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"Sir, we found the enemy." A soldier in Qinyin's armor reported to Baron Cook with a worried expression. He was the baron's personal guard. Like Si Jia, he was chosen by the emperor for the baron.
"How many?" Baron Cook's eyes were a little bloodshot. He had only slept for two hours.
"No less than fifty thousand." The soldier's voice was a little shaky. When he saw the scarecrow on the tower, he was even more frightened than now.
"Black puppets … What do they look like?" Baron Cook forced himself to calm down. The black puppets were not very strong, but when there were a lot of them, unless it was the imperial heavy infantry, there was no way to fight them.
"It's a scarecrow."
Huff …
The baron and the soldier gasped at the same time. They were glad that it was not the legendary stone statue. The black puppets made by the scarecrow could be killed by ordinary soldiers, but there were too many of them. There were only 600 soldiers in the castle, but the enemy was more than fifty thousand black puppets.
"How many alchemy arrows did the mages make?"
"One hundred and ten thousand …" The soldier replied. He could not believe the number. In just one night, two poor mages made one hundred and ten thousand alchemy arrows.
"So many!" Baron Cook's face was full of joy. If there were enough alchemy arrows, the number of black puppets would not be a problem.
"Sir …"
"What?"
"They also used six level five magic cores. You need to reimburse them."
Baron Cook stared blankly for a moment before feeling relieved. No matter what, it was impossible for a low-level mage to make so many alchemy arrowheads. The consumption of high-grade magic cores to power the array was inevitable. Six Class 5 Magic Cores would only be worth 30,000 gold coins at most. One hundred and ten thousand arrows, on average, were only a few silver coins.
"Sir …" The soldier called anxiously.
"What else?"
"Also … It seems that they damaged the equipment in the laboratory."
Baron Cook clenched his fist. Damaged the equipment of a great mage? Then, the baron said calmly, "Don't tell anyone about this. I'll handle it. Where are the mages? "
"The two Great Mages are exhausted, they are resting."
"Have the weapons been distributed?"
"It's all done."
"Let Si Jia command the battle. You guys cooperate with her. I'll be with Flamingo. Don't worry about my safety. "
The soldier hesitated for a moment, then left to carry out the order. The nine soldiers led by Si Jia were all swordsmen, and they were usually responsible for Baron Cook's safety. However, he was also familiar with Flamingo. He was a Master Swordsman and was at least a Level-5 professional. He was much stronger than them. The Baron was relatively safe with the mercenaries.
Salin was not tired at all. Creating low-grade magic potions did not consume the Magic Strings, it only consumed mental energy. His spiritual power was abundant, so naturally, his recovery speed was very fast. After one night, it was Ainphent who could not take it anymore. If not for the fact that the ingredients for the Magic Flame Potion had been used up, Salin would have continued.
He was now completely naked, soaking in a large wooden tub used for bathing. He seemed to be resting with his eyes closed. Neris sat on the edge of the barrel, playing with the petals in the water with her fingers.
Salin didn't need a bath. He had the Level-0 spell, Cleanse. However, he liked to train in the water. When he was in the water, whether it was the speed at which he completed magic or the speed at which he recovered his Magic String, they were both much faster than usual.
For example, the mutated Water Pattern Shield could be cast instantaneously in the water. In other words, he could complete the three stages of preparation, completion, and release of the spell in two tenths of a second. When out of the water, the release of this spell would be slowed down by a hundred times.
Now, Salin had twenty Water Pattern Shields around him. These Water Pattern Shields had been compressed to a size smaller than his palm. This did not reduce the consumption of Magic Strings. In fact, Salin only had a little Magic String left, which could at most cast three Level-1 spells.
Salin was practicing the movement of the Water Pattern Shield. He found that the core of the Water Pattern Shield had the strongest defense, and the surrounding areas were the weakest. However, this did not happen with the mutated Water Pattern Shield. The defense of the Water Pattern Shield wrapped in bubbles was the same at any point.
The only flaw of the Water Pattern Shield was that it was not a full-body protection spell. Even the mutated Water Pattern Shield was only half a meter in diameter.
Salin also found that if he compressed the Water Pattern Shield, its defense would increase by several times. He had compressed the Water Pattern Shield to the size of a palm, and its defense had increased by ten times.
However, the smaller the magic shield, the more loopholes it had. If Salin wanted to perfect this mutated spell, he had to be able to control the Water Pattern Shield 100%. Just like what he was doing now, he was using his mental strength to control the Water Pattern Shield to move continuously.
Salin's mental strength was very strong, but it was very difficult to control the movement of the magic shield. After any magic shield was formed, it had a fixed coordinate. It was not easy to move it even an inch. This coordinate was usually a point on the body of a Mage, or a point on other objects.
The elemental energy formed a complete spell with this point as the center. If he wanted to move it, he had to constantly move the magic coordinate. This was an extremely strenuous thing.
Salin was not creating something out of thin air. He knew that it was possible. Great Mages could handle low-level spells like this, and Magic Shooters could already control mid-level spells freely. Although what he did was a bit advanced, it was not impossible.
Whoosh …
Salin's head popped out of the water, and he saw Neris's face.
"Neris, what are you doing?"
"Watching you bathe." Neris drew circles in the water with her finger. The ripples spread out, and the petals on the water surface also floated and sank.
"I'm training." Salin stared at Neris.
"I know, but magic is not like this …" Neris bowed, stretched out her arm, and poked the Water Pattern Shield beside Salin with her finger. A lock of her long black hair hung down, spreading out in the water like smoke.
Salin curled his lips. He now knew that Nelis still couldn't release any demonic magic. He disdained to listen to laymen's opinions. The pride of a Mage could also be said to be arrogance.
"I remember …"
Salin heard Neris's words and suddenly realized that although Neris was an immature little demon, she had seen the powerful humans from tens of thousands of years ago. She must know some secrets.
"What do you remember?" Salin was so excited that he almost stood up. One had to know that tens of thousands of years ago, humans could cross planes at will. That kind of power even surpassed Mages above Level Nine.
"I remember that the magic that humans cast was full of vitality, as if it was alive. I saw with my own eyes that a pair of hands, with a pull in the air, tore open a space, and stuffed more than ten Great Demons into it. All the elements were under the command of those hands. It was trust and submission. "Neris sang like a poet, with an intoxicated glow in her eyes.
Salin listened patiently and felt with his heart. Such memories were precious experiences that could not be obtained anywhere else.
"That Demon Hunter, even if he frowned or blinked, would cause the surrounding elements to fluctuate." Neris's voice became softer and softer, immersed in the memories before she was captured.
Elemental resonance?
No, elemental resonance was irreversible. According to Neris's description, the fluctuation of the elements could be changed at any time. Even Magic Shooters could not achieve such control.
Could it be that Neris was tempting him to make a mistake?
No, Neris did not lie. She herself could not get rid of the nightmare of that year.
Magic elements with vitality? Salin remembered the mysterious leaf in the Gift Ring. In that leaf, there was a hidden vitality of life. With a thought, he could no longer suppress the idea of experimenting. The second spell in the Gift Ring slowly flowed into his heart, and Salin opened his mouth and chanted.
Life Bestowment, this was a half-magic created by the Goddess of Nature. The green light on the Gift Ring lit up again, and again, it flashed. Salin felt the fluctuation of the elements, but could not complete this half-magic.
Do I need the help of the gods? Salin suspected that this spell was mixed with divine arts. If that was the case, he would definitely not be able to complete it. Because the Goddess of Nature had fallen, maybe he should pray to the God of Light?
Even if he prayed, there would be no response. He had killed the priests, ascetics, and fanatics of the Holy See.
Salin did not have any ill feelings towards the people of the Holy See. After all, he was the one who attacked first, and the Mage did not attack him first. But after hearing Ainphent's story, he understood that he had thought too simply of the Holy See. Therefore, he did not have delusions of being saved. He could only run away as far as possible, so that the people of the Holy See would not have a chance to catch him again.
Salin did not give up. He took out the leaf with hidden vitality from the Gift Ring. This leaf was withered and yellow, and looked unremarkable. Salin held the leaf in his palm, and recited the spell of Life Bestowment again.
This time, a green light lit up in Salin's hand, and a mysterious power emitted from the leaf, forming a green ball of light, and seeping into the Water Pattern Shield that Salin had designated.
Salin immediately felt that he had formed a mysterious connection with this Water Pattern Shield. He tried to use his spiritual power to control this Water Pattern Shield. The bubble-shaped magic shield left Salin's body, flew up, and began to move in the air according to Salin's will, the route becoming more and more complicated.
Salin was overjoyed. If the Water Pattern Shield could be controlled in this way, his safety would be greatly improved. He could not wait to cast the second Life Bestowment, and the second Water Pattern Shield flew out of his body.
Neris grabbed the second Water Pattern Shield, put it in her mouth, and bit. Salin was furious, but before he could speak, Neris spat out the Water Pattern Shield, still a complete bubble.
"Master, it can't be broken. You succeeded," Neris said obediently. Nelis said obediently. It seemed that she didn't want to eat this magic shield that had a life of its own.
Salin was discouraged. This little demon was getting more and more cunning.
Shaking his head, Salin wanted to continue casting Life Bestowment, but the remaining 18 Water Pattern Shields broke one by one. Only then did he remember that he had been in the water for an hour. The Water Pattern Shield could last longer in the water, but an hour was also the limit. What made him feel strange was that the two Water Pattern Shields that had life force did not disappear. They were dancing in front of him.
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