Chapter 12: The little trick of the mage

"Vincent is dead!"

"What the hell is going on? What's going on! ”

"Isn't Vincent's scythe longer? Why is this result! ”

"What the hell happened just now!"

Vincent's death completely detonated the mercenaries' emotions. www.biquge.info No one noticed what was happening, in the blink of an eye. Everyone was puzzled, asking what was going on with this fall, why it was not the unknown mercenary girl who fell, but the "Spinning Death" who obviously swung the weapon first and did not enter the opponent's attack range.

Except for the branch president of the Mercenary Association of Mercenary City in Mecarona, the old man did not speak, but narrowed his eyes. His age is already very old, the years have left a deep imprint on his body, and the comfortable time over the years has also worn away his will to fight, but this can't change the fact that he was once a high-ranking swordsman, his eyesight is still the same, and the duel of the lower-ranking warriors has no secrets in his eyes.

The battle between Vina and Vincent was a fairly high-level battle in the eyes of the mercenaries, but in his eyes, it was nothing more than that. He saw it clearly: in the final round of the encounter, neither side spared, and both sides used their own secret meanings. In other words, the key to determining the victory or defeat of the battle is not the simple question of whose weapon is longer, but whose secret meaning strikes first.

Among the lower ranks, aside from the few gifted, almost no one can withstand the blow of the mystery.

Vina and Vincent are obviously not a small group of people who have been excluded from the scope of consideration, and their fate is naturally determined by the grasp of their own secret meaning - at what distance can they kill each other and best avoid each other's secret meaning?

This is a problem for both sides.

On the surface, Vincent made the first move, but in fact, Weina's shot was much earlier than Vincent. Because while being aggressive, she has always maintained a stabbing posture, which has led to the illusion that many people think that she did not shoot. Ordinary mercenaries have not yet realized that the attack range of the secret meaning has nothing to do with the weapons used by the fighters, and has strict requirements for the user's will and grasp of "strength".

The girl who wields the sword with a thin stabbing sword has a maximum attack range of five steps. In the battle, she grasped this distance very well, and in the position of four and a half steps, she stabbed out a "Jin" with a piercing attribute, which penetrated Vincent's heart in the air.

That's how the outcome is decided.

The old man smiled, and one person applauded in the midst of an argument.

Not to mention the heated discussions among the mercenaries outside the arena, the duel in the forest was still going on in an orderly manner.

After finishing off Vincent, Vina didn't move forward immediately, instead choosing to rest where she was and regain her strength. In this encounter, she consumed a lot of physical strength and energy, and entered a state of extreme fatigue, both physically and mentally. If she acted at this time, she would find herself in a very dangerous situation if she ran into another encounter.

All she needed now was to recuperate and wait for someone else's signal.

The signal is actually the place where both sides are quite helpless in this duel. In a truly high-end competition, in fact, both sides are equipped with an alchemy terminal that can connect everyone on their side to ensure communication, which is convenient for teammates to communicate and formulate tactics. But Mecarona is not the capital of the kingdom, let alone the commercial city of Miranda, and there is not a single alchemist's hut in this relatively remote town.

Therefore, both sides of the competition choose to agree on the meeting place in advance, and use the signal fireworks as the signal for gathering. Sounds like a good idea, doesn't it? But in fact, there is a rather helpless disadvantage - the collection of signals must fully consider the distribution range of the "flag captors", that is, the signal must be transmitted to most of the forest. In this way, the enemy's "generals" can also see the signal and make adequate preparations for the arrival of the "flag captors".

The only thing that has quelled the frustration of both sides is that this dilemma is equal for both sides.

It's only been half an hour since the start of the race, and half an hour sounds like a long time has passed. However, this is only the beginning for the quest phase. Generally speaking, most of the time spent in a capture the flag race is spent on the process of seeking the enemy, and the stage that really determines the fate of both sides is very fast.

With such a large forest, it is not easy to find a small group of people. Weina's conservative estimate is that she won't see the fireworks of the signal without one or two suns, and if she takes advantage of the gap in these two suns, she can return to a less satisfactory state - at least, she can block the interference of the other party's "soldiers" for Eronica and Old Fez.

Time was spent waiting.

The high-intensity battle as just now never happened, however, the mercenaries in the stands were not bored at all. Because they've found something new to see.

Following their line of sight, it can be seen that the image they are looking at is the image played by the Mage's Eye, which presents the banner of the Sword and Rose.

The center of the picture is naturally Monia, the "general" of "Sword and Rose".

"It's an elf, isn't it?"

"It's so small, so cute, I really want to take it home and raise it!"

"I heard that this duel started because of her......"

"I didn't expect 'Sword and Rose' to think of her as a 'general'...... So **, how can it be a warrior, the people of 'Sword and Rose' are crazy, right! ”

"You say, 'What did she scratch on the ground?'

"I can't read ......"

"Me too...... But it shouldn't be a child's graffiti. ”

"It seems to be...... I've seen this in the traps of the ruins......"

"It can't be a spell trap."

There was silence for a while, and then there was a burst of laughter.

"Hahaha...... She's so small, so small. ”

"It's impossible to think about it, it's impossible for a mage to rot the streets."

"After all, our vice president is also a mage, ask him ......"

"You go and ask, I don't dare. Wait until the old gentleman gets angry, and I'll be done. ”

As a mid-level mage, Ramoses naturally heard the noise of the nearby mercenaries, but he was not obliged to answer their questions. But when the branch president looked at him with a puzzled look, he knew he had to speak.

"That's right, this is indeed the ice rune that is often used in spells to set traps."

"The previous one was a fire rune."

With two simple sentences, the audience was suddenly silent.

If these are spells, then that little elf in the forest is actually a mage?

The thought crossed everyone's minds, and they subconsciously wanted to shake their heads to get rid of this unrealistic idea, but Lord Rasimos's words lingered in their minds like a nightmare—that Lord was a real, powerful mage who manipulated fire!

Could it be that she is really a mage?

Monia had noticed the mage's eye as a watchdog early on, and she was a little uncomfortable. Because of her background, she has always disliked being exposed to people. Even if you imagine the eyes of many people, she will get goosebumps all over her body.

Fortunately, today she brought the cloak that covered her whole body, put on the cloak, put on the hood, wrapped herself tightly, and the little mage began to work.

She is a "general", she is a mage, and what she has to do is to arrange the place where the flag is located into a dangerous position. Due to her personality preferences, the little mage doesn't memorize too many trap spells, and she only has four triggered trap spells: Fire Rune, Ice Rune, Ignis's Mire Rune, and Mavi's Cage Rune.

Laying out these rune traps doesn't consume a lot of mental power, but it takes a lot of time - one rune costs about thirty musa (minutes), and if time permits, Monia plans to lay out four different runes.

Luckily, the role of "General" during Operation Capture the Flag has a lot of time to spare.

Monia also devoted herself to the drawing of runes.

During her studies at the Mughal Academy, Monia studied heraldry and alchemy in addition to her studies of spells. Among them, alchemy, because of the physiognomy factor, Monia's achievements are either a pile of rags, unstable explosives or poisons that seal the throat in blood.

The study of heraldry is decent. Heraldry is a sub-discipline of heraldic making, and there are three means for the use of the ether: chanting, heraldry, and guiding. Among them, chanting is the most basic means, guidance is the most practical means, and heraldry is the most elaborate means.

Alchemy and heraldry are both fundamental disciplines for alchemists.

Alchemists need not only the basics of alchemy to make alchemy items, but also the attainment of heraldry. A heraldic is a miniature form of a circle that inscribes a coat of arms on an item, giving the item a certain amount of power to harness the power of the ether.

The production of heraldic requires extremely fine control, accurate portrayal and outline, which are common in rune spells, which is why Monia's trapped spells are all rune types - since you can't become the most profitable alchemist, then heraldry must always exert some residual heat.

Monia, who is familiar with the famous "gold refining" in later generations, happened in this chaotic era, and has always been worried about her inability to become a good alchemist.

Until now.

Until now, Monia still cares about using heraldic techniques to carve runes. For the little elf girl, in addition to the amazing destructive spells, the favorite is those shiny, shiny jewel crystals!

Monia is not greedy for money, and she has always been indifferent to the currencies issued by mainland countries. She loves beautiful objects, and she loves them so much that she can't help herself. Whether this is a racial trait, Monia doesn't know, because Aarens doesn't have many Primordial Elves left, and maybe even she is the last Primordial Elf.

The arrangement of the rune trap lasted for two hours, and Monia's broken thoughts full of black lines also lasted for two dawn hours (hours), and these two dawn hours were calm all the time, and no signal from either side lit up.

But the calm can't last forever, it's just the calm before the storm. After all, the area of the forest is so large, and every grain of sand that slides downwards decreases the unknowable zone in the forest, and the threat is one step closer.

Time is waiting and passing unhurriedly. Monia stopped carving runes, and the damage of rune traps is based on the premise of concealment, and if the other party notices the strangeness, it will be troublesome. In addition, she also asked the "soldiers" to surround the banner and always be on the lookout for enemy raids.

Not to be taken lightly.

Two and a half hours later, the first signal fireworks were lifted into the air.

Monia silently raised her head and looked at the fireworks, her heart tightened.

This is not an agreed pyrotechnic signal, that is, ......

She said word by word: "The other party has found out here, get ready!" ”

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