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It wasn't that Rex didn't have Hellfire Ward, but it lasted too long. Byrne and Trish, who were hiding below, couldn't defend against it. This attack was also an experiment. If it was effective, Hellfire Spray could solve it. This level-6 magic scroll was much cheaper than level-7 magic scrolls.
Rex didn't have many level-7 magic scrolls, and he didn't know how many imps there were underground. What would he do if he used them all?
Annoying creatures!
Even Rex had a disgusted look on his face. Imps were messy creatures. They didn't have a fixed leader. There might be dozens of commanders among the thousands of imps in this warehouse. Even if these commanders died, the imps would continue to attack. They were harder to deal with than tamed demons, and tamed demons didn't have high magic resistance and defense abilities like imps.
Rex didn't pity imps, and neither did Salin. When a creature that even gods couldn't destroy, you wouldn't feel pity for them.
Even in the subcontinents, if not for the control of the Demon Race, the Imps would have long been overrun and occupied all the land.
Orange flames shot out from underground. The imps screamed and rolled around. The temperature of the hellfire was very high. Their armor was crude, and no matter how good the material was, it couldn't insulate them.
Trish and Byrne didn't know what method they used, but they still hid in the flames and didn't expose themselves. The imps couldn't stand it anymore. Hellfire Spray and Hellfire Ward were both spells suitable for use in enclosed spaces. Although this warehouse was huge, there was a hole in it. When the hellfire was sucked out, the power of the spray increased imperceptibly. A few short imps were spat out, but their luck was much worse. The shields on their faces melted, and their faces were burned to the bones in the blink of an eye.
The flames went in through the broken shields. The imps' magic resistance wasn't enough to deal with level-6 spells. As the shields broke, these imps first suffocated, and then were killed by the high temperature inside the armor. Once the inside of the armor was invaded by the flames, it became a high-temperature and high-pressure container. The imps died very quickly.
Hundreds of imps were killed, but the crystal protection was broken by the imps outside the door. The imp that entered the warehouse this time was a mutant. It was more than two meters tall, and it was waving a huge halberd in its hand.
The eruption of earthfire had already ended. The Imps that had rushed in were stunned for a moment. Then, they circled around the tall Imp and began to shout. The imps had written language, but it was very crude. Their language was also the worst in the abyss. It sounded like a group of people quarreling.
As the tall Imp entered the warehouse, Salin didn't feel much at all. At this time, the two meter tall Imp suddenly leapt into the air, brandishing his halberd and chopping down at Salin. Perhaps he could tell that Salin was the easiest to bully among the three in the sky.
What surprised Salin was that this Imp leapt 50 meters high. With such a terrifying jumping ability, it must have been supported by a powerful force. No wonder it could split open the Crystal Protector. Even if his halberd was a magic weapon, it did not have a magic nucleus embedded in it. It was just a bit sharper and heavier.
Salin never dared to underestimate someone who could destroy magic with brute force. Because he had one right beside him, even if Shika did not have a magic weapon, he could completely ignore low-level magic. Whether it was the Resistance Ring of Fire, Invisible Shield, Stone Skin, or anything else, Shika just needed to pick up a stick and hit it, and it would be broken.
For this Imp to grow to more than two meters tall, who knew what it had eaten that caused it to suddenly mutate?
The halberd chopped down from the sky. Although the Imp could not see Salin's specific position, the area of the cloud Salin had released was too small. The Imp's perception was not weak, and it still chopped down at Salin's shoulder. This time, Salin did not dare to use the Water Pattern Shield to block it. Releasing a few more wouldn't do him any good. In any case, he could move in the air.
Deftly dodging the Imp's halberd, a stream of water flew out of the gourd at Salin's waist, directly wrapping around the Imp and pulling it in. The Imp was immediately bound by the stream of water and fell to the ground. The stream of water quickly flowed outside its armor, but it could not cut through it. However, the halberd in the Imp's hand was cut in half by the stream of water.
Salin sighed inwardly. Without reaching the level of a Magic Shooter, it was much more difficult to release magic in the air. Only using scrolls was not as flexible as magic. If only he hadn't made a Water Ripper, but a Water Puppet instead. Water Puppets could freely release magic in the air, and were even more flexible than Magic Shooters.
It was dangerous for Mages to release magic while flying. Magic Shooters could reduce the danger to a minimum, but it was still very difficult to use magic as freely as on the ground. Mages had some advantages in this regard. However, Mages had very few offensive magic, unlike Mages who had many options.
As the Imp fell to the ground, the nearby Imps immediately threw away their weapons and tried to untie the stream of water that bound them. But this stream of water was not a rope. When the Imp tried to untie it, it immediately cut off a few of its fingers. The glove part of the armor was the weakest. In addition, the Imps had inserted their fingers between the water and the armor. Under the high-speed cutting of the water, the Imps immediately suffered.
The Imps cried out strangely, but no one dared to make another move. The stream of water tightly wrapped around the tallest Imp. After a minute, it finally cut through the outer armor, cutting the variant Imp into pieces.
Salin could also see that if he didn't care about the time consumption, he could use this special stream of water to kill all the Imps. The Imps didn't have the ability to dispel this magic. No matter how strong the armor was, it couldn't withstand the cutting of the water for long.
But Salin didn't have the time to waste with the Imps here. He could only rely on scrolls to kill. The problem was that scrolls were very expensive. Even Salin couldn't bear to waste them in large quantities. To kill an Imp, he needed a Level-Five or Level-Six scroll. Level-Four scrolls could only be single-target magic.
Rex could use tens of thousands of Petrification scrolls without hesitation, because those were low-level magic scrolls. As long as there was money and a large number of low-level Mages, they could be made at any time. The success rate was above 90%.
The price of mid-level magic scrolls immediately skyrocketed, and the success rate was less than 50%. Even Magic Shooters wouldn't have a success rate of 90%. When you needed it, mid-level scrolls couldn't even be bought with gold coins.
"Salin, the bones of these Imps and their armor are all very valuable. Why are you still so stingy?" Shika waved the stick in his hand and reminded Salin.
"Yes!" Salin suddenly realized. Mid-level magic scrolls were indeed precious, but if he used 80 to 100 of them, these Imps would probably all be killed. The armor on the Imps was made of Orangutan Iron, and even some precious metals were added. If they were all refined, it would be enough to make up for the loss of magic scrolls.
Rex was also stunned by the Imps. Facing these cockroach-like creatures, it wasn't worth using mid-level magic scrolls to kill them. If they didn't kill them, they would flood again. Hearing Shika's words, Rex immediately made up his mind. He said to Salin, "We won't leave either. We'll do it here. How many mid-level magic scrolls above Level-Five do you have?"
Salin thought for a moment and said, "For group attacks, I can take out 50. You take out 50 too. If we can't kill all of them, we'll think of something else. "
Once the two of them made up their minds, things were easy. Rex released Crystal Guard again and sealed the door. Then, Salin and Rex began to release mid-level magic scrolls to kill the Imps.
The Imps had almost no ability to fight back. Occasionally, there would be mutated Imps, but they would be killed by Salin's water flow. They couldn't threaten the mages flying in the air at all. Salin didn't know that these Imps ate everything. There had been a lot of arrows in the underground palace, but the Imps weren't good at shooting, so they ate the wood on the arrows and crossbows. Otherwise, if thousands of Imps shot in the air, even if they weren't accurate, Salin and Rex would be flustered, and even releasing scrolls would be affected.
However, the Imps had strong vitality and terrifying reproductive ability. They were also strong in close combat. If they didn't have any weakness in long-range attacks, the Imps would have dominated the Abyss long ago.
Salin and Rex could kill about 800 Imps every time. After two or three times, they had to use their spatial equipment to collect the corpses. But the Imps kept rushing into the warehouse. Eventually, some started climbing the walls, trying to get up through the hole. Salin didn't know that the Imps didn't have much food left. If they didn't go out, even if they didn't die in Salin's hands, they would gradually starve to death in the underground palace.
The two of them used up 100 mid-level magic scrolls, but the Imps were still coming. Salin was almost numb. Although his and Rex's spiritual power was strong, releasing scrolls in the air consumed several times more spiritual power than releasing scrolls on the ground. If this continued, the two of them might consume too much spiritual power.
Boom!
When Salin threw down a Stone Giant scroll, the crystal guarding the warehouse's exit was directly broken by a 10-meter tall Imp. This Imp was the most terrifying of all the Mutant Imps. The weapon in its hand was a 20-meter long spear. If the Goddess' palace wasn't very tall, this Imp wouldn't even be able to move in an ordinary building.
With a swoosh, Trish's long whip curled up weirdly and tightly wrapped around the Imp's legs. Byrne, who was hiding by the door, made his first move. A golden light flashed, and the Imp's neck was directly cut in half by Byrne's dagger. The Imp's head fell back, and blood spurted wildly.
The Imp actually didn't die completely. It flicked its spear, and Byrne's finger tapped on the spear tip. He flew into the air and directly flew into the big hole that Trish had smashed open, disappearing without a trace.
Salin broke out in a cold sweat. The magic array above had been destroyed by Trish. If he casually blocked the exit, the Imp that Byrne had killed could completely break open the hole again.
Byrne flew out. He felt his internal organs shake, and spat out a mouthful of blood. Only then did he suppress the injury. This Imp's strength was too terrifying. If it could fly, it would be a magician's nightmare.
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