Volume Two The Fallen Light Chapter 58 Killing Intent
When the ice storm was about to swallow everyone, a bright yellow protective shield enveloped the knights.
The magicians in the team finally woke up and cast defensive magic.
The ice fragments of the ice storm continuously hit the defensive shield, splashing countless ice flowers, turning the entire house into an ice hell.
Ekaterina hurriedly picked up the child who was laughing non-stop for no apparent reason. She blasted a big hole in the back of the house with an arcane missile, then got out and fled the house.
When the defensive shield was about to collapse, the ice storm spell finally ended. The middle-aged mage breathed a sigh of relief, and the knights couldn't help but feel scared.
It seems that this rebellious princess still has the strength to fight. If the mage hadn't taken action, everyone would have been reduced to a pile of minced meat.
What happened just now happened so suddenly that the middle-aged mage had no time to cast a spell, so he had to throw out a magic scroll inscribed with defensive magic, which made him extremely painful.
You must know that the magic scroll he used is worth hundreds of gold galleons.
At this time, the peasant woman's husband walked in and saw his wife's body that had been covered in ice. He was shocked and rushed forward.
Seeing that there was a penetrating wound from a sharp blade on the frozen body of his wife, the big man understood what was going on. Even in the face of these knight masters, he could not suppress the hatred in his heart.
"Why did you kill my wife?"
The knight leader said silently: "You are harboring Ekaterina, the wanted criminal from the empire who killed His Majesty Charles III. You really deserve to be killed."
"I'll fuck you!" the big man was furious. Although he didn't know the identity of that girl, why his family had become a harbor for the empire's felons.
But at this moment, my wife's death was caused by the usually aloof knight of this gang. If I don't avenge this, I swear I won't be a human being.
The big man put down his wife's body, stood up and picked up the bow and arrow on the wall to shoot the knight leader.
Just as he was about to bend his bow and nock an arrow, before he could shoot it, the knight leader took the lead and beheaded him with a sword.
The big man's head fell next to his wife's body, his eyes still staring with an angry expression on his face.
A peaceful and peaceful farmer's home was destroyed in an instant.
With one foot, he crushed the big man's head, which was still hanging in silence. Blood and brains spattered everywhere, and some of it even splashed onto the knight leader's boots.
But he didn't take it seriously and waved his hand: "Chase, capture or kill the wanted criminals for treason, and 500,000 gold galleons will be ours."
The knights and the knight leader immediately chased Catherine through the hole in the house.
Except for the knight leader, who is a silver-level knight, the rest of the knights are generally high-level knights. At this moment, chasing a silver-level mage holding a magic item is a very dangerous move.
However, the high bounty and the temptation of being promoted to the third level extinguished their fear of the magician. In addition, the intelligence also said that the princess who conspired to assassinate had a huge mana consumption, otherwise she would have used high-level magic to kill them just now.
, so as not to run away.
What's more, there is a silver-level magician in the team who can resist Ekaterina's attack.
No matter how you look at it, you are sure to win.
Only the middle-aged mage was a little worried and did not chase him out immediately.
Although he has only been a silver-level magician for half his life, and it is impossible to improve in this life without opportunities, he lives very clearly.
Although he also covets the magic items on Ekaterina, after all, she is a princess and the direct disciple of the legendary mage Luo Ning. She must have powerful magic items on her body. Even if she is weak now, who knows if she has a back-up plan?
As a magician, he knows too well that he must not underestimate the enemy. After all, the power of magic is huge. A counterattack before death can cause damage to both sides. An appropriate spell can reverse the situation.
Although I am not strong enough, I can still get along well in this small border town. As the highest-ranking magician in the city, I receive preferential treatment from the city lord, and my life is quite comfortable.
Even if the wealth and wealth is right in front of you, you still have to live to enjoy it.
And as an orthodox magician, he couldn't stand what these knights were doing.
They have no knightly morals and qualities. In remote border cities, they usually take advantage of the privileges of the nobility to oppress the people and prey on their neighbors. At this time, for their own selfish interests, they killed the farmer and his wife indiscriminately.
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"Why..."
The middle-aged mage sighed and recited a spell, and a fireball flew from his hand towards the farmhouse.
With a "boom", the magic flame instantly enveloped the entire house and burned fiercely.
When the knight leader saw that the middle-aged mage did not follow, he turned back to look for him. After all, without the mage's cover, this morally corrupt knight would not dare to directly pursue Ekaterina like this, no matter how greedy he was for money.
"Master Macbeth, are you ready? If it's any later, I'm afraid the city defense army will want a piece of the pie after they find out about this."
Even though the knight leader was anxious, he did not dare to rush Macbeth. Not only was he on good terms with the city lord of Mogadishu, but a silver-level magician was much more important than him, a silver-level knight. The most important thing was that there was no Macbeth.
Even if they don't help, they have no confidence in hunting down the princess who is plotting to assassinate her.
"Okay, let's set off right away." Macbeth made up his mind and was ready to run away if the situation was not good. He didn't want to risk his own life for the bounty and promotion.
Of course, it would be best if we were sure to capture or kill Ekaterina.
Macbeth, who got on his horse, cast an acceleration spell - Swiftness of the Wind for the knights, and they all chased Catherine at a speed that was 15% faster than usual.
Holding the two farmers' children in her arms, Ekaterina was running away frantically with the blessings of Featherfall, Levitation and Cat Elegance.
She had seen a fire burning in the farmer's house in the distance. It seemed that the knights had also killed the man.
Ekaterina looked at the carefree child in her arms, feeling guilty in her heart.
If it weren't for their own fault, the couple would not have suffered such misfortune. Immediately, hatred towards these knights arose in their hearts.
And a monstrous murderous intention!
Ever since she was little, she has never hated anyone so much because she was so pampered. Who makes her a little princess that everyone loves?
But the earth-shaking situation made her hate many people in just a few days, including this group of knights who killed innocent people indiscriminately.
With the blessing of magic, these knights were approaching her at high speed, and they would definitely not be able to escape.
So she decided to find a suitable opportunity to annihilate the knights and the mage. Even if she paid a heavy price, she would avenge the farmer and his wife.
There is a ruins not far ahead, which can take advantage of the terrain to offset the knight's impact.
What she didn't know was that this almost flattened wreckage was the outpost of the Red Gloves of the Holy Church where Iloth had annihilated not long ago.
Finally, when the knights were about to catch up with Ekaterina, she jumped into the ruins and disappeared in an instant.
The knights tightened the reins of their horses, and under the command of the knight leader, they dismounted and prepared for battle.
After Macbeth strengthened the group defense for the knights, the knights carefully walked into the ruins.
Suddenly, even Macbeth didn't react. An ice arrow pierced a knight who was leading the way. The defensive magic on his body just flickered for a moment and then shattered.
The ice arrow hit his chest.
There was no trace of blood. When the ice arrow entered the body, the blood was frozen, and the whole person turned into ice cubes, then shattered and turned into fine ice cubes all over the ground.
This shocked everyone, especially Macbeth. They didn't expect that the low-level spell of Ice Arrow would be so powerful in Yekaterina's hands.
There was no time to hesitate, because Ekaterina's second spell had already followed.
Another shot of ice arrows. This spell had been intercepted by Macbeth, who was well prepared, using fireball, and no casualties were caused.
Seeing Macbeth's majesty, the knights were relieved, and their fear and flinching disappeared in an instant.
Since Yekaterina had already cast two spells, the knight leader quickly determined her location. With a gesture, all the knights dispersed and rushed towards Yekaterina's hiding place at high speed.
Macbeth has also prepared a spell, which is his signature spell - continuous fireballs.
I saw nine huge fireballs lined up in a row, flying quickly towards the wall where Ekaterina was hiding.
Macbeth is very confident in his spells. He has studied fire spells for so many years. This continuous fireball is his favorite spell. After being locked, even if he escapes immediately, he will be hit by the explosion of powerful fireballs.