Northland Storm Chapter 58 The Withered Violet (Part II)
Human beings are always full of fear of the unknown, and extreme fear can only lead to three outcomes in the end. The first is either the most common escape due to extreme fear, the second is to give in to extreme fear, and the third is the least, just as dying in silence erupts in silence, because of the backlash of extreme fear, extreme rage, or the fact that a switch in the body is turned on in a short period of time.
The first is nothing to say, and most people almost only have this choice, but the second is the true manifestation of some people who are powerful but crushed by fear, many times they are unable to overcome the fear in their hearts, so that they begin to fall, and join the team that makes them afraid, so that there is nothing to be afraid of, because they are also terrible existences, such as Nesario, the king of the Black Dragon Legion, who was once one of the guardian dragons, and the personal disciple under the crown of Fao was beaten by the King of the Storm** As for the third type, no matter which world it is, it is really rare, and such people are often qualified to be the "chosen one", and their other name is "protagonist", even if it is a momentary protagonist......
Ambra Kadabra, a merchant at the caster's shop and a former apprentice in magic, has a tendency to be the "protagonist" for a moment.
Now, after many mages had been seriously injured and killed in battle, the merchant lady stood on the city wall semi-voluntarily. There was no wise and romantic magic class she had been looking for, no lectures by the kind and kind old mage Whitebeard, and no great lecture hall where she listened to the good seniors......
These beautiful dreams are just her sweet dreams. As time passed, Miss Kadabra knew that she had long since passed the age of dreams, but now, when she wore the robes of a temporary licensed grassroots mage, she still subconsciously recalled the wonderful experience that the vivid dream brought her, but when she stood on the wall covered with black blood and mutilated human bodies, the civilian lady involuntarily trembled her legs, and felt fear all over her body, from the inside out.
It is far from lecture halls and markets, from flowers and applause, and even from life and peace...... That's all there is to hell, isn't it?
Miss Kadabra didn't know what was going on on the city walls, and everywhere she looked, there were not only dead people who were about to die, but of course, those who were about to die would probably include the members of the vigilante group who had "volunteered" to defend the city walls with her.
After they went up to the city wall, they froze in place as if they had been struck by lightning, and the whole person was like a salted fish swept to the shore by a tornado, opening its mouth wide and breathing the air greedily, in a vain attempt to get a trace of water from the air...... And "recruits" in this state tend to die faster on the battlefield.
"Knock knock knock ......" a heavy and rhythmic voice came, Miss Kadabra subconsciously looked over, and found that the monster that was far fatter, stronger and more disgusting than ordinary monsters easily hammered those clumsy arcane golems, and was approaching the city wall step by step, and she was dominated by fear and could not hear anything other than this voice, even if there was one right in front of her, with its mouth opening and closing, The mage, whose entire person and his robes had been dyed blood-red, didn't help, she couldn't hear what the other party was saying at all, she could only instinctively feel as if he was saying something to her.
If Adelan was there, he would have been able to recognize that these monsters that were bigger than abomination and exaggerated were the kind of monsters with thick skin and thick flesh that he fought alone outside Silvermoon City, with super high magical defense and not too low physical defense. The Scourge Legion's corpse utilization technology seems to be more superior than "history", and these new "withered intestines" seem to be stronger than the original test subjects, at least their presence alone has attracted almost all the mages on the city walls, but their damage is minimal, and they can even easily hammer an arcane golem under the magic bombardment of those academic mages!
Before Kadabra could react to what was going on, he instantly felt that his line of sight had dropped a lot, and then a heavy sense of dizziness filled her head, and the hot pain in her jaw made her sober a little, and her not so strong body involuntarily slammed into her chest as if she had suddenly received a frontal blow.
The violent roar of "boom" and the furious air currents brought about by the collapsing walls, as well as the messy stones or scattered rubble that spurred the sky into the sky, stimulated her brain's reaction, and it was only then that Miss Kadabra realized that it was the undead's siege engine, throwing something that smashed the city wall or something, but before that someone had knocked her down, who was it?
But in the next second, Miss Kadabra no longer had time to think about who saved her in a pinch, because in her sight, those huge and seemingly indestructible monsters had completely torn through the hastily formed defense line composed of several water elementals, and even the ice arrows that were constantly cast by mages could not effectively stop those monsters!
Closer, closer, the stenching of the corpses of different creatures, taller and bigger than ordinary stitched monsters, the size of the walls of Dalaran, getting closer! Miss Kadabra could even smash her jaw to the ground, and her wandering eyes could clearly see how many threads were stitched on those monsters......
Miss Kadabra stared at the monsters that were getting closer and closer outside the walls, they weren't even too hindered, and you can imagine what would happen to a monster of that great power when it approached the walls! The young merchant could even hear the "clucking" of her teeth colliding against each other at this moment, but her mind seemed to feel surprisingly calm now.
It was so calm that she thought she could hear not only the vibrations of those monsters as they moved, but also the sound of the air flowing from breaking through the air, which was funny to think of, and at this time she could think of so many other things she didn't want to do, and it was clear that she couldn't get up and prepare to cast the offensive magic scrolls that the mages had prepared.
The reason why people like Miss Kadabra were able to go up to the walls semi-voluntarily was simple, because they knew more or less about magic, and they were no strangers to the use of these magic scrolls, and if they were civilians who knew nothing about magic, they would not even be able to use them. Therefore, a candidate like her is very suitable to go up to the city wall, use the magic scrolls prepared by the mages in advance, and beat out those spells sealed inside, and fight as many as you can, and complete the task of 10 scrolls in your hand.
But in the current situation, even Kadabra himself feels that although he has calmed down, does he still have the strength and will to use those magic scrolls?
This kind of magic scroll is very expensive, and it is not yet "hereafter", and many things of the mages are hidden and hidden from the public, even in the city of Dalaran. Moreover, whether it is an academic or a battle mage, they all know that mortals' spiritual power is limited, whether they want to be in case of emergency, or if they want to get additional results, on weekdays, they will take the time to make some of these scrolls.
The use of the magic scroll is also very simple, of course, this is for people who have a certain knowledge of magic, you only need to expand it, aim at the target, and input your spiritual power into the scroll, and the scroll will follow the "set" good "program" "automatic" To complete the rest of the things, most of the spells contained in these magic scrolls are usually some ordinary spells, after all, whether it is the crafting material or the production process, it will increase with the difficulty and power of the spell, even Dalaran does not have the legal system to make too strong magic scrolls.
At this point, the mages of Quel'Salas are a little disdainful, they are naturally excellent mages, and they disdain to be like the human-dominated Dalaran, they think that mages should be elegant and calm, and using external forces or anything is not the posture of a mage at all.
Back to the topic of mortals using scrolls.
The use of magic scrolls requires the user to have a good mental state, so the current situation is by no means a good time to use magic scrolls, because not everyone can overcome their fears and maintain a normal mind, often at this time some people can't even aim at the target, and even more exaggerated, for example, now, on another section of the city wall not far from Miss Kadabra, there are also many lucky people who have escaped the bombardment of the undead's siege engine, it is a middle-aged human male, from his crazy expression, it can be seen how much the man's spirit has been traumatized in less than three minutes from reaching the city wall and then being bombarded by the siege engine。
So much so that now, the crazy man took out the magic scrolls from his arms like a madman, and then he laughed wildly, rudely ripped off several threads that closed the scrolls, and shook his hand casually, not confirming what the content was at all, and the spiritual power that did not reach the level of a magic apprentice was entered into the scrolls respectively......
The cold wind erupted in a spiral, creating a stream of icy freezing air in a fan area of 15 yards directly in front of the scroll, which was the mage's ice pick. Originally intended to be used to melee defense against blows that slow down the enemy's movement speed and give them a freezing effect, this spell is mostly intended to allow mages to calmly distance themselves from multiple enemies.
But at this moment, a spell that was originally used to save the lives of these members of the self-police group was actually cast in their own pile! Suddenly, several mages around him were hit, and the damage was not harmful. The blow from behind frightened them, so that they were distracted, except for a battle mage with a strong mentality, several other academic mages interrupted the spell they were preparing because they were frightened, the consequence of this forced interrupted spell was only to cause the magic in the body to be disordered, and it only took some time to adjust, and at worst, one of them not only interrupted the spell because of this fright, but also thought about immediately using the fire impact spell to fight back!
This is even more deadly...... This is no longer a problem of the disordered flow of magic in the body, but the complete flow of magic clashes and collides violently, which eventually causes this mage's body to be paralyzed in an instant like a puppet with a broken line!
And the "catastrophe" in that place is not over...... It was just the first misplaced icicle, followed by a storm of flames burning on his walls, and a magic explosion that exploded in the crowd...... What made everyone's hearts beat even more was that the crazy member of the self-police group had not yet realized what he had done, and the movements in his hands still did not stop, and he continued to tear the remaining scrolls with great excitement......
"Poof!"
The cold, sharp sword sliced through the fragile skin and muscles of the human body, and the enchanted sword was stained with human blood after soaking in the blood of the crypt demons......
The arcane light disappeared, and only then did the others realize that it was the only remaining battle mage who decisively used a flash spell to come to the side of the self-police group member, and raised his hand to make a sword, completely killing this poor man who had been completely driven crazy by fear...... He glanced at the colleague on the other side who was slumped on the ground due to a mistake in judgment and his own mishandling, and he couldn't even call the other person's name......
"The world is in chaos! hell!" the battle mage spat and immediately returned to his combat position, using his few mental powers to continue to use various methods to stop the influx of undead outside the city......
The battlefield is full of turbulent elements and toxins, the gloomy sky is dispersing in the direction of boundlessness, and the earth is constantly polluted and then dying...... The withered trees are in
Against the dim sky, it looked like a crooked gallows, on which a string of hanged ghosts swayed in the wind. There is no other place to speak of life in this area except Dalaran, and Dalaran himself is like a dying ember, swaying in this black wave of death, and no one can say whether the flame of life here will be completely extinguished in the next second.
Miss Kadabra, who was also a member of the vigilante group, was obviously frightened by the actions of the battlemage who killed the resolute one, although she also knew that the person who was killed had gone crazy, and his behavior was completely to drag everyone to the funeral, but this was the first time that the merchant lady had seen a human kill a human being, and it had to be said that the impact was still very large. At least in the previous peaceful years, there would never have been such a situation in the prosperous city of Dalaran, and no one could even have imagined that those high-ranking mages were now like an executioner, killing people without blinking.
Human feelings are such complex and contradictory existences, it is one thing to be able to understand them, and it is another thing to be able to accept them.
At this time, Miss Kadabra realized that the person who had just thrown herself to the ground to escape was also a battle mage, and it was thanks to the help of the young High Elf mage that she survived, and she and he became the last two living people on this part of the wall......
"Cheer up! The undead are coming up again, use the remote scroll on them!"
The voice of the unknown High Elf battle mage was nice, at least Miss Kadabra thought so, and she even felt that it was like the Holy Light coming to her, giving her the gospel and the will to live.
"Okay!" Kadabra didn't know where she got the strength, she got up from the ground, and with the help of the broken city wall, she observed the battlefield outside, and then she found that this precarious section of the city wall lacked not only combat power, but also the city wall itself had a huge gap, which made it obvious that those undead were rushing towards this gap!
"For Dalaran!" Kadabra shouted a slogan to cheer himself on, then untied the Firestorm's magic scroll and blasted towards the hordes of ghouls that were surging through the gaps in the giant monsters!
A small wall of fire burst out of the ground, cutting off the ghouls' straight paths, and even after burning a few ghouls, the ground still kept the ground scorching, causing the ghouls who followed to still suffer some damage.
The second magic scroll unfolded, and it was the Ice Orb! A ball of ice that spun and flew out of the ice ridge rolled forward, and as the ice edge continued to splash, it dealt considerable damage in its path, and it also slowed down the target, which greatly reduced the speed of the ghoul's advance. Similarly, when the ice ball rolls in the air next to the giant stitcher, the ice's slowing effect still slows it down slightly.
Followed by the third one, Kadabra wiped the sweat from her forehead, she already felt her weakness, because she was not a qualified apprentice magic apprentice, her mental power was far from enough, after using two magic scrolls in a row, she was already a little unable to hold on, but she still gritted her teeth, with hatred, and unfolded the third one, which was a blizzard......
The multi-directional strikes in the air and on the ground successfully slowed down the pace of the army of ghouls who wanted to take advantage of the chaos, and even involved the speed of those giant stitching monsters, which Kadabra himself did not expect.
At this time, several Arcane golems have been summoned in the gap in the wall, and they will be the emergency units to defend the place.
"Well done! As a human, you may not be able to do magic, but the timing and response are good......" Miss Kadabra was undoubtedly flattered by the handsome High Elf battle mage who took the initiative to praise a human who could not even reach the level of a trainee magic apprentice.
“...... It's really incomprehensible!" The High Elf Battle Mage said with a frown on his face, he put away the blizzard that was being maintained, and raised his hand to fire three arcane missiles at the three gargoyles in the sky trying to kill the last two survivors on the wall!
In fact, he is right, many people, including those academic mages, they have fallen into a big misunderstanding, which has a lot to do with their actual combat experience, they think that mages are like a turret-like profession, they should stand calmly and elegantly in the rear, and use powerful magic to kill all enemies, this is the posture that mages should have when fighting.
Although there is nothing wrong with their opinion, in fact, if they can't inflict effective damage on the opponent, then the first choice is definitely how to control the opponent, but if it is a combat mage with rich combat experience, no matter how strong or weak the opponent is, the first thing they do is not to think about how to kill the opponent directly, but immediately think about how to control the opponent to create better opportunities for themselves, better protect themselves and kill the enemy more effectively, this is the best idea in mage combat.
"You're right, Aesas Sunreaer. A slightly vicissitudes of life mezzo-soprano appeared here with the brilliance of the arcane, along with several grizzled mages, whose appearance calmed down the extremely unfavorable battle situation again, because several huge ice mounds visible to the naked eye froze those stitching monsters one by one, and the other mages were also very cooperative and quickly cleaned up the advancing ghouls with range magic.
"Mentor?!"
"You're finally here, Modra, and it looks like we're ready for a counterattack?"
"I'm sorry you guessed wrong, my friend, we're about to retreat......"