Chapter Seventy-Four: Knowledge and Power

Most of the officers and soldiers outside the village had already gathered nearby, and the bandits of the returning regiment who had burned and looted elsewhere in the village also followed, and the empty field was surrounded by water, and Oster and the surviving villagers were blocked next to the still smoking pit.

Although the government nominally had the duty to protect the people, the only thing that opposed the officials and soldiers was Oster, who had the emblem of the rebel army wrapped around his arm; But judging from the direction in which these guns were pointed, and the previous actions of allowing and even assisting the returnees to massacre the villagers, any justification is superfluous.

In the ranks of the officers and soldiers, there was a woman dressed as a mage wearing a hooded cloak and holding a long staff. It seems that this unit is not low-level, not only is it well-equipped, but it is even equipped with spellcasters, at least reaching the level of mid-level elite and above.

At the moment of the great enemy, Oster is still like no one, calling out the Sashu interface to query information, and there are words in his mouth;

“…… There are many types of teleportation, which are mainly divided into two main categories: passive and active. The passive automatically teleports upon contact, regardless of whether the passenger is willing or not, and regardless of the caster's wishes. Once the Matter Marginal Transformation Gate is opened, it will persist and operate automatically, until it runs out of energy or is disturbed. Of course, it is still necessary to stay away from unstable portal portals unless necessary, because in the event of an accidental shock or closure, the material conversion margin is the sharpest cutting device;

Active teleportation, on the other hand, is equivalent to releasing a summoning spell from the target location, and when teleporting an inanimate and unconscious item, it needs to be within the caster's line of sight. And no kinetic energy will be retained after teleportation, such as bullets or arrows in the fire, burning flames, etc., will be converted to a stationary and energyless state. When teleporting a sapient being, the teleportee is required to subjectively trust the caster and agree to accept the teleportation. Except when the teleportee and caster are too close to each other, the caster may forcibly teleport without the teleportee's consent. I see......"

"You're ...... Do what? Seeing Oster sitting cross-legged on the ground, the child asked suspiciously.

In the ranks of the officers and soldiers opposite, there were a few bandits from the Returning Regiment who had escaped before to move the rescue soldiers, and they pointed eagerly to this side and said to the officer at the head, "The red-haired one is a mage, a big man in the rebels, and he is very powerful. Our boss and dozens of brothers were all burned alive by him! ”

Osted did not raise his head, but replied to the child;

"Make-up lessons, kids. I used to use almost all of my energy to build a teleportation array, but in order to save you and the people here, I had to move the anchor point of the circle to my current feet. It's the equivalent of buying a ticket to the United States, but landing just after flying out of your home. Of course, I don't mean to blame you, it's just that now that we're surrounded by white bandits, we have to find a way to kill these people with this plane. ”

Oster has long understood that in the wizarding world, mages are awesome, but they are by no means invincible. Even as a guardian with the blessing of the Book of Sa, there are many limitations. With his current situation, it was not easy to deal with the three or five enemies in front of him, but at the same time, facing the many bandits and officials in the village was tantamount to looking for death.

The homecoming regiment in this village, plus the county government guards, is at least two hundred people, and Sa Shu has very little power, and can only release three or five more secondary spells at most, not to mention the female mage who looks like an elite monster on the other side. There is only one way to escape and save the innocent villagers who survived; Just like just now, use the large teleportation circle that has been set up under your feet to kill the enemy one by one.

The problem is, however, teleportation is not a direct killing spell at all. Through his previous experience with teleporting torches, swords, bows, and bandits, Oster had a rough idea of how this type of magic worked;

"Uncle, I'm very distressed right now." Oster continued to preach to the confused child;

“…… This magic can only teleport objects, and cannot retain kinetic energy and heat, and flying bullets and arrows, or lit torch bombs will be converted to a stationary and extinguished state. Therefore, if you want to kill someone, you can only use external forces, such as passing the target to the cliff and falling to death, or throwing it into a fire pit to burn to death, etc.

The book says that teleportation is not normally used as an attack spell. Because a mage who has mastered this level of skill consumes the same amount of mana and casting time, it is much more convenient and effective to directly release offensive spells; It is completely time-consuming and labor-intensive, and this kind of teleportation, which consumes a lot of energy, has a very close range, and has a lot of restrictions, is used as a means of killing.

But if it is used for assassination, or if it is man-made accidents, it is a different matter; This approach is so powerful that half of MI7's unsolved cases are related to teleportation. That's why there is Article 76 of the "Portal and Circle Manual": 'Don't step into a teleportation circle set up by someone you don't know, because you are in the hands of a teleporter, like fish waiting to be slaughtered.' After all, dealing with ordinary people who don't know magic at all is as easy as stir-frying a dish.

It's a bit complicated, but it's still interesting and worth looking into. Just like the physics of a certain earth, what the old professor in the university casually discusses actually has the ability to move mountains and create fields and destroy cities. So children, when you go out, your uncle will take you to the camp of the rebels, where there is a school founded by the militia, you must study hard, knowledge is power. ”

During Oster's teaching, the officers and men did not choose to approach rashly because they did not know the details of Oster, but lined up from a distance.

Oster originally pretended to give a lecture to the child, just to deliberately expose the flaw, attract the other party to approach, and then wait for the opportunity to teleport. As long as a part of the vanguard is annihilated, the remaining officers and troops will retreat.

It turned out that the other party was not fooled at all. Under the orders of the officers, the soldiers first removed the nearby oil drums, wrapped the tips of the arrows in cloth, soaked them in oil and set them on fire. Then the crossbowmen lined up, bent their bows and mounted rockets, aiming at Oster and the villagers.

At such a distance, if a direct shot is made, the victim will turn into a sieve on the spot. And if you dodge, you will be followed by a stack of tar-soaked firewood; The deflagration will also quickly scorch the target, or force them to flee to the opposite side, where they will be chopped and chopped by the sabers and axes of the officers who are waiting for their work.

These soldiers and commanders are obviously experienced and extremely sophisticated, leaving no chance for their opponents at all, far from being an easy experience bag to deal with.

Seeing that the plan to lure the enemy failed, Oster had no choice but to secretly cast a spell to channel energy. With the sound of the bowstring, the rockets whistled and fired, and in mid-air, they all ran into ripple-like magic cracks and disappeared. A moment later, the arrows fell down on the other side of the field, and the fire on the arrows was extinguished and smoked.

Here, Oster pretended to be calm and continued to explain the principles of magic to the child; "You see, as I said earlier, teleportation does not retain kinetic energy and movement trajectory, bows, arrows, bullets and the like are stationary, and the flames will be extinguished; Otherwise, open a door behind their heads, and you can kill them directly. ”

In fact, sweat was already pouring out of his forehead. The battlefield is not a turn-based game, he was forced to expose his abilities in advance in front of the experienced and not stupid officers and soldiers, and the next time, as long as he was careless, even if he only missed a soldier, an arrow, or a bullet and did not pass away, he would die.

What's more, the female mage on the other side had been closely observing the situation here, and after witnessing this scene, she whispered a few words in the officer's ear. The officer immediately ordered, "It's a Class A controlled forbidden technique, the distance is about twenty-five yards, advance in formation, don't enter the opponent's spell casting range!" ”

Under his command, the officers and soldiers carefully compressed the encirclement, just pushing it to a halt outside the limit of the teleportation technique. This time, they still did not attack directly, and ordered the bandits to return to their hometowns to go first.

A few unlucky bandits had just come out of the wolf's den and entered the tiger's den, crying and begging to no avail, and were held up by the officers and soldiers behind them with muskets, forced into their weapons, and pushed forward;

After refusing to advance and killing one of them on the spot by the officers and soldiers who were supervising the battle in the rear, the remaining bandits almost went insane, howling and screaming, brandishing their swords and rushing at the villagers and Oster.

Oss had no choice, chanting a spell, and a large circle full of complex runes appeared on the ground, and everyone in the circle was shrouded in a circle of light. Oster immediately shifted his energy and lifted the teleportation anchor on himself and the villagers. The bandits who rushed forward were not relieved, and they all turned into pillars of light and disappeared in an instant.

A moment later, the bandit who had just been passed away appeared at a height of more than ten meters, screaming and falling down; Some fell to the ground and died, while others fell into a fire pit that had not yet been extinguished and burned to death. For a moment, flesh and blood splattered, and wails arose.

Seeing that none of them were missing, Oster breathed a sigh of relief. But then he realized that the mage on the other side was staring like a torch; In this way, his ability has been seen at a glance in the eyes of the other party.

For the officers and soldiers, the role of these "consumables" has been achieved. Behind the neatly lined soldiers, the female mage stepped forward after observing for a while, raised her staff and touched the shields in the hands of the soldiers in the front row one by one.

As the staff slashed, flickering magic runes gradually appeared on the shiny lion's head steel shield. After doing all this, she returned to the officer with her staff, as if she had no intention of making a move herself.

[Warning, silver-plated anti-magic steel has been detected, and it may have counter-spells attached, and the effect cannot be detected.] 】

Looking at Sashu's warning interface, the sweat on Auster's forehead trickled down his cheeks.

From the very beginning, Oster judged that the most threatening of the entire enemy army was this female mage, who exuded an aura that was not easy to mess with in both her dress and actions, and she was almost inlaid with a silver dragon on her health bar;

Therefore, at least half of the spell energy is reserved for the person's sudden attack. However, the opposite side has not made a move, and his hole cards have been played clean.

Oster had a bad premonition and slowly said to the child, "Little friend, the lesson is over. Sorry, it's a bit bad, and Uncle may not be able to keep his promise to take you to school. If something happens, promise me to live well, don't rush revenge, and master knowledge and strength first. ”