Everyone was dumbfounded. Although the backlash caused by the failure of casting spells was not as intense, it still made it impossible for them to cast any spells in a short period of time. Besides, they discovered that the Mage Killer Eminos, who had been wandering in the periphery, had disappeared from their line of sight at some point in time.
At this moment, everyone's heart turned cold. No one knew who would be beheaded by misfortune, and no one knew whose life Eminos would take away silently. However, they knew that the legendary Mage Killer could even seize a one-tenth of a second to take someone's life. Although it was impossible for Eminos to assassinate everyone in that short moment, it was precisely the uncertainty that made everyone fall into endless fear. Even the Legendary-mages could only instantaneously cast a low-level Magic Shield to protect themselves in that one-tenth of a second.
However, just as the Elemental Shield dissipated, and when Rosen and the other Legendary-mages cast a Magic Shield for themselves, the Helios' Scepter in Lin Li's hand instantly burst into a dazzling ray of light. It was not a defensive spell, but a powerful ranged offensive spell, Meteor Shower. The target of the attack turned out to be Lin Li himself.
While the countless fireballs whizzed down, Lin Li did not stop at all, and instead immediately activated his Light and Darkness Domain to withstand the overwhelming flames that were smashing towards him.
Lin Li's behavior, which was akin to self-torture, made everyone a little confused. However, the shriek that came from the sky immediately made everyone widen their eyes. However, Lin Li did not stop there, and instead quickly condensed the Light and Darkness Sword, and slashed it towards the place where the shriek was coming from.
A burning man was slashed out of the Meteor Shower by the Light and Darkness Sword, and landed heavily on the ground in front of everyone.
The burning man did not roll around to extinguish the flames on his body, and instead asked Lin Li in a hoarse voice, "How did you know that my target was you …"
Lin Li stepped out of the team and approached the obviously dying man with a smile on his face. He said, "I'm the youngest here, so everyone naturally thinks that I'm easy to bully."
Rosen was about to reprimand Lin Li, but when he walked to the edge of the team and heard Lin Li's reply, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He didn't know if Eminos was satisfied with Lin Li's answer. Anyway, as the flames gradually weakened, Eminos, who had been burnt to a crisp, no one could tell if he had died with grievances.
Of course, Lin Li was just making up an excuse like he was too young. In fact, from the moment he recognized Eminos, the Mage Killer, Lin Li had been working hard to plan and perform for this moment.
When Rosen called out Eminos' name, Lin Li began to try his best to recall all kinds of information about Eminos, and gained a general understanding of the characteristics of the legendary Mage Killer. For example, in order to sneak and hide, Eminos could not cast magical protection on himself, nor could he use magical protection equipment. Also, most of the spells he learned were for stealth and assassination. He preferred low-level single-target spells and disdained learning powerful Legendary-level spells.
Hence, Lin Li began to perform. He first obtained the temporary command of the mages from Aldwin, and then tried his best to show that he was a young mage with great commanding talent. That was actually not difficult. As long as the mages obeyed him, it would be enough to show how good he was at commanding.
Next, Lin Li suppressed his mana waves. Although he was at the peak of level-23, it was impossible for him to become a mage apprentice. However, Lin Li believed that Eminos would not use his mental strength to detect his strength, because that would instead expose his tracks. If his mental strength waves were captured, he would even become the target of the mages.
While suppressing the mana waves, Lin Li almost did not cast any other high-level magic apart from the Magic Shield that he had cast previously. When he cast the Magic Shield, he behaved just like a level-10 to level-15 Magic Shooter. That was a huge test of his acting skills. If he did not perform well or overdid it, it would arouse Eminos' suspicion. Fortunately, Lin Li had not been a mage apprentice for too long. Hence, he had not forgotten how a Magic Shooter cast spells.
Through such a performance, Lin Li portrayed himself as an extremely important commander for the team. At the same time, he was very weak, and seemed like a pushover. If Lin Li were a Mage Killer, he would definitely choose a character like him as the best assassination target.
In the eyes of the Mage Killer Eminos, Lin Li had become the irresistible bait, but that did not mean that he would take the bait regardless of everything. Hence, Lin Li had to create an opportunity for Eminos to take the bait without any worries, and that was the failure of the joint casting of the mages.
What happened yesterday had undoubtedly caused a rift among the mages. Although the mages were the elites of the elites, and the rift might not affect their tacit cooperation during the battle, the psychological problems were not that easy to get over. The slightest gap would cause the joint casting to fail. The failure was almost inevitable, and it was definitely not pretentious at all. How could the Mage Killer Eminos, who was good at seizing opportunities, miss it?
Finally, all of Lin Li's efforts did not go to waste. The Mage Killer Eminos, who had made countless people fearful during the Dark Age, finally became a legend more than 1,300 years after the end of the Dark Age.
Looking at the charred corpse that was gradually extinguished, the mages who had escaped from death could not help but exclaim in shock after a moment of disbelief. One of the sharpest butcher knives in Osric's hands, the legendary Mage Killer Eminos of the Dark Age, had died just like that …
"Haha, Felic, I didn't expect this Mage Killer to die in your hands!" Andoine chuckled as he walked over and patted Lin Li's shoulder.
The most terrifying thing about an assassin was that until the moment of death, you would never know exactly who his target was, and you would never know when he would make a move. However, once those conditions were set, no matter how brilliant an assassin was, he would only become an idiot who would rush to his sword.
Seeing the death of the Mage Killer, Andoine, Aldwin, and the others were not fools. Through Lin Li's various actions just now, they had a basic understanding of his plan. Rosen's gaze shifted back and forth between the corpse of the Mage Killer and Lin Li several times, and he had to admit that using himself as bait was really not something that an ordinary person would do, especially when it was the infamous Mage Killer.
"Felic, although your plan succeeded by a fluke, you put everyone in danger just now. I hope that if there's a next time, you'd better explain the matter to everyone. Otherwise, you'll be prepared for it, but the others are unprepared for it. Don't you think that's unfair to them? "Rosen said indignantly. Clearly, by killing the Mage Killer, Lin Li had gradually established a certain prestige in the hearts of the mages, which was definitely not what Rosen wanted to see.
Lin Li stopped Andoine, who was about to scold him, and turned to smile at Rosen. "Thank you for the reminder, Master Rosen. I almost forgot that I have to thank you for your help in getting rid of this Mage Killer. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid it would have been really difficult for the mages to create a failed joint spell that was not pretentious. "
Lin Li's words immediately made Rosen's face turn extremely sullen, and some of the mages also looked ashamed. Everyone knew that if it weren't for Rosen's actions yesterday, the mages definitely wouldn't have made such a mistake just now. The failure of the joint spell could be said to have directly caused the combat power of the mages to fall by half. At the thought of that, Aldwin also glared at Rosen angrily, regardless of his status.
Rosen turned his head and walked to the side with a sullen face. After all, Aldwin couldn't fall out with Rosen openly. Hence, he had no choice but to suppress his anger and begin to count the losses of the mages. However, after doing so, Aldwin's heart ached even more, as if it was dripping blood. Under the repeated assassinations of the Mage Killer, the mages actually lost 17 Archmages, who were all elites of the Alanna Guild of Magic. He had spent a lot of effort to nurture each of the Archmages.
However, Aldwin was also well aware that they were in Osric's mausoleum, after all, and the team had just encountered the Mage Killer, who was already infamous during the Dark Age. In fact, if it weren't for Lin Li, the team would probably not have survived. The only thing to be thankful for was that since the Mage Killer Eminos had appeared, Osric's true resting place was probably not far away.
At this moment, the sky had already turned completely dark. Although there were some conflicts between the leaders, they could not afford to make any mistakes when it came to exploring Osric's mausoleum. Hence, they had no choice but to sit together again with sullen expressions, and discuss the team's next move.
However, just as Rosen and Aldwin were debating whether the team should continue moving forward or rest in place for the night, the ground under their feet suddenly trembled, and gradually became stronger. It seemed that there was a huge object approaching quickly. Soon, the mage in charge of guarding the periphery sent out a warning signal, and everyone immediately got up and got into a state of alert.
In the vast night, as the ground trembled more and more violently, a huge figure that was emitting a dazzling light seemed to have torn the night sky apart, and was quickly approaching them with rumbling footsteps. When that enormous figure appeared before everyone's eyes, everyone involuntarily sucked in a mouthful of cold air.
Alchemy Colossus! It turned out to be a massive Alchemy Colossus!
The Alchemy Colossus was as tall as a mountain, and the mageweaths and Alchemy Arrays were all over its body. It was shining with a dazzling light, and continuously emitting massive mana waves. The Alchemy Colossus was holding a shiny pillar-like spear in its hand, and bolts of lightning that were full of destructive aura were circling and jumping on the spear. It was as if it could even pierce a hole in the sky and smash the ground into pieces.
"Damn it, it's a Titan-level Alchemy Colossus, it's definitely Titan-level!" Lin Li looked at the massive body of the Alchemy Colossus opposite him, and the shock in his heart could no longer be described with words.
Others might not be clear, but they just felt that the size of the Alchemy Colossus was a little exaggerated. After all, the Titan-level Alchemy Colossus, which was the ultimate form of the Alchemy Colossus, only existed in illusory legends in this era where Alchemy had declined. In fact, there was no verifiable information.
However, when Lin Li saw the Alchemy Colossus, he immediately thought of the skeleton of the Titan that he had obtained in the Haiga Mountain Range. Although he had never seen a real Alchemy Colossus, he was certain that the Alchemy Colossus was definitely the ultimate form of the legendary Alchemy Colossus, the Titan-level Alchemy Colossus, after connecting the Alchemy Colossus with the skeleton of the Titan.
Even with his experience in the Endless World, the Titan-level Alchemy Colossus had always only existed in legends in Lin Li's memory. Although the Titan-level Alchemy Colossus was not the work of a real Divine Smith, it was still impossible for an ordinary Alchemy Guru to build one. If someone could build a real Titan-level Alchemy Colossus, it would be no exaggeration to say that they had already reached the peak of the Alchemy Guru, and were only one step away from the level of a Divine Smith.
Besides, the materials and manpower needed to build a real Titan-level Alchemy Colossus were countless, and the production of the countless Alchemy Arrays inside and outside the Alchemy Colossus required unimaginable energy. Ordinary Alchemy Gurus could not afford it at all. It was said that even during the heyday of the development of Alchemy, the Goblins, who once had a large number of Alchemy Gurus, only had a blueprint for the Titan-level Alchemy Colossus. They were not able to realize it until they were exterminated by the High Elves. As for Lin Li, he had never expected to be able to build a Titan-level Alchemy Colossus by himself, even though he knew how powerful the Titan-level Alchemy Colossus was.
"Titan-level Alchemy Colossus?" Andoine asked in disbelief after hearing Lin Li's exclamation.
Lin Li nodded with a bitter smile, and said, "I can't think of any other possibility other than the Titan-level Alchemy Colossus. Trust me, this thing is definitely more terrifying than the legends say."
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