Chapter 176: Initiation (8)
So far, Ryan's plan has been executed very smoothly, and the combat power of the gray-robed lich is roughly equivalent to that of a human archmage, but unfortunately it was attacked by Ryan and frozen in the huge ice before it even had a chance to make a move. How to obey commands and how to fight, human beings still have a superficial understanding of the undead, and it would be a good thing if there were more samples to study.
In Ryan's opinion, those Dark Rune Knights are equivalent to human high-ranking warriors, except that their predecessors are the remains of stolen Holy Knights, so these Dark Rune Knights have very good military knowledge. Although Ryan used the mirror clone to defeat four enemies, and manipulated several other clones to clean up those giant bone golems and other guys, he didn't care about anything in his heart, after all, he was a legendary mage.
A high-level spellcaster confronts a high-level warrior head-on, and the more common way is to strengthen their own protection, distance themselves from each other, and strive for time to release magic, Ryan's mirror shadow clone does not need to do this, because Ryan's casting speed is extremely fast, with his current strength, magic below level 6 can be easily instantaneous, so in the face of these dark rune knights, as long as he keeps releasing a large number of attack magic to suppress it.
According to Ryan's previous experience, such a dense lightning bombardment on the Dark Rune Knights' bodies didn't make them have the power to fight back quickly? Who knew that when the battle really broke out, the combat power of these dark rune knights made Ryan feel extremely surprised, if those lightning spells hit other opponents, they might have already made them convulsive and paralyzed, but when these hundreds of lightning bolts bombarded the dark rune knights, the latter did not react, as if these magic did not cause damage to them at all.
Ryan manipulated his mirror clone to scrambled to dodge the counterattack of the Dark Rune Knight, and in the process of dodging, he continuously released different types of magic such as fireball spells and magic missiles, but these spells had no effect on the Dark Rune Knight at all, and only when Ryan used level 4 magic did he barely feel the opponent's body tremble slightly, but it only slightly interfered with the speed of the opponent's attack.
Ryan used level 5 and level 6 magic in a row, which is also the highest level of magic that his mirror shadow clone can release, if it exceeds this level, it must be cast in the form of a magic array, which takes a long time, or it is presided over by Ryan's body, which is not suitable for the current battle.
After raising the level of attack magic, those dark rune knights were also obviously affected by these magics, but judging from the opponent's movements, it seems that these high-level magic did not cause the expected situation, a level 6 ice explosion hit the chest of the dark rune knight, but it only caused the damage of level 3 ice arrows and a slight slowdown effect, obviously these dark rune knights have unknown secrets in the armor and runes.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The continuous roar resounded throughout the mountain forest, although the magic resistance of those dark rune knights surprised Ryan, but their other undead companions could not do this, the elite skeleton warriors were as vulnerable as paper paste in front of Ryan's magic, one fireball of Ryan was enough to turn them into pieces, and those giant skeleton golems with magic runes painted on their bodies also had a certain amount of magic resistance, but they were still unable to withstand the level 6 magic "Thunder Bombardment" , and was finally destroyed by Ryan one by one.
In just 2 or 3 minutes, Ryan was completely cleared, and he even had the mind to freeze a few more undead creatures with water magic, ready to take them back to study carefully. Now the only ones who are still fighting are the 4 Dark Rune Knights, and the runes on their bodies are of great interest to Ryan, but there is no need to bring them all back at once, so Ryan's body struck.
The silent teleportation caused Ryan to appear at the side of a dark rune knight, who was picking up his weapon and slashing Ryan's mirror clone, completely unaware that a more terrifying threat had appeared around him. In a very short period of time, Ryan's body transformed into an adult red dragon, and the hot dragon breath spewed at the unsuspecting Dark Rune Knight, who was completely encased in the flames by the time the latter realized Ryan's attack.
The dark rune knight who was sneak attacked turned into ashes without any suspense, although the runes on its body made it have extremely strong magic resistance, which can greatly reduce the threat caused by magic to itself, but these runes still can't withstand the terrifying power of dragon breath, not to mention these drawn runes, even the "Flame Queen" Catherine, who has been immune to most fire magic, almost died under the magic of this "red dragon breath". And after Ryan's trip to Dragon Island, he has a deeper understanding of this magic, and now the "Red Dragon Breath" he releases is no different from a real adult Red Dragon, in a sense, Ryan has mastered a dragon magic that is absolutely impossible to master.
By taking out an enemy, Ryan dismisses a Mirror clone and has more energy to deal with the remaining three Dark Rune Knights. The three Dark Rune Knights were obviously aware of this, they knew that it was almost impossible for them to retreat with their whole body, and who could compare to the speed of the legendary mage with infinite teleportation?
These Dark Rune Knights charged so fast that they left a vague afterimage behind them. Suddenly, a huge arm broke out of the ground from the path of a dark rune knight's charge, and grabbed the thigh of a dark rune knight, who was suddenly blocked on the way to charge at high speed, and naturally fell forward without suspense, but its reaction was very fast, and when its body was parallel to the ground, it immediately inserted the weapon in its hand into the dirt in front of it to support its body balance, and then the dark rune knight turned around and picked up the weapon and slashed heavily at the arm made of dirt.
The two-handed sword swept by, and the dirt arm fell on the spot, but the Dark Rune Knight didn't break free, as more arms reached out from the ground and grabbed its body. Just as the Dark Rune Knight was desperately slashing at the dirt arms that controlled his movements, several Earth Elemental Giants finally emerged from the ground, and they surrounded the Dark Rune Knight who was sitting on the ground, and began a battle with more and less to bully and few.
A wall of mud surged up from the ground, blocking in front of another dark rune knight, forming a thick barrier, the speed of the dark rune knight's charge was extremely fast, there was no time to stop, and it had no intention of stopping, it directly swung the two-handed big sword blade in its hand forward, and forcibly hit the dirt wall.
"Flutter!" the Dark Rune Knight forced its way through the obstacle in front of him, its body unscathed, but the speed of its charge slowed slightly, and in front of it was a second, taller and thicker wall of earth. The Dark Rune Knight was also very powerful, it actually broke through three obstacles in a row, greatly shortening the distance between itself and Ryan, but its speed became no different from normal movements.
The Dark Rune Knight wanted to charge again, but when it exerted force under its feet, it suddenly felt that it could not borrow strength from its soft feet, and it was only then that it found itself in a quagmire without realizing it. The Dark Rune Knight knew very well that the harder it sank in such a quagmire, the faster it sank, so it immediately lay down on the surface of the quagmire, and then began to roll outward, hoping to use this method to escape.
The Dark Rune Knight's reaction was fast, but Ryan's casting speed was faster, and before the Dark Rune Knight had time to roll, Ryan's earth-based magic "gravity pull" had been released, and the Dark Rune Knight suddenly felt as if he was carrying hundreds of kilograms of weight on his body, even if he was lying on his side on the mud, he couldn't stop his body from sinking.
"Blindly relying on magical items can only lead to depravity. Ryan said lightly this classic quote that Victor said at the Imperial Capital Magic Exchange Conference, the runes on these dark rune knights can make them have a very amazing defense against magic attacks, but carefully believe that they are nothing more than a warrior with powerful magic items, and the frontal attack has little effect, but if you change your thinking and change the means, even an ordinary high-level magician is not without a chance to defeat them head-on, at least all the magic released by Ryan just now, none of them exceeded level 6。
At this time, the last surviving Dark Rune Knight was already less than 20 meters away from Ryan, and the blade in his hand seemed to have smelled blood, but unfortunately this Dark Rune Knight could no longer move forward at that distance, because Ryan stuffed a powerful star power into its body, and this power that can be described as vast also replaced the dark power that controlled the Dark Rune Knight at the same time.
"Let me see if your body is as hard as the armor on the outside. After Ryan said this, he snapped his fingers casually, and the dark rune knight's body, which was tightly wrapped in armor, immediately underwent a strange twist, and then his entire body was wiped out in an instant under the power of the vast stars.
"Bang!" a complete set of dark rune armor fell to the ground, and its owner had become the dust of the universe. Ryan carefully checked the completeness of the armor, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, he is now more and more proficient in the control of this "Sky Blast" launched with the help of the power of the stars, which also shows that Ryan's strength has improved significantly compared to when he dealt with that dark elf in Mochizuki City.
"Okay, I think I can return ...... with the loot" Before Ryan's words could speak, he felt the fluctuations of the magic array under his feet, and then a black mist rose from the magic array, condensing a light curtain in front of Ryan, and a figure appeared in the center of the light curtain, but it was the commander of the undead legion, the Lich Lord Nicholas.
At the same time that Ryan recognized Nicholas's appearance, Nicholas also saw Ryan, and he immediately spoke: "Yes, Ryan, you are a little earlier than I expected. ”
Ryan didn't speak, just quietly stared at the image of Nicholas, who opened his body slightly, revealing the huge cave behind him, hanging dwarf corpses in the air, mountains of dwarf heads, and a miserable wail, which made Ryan's heart tighten, and a short glimpse had already made Ryan identify the area where Nicholas was located, which was the center of the business district of Black Rock City, the dwarf country.
"First of all, my friend, congratulations on your return so that I don't get too lonely. Nicholas's voice reappeared: "But I've already started this game, what about you, when will you join it?"
Ryan didn't speak, because he knew that no matter whether he was angry, accusatory, or sad feelings, it would be useless to be calm, and only by staying calm could he better observe everything and make the most favorable judgment.
Nicholas was also a little surprised by Ryan's reaction, this was really not like the young man described in the information it had, but although the two could see each other, they were at least thousands of kilometers apart, and the only means that Nicholas could use was to pass through the words of time and space through this teleportation magic array, so it continued: "Come on, see if you find Reynolds first, or if I occupy his body first, an undead dwarf king, tsk, that sounds exciting, doesn't it? ”
Looking at Ryan's expressionless face, Nicholas, who had failed in his own provocation, just wanted to end the call, but Ryan suddenly spoke: "Hey, Nicholas, there's one thing I'm curious about, can you tell me the answer?"
"Oh, what's something my little friend doesn't know?" Nicholas stretched out his bony arm and waved his finger at Ryan a few times: "Come on, that promise always works, as long as you join us, you will understand everything, otherwise, I will not answer any questions for my enemies, I have no obligation to do so." ”
A big smile appeared on Ryan's face, and the next moment his countenance changed amazingly, and an adult red dragon took his place and spewed hot dragon breath towards the center of the magic array. Nicholas just wanted to make fun of Ryan, because in his opinion, Ryan's action was a meaningless vent, but Nicholas suddenly sensed that something was wrong, and it turned off the teleportation effect of this magic array almost immediately, but the dragon breath that Ryan spewed out still passed through the constraints of time and space first, spewed out from the other end of the magic channel, and went straight to Nicholas.
"Bastard!" the Lich Lord, who was already free of the negative emotions of humans, still cursed a foul word, Ryan's breath of dragon breath had lost most of its power after experiencing time and space travel, but it still had a small impact on Nicholas, its robe that symbolized the identity of the Lich Lord ignited multiple flames, and quickly burned multiple holes, although this did not cause any harm to Nicholas, but it was equivalent to a slap in the face, which was enough.
Nicholas quickly regained his composure, it silently stared at the teleportation magic array that had been twisted and transformed under the breath of the dragon, and the surprise in his heart couldn't help but come out, that ordinary human boy, could it really have mastered the secret of time and space, this is the power that only the legendary demigods have.