Chapter 25: The Battle of Mochizuki Castle (2)
Ilfa yawned pleasantly. Stretching out a lazy waist without grace, as a high-level mage of the Mochizuki City Magic Guild, Ilfa would stay in a certain room of the Magic Guild for half a day every 3 days, and the only thing he had to do was to maintain the "Magic Vision" magic array that shrouded the entire Mochizuki City area, so that any unfavorable actions against Mochizuki City could be detected in advance.
Those who can be qualified to be on duty here must at least be high-level magicians, otherwise their magic power will not be able to manipulate the center of the entire magic array at all, although during the duty these responsible magicians only need to sit there and watch the magic array, but it will still feel very boring for a long time, after all, there has been no danger at all in the past 200 years to threaten this historic magic capital, and the environment that will not change at all will make anyone feel idle, and many times they have to count their fingers to pass the time。
"Fortunately, there is no rule that you can't eat, although it's a pity that you can't drink. Ilfa took out a wooden food box from his storage pocket, and when he opened it, a fresh fragrance came to his nose, it was the latest craftsmanship of the most famous pastry shop in Mochizuki City, if it weren't for Ilfa, who was a member of the Mochizuki City Magic Guild, I am afraid that he would have to wait in line for several days to buy such a small box.
After the fluffy and delicious pastry entered his mouth, Ilfa's mouth was full of fragrance, he closed his eyes and chewed the pastry carefully, distinguishing the various ingredients inside, as a gourmet, this is one of the few hobbies that Ilfa has outside of studying magic. "It's a pity, it's a pity, if there is a cup of the best Bordeaux from the imperial capital at this time, it will be perfect!" Ilfa muttered to himself, but he didn't notice the large black spots that appeared on the magic array of the "Magic Vision" around him, which was an alarm that would only be raised when a team of tens of thousands appeared near Mochizuki City.
After a long while, Ilfa swallowed the last bit of food residue, and when he reluctantly opened his eyes, he was stunned, in front of him, the black pressure on the magic array appeared a large black patch, and it was only 2 or 3 kilometers away from the southern gate of Mochizuki City.
"Bang!" the food box in Ilfa's hand fell to the ground......
"The vigilance of this Mochizuki City is too low, isn't it?" Ryan shook his head helplessly, he looked at the south gate of Mochizuki City, which was at most 3 kilometers away, and whispered to Adela beside him: "We have all come here, if we had run wildly, we would have rushed in a long time ago!"
Adela didn't speak, in fact, she didn't know anything about the detection and counter-detection of these magics, so she naturally didn't understand that in addition to the negligence of the magician in charge of monitoring Mochizuki City, the most important point was because the elf queen Freya knew everything about Mochizuki City's defense system, after all, the city was originally established with the help of the elves, and something similar to the magic array of the city as a whole could not be changed after completion unless it was directly demolished and rebuilt, so Freya could easily find the weakest link in Mochizuki City and let Ryan use it。
"Alright, almost, everyone prepare!" Ryan calculated the distance again, and gave this new order, and the three troops under his command immediately got busy after receiving the order, Barbara's magic legion is located around Ryan, they will assist Ryan in magical attacks and defenses, and the Guards legion is responsible for protecting these fragile mages, as for the archer legion, they scatter their horses, turning the surrounding area of several hundred meters into their own warning range.
Ryan didn't plan to attack Mochizuki City directly, after all, his troops were a little nervous, and it was impossible to consume them in the street battle, and the street battle in the defense of the imperial capital was so tragic that Ryan still had palpitations. Ryan's purpose in setting up outside Mochizuki Castle is to protect himself with his men's forces, and then use his magical advantage to attack Mochizuki Castle step by step, and use the losses that Mochizuki Castle cannot accept to force the opponent to submit.
Since it takes a short time to release the forbidden spell, Mochizuki City will inevitably attack Ryan, so Barbara's magic legion undertakes the protection of Ryan, although the strength of each member of them is not very strong, but once they use the combined magic array skills inherited from Ryan, they can gather the strength of everyone to support a powerful magic defense array and buy time for Ryan's spell casting.
Seeing that it only took his men ten minutes to complete the entire formation, Ryan nodded in satisfaction, and he waved his hand, signaling Barbara that they could start, and the latter immediately commanded the entire 1,500 members of the magic legion to start casting spells according to the pre-practiced positions.
Of course, Ryan couldn't have released the forbidden spell at the beginning, he first chose to protect Barbara's magic legion, and after they completed the corresponding combined magic array, he would first use a small forbidden spell to demolish the front wall of Mochizuki City for free according to the plan, and then forcibly push it over with magic step by step, destroying all the obstacles that stood in the way of Cassano's army's attack.
Barbara is young, but she also has the demeanor of a commander, perhaps because of her teacher Ryan standing behind her. Under Barbara's command, her apprentices completed their own combined magic arrays, blessed the soldiers of the Guards Legion of Adela with various auxiliary magics, and for a while, the heads of the entire Guards of the Iron Fist Castle were colorful and beautiful.
"Ryan, the first phase is complete. Barbara crisply said to Ryan, "You can get started." ”
Ryan nodded, and began to prepare a small forbidden spell, that is, the magic he used to destroy the passage in the depths of the dungeon - "Scorching Flame Explosion", and Adela also gave the order to be on full vigilance at the same time, and the 5,000 soldiers of the Guards raised their shields in unison, blocking any angle that could attack Ryan, even the sky, from this moment on, Ryan's location became a small mobile fortress.
When Ryan and the others appeared in the line of sight of Mochizuki City, the guards of Mochizuki City, who were responsible for maintaining security and order, spotted them, and these guards were not very slow, they quickly closed the heavy gate, and then stood on the city wall with various weapons in hand, vigilantly watching the invaders not far away.
Among these guards, the vast majority of people felt very strange in their hearts, they didn't know why the army outside the city actually stopped when they were about to succeed in a sneak attack, if the cavalry of these invaders sprinted with all their might, they could definitely seize control of this city gate before they could react, so that the entire gate of Mochizuki City would be opened, and now these tens of thousands of enemy troops had to choose to attack the city, and it was impossible to climb the five-meter-high wall of Mochizuki City without large siege equipment, without paying a heavy or even tragic price。
More than a dozen magicians from the Moon City Magic Guild didn't care much about their demeanor, and they hurried up to the city wall, ready to observe the enemy nearby. These intermediate and high-level magicians saw the shield wall of the Guards Legion wrapped in a large amount of auxiliary magic at first glance, and one of the high-level magicians immediately shouted out in a lost voice: "Oh my God, how many magicians are there on the other side, this is ...... This has actually blessed an army of thousands of people!"
Just when these magicians were surprised, Ryan completed his small magic, he made a gesture, and Adela immediately understood and commanded the subordinates in front of him to retract and open the passage for Ryan's attack, and Ryan, who was wearing a star robe, also appeared in front of those mages.
"Yes, it's the forbidden spell mage Ryan!" A high-level mage who had seen Ryan's appearance let out a piercing scream, and then took out a magic scroll from his body without hesitation, looking like he was going to inform him of this, but unfortunately his speed could not catch up with Ryan's "Scorching Flame Explosion" flight speed, and when his fingers just grabbed the scroll, but before he could tear it open, the "Scorching Flame Flying Explosion" magic with a diameter of less than 1 meter coincidentally smashed on his body.
In an instant, a fierce bright light was released from the "Scorching Flame Explosion", enveloping everything around it. The soldiers of the Guards Legion, who had already received the order, had already raised their shields in advance to reform the shield wall, and the shooters of Letoz had already put black blindfolds on their horses, and then they all dismounted one by one and buried their heads deep in the ground.
But this is the case, these warriors from Cassano can still feel a strong magic wave whistling coming, which can make these ordinary people who don't know anything about magic feel the magic elements of the violent activities around them, and the power of Ryan's magic can be seen.
After a long while, the blinding white light slowly faded, and Adela waited a few more moments in the shield wall before signaling his warriors to open a gap so that she could observe the enemy. When Adela looked at the gate on the south side of Mochizuki City along the exposed gap, he found that his vision had suddenly widened a lot.
Adela didn't think about what was going on for a while, she was stunned for a moment, and then she suddenly remembered that everything she saw in front of her was missing a very important thing, that is, a very long section of the city wall of Mochizuki City, it is without the obstruction of the city wall that Adra's vision can always look into the city, and then there will be a feeling of wide vision.
The center of the "Scorching Explosion" magic explosion had been completely flattened, and this magic had affected an area of 500 meters, and the houses and other buildings 500 meters away had also collapsed under the strong impact, as if they had just been ravaged by a hurricane. Looking at the shallow pit on the ground that was still emitting light smoke, Adela knew that this magical capital in human history had opened the door to her army, and she did not hesitate to issue a military order: "The whole army obeys the order! Raise your shield and move forward!"