Chapter Ninety-Two: Activating the Circle
The sanity of the Chaos Beasts had long since been eroded by the "Chaos Elemental", and even the Beastmaster could only suppress their impulses without making these crazy creatures smarter. Now that the Beastmaster has been subdued, there is nothing left to curb their madness. Liu Li could see from their scarlet eyes that the reason why these chaotic beasts still did not flee was not to avenge the dead king, they simply wanted to tear apart everything that did not belong to the same kind.
Owen didn't let his mercenaries rest much, but just breathed a sigh of relief, and joined the battle with the chaos beast again, first, for fear that something would happen again, and secondly, there was not much time left to set up the magic circle. Although the previous three spellcasters focused on blocking and did not cause too much damage to the chaotic beast herd, they were all real damage spells, although there were not many demonic beasts that died under the spell, but almost all of them were injured. The effect of the spell of the "Unholy Force" has not yet subsided, and the final battle ended without danger, at least the mercenaries of the "Gray Corner" did not suffer any casualties.
Chillingly, even at the last minute, none of the Chaos Beasts ever made an attempt to escape. Under the erosion of the "chaotic elements", they have lost even the instinct to survive.
The process of arranging the magic circle is quite smooth, and those who can cultivate to the level of an intermediate mage, no matter how well they perform in battle, at least their perception of the elements has a good level. Moreover, mid-level mages will be more or less exposed to some knowledge of the circle, even if they have no talent for it, it is not a problem to arrange it according to the example given by Landolia before. So Liu Li saw a familiar scene again - Winnie and Max, two middle-level mages, were busy lying on the stone platform just like the comic book authors before the deadline.
After the battle, Liu Li naturally reported to Landolia as soon as possible, he didn't know what the situation of the other teams was, and whether they needed the support of the carriage. But Landolia only asked him to use this simple mage tower to quickly recover the mental power lost in the battle, and not to worry about the situation of others. Liu Li then remembered the frantic arrangement that Landolia had made for the last step of the mission. Not only did the Vice Dean not only sabotage the Odin's plans, but also annihilate the enemies guarding the circle, and she didn't even plan to let go of the staff that contained the "element of chaos", and planned to add it to her collection.
The idea of snatching the staff was also a deliberate decision made by Landolia. The "Chaos Element" originally belonged to the "Demon Realm", but it can't change its essence and is still a red element, God knows if you miss this time, you will be able to find a chance to contact that world in the future. Although Landolia herself majored in black spells, her lover, Wells, majored in red elements, not to mention Liu Li's talent for affinity. If this characteristic of the red element is studied thoroughly, not only will Liu Li's strength be greatly improved, but Wells' promotion to the sixth order is just around the corner.
Fortunately, the elemental pool in the carriage was still soaked in Liu Li's condensed elemental crystals, and the increase through the magic circle could greatly speed up the recovery of spiritual power, otherwise Liu Li really didn't have the confidence to be able to restore his spiritual power to the best state before the final stage began.
At the same time that Liu Li began to meditate, Landolia, who was guarding next to the repulsion circle, was establishing a connection with Wells through psychic communication.
"Will, what's going on over there, how many have you caught?"
"Three...... Oh, and the fourth one just arrived and hasn't spotted me yet. Wells sneered and said, "I wish I could catch a few more this time, and it would be a disaster to save them from staying." ”
"I don't think there will be any more, the arrangement of several absorption circles is nearing completion, even if they pass on the news now. ”
Wells is responsible for a task that is not difficult, but the importance cannot be ignored, he has to guard the entrance of the dark cavern and catch the Odin spies who have infiltrated the mercenary team, which is the real reason why the high-ranking mage did not set up the magic circle with the team. The Odin Empire's plan has been laid out for so long, and the mercenary team that often begs for a living here in Shadow Iron Mountain will inevitably be inserted a few eyeliners.
"What's going on over there?" Wells was distracted, staring at the figure sneakily coming out of the dark cave as he asked about the baby student.
"I had a bit of trouble just now, but it's been resolved now. However, the 'Gray Corner' mercenary group has suffered heavy losses this time, so let's find a way to compensate them when the time comes. What do you think of the idea of throwing the kids I brought out of the academy into their mercenary group to get a better experience?"
"It's a good idea, you can also let Liu Li lead the team, and the mercenaries can command the group of children in the academy who are above the top. ”
Liu Li, who was immersed in a meditative state, naturally didn't know that he had been sold by the two teachers together, and he shivered with a feeling. However, he didn't have time to pay attention to this for the time being, and at this time, he was immersed in the meditation space, recovering his mental strength while feeling the blue changes in the meditation space.
The erosion of the "Chaos Element" on the dark cave has been going on for a long time, especially in the cave where the Beast King exists, and Liu Li has more or less incorporated some of the "Chaos Element" into the meditation space just now during the battle. The crimson markings left behind after the red rune was detonated outside Tulun Town a year ago also became a little clearer under the moisture of this element. Liu Li was not too surprised by this, what really surprised him was another situation that he had never thought of.
The deeper black runes pulsated slightly, unchanged from before. But Liu Li could keenly perceive that there was some faint connection between it and the green life rune given to him by the Ancient Tree of Life. It seems that Liu Li has a natural sensitivity to this kind of rune from ancient times, the ancient tree of life spent tens of thousands of years to accumulate, and it only took him a few days to copy the rune condensed into the azure in the meditation space. It's just the absence of another trait that makes this rune look like an entangled vine. At this time, the vines that were connected to the black runes looked a little clearer. Liu Li didn't know if this change was good or bad, but he felt that the reason why this situation happened was inseparable from the spell he had just tried and successfully cast.
In fact, Liu Li was able to successfully cast the spell of "Unholy Power", and the luck component was really big. The vast amount of knowledge bestowed by the ancient tree made him no less than the most experienced magician in terms of the structure of green spells. And the black element, thanks to the ancient rune that combines the characteristics of "darkness" and "death", makes his mastery not inferior to that of Landolia, a high-level mage.
However, now is obviously not the time to study, Liu Li can only suppress this change in his heart, and leave it to explore the mystery after everything is over. The two mid-level mages Winnie and Max were not as idle as Liu Li, and the two of them didn't even have time to recover their mental strength, so there was really not much time left for them to set up the absorption circle.
The elites of the "Gray Corner" suffered huge losses after this battle, and Owen, as the head of the regiment, was bleeding from his heart, but at this time, the task had not been completed, and he could not afford to relax in the slightest. He first asked his men to collect the corpses of his comrades who died in the battle, and then arranged for the treatment of those who were too wounded, and then personally led several mercenaries who could still move to explore the situation in the cave. Hill's death was too hard for the old mercenary, although he knew that the mercenary's life was inevitably life and death, but the sadness in his heart was still difficult to suppress.
"Captain, in addition to the tunnel we dug when we came, there are two passages that I don't know where they lead, and I have asked the squirrel to investigate. It was Toru who spoke, this young mercenary who had just become a full-fledged martial artist was in a good mental state, but the wound on his right arm, which had been simply bandaged and was still oozing blood, proved that he was also not lightly injured in the battle just now, "Sister Hill......"
"Stinky boy, I'm not that fragile yet, I don't need you to run over and comfort me. Owen knew that he cared about him, and he couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his sadness.
The news brought back by the squirrel is not bad, two unfamiliar tunnels, one of which has been confirmed to be a dead end, and although the other tunnel has found traces of demonic beasts, the width is not enough for war beasts to pass through. Owen calculated, if there was no intervention of the war beast, with more than twenty people who could still fight, it should be no problem to hold on for a moment and a half, and hold on until the effect of the magic circle is fully activated. According to Landoria's plan, it would only take a maximum of an hour to absorb the Circle to channel the "Element of Chaos" into the main circle on the Shadow Beastmaster.
More than an hour passed, and Liu Li, who was meditating, heard the message from Landolia through psychic communication, and the five absorption circles had been arranged, and they began to activate five minutes later. And Liu Li, it's time to complete the final task with the teacher.
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"Captain Owen, it's about an hour or so, and you can withdraw when you see those lines on the periphery of the circle disintegrating......" Liu Li said here, wanting to stop talking.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of those two girls for you, even if I fold them here myself, I'll have them taken out safely. Owen didn't know what Liu Li was worried about, and said with a smile. He will not collapse because of this blow, the loss of "Gray Corner" is indeed very large, but it is not enough to knock down this old mercenary who has been fighting for decades. "It's you, according to the character of the Black Hole Witch, I'm afraid your mission this time won't be too easy. ”
Liu Li was speechless for a while, Owen really didn't guess wrong, this closing task is indeed crazy enough. Without saying anything more, Liu Li directly dodged into the funnel formed by the "dark shuttle", and the carriage also disappeared without a trace in a huge black hole.
"Are you ready?" Liu Li had just recovered from his elemental form, and before he could open his eyes, he heard Landolia's voice.
"I'm fine, but...... Teacher Landuo, do you really want to do this?"
"Heh, you still don't know Landuo's temperament for so long?" replied to Liu Li, it was Wells who had just come out of another funnel, "She won't be willing to try it." ”
"Hey, still Will you know me. Landolia's laughter, Liu Li had a sense of schadenfreude no matter how she heard it, "Since this group of Odin people are so ignorant and dare to come here to spread wild, I can't watch them swagger away, can I?"
After a few days of exploration, Landolia has figured out the details of this group of Odin. There are a total of thirteen people stationed in the huge cavern underground, including five spellcasters and eight guards. Among them, the most difficult to deal with were the two high-level mages who presided over the magic circle.
After Liu Li heard Landoria explain her plan before, she also asked why she didn't bring more people to attack directly, and then deal with the problem of the erosion of the "chaotic element" in the dark cave after the group of people in the underground was done, and the answer she got was that the three of them were already the limit. Landolia's "Dark Travel" is not small, and if she wants to maintain her combat effectiveness, she can't bring more people there, especially in that kind of environment filled with "chaotic elements". In fact, her original plan was to call Kuhn, who was far away in Elenor City, to have a high-level martial artist who would move much more smoothly, but considering that there may be no one in the entire empire who understands the characteristics of the "chaotic element" better than Liu Li, she finally dispelled this idea and let Liu Li join the action instead.
I don't know if I have been assimilated by living with Landolia for a long time, or if the "chaotic element" here has affected him, in the face of an enemy whose strength on paper is far greater than his own, Liu Li can sense that in addition to worry, there is also an irrepressible ...... Excited.
"Okay, don't talk nonsense, the guys above probably can't wait, let's get started. Landolia said, not waiting for Liu Li and Wells to respond, and directly inspired the rejection circle.