At the moment of life and death, Amon didn't care whether he was a sorcerer or not. His life was the most important thing. The ice shield formed by the water element wasn't very effective. It wasn't even a defensive magic. But it was the first magic Amon learned, and it was the fastest and easiest to use. He was in the middle of the Euphrate River, so it was the easiest to summon the power of water.
Amon's reaction was a little late. He cast his fastest magic, forming an ice shield in the air to block the snake's tail. Then he cast an earth elemental shield to block the snake's tail. But the serpent's tail was so huge that its weight and speed alone could shatter the two barriers, but it bought Amon time to cast Spatial Freeze, freezing the huge serpent's tail in the air for a moment.
Before the people on the boat could react, they heard Amon shout again. The bow of the boat suddenly sank. He had jumped high into the air, waving his staff. The branch-like staff emitted a faint layer of light and silently whipped the snake's tail in the air. A shockwave spread along the long body of the giant snake, and many snake scales were smashed and fell.
Amon was only a fourth-level warrior in terms of strength. He hadn't had time to practice the fifth-level body arts yet. But as soon as the staff hit the snake's body, a pale blue flame spread along the snake's body. It was as if the staff had set the huge snake's tail on fire.
Not to mention the monster in the river, even the seasoned warriors on the continent had never seen Amon fight like this. He swung his staff like an iron stick and cast a magic spell at close range. Moreover, it was the Sea of Fire spell, which was very difficult for advanced mages to cast. Even the flame was the hottest pale blue.
It was impossible to describe the power of this strike. If the snake's tail was carved from a huge tree as thick as a bucket, it would be reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye. But the monster's body was so strong that only a few scales fell off. The air was filled with a pungent smell of burnt flesh. A muffled roar came from the bottom of the river. The snake's tail was lifted up by Amon's staff and quickly retracted back into the water. The flame made a sizzling sound as it touched the surface of the water. A cloud of steam rose from the Euphrate River.
With a bang, the bow of the boat sank again. Amon jumped into the air and hit the snake's tail back into the water with his staff. Then he fell back down.
Only then did the people on the boat recover from the shock. They screamed and cried. Due to the shaking of the boat, some people fell to the ground. The animals were also frightened and were crying. One of the boatmen shouted in horror, "Oh my god, it's a monster snake! It's the descendant of the river god Humbaba! Why did it appear in the day?"
Some even knelt down to Amon and cried, "Great mage, please save us!" Then more people began to cry to Amon, as if they were drowning and grasping at straws. They had seen the scene of Amon fighting with the serpent just now.
It was the first time that Amon had performed magic in public. People called him the 'great mage'. After all, he was not only protecting himself, but also the people on the boat. The cries of the people were immediately drowned out by a thunderous roar coming from the bottom of the water. A huge whirlpool suddenly appeared on the side of the boat, and the water surface sank. Then, a huge wave surged up and threw the boat high up into the air.
What was strange was that the whirlpool did not tilt the ferry, and the huge wave did not overturn it either. The ferry maintained a stable position, and as the waves rose, it "slid" down the mountain-like wave as if it was gliding, and floated far upstream. Amon stood at the bow of the boat, holding his staff. His expression was solemn. It seemed that the staff in his hand was controlling the whole boat.
Among the passengers, two warriors had already pulled out their swords and walked to the bow. They stood on either side of Amon to protect him. They were bodyguards of a merchant. At this moment, they could see that whether they could escape from the monster today depended on whether the mage could protect the ferry. If the boat capsized and everyone fell into the water, no one would be spared. Their swords could not attack the monster in the water, so they stood up to protect Amon.
The ferry drifted down from the top of the waves and avoided capsizing. The thunderous roar from the bottom of the river kept rolling. The water became muddy and surged as if it was boiling. Two walls of waves rose and hit the ferry from the left and right. In the waves, one could vaguely see the huge body of a dark green snake. It appeared on both sides of the ferry at the same time. The snake's length was really terrifying.
Perhaps the snake was hurt by Amon's Sea of Fire, it hid under the water and did not come out. It used its terrifying body to stir up the waves. As long as the ferry was capsized, the mage would fall into the water and be at its mercy.
Amon waved his staff forward. The water in front of him seemed to be flattened by an invisible giant hand. The two walls on the left and right instantly froze into dynamic ice sculptures. Some of the boatmen lost their balance and fell into the water. Fortunately, the boatmen next to him grabbed the pole in time and climbed back up. No one dared to stand on the side of the boat anymore. Naturally, there was no one to push the boat. The ferry lost its power.
The waves were frozen by Icebound. The snake twisted its body and the ice sculpture immediately shattered. At this moment, Amon pointed his staff forward, and the boat was pulled by an invisible force and rushed forward at high speed, away from the water. Amon didn't want to be entangled with a water monster in the wide Euphrate River. He wanted to get to the other side as soon as possible.
The ferry floated very fast on the water. Amon had the experience of controlling the invisible bone boat, so he could control it so well. He could escape quickly with the help of air and water magic, but it was difficult for him to use this kind of power to attack the monster living in the water.
If an experienced mage had seen this scene, he would have doubted that Amon was a supreme mage. Although he was only casting advanced and elementary magic, he was able to control his power smoothly and skillfully. This was not something an advanced mage could do. Moreover, the "staff" in his hand didn't seem to be embedded with a parangon.
Amon managed to do this by relying on the magic of the staff. He felt a little dizzy after casting powerful magic consecutively. But with his strong body, he gritted his teeth and stood firmly on the bow of the ferry. Had he not been a mid-ranked warrior, he would have collapsed to the ground, his body would have gone limp.
The ferry was moving forward at high speed. Suddenly, a line of water appeared on the surface of the river downstream, shooting forward like an arrow, drawing a huge arc in the river. The body of the serpent finally emerged from the water, blocking Amon's way. The snake's body was more than a hundred feet long. It stood in front of the ship and raised its head to reveal its true appearance. Its bloody mouth was wide open in mid-air, large enough to swallow a cow. Its long tongue was like a bloody rope, and its bowl-sized eyes revealed an ominous glint.
Ordinary snakes didn't roar, but when this monster raised its hideous head, its throat stirred the air and let out a cow's roar, which spread far across the Euphrate River. Seeing the monster snake reveal its terrifying appearance and block the way ahead, the people on the ship seemed so small and weak under its snake's kiss. Many people let out cries of despair.
Amon was also frightened. He knew how powerful the serpent was. Just now, he had used all his strength to barely keep the ferry safe. However, the serpent was faster in the water than the ferry he was controlling, and it still blocked the way. Obviously, it was enraged. If he were standing on the bank, he could still fight it. Even if he couldn't win, he could still run away. But in the river, he had no confidence at all.
But no matter what, he had to fight for his life. Amon had no other thoughts in his mind. He clenched his staff, pointed it forward, and gathered all his strength to launch a thunderous strike. He couldn't think about the three things Crazy 'Ole had warned him about. In this situation, he didn't want to use as little power as possible. He was afraid that he wouldn't be strong enough, and the slightest mistake would cost him his life.
The hands of the two warriors holding their swords were trembling. Despair was written all over their faces. They could more or less see that the powerful mage had tried his best and was no match for the monster.
In the midst of the cries of horror, Amon suddenly heard Yoon Namna's voice, "Amon, the scrolls!"
How could he forget the five scrolls in his bag? Yoon Namna's reminder came at the right time. Amon looked calm, but in fact he was extremely nervous. He had never used scrolls before. He couldn't even catch his breath after casting so many magic spells.
Before Yoon Namna's voice trailed off, Amon took out a handful of scrolls from his bag and threw them in front of him. No mage would use scrolls like he did. He threw all five scrolls in one go. The staff in his hand trembled as he activated the scrolls. The scrolls could only be unfurled one by one. As a result, Amon only activated three of them.
The scrolls themselves were condensed by the caster's magic power. They didn't need to be performed by the caster himself, but the caster must also be able to control the magic power released by the scroll. These three scrolls were the best among the advanced magic scrolls. They also required a high degree of control. Amon could only activate them in a short period of time. He was already at his limit. He couldn't activate the other two scrolls.
The first scroll was "Space Shackle". There wasn't any explosion of power. The giant serpent's body was twisting and struggling on the surface of the water. The water was also surging violently, but it couldn't break free from that space for a while. This short period of time was enough for Amon to control it. The other two scrolls were unfurled one after another.
The second scroll was not an attack scroll either. It was called "Detect Interruption". The light and shadow around the giant serpent twisted into chaos. It couldn't see the river or the banks. It was as if it was suddenly in a strange place. It didn't know where Amon and the boat were. In fact, the giant serpent was still in the same place, but it was temporarily cut off from the outside world.
These two scrolls were all auxiliary divine spells. They couldn't really cause damage or attack, but they were powerful and were used to complement other offensive divine spells. Amon picked up eight scrolls in total. Five of them were marked. The other three scrolls were not marked. They were found next to Nero's staff.
In fact, the eight scrolls were made by Nero. He was a master scroll maker in the team that hunted Bair. How could he not prepare scrolls for other mages? These scrolls were not very useful against Bair, so they were not used. But now, they were enough to deal with the monster in the Euphrate River.
Both Space Imprisonment and Detect Interruption were standard scrolls. According to the records in the ancient books of magic, it didn't matter who made them, they were all the same. But the third scroll that Amon activated was Nero's own creation. It was called "A Song of Ice and Fire".
Unable to see the situation around it, the huge body of the strange snake that was temporarily imprisoned in an invisible space was suddenly surrounded by a piece of blue ice that rose from the surface of the water. The ice formed especially fast on the surface of the river, which increased the power of the magic. If the scroll was activated in a dry desert, it wouldn't have the same effect. The power of magic also depended on the environment.
The ice layer was strengthened by Space Shackle, but it didn't wrap around the serpent's body. Instead, it was like a thick ice shell with a wide space inside. In an instant, a blue flame ignited in the space. The scorching flame was aimed at the giant serpent in the center of the ice shell, but it didn't melt the ice at all.
There was a ball of scorching heat in the middle of the ice shell. The giant serpent had nowhere to hide. It let out a painful roar and writhed madly. The blue flame shrank as soon as it appeared and absorbed the serpent's body. It seemed that the heat of the flame had drilled into the serpent's body.
The monster snake's twisting body naturally hit the ice shell, producing a series of cracking sounds. However, at the same time that the flames were shrinking, the ice layer was also spreading rapidly. The ice filled the interior space, tightly wrapping around the giant snake's body.
The more than a hundred feet long serpent's body was instantly charred from head to tail. The scorching heat was suddenly penetrated by a bone-chilling cold. A series of cracking sounds came from the ice layer. It was the sound of water vapor being compressed in the narrow space and exploding. The huge ice shell was blasted into countless pieces, and the huge creature that was frozen in the ice was also blasted into pieces, turning into charred pieces.
The giant serpent was dead.
Amon swayed and felt dizzy again. He almost lost his balance. He gasped when he saw the scene. The Song of Ice and Fire was so powerful that if he was careless and was surrounded by the scroll's divine arts, he would be dead for sure if he couldn't escape in time.
Nero, the supreme mage whom Amon had never met before, was indeed a master of scroll making. This scroll combined two ordinary but powerful advanced magic, the "Ice Seal" and the "Sea of Fire" that Amon had just cast. But it was able to stimulate the sea of fire within the ice seal, and the alternating heat and cold could exert incredible damage. Although it was only an intermediate magic scroll, it was no less powerful than an ordinary supreme magic scroll.
The terrifying and seemingly invincible giant serpent was destroyed just like that. Its broken bones scattered into the river. At the same time that Amon threw the scroll, the ship under his feet was still moving forward due to inertia. He waved his staff and a gust of wind rolled up the other two scrolls that fell from the sky. He caught them and stuffed them back into his leather pocket.
Although Amon had killed the monster easily, he was shocked and surprised. He even felt a little regretful. He didn't have any experience in using scrolls. It was obviously a waste. If he only wanted to kill the giant serpent, he could have used the "Spatial Shackle" and the "Song of Ice and Fire" at the same time. If he only wanted to bypass the giant serpent and escape to the other side, he could have used the "Spatial Shackle" and the "Detection Interception" at the same time.
In any case, he had wasted a precious scroll. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have enough magic power to activate five advanced scrolls in a row, the other two would have been wasted. However, Amon didn't feel that it was too much of a waste. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to use his full power in the situation just now. His priority was to save the lives of himself and the people on the ship. Otherwise, what would be the point of keeping the scrolls if he lost his life? He just needed to be more careful when he used the scrolls in the future. He couldn't just throw them all at random without any experience.
The Euphrate River was calm again. Five of the six poles had fallen into the water and couldn't be used anymore. Amon used his magic to push the ship to the other side. The ship passed through the muddy water. Pieces of ice floated on the surface of the water, some of which contained pieces of the monster serpent's body.
Suddenly, Amon noticed something. He raised his staff and an object about seven feet long flew out of the water. It was golden, translucent, and very thin. It fell into his hand and rolled into a small ball. Amon rubbed it in his hand and found that it was unusually tough. It looked like a piece of snake tendon. The monster serpent's body, which was over a hundred feet long, had long been turned into ashes, but this piece of tendon was perfectly preserved under the power of the "Song of Ice and Fire". It couldn't be an ordinary thing. He put it into his leather pocket.
After this soul-stirring struggle, the ferryboat became quite still. Amon put away the snake tendon and turned around. Only then did he find that almost all the people in the cabin were kneeling before him. Even the two warriors who were guarding him put down their swords, took a few steps back, and knelt on the deck. Yoon Nam-na was the only one who was still standing.
There was a faint stench in the cabin. It turned out that several people had wet their pants in fear.
"Why are you kneeling? There's no need to salute me like this. It's all right. Get up and see if anyone is hurt, "said Amon, leaning on his staff and waving his hand. There was a trace of tiredness and weakness in his voice.
As soon as he opened his mouth, the crowd shouted in unison, "O great mage, your power is amazing, thank you for saving us all", "O great god Marduc, the great hero mage, you have saved us", "Thank the gods, thank you", the crowd was filled with the ecstasy of surviving a disaster, and many people even shed tears of excitement.
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