This was a large wooden ship.
However, it was different from other wooden ships. It did not sail on a river, but instead floated slowly in mid-air.
The tall mast, the dazzling appearance, and the sharp ram at the front gave it a strange sense of elegance and splendor. The most eye-catching position on the side of the ship was branded with the eye-catching insignia of the Fabris Family.
Below it, on all sides of the land, there were organized teams slowly moving forward with the wooden ship at the center.
In a secret room within the cabin.
The seven wizards were gathered in front of a sorcery sand table, whispering to each other in a low voice.
The Witchcraft Sand Table displayed the topography and landmarks of the entire Elovis region. The entire area near the southwest had turned green, while the rest of the areas were either red, green, or yellow in a picturesque manner.
Green represented land that had already been occupied or surrendered, yellow represented the territories that still belonged to the Scarlet Family, and red represented the territories that were under intense competition.
The seven rank 3 Magi discussed in low voices. Every time they made a decision, they would pick up a three-dimensional chess piece from the side of the table and place it on the sand table. The chess pieces flickered with different colors and shapes of magic imprints.
Every time there was a change on the sand table, there would be specialized personnel at the side to record the decision of the higher-ups of the family and pass it on to the outside. When the orders were passed down to the specific Magi and teams, there would be a number of people from the teams gathered around the wooden ship who would accept the mission and head off into the distance.
Of course, there would be teams returning at every moment after completing the mission.
This way, the usable chess pieces on the sand table would always be in a state of dynamic change.
However, just as the secret room was bustling with activity, a few cracking sounds came from the magic sand table. A few chess pieces placed on it suddenly exploded. Dense cracks appeared on the surface of the chess pieces, and the magic imprints on them flickered a few times before completely dimming.
This usually meant that the Magus of the family who was carrying out the mission had died.
If this had only happened in one or two unimportant places, the seven high-ranked Magi would not have cared at all. After all, it was impossible for there to be no casualties in such an intense and grand battle between Magi.
However, five missions had failed at the same time, resulting in the death of a Magus. This... was something they had no choice but to take seriously!
One of the seven high-ranked Magi, Wulma, glanced over and couldn't help but curse under her breath.
Out of the five mission failures, four of them were personally assigned by him. With such a probability, it was no wonder that he was secretly annoyed and felt a little embarrassed.
Upon closer inspection, Cold Wind Hill, Silver Spring Mine, Castle Savia, Irgala Stone Tower, Alixton City … They were all secular territories or resource points outside the core circle of the Crimson Family. Logically speaking, based on the intelligence investigation conducted by the Fabris family in the early stages, the strength of the team sent to every mission point should be several times that of the other party. The probability of failure should not be so high.
Wulma casually picked up the broken chess pieces placed in Savea's castle, and immediately identified their identities from the extinguished witchcraft brand. Using his authority as a core Magus, he quickly connected to the spiritual frequency of this Magus team.
"I'm Wizard Wuma from the headquarters. Is anyone from the Crystal Spear Squad still alive?"
…
The same spiritual message was sent many times in one go before he barely got a response.
"Master Wulma, hurry... come... save... us..."
The person who sent the message back through the spiritual frequency was a Magus acolyte. However, he seemed to be running at high speed, and the message he sent back was intermittent, accompanied by strong interference.
"I don't care who you are. Hurry up and tell me, what happened to you? Why did the mission fail? "
"It's... Insect Sorcerer... It's... Ah..."
That Sorcerer-Apprentice had only spoken halfway when he suddenly let out a blood-curdling scream. He had lost the final connection.
Insect Sorcerer... The Crimson Family's core rank 2 Insect Sorcerer, Bliss?
Wulma's eyebrows immediately furrowed.
If it really was this guy, then the terrifying follow-up mission would be a little difficult.
Since it was Wulma's warzone that had met with trouble, even if the other rank 3 Magi saw it, they would just laugh and ignore it. Only Wizard Linus, who was closer to Wulma, could not help but secretly transmit his voice, "How is it, do you need help?"
Wulma refused with an indifferent expression.
This was just a low-intensity battle on the outskirts of the family. As a veteran rank 3 Magus of the Fabris family, he had enough Magi under him, so there was no need for him to ask for help from other rank 3 Magi. Otherwise, once word got out, he would be laughed at by other rank 3 Magi.
"How's the situation on your side?" Wulma could not help but ask.
Among the five failed missions, Ilgalasite Tower was Wizard Linus' warzone. That was why he asked this question.
"A rank 2 Blood Dragon appeared there and killed all the guys I sent … I'm trying to find a way to encircle it!" After explaining the reason, Wizard Linus' face was full of anger, "What about you?"
Wulma put down the other broken chess pieces, and his face was so gloomy that ink could almost be squeezed out.
"Damn it, it's the Insect Sorcerer, the Dragonman, and that Goblin … The few core rank 2 Magi of the Crimson Family are all on my side …" It was no wonder he was so angry. In such a huge family battlefield, the core combat power of the other side had actually come to his warzone to cause trouble. This was really hard to swallow.
"Insect Sorcerer Bliss? Be careful, this fellow is very difficult to deal with. Ordinary rank 2 Magi are no match for his insect army. It's easy for rank 3 Magi like you and me to defeat him, but it'll be a little difficult to kill him … "Hearing Wulma's reply, even Linus, who was still angry, could not help but secretly rejoice.
To deal with a fellow like the Insect Sorcerer who could create countless clones, it was best to find a Soul Wizard to deal with him. With the profound attainments of a Soul Wizard in searching souls and locking souls, they could find Bliss' true soul within the army of thousands of insects. Only then could they deal a fatal blow and not give him a chance to escape.
However, Wulma did not have a rank 2 Soul Wizard under her, so after some hesitation, she could only humbly ask for help from her other 'partners'.
He had borrowed a Tier 2 Soul Sorcerer from another Tier 3 Sorcerer. Together with the Tier 2 Elemental Sorcerer under his command, they had an 80% chance of winning in a two-on-one battle.
Thus, on the 67th second after the previous mission failed, Wulma placed a new chess piece at the location of Savea Castle, and a series of detailed orders were passed down layer by layer.
… …
Savea Castle.
The once serene and beautiful castle had disappeared.
From the collapsed walls to the main body of the castle that was in a state of desolation, one could see twisted corpses lying in pools of blood everywhere. Some of them were the original guards of the castle, some were black-armored Magus guards, and some were acolytes dressed in short grey robes …
The causes of their deaths varied, but now they had all become the breeding grounds of a strange beetle.
The abdomens of all the corpses were bulging, and their skin was as thin as a piece of paper. One could almost see the bright red blood solution inside. When the blood moved, one could also see some strange insect eggs that were as dense as a beehive.
Indistinctly, one could even hear some strange chewing sounds.
* Bang bang bang … *
Following the end of the hatching, the abdomens of the blood corpses began to explode one after another. Scarlet sticky blood flowed all over the ground, and large numbers of black larvae emerged like a tide.
These black larvae were only the size of a fingernail. Their bodies trembled, and they shook off the sticky flesh and blood stains on their bodies. They opened up their hard, metallic plates, and extended two pairs of strange wings, one long and one short. Then, with a strange buzzing sound, they flew into the air.
In a moment, the black beetles that rose from the ground were too concentrated, and they actually formed a huge ball of black smoke above the castle ruins.
Following a formless spiritual shock wave from within the castle, this huge ball of black smoke split into two. One flew into the castle and hid in various dark and damp corners, while the other landed on the ground and actually disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
After doing all this, the insect lich Bliss did not continue to stay in the castle. He brought his personal guards, 7 rank 2 Rippers, and 30 rank 1 Demonized Mantises and strutted away.
As for this batch of insect army that had hatched in the castle, Bliss had no intention of taking them away. Instead, he let them hide within the castle. Before he left, Bliss gave them a final order, which was to annihilate all life forms that had intruded into the castle.
Presumably, the lackeys of the Fabris Family would definitely send people to investigate the situation here. When the time came, the insect army would treat them well.
However, less than a quarter of an hour after Bliss left the castle, the insect army he had left there was triggered.
Sensing the large group of spiritual nodes that were quickly extinguishing three miles away, Bliss suddenly stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the battlefield in the distance.
There were only two of them, one male and one female. They were both powerful Magi from the Fabris Family.
Among them, the male Magus was an ice-type Magus with a cold expression and a thin layer of frost on his brows. The reason why Bliss' insect army had been annihilated so quickly was all thanks to this elemental Magus. As for the female Magus, she had a graceful figure and a picturesque appearance. Her eyes were filled with a powerful spiritual force, and no one dared to look her in the eye.
Bliss had originally been secretly observing and sizing up the two Magi through the eyes of the insect army. But when his gaze met the female Magus's, even though they were three miles apart, Bliss could not help but feel a piercing pain in his eyes, and his head felt dizzy.
What was more frightening was that the female Magus seemed to have locked onto Bliss's soul aura through their eyes. She snorted at him coldly, "You can't escape!"
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