Magi were a bunch of snobbish fellows!
If there weren't enough benefits or potential benefits, it was simply too difficult for them to risk their lives.
However, once they caught a whiff of blood, they would immediately transform into the world's most terrifying hunters, using their terrifying spells to tear enough flesh from their enemies to fill their stomachs.
The Camara Family, Andal Family, Senas Family, Demonic Forest Hut, Leyton Wizard Academy …
Five unfamiliar names, and all of them belonged to small forces scattered throughout the Pagoda Forest region. With their strength, it would be difficult for them to gather a hundred Magi. Hence, Gargamel was 90% certain that there were other factions that had indirectly participated in the attack on the Blazing Flame Monarch's Wizard Pagoda.
Even though the Crimson Family had only been around for a short period of time, the outside world had learned of their strength and bravery through a few tough battles. Last time, even a rank 3 Vampire Magus had led an army and suffered heavy casualties in front of the Blazing Flame Monarch's Wizard Pagoda.
From then on, the Vampire Family was unable to recover from that setback, and could only retreat to the family's ancient castle, barely managing to hold on.
According to the investigations of Gargamel's subordinates, there were indeed some strange fellows that looked like vampires among the enemy's Magi. If the information was true, it meant that the rank 3 Vampire Magus Hennes would definitely be among the Blazing Flame Monarch's enemies. Vik.
At present, the so-called 'Anti-Crimson Family Alliance' was still gathering at the Camara Family's base. That place was 200 miles away from the Blazing Flame Monarch, and was the closest gathering point the enemies could find.
Between the Camara Family's base and the Blazing Flame Monarch was a rugged and bumpy path in the forest. If it was just a small merchant group, they could barely pass through. However, if it was a majestic army of 30,000 people, it would be difficult for most of their supplies to pass through this small path.
Furthermore, the Crimson Family did not have any land for them to occupy. If the enemy wanted to wipe out the Crimson Family's existence, the only way was to gather enough cannon fodder to attack the Wizard's Pagoda underground. This was undoubtedly a huge risk!
Hence, the main force of the enemy's attack could only be the hundred or so Magi that had been pieced together. As for the 30,000-strong army that the nobles had brought, rather than saying that they were here to fight, it would be more accurate to say that they were here to serve as cannon fodder.
Ever since Mary arrived at the Flame Monarch, the Crimson Family had moved all of their subordinates and lower-level factions into the Wizard's Pagoda. All the members of the family hid underground and never showed their faces again.
However, the Wizard's Pagoda still managed to send out a large number of Gnome construction machines to destroy the forest path leading to the Wizard's Pagoda from Pine Tower Town before the enemy could attack them.
If the enemy's main force wanted to get close to the flame caves, they would have to clear this path first!
The enemy seemed to have discovered the intentions of the Crimson Family. In order to completely block them back underground, they actually ditched the large but useless private army of nobles and gathered 103 Magi to rush outside the Flame Cave overnight, setting up a temporary camp.
When the Magi of the Crimson Family were trapped underground and unable to get out, the enemy's army began to march towards the Crimson Family with great difficulty.
…
Night fell and the sky was dotted with stars.
The outside of the Flame Cave, which had been quiet for more than ten days, was once again bustling with activity.
Exquisite and beautiful tents sprouted out like mushrooms after the rain, almost covering the entire area.
Over a hundred Magi from different factions were gathered here, discussing the details of the attack on the Crimson Family. The Magi guards they had brought were scattered around the camp, on high alert to prevent the Crimson Family from sending people to launch a sneak attack.
In the center of the camp was a large and beautiful tent. It was filled with twenty to thirty Magi representing various factions, silently listening to the two Magi in charge of the mission distribution.
There were only two Magi in charge, both at level 3!
One was naturally the level 3 Vampire Hennes Vik, who had volunteered to help. One of them was Vik, and the other was the only Tier 3 Sorcerer of the Camara Family, Yurga the Crow of Death.
Beside the two level 3 Magi, there were eleven level 2 Magi in various forms and attires. The rest were all peak level 1 Combat Magi.
The Camara Family was a small Magus family closest to the Crimson Family. According to a private agreement, after taking down the Flame Monarch's Wizard's Pagoda, this place would become the Camara Family's territory. At that time, all the factions participating in the battle would jointly invest in building a medium-sized human city here, and then share the resources of the Dark Forest around it.
Because they were tempted by the huge benefits, the Camara Family could be said to have given their all in this crusade against the Crimson Family. They had brought almost all of the Magi and nobles' private armies.
Since they had already arrived and successfully trapped the Magi of the Crimson Family underground, the next step in the battle was a problem that everyone needed to consider.
Even though the Magi had rushed over with light carriages, a large number of siege weapons and servant armies had been left behind over a hundred miles away. They were currently trudging through the muddy forest path with difficulty.
According to their current speed, it would take at least seven days for the servant army to arrive.
The Magi could not wait any longer!
To them, every day was precious. Now that they had wasted seven days waiting for the servant army, they could not take it anymore.
Thus, on the night they arrived at the Fire Cave, the two level 3 Magi gathered the rest of the Magi and discussed how to first attack the Wizard's Pagoda that was suppressing the Flame Monarch's Wizard's Pagoda.
From the Fire Cave to the Lava Hall underground, there was still at least half a mile of underground tunnels to traverse. One could imagine that the Magi of the Crimson Family had set up layers of mechanisms and densely packed Wizard Traps.
Thus, their top priority now was to first clear a path to the Lava Hall.
This task was given to the group of fourteen people from the Demonic Forest Hut.
The Demonic Forest Hut was a small Magus faction located in the center of the scattered Tower Forest, known for their expertise in creating low-level Wizard Items. The leader of the faction was a level 2 Alchemist Magus, and the thirteen members under him were all experts in the alchemy industry.
The leader of the Demonic Forest Hut, the level 2 Alchemist Magus Roy, was naturally dissatisfied with this assignment. However, when the level 3 Magus Yurga promised that the Magi of the Demonic Forest Hut would not have to participate in the first three rounds of the mission to attack the Wizard's Pagoda after clearing out the traps in the Fire Cave, he reluctantly nodded his head in agreement.
Thus, while the Magi were resting in the camp on the surface and preparing for the next battle, the fourteen Magi of the Demonic Forest Hut entered the Fire Cave in a single file.
… …
Fire Cave.
Due to the existence of the underground sea of lava, the temperature within the cave was ten degrees higher than the outside world.
The level 2 Magus Roy smelled the thick, pungent smell of sulfur the moment he stepped into the tunnel. He could not help but frown.
It was rumored that the Crimson Family had many level 2 Magi!
Even though Roy was a Tier 2 Sorcerer, he could not help but feel his scalp go numb and his heart tremble when the task of taking the lead fell on him.
Their army had come here with the intention of eliminating the Crimson Family once and for all. Under such circumstances, it would be strange if the Magi did not retaliate with all their might!
Thus, Roy stopped in his tracks the moment he stepped into the cave and gestured to his subordinates behind him.
As Alchemy Magi, they naturally had their own unique battle style.
Two of the thirteen level 1 Alchemy Magi stepped forward and took out a small potion bottle from their waists. They opened the cork and gently tossed the bottle in front of them.
In the next second, two meter-tall, heavy earth elementals crawled out of the ground, silently standing respectfully in front of the Magi.
"Scout ahead!" The two Magi immediately gave the order.
Two earth elementals that looked like humans, whose bodies were completely made of dark soil, and whose faces were so rough that only blurry facial features could be seen, strode forward with heavy footsteps, shoulder to shoulder, toward the other end of the tunnel.
They had only moved ten meters when a Wizard Trap in the corner of the cave was triggered.
An explosive fireball instantly exploded between the two earth elementals!
The surging flames and berserk shockwaves caused the two earth elementals to fall to the ground. The surface of their bodies rapidly scorched and cracked, before shattering like porcelain.
Two high-ranked acolyte earth elementals were killed just like that by an explosive fireball trap!
The Magi of the Demonic Forest Hut did not care about such a loss. After using a spell to block the shockwaves from the explosion, the two Magi took out two blue potions from their waist pouches and threw them in front of them.
As the vial continued to roll forward, a thick blue liquid flowed out of it and gathered into a ball on the hard and hot floor.
With a simple summon from the Magi, two ice elementals emitting a bone-chilling cold crawled out of the potion. They only had the strength of a high-ranked acolyte, but they had long-range ice attack spells.
The two ice elementals obviously did not like the environment here. Once they were summoned, they looked around in annoyance. Their facial features could not be seen, only two balls of icy blue light.
"Go!"
These low-ranked summoned elementals did not have complete intelligence and consciousness, so they could not comprehend overly complicated commands. Hence, the Magi's orders were usually very simple and crude.
The two ice elementals immediately roared and charged into the depths of the cave!
Who knew that as soon as they stepped over the Earth Elemental residue and took two steps forward, another Bursting Fireball exploded between the two of them.
After a while, when the violent flame shockwaves gradually dissipated, only two black scorch marks could be seen. There were no traces of the ice elementals left!
The two Magi Alchemists shrugged their shoulders regretfully and threw out two new potion bottles.
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