How difficult is it to kill a High Mage?

It's not difficult to say that it's difficult, because even a legendary-level spellcaster, as long as he doesn't have special hands and feet physically, his ability to resist attacks is no different from that of civilians all over Faerun.

Even most of the casters who lack exercise are not as physically fit as farmers who work in the fields all day.

In many cases, a slightly older child can handle this with a stick, so don't take them too seriously.

Naturally, mages will use various methods to make it impossible for this stick to fall on their body - such as force field armor, shields, spell wall guards, energy resistance, and so on...... However, even so, the mage's combat ability is not strong, although as a strong strategic strike force, high-level spells can instantly annihilate thousands of troops, but in small-scale battles, even the highest caster can be knocked down by a muscular man who knows nothing about magic.

After all, spells are time-consuming and labor-intensive, and require full concentration, making it difficult for even professional battle mages to hastily cast spells in close combat.

And a powerful enough enchanted weapon can often make the various protective shields outside the mage's body useless.

Therefore, if you are a research-oriented scholar-type spellcaster, it is basically impossible to be good at combat, and even if you are a mage who is good at spellcasting battles, you will generally never engage the enemy head-on.

It's not that the mage is self-conscious about his noble status, but simply because it's too dangerous and unwise.

The first choice for any mage to face an enemy far larger than his own, even if the opponent is just a group of ordinary people with some equipment, is to immediately turn away.

A spellcaster who can wipe out a group of 'weak mortals' with the wave of his hand is actually rare in the multiverse.

A caster who reaches the Seventh Ring can do it, but only so.

Rather than telling them to go head-on with a bunch of muscular men, they'd rather stay inside the mage tower and wait comfortably for the enemy to arrive, and if the lair isn't designed to fully resist the invasion of an outsider, they'll be careful to replenish spells in small quantities...... But that kind of situation is basically unlikely, a high-level mentor sitting in the mage tower, with the mage tower is well arranged, even the legendary caster can hardly use a way other than the large legendary spell to die.

Therefore, the danger of a high-level mage leaving his lair is of course very high.

However, Durinvanden thinks that his preparation is very perfect, he has all kinds of protective spells on his body, and he also has several preset trigger spells to help him deal with various emergencies, and his plan is very simple.

Immediately after passing through the plane passage, cast a prepared capture spell on the embryo, then crush the plane teleportation gem and escape.

Concise, effective, and perfect.

However, when he passed through the entrance of the plane passage, he was stunned to find a lava under his feet, and a row of tall monsters stood around the lava pool.

The energy shield squeaked under the erosion of the lava heat, and the heat seemed to have been transmitted to the surface of Durinfanden's body, and a large amount of cold sweat broke out on his forehead instantly, and his body banged, and a large number of stones hit him, although the protection of the force field saved him from the doom of being stoned, but his body was buried in the lava pool by these boulders.

His face was covered in cold sweat, and the magic protection on his body was already on the verge of being destroyed in these few attacks, and the high-level mentor immediately wanted to activate the teleportation stone and escape.

It was clear that something was wrong with the plan and needed to be changed.

In the next moment, he heard a slight thud coming from his body.

His expression froze.

For mages, there are many kinds of sounds that they must be familiar with.

Like what...... The sound that a spell makes when it is cracked by a counter.

Although his body is well protected, his power has been greatly weakened by the lava burn and the impact of boulders, and after crossing the plane, he has not yet found a new source that can support the continuous operation of the spell, so the spell power is consumed quickly.

As soon as the slight sound passed, cracks appeared in several layers of spell shields, and the energy protection was broken, and a small amount of smoky lava flowed through those cracks.

Durin Vanden let out an astonishing and miserable howl, and several spells on his body were immediately triggered under the loss of control of his mind.

Naturally, spells that are touched under the confusion of the mind cannot work normally.

So there was a powerful explosion in the center of the lava pool.

Massive amounts of lava evaporated with the sound of explosions, and the decaying chitin that had spread across the ground scattered, revealing cracked and dried red soil.

A half-only skeleton held a gem in its palm, and a faint light germinated in the center of the gem, which was struck by another ray of light and turned into fragments.

Durinfanden's face had almost turned into a skeleton in the explosion, and pieces of blood and flesh were sticking to the bones, making it look unusually hideous.

As a wizard, they also have certain advantages in terms of survivability, such as their souls are much tougher than ordinary humans and can still stay awake even when they are hit hard.

This lucidity caused him to barely open his still intact right eye, and saw a red robe floating above the lava pool, and the demon skin was on top of his right hand.

The expression on that face was solemn, but Durinfanden read from it the triumph that the plan had succeeded, and his heart was full of confusion and anger: "You actually deceived me?!"

He finally saw the trap.

Obviously, that abyssal embryo has fallen into the hands of this junior.

Although he didn't know why this junior could easily do something that was difficult for even a high-level Ring Mentor to do, he didn't understand why these demons by the lava pool would obey the command of this red robe.

But none of this matters, neither the wise nor the stupid man cares about it at this time, because now he is going to die.

"Deception, perhaps. Penny nodded, and with an uninterested expression he stretched out a finger to the broken body in the center of the lava pool, and the flickering chaotic energy condensed at his fingertips: "I can only say I'm sorry, who told us that we are not familiar." ”

A slightly smaller explosion blooms in the center of the lava pool.

Now this High Ring Mentor doesn't even have a scum left.

Penny slowly descended from the sky, picked up the cracked ruby on the ground, and sighed slightly.

It's not that difficult to kill a high-level mentor.

"The trouble has been solved. He turned his head back slightly, and a white shadow 'floated' out from behind his neck.

This verb is not misused.

It wasn't an entity at all, just a vague shadow, and if viewed in a dimly lit place, it looked like a silvery-white ghost, not tall, and only over four feet long from its head to the end of its swaying tail of light, the size of a baby's main part.

Two bright red lights emanated from the eyes of this 'ghost', which looked very striking, and the light changed, as if it could detect some kind of emotion.

Penny unfolded the magic bag, and a huge oval-shaped ball of flesh poured out of it.

This thing looks a little disgusting.

Secreting slimy juice and horizontal tubes, he remembered the movie he had watched in his last life called Resident Evil.

He glanced at the ghost a few more times, and after making sure that he would not be thanked, he pursed his lips, pulled out a teleportation gem, and prepared to run away.

There are many ways for a high-level mentor to die here, and of course, there are risks in either one.

However, as long as it is determined that Durin Van Deng died in an experimental accident, it is still easy to find a way to get rid of the investigation.

The Grand Nobles of the Inquisition and Frass were behind him.

Suddenly he frowned secretly, realizing that he had grown in courage since he had killed Antrenz.

It's to the point of murdering a high-level mentor who doesn't take it seriously.

This made him sigh like a sea of vicissitudes, just over a year ago, he was a small apprentice who stayed in the lakeside academy in fear and looked for a chance to break away from the Red Robe Mage Society.

Compared to the previous life, the first sixteen years of this life are really wonderful.

He sighed, but he didn't feel much joy, walking on the tip of the knife, there was always inevitable misfortune, hundreds of red-robed mages, regardless of whether they could go to the step of sublimation for the time being, they could die a natural death, how many of them?

The flesh and blood residues on the ground told him that even the slightest negligence could lead to fatal disasters on this path, but who would be willing to be an ant whose fate could not help but look up at the great forces that shook the starry sky of Torrell?

So he became a mage.

The ghost looked at the egg and suddenly made a voice, "Wait." ”

The sound of this form is audible only to Penny and its demons.

To be exact, to feel.

"Why?" said Penny, looking at the light.

"You're going to stay. The ghost's tone sounded very flat to Penny's ears.

"Uh...... Sorry, I still have important things to do. ”

"I also have important things for you to do. The ghost floated in front of the mage, two red bulb-like eyes staring into Penny's eyes.

Penny frowned, feeling that it seemed a little vexatious.

"Before you saw me, you were thinking about killing me. "I haven't received an answer from the mage for a long time, and the voice of 'it' is a little dissatisfied.

The mage rolled his eyes, feeling a little powerless.

"You can't hide it from me. Its voice was even more disgruntled: "Don't forget our relationship." ”

Penny had an even bigger headache.

After meeting again, both he and the little monster had strange changes.

It seemed to be the effect of the soul channel, and the part of his consciousness that had been eroded by the will of the abyss was sucked away in this contact.

It was originally an egg, but after touching it, it became a spirit and broke away.

Probably some kind of side effect, a small part of Penny's thoughts were also accidentally leaked to it.

"You're blackmailing. He tried to defend himself, "Maybe you think I should apologize for the thought, but you must know that if you are really subdued by the will of this plane, you are no longer you, so you should not be angry with my thoughts." ”

“......”

It was silent for a while.

I have to admit that Penny was right.

Penny breathed a sigh of relief.

"But if you leave like that. It paused: "What you are worried about will happen soon." ”

"What?" the mage frowned.

"I'm weak now. It floated above the egg, and the demons around it gathered around him: "Except for these fools, there is no self-preservation. ”

"So what can I do?"

"I was chosen by the will of this abyss, but rejected its assimilation. It continued: "You know what that represents. ”

Penny nodded.

Accept the power of the abyss and reject the will of the abyss.

It's a steal.

This is, of course, a rather immoral act for the abyss.

However, the will of the abyss is very complex, and basically, the chaotic surname will make his means of dealing with this situation unpredictable.

However, it is certain that 'it' is not welcomed by the will of the Abyss.

"These days, many demons have come to infest here, and three days ago, a six-armed snake demon almost chopped down my embryo. It said dissatisfied: "I need protection." ”

"Protection?" the mage frowned, "What protection do you need?"

"Take me away. It said.

"Take you?" Penny was stunned.

"Of course, take me to the main physical realm, and I'll be safe. It said.

"But you also stop growing. Penny pointed to the embryo on the ground.

That is the essence of 'it', the embryo conceived by the abyss, of course, it is impossible to continue to develop after leaving the abyss.

"I've stopped growing for a long time. "It's long since it stopped my evolution, and this place has the final say, and I need a place where it doesn't count." ”

Penny hesitated: "However, even if you reach the main material realm, it will be difficult for you to grow. ”

“...... Abyssal Lord. It was silent for a while.

"What?" the overly short answer left Penny feeling a little baffled.

"If I can capture the soul essence of an Abyss Lord and obtain the core development rules of the Abyss from it......" it frowned, as if thinking, "My evolution can continue." ”

Penny frowned, thinking it seemed a bit fanciful.

Although the strength of the Abyss Lords is uneven, some powerful Abyss Lords can be comparable in strength to the upper gods in their own territory, but there are also some Abyss Lords who are just some high-level ordinary monsters, and some of the Abyss Lords, and even several Lords, all have the recognition of the Abyss Will...... But it doesn't seem so easy to find one and take it...... But he thought about it for a while, but he put the egg back into the magic bag.

He couldn't watch it die in the abyss.

And Penny found that when he approached it, his strength seemed to increase a lot, and that demonic power did not disappear with the passage of the will of the abyss, but became stronger.

What's even more amazing is that it is in a spirit state, and if it is attached to the mage's body, it can also use a variety of strange abilities similar to spells, such as levitation, breaking magic, and haste.

"By the way, what should I call you?" he asked, as he put away the embryo and felt the spirit possess his back.

“...... Belém. It hesitated: "You gave it to me, you forgot it yourself." ”

The mage shrugged.

He had to admit that the name was the product of a joke.

(To be continued)