Chapter 18: The Guards of Mage City

"Hey, what are you doing-!?"

Unfortunately, the leader of the team was a sharp-eyed guy.

"Duel?No matter where you are outsiders, duels are not allowed in Mage City. I command you to lay down your arms and come with us!"

Unfortunately, there was no room for quibbling, and Leah noticed that the mages had taken out their wands or staffs one by one, which also caused the smell of gunpowder that should have belonged to Rowan and the knight to spread throughout the square at once.

"May I ask who you are?"

Alec frowned.

"Aitok, captain of the Mage City Guard. ”

The other party saluted politely, but there was a hint of arrogance in his tone.

Alec looked back at little Lori, who just gave him a playful smile as if to say - look, what did I say before?

Well, the duel is against the law, and the little Lori has indeed said it a long time ago, but the knight who knowingly committed it is not dead.

"Hello, Mr. Etok. I'm Alec Beuys, a knight from Randall's Kingdom, and if you're willing to make it easier, I promise you'll enjoy a good show with little effort. ”

He shrugged his shoulders, his tone sounding as relaxed as if he was going to invite the other person for a drink.

"I refuse, lay down your weapons and come with us. ”

It's a pity that the other party doesn't appreciate it.

"And both of you, stand up and hand over your staff and wand. ”

Even the two ladies who were sitting next to each other were affected by the fish pond.

"In the name of the nobles, Mr. Etock, I assure you that Miss Jessica and I are not involved in this duel. ”

Leah's expression turned unpleasant. According to her thoughts, Alec and the others were arrested. She went to say hello to Sharuzod again, and this little matter could be easily solved.

As a result, the other party even wanted to arrest her. As the daughter of the Duke of the Kingdom, even if she really participated in the duel, she would never be allowed to be taken away by the city guards, which was a naked insult.

"Well, there's no point in saying that to them. ”

On the other side, Jessica, who had lived in Mage City for a long time, seemed to know very well what these guys in front of her were, and she simply grabbed her staff and took a stance.

"I don't care where you're from, listen, this is Mage City. Even your king must obey the law here!"

Sure enough, the other party righteously vetoed Little Lori's words. The Farainne family's name is a universal pass in Randall.

However, it is unfortunate that these mages under the protection of Hanufain are above the top on weekdays, and they do not pay attention to foreign nobles at all.

Not to mention the guys who gave up their studies and turned to the military or politics, their pursuit of power is far greater than the pursuit of truth, and Etok, who is used to the white eyes of the archmages, now sees two white-cloaked girls who are like flowers and jade, and a lot of ideas pop up in his heart.

[Arrest them, if you don't have any background......]

Etok thought so. Unfortunately, he didn't recognize Leah. On weekdays, he only cares about how to get promoted and make a fortune, and he has long been accustomed to ignoring any news in the academic world.

"yes, unfortunately, it seems that we can't come to a consensus. ”

However, it is impossible for Leah to let the escorts take her away, especially the kind of ** contained in the other party's gaze makes little Lori very uncomfortable.

"What? You're going to resist?"

Aitok was taken aback.

"That's right. Exactly, knights!"

Accompanied by Leah's coquettishness, the knight squad led by Alec set up a neat posture.

"Damn! Attack! Defeat them!"

On the other side, Aitok gave an order. The enemy also began to act.

The guards of Mage City are composed according to the ratio of mages to warriors to two, which can effectively ensure that after the warriors contain the enemy. The mage's firepower. Such a luxurious team could not find anywhere else but Avedra, and now it caused great trouble for Leah and the others.

"Jessica. Looks like we're going to have to take on half of the squad's support!"

Leah said, raising her staff.

"Leave it to me! My cousin and I are very experienced in dealing with this kind of escort!"

As she spoke, she removed the short-handled musket behind her back.

Reload, aim, shoot, and the action is like a stream of water in one go, and then the flames erupt where they hit.

"The magic musket, combined with bullets, can quickly release a large amount of magic. ”

Seeing Leah observing the weapon in her hand, Jessica explained.

The magic musket is a good thing, and it can continuously release magic without consuming any mental energy and chanting when combined with bullets, and the only speed limit is how fast you can reload.

"Pretty handy equipment, but what about your staff?"

However, Leah also understands that a large part of the reason why this type of weapon is not popular is because it saves the mental power of the mages but consumes their wallets, which can basically be said to be a bullet and a gold coin, not to mention the cost of the gun itself and the wear and tear when firing. So she was more concerned about why Jessica didn't choose to use a staff to cast spells.

"Staff, this is it. ”

"Huh!?"

As a result, Jessica just raised the short gun in her hand, much to Leah's surprise.

"Lord Leia, we need support!"

While Leah was in a daze, Alec's side began to struggle, the tactics of using warriors as meat shields and mages as fixed turrets in Mage City were simple but also very rough, and it was not something anyone could do while resisting the enemy's melee attacks while being vigilant against magic that could fly over at any time.

"Really, I'm in such a big trouble and I need to help clean up the mess. ”

"I'm so sorry, Mistress Leah. ”

Little Lori puffed out her mouth, complaining and complaining, but she still raised the staff in her hand.

[Okay, let me test how much I've grown since the battle between Rain and Hime.] 】

She mobilized her spiritual power, and her white cloak turned into a blue behind her, and in an instant, ten dimensional orbs were condensed in the sky above Leah.

"Extradimensional Shockwave-Straf-!!"

With a wave of the staff, each dimensional orb turned into a magic cannon firing point, and the ten pillars of light instantly tore through the back row of the escort team, taking away nearly half of the mages in just one shot.

"How...... How is that possible!?"

Faced with this sudden carpet bombardment, Etok was completely confused. The enemy was two archmages, and he understood this, and it was because he understood that Etok thought that the so-called archmages were people who had a high attainment in magic, and that their combat abilities might not be comparable to those of soldiers who had been specially trained and had learned all the spells they had learned for the sake of battle.

But now he understands that he was wrong, and he was very wrong, this little Lori in front of him is an out-and-out battle master, and it is an archmage who is far more experienced than them, born to fight.

"Don't worry, I have the power to control the magic, at most it is Cheng DΓΉ who will make you break two ribs, then, I'm going to go on it!"

Leah didn't know what Etok was thinking, and even if she knew, she would only scoff at it, although Leah thought she was a mage of the academic class, but she had fought with Yuhime, and she also had an artifact like Nelfi, how could she lose to a group of guards.

"Hey...... Lie......"

Another strafing shot, and when he saw that Leah's two magic spells had completely wiped out the enemy's back row, even Rowan was speechless. Before, he thought that the strongest of these people should be Alec, but it seems that he is a bit wrong.

"I'll leave the rest to you, oh, don't let me down, knights. ”

Looking at the mage who fell to the ground with satisfaction, Xiao Lori closed one eye, played with the ends of her golden hair with her fingers, and said proudly.

"Wrap it up with us, Lord Leah!"

After solving the enemy's back row, Alec and the others naturally will not be afraid of the enemy in front of them. It didn't take much effort for the poor escort to fall to the ground.

"So what's next......"

He turned his gaze to Rowan, whose duel had been interrupted by the escorts, but as a knight, he did not allow the other party to leave after defeating his two companions.

"Another day, gentlemen, another day. We've just eliminated a group of mage city guards, and there will be at least ten of them here soon. ”

Rowan waved his hand, signaling that the duel could not continue.

"Then ......"

Alec thought about it, then decided to find a suitable time to continue today's fight.

"Tomorrow I'll go to Leah, and my cousin will go to you, so what?"

Just as the atmosphere was getting calmer, a certain girl jumped out of place and interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Ha ......"

Rowan looked at Leah and then at Jessica, he didn't know what the two had talked about before, but he could see that his sister and the girl named Leah still had a lot to talk about, and he knew better - once the stubborn Jessica had made a decision, it would be difficult to change it.

"Well, then tomorrow! Mr. Boyce, if none of us kill anyone after that, maybe we can have a drink together. ”

Rowan scratched his hair with a helpless expression.

Refusing the knight's wine, which was the reason for their duel, and now seeing the situation of Jessica and Leah, it seemed undesirable to continue to stiffen the relationship with some cruel words, so he compromised in a roundabout way.

"Ah, after the duel, let's go have a drink together. ”

Alec naturally heard what the other party meant, maybe it should be the friendship of the men, after fighting against the escort together, the hatred between the two sides had diluted a lot, so he accepted Rowan's advice - the duel would never let go of water, but it seemed good to have a drink after that. (To be continued......)