will teleport to other places, until the entire northern side of the mountain range becomes the world of the dead, and the beasts that try to rush are drowned in the sea of the undead in the blink of an eye.
According to Calvin, after dawn, these spirits will gradually disappear due to the sun's rays, and they will not be able to run out of the wilderness overnight, and they will not affect us on this side of the mountain. Of course, I wouldn't let the kind-natured Fei'er see this scene, so I didn't let her join the battle at the beginning, but stayed in Takayama Castle. At this moment, we don't know that an even more powerful army of beasts is quietly approaching.
"Holy level? This is a term I learned from Meryl's mouth, it turns out that the magic master is the strength of the holy level, and the stronger ones are also the demigod level and the god level. The next day, when the dragon came to report the appearance of a number of powerful beasts in the wilderness, I knew that I had been overlooked. Since there are saint-level crystal nuclei, there must be saint-level beasts in the Endless Forest that are comparable to the strength of the dragon, and they are the last group of attackers.
"Saint-level beasts are not afraid of these undead, they can use magic to set up a powerful barrier around themselves to block all attacks that are not strong. When I re-ordered the mercenaries who had rested all night to attack the beasts, I discovered the terrible fact that almost all magic could not do them substantial damage. Although there are not many saint-level beasts, we have only eliminated a few dozen of them despite our best efforts. In the end, I had to turn to the dragons in the south who were still fighting, and this made me invisibly owe them a favor.
"Tomorrow, the dragons who once pursued dragons will come to the rebuilt Mercenary Town, and they have recovered for a while, recuperated and ready to challenge me. In desperation, I had no choice but to open the teacher's illusion magic book and prepare to fight to the death. ”
It was already late at night, Lin Qian put down his pen, held his illusion magic book, and slept peacefully.