Although Lin Li felt that Osric was very likely to have noticed the appearance of the expedition, he was unwilling to give up on the other possibility. Perhaps this fake highlord who only had a part of the real Osric's will also only had a part of Osric's intelligence.
Finally, when night fell, the expedition had already arrived at a hidden valley outside Alanna City. This small valley should be considered the closest hidden place to Alanna City, but there was still a few kilometers of open land between the valley and Alanna City. Fortunately, according to the memory of the High Elf that was captured, there would rarely be High Elves patrolling the city walls at night due to the peace that had lasted for thousands of years.
Actually, that was not strange. There were only a few hundred High Elves, and humans and other races had been completely treated as slaves. They did not have the slightest ability to resist the great purge at all. Hence, why would the High Elves arrange for patrols? It could be said that the life of the High Elves in this world was extremely comfortable, and there was nothing that could threaten their existence.
The night did not completely cover everything. Under the sky full of stars, the majestic Alanna City was even more magnificent and mysterious, giving people a dreamy feeling. Compared to Alanna City here, Anril's Alanna City, which was the capital of the Felan Kingdom, was simply shabby.
However, the members of the expedition were not in the mood to appreciate such a rare sight. The majestic and magnificent Alanna City was like a man-eating beast in their eyes, bringing them only anxiety and fear.
From the information that they had, Osric was definitely in the palace in the city, and his Magic Legion was divided into two parts. One was responsible for guarding the palace, while the other lived in the nobles' area outside the palace.
That was also one of the reasons that the rest of the expedition agreed to the raid. As long as the plan was good, they could totally kill the High Elves outside the palace in one fell swoop before entering the palace. However, the premise was that the High Elves were really unprepared. However, Lin Li was not optimistic about that.
Hence, when discussing the raid plan, Lin Li used some specious reasons to overturn Archbishop Martin's plan of attacking from the outside before attacking from the inside. He strongly advocated for a plan to kill the High Elves by attacking the palace and killing the fake highlord. Since the others didn't know the fake Great Lord's background, there wasn't much of a difference in difficulty between killing the Great Lord and attacking the fake Great Lord from the outside. Hence, they didn't insist on killing the fake Great Lord.
Perhaps life in this world was too comfortable. There were almost no defensive measures in Alanna City at night. The expedition left the small valley, and soon arrived at the city walls of Alanna City safely under the cover of Lin Li's Magical Domain. The members of the exploration team were all above level-15. The tall city wall was not an obstacle to them at all. Even the Dragon Horses of the Holy Light Knights could leap over it.
Lin Li used his mental strength to carefully explore the situation in the city, and found that there were no signs of an ambush. He then waved his hand to signal for the team to start entering the city. Under the cover of Lin Li's Magical Domain, the team made a lot of noise when they entered the city, but it was digested by the distorted Laws as soon as they appeared. In a moment, the entire team climbed over the city wall silently, and arrived in Alanna City.
The team continued to sneak towards the palace in the center of the city, and only stopped when they were hundreds of meters away from the square in front of the palace. At this time, the metallurgists of the Rotterdam team also began to summon their Alchemy Colossuses.
According to the plan, after rushing into the palace, the teams from the Tower of Dusk and the Brilliance Shrine would mainly attack the fake highlord and the other High Elves in the palace, while the team from the Rotterdam would guard the main road and block the High Elves from the outside who came to help. Hence, it would obviously be too late to summon the Alchemy Colossuses after entering the palace. Hence, they could only summon them here, and then rush into the palace as fast as possible.
However, when the expedition rushed into the square and was about to hit the palace gate, the two luxuriously decorated gates suddenly opened on their own. Seeing this scene, the members of the expedition could not help but feel their hearts sink. They immediately stopped in the square, and quickly formed a defensive formation.
At the same time, there was a change in the sky. The originally gentle moon actually turned into a blazing sun in an instant, and the night became day. Under the sunlight, the entire palace was plated with a layer of golden light, and in the glaring light, a tall figure slowly walked out of the gate.
When the figure completely walked out of the light, the members of the expedition could not help but think of some of the scrolls passed down from the Dark Age. A name immediately appeared in their minds — Highlord Osric!
Obviously, the expedition's surprise attack had failed before it even started. The appearance of Highlord Osric was enough to prove that the expedition's actions had always been under the control of the other party. Although they knew that the Highlord in front of them was just an imposter, the members of the expedition still felt a sense of despair. From the mana waves and the immense pressure that the other party emitted, they could completely feel that the strength of this imposter was not something that they could contend with at all.
With the appearance of Highlord Osric, figures continuously appeared around the square. All of them were wearing Faro robes and holding Dark Moon Staffs. Clearly, they were members of the Magic Legion. The members of the Magic Legion also emitted massive mana waves, and each of them had strength above the Legendary-level.
After the members of the Magic Legion appeared, they did not immediately attack the expedition. Instead, they formed a circle around the square and looked at the members of the expedition who were surrounded coldly as if they were looking at a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
This time, we're really done for! In the face of such a formation set up by the High Elves, even Legendary powerhouses like Archbishop Martin and Donald felt their hearts sink to the bottom.
Lin Li, who was standing in front of the Tower of Dusk's team, did not have the slightest change in his expression at this moment. The situation in front of him was actually not beyond his expectations. If such a situation did not happen, Lin Li would have suspected that Osric would have some conspiracy.
In the opinion of Archbishop Martin and Donald, the difference in strength between the expedition and the High Elves was simply worlds apart, and could not be made up for no matter what. If the surprise attack was successful, there might still be a glimmer of hope. However, that glimmer of hope was clearly gone now.
However, to Lin Li, the only thing that was really difficult to deal with, or rather, what he was really afraid of, was the imposter Osric in front of him. Although the strength of the Magic Legion was also very strong, it was not enough to pose a threat to him. He had lured the people from the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam over just to reduce the losses of his subordinates as much as possible.
The imposter Osric's gaze swept across the members of the expedition, and he seemed to be about to say something. However, Lin Li knew that the one who struck first would gain the upper hand. Without waiting for Osric to speak at all, he suddenly waved his hand, and a bolt of lightning shot out instantly.
The target of the lightning was not the imposter Osric, but a High Elf who was standing in midair in another direction. That High Elf also had strength that was at the peak of the Legendary-level, and should be a commander of the Magic Legion.
Although the imposter Osric was an imposter, Lin Li could also feel that he definitely had Sanctuary-level strength, and it was basically impossible for him to launch a sneak attack. Hence, Lin Li chose that High Elf commander who was at the peak of the Legendary-level as his target. At least, it would be able to reduce some of the burden on his subordinates.
If it were ordinary magic, even Legendary-level magic, it would basically be very difficult to injure a High Elf commander who was at the peak of the Legendary-level with a single blow. However, Lin Li did not cast a magic spell. Instead, he directly cast the debris of the stars, Thunderbolt.
The debris of the stars contained extremely terrifying power, and after Lin Li stepped into the Sanctuary-realm, the power that he could stimulate was not comparable to that of the past even though he did not have the Stars of Fury. Besides, the debris of the stars, Thunderbolt, was the most powerful one among the seven pieces of the debris of the stars. The projection of a Sanctuary powerhouse coupled with an incomparably sharp attack was not something that ordinary figures at the peak of the Legendary-realm could contend with.
In front of everyone's eyes, they only saw a flash of lightning, and immediately afterwards, they saw that the High Elf commander and the High Elves behind him had holes that were as thick as an arm appear on their bodies. They had actually been skewered by this extremely swift blow.
"Kill, kill them!" Seeing this scene, the imposter Osric was immediately infuriated. He initially planned to say something about how lowly humans were, but he did not expect Lin Li to be so despicable that he actually dared to launch a sneak attack on his subordinates in front of him!
This scene also made Archbishop Martin, Donald, and the other powerhouses who were at the peak of the Legendary-realm in the expedition feel a chill down their spines. They were very clear that the High Elf commander that had been killed in an instant had powerful strength that was not inferior to theirs. If it were them, would they be able to dodge that lightning-like blow!?
Of course, as a partner, Lin Li's strength should be a good thing for Archbishop Martin and the others. However, as a powerhouse who was at the peak of the Legendary-realm, they could not help but feel a little complicated. After all, in Anril, those at the peak of the Legendary-realm were almost invincible existences, and were even said to be able to contend with Sanctuary powerhouses. However, seeing that a powerhouse who was also at the peak of the Legendary-realm had been instantly killed like an ant, they could not help but feel a little disappointed.
Archbishop Martin was slightly better. After all, in his eyes, Lin Li was also the Son of The Holy Light, and they were considered family. Back then, the Son of The Holy Light Willen had extremely powerful strength, and even Apophis, one of the three arbitrators of the Supreme Council, had once been defeated by him. In that case, it seemed that it was only natural that Lin Li, who was also the Son of The Holy Light, had the ability to instantly kill a powerhouse who was at the peak of the Legendary-realm.
However, for Donald, Kanber, and the other people from the Rotterdam Kingdom, they were filled with uncontrollable horror and disappointment at this moment. Although they vaguely felt that the attack just now should have been the work of a magical weapon, a magical weapon that could instantly kill a powerhouse who was at the peak of the Legendary-realm would probably only be a legendary artifact.
At the thought of the word "artifact", Donald and Kanber could not help but have a look of greed in their eyes even though they were in such a desperate situation. Although one of them was the chief court mage of the Rotterdam Kingdom, while the other was the prince who was most likely to inherit the throne, and could be considered to have seen countless good things, there was no lack of superb magical weapons that were labeled as artifacts. However, everyone knew that this kind of Divine Weapon could only be labeled as a pseudo Divine Weapon at best.
In the history of Anril, there were probably only a handful of magical weapons that could be called artifacts. The most famous one was the weapon that the Immortal King had once used to kill the Dragon of Destruction, Azardas. However, be it in the official history or legends, there was no detailed description of that weapon. Hence, until now, no one could clearly say what the weapon used by the Immortal King looked like. It was basically a legendary existence. In addition, there was also the Book of Eternity that Geresco had made with the leaves of the Tree of Eternity, as well as the Moonlight Scepter of the High Elven queen. In the eyes of the world, those were also enough to be classified as artifacts.
Donald and Kanber believed that even if the weapon that Lin Li had just used had not reached the level of a legendary artifact, it was at least much stronger than the so-called semi-artifacts that they had seen before, given its power to kill a powerhouse who was at the peak of the Legendary-realm instantly.
However, Donald and Kanber were very clear that it was not the time to have such thoughts. Since Lin Li could kill a High Elf who was at the peak of the Legendary-realm in seconds, he could kill them in seconds too. Besides, they were now facing a huge crisis together. Thus, as soon as that trace of greed flashed through their minds, it was immediately hidden deep within their hearts, and not a single trace of it was revealed.
"President Felic, the ambush plan has failed. Leave those High Elves to us. I hope you can try your best to hold Osric back. We will get rid of them as soon as possible and go to support you!" Seeing that Osric was enraged, and that a fierce battle was about to begin, Donald had an idea, and took the initiative to say a new battle plan.
Although he did not dare to show his greed for the artifact, Donald could not help but have some thoughts. With a single sentence, he left the fake Highlord to Lin Li to fight alone. Of course, that was also because he felt that Lin Li would not be killed by the fake Highlord quickly with that artifact.
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