"Crack."
The sound of twigs snapping was the main melody of the journey in the forest. Pan Da breathed in the cold air and tried to look forward, calculating the direction in his mind.
"Priest Pan Da, Priest." The people who were originally arcanists were now trying to adapt to the new way of addressing each other. "We should be close, right?"
"The margin of error is not more than two kilometers. Everyone, stay alert."
The team was already in a state of preparation, and now everyone was even more nervous as they picked up their weapons. Their current situation was very awkward. If it was based on the levels of arcane warriors and arcanists, the strength of this team could absolutely crush most of the other mercenary teams in the forest. Even if they encountered high-level magical beasts, they would still have the power to fight.
However, the strange encounter forced them to abandon the "arcane" system. This made everyone feel like their martial arts had been crippled. Especially the remaining three arcanists. They were originally stronger than high-level mages, and Pan Da was even comparable to a magus. This group of people could be said to be able to summon the wind and summon the rain wherever they went, but now they had to start all over again.
The powerful warriors who used to fight with arcane shields had now switched to divine spells. Even their fighting style had changed. Although the divine spells were not weak, the power bestowed by the "Moon God" did not seem to be good at fighting head-on. Pan Da knew this, so he did not rush. Instead, he patiently led the team to find a few magical beasts that were not very strong and used "hunting" to let the team get used to the new power in their bodies as soon as possible.
This method was indeed effective. At first, he even had the thought of "giving up on the mission", but now it seemed that after several times of getting used to each other, their combat strength was not much worse than before. It was just that their style had changed a lot.
"In the name of Sterian, bestow pure power upon your people …"
Every time Pan Da walked a certain distance, he would cast a blessing on the people in front of him. He did not even know the specific name of this skill, because it was purely an effect achieved through incantations and prayers. After casting, the senses of the soldiers who were scouting the way would be several times sharper. With this skill in the forest, the ability to avoid danger could be said to be greatly improved.
However, at this moment, one of the scouts suddenly straightened his body. "There's movement in front …"
The team instantly stopped. No one else heard anything, but when they looked forward, they saw a faint flash of light at the end of the fog-filled horizon.
The sound of all kinds of weapons being unsheathed could be heard. Pan Da narrowed his eyes and immediately made a decision. "Priests, cast your blessings together. Everyone, push forward and prepare for battle!"
Many days of preparation had been for this moment. They were all elites of the Holy Assembly, and not new recruits on the battlefield for the first time. Thus, the team's atmosphere was still calm as they slowly advanced toward the spot where the light had appeared a few hundred meters away.
During this process, the noise in the distance gradually became louder and louder. At first, it was just a crackling sound, and then there was a more powerful muffled sound. Then, they saw a towering tree fall to the ground.
Pan Da squinted his eyes, holding the necklace that represented the Moon God in his hand. He silently chanted a prayer. As the priests cast their divine spells, a faint light appeared on everyone's body. The whole team was surrounded by a faint layer of silver light, but because it was daytime, it was not clear.
The soldiers with bows and arrows put on leather finger guards and nocked long arrows. When the scene of the fierce battle gradually appeared in front of them, everyone showed a look of shock.
There were two groups of people fighting in front of them. One group was obviously a mercenary team that came to explore. There were around 30 people, but there were currently only a dozen of them fighting. Many of them were lying on the ground, and for a moment, it was unknown whether they were dead or alive. This group of mercenaries was obviously not weak. They had a clear division of labor. The archers who used bows and arrows to counterattack were constantly rolling between the giant trees to avoid the attacks. Their shooting speed was abnormally fast, and the enchanted red light on the arrows could be seen.
Among them were two Elementalists who stood behind the shield and kept casting spells. It was because of these two pillars that the mercenary team did not collapse under the enemy's bombardment.
On the other side, a dozen figures in ragged clothes held glowing stones in their hands. In the process of dodging arrows and magic, they kept casting unknown spells. Although Pan Da and the others used to study arcane magic, they had a very deep understanding of elemental spells. But what surprised them was: the group of beggars in front of them looked like they were casting spells, but in fact, there were not many elemental fluctuations in their bodies.
They were completely using the Magic crystal in their hands as a source of energy to fight. But anyone with a little knowledge of magic would know that this group of people was digging their own graves. Magic crystal itself was a stable aggregation of a large amount of energy. Once the surface of the Magic Crystal was damaged, the energy would surge out like a flood, and the only result would be an explosion.
Magic crystal must be guided by a magic circle, and the speed of energy dissipation must be controlled. But this group of people did not look like they had a magic circle. Their behavior, in the eyes of Pan Da and the others, was completely playing with their lives!
"This group of lunatics … If they use the Magic crystal like this, they might even blow up this place!"
The Arcane Warriors also understood this point, and while cursing in their hearts, they protected the four priests.
But Pan Da thought of the name that Lord Blake mentioned: "One-Armed Su Mi."
The other party was a genius who could stack up sixteen Magic crystal. For a "conservative" arcanist like Su Mi, directly "using the Magic crystal" did not seem to be something that was out of reach.
He immediately realized that he might have met the target he was looking for.
"Distract the group of mages from the side, those guys with the Magic crystal! Find cover to avoid the elemental bombardment! We will help the mercenary team, but do not expose our backs to them! "
Pan Da's order stunned everyone for a moment. Because according to their style in the past, the right way to go was to directly target everyone in front of them. But then most of them realized that now that they no longer had arcane magic, they would definitely suffer heavy losses if they made enemies on both sides.
Once the order was given, the soldiers at the front immediately fired a wave of arrows. The group of mages who were constantly casting spells obviously did not expect someone to attack from the side. They were not "trained" mages, so they did not cast shields on both sides during the battle. Immediately, two of them screamed and fell to the ground, and the continuous explosions also stopped.
Originally, the two mages in the mercenary team did not have the time to cast spells to counterattack, and they had been painstakingly protecting their own people with shields. Now that Pan Da and the others joined in, the pressure on these two people was greatly reduced, and they could finally cast spells to counterattack. And when two fireballs were cast, the originally passive situation was finally reversed!
Pan Da's subordinates were all powerful people, not to mention their own strength and speed. In the face of such a complicated battlefield, "combat literacy" was actually more important. They were not afraid of the whistling spells, and quickly found suitable cover, and began to attack from all angles. In the team, there were six people who used bows and arrows, two of the Arcane Warriors carried powerful crossbows, and the rest used short spears. With such a sudden appearance of mid-range and long-range firepower, it immediately made the originally aggressive enemies completely speechless.
The mercenary team completely let out a sigh of relief, and when the archers on this side began to counterattack, the group of figures in tattered robes finally could not hold on any longer, and began to quickly retreat.
They shouted something to each other, and immediately after that, four to five flashing Magic crystal were thrown out. The people who were continuously shooting arrows immediately realized the danger, and all of them used all their skills to dodge and block. Pan Da pushed his hands forward, and a faint silver light appeared in front of the members of the Holy Assembly. The two mages also threw out their trump cards, and at the same time, directly fell to the ground …
"Boom boom boom!"
Unsurprisingly, the thrown Magic crystal caused a chain explosion due to the uneven energy dissipation, and the violent impact swept across the battlefield. The base of two large trees was blown off, and they began to tilt to one side. In the midst of the crashing sounds, countless snow on the branches fell, and the entire battlefield was covered in a vast expanse of white …
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