Chapter 50: The Dagger I
An ice arrow coalesced and shot at the vampire who was devouring flesh not far away.
The blue-robed mage knew in his heart that the easiest thing to kill at this time was the vampire. Since the vampire was badly wounded, the blue-robed mage had tried to kill him with an ice arrow, but was blocked by his shield.
At this time, the blue-robed mage cast a spell on the vampire again, but due to the distance, the ice arrow was dodged by the alert vampire.
Realizing that the blue-robed mage would not allow the vampire to recover unharmed, Rhodes rushed forward with his sword.
The blue-robed mage raised his hand and cast the Great Law of Slowness, and Rod's speed suddenly slowed down. Then, the blue-robed mage tore open a scroll, and a horizontal wall of fire suddenly rose from the ground, blocking Rhodes and the blue-robed mage.
Due to the distance, he was worried about being dodged by the enemy, and in order to save mana, the blue-robed mage did not release damage spells.
The wall of fire affected Rod's vision, and of course Rod would not choose to rush directly through the wall of fire, but planned to bypass the wall of fire to the side.
Rhodes was about to rush out of the wall of fire when he suddenly thought of something, stopped his rush and ran towards the other side of the wall instead. Just as Rhodes was about to rush through, an ice arrow slashed right through.
If Rhodes wanted to go around the wall of fire directly, he would definitely be hit by this ice arrow.
At this time, there was still some distance between Rhodes and the blue-robed mage, and Rod saw that the blue-robed mage had already set his eyes on his side, so he was not in a hurry to charge at the blue-robed mage, but hid behind the wall of fire, taking advantage of the opportunity of the wall of fire blocking the sight of both parties, so that the vampire could recover quickly.
Through the feeling of the spirit imprint, Rhodes knew that the current vampire could not withstand even an ice arrow from a blue-robed mage. After dodging the blue-robed mage's ice arrows, the vampire followed Rod's instructions and returned to the dead horse's corpse and continued to devour flesh.
The blue-robed mage was helpless, due to the distance from the vampire, among the spells he mastered, except for the ice arrow and the magic arrow, which could travel such a long distance, the rest of the spells could not have much effect. And due to the distance, the spells released will be dodged by the vampires.
The blue-robed mage had no choice but to target Rhodes, took another scroll from his coat pocket, and tore it open.
At this time, Rhodes behind the wall of fire felt the originally solid ground under his feet soften, as if he had stepped on something. Rhodes looked down, and by the light of the fire from the burning of the fire wall, he found that the original soil on the ground had turned into yellow sand all over the ground.
Rhodes instantly understood that this was the effect of the second-order spell quicksand trap. This spell can turn the land in a normal environment into quicksand, and once caught in it, the quicksand will completely submerge the person.
Taking advantage of the fact that the sand had just appeared on the soles of his feet, Rhodes turned around and rolled on the ground a few times with the strength of his body, out of the range of quicksand. Although the black robe on his body was covered with yellow sand, Rhodes obviously didn't care about this.
Seeing that the blue-robed mage was about to continue tearing open the spell scroll, Rhodes gave an order to the vampire not far away, and the vampire immediately rushed towards the blue-robed mage.
Seeing the vampires on the side rushing towards him, the blue-robed mage thought of giving priority to dealing with the seriously injured vampires, and could only ignore Rhodes for the time being.
At this point, the duration of the wall of fire ends. As the original land was now turned into quicksand, the flames extinguished themselves after the dead branches burned, leaving only a little fire.
Rhodes realized that the scrolls used by the blue-robed mages were prepared by the merchants, and since the purchase of spell scrolls also required a lot of gold, these scrolls were more focused on group combat.
The various spells attached to the scrolls, such as walls of fire and quicksand traps, can be more useful in melee than against individual enemies.
That's why, at the beginning of the battle, the merchant group only faced a vampire enemy, so the blue-robed mage didn't take out these scrolls and use them. If there is only one enemy, using these scrolls will affect the members of the guild.
At this time, the blue-robed mage, because there was not much mana left, could not take care of the value of these scrolls, and had to use them.
Seeing the vampire rushing towards him again, the blue-robed mage raised his hand, just about to release the spell, but saw the vampire quickly stop his steps, ready to dodge in both directions.
Without the containment of a melee professional, it would obviously be difficult for a blue-robed mage to rely on spells alone to hit an enemy who was bent on dodging not far away.
The blue-robed mage was helpless, at this distance, if the vampire was bent on dodging the spell he released, he would only be wasting mana by releasing the spell himself.
Realizing that the enemy was going to use up his mana in this way, the blue-robed mage knew that if his spells still didn't work, if he continued like this, he would die when his mana was exhausted.
Thinking of this, the blue-robed mage made a decision in his heart to give up casting spells, and instead took out a dagger from his pocket, wanting to use this dagger to deal with the vampire's melee attacks, and then find an opportunity to cast spells.
The blue-robed mage held the dagger in his right hand and held it directly in his left hand. The huge force caused the dagger to be deeply embedded in the blue-robed mage's hand, and blood overflowed, but it was instantly absorbed by the dagger.
After absorbing the blood, the dagger began to emit an intense red light. And the blue-robed mage's face, I don't know if it was due to pain or other reasons, under the light of the red light, there was a hideous look.
Seeing that the blue-robed mage stopped releasing the spell, the vampire took advantage of this opportunity and rushed directly forward, reaching out his claws at the blue-robed mage.
The blue-robed mage directly pulled the dagger out of the left hand he was holding, and the dagger became extremely sharp after absorbing the blood, coupled with the previous blue-robed mage's hard grip, in the process of withdrawing, the four fingers of the blue-robed mage's left hand were directly cut off. At this time, the dagger glows more red.
The vampire's claws collided with the dagger, and the dagger was cut off in an instant. As he swung his dagger, the blue-robed mage raised his left hand, which was only his thumb, and an ice arrow condensed in his palm, shooting at the vampire in front of him.
The vampire deeply understands the damage that spells can cause when they are close to him, and watching the ice arrow shoot, the vampire does not dare to make a hard connection, and chooses to bat directly. Seeing this, the blue-robed mage directly raised his hand, preparing to release the Ice Demon Ring.
Suddenly, the dagger in the blue-robed mage's hand twisted with his body, directly cutting off the sword that was stabbing at him. It was Rhodes who was looking for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
The moment the sword was cut off, Rhodes saw the appearance of the blue-robed mage at this time, and saw that the pain and anger on the blue-robed mage's face did not exist, but instead a fanatical smile.