Chapter 180: Stopping and Failing
Arriving at the gate with the sun and the dragon's head floating, Maltz took out a brass key that looked unremarkable and placed it in one of the dragon's head floats' empty eye sockets.
Then, with a violent fluctuation of magical power, the key suddenly melted into the withering like wax, turning into a mass of metal liquid with a golden and silver glow, and intricate fine runes flickered on this metal liquid mass.
At this moment, a violent wave of magic power came from the passage connected by the road behind Maltz, and the two necromancers who were guarding him immediately cast a spell to prop up a solid metal wall of white bone behind him, blocking the incoming spell.
Maltz looked back and realized that they were the three Archmages of the Six Rings whom he had known when he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Magic.
One of them is naturally Gladyse Lydia, the court archmage of the six-ring spell system, with a subtle teleportation technique.
The other two archmages who had already confronted the Snake Staff Mage of the Hand of the Dead should have followed her to teleport above the Dragon Sleeping Palace, so that they could get here so quickly.
"Maltz Woodlowe? How are you?!"
Archmage Gladys also saw Maltz's face and shouted in surprise, but the action of building a spell model with mental power was not delayed for half a minute, and then an invisible spell power was inspired from around her and rushed towards Master Maltz.
The two archmages beside her also cast spells, helping Archmage Gladys block the spells of the two high-ringed necromancers who were guarding Maltz's side.
"Mage Maltz, watch out!"
Facing two archmages with the same ring number as himself, the faces of the two unidentified Hand of the Dead Serpent Staff mages could be heard in their solemnity, although they were blocked by the cloak and hood covering spell.
Circles lit up around them, and out of them came out of them haunting white bones, zombies, ghosts and other necromantic creatures, but they were easily killed by Archmage Sagna and Archmage Yinmis with Plastic Energy or Spell Spells.
Although they are both serpents, they are far from Andrek's strength, let alone supporting and protecting Maltz, and now they have to go all out against the opponent in front of them.
The current situation is completely different from the plan expected by the Hand of the Dead, according to the plan, the prince of Fairmode will hold two archmages on his side, which means that they only need to face two court archmages.
"Archmage Gladys, long time no see! Are Archmages of Sagna and Archmage of Misis here too?"
Having to face a six-ring mage alone, Maltz concentrated and recognized that Archmage Gladys was casting a four-ring spell immobilization, which in addition to literal immobilization, could also weaken the caster ability of the hit, which was a great threat to the mage.
In order to prevent this spell from hitting him, he used his mental power to stimulate a spell scroll of strange material that slipped from his sleeve pocket and fell into his hand.
An invisible blue phantom shrouded him, and after completely absorbing the energy of this dangerous immobilization spell, it flickered a few times and dissipated into the air, and then released a fireball spell that was the most powerful of the three-ring plastic energy spells and counterattacked.
"It's been a long time, but it's a pity that a mage who is quite talented in the golem realm has actually fallen into the company of a necromancer, it's a pity!"
Archmage Gladys summoned a frost shield to block the fireball technique, and then with a finger of his right hand, as if he was treating others the way he was doing, a series of four fireballs flew towards Maltz.
This forced Maltz to summon the shields of his magical equipment to defend against these terrifying fireballs the size of a basin.
After barely relying on the power of the props and scrolls to fight Archmage Gladys for two rounds, Maltz already felt a little overwhelmed.
The gap between the four-ring mage and the six-ring mage is too big in all aspects, the four-ring mage needs four or five seconds to construct the four-ring spell, and for the six-ring mage, two or three seconds can build two or three paths, not to mention that the six-ring mage can also cast powerful five-ring and six-ring spells.
Looking at the multi-purpose spoon that had begun to transform into a red magic stone, and at the same time slowly detached another magic stone key, Maltz's heart was full of anxiety, but this emotion that was not helpful to the status quo was quickly suppressed by him.
"Did the Hand of the Dead actually equip you with a high-ring spell scroll and all kinds of magical equipment? Then try this spell!"
Archmage Gladys also noticed the strange thing that was constantly emitting huge fluctuations of magical power, and was slightly frowned by the endless array of magical equipment and scrolls on Maltz's body, and she looked solemn and began to chant a spell that Maltz could not recognize.
But in this way, the six-ring mage also needs to chant a spell that shortens the cast time, and it is obvious that it will not be an ordinary three-ring and four-ring spell, and out of caution, Maltz immediately used the scroll handed to him by the hand of the dead to activate a spell that was the same as just now.
"Not good! Maltz! Get out of the way!"
One of the serpent staff recognized the name and utility of the spell, and reminded anxiously.
But as soon as his words fell, a slender and dazzling green light shot out from the hands of Archmage Gladys, and in an instant, it hit the newly created dark blue light shadow, but it was shattered in an instant, and the green light continued to hit the body of Maltz who looked shocked.
"Ahhhh
!」
A terrifying magical force instantly penetrated the protection of the mage robe on his body and invaded Maltz's body, and the violent magic power made him almost lose his perception and control of his body, and the spell model he was building dissipated into the air.
As the green light raged, the low-level and mid-level protective magic equipment that Maltz's body activated one by one suddenly flickered as if they had been short-circuited, and finally cracks appeared on them, and the enchanted runes in them also dissipated secretly.
In just two seconds, Maltz completely lost his ability to fight the six-ring mage, and when the effect of the spell wore off from him, Maltz curled up on the ground and looked up at the relieved Archmage Gladys:
"Your Excellency the Archmage, what kind of spell is this?"
"The Six Rings Spell Dissociation Technique, this is a spell unique to elves, and you can be considered lucky to be defeated under this spell!"
After explaining the origin of his unique six-ring spell, Archmage Gladys cautiously began to chant a confinement spell, hoping to eliminate the uncertainty once and for all before providing support to his companions.
"Elven spells? It's terrifying! But this time I won!"
Maltz gasped in pain, then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his body, which should have been destroyed by the power of the spell, suddenly jumped from the ground in a strange gesture, and then he shoved the blue magic stone that had been separated into the other eye socket of the dragon's head.
「******!」
A mysterious and complex sound rang out of thin air in the air, and then the door to the Dragon's Sleep Treasury opened in disbelief from Archmage Gladys.
"I didn't expect a necromancer to be able to use his body as a necromancer, but even so, you can't escape!"
Archmage Gladys finished the final spell modeling, and an invisible wave descended on Maltz's twisted body, and the space immediately began to thicken.
But at this moment, the corners of Maltz's mouth showed a smile, and he took out a human-shaped puppet from his arms and threw it far behind him, and the next moment, this spell fluctuation seemed to hesitate, and then took effect around the puppet's body, completely freezing the puppet flying in mid-air.
"Another strange thing!
!」
Gladys looked at Maltz's staggering but fast figure, and couldn't help frowning, feeling extremely uneasy about the Hand of the Dead's big deal this time, and hurriedly cast a spell to chase after him through the passage.
The two branch snake staff mages hurriedly tried their best to block her, but in the end, they only delayed her for more than ten seconds, and they were almost killed by the archmage they were facing with a spell.
"Hahaha! Archmage Gladys, you're late!
」
Maltz let out a wild laugh with the excruciating pain of his body, and used the most basic mastery of the undead to drive his body into the depths of the passage.
All kinds of treasures flashing with extraordinary magical aura continued to pass around him, but he didn't stop for half a minute, and he rushed forward without stopping as he endured the pressure that became more and more powerful as he went deeper and deeper in the passage.
Without the permission of the Grave Keeper, this Dragon Crystal Passage will suppress and repel all uninvited guests using the legendary dragon power, but the aftermath of the power of a giant dragon that has been left over for thousands of years after its death is not enough to stop a four-ring mage, which is why the Hand of the Dead values Maltz.
Eventually, before Archmage Gladys could catch up with him, Maltz came to a large burial chamber.
In this burial chamber, there was only an adult-sized amber gem with a huge amount of magical power, and the gem was scattered around it with many slender amber lines, which connected to the passage where Maltz had come.
Among the gems stood a middle-aged figure who looked like he was forty or fifty years old, wearing only a simple white linen suit, and his body was so tall that even with his eyes closed that he seemed to be asleep, exuding a terrifying majesty.
"You're blaspheming the dead!
!」
Archmage Gladys also saw the scene in the tomb, and immediately realized that this was the sleeping place of Albis the Great, the founder of the Sassen Empire, and also understood the ultimate purpose of this group of necromancers, and roared in horror.
At the same time, using the magic equipment on his body, he activated three three-ring spells in a row and flew towards Maltz, who was only a few meters away from the gem tomb.
Unmoved, Maltz took the fist-sized dark purple orb from his sleeve pocket and threw it at the huge gem, before being blown away by the aftermath of the fireball, and his broken body fell to a corner of the tomb, bleeding continuously.
But Archmage Gladys did not pay any further attention to the fate of the fallen mage, and her eyes were fixed on the orb that seemed to be glued to the amber gem, or the treasure called the "Dragon Crystal".
「********? (Who disturbed the great Clumberwell's slumber?) )」
In the shocked look of Archmage Gladys, the orb quickly merged into the dragon crystal, and then a dazzling magical light emanated from the dragon crystal, and a solemn and noble female voice spoke from the void in a complex language.