A loud roar rang out from the depths of the enemy-occupied stronghold, and the mage, who was still trying to rush to the exit of the building, immediately turned around and rushed in the direction from which the sound came.

When the offensive and defensive posture was forced to change, they who were originally hiding in the corner to ambush the defenders began to play the role of the other party. The sorcerers had a blatant look of disgust on their faces, as if they were angry that they had been toyed with by the chaos created by their enemies.

The predicament that the garrison had faced was now on the head of Sein Democra's group of sorcerers, and the bombs that exploded everywhere really made it difficult for them to take care of them. But despite this, the mages who appear in the colony are still somewhat unusual.

Did the leader decide that the area around it was not in the area to be defended, or was the ritual so rushed that it was difficult for them to divide their men? While there may be both, the worst-case scenario is likely to be that the other side has retreated and is waiting for the intruder to step into the line.

Soon, even the last few heavily armed sorcerers quickly withdrew from the nearly destroyed lines after locking a gate to the west. The sound of explosions has not stopped, and the direction of the explosion is not limited to one place, which is probably why these mages are exhausted.

"The nearby enemy must have rushed over, and it seems that there are quite a few people besides us who want to rush in. Peeking around the corner where the mage had disappeared, Hermia whispered, "I don't know who the other party is, but I really want to thank them for diverting the attention of the guards for us." ”

On the way to the colony, there were few people who looked like guards, and they were all attracted by the sudden roar. Hermia and Carrota. And Lizzie, who still maintains her spirit form, took advantage of the fact that the defense line was broken through and infiltrated the defense line occupied by the enemy.

It seems that the sorcerers who were in charge of closing the gate did not notice them, and the hurried people even had extra time to check the side of the line that was almost destroyed. It's almost just a few steps away. Hermia and the others hid under a hallway that had been blasted out of a pit by spell.

To be precise, there was only a layer of iron-clad cement and a few metal beams between them. Carl Rota hung himself on the beam on all fours. And he used his body to support Hermia's huge snake body, hiding his body in the shadows under the stairs.

In fact, the two of them alone weighed almost more than the mages on the car, and the weight was all supported by a deformed beam that really surprised Lizzie that it didn't collapse. Having said that, such an act barely escaped the eyes of the enemy.

"I didn't even see such a huge target, should I say that you two are too lucky, or those guys are too bad-eyed. Her looming body floated in front of the two inhumans, and she looked angrily in the direction of the mage's departure, and said, "But is it okay for you to just let them run away?" It's the right thing to do when you're scattered. ”

The pale magic makes Lizzie look like a real undead, but her current state makes it difficult to define whether she is an imaginary or a physical body. As she spoke, she waved her hand slightly, and a mist of magic poured into his body from the ground that the mages had never set foot on.

She had already prepared spells that would incapacitate her enemies in one go, and the condensed mana would only take a few more steps forward for the magicians to wipe them out. However, the other party was attracted by the loud sound behind him, so that Lizzie had to give up the plan.

"I used to be a warrior, and now I'm a healer - I've never been a hunter or an assassin anyway. Carl Rota slowly tugged his body and responded nonchalantly to Lizzie's complaints, as if he didn't like the sneak attack tactic.

The massive body crept silently along the wall. Climb along the back of the staircase towards the gap above. If he acted lightly, the sound could still be detected by the guards who had already left, so he chose to crawl quietly in this strange position.

Gulnius' hairy body looked a little clumsy, but Calrota was surprisingly agile. Even with Hermia's body on it, it didn't look cumbersome at all. With just a few simple jumps, his body landed silently on the path like a cat.

Bang!

At this moment, a loud explosion was heard again near the fence on the western side of the defensive line. This time, however, the sound was slightly different from the previous ones. In addition to the first loud bang from the explosion, one can hear the sound of the mechanic's gun firing one after another.

"It was the sound of the armored car moving, and it seemed that the other mages who had participated in the operation had also arrived nearby. Hermia whispered. However, her expression looked a little subtle, "They should be able to attract some enemies." Now it's time for us to get started. ”

The plan of the operation was for the mages to attract enemy fire in the front, and some of the members who still had combat power to infiltrate the enemy's stronghold from several aspects. The aim was to prevent the ritual from unfolding, in other words, even if it was only delayed for a while and a half.

The bombs planted throughout the line were part of the plan, and the sorcerers pooled the remaining explosives at hand and had the stealthy members install them in the buildings near the central plaza. They don't expect to rely on these things to hurt each other, at best they use them as fodder for feints, attracting some of the enemies in charge of guarding them to divide their forces.

However, no one expected that the explosives that had been planted near the line of defense would be used by others before they could prepare for the official operation.

The first explosion roared from the already destroyed barricades on the east side of the central plaza defense, which should not have been detonated so early in the plan. It wasn't just the first one that went wrong, the bombs that the mages had planted around exploded one after another that didn't go as planned.

All signs were that there were other forces in action, and Hermia, who had always been cautious, was against such an action, because at this time the operation could not be called a plan at all, and it was more reliable to say that it was nonsense. However, when Carlotta was about to take Lizzie on her own, she followed.

"The other infiltrators are probably the dregs of the True Eye. ”

On the way to the depths of the stronghold, Lizzie suddenly said: "Those guys are much better than the guys in François's captivity, and they should know very well that Sain Democra's nature has not been able to form an alliance with them, but now at least they can be regarded as companions."

Presumably, only those who have specialized their spell-casting abilities for combat will stay in the central area, and the rest of the half-baked ones will probably have been swept away by Sein Democra's monsters. Obviously, they were full of hatred for the mage who destroyed their stronghold, and they didn't even care if he was ordered by the Ultramarine Faction, who had already taken the opportunity to break away from the Faction.

However, this does not mean that they can communicate verbally, and the aggressiveness of the True Eye, once out of the hands of its controller, can be as damaging as Sain Democra. These sorcerers are like rabid dogs, attacking everything that comes into view.

The evidence of this is probably the stronghold of the terrible situation in front of us - the sorcerers under the command of Sain Democlus were mercilessly slaughtered. Looking at the traces of the fighting around them, they were destroyed by the furious magic before they could even launch a second round of attacks.

Without exception, a dark iron spear was nailed to their bodies, and the blazing flames ignited the few remaining wreckage on the ground like torches.

"But I'm not sure those madmen still have the sanity to communicate normally, and if they don't, like that magician, they'll become beasts with only blood in their eyes. "Spells are indeed powerful powers, but if they are only used to destroy, the user tends to become bloodthirsty monsters.

Walking inside the stronghold, you can still hear the sound of fierce fighting outside from time to time, but there is no obstacle along the way, and most of the people in charge of garrisoning are reduced to pieces. Their attackers had no intention of leaving them alive, and the moment they made contact, they unleashed a magical force of lethal weight.

It was as if the entire passage had been swept away by a passing storm, and not even a whole thing could be seen. Both Sain Democra's men and the objects they used as fortifications were torn apart, and the blood that should have been splattered was completely burned by the flames.

The remnants of the Eye of Truth had done things so thoroughly that none of them knew what to do—their path had been almost completely swept away. But the magic in the space showed no signs of improving, but was filled with an even stronger aura of danger than before.

"So, what do we do next?"

Judging from the layout of the defensive line held by the sorcerer, the road leading to the deepest part was not far ahead, and just over ten meters before the corner, a heavy metal gate was erected. There was not a single living person on the road before this, and the metal gate was deformed by the heat.

Lizzie could feel that not far ahead was the source of all the anomalous magic, and as a spirit state, she would be wrapped in an uncomfortable feeling just by looking in that direction, as if she was buried under the ice. Probably before they arrived, the remnants of the Eye of Truth had rushed in, but it was still radiating strange power as if nothing had happened.

So, behind that gate - what is there? (To be continued......