Chapter 185: Chaos
As a foreigner and an unreasonable unknown life form, Aurodin has always been a well-known being of the Catlis.
Even if the self-aware construct claimed that he was not one of Cruise Francois's men, in the eyes of most of the House guards, he was on his side when he assisted the Dean in conveying information - what he saw would always be truthfully conveyed to François.
So when he appeared in the underground passage, the mages who formed an array in front of him to block the Chimera soldiers' attack were relieved. Since Aurrodin is here now, it means that Dean Cruise François is also aware of their predicament.
The hope of the sorcerers who were expecting that the dean would send reinforcements seemed to be poured cold water on the head when Aurrodin said the next sentence: "The academy is now under attack by an unknown enemy, and the abbot François hopes that you can urgently withdraw to assist in the defense." ”
What kind of joke is this? The fact that the Catrice Academy was attacked by an "unidentified enemy" was probably the most bizarre news they had ever heard.
Regardless of the young apprentices who studied in it, all the faculty members in the academy were strong warlocks who could take charge of themselves, and many of them were experts in using spells to fight. At the same time, the academy also has a long-built defense system, ranging from spell walls to guarding golems.
On top of this, there is a regular defense force directly subordinate to the Doge's Office to protect the Academy. Be aware that this is not far from the Dominion Defense Force garrison in Catrice, if the academy is attacked. It only takes about half an hour for a regular army to arrive from the garrison to reinforce it.
And Ojordin is now actually suing them that someone is attacking the Academy...... Does anyone want to go to war against the Dominion or even the Empire?
All the magicians present were stunned for a moment, and even the magicians who were preparing to attack the spell showed a surprised expression. The Rubik's cube in front of him seemed to be affected by his feelings. Several characters were subtly distorted, forcing him to scramble to fix them.
Even Curt, who always looked light, couldn't help but stiffen the expression on his face. Of course, he knew very little about the Academy's defenses compared to the mages who served as the Academy's guards, but even he knew how solid the vast Academy was full of mages.
"Calm down, I know you don't believe it, but it's not a joke. Orowdin made a tinkling sound. Several mechanical limbs shot projected rays into the wall, "Beginning twenty-three minutes and seven seconds ago, anomalous individual reactions have continued to occur around the Academy6. They began an organized assault on the outer walls of the Academy. ”
The projection appears to have been filmed on the top floor of the Silver Tower, so what Orodine calls an "anomalous entity" appears to be the size of an ant in the projection. After a few moments, the camera slowly zoomed in, and Curt clearly saw that the "anomalous individuals" were the rock spiders he had encountered earlier.
They rushed out from under the ground in the same way they did then. Waving its mighty rock limbs against the walls of the academy. Compared to the last time we met. These rock spiders appear to be much more standardized, each with a similar size and polished skin.
"It's these things again......"
Curt muttered to himself, remembering that when Lizzie used a spell to locate them, they had disappeared near the Academy. It now appears that they had been decided to attack the Academy at the time, and that Curt's volley at the time was just an accident in the planning process.
Is this a dereliction of duty on the part of the garrison?
The Mercenary Management had informed the garrison of the rock spiders a few weeks earlier, but it seemed that they had been hampered by the larger case and had never been able to investigate the matter thoroughly. Fortunately, it seems that the other party has repaired the rock spider destroyed by Curt and Lizzie.
Curt's murmur was heard. Ojordin nodded his head, "Indeed, as Mr. Leinster said, I checked it based on the information you provided to the mercenary administration. There is an eighty percent chance that these sudden anomalies are the 'rock spiders' you encountered. ”
They will now appear here. Suggesting that he may have been moving towards the Academy—Aurodin spoke emotionlessly as he unfolded a map next to the projection. A red line connects the rift valley connected by the pit to the hilly area surrounding the college.
He could tell Sù Curt about the magicians, but the magicians had a bit of a headache. Although the constant influx of chimera soldiers is not difficult to deal with, it is a little difficult to deal with the distraction of taking drugs on top of this and listening to Ojodin's explanations.
However, just as they wanted to concentrate their fire on the enemy in front of them in one fell swoop, the troubled situation ended in an abrupt way. After leaving behind dozens of corpses torn to shreds by various spells, the chimera soldiers lined up in tight formations began to retreat for some reason.
As neat as they had come, they maintained a tight formation, retreating little by little in the direction of the mages. Coming and going in a hurry, but in the blink of an eye, this group of soulless "lifeforms" disappeared into the darkness in the distance.
"These guys finally get out of ......"
Looking at the chimera corpse pieces scattered on the ground, the sorcerer in the center pinched a cold sweat: "Don't let your guard down, observe if there are any living reactions around you!
Although he and his companions had the advantage against the Chimera Soldiers before, he also knew that such an advantage was gained at the expense of enduring combat effectiveness. Flavored to organize an offensive and defensive battle array, they consumed most of the mana in their bodies.
"It's hard work to stop the other party's attack. The light bulb on the metal skeleton of Orodine flashed a few times, and there was a stabbing sound, "The rest of the thing can rest assured, the other party has all evacuated, and there is no similar reaction of any lifeform in the nearby passage." ”
Ojordin hovered in the air for a moment, then teleported the projection to the eyes of the disarmed sorcerer. When the rock spiders that emerged from the ground began to attack the outer walls of the Academy, the Academy Guards, who were on the outskirts of the defense, immediately organized their men to fight back.
Not surprisingly, these rock spiders were created to fight the mage. As in the mines, their bodies were highly defensive, and their owners had purposely strengthened their ability to resist spells after that encounter. The flames and frost unleashed by the mages could not hold them back, and even the magic bullets fired by the mechanic's guns were bounced off by the polished and shiny "skin".
In the first round of contact, the Wizards organized a response that didn't work very well. However, they soon changed their course of action - after a few Rubik's Cubes shone with a meager glow, the ground beneath the rock spider's feet turned into a muddy mud.
Rock spiders carved from solid rock piles are terrifyingly heavy, and their sharp claws are able to pierce through the dirt lightly as they move. They may be able to dig underground with their claws, but when the solid dirt turns to mud, their proud weight becomes their worst enemy.
In the blink of an eye, the heavy rock spider sank into the mire that appeared at his feet. Only then did they seem to react, struggling in vain in the mud.
This was a good opportunity, and after realizing that elemental spells were difficult to do to them, the mages chose to use the most direct attack. Several metal skeletons were carried by the sorcerers on the edge of the wall, who controlled them as if they were ballistas. The circulating mana is organized into spells, constructing a crossbow machine made of light, and the metal strengthened by the magic becomes a crossbow bolt ready for the string.
When it was too late, a metal of adult height flew out of the projectile spell and was nailed into the body of the rock spider in the blink of an eye. The bodies carved out of the rock were hard, but they were still no match for the tougher metals, and the bodies of the rock spiders were pierced one by one.
"Isn't that already solved? It's just some monsters. The sorcerer, who had finally recovered his breath, looked at the scene projected by Ojordin and said, "Anyway, it's not a troublesome thing, so it would be better to leave it all to the guys guarding near the wall." ”
The Academy guards who met near the walls were warriors with more experience than the mages present - or battlemages. As the name suggests, these guys are people who specialize in using spells to fight, and they are much better than those who have graduated from the academy and have little combat experience.
It is enough to entrust the outer walls of the academy to them, as their combat experience and abilities are not inferior even to those of the regular army of battle mages. Moreover, Ojordin said that the enemy appeared "twenty-three or seven seconds ago", and it must not be long before reinforcements arrived.
"No, it's not"
But the cold electronic voice replied in the negative, and the scene in the projection changed: "It is enough to entrust the walls to them, but now the walls of the academy are not the only ones under attack. This is a very bad situation, and it is clear that the attack was premeditated and organized. ”
The projection that was divided into several pieces revealed a shocking sight that the academy was in a state of chaos, with assailants of all kinds appearing in the courtyard of the academy. These enemies, who appeared out of nowhere, wreaked havoc in the academy and attacked a qiē person who appeared in front of them.
"Dean François has asked all the faculty and staff to organize the apprentices for emergency refuge, while the rest of the guards scattered throughout the academy are on the spot to defend and counterattack. As you can see, now that the academy has entered a state of full alert, any manpower must be mobilized as much as possible. ”
Rarely, Curt heard a hint of anxiety in Ojordin's icy electronic synthesized voice. (To be continued!)
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