Chapter 148: Breaking Out of the City
There are so many subspecies of giants that it is difficult for a scholar to determine its specific affiliation in a short period of time. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ However, Barrett still knows something about this, and the 'Spell Keeper' Haiyan is now known as the 'Hidden Giant'.
The 'Hidden Giants' are an isolated group of giants who try to avoid contact with the humanoid race. This even includes other giants. Unlike their wild counterparts, they do not survive by plundering, but rather gather and hunt. It's a relatively powerful and alternative giant breed, and of course it's not the limit of 'Spell Keeper' Haiyan, but it's his best choice right now.
The reckless dismantling of the two sides of the battle caused great damage to the city of Kaos, and also provided ample ammunition for the 'Hidden Giant' transformed by the 'Guardian of the Spell' Haiyan. For this tall creature with the ability to 'throw stones', the stones that are grabbed at hand are as powerful as the stone bullets that are carefully polished for the catapult.
The Lucia soldiers around them were all bleeding after being hit by the stone - after all, this heavy stone was not a 'fluttering' bow and arrow, and even if it didn't hit the head, it was enough to make the ordinary Lucia soldiers fall to the ground. In this environment in front of you, as long as you fall, you may not be able to escape the fate of breaking your head and bleeding.
However, although the 'Hidden Giant's stone-throwing ability alone can bring back a city and put a certain amount of pressure on those Lucia soldiers, it is still far from helping to break through. What really allowed the rescue team and the rescued target to escape successfully was another ability of the 'Hidden Giant', "Trampling".
When this giant charges or rams, it causes enemies in its path to become unstable and take a lot of damage. Although the 'Hidden Giant' will be counterattacked by the trampled in the process, this tactic is still very effective in situations where there is a large difference in individual strength - if it is a mage's transformation, it can also use spells to further improve the ability to protect itself. It's easier to use.
Of course, there is a valid reason why 'Spellkeeper' Haiyan did not become a 'Hidden Giant' in the previous battle, but instead let Barrett and Boreham Prophet struggle to support him. The first is that the duration of the 'Transfiguration' is too short, and if you don't know when the intelligence officer will come to the round, using it too early may result in the exit of the Transfiguration state at a critical moment.
If the first point could be compensated for with more spell slots or timely successions of scrolls and potions. The second reason is that it's a big problem - if the Lucia had known in their previous battles that the 'Spellkeeper' Haiyan could use such a 'Hidden Giant' transformation, they might not have found a way to deal with this situation.
Kaos is also a not-so-small city in the Kingdom of Lucia. With their strength, there must be quite a few official spellcasters in such a place. In addition, it is not difficult for the folk mages in the opposition to find out the shortcomings of transforming into a 'hidden giant' and find a way to solve it. When the time comes, if you are targeted and countered, you in the rescue team will be in pain.
So it's foolish to expose your cards too early in a battle - even if it's not the only one, or even the most important, you should be stingy when you can barely support it in battle.
With the powerful power of the 'Spell Keeper' Haiyan, the rescue team led the intelligence agents to immediately break out of the encirclement established by the Lucians around the hotel. After leaving the battle area, the original ruins finally disappeared without a trace, and the street layout that should be in front of the city immediately changed in front of him.
However, because of the huge movement of the battle just now, and the chaos deliberately created by the intelligence officers in the city. Although this area has not experienced the baptism of war, it is also a mess. And there was not a single active figure in the entire street, along with the houses on either side. The rattan basket tumbling in the spring breeze seems to give people the feeling of entering a ghost town.
And as the 'Spell Keeper' Haiyan transformed into a 'Hidden Giant', his body became more and more evident after entering the civilian area of the low house. The bureaucrat at the head of the city, whose head was so round that it was shining, once again stretched out his carrot-like fingers and grabbed the officer in front of him: "If you said no, then I will believe it." But now that he's that big, don't tell me you can't shoot anymore. β
When he looked at the other carrot and pestle the 'Hidden Giant', the Lucia officer in front of him naturally understood what his boss meant. But even so, he didn't dare to pat his chest and pack the ticket: "Give it a try, we can give it a try." At such a close distance, there is hope that this hot quest can be completed with normal standard spells. β
"It's just a possibility, what have you been doing all these years?" The fat Lucia bureaucrat who was hit one after another is really a little impatient now.
The officer who heard this couldn't help it at this time: "Speaking of this year, you logistics have made up for our supplies all these years!" and the military pay was also paid in full. Relying on the little money in the past, I can't afford to train the city defense equipment at all. Do you think there are still many relevant skilled hands? β
While the Lucia mid-level people at the head of the city were busy biting each other and shirking their responsibilities, the rescue team had already rushed to the west gate of Coos City. At this time, the inside of the West Gate was like a Category 12 typhoon passing through, and there was not a single intact building to be foundβit was more completely destroyed than the area around the hotel where Barrett and others had fought before.
In the face of the enemy powerhouse who was still barely pestering the Ovaltine Knight at the moment, the 'Spell Guardian' Haiyan stretched out his hand and pointed out without saying a word, and then the other party left and flew with his feet off the ground and towards the sky at high speed - 'anti-gravity'.
This medium-range spell reverses gravity in an area, causing all undocked objects and creatures in the area to fall upwards and reach the top of the area within 6 seconds. At the limit of a cube with a side length of 10 feet at most every two levels, Haiyan the 'Spell Keeper' can instantly send the opponent 70 feet into the air.
If any solid object is encountered during a fall, such as a ceiling, the falling object and creature will be hit in the same way as a normal fall. If an object or creature reaches the top of the area and does not hit any solids, it will stay there and oscillate slightly until the spell ends. After the spell duration ends, affected objects and creatures will fall.
If something can be caught, a creature can protect itself with a successful reflex immunity when affected by a spell. Creatures that are able to fly or float can avoid falling on their own.
Although judging from the effect of the spell alone, the anti-'gravity' is not strong at all. It doesn't matter if it is controlled and the impact is not great, and the damage caused at the same time is small and conditional. But the biggest advantage of this spell is that it ignores magic resistance, can't be waived directly, and doesn't require aiming to hit - especially if there is no fixed grabber nearby, which is almost unsolvable. It's still quite effective against tough guys like knights.
Of course, the duration of this effect was not long, and the Lucia Knight, who was forced to float in the air, also adjusted his center of gravity and assumed a defensive posture at the first time. At such a time, it is impossible to take advantage of the victory, and even the Knight of Ovaltine cannot kill an enemy in mid-air with a single hit.
However, the Ovaltine Knights, who had received assistance, were still acting like a rainbow at the moment. After not being harassed by the Lucian knight, I saw him holding the spear tightly with one arm, and the already hideous gauntlet seemed to have grown out of thin air. As the Ovaltine knight ran, the spear in his hand accelerated and shot out in a spiral.
After a loud bang, the outermost gate was directly pierced and collapsed by this spear. Then the huge iron fence inside was also slashed under the swords of Barrett and the Knight of Ovaltine. The Ovaltine Knights' own strength was enough, and Barrett's early career in the Stone Dragons almost made him a demolition professional.
Barrett, who had broken through the gates, turned around and asked the Knight of Ovaltine, "Isn't there a need to get that spear back if it is thrown like this?" β
"Don't worry! It was just an ordinary crafted spear. After using it just now, I'm afraid I can't get it back to the original. Knight Ovaltine said indifferently, "Anyway, it is within the scope of the war damage of this operation, just declare it directly to Lord Earl." β
"An ordinary refined spear! It's really worth using him to ring the gates of Kaos! Barrett said with a smirk as he jumped out of the gate. At the same time, the 'Spell Keeper' Haiyan summoned a thick fog that enveloped the city near the gates. Organize the city guards on the city wall to release cold arrows as the group retreats.
Although the surviving casters on Lucia's side quickly dispelled the fog. But Barrett and other Boramians had already taken advantage of this opportunity to escape from the effective supply of most crossbows.
When the city of Kaos behind him gradually became smaller, the 'Spell Keeper' Haiyan immediately handed the pre-prepared 'Phantom Pony Reins' to several Borem intelligence officers who were rescued: "There are 2 missing, it seems that someone has fallen into the hands of the Lucians?" β
"Yes! Bernardine and Kirkman are both gone. Bernardine was the first to be exposed, and according to the information we have received, he should have fallen into the hands of the Lucians. Kirkman, on the other hand, committed suicide in a failed breakout. At this time, one of the Boreham intelligence agents gave such a reply.
As the commander of this operation, Knight Ovaltine naturally wanted to make his position clear: "But with the situation just now, we can't save Bernardine at all. We don't even know where he's being held. β
"There's no way around it, even if we're in the city, we haven't found any useful information these days." An intelligence agent who had just escaped said with some dejection in his head at this time.
In fact, after the intelligence station was exposed, these intelligence officers who were not caught in the first place, after receiving a warning from their superiors, chose to hide in private. After changing identities, they hid in a safe house known only to them, always on the lookout for possible follow-up arrests.
As for inquiring about the arrested companions, they could not say that they had not done anything at all. But the guy who has become a frightened bird does not dare to make any moves to cross the line. Therefore, they may not have received much more information than the rescue team later. The topic just now is just to give both sides a passable step.
"The rest of us will figure it out later, now we must get out of here first, and the Lucians nearby will soon come after us. And when I use teleportation spells, I need a relatively safe environment. "Taking advantage of the time of the conversation just now, the 'Spell Keeper' Haiyan secretly used a spell to reconfirm the identities of several people.
Immediately after confirming that everything was correct, the group waved the reins and descended into the wilderness away from the main road with the help of the Phantom Pony. With the help of a magical mount that could ignore the terrain, the group crossed rivers and bushes, and soon disappeared from Lucia's view.
"It's the place! You help keep an eye on the dot and don't let people influence my spellcasting. As he spoke, Spell Keeper Haiyan immediately rolled over and dismounted. Drawing a wand, he began to cast a spell with one free hand. The dismounted Knight of Ovaltine immediately grabbed the empty palm of the 'Spell Keeper' Haiyan. Then he turned his head and said, "Hurry up, everyone, don't wait until the mantra is over, it's too late to go back." β
Although the Knight of Ovaltine seemed to be in a hurry, in fact, the casting time of this teleportation spell was as long as 1 minute. So the rest of the team has plenty of time to hold hands and connect themselves. Then the spell was completed, and everyone felt the gravity disappear, and then they couldn't tell the difference between up and down, left and right.
By the time everyone's eyes returned to normal, the surrounding scene had been turned upside down. Warren Buffett turned his head to look at his surroundings: "It's back in Boreham." But it seems to be a wilderness to the southeast of the territory. The nearest town is about 2 hours away. β
"Anyway, just come back. At least we won't be chased away by the Lucians now. After confirming his departure from the Kingdom of Lucia, Barrett let out a long sigh: "Although the final result is not very satisfactory, our operation can be regarded as smooth. β
"But someone has been arrested anyway, and the rest of the intelligence officers have to be more careful." Warren Buffett the Fool sighed as he spoke. (To be continued.) )