Salin was not used to Rex's absence. Although the merchant's barracks were not bad, they were a hundred times worse than Rex's.
Sixty carts were arranged in the middle of the camp, forming a circle. Outside the carts were tents, and outside the tents were sturdy temporary barracks. The merchant team did not have Rex's God Luo Ring, so the barracks were wooden and carried in carts. Outside the barracks, there were temporary traps and wooden walls.
The positions of the eight sentry posts were surrounded by meter-tall shields. Ainphent had also arranged skeleton soldiers around the sentry posts. The skeleton soldiers were not good at fighting, but they would not get tired. They were very alert and could alert anyone approaching.
Trish could tell that Salin was not satisfied with the camp. He whispered in Salin's ear, "I'll stay alert at night. I won't sleep."
Salin was relieved. Demons would be energetic even if they did not sleep for a few days, unlike humans, who would be dispirited if they did not sleep for a day.
"Okay, if there are bandits, be careful when you kill them. Let Ainphent have materials to use." Salin reminded Trish. Trish's whip could crush a person. How could he make berserk zombie soldiers with it?
There was a Sword Saint among the enemies, so Salin did not dare to let his guard down. He would not let Sue do anything where Ainphent could help. Zombie soldiers were the most energy-efficient for a mage. Ainphent could easily control a few thousand zombie soldiers. If there were intelligent zombies, it would be good if Ainphent could control a few dozen.
Whether it was the regular army or the bandits, the night raids were usually carried out in the early hours of the morning. At this time, people were the least alert and asleep. Even if they were woken up, their fighting strength would be at its lowest.
Salin had brought his own barracks. He lived with Nania. They were both mages, so they meditated and trained at night. There was nothing inconvenient about it.
Mages had high spiritual power and needed less sleep. During special times, they would be as energetic as demons if they did not sleep for a few days. However, they needed to meditate.
After meditating, Nania did not go to sleep immediately. Instead, she talked to Salin about magic.
Nania was very knowledgeable. Salin had nothing to teach her, so he talked about fighting techniques. Nania was a life mage, but her spiritual power and magic strings were higher than mages who specialized in fighting.
"Salin, I want to learn your Water Shield, is that okay?" Nania had liked Salin, but she felt she couldn't compete with Rex, so she gave up the idea. She was happy to travel with Salin this time. It just so happened that she hadn't learned any new skills for a long time, so she started to have ideas about Salin.
"This …"
"Is it inconvenient?" Nania was a little disappointed. Salin's Water Pattern Shield was very strong, even stronger than the Ice Pattern Armor. This kind of defensive spell was what a Great Magician needed the most.
"It's not that it's inconvenient, but if you want to achieve the same effect as my Water Pattern Shield, you'll have to advance to the 7th Rank at the very least. Moreover, even a 7th Rank High Mage might not be able to instantaneously cast it like me. Defensive spells can't be cast instantaneously, so their effectiveness in battle is greatly reduced. "
"Oh, that's not a big deal. I'm not a Battle Mage anyway. I can cast Ice Rune Armor first, then Water Rune Shield."
Salin was right. The Ice Patterned Armor couldn't defend against a skill like Poison Mist, but the Water Patterned Shield could breathe, and all toxins would be filtered out by the Water Element. Life Mages wouldn't fight on the frontlines, so this skill was more useful than an instantaneous spell.
"Alright, then release a Water Ripple Shield for me to see first."
Nania blushed. She was a little shy to cast his best spell in front of Salin. But she still chanted the incantation and began to prepare the spell.
In half a minute, Nania's spell was finally ready. A translucent shield appeared out of thin air in front of her. This shield was condensed from the Water Element, and it was a little strenuous to maintain its shape. The water rippled, as if it would shatter at any time.
This was just the appearance. In fact, the Water Pattern Shield was a low-level spell with extremely strong defensive power. The worst problem was that it couldn't be cast instantaneously unless it was in the water. This spell that looked like it was about to shatter could even withstand an attack from a 4th Rank spell. In half a minute, the enemy could prepare a high-level spell. Such a slow defensive spell was indeed meaningless in battle.
Salin smiled and said, "Again."
As he spoke, he released Cloud Walking, and thick mist filled the barracks. Between him and Nania, it was completely transparent. There was no misty water vapor, and the water element was abnormally dense for a moment.
Nania slowly dispersed the Water Pattern Shield in her hand and recited the incantation again. In about fifteen seconds, another Water Pattern Shield appeared. Not only was this shield formed twice as fast, but its area was also two-thirds larger.
Nania was about to reply when a magical alarm sounded outside. Salin said, "Don't mind him, let's continue."
Nania nodded and maintained the Water Pattern Shield. "If I cast a Cleanse spell first to make the water element denser, then the speed of casting the Water Pattern Shield will be faster, right?"
"That's also a way. Cast the lowest level water spell first, and make the water element denser than normal. Then you can cast high-level water element spells faster. In fact, many high-level elemental spells have incantations similar to low-level spells. Now, recite the incantation after me and try to change the spell that has already been completed. "
As Salin spoke, he began to slowly recite the incantation. This was a bit strange to him. For Salin, water element spells rarely required long incantations.
There were sounds of fighting outside the barracks, but Salin was oblivious to it. He was still talking to Nania about the Water Pattern Shield technique.
Outside the barracks, Tris stood in the shadows, already taking out his weapon. After signing the soul contract with Neris, he had given up the idea of letting Neris return to his gender. It was not bad to use a human female body, not to mention that Neris had allowed them to return to their demon forms in battle.
The Ultimate Transformation Spell was really good. Tris met many people, including Byrne, who only knew that he was a demon through guessing. If it was only by eyesight or perception, even a level-nine Magic Shooter would not be able to tell his identity.
The sound of sharp arrows piercing the air exploded around the barracks. Hundreds of crossbows shot at each other. The people in the barracks had already been awakened. The soldiers guarding the caravan had put on armor, and the servants had taken out large shields to defend the periphery.
This large shield had three layers: one layer of leather, one layer of wood, and one layer of metal. Even small alchemy crossbows could only be shot at close range.
With such a level of shooting, the thieves could not hurt the people in the barracks at all. After a few rounds of shooting, the thieves began to shoot. But both Sharman and Ainphent's bodyguards were very skilled. They used their longswords to deflect the arrows falling from above, and even had the strength to protect the servants holding the shields.
The two caravan servants did not panic. They were still holding crossbows in their hands, quietly waiting for the enemy to attack the barracks. The range of a crossbow was similar to that of a hunting bow, but within ten meters, its lethality was not small. Its firing rate was also fast, and it was more effective against thieves without armor.
Ainphent had already calmed down. He commanded the skeleton soldiers to kill their way out of the barracks in the dark. These skeleton soldiers had been modified by him, and they had all turned pitch black. In fact, he had used magic to dye the bones a little. Unfortunately, the eyes of the undead were filled with soul fire, so they could not be completely invisible.
Of course, Ainphent's methods were not so simple. A dozen wheel-sized spiders also secretly crawled out. These spiders were Ainphent's newest summoned creatures.
The speed of the undead spiders was much faster than the skeleton soldiers. With eight huge legs, they quickly rushed in front of the thieves. The attack power of the undead spiders wasn't very high. They quickly spat out spider silk, binding more than 30 thieves. The spider silk was poisonous. The trapped thieves struggled a few times, then stopped moving.
Immediately, a few swordmaster thieves rushed up and slashed at the undead spiders. But they did not have magic weapons, so ordinary physical damage was definitely bearable for the undead. The undead spiders endured and continued to spit out spider silk.
By the time the dozen or so undead spiders were cut down, the thieves who were ready to charge had already lost more than 300 people. The skeleton soldiers behind them rushed up, dragging the bodies of the thieves back into the barracks.
The swordmasters wanted to chase after them, but they were shot back by arrows from the barracks.
The skeletons brought back more than 100 corpses. Ainphent happily began to create Corpse Soldiers under the protection of his shields. If these skeletons fought against the thieves, they would at most be able to kill a dozen or so. But they simply went for the corpses, causing the thieves outside to go crazy.
One Corpse Soldier after another was created. The skeletons rushed out again, bringing back more than 80 corpses. Ainphent gathered 200 Corpse Soldiers. The thieves outside couldn't bear it anymore. Originally, they wanted to harass the caravan and shoot until daybreak, then directly attack. This time, the thieves had gathered more than 2,000 people. Moreover, there were mercenaries from the Rhine Dukedom mixed in, so their combat power was much higher.
In the thieves' view, with their bows and crossbows ready, they could definitely peel off a layer of skin from the caravan. Who knew that the enemy would use skeleton soldiers and mess up their plan? The enemy necromancer lost nearly 100 skeleton soldiers and a dozen level 3 undead spiders, but killed more than 300 thieves. If this continued, the enemy necromancer would be able to summon another batch of skeletons.
Skeletons were the most worthless undead. The thieves couldn't afford to waste time.
After a period of chaos, the thieves began to organize their attack. A hundred thieves donned heavy armor, neatly lined up, raised their shields, and began to charge. The barracks only had wooden walls, which could be easily cut open with their axes.
Inside the barracks, the elemental fluctuations became stronger. Ainphent secretly smiled. The great magician beside Sharman couldn't help but make a move. The charge of a hundred heavy infantry was quite shocking. If they rushed into the barracks, even with the help of the undead soldiers, there would be a lot of casualties.
These thieves were really stupid. They knew that there was a great magician here, but they didn't organize heavy cavalry to charge. Although heavy infantry had better defense, they were slow. A distance of 100 meters was enough for the great magician to prepare a group attack spell.
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