Chapter Eighty-Three: The Hunt
A week later, floating outside the city, in the safe zone.
Surrounded by sand dunes, Roman carefully walked through them, condensing his magic into bundles and sweeping back and forth.
This labyrinthine terrain is very unfavorable for mana locking, and when it hits an obstacle, the mana will reflect, limiting the detection range.
But there is one target exception, and that is the wizard, who exudes radiation, and within a certain range, can ignore obstacles and be identified by magic locks.
Soon, Roman made a discovery, he stopped, and his magic locked onto a mound a hundred meters away, where there were bursts of radiation fluctuations, dazzling like the sun in the dark.
He sealed his hands and whispered a few syllables, and in less than three seconds he summoned a fireball and smashed it into the mound.
Under the control of mental power, the fireball formed a parabola and landed accurately on the back of the mound, creating a sea of fire.
The two fire men struggled to get out of it, rolling on the ground and wailing, and Roman, seeing this, silently prepared the second spell.
The wail sounded the horn of the general attack, and the enemy began to counterattack, and a javelin with strong kinetic energy shot directly at Roman, so fast that Roman had no time to dodge.
However, at the moment when the javelin touched, Roman finished casting the spell, and the light film appeared, ricocheting the javelin away.
The next moment, more arrows and javelins followed, and they were bounced off by the shield, leaving Roman unscathed.
At this time, Roman silently recited in his heart: "Psionic Matrix, trigger!" β
The mana matrix is optimized by psionic energy, and the mana beam is extended, expanding the scanning radius, far surpassing ordinary wizards, covering almost the entire battlefield.
An inch long and an inch strong, Roman quickly locked on to several radiation sources.
He then chanted the incantation, and the sorcery rippled in all directions, and the enemy seemed to sense the danger, and the javelins and crossbow arrows became more dense, raining down on the shield, causing cracks.
It wasn't hard to imagine that in a few seconds, the shield would shatter, but by this time, Roman had finished casting the spell, and a burning cloud of fire rose and enveloped the radiant source.
The enemy reacted immediately, and in the mana detection, the radiation source spread out in all directions, but it was too late.
Roman's mind moved, and the fire clouds rained fire, like a goddess scattering flowers, creating a large sea of fire.
After the flames were extinguished, Roman made up another shield spell, walked over to the charred corpses, and removed the badges one by one.
These insignia are the source of radiation for Fang Cai, they are placed on the knights, simulate wizard fluctuations, and are hunted by the third-level apprentices.
"One, two, three... Nineβ" Roman counted softly, and when he counted forty-nine, his voice paused, and his brow furrowed.
Fifty knights entered the battlefield, but only forty-nine badges were found at this time, which means that there was a fish that slipped through the net.
After being strengthened by the psionic matrix, Roman's magic lock covered the entire field, almost opening the entire map.
In this case, hunting these knights should be a breeze and there will be no omissions, but now they are.
Neither the analysis of environmental information, nor the magic locking, was found.
At this time, the badges on his hands gathered, emitting strong radiation, and the magic detection was disturbed. Roman flashed lightning, as if he thought of something, and immediately jumped into it.
The next moment, a charred corpse beside him was lifted, revealing a deep pit hidden underneath, and an intact knight lay inside, the dragon hunter reflecting the cold light.
Obviously, the knights gathered together to act as bait, luring Roman to collect the badge through group annihilation, and then using the strong radiation gathered by the badge to briefly interfere with the magic lock and cover up the real lore.
Thinking of this, Roman sighed in his heart: "In the moment between life and death, no matter how weak the life is, it can bloom with dazzling brilliance!" β
At this time, the dragon hunter left the crossbow machine and shot straight at Roman with the determination of forty-nine knights to die.
At such a close distance, it is absolutely possible to easily tear through Roman's protective sorcery and pierce Roman's body.
"It worked!" The knight's eyes shrank and his heart was ecstatic, and at the cost of forty-nine of his companions, he finally slain the evil wizard and won the victory.
But then, the joy on his face froze, and gradually turned into despair, and not far away, Roman disappeared with a "snap", and the shadow on the ground froze and expanded, stood up and faded to black.
He sacrificed all his companions in exchange for a fatal blow, but he defeated a stand-in, whose true body remained hidden in the shadows.
Roman said calmly: "You have done your best, enough to explain to the dead, go in peace!" β
Then, a fireball engulfed him and burned him to ashes, and Roman stepped forward to pick up the badge and put it in the storage bag.
50 badges were collected, a ray of light shot into the sky, and the next moment, Mark appeared, and then announced:
"Roman, the hunt took 3 minutes and 41 seconds! Currently in second place! β
At the rest point farther away, the apprentices exclaimed, and Roman's performance amazed them, not only casting spells extremely fast, but even seeing through the enemy's sneak attack and preparing a stand-in in advance.
If it weren't for the dragon crossbow at the end, Roman would have almost been the first.
Emma, who was ranked first, couldn't hide her admiration on her face, and stepped forward to hug him and said excitedly: "Oh my God, Roman, how did you see that the enemy was in ambush?" In other words, I would have been tricked a long time ago! β
Feeling the soft touch of the girl, Roman squinted his eyes and said: "With the help of corpse cover, it is normal to take the opportunity to ambush, as long as you participate in a few more wars, you can learn." β
"That's also very powerful, I'm first, you're second, and we'll take the first two!" Emma said excitedly.
Roman smiled and shook his head, "It's too early to draw conclusions, and Ganon and Joss haven't made it!" β
At this time, Mark said in a loud voice: "50 knights are in place, Ganon, it's your turn!" β
Ganon glared at Roman and Emma defiantly, and walked into the arena, facing the arrows and javelins that were shooting from all sides under the gaze of everyone, without even turning on the protective witchcraft.
A wizard exclaimed, "Is he dying?" His body has not mutated, how can he resist kinetic weapons? β
At this moment, Ganon had a cruel smile on his face, his body color became pale, and his whole body turned into a lump of mercury, and the arrows and javelins fell on it, and he could not hurt at all.
Roman remembered his first encounter with Ganon and was surprised: "He has fused the demonized item into his body, it is really hard enough!" β
Demonized items can instantaneously perform sorcery, but it takes time to recharge, and to melt the demonized item into the body is to turn it into a part of the body, using artificial magic without additional charging.
In addition, due to the control of consciousness, demonized items can be used more flexibly and have more variations.
For example, now, finding that the attack was ineffective, the knights hibernated one after another, hiding all over the battlefield, Ganon saw this, walked to the center of the battlefield, turned into a mercury ball, and fired countless mercury threads in all directions.
They were dense like cobwebs and spread all over the battlefield, and if a knight accidentally touched them, the mercury thread immediately wound and tightened them, cutting them into pieces.
With this hand, the knights had nowhere to hide, and were easily found and killed, and in a short time, 50 badges were collected, and Mark announced:
"Ganon, the hunt took 3 minutes and 05 seconds, ranking first!"