Chapter 1087: The Beginning of the Mage War
Even with the efforts of the White Church to mediate, the war began.
The first to strike was the Adric Academy.
Under Sivi's command, Edric's students made full use of their own academy's resources, which were far superior to those of the Mage Guild, and defeated the advance army sent by the Mage Guild in one fell swoop, attempting to surround Simolo.
Because the victory was so clean and neat, the eyes of the surrounding idlers who were waiting to see jokes and touch corpses almost fell out.
Some people may want to ask, it was clearly said that the old man Sharman of the Mage Association and the Sivi of the Adric Academy had already had a tacit understanding in the dark, and even decided the direction of the war a long time ago, so why would there be such a situation as the advance army of the Mage Association surrounding Simolo?
The reason is simple.
Because the more the future goes, although the scale of the war will expand to a certain extent, because of Sivi's intervention, there is almost no need to doubt the result.
Therefore, if the Mage Guild wants to have more leverage at the negotiating table after the war, it can only achieve a considerable degree of advantage in the early stage.
You don't need to try your best to kill the students of the Adric Academy, you just need to defeat them. And let them go like a lost dog, so that they can give Sivi an invisible constraint - from the perspective of war, giving up killing and injuring Edric's students is giving Sivi a favor.
At that time, even if Xiwei makes a move, he will definitely be constrained because of this favor - people deliberately let go of your students, and you turn your head and kill others, which is a little too much.
It is important to know that Adric does not need a strong administrative organization, but a school, and a school that loses its reputation will not only fail to gain the respect of others, but will also greatly affect its own development.
Sivi is not stupid, so he naturally knows the strangeness of this.
It's just that he knows that he won't be stupid enough to give points to the other party.
After figuring out the general strategy of the place, it is time to see the moves.
During the battle, the advance troops of the Mage Guild were more or less water--probably afraid that they would accidentally kill the students of the Adric Academy and invite Sivi's revenge - but because of this, they would in turn be defeated by the students of Adric, who they considered to be just rookies.
But in the same way, Sivi didn't kill these defeated mages on a large scale, otherwise this war would have turned sour.
He just asked the students in the school to come up with a special set of seal scrolls, and sealed the magic of the defeated and captured mages - the seals on the scrolls would last for about three months, and by that time the war should be almost over.
It's not that the Mage Guild has nothing to do with this seal, in fact, as long as the magicians of the academy study hard, they will be able to decipher the seal in about a month, and maybe the spell science over there will improve a little because of this.
Even ignoring the sealing principle, it is not impossible to let a powerhouse at the level of a great magician directly solve the spell.
But if all the mages of the academy are really thrown into the mage tower for study, then Hohenheim's combat power will be further reduced, and maybe the war will end in a month.
And if the great magician forcibly breaks the spell, it will have a considerable impact on the spirit and mana, if the departure of the academic mage is to affect the main combat power, then the great magician to solve the spell is to affect the high-end combat power, no matter what, it is Hohenheim's side to suffer.
You must know that this is not just one or two seals, just the anti-encirclement and suppression of Simolo Advance Army, the number of mages who have been sealed exceeds a thousand (although most of the lower mages are the majority).
And according to the development of the war, it is clear that this situation will be even worse for Hohenheim.
So the question arises, can Hohenheim use the same tactics against the Adric Academy?
Perhaps the higher-ups over there will make a similar attempt, but the end result will definitely be disappointing for them.
Because Edric's Three Sages system can decipher almost all the seals and enchantments of this era in a short period of time, and then just need to unseal them in a low-cost, fast and effective way......
As the war dragged on, the scales of victory soon tilted in absolute favor, and in the stunned eyes of everyone who didn't know the inside story, they moved closer to Edric's side.
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"It's incomprehensible!"
In a grove at the southern end of the Eastern Plains, a magician complained.
He and his companions were marching through the woods at the moment.
The forest is not a good crop, and many places hide swamps and natural pits, which even the most seasoned hunter will slowly and carefully guide when entered.
But these magicians are different.
They sat on sliding poles, carried by the servants like sedan chairs, and walked swiftly through the forest.
The mage who had just complained took out his wand and shook it lightly, and a detection trap spell was cast, and many dark red points of light suddenly appeared on the ground.
The servants were careful to avoid where the points of light were.
"I don't know what I thought, but I want us to show mercy to those little kids......" He withdrew his wand, and then continued, "What are you kidding, we're not rookies!" You must know that the battle of magicians is defeated as long as there is a moment of negligence, and the end of defeat is eighty percent death! Are those bastards of the Mage Council so unconcerned about our lives? β
"Well, I think the above should have their own ideas, Mr. Sharman is not like the kind of person who jokes with other people's lives." The other round-faced mage said calmly, and it seemed that he was more optimistic by nature: "Maybe we can go back to Hohenheim as long as we go through the motions?" I'd rather huddle in a mage tower and experiment than slaughter or be killed. β
His words resonated quite a bit, and the other mages also praised it.
Suddenly, the movements of the servants stopped.
Not far from them, in front of them, a man in a trench coat and hood stood there, as if waiting for them to arrive.
"Who are you?"
The magician who had complained at first narrowed his eyes and drew his wand as if facing a great enemy.
But almost the next moment, circular openings appeared in the space around them.
Immediately after, the other mages around were suddenly swept into the spatial cave by the claws or tentacles that suddenly stretched out from the entrance of the cave, and immediately a large stream of blood splattered out from those holes, and along with the terrible screams of those mages before they died.
The only remaining magician was frightened by the sudden turn of events, and he screamed and waved his wand, shooting a stream of silver air.
The hooded man on the other side just tilted his head slightly, easily avoiding the silver airflow.
But because of this, his hood was pulled down by the aftermath of the air current, revealing the face under the hood.
"It's you!"
The magician, apparently knowing the other man, yelled and wanted to cast the spell again.
But the hoodman didn't give him that chance.
With a snap of his fingers, a huge blue wurm creature fell from the sky and tore the mage into a mess of flesh.
"Stop playing," it was only then that the hood closed the spatial openings, then jumped behind the blue wurm, and then said to the blue wurm, "Let's go, Digarex." β
"Roarββ!!!