The Qinyin Empire hadn't had an emperor for hundreds of years. The laws of the empire had been covered in dust, and now they were being reopened. Some of the old customs were also being brought out, such as tonight's banquet in the palace to entertain the officials.
How many nobles were there in the imperial capital? No one knew. Anyway, Salin and the other mages weren't going to the royal banquet. They were just practicing in their rooms.
Salin called Shika to his room to watch him control the witcher spider with Neris.
Salin first released twenty-four Water Pattern Shields and arranged them in front of the witcher spider, forming a twisted snake shape. Then, the Hunter Spider bounced on the ground and pounced on the Water Shield. Its front legs flashed like phantoms, silently tearing apart the Water Shield one by one.
The witcher spider and the Water Pattern Shields were all under Salin's control. After learning Figaro's magic formula, Salin still couldn't use them in battle, but he could use the Water Pattern Shields to block the witcher spider's attacks in the most solid way. In fact, the Water Pattern Shields had already surpassed the limits of magic level in front of the witcher spider, reaching the strength of a level-four spell.
Magic shields always had flaws. Salin let the witcher spider attack the place without flaws, but it still couldn't stop the spider's attack.
"Amazing!" Shika pulled out the boomerang and threw it at Salin's Water Pattern Shield. With a swish, the boomerang slid away from the bubble-shaped Water Pattern Shield. The shield only shrunk a little, but it didn't break.
Salin couldn't calculate the attack angle of the boomerang, and couldn't adjust the contact point of the Water Pattern Shield in an instant. Shika wasn't a puppet, and to her, the Water Pattern Shield was only a level-three spell's defense.
The boomerang flew out, turned back in mid-air, and hit the shrunken Water Pattern Shield again. A dim light lit up, and the Water Pattern Shield shrunk by more than half. It was almost broken.
Salin was also a little surprised. Shika's boomerang didn't have any anti-magic properties, and his Water Pattern Shield had been mutated again. It had nothing to do with the original magic. The bubble-shaped magic shield could deflect most of the attack energy, and only take less than 20% of the attack.
Even so, Shika almost broke the Water Pattern Shield after two attacks.
Neris pounced on another Water Pattern Shield. Her fingers grabbed it, but the magic shield slipped away. Neris looked at her fingers blankly. She flicked out her nails, unwilling to admit defeat. Her sharp nails tore at the magic shield again, but the shield slipped away again.
Salin heaved a sigh of relief. After understanding Figaro's magic formula, he had made some improvements to the Water Ripple Shield. The defense of a level-one spell had reached the level of a level-three spell. This was his trump card. The results were good. Neither Shika nor Neris had the ability to break the shield with one.
Salin stopped the Witcher Spider. He realized that the Monster Cores of the Witcher Spider had been used up quite a bit. After destroying more than ten Water Ripple Shields, half of the six Monster Cores had been used up.
Nelis stared at the Water Pattern Shield floating in front of her. This magic shield was a little bigger than a basin. It was translucent and surrounded by water mist. Under the illumination of the crystal lamp, mysterious magic patterns vaguely appeared. It looked very beautiful.
Neris suddenly opened her mouth. Her rosy and lovely lips instantly turned into a bloody mouth. She bit the magic shield in one bite.
Crack!
A crisp shattering sound rang out as the magic shield was shattered by Nelis's bite. Neris was satisfied and returned to normal. She sniffed at Shika proudly. He thought to himself, "If I'm an adult, my fingers will be stronger, and they won't slip away from this weird thing. Even now, there's nothing that can stop my teeth."
Shika stretched out her hand and said to Salin, "Give it to me!"
Salin took out Shika's rod from the Gift Ring. He walked to Shika and handed it to her. The rod was too heavy. It was not easy for Salin to carry it. If it were other magicians, they would be crushed to the ground.
Shika caught the staff in his hand and swung it a few times with ease. Then, he swung it at an undamaged Water Shield.
The rod broke through the air and made a strange whimpering sound. This was not the sound of the Beast Warrior Soul. The Beast Warrior Soul had disappeared. This was the power that appeared naturally after the rod was modified.
Puff …
The Water Pattern Shield was broken, and a mist spread out in the air. Salin was stunned. This rod was probably at the level of a holy weapon? It was no wonder. Fayern had advanced to Magic Shooter because of the modification of this rod. How could this weapon not have special abilities?
What level of warrior was Shika now? She did not practice sword energy. She fought with her natural strength. If this continued, would she be unable to improve?
"Shika, how old are you this year?" Salin remembered that the Caucasus had some special bloodlines. They would evolve a few times in their lifetime. If Shika had not evolved yet, she would have at least three more times in the future.
"16. What?" Shika stared at Salin. She did not like being asked about her age. If Salin had not asked, she would have hit him with the rod.
Salin looked deflated. Only 16 years old? She was older than he looked. If he had not grown a lot in the past year and walked with Shika, people would have thought that she was his sister.
"Shika, Neris, the magic I released has the defense of a level-three spell."
Neris did not feel anything, but Shika's eyes widened. She said in surprise, "I just destroyed a level-three spell?"
"It's a level-one spell, but the power is equivalent to a level-three spell. But you guessed it right. If you get close, you can attack a level-three mage. "Salin recalled the Witcher Spider and turned it over to check. The six magic cores were much dimmer. After checking with his mental power, he found that the consumption was more serious than he had expected.
Because it was a small puppet, the magic core used to drive it was only one-third the size of a standard magic core. A standard-sized magic core could be cut into two pieces for embedding on the puppet. This was a level-three magic core, and it would take three of them to cut into six pieces.
The magic core fragments were not worth much. In other words, to drive this puppet, it would cost at least 450 gold coins. The battle did not last long. If it was on the battlefield, facing thousands of enemies, this puppet would not be as useful.
To survive on the battlefield, a mage would never be able to do without the protection of a warrior.
It was not that there was no way to solve this problem. The Witcher Spider was made of level-four materials, so it could completely withstand level-four magic cores. However, level-four magic cores were very expensive. It seemed that unless it was a special situation, it was best not to activate the illusion. That was the culprit that consumed the magic cores.
After re-evaluating the puppet's combat power, Salin was not disappointed. The Feliots were probably tight on money and could not make good use of the materials of the Witcher Spider, so it could only reach this level. If other materials were added to the spider's body, it would be able to withstand higher-level magic cores, and the puppet's combat power would be revealed.
Unfortunately, the Witcher Spider was too difficult to catch. It usually lived in caves and would not appear on the ground. Even in caves that humans could enter, it was difficult to find them. This kind of magic beast without magic cores liked to move around in the crevices of rocks. Only when it was hunting would it sneak out and give its prey a fatal blow.
"You two, the princess will follow the emperor to battle. This time, we have to go around Haditha City, but we will also be attacked when we return to Kushui Prefecture from the north. The princess promised to give me ten Battle Mages and a hundred Swordsmen. You don't have to rush to the front in the future. Pay attention to protecting each other. "
Silva already knew that Rex had sent people to find her village, so she had nothing to worry about and nodded indifferently. However, Nelis was a little worried. "Master, I might …"
"Might what?"
"Might become an adult."
Salin was worried. Many magic beasts would enter a weak period before advancing or becoming an adult. Some would even fall into a deep sleep. It would be troublesome if Nelis was like this. It would be even worse if she returned to her original form.
Nelis looked at Salin with some resentment and asked, "Master, do you think it's better for me to become a man or a woman?"
Salin was discouraged. Demons were intelligent creatures. It was not that troublesome to become an adult. So Nelis was thinking about gender.
"Whatever you like." Although Salin said that, he was also afraid that Nelis would become a bearded male. If that was the case, it would be very disgusting when they lived together in the future. But to become a woman? Would it make Nelis more fickle and more likely to cause trouble?
Silva listened at the side and thought to herself, If you become a man, I will find a way to cut you up so that I won't feel disgusted in the future. Nelis was Salin's contracted creature. Silva didn't want Salin to have a man by his side all the time.
Three days passed by quickly, and Saint Rock City was heavily guarded. The twelve north-south streets were cleared, and the Royal Swordsman Camp was moving out from the palace. The buildings on both sides of the streets were packed with people, competing to see the scenery that had not been seen for hundreds of years. The people living on both sides of the streets even rented out their houses and made a huge sum of money temporarily.
With the roar of the cannons, the sky bloomed with magic flames. A huge totem appeared in the sky above Holy Rock City. It was a six-winged flying snake with three pairs of wings.
It was the symbol of the Glücos family. Rumor had it that the ancestor of Emperor Qinyin once had hundreds of these creatures that were comparable to giant dragons in another dimension. When Qinyin founded the country, the founding emperor also had a six-winged flying snake with him. After a thousand years, no high-level creatures from other dimensions could easily appear, and the six-winged flying snake became the totem in the hearts of the people of the Qinyin Empire.
Once a slave, now a symbol. Wasn't this the perfect irony to the fallen humans?
The magic bells of Holy Rock City rang in unison. Emperor Qinyin stood on his chariot and pulled out his sword. The generals of the royal swordsmen walked in front of the chariot one by one. The emperor's sword patted on their shoulders. That was the right to fight.
With this symbolic gift, they would be able to expand their territory and slaughter in the enemy's land. The sound of the magic bells could be heard for hundreds of miles. The Vanguard Battalion that was on standby outside North Town officially set off. The Vanguard Battalion, which had very few supplies, would be the first to set foot on Jia Loulan's land.
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