The hall on the first floor of the Tower of the Great Sage was completely sealed off. The lights on the wall illuminated every corner, illuminating the room as if it was daytime. The five inspectors couldn't even see their own shadows. The black qi lingering around them seemed to be unable to compete with such a bright environment, and weakened slightly.
But apart from that, there were no other movements. Like a ferocious tiger baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, it didn't pounce. Even so, the deep hostility from the Tower Master made the inspectors feel thorny.
One of them asked the person who fired the magic missile, saying: "I thought we were just here to negotiate with the Tower Master. We didn't say we were going to attack. "
"If we want to negotiate, we have to capture him first. At that time, we'll get whatever conditions we want. As you all know, the current predicament the Cartier District is facing is entirely caused by this person. He has to personally deal with the aftermath and appease everyone's anger. "
"Predicament? Anger? Only your family has suffered losses. I didn't agree to elevate this operation to the level of attacking a tower. A Magic Tower with a master. "
"So what if it has a master? He's just a rookie who's been here for less than a year. Apart from designing some magic that others can't understand, what other achievements does he have worth mentioning? What's more, he didn't receive us in person. This is the first time I've encountered such rude behavior. I think it's necessary to capture him and reinstruct him in etiquette. "
"If he had come in person, wouldn't he have been beaten down by you on the spot? You want to show off your power, but you don't allow others to respond? "
"Humph. What's the use of saying this now? The other party has already retreated into his shell like a turtle. Even our escape route has been sealed. … "The inspector who spoke pointed to the closed gate of the Magic Tower. "… Now there are only two options left. One is to break open the gate, and then return without accomplishing anything. The other is to go to the core room, capture him, and bring him back to the association. What do you think? "
The speaker swept everyone with his gaze. Apart from those who originally opposed him, there seemed to be others who wanted to give their opinions. The others, however, remained silent, staring at the circular stairwell in the center as well as other locations where magic array nodes might be arranged.
Another person said knowingly: "The Tower Master doesn't seem to want to do it."
"No! This is just proof that he can't do anything to us. We've already analyzed the layout of this dilapidated Magic Tower from the data. There's nothing that can threaten us. In less than a year's time, what he could do was to patch up the holes in the wall, add the circular staircase to the wall, and set up some traps that could kill or injure ordinary people. Don't tell me that you, who hoped to gain the recognition of a great magician, are afraid of such an antique? "
"No, I just don't like being used by you. When I go back this time, I want to apply for a transfer. "
"Up to you. But remember to put in some effort this time. Otherwise, when we go back, I'll report this to the higher-ups and you'll suffer."
The leader, however, shouted impatiently, "It's useless to say more. Since you've already made your move, don't think about other things. I don't want to stay in someone else's Magic Tower for too long. " He pointed at the mage who attacked first and said, "Keos, you started this. You will be the vanguard."
"Hmph, a bunch of cowards. I alone am enough to deal with this kind of ignorant rookie. "
After mocking his companions, the mage called Keos strode forward. Long before they entered the tower, everyone had already cast all their supporting spells. What they needed to do now was to break the traps of the Magic Tower one by one, attack the third floor, and take down the guy who deserved to be cut into pieces.
Keos raised his hand, and his thumb ring released an intense spiritual light. Following that, another magic missile flew towards the central stairwell. This was with the intention of testing the waters. In the original information about the Tower of the Great Sage, the central circular stairwell was not covered. Now that this rookie had made it into a stairwell, perhaps he was just using ordinary stone to make up the numbers. Then, blasting open the earthen wall and using the Flight spell to attack the third floor would be the best choice.
However, the walls of the stairwell did not collapse as expected. Instead, dense magical energy channels flashed, blocking the power of the magic missile very well.
Following that, the wall of the stairwell emitted a blue light beam thinner than a pinky finger. It connected to the wall of the hall, about the height of the waist, and slowly swept towards the group.
Keos had never seen a trap before, but he was extremely confident in the effect of his Stone Skin spell. It was comparable to the defense of a steel grade spell, far from the effect of an apprentice's spell.
Even if he stood still and let the opponent attack him, they would not be able to hurt him. It was as if this light beam swept past his waist without any hindrance. It did not …
The black robe that was broken into two and the wrist that fell to the ground shocked the other four. Fresh blood spurted out from his waist, indicating the end of Mage Keos. The others hurriedly crouched down, not daring to come into contact with the blue light beam.
After the light beam swept across the hall, it disappeared. In less than a breath's time, a second light beam was produced. This time, it was at the height of the ankle, and swept over with the same path and speed.
The four people who had already raised their vigilance would of course not easily come into contact with such an unknown trap. They lifted their feet slightly, took a step, and dodged the attack this time. But Keos, who had already fallen to the ground, did not have such luck. He twisted his body and upper arm in fear, trying to escape the second sweep, but it was futile. The blue light beam sliced his chest and back into two halves, a large amount of blood and organs splattered all over the floor. And he could not be any more dead.
Without waiting for orders, the rest of the people immediately cast spells to dispel the curse, break the trap, and powerful destructive spells. They tried to stop the magic tower's trap. But the third light beam that swept over at the height of the neck did not allow the people to cast spells in peace.
The destructive spells that were interrupted could not be cast smoothly. Dispelling the curse and breaking the trap had no effect. At this time, the people were slightly regretting that they had been tricked by a dead person to attack the tower. At this time, the fourth light beam swept over, again at the height of the waist.
Following the path of the light beam, the people retreated to buy time and space. Some of them planned to negotiate with the tower master; some of them carefully observed the surroundings, trying to find the core of the trap and destroy it in one fell swoop. This kind of trap that only had three changes and endless cycles, as long as they knew about it, they would not be able to hurt anyone. However, it was a different matter to break it.
Their minds were racing, but before they could come to a conclusion, the light beam sweeping at the waist suddenly changed. It became two diagonally connected to the ceiling and the floor, in different directions, intersecting into an X-shaped light beam.
This was an extremely stupid change. The inspectors flashed to the gap of the X-shape at the same time, no longer retreating, intending to let the light beam sweep through. Before other thoughts arose, countless parallel blue light beams suddenly extended from the big X-shape, crisscrossing and weaving into a dense net. The most terrible thing was that there was also a net of light behind them, sweeping from the opposite direction.
Just as the net closed, the four mages who were used to fighting on the battlefield all cast the defensive spells they were good at. Shield, Light Veil, Summoned Magic Puppet, Anywhere Door. But all of this was either too late or could not stop the two net of light beams from closing in.
The net of light crisscrossed, and after circling around the hall, it disappeared. The four inspectors, however, stood still. Soon, net-like marks appeared on their bodies, and their bodies, which had been cut into countless small pieces, fell to the ground with a crash.
The three people in the nuclear room were watching the surveillance footage. The two apprentices still couldn't get used to such a bloody scene, and covered their eyes in fear. Lin, on the other hand, coldly examined his results. This trap was a replica of the infamous laser channel in the first episode of the movie version of the Ghost's Castle.
Speaking of recent research, the wavelength measurement of the spectrum hadn't been figured out yet, but he had accidentally discovered a way to increase the power of the Light spell, which was the joule of energy contained. Simply put, Lin had realized a magical version of a laser. Unfortunately, it wasn't something that could be done with the power of a human, and could only be done with the help of the energy pool of the Magic Tower.
He had just experimented with the modification of the Tower of the Great Sage, and someone had already delivered themselves to his door as experimental material.
The result could only be considered barely satisfactory. Lin, who was also a mage, knew very well that the reason why he could so easily wipe out a team of inspectors was because he was taking advantage of the fact that the other party hadn't seen the information about this type of trap, and thus had no way to specifically defend or destroy it.
Just like in the movie, hackers were able to hack into computers and stop the operation of the laser channel. Lin could think of several ways to break the laser trap that he had set up himself.
To perfect it, he still needed to think about the combination of different traps and set up a chain of traps. Also, he needed to do a better job of hiding the magic array nodes, instead of stupidly setting them up on every wall, ceiling, and floor of the hall.
If any of them were destroyed, it would be like clearing out a fireproof alley that could be used as a refuge. No matter how powerful the laser beam was, it would be useless if it couldn't hit anyone.
However, he wasn't in a hurry to think about these improvement methods. There was another important thing at the moment. This was the reason why these inspectors from the Cartier district branch had come here in such a rage.
Turning off the first level defense system of the Tower of the Great Sage and restoring it to a normal state of alert, Lin sent the two apprentices to clean up the debris on the first floor. He, on the other hand, opened the forum page and recalled the administrator password that he had never used before.
Originally, he planned to use the administrator's authority to enter the unopened post and see what the content was. However, he hadn't used the administrator password for a long time … or rather, he hadn't used it since it was created, so he couldn't recall it at the moment. Moreover, the content of the post might not be clear at all. The reader had to guess and think to be able to figure out the original meaning. It was better to just find someone who understood.
The Society of Sorcerers could only be regarded as a loose structure for sorcerers. Everyone was barely united by interests. The inspectors would only react to major acts of evil, or acts that seriously infringed on the common interests of sorcerers. Some trivial things, such as murder, arson, rape, and the like, wouldn't provoke this group of sorcerers.
This time, although the inspectors were from the Cartier District, Lin believed that the president of the Sijia District branch, Orange Eaton, would definitely pay attention to this matter.
It was like two gangs that lived in harmony. If the boss of the neighboring gang suddenly sent out his top henchman, how could the boss not inquire about the news and understand the cause and effect? If the boss of the neighboring gang was targeting him, but he still foolishly thought that it had nothing to do with him and didn't make any arrangements. When he was about to die, he would only get a comment of "Serves you right."
Although this was what he said, Lin also sent a message to the old man's magic tower energy pool. However, he didn't have the slightest idea whether the high and mighty old man would remember such a small character like him or even take the time to respond.
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