Chapter 207: Tower of Wisdom
Not only did Amran single-handedly plan the monster attack on the city, but he also kidnapped Annie, little Alice, and Veronica, and was Rosen's mortal enemy!
Now, this guy's conspiracy continues, and Rosen certainly can't sit idly by.
As for the safety of Anne and others, Rosen is not particularly worried. In his opinion, Amran is a sane person, and as long as he thinks that Lawson is still valuable, then he will never destroy the hole cards in his hand at will.
Morbius took away the seriously injured and unconscious Oralambson, and Rosen glanced in the direction of the academy and began to run wildly.
The distance he had just run out was not too far, about three or four minutes after running, and he saw the outer wall of the academy in the distance.
Rosen clearly saw that there were still monsters rushing out of the streets and alleys of the city, rushing into the academy through the gaps in the outer wall, and occasionally there were occasional bursts of gunfire in the academy.
After listening for a while, Lawson frowned slightly: "The continuous influx of monsters into the academy means that although the battle is still ongoing, the gunshots are sporadic and sporadic , I am afraid that the academy's defense force is not much left, and I don't know what is going on with Lilith." ’
Thinking of Lilith, a flash of anxiety flashed through Rosen's heart: 'I hope she's still alive.' ’
He quickened his pace again.
Half a minute later, he also reached the opening of the outer wall. The nearby monster spotted him and howled and lunged at him.
Rosen's mind moved, and runic light and shadow appeared in the air.
Frost Rune Magic: Ice Ring.
"Whew~~"
The icy cold air radiated out in all directions from the center of his body, just blocking the gap in the wall, and some unlucky monsters were hit by the cold air, and their whole bodies were covered with a thick layer of frost, and their movement speed suddenly became slower than that of a turtle.
Lawson ignored the guys, and while the Ice Ring was taking effect, he spotted a gap in the monster pack and strode into the academy.
The situation inside the academy had become even more chaotic than before, the ground had turned dark red, the houses and trees were either burning or had been burned to ashes, and there was hardly a single intact building in sight. There were a large number of corpses lying on the ground, monsters, magicians, and warriors.
Rosen looked around, but he didn't see a single magician, all he saw was monsters. Most of these monsters are rushing towards the inner courtyard, and a few are crouching on the ground, frantically biting at human corpses.
Rosen glanced in the direction of the inner courtyard, and was stunned: "No, why is there no defensive enchantment?" ”
He remembered very clearly that just now, a huge magic shield glowing with purple light was shrouded in Jiangxin Island, but now, the shield was gone.
"Has the barrier been breached?" Rosen's heart was pounding.
The inner courtyard enchantment has been breached, and these monsters are unblocked, and they will definitely flood into the core area of the academy in large numbers. With the destructive power of these savage creatures, in less than an hour, this magic academy can definitely be destroyed to the ground.
The inner courtyard is destroyed, the magic academy is also completely destroyed, Nilogaard City will lose its strength against monsters, the city will also be completely destroyed, and all ordinary people in the city will fall prey to monsters.
"What should I do? What can I do? Rosen was a little confused.
There are too many monsters, he is alone, even if he has almost inexhaustible rune power, but if he wants to block these monsters, he has to risk his life to have a chance of success.
But what if he died, what would Anne do? What about Little Alice?
Just as he was hesitating, a gunshot suddenly sounded 'bang~' not far away, followed by the ghoul's howl.
Lawson turned his head to follow the prestige, and saw that about a hundred meters away, there was a small two-story stone house still standing, and on the balcony of the stone house, there was a faint figure swaying.
"It must be the surviving warriors of the Academy!"
Rosen was slightly happy in his heart, and immediately took a big stride and rushed towards the stone house.
On the way, some monsters tried to stop them, but Lawson would never entangle with these monsters, as long as he waited for them to get closer, he immediately released an ice ring to slow them down, and he himself fled.
What makes Rosen feel strange is that there are obviously countless monsters in the outer courtyard, but there are almost no monsters who came to block him, and some monsters attack Rosen more because he is in the way.
The monsters ignored him, and they rushed towards the inner courtyard with all their hearts, as if there was some rare treasure in the inner courtyard.
"It's weird." The more Rosen looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
In a few moments, he rushed to the vicinity of the stone house, and the people on the balcony of the house spotted him. Thinking that Rosen was also a monster, this reckless guy raised the musket in his hand and pulled the trigger on Rosen without hesitation.
"Damn it!"
Lawson immediately lunged to the ground next to him, hiding behind a large tree stump, and shouted at the same time, "Don't do it, I'm Lilith. Miss Linde's friend. I'm here to help. ”
As soon as he said this, Rosen heard several exclamations from the stone house, and after a few seconds, a familiar female voice came from the balcony: "Alchemist, is that you?" You're alive?! ”
It was Lilith's voice, she wasn't dead.
Rosen was overjoyed and turned out from behind the stump: "It's me." I defeated that mighty monster. ”
He saw Lilith, who was standing on the balcony, her face and clothes covered in black mud and blood, and her golden hair was burned and curled with fire. After seeing Rosen, she laughed, laughed, smiled, covered her mouth again, and cried 'woo~', tears welled up from her eyes, washed away the black mud on her face, and slid to the ground.
There was a 'squeak' from the wooden door on the first floor of the stone house, the door opened, and behind the door, a young man who was also covered in mud and blood beckoned to Rosen: "Alchemist, come in!" ”
Rosen quickly stepped into the stone house, and the wooden door of the room was immediately closed, and several armored warriors struggled to push a large boulder behind the door, blocking the entire wooden door tightly.
The hall on the first floor of the stone house is quite spacious, about fifty or sixty square meters, and the ground of the hall is full of seriously wounded people, some of them are missing arms, some of them have broken legs, and some of their intestines are leaking out, and one guy is even missing half of his face.
However, the wounded only hummed quietly at best, and many more lay on the ground in silence, staring at the dimly lit ceiling without blinking. If it weren't for the occasional blink of their eyes, Rosen would have almost thought that the seriously wounded were dead.
There were less than 15 people left standing in the hall, each with some kind of wounded body, and their expressions were miserable and their eyes were filled with despair.
"Dengden~"
There was a sound of footsteps in the direction of the stairs, and when Rosen looked up, he saw that Lilith was trotting all the way down the second floor, and when she reached the hall, she rushed towards him even faster. When she got closer, she threw herself into Lawson's arms and hugged Lawson tightly with both hands.
"Alchemist, I thought you were dead! Woo woo ~ I thought I wouldn't see you! She cried and laughed and was very emotional.
Rosen was a little embarrassed, he didn't expect Lilith to react at all, hesitated for a few seconds, he reached out and patted Lilith on the back gently, comforting: "Don't cry, I'm still alive." When I really die one day, it's not too late for you to cry. ”
"......" Lilith was slightly stunned, thinking that Rosen's words sounded weird, but she couldn't find anything wrong for a while, so she calmed down a little, she let go of Rosen, stretched out her hand to wipe her tears, lowered her head and said: "Alchemist, it's good that you can come back." ”
Rosen was a little unnatural, he turned his head to look at the survivors in the hall and asked, "Is that all there is left?" ”
"Well, that's all there is to it for those who are still alive." Lilith replied sadly: "After you left, more and more monsters rushed towards the academy, and we really couldn't resist it, so we could only fight and retreat, and finally retreated here." ”
Rosen asked, "This is not the place to stay for long. What are your plans? ”
"I don't know." Lilith shook her head blankly, "The situation is completely beyond my imagination, if you hadn't come, I would almost have thought we would all die here." ”
Rosen can understand Lilith, in fact, if he were to be replaced, he would have nothing to do but wait for death.
Even if it was Lawson a few months ago, he couldn't help, but now, he has powerful rune magic.
After a few seconds of silence, Rosen suddenly remembered the strange phenomenon he had seen earlier, and he asked, "Lilith, I came all the way and found that all those monsters were rushing towards the inner courtyard, almost ignoring me, as if they were crazy. You say, is there any treasure hidden in the inner courtyard? ”
Lilith was stunned: "All went to the inner courtyard?" Isn't there an enchantment in the inner court? ”
"The barrier is gone."
As soon as these words came out, several exclamations suddenly sounded in the hall of the stone house, and many people were still a little angry on their faces, but now, there was only numbness and despair left.
"It's over~ It's completely over."
"The academy is ruined~ ruined!"
"Hey~~~"
Lilith was also blinded, and muttered, "How can this be? How so? ”
Rosen couldn't figure it out, didn't the academy have a great magician? Why didn't I see a single figure, if those great magicians were there, they wouldn't have been beaten to the point of being helpless.
"What about the esteemed archmages?" He couldn't help but ask.
Lilith shook her head: "No, basically not there." They were all invited by the king to the royal capital for the festival of the Celestial Gods, and there was only one Fleming in the academy. Ben is a great magician. ”
"Only one great magician? Oh, what the hell! Lawson was a little frustrated, and he scratched his hair hard: "Now that the barrier has been broken by monsters, then Master Fleming ......."
"It's possible to be dead in battle, but it's more likely to be alive......"
Speaking of this, Lilith's eyes lit up slightly: "There are two layers of defensive enchantments in the inner courtyard, one layer to defend Jiangxin Island, and one layer to defend the Tower of Wisdom. The outer barrier has been broken, but the inner barrier has probably not been breached. Master Fleming is now likely to retreat to the Tower of Wisdom! ”
"And then? So what? A young magician suddenly interjected, "There are so many monsters, we can't do anything!" ”
"No!" Lilith shook her head, and she looked at Lawson, "Alchemist, those monsters must be heading for the Tower of Wisdom. Because the tower preserves countless magic books and a large number of precious magic tools. If the Tower of Wisdom is destroyed, the world will lose countless crystals of wisdom, the Academy will cease to exist, and the power of magic will be hundreds of years backwards than it is now. When the time comes, without the suppression of the magician, the monsters will be ten or a hundred times more raging than they are now! ”
That's true, Rosen agrees, the only problem is that he doubts if he can stop this.
"Alchemist, you have a way, I know you must have a way, right?" Lilith stared at Rosen's eyes with a deep sense of anticipation.
When he was in the underground city, Lawson showed a series of strange methods, and just now, he actually defeated that terrifying warrior. In Lilith's eyes, Rosen seems to have a strange ability to make the impossible possible.
Rosen was silent.
At this moment, he thought of the gentle and firm Annie, the delicate and well-behaved little Alice, the tragic death of Sister Mary, and the arrogant Veronica, and finally, the white-robed Bishop Amran suddenly appeared in his mind.
It dawned on him that 'Amran's has been chasing the secrets of the Great Mage, and he must be coveting the magical knowledge in the Tower of Wisdom. Hehe, since you want it, I'll let you get nothing! ’
"Lilith, I'm not familiar with the terrain of the inner courtyard."
Lilith immediately said, "It's okay, I'll show you the way!" ”
Obviously, she has completely disregarded her own life and death, she is such a heroic girl, how could Rosen retreat.
"Then let's go now!"