Chapter 55: Desperate Situation
The back of the temple passage.
Noyce fell to one knee on the ground, blood pouring out of his mouth, falling drop by drop on the bluestone ground beneath his feet.
Rhodes' situation was also not very good, although the other two of his henchmen, human and troll, had been reduced to charred corpses under his firestorm, but just as Rhodes's mind relaxed slightly, a strange purple light suddenly shot out of Daisy's staff, hitting him directly on the forehead.
Suddenly, a wave of extreme pain struck him, and he was horrified to find ...... His own control over magic has also been greatly weakened!
For a spellcaster, the sudden and drastic suppression of the spellcasting ability is tantamount to a heavy blow.
Of course, the two lions on the opposite side would not let go of this opportunity created by the lives of their followers, and a fierce attack directly forced Rhodes and Noyce into a corner.
Not far away, Aprill looked at the two with a smile in his eyes, his eyes full of mockery.
"Hmph, what you just said sounds good, so that's all your strength?"
"If you are too careless, you will suffer. ”
Noyce clutched his left hand tightly over his chest, blood staining his skin red. Although he had been seriously injured by the woman who used ice on the other side, his face was still as calm and calm as ever, and he didn't seem to care about the strength of the other party at all.
"It's really stupid, can't you see the situation clearly until now?" A disdainful smile appeared on the corner of April's mouth, "Although your swordsmanship and that goblin's magic are very powerful, as long as you hit Daisy's sealing ray, no matter how powerful the caster is, most of your strength will be removed!"
"What's more, your strength is a little weaker than ours. Now that the spellcasting ability has been sealed, isn't the situation already obvious?"
"Long-winded!"
Noyce snorted coldly, and the long sword stabbed towards the enemy's vital point again, but as soon as he was about to touch April, as he had done the previous times, the opponent disappeared into thin air, appearing from a distance in an instant.
Originally, as a perfect swordsman, Noyce was the least outstanding one in the special security forces, and he had consumed too much strength just now, but his advantage in attack speed was absolutely overwhelming.
The preliminary fight just now has also proved that April is a warrior who has some of the power of the flames, but it may be because of the relationship between the demon and the martial arts, which is not very proficient in both aspects, so he is almost always pressed and beaten by Noyce.
If it weren't for Daisy's sealing ray that shot without warning and directly hit Rhodes, maybe he would have been able to end the battle in one fell swoop just now......
Now, though, April's skills seem to be a little different.
This kind of speed, if you really didn't rely on magic, would be like a foul!
In any case, if you can't even touch the opponent's body, then no matter how fierce the attack is, it is just the roar of a beast, and it can only scare some weak people.
Noyce's body, which had touched the wall countless times, finally couldn't stand it anymore, blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, but his eyes were still cold, and he couldn't see a trace of tiredness.
"If you have the ability, let me hide from this?"
Without waiting for April's taunt again, Rhodes' voice arrived first. What was a little surprising was that he, who had already suffered mental damage from the seal, stubbornly aimed his staff at April again at this time.
"Innocent, with your current strength, what kind of magic can you use? And I've got Daisy here—hmm!"
"Be careful!"
Daisy's reminder was still a step too late, and an incredible thing happened in front of her eyes: Rhodes, who had obviously been greatly weakened in his ability to cast spells, actually had a large amount of magical energy gathering reaction from his body!
Even if she had chanted the magic as soon as she could, it would have been too late.
As if she had bottomed out, Rhodes, who was in an absolutely unfavorable situation, had a much faster speed of magic condensation, and in the blink of an eye, a blazing sea of fire instantly surrounded her!
At the same time, before Aprilel could finish his sentence, he closed his mouth in a sharp pain that rending his heart. A deep wound cut from his right shoulder to his waist, blood spurting red the light armor.
April's eyes were filled with unbelievable horror: "The displacement technique didn't work...... When did it start?"
"Good ...... Risk"
This time, Rhodes and Noyce were genuinely relieved.
They were able to do such a Jedi counterattack, which was actually inseparable from Iroh.
Last night, Iroh spent a sum of faith points and exchanged two one-time magic seal stones for the two of them. This magic seal stone is a special commodity in the faith exchange contract, which is essentially a one-time magic item, and can also be seen as a more convenient magic scroll.
And what Iroh gave them were the two spells of "dispelling" and "magic shielding".
Just as Kyrol predicted the possible enemies in the Battle of the Temple, Iroh also thought of the enemies that Rhodes and Noyce might encounter.
Daisy's sealing ray, which is also a kind of magic in itself, can naturally be dispelled. April's case is a bit peculiar.
Noyce had just risked his life to make a number of attempts, in fact, to determine how April dodged his attacks.
The results also confirmed his original suspicion: April's half-baked fire magic was nothing more than a scare thing, a magic he could really use...... It's a lift!
And unlike ordinary mages who release the Shift Technique, April seems to have a booster on his body, which is enough for him to complete the magic in the shortest possible time. At the same time, Aprill is also a formidable warrior, and his speed is not slow - so to outsiders, it seems that his own speed is extremely exaggerated.
The tacit understanding between Noyce and Rhodes working together over the years is still very useful today, after Rhodes dispersed the seal and released the sea of fire, Noyce immediately crushed the sealing stone of the magic shield, and at the same time directly approached, and hit April, who had lost his displacement technique, with a sword.
Unfortunately, magic shielding is not as advanced as spell nullification enchantments, and although it is superior in terms of flexibility, it can only temporarily block April's magic use.
But it's enough to achieve such a huge result!
"Don't give them a chance to recover!"
Looking at April, who was seriously injured, and Daisy, who was still fighting against the fire, Noyce gently wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, exchanged a look with Rhodes, and the two immediately found their respective opponents.
Aprilil trembled and got up from the ground, his voice trembling as bright red blood gushed out of the deep wound on his body, "Don't ...... Don't kill me, I can be your slave...... You can do whatever you want me to do......"
Although the fact that Wu Wei, the god of war of the Ironstone tribe, was willing to be a slave was a great temptation for ordinary people, it was a pity...... He was facing Noyce.
The life of military life in his early years has long taught him that when fighting, never give the enemy a chance to survive!
"Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, I still know. Noyce said coldly, then aimed his sword at April's neck.
April's pupils began to condense, as if he had seen the gates of hell slowly opening to him.
The deep pupils are like a thin layer of ice, filled with a murderous chill and indifference. Noyce indifferently raised his left hand, and the murderous intent burst out in an instant.
"Die!"
Feeling the magic shielding effect disappear, April's eyes flashed fiercely, and he suddenly roared.
He let out a roar with all his might, but his voice was distorted by extreme fear. And in the next instant, an unprecedentedly powerful energy fluctuation surged out of the ground along with a large number of cracks on the ground!
"What's going on?!" Noyce sprang into his hands, quickly moving away from the cracked ground.
"It's now!"
April's eyes instantly turned blood-red, and then a burst of white magma erupted from the ground, heading straight at Noyce in the air.
Without any sound of struggle or resistance, the magma that had devoured the swordsman fell silently back to the ground, splashing countless sparks.
"It's over...... Is it?"
April finally fell to his knees on the ground, gasping for breath, his heart almost jumping from the edge of his lungs, his pale face full of fear.
Of course, he knew that the result of the dual cultivation of demon and martial arts could only lead to a lack of proficiency in both aspects. However, that doesn't mean that his magic is really just a means to scare enemies.
In fact, April's real magic move is the magma just now!
You know, he basically crawled back from the ghost gate just now. As long as he misses the opportunity, he will inevitably be killed by Noyes in an instant. Moreover, the hottest white magma summoned was also an overload for him, and if Noyce didn't die, he would definitely not have the slightest power to resist.
But fortunately, when Noyce was relaxed, he unexpectedly launched the strongest magic, and a momentary Jedi counterattack buried the opponent directly, which is really wonderful and dangerous.
April sat down on the ground, her pale face slowly recovering its blood.
"Finally won. He hung down his left hand unnaturally, and the deep wound on his body, coupled with the blow he had just used almost all his strength, had made his state extremely poor, almost reduced to less than half of his usual strength.
"Really? That's a shame. ”
Suddenly, a calm voice came, but it seemed to be a ghost from an eerie cave.
"Ah——!h
Frightened, Aprill jumped up from the ground screaming and flicked his left hand in an attempt to unleash another magma attack. Immediately, the magma that had sunk into the ground erupted like a well of underground spring water that had been stored for a long time, and ferocious fiery snakes danced one after another, ready to devour all living beings on the earth at any time.
But there was a deathly silence all around the emptiness, except for the occasional splash of lava falling back to the ground, and all he could hear was the sound of his own beating faster and the sound of two spellcasters fighting against each other in the distance.
The invisible terror pressed his heart to death.
The next moment, something in his left hand that he didn't know what it was really thrown out.
"Huh?!"
Aprilel lowered his head, and the bone-chilling cold and intense pain instantly flooded into his desperate mind, looking at the palm of his hand, which was only half of his thumb left, flesh and blood wrapped in the mutilated white hand bones.
Blood spurted out, staining a large area of land under his feet.