Chapter 9: Counterattack (2)
"It seems that the failure of the rebellion has not made you lose all of your power in the God of the Storm," there was a certain glint in Hoth's eyes, "You still have a strong latent power in this mage tower. ”
Suter knew very well the meaning of the other party's words, in the mage group, all the power is in the hands of the leader and a few elders, and any 'private' development of strength is strictly restricted, in this case, he, who has been sent to other mage towers, has been out of the control of the mage group for many years, and has 'manipulated' some forces in his hands that are not in the hands of the mage group, will undoubtedly be greatly suspicious, and this will undoubtedly be extremely detrimental to his future future in the mage group.
"Just a few loyal allies," Suter said with a smile, "I promise them to introduce them directly to the chief." ”
This sentence undoubtedly frustrated Hoss's wish, he snorted coldly, stopped talking, and a few minutes later, a gray 'colored' figure appeared in the distance, and soon came to him under the escort of several mages and 'attendants' from the samurai.
"Sute sent me," the person who came, a middle-aged man with an ordinary-looking, bald head, "please come with me." ”
A faint and almost imperceptible light flashed from the crystal ball, it was a message from Suter, who was still in touch, and Hoss, who received the signal to identify the person, no longer hesitated, and waved his hand lightly, motioning for his men to follow, and then hid himself again in the shadow of the 'shadow'.
As Suter's report to the mages suggested, although his rebellion ended in failure, its impact on the Storm God was far from over: nearly a third of the mages were implicated, and although most of them did not participate in the rebellion, they were suspected and detained for their association with the rebels in one way or another, which frightened a significant number of the mages and eventually chose to leave. Of course, this kind of change is not enough to make the strength of the Storm God suffer a big loss, most of the people involved are members of the Central Mage Tower, and the two Mage Towers established in the north and south of St. Endoss have not been 'affected', but at present, this sudden shortage of manpower still makes the operation of this Mage Tower problematic- The number of mages in charge of the outer defensive circle has been reduced by half compared to the original, which makes the original impregnable defensive circle appear a lot of flaws that should not be there, maybe these flaws cannot be detected by outsiders, but for the people inside the mage tower, they are as obvious as the stars in the clear night sky.
Silently following the comer, as the other side circled the seemingly empty and flat path, and occasionally burrowed into some thorny bushes, Hoth kept himself hidden in the darkness, and even the men who followed the guide did not know where he was now—his cautious 'nature' was not suitable for such a surprise mission, and the elders of the mage would never consider letting him do it if he did not have the most 'brilliant' stealth ability of all the deacons. This seemingly time-consuming way of moving forward did not displease Hoth and his men, who were no strangers to magical defense, and if it weren't for the guide's guidance, they would not have been able to get around the magical traps laid in the path without the opponent noticing, and perhaps those traps alone would have been enough to kill them all.
Dozens of minutes later, when they finally reached the foot of a towering mountain at the end of the winding path, which seemed to never end, the guide stopped.
"From here, you will reach the God of the Storm. The guide said calmly: "The entire mountain here is surrounded by defensive barriers, no one can break into it without alarming the mage tower, I can only bring you here, now ......"
A swarthy claw covered in scales suddenly reached out of the darkness, flew towards him, and reached his throat in an instant.
"It's up to you. Talon grabbed the guide accurately, but failed to break the opponent's neck as expected, but only caused an illusion to shatter, and the guide who reappeared more than ten meters away from the place seemed to be unconcerned about this, and finished what he had to say, "Good luck to you," he said, "By the way, although the claw summoning is only a raid and assassination spell, it fits your looks - you two are just as ugly." His figure faded and eventually disappeared into thin air, oblivious to the eyes that gleamed with a vicious glint in the darkness in the distance.
"It went as planned. Hoss spoke calmly, without the slightest hint of anger, but his men were swiftly moving almost as soon as he gave the order—it might be dangerous to carry out this mission, but the mortal danger was negligible compared to angering the leader.
A gray-robed mage stepped out of the crowd and began to chant incantations rapidly, and a moment later, a glittering ball of light about half a meter in diameter appeared in front of him, and then flew forward at his command. Half a second later, the ball of light stopped a few dozen meters away from the mage, as if it had hit an invisible wall, and then, the ball of light burst open, and the dazzling bright light instantly illuminated the area within a radius of 100 meters.
The "wave" movement like the water pattern visible to the "flesh" eye cleaning appeared from the place where the light ball hit, and quickly spread out in all directions, and before the "wave" pattern disappeared, in the mage's "chanting", three more light balls formed in the air and hit the same place one after another. The continuous attacks of the four seventh-order magic spells finally had an effect, and a soft sound like a bubble burst sounded in the place where the ball of light fell, and cracks like spiderwebs appeared in the air in front of everyone at the same time.
A dozen figures swept past the caster like a leopard, slamming into the invisible barrier in front of them before the crack disappeared, a barrier that could withstand the continuous impact of a hundred-pound boulder thrown by a trebuchet or a siege vehicle, and could no longer maintain its original strength after being hit by magic, these strong, well-trained 'squires' samurai easily passed through the barrier and appeared inside the second defense circle of the god of storms.
At the same moment, the dazzling magical light 'shot' from the gem at the top of the mage tower located at the top of the mountain, and those 'attendants' samurai and the people who entered afterwards were completely enveloped by this light, and then, a thick and incomparably large fire snake flew up from the top of the mage tower, and under the guidance of the magic light that 'shot' everyone, it 'excited' and 'shot' - this was not from a mage's attack, the barrier was broken through and 'excited' the defense device set up on the mage tower, and it was attacked by several *** The power of the flame serpent, which was powered by nearly a hundred magic gems, was revealed at this moment.
The scorching air currents were blowing in people's hair, and even though the daredevils were ready to face death, the 'elite' 'squire' warriors still felt a little panicked in front of this flame serpent with a heat high enough to melt rock and steel, thicker than two people hugging each other.
A low, obscure chant sounded behind the warriors, and a magical shield with a blue glow appeared above everyone's heads, this shield that could resist the siege crossbow only slightly slowed the pace of the flame serpent and was annihilated in the monstrous fire 'wave', but for the mages, this was enough, and when the flame serpent once again 'bared' its hideous fangs and pounced on its prey, the water elemental from the elemental realm had been summoned to this world.
Without the furious attack power of the fire elemental, the incredible power of the earth elemental, or the incredible speed of the wind elemental, the water elemental seems to be the least useful of the four elements that one can summon, but in the current situation, this elemental creature is the best means of defense. The water elemental in the shape of a water droplet moved its massive body, and before the Flame Serpent could land, it turned into a huge curtain of water and enveloped the latter. The Flame Serpent writhed wildly, rampage through the cage formed by the water curtain, but it was never able to break through the seemingly thin water curtain, the water element slowly contracted its body, compressing the opponent's space little by little, and after a few seconds, when it reverted to the shape of a water droplet, the terrifying Flame Serpent, which was enough to kill everyone present hundreds of times, was no longer the slightest trace.
The crisis did not end there, as the flame serpent disappeared, more than a dozen figures flying like giant eagles appeared in people's sight, and on the ground farther behind them, several times the number of figures were rushing wildly.
"It's the Storm God's guard," one of the mages whispered to his companions, "and now it's our turn." "The few mages on the team began to chant incantations at a rapid pace, and all sorts of powerful attack magic began to take shape in front of them.
Those who were coming quickly were the guards in charge of this area in the Mage Tower, and after the attack from the Mage Tower was ineffective, they received orders from their superiors to destroy all these intruders - it is not for nothing that magic is more powerful than the Fire Serpent, but those spells used against large-scale invaders or some powerful presence are undoubtedly a kind of 'wave' on these people, and their use should be on the battlefield.
The Storm God's guardian mages stopped about two hundred meters away from the intruder, the distance at which most spells were most powerful, and their magic was 'fired' at the same time, and a dozen of different glowing spells dragged their long tails and fell like meteors on their prey.
The return fire of the mage group was issued at the same time, and the impact of magic and the "agitation" and "swing" of magic energy made the air between the two groups of people flash a colorful light, like fireworks in the festival, gorgeous and colorful, under the light of this colorful "color", the "attendants" of both sides shouted from the samurai, carrying the protective magic that the mages blessed for themselves rushed to each other.