Chapter 8: The Court Magician?
"I'm rarely honest with people, even with myself, and that's because I don't trust anyone. www.biquge.info I grew up in a place where if you don't kill people, you will be killed, and if you don't deceive people, you will be deceived. If you want to survive, you must trample your relatives, friends, parents and brothers under your feet and walk on their corpses. You can't trust anyone because everyone wants to hurt you. You can't get close to anyone either, because they will be killed because of you. Betrayal and exploitation are commonplace there, and there, you have a hard time believing even yourself......"
- Relos Celeste.
"Why would the soldiers of Lokamia hunt you down?"
After burying all the corpses, Relos asked curiously as he looked at the brown-red-haired magical girl.
"My name is Delis, and I was originally a nobleman of Lantis, so I have been hunted down by the Locamia army. The magical girl's eyes hesitated for a moment, and she stubbornly looked into Relos's eyes and replied, without backing down.
"Oh, that's right. ”
Relos agreed lightly, but in his heart, he actually turned his nose up at the magical girl's words, "After the fairy king Cridis entered Panisia City, his first order was to accept the surrender of all the Rantis nobles, and no longer hold anyone accountable for the resistance during the war. ”
Relos's expression was unusually calm, as if the matter of a head-on conflict with the Lokamia army was as ordinary as eating, shitting, sleeping and farting. This made Delis feel unacceptable, after saving a Lantis nobleman, this is the expression? Even if she is now a nobleman in distress, she has to show a surprised and shocked expression.
Perhaps it was this unconvincing psychology that caused Delis to go with her after learning that Relos and they were going to continue to exterminate the thieves, and Delis immediately asked to go with her: "I don't like to owe you a favor, no matter what purpose you saved me!"
After seeing Delith's skillful magic, Relos agreed unceremoniously and without thinking about it. Make an embarrassed face and excuse yourself? On the continent of Camrando, it is a very luxurious thing to have a mage join the mercenary team. And the group injuries and healing spells of the water mage are even more dreamed of by all adventurers.
On the continent of Camrando, most of the elven mages above are loyal to Lokamia's army. And due to the limitations of racial talent, the total number of magicians who can be recognized by magic elves in humans is far less than that of the elf race. Therefore, even the most rudimentary mages, as long as they are loyal to the Imperial army, will be treated much better than ordinary soldiers. In this way, except for a few outliers with casual personalities and adventurous personalities, few magicians will go to the people.
From the dialogue between the escaped thieves, it can be heard that the female thief Leah is only a small character, and the real leader seems to be very strong. With the arrogant personalities of Relos and Gui'er, although they didn't care much, it was of course the best if a magician reinforcement inexplicably fell from the sky and took the initiative to join.
If you get injured in battle, it can be very expensive to buy life magic potions for gold...... , It's different with a water magician Oh, hehe, Relos couldn't help but laugh out loud when he thought about it, and looked at Delise's eyes shining with the brilliance of gold coins, as if he was looking at a large bottle of endless healing potions.
Next, the orc's tracking technique opened Delis's eyes, and the fleeing thieves opened up in Gui'er's eyes, and the trails left behind them were simply deliberately guiding them away. The footprints of different shades on the ground, the dead branches and fallen leaves that were inadvertently stepped on, and even the smell of sweat on the trees of clothes, could not escape Gui'er's eyes and nose.
When he tracked all the way to the thief's cave, and when the sharp-eyed thief sentry found the unscrupulous three people killing the door, Relos had already stood on the single-plank bridge in front of the cave with a broad-bladed sword and scolded: "Lose your mother! Tell your leader to come out, Lao Tzu chased after him all night, and he was in a very bad mood." ”
Delis blushed a little when she heard this, as a nobleman who had grown up in the palace since she was a child, it was a shame to be in front of the battle to shout and curse behind such a ruffian-like companion.
"Demon Wings! It's Demon Wings!"
"Hell, why did you chase me so quickly. ”
"Where's the Chief, quick, go and inform the Chief. ”
The sentry had obviously already known what was going on in the tavern, so he was extremely sensitive to the two mercenaries who were carrying broad-bladed swords and bows and arrows on their shoulders, and after galloping away, a large group of thieves swarmed out in a moment, standing on the other side of the single-plank bridge and staring at the three of Relos as if they were facing a great enemy, with a nervous and tumultuous face, and holding weapons against each other.
"Where's the megalomaniacal boy!"
An old voice roared from the cavern, echoing with a faint wrath and rumble.
"Demon Wings?arrogant young man, hehe, let the old man see it. ”
Delith behind Relos stared wide-eyed in the direction of the cave, her delicate face changed drastically, and she covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Fire magic elves, what strong magic fluctuations!" As a magician, his unique magic affinity can sometimes be seen when magic elves are particularly active. At this time, Delis saw a large area of red fire magic elves in the cave almost swarming out with joy, which was obviously a very strong magic cast, and the magician was able to attract such a number of fire magic elves when casting magic, obviously the strength was very strong.
Sure enough, a red flame shot up from the door of the thief's cave, turned into a huge fireball, and blasted towards the three of Relos in the air.
"Fuck, the magicians are going to sneak up on them too?
Relos cursed as he scrambled to dodge the massive fireball.
The thieves on the other side of the bridge didn't take the opportunity to attack, much to Relos's surprise. Obviously, the mage who suddenly appeared was so confident that he didn't even need to command a melee warrior to charge as cannon fodder to suppress the enemy in order to buy time for his own spellcasting.
Of all the magic attributes, fire magic has always been the most offensive magic in a single entity. Where the three of Relos had just stood, a huge magical fireball had almost blasted a radius of ten meters into scorched earth.
The contrast between the roles of the old mage and the leader of the thieves is so great that it almost makes the eyes of Relos and Gui'er fall to the ground. In the expectation of Relos and Gui'er, the leader of the thieves, who ruled a fierce woman like the coquettish and prodigal female thief Leah, had to be eight feet long, with a fierce face and a vicious face, and at least two or three more scars on his face than Relos.
The ornate white ** mage robe was spotless, and the collar and cuffs were embroidered with delicate patterns. On the delicate magic wand, the top is inlaid with a fiery red fire crystal, which is extremely dazzling, and the old man's white hair and white beard are meticulously combed, and his face is full of wrinkles.
"Are you really the leader of this gang of thieves?"
Relos asked cautiously, the swordsman suit on his body was burned a few holes by the sparks flying by the big fireball, and he was on fire in his belly, and he hesitated whether to turn his face with the old man on the other side and fight desperately.
Delis also looked at the magician who suddenly appeared on the opposite side with some nervousness, the water magic she is good at is suitable for group attacks and healing, and the fire magic has always been restrained. And judging from the fireball just now, the other party's control of magic obviously surpassed his own.
Gui Er quietly pulled out the feather arrow, ready to kill the magician in seconds while people were unprepared, but he saw the old magician's figure flicker, and he actually hid behind the thieves in a cunning manner, obviously discovering Gui Er's slight small movements.
"Nonsense, the old man is the leader here. You're that demon-winged, arrogant boy, and I'll show you the greatness of magic right away!"
It is said that magicians who practice fire magic are very short-tempered, and Relos immediately saw it this time, whether it is a loud voice or a cannon-like speed of speech, the old magician is full of momentum. Relos wasn't even ready to fight, and the thieves on the opposite side had already bent their bows and raised their shields, forming a defensive counterattack formation, protecting the old magician in the middle.
"Wait a minute, please. ”
After seeing the appearance of the magician on the other side, Delith suddenly looked weird, opened her mouth to stop Relos, who was raising her sword and preparing to charge, and took a step forward, standing alone in front of the thieves.
"I would like to ask, is it Archmage Douglas on the other side?"
Relos raised his sword and was charging forward with his footsteps halted urgently, apparently startled by Delith's sudden questioning.
Douglas House, the former mage of the Lantis royal family, one of the famous magicians of the Landis Empire, specializes in fire magic, and is said to have reached the realm of a great mage three years ago. When Relos attacked the city of Panicia, the capital of Lantis, Archmage Douglas was fighting the allies of Locamia on the front lines. After the destruction of Lantis, the Imperial army was ambushed by the Allies on the way back and routed, and Archmage Douglas mysteriously disappeared. Mage Douglas once had an amazing record of incinerating hundreds of Lokamia elite soldiers with a single fire phoenix summoning technique, and Relos, as an enemy at that time, also studied the method of fighting fire magic in great detail.
After hearing this name, even Relos didn't dare to rush up and be burned to charcoal, and the speed at which the great magician chanted spells was amazingly fast.
After seeing Delisi standing alone in front of the formation, the old magician's expression was much richer than that of Relos who braked sharply under his feet, and he couldn't help but exclaim when he looked at the magical girl
"You! you, Dai..... Dai, Princess Delis, Her Royal Highness?"
The last four words, Her Royal Highness the Princess, the old magician shouted out hoarsely almost with tears, and almost threw away the wand in his hand with a raised hand.
"Is this going to be a bloody plot?"
Relos opened his mouth wide in astonishment, and the broad-bladed sword in his hand fell to the ground without noticing, and he turned his head helplessly to look at Gui'er. The half-orc shemale beautiful man had an expression of how could I know, rolled his eyes, didn't look at Relos with his eyes, and continued to watch the excitement seriously with wide eyes. Anyway, it seemed that he couldn't fight, and the bow and arrow had already been carried back on his back.
Archmage Douglas was also a friend of the Emperor of the Landis Empire in private, so after Frank was killed in battle, after Douglas hurried back to the palace, the city of Panisia had fallen, and there was no hope of rescue, so he led a part of the defeated army to hide, and finally Ye didn't know how to become a thief in the mountains, waiting for an opportunity to find hope for the restoration of the country. Archmage Douglas has always treated Delis as if she were his own daughter. Although Delis did not learn fire magic, her talent for magic still made Douglas very spoiled, and he taught his magic experience. When he learned that Princess Delis had been captured by the Fairy King, Archmage Douglas felt deeply guilty, but now he never dreamed that the princess would find the door of his lair.
"Blessed by the God of Creation, the heavens will not die for me Lantis, and there is hope for us to recover. ”
The tearful Douglas Hausen opened his arms and shouted loudly to the sky.
Relos carried his sword and watched Delis and Douglas reunite after a long absence, crying with joy, and muttering strangely.
"Damn, I actually saved the princess of the Landis Empire? It's going to be really interesting this time......."
"Restoration?"
After hearing the old magician's affectionate cry, Relos wondered if there was something wrong with his ears. Just the hundreds of thieves in the deep mountains and old forests, an old immortal fire magician and a beautiful princess who is lonely and in distress, are ready to return to the country?
A behemoth like Lokamia, hehe, it is said that the old goblin king is still a guy left over from the war of the demon gods.