"Fuck, Fran, what are you doing!?" Suyass, an esteemed Archmage, couldn't even raise his head due to the pressure of a bunch of magic rays. If this spread, everyone would laugh their heads off.
The problem was that Suyass truly didn't dare to raise his head. Even if each of the magic rays only had the power of a 2nd or 3rd Tier Spell, over a hundred of them had the power of a 6th or 7th Tier Spell. Even if Suyass had just advanced to the Archmage realm, he wouldn't be able to withstand such a barrage of magic rays. Helplessly, he could only lower his head and hide in a dense thicket.
At the same time, he vented his anger on Fran.
"I … I didn't do anything!" Fran felt that he was wronged. 'Yes, I didn't do anything, so how did this happen?'
"You …" Suyass' face turned green, but he didn't have time to bicker with Fran at such a critical time. He could only sulk while giving Fran a "I'll deal with you later" look.
"…" Fran saw Suyass' expression and knew that the situation wasn't good. He hurriedly shrank his neck and hid in the thicket.
"I heard that Vaughn's alchemy laboratory always used puppets as assistants …" At this time, Lin Yun, who was also hiding in the thicket, suddenly interjected.
"Eh?" Suyass froze for a moment before sucking in a breath of cold air.
Indeed, it was rumored that Vaughn never trusted anyone. Even in his alchemy laboratory, he used puppets as assistants.
But alchemists who truly understood Vaughn knew that this wasn't just because Vaughn was paranoid, but because he had inherited a huge inheritance.
In those days, Vaughn came from a small mountain village and became a Master Alchemist in a short ten years. Twenty years later, he entered the ranks of Artisans and became the Empire's Chief Alchemist. This kind of rocket-like speed was rarely seen in the history of alchemy. Moreover, everyone knew that Vaughn's talent was mediocre. Such an Apprentice Alchemist with no background or talent ultimately became the Empire's Chief Alchemist because of that huge inheritance.
An inheritance from the Dark Sage Igor.
Who was the Dark Sage?
Charles the Emperor's teacher, the gravedigger of the Silver Age, the mastermind behind the scenes that drove the Elves and Dragons off their thrones, the greatest puppeteer since ancient times.
Beneath the long string of titles was an abnormally short life. The Dark Sage Igor was bestowed the title of Saint in the Silver Age, and then fell in the battle to shatter the Throne of All Things. It had only been a hundred years since then. For a Saint Alchemist, such a short life was unbelievably short.
The Dark Sage only had one disciple, Charles the Great.
What Vaughn obtained was only a part of that Saint Alchemist's inheritance. It was said that those were three puppets personally crafted by the Dark Sage. During the end of the 3rd Dynasty, very few people had seen those three puppets with their own eyes, but everyone knew that those three puppets represented the peak of puppeteering.
This could be guessed from Vaughn's position.
Vaughn had never touched the Extraordinary realm, but his position at the end of the 3rd Dynasty had always been above many Heaven Rank powerhouses. From this, it could be seen how frightening those three puppets were.
It was even rumored that Vaughn actually didn't know anything about puppeteering, but those three puppets helped him form a powerful puppet army.
In any case, there were many legends …
But one thing was certain, Vaughn had a batch of puppets with shocking fighting strength, and the ones crazily firing magic rays were most likely a part of them.
As he thought of this, Suyass' hands suddenly became sweaty. Vaughn's puppets were very famous during the end of the 3rd Dynasty. The difficulty of this battle might be even higher than he had imagined.
Suyass tightened his grip on his magic staff and started releasing Mage Eyes. One, two, three … Several dozen Mage Eyes were released, and under the crisscrossing magic rays, the survival rate of these Mage Eyes was shockingly low. Only one of the several dozen Mage Eyes survived.
Moreover, even that one Mage Eye barely flew out of the thicket before being swept away by a Frost Ray.
But this was enough for Suyass.
There were a total of three puppets, and each one was based on a Shadow Wolf. They were extremely fast, even a bit faster than a real Shadow Wolf. At least two kinds of magic rays were enchanted on their bodies, and under the control of the powerful array system, each attack had the power of a 6th Tier Spell. Moreover, the attack frequency was extremely high, far surpassing that of an ordinary High Mage.
"Six puppets, Shadow Wolf prototype, very fast …" Suyass reported the situation to Lin Yun and Solomon while thinking of a way to deal with them.
This wasn't going to be an easy battle.
Each of these three puppets was enchanted with at least two kinds of magic rays, and the array system was very powerful. The attack frequency was very high, and there was almost no pause. Even if he used an Elemental Shield, he would only be able to last ten seconds. After ten seconds, he would have no choice but to use his physical body to resist the magic rays.
That was at least the power of a 6th Tier Spell.
Apart from those Heaven Rank powerhouses that had stepped into the Extraordinary Realm, who could resist such a powerful spell with their physical body?
But he had no choice.
If he kept dodging, he would sooner or later be surrounded by the three puppets. At that time, let alone ten seconds, he might not even be able to last three seconds under a volley of attacks.
The only way now was to take advantage of the fact that the three puppets had yet to surround him and use the others as cover to launch a surprise attack. As long as he could paralyze one of the puppets, he would be able to open up the situation.
But, who would launch a surprise attack …
The cover could only cover him for a while. If the three puppets pulled out and launched a volley, they would most likely die.
Suyass glanced at the other three.
Although Solomon was a 9th Rank High Mage, he was injured and couldn't display his full power. As for Fran, there was no need to mention him. He was a 5th Rank High Mage, and if he hadn't grasped Time Hand, he might not even be a 3rd or 4th Rank High Mage.
But as for Merlin …
Suyass hesitated for a bit before shaking his head.
Forget it. Although Merlin's battle prowess far exceeded his level, he was only a Ninth-level Great Wizard after all. At most, he could only cast Fourth-level spells. This flaw had already limited Merlin's battle prowess to a certain extent.
As he thought about it, the only one who could complete the surprise attack mission was himself.
"Help me cover." Suyass clenched his teeth and said to Solomon and Lin Yun.
"Let me do it …" Lin Yun shook his head. He didn't wait for Suyass to speak and directly cast Haste before rushing out like a bolt of lightning.
"Merlin!" Suyass was startled. He wanted to stop him, but it was already too late. He could only stare blankly as Lin Yun's silhouette disappeared.
Fortunately, Suyass' reaction was fast enough. He only stared blankly for a moment before reacting. At this time, he didn't have time to think about his plan and hurriedly cast an Elemental Shield to block the dense magic rays.
Solomon also followed suit. His Runic Shield was only half a second slower than Suyass', but he cast his spells before Suyass.
Because Solomon was more experienced than Suyass.
Back in the Demiplane, Solomon had already experienced a similar scene.
A 9th Rank High Mage and an Archmage simultaneously opened fire. Blizzard and Cloud Storm instantly covered several hundred meters. The two spells, one ice and one lightning, instantly attracted the attention of the three puppets.
After all, puppets were only puppets.
Although they were endowed with formidable power through alchemy, they were far from being true lifeforms. Their behavior was based on very simple judgments.
There was no doubt that a 9th Rank High Mage and an Archmage who were both casting were much more threatening than a moving 9th Rank Great Mage.
In fact, even Suyass felt the same way at this time.
It was already too late to stop Merlin, so he could only place all his hopes on himself and Solomon. He hoped that this concentrated round of spells could paralyze one of the puppets.
For this reason, Suyass roused his mana to its limit. Under Suyass' control, the power displayed by the Cloud Storm could only be described as terrifying. Black clouds covered the sky and boundless lightning bolts filled the world with the roar of thunder.
It was to the point that no one noticed a ghost-like silhouette approaching one of the puppets. He didn't use any spells, nor did he make any shocking movements. He only moved his hand twice and that puppet suddenly stiffened before turning into a pile of scattered components.
"Merlin, be careful … Be careful …" Originally, Suyass had only seen Lin Yun enter the range of the Cloud Storm and wanted to warn him so that he wouldn't be injured by the Cloud Storm.
But he hadn't expected to see such a scene in the blink of an eye.
Thus, after saying "Be careful", Suyass couldn't say anything else.
Be careful of what?
Be careful of a pile of components?
"This can be considered slow …" Solomon's mouth twitched as he thought, 'You call this an Archmage? How come you look like you haven't seen the world … '
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