Two strong soldiers pulled the hinge, like an armored tank's city-breaking heavy crossbow slowly winding up. A crossbow arrow that was thicker and longer than an ordinary spear, with a bright black fine gold arrowhead at the front. From the arrow
On the tail feathers, there are drawn slender incantations like floral script.
There is also a mage next to the city-breaking heavy crossbow. He wears special goggles and carefully adjusts the scale. Even if arrows and stone bullets fly from time to time, causing mud to rain down around him, it does not affect his concentration and adjustment at all.
The mantra was chanted, and the entire city-breaking heavy crossbow moved. Under the operation of the mage, the trajectory of the crossbow arrows flashed with arcs, and a command of "Fire!" was heard in the distance.
Driven by it, it turned into a bolt of lightning, taking away the surrounding light, leaving an illusion-like blazing white line in the retina.
The same attack was issued by multiple city-breaking heavy crossbows stretched out on both sides. When the crossbow arrows were about to hit the city wall, they were blocked by a large "wind wall technique" from bottom to top. Or the crossbows were barely deflected.
In the direction of the arrow, it can pass over the battlements and shoot high into the air; or it can be nailed to the city wall with a slightly slower momentum, exploding clouds of thunder and lightning, frost, and flames, blasting the legionnaires on the wall to pieces.
Falling down, body parts flying everywhere.
The siege of Huowu City started in the early morning. Under the heavy crossbows advancing step by step and covering the fire, a formation of aerial spellcasters, mainly medium mages, carrying a large number of wands, scrolls and alchemical explosives, climbed into the sky.
, under the protection of a series of illusions such as "Hazy Technique" and "Mirror Shadow Technique", they began to bombard the city wall and parts of the city behind the wall.
But the legion mages in the city also hurriedly took to the air, and the two sides started fighting above the city wall, relying on various range-extending spells to display gorgeous magical light and shadow in mid-air.
On the ground, even though Fusman's sudden night attack caused the loss of many soldiers under Nelem's command, thousands of soldiers were reorganized and formed a
An array of alternating coverings approached Huowu City step by step.
However, attacking Huowu City no longer relies on stacking human lives to climb the city wall. Three black iron golems, which are more than two people tall, are approaching the southeast gate step by step with heavy steps. One of their arms has been transformed into a special
The battering ram is used to siege cities and destroy strongholds. The other is a tower shield with spikes. The head grid is like an iron can and can also emit poisonous gas.
Nowadays, the southeast gate of Huowu City has been restored to its original appearance after emergency repairs by the Imperial Legion. However, it only relies on spells such as "Stone Shaping Technique" to repair it. It is too late to weave and infuse various arcane spells.
Within.
When the black iron golem came to the city gate, the siege ram as thick as a beam, with terrifying force, hit the city gate sealed with huge boulders again and again, causing a thin layer of light to rise on the city wall.
Thin floating dust.
Nelem stood on a hill behind the battlefield and watched from a distance. He was surrounded by his most trusted children. Looking at the anxious battle above the city wall, he couldn't help but wonder:
"Aren't Fusman going to show up? If this continues, we will be able to break through the city wall in no time!"
The eldest son with a big beard said easily: "Father, isn't that a good thing? Maybe Forsman has started packing his things and is preparing to run away!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and only Nelem denied it: "Are you kidding? Have you stayed in a small place for a long time, and your brains are rusty? After all, Fusman is also the son of the Balrog.
', if the commander of an entire legion wants to escape, why did he launch a night attack on us before?!"
The eldest son smiled: "Father, you don't have to worry too much. With our help, we can contain Fusman. When we take down the communication crystal tower, no matter how powerful Fusman is, he will still be able to do it in despair.
Escape?"
Nelum also nodded: "Oh! After all, he is a student of Siddons. I tried to contact him before, but the adult didn't respond at all. If Forsman can be forced away instead of killing him, then maybe
This is the best result.”
Looking at the black iron golem in the distance that looked like it was demolishing a house or a wall, Nelem felt quite conflicted in his heart. Although everyone didn't say anything about the factional struggle within the Pentagram Tower, they were all aware of it.
The Tower of Pentagram has been firmly suppressed by the Eye of Mystery in the early days. The research and development of arcana can only start from some more side-lined and under-appreciated directions. Although it has cultivated and absorbed many people with the Eye of Mystery,
A high-level spellcaster with poor connections, but not even a legendary mage.
Although legendary mages are extremely rare to begin with, before the appearance of "Fire Demon" Sidons, the Tower of Pentagram looked like a grown-up dwarf to the Eye of Mystery, inferior to the Eye of Mystery in every aspect.
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However, the fact that Sidons was promoted to the legendary level greatly encouraged everyone in the Pentagram Tower. In addition, since the discovery of the New World, Sidons strongly advocated colonial development and earned a large share of the Pentagram Tower's foundation, completely turning the world around.
It has overcome its decline and gained far more say in the Magic Council than before.
But the achievements of "The Fire Demon" are more due to his personal strength, and his own style has also made the Pentagram Tower many enemies, and a full-scale war almost broke out with the Eye of Mystery.
The fact that the Tower of Pentagram was able to turn a corner, successfully frighten the Eye of Mystery, and effectively transform the wealth acquired in the New World into the overall strength of the organization must be attributed to the "Queen of Missiles" Mephisetis.
It's hard to say for others, but at least Nelem was able to become the chief mage advisor of Fire Dance City, not only because he was Sidons' former subordinate, but also because he defected to the "Missile Queen" early.
Nelem didn't have any hostility toward his old boss. He just felt tired. After working hard for so many years, his arcane achievement had reached the ninth level. It was time to enjoy the blessings instead of fighting desperately with a group of natives all day long.
Maybe Fusman regarded his behavior as betrayal, but how could everyone betray together? There is no reason why everyone should pay for "The Balrog" alone, right?
As the "Missile Queen" said, if the entire Pentagram Tower was to support only a few legendary mages, such an organization would not be able to exist for a long time.
Nelem sighed heavily and looked at the city wall with cracks smashed by the black iron golem. He did not feel the joy of victory. After all, this was the city he had run for decades.
…
"The arcane matrix is connected and the circuit is activated."
"The Austrian Star Map is connected and the skeleton is activated."
"Spell slots are liberated and arcane energy is completely transformed."
"Charging specific gravity has reached the critical value."
Intelligent replies with cold tones sounded close to my ears, as if they were transmitted directly into my mind.
Even though he had done more than thirty experiments himself, Fusman still felt a sense of discomfort all over his body. When he put on this specially modified arcane armor, his entire arcane potential was fully activated—
—No, it was extracted.
Most mages feel that learning arcane magic and performing arcane magic are just a matter of relying on the rigorous logical calculations and deductions in their brains to weave incredible magical effects.
However, when you come into contact with the level of ninth-level arcana, your vision will gradually change. Especially as a student of "Fire Demon" Sidons, Fusman was taught by his teacher from the first day he embarked on the path of arcana.
It requires careful observation of the impact of arcane magic on oneself.
Compared with the arcane matrix constructed by ordinary ninth-level wizards, Fusman can even obtain a power called "arcana" by liberating the spell slot itself, which is not only connected to the vast arcane star map, but also can
Perform various arcane spells more flexibly.
Arcane energy was once considered a type of magic, but compared to the difficulty of generating magic, arcana energy can be recovered naturally only by the mage's meditation and rest. In addition to being used to cast spells, arcana energy is also the most critical power for activating arcane armor.
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The arcane armor unearthed from the giant's ruins has now been divided up by various mages' guild organizations, and all parties are committed to developing and researching this ancient giant's creation.
Although some people choose to wear arcane armor on their upper body to obtain better spell resistance and energy resistance, it does not directly improve spell casting ability.
Some mages do find that arcane armor can be used to store spells in advance like spell storage items and then cast them continuously, but this is not as good as buying a wand or staff.
To this end, the Tower of Pentagram has developed a "spell sequence trigger" based on the principle of arcane armor. Once this magic prop is activated, it can continuously and automatically trigger multiple spells stored in it. The wizard can also edit the trigger sequence in advance.
, to ensure that in times of danger, there is no need for cumbersome spell gestures and various spell effects can be performed in one go.
But these are not the real applications of arcane armor. As a special equipment distributed by ancient giants to uncivilized races, the magic of arcane armor is that it can replace thinking!
The arcane armor was originally a very special construct with a certain degree of thinking ability. Under Fusman's transformation, he was even able to use the arcane armor to assist him in weaving arcane spells.
Driven by its own arcane energy, the arcane armor weaves and guides various energy substances in an extremely precise way, so that the gray-white old plate armor actually flows like mercury, wrapping Fusman's body, forming a
A bright red metal suit shows Forsman's strong and muscular figure, without any redundant structure.
"Legion Commander, if your arcane armor is fully activated, I'm afraid it can only sustain a battle of about ten minutes." A quartermaster responsible for preparing magic equipment said nervously: "And there are still many hidden dangers that we have not yet encountered.
If you can solve it, please..."
"No need to talk nonsense." Forsman closed the golden face armor and walked out of the closed production workshop. Then his body was filled with fire, turned into a shooting star, and soared into the sky.
The moment he reached the sky above the city wall, clear outlines of figures appeared in front of Fusman's eyes. The arcane armor automatically extracted Fusman's consciousness and memory, clearly marking non-legion members. At the same time, arcane spells were woven in the rows, and the surface of the armor was blazing.
Get moving.
Forsman just flashed above the crowd, and hundreds of fireballs poured out, like a shower of meteorites, dragging a long flame tail in the air. Searching for enemies on his own and actively tracking them would have required a lot of complicated gestures and
The calculated movement method, with the support of the arcane armor, Fusman doesn't even need to put much effort into manipulation.
Ignoring the number of casualties caused by the series of explosions left behind, Fusman flew towards Nelem at the rear of the battlefield like a meteor. His vision was even strengthened by the arcane armor, and he witnessed Nelem leading the way.
With a panicked expression, he began to recite the spell, and the light of the teleportation spell enveloped himself.
"Hmph!" Fusman raised his arms straight, and arcane incantations emerged from his palms. A "wide-area dimensional lock" enveloped everyone who had not escaped. A "shattering palm" appeared out of thin air, and the whole body condensed like flames, falling directly from the sky.
!
They saw that the small hill on which Nelum's children were standing was directly smashed by the "Flame Smashing Palm", just like a cake filled with hot fruit fillings was smashed by a naughty child, spewing out balls of burnt flesh that glowed with fire.
The broken pieces, along with the surrounding dozens of feet of ground, suddenly sank, and a heat wave swept across.
"No—" Nelum turned around and screamed.
Nelem and some of his children, who had just had a premonition of the approaching crisis, escaped first, but several people were still a little slower and their bodies were smashed into pieces by the "Flame Crushing Palm", and their bones and flesh were scorched.
"That's... the arcane armor?" Nelem saw an armored figure in the firelight. The streamlined suit that fit the body was completely different from the arcane armor he had seen in the past. But the surging arcana,
And the phenomenon of being able to cast spells without any spells or gestures is clearly the work of ancient giants!
"Quick! Stop him!" Nelem broke out in a cold sweat. Under his command, his children performed a series of "slowing spells", "dimensional anchors", "frozen spheres"... as long as they could slow down
The speed-blocking spells, among the chaotic spells and gestures, on the raised staffs and wands, auras of light flashed one after another, and the power surged one after another.
However, none of this can stop Forsman, who is like a meteor. The fire around him still has the effect of transforming most magic, and can even absorb and disintegrate it, reducing it to arcane energy, continuously providing energy for the armor!
Fusman himself didn't need any spell gestures. The "extremely effective scorching rays" as thick as his arms shot out from his palms, chest, shoulders, and waist and ribs. Strips of brilliant light shot out, and the dazzling light swept across, penetrated the protection, and tore apart.
The armor was shattered, and several children were cut off at the waist in an instant.
Just as Fusman was rushing left and right here, his fire fists radiating with fierce light, the most elite middle and high-level mages under his command also broke out from the city and rushed towards the people of Nelem, casting various spells along the way.
The powerful "Burning Cloud Technique", "Missile Storm", and "Fire Wall Technique" blasted the armies on the ground into pieces, and cut the array into pieces.
Nelem figured it out this time. Forsman knew that it was difficult to hold the city wall, so he simply took advantage of the concentration of his own forces to break out. But he didn't expect that the other party would have such a powerful secret besides the "Crown of Ashes".
Can be armored.
Seeing Forsman flying forward, he used the "Mage Sword" with flaming energy to cut one of his sons into two pieces at close range. Nelem was disgusted and anxious, and shot an "advanced dispelling magic" at Forsman, but he didn't care.
No matter how effective it is, quickly add a "force field prison" to give everyone a chance to escape.
But Fusman stood still and used an "advanced explosive flame technique" to blast the "force field prison" into pieces from the inside out.
"Fire with a dissociative effect?!" Nelem was so frightened that his face was deformed. This was the "Arcana Substitution" that Siddons only discovered after he was promoted to the legendary level! Is it possible that this guy Forsman also learned it?
Already?!
"Today next year will be the anniversary of your family's death!" Forsman's voice announcing the death sentence came from under the arcane armor, and the endless flames competed with the sun!