The Tower of the Great Sage's defense could be said to be lax – in the eyes of outsiders.
The precedent of the aristocratic coalition attacking the tower also gave some people an opportunity. A strategic spell that could distinguish friend from foe sounded very powerful, and it was indeed very powerful. But according to the discussion on the forum, there was an obvious prelude – the activation of the Arcane Eye.
And in the Tower of the Great Sage, for some reason – others didn't know the inside story of the incomplete auxiliary materials, but they could probably guess – the Arcane Eye couldn't be activated all the time. The big eye hanging at the top of the tower was a hint that the attack was about to begin. With such an obvious sign, it would be best for the attacker to launch a sneak attack without anyone noticing.
This was also Marquis Mesarosh's approach.
In order to maintain secrecy, he didn't even allow his subordinates to attack the town outside the tower first. He was afraid that the residents inside would immediately inform the Pagoda Master and cause his plan to launch a surprise attack to fail. Although the residents of the town didn't have any means to contact the Tower Master, even if they shouted loudly, Lin would at most cast a glance and continue to ignore them.
But what they didn't expect was that as soon as a large number of dark creatures appeared within 10 kilometers of the Tower of the Great Sage's territory, the two girls hurriedly ran down the second floor and rushed into the open-air hot spring with the sign 'in use' hanging on it.
"Teacher, teacher, there are a lot of people breaking in. I don't know what they want."
The naked Lin looked helplessly at Hallumi, whose eyes were glowing with excitement, and Kaya, whose eyes were as cold as a dead fish's, who was so calm that it made his scalp numb. He silently sat back in the hot spring and wiped the sweat on his forehead. Lin lowered his voice and said: "Maybe they're just passing by."
"Oh, just passing by. But looking at the marks on the surveillance map, many of them are red-lettered creatures that teacher specifically noted. "
The wavelength of the spiritual light emitted by each species was slightly different. If it was a magical creature, the ratio of the eight magical powers in the body would also be different. This formed a distinguishing feature similar to fingerprints. Lin made a rough distinction between the observation targets according to their species. It couldn't be said to be accurate or inaccurate because there weren't enough samples to observe.
The dangerous creatures that were specially marked were the vampires who had tried to assassinate the owner of the magic tower and earned the legendary title of "God of Killing." Being at the top and bottom of the food chain, Marco Lin had never thought of coexisting peacefully with vampires. As for having a ghost romance with the vampire princess, Lin admitted that he was not as handsome as Ning Caichen.
With a wave of his hand, a water mirror appeared beside the pool. Lin used his authority as the tower master to call out the surveillance map that Hallumi had mentioned. With just a few orders, the number of suspected enemies who had invaded the Tower's territory was calculated. There were 971 people in total. Among them, there were 233 people who should belong to the vampire clan. As for the other unknown clans, this was the first time he had seen them. He could only roughly observe that they were divided into three categories.
Should he open his Arcane Eye to confirm? Lin thought for a while and then told the two apprentices, "You two go back to the core room and get ready. I'll be there soon. If there were any accidents, just attack without hesitation. Before that, don't make any moves. If the other party is really just passing by, just pretend that you didn't see anything. "
"Yes, Master." Although they answered like that, the two girls squatted by the pool with sneaky smiles on their faces, not intending to leave. Lin Ke rudely reached out and pushed the surface of the water. At the same time, she shouted, "Scram!" The two damned girls were drenched. Only then did they leave unwillingly.
Damn it, these two girls were getting more and more unruly. After the two dogs were warned once, they did not dare to step into this holy land. Why did these two girls not listen to him? They were worse than dogs.
Speaking of the two dogs, they had not been of any use in the previous conflicts. To save trouble and prevent distractions, they were sent far away long ago. Then what about this time? Bringing up the surveillance video outside the tower, Lin saw the two dogs sleeping under the shed with their tongues hanging out of their mouths. Judging from their fat, they should be ready for stewing.
In the eyes of the attackers, the Tower of the Great Sage still did not move. Marquis Mesarosh looked at the dark coalition army in front of him. In addition to the clans still loyal to him, there were also the transformed werewolves of the servant army and the dark elves and gray dwarves as allies. There were nearly a thousand of them, but their individual strength was high. It was still effortless for them to fight one against ten human armies.
And this coalition army was not a motley crew. After numerous expeditions in the underground world and plundering on the surface, under his command, they were rather familiar with cooperative tactics. If it weren't for the fact that his reputation had plummeted recently and that he only chose sufficiently loyal people to go to war in order to keep it a secret, he could have organized an even larger army and crushed this unremarkable little tower.
Now, the leading officers of the various clans all had a magic scroll that could shake the earth and mountains, and they were ready to surround it. According to the plan, there was no need for probing or feints. They would directly attack with all their strength. With four earth-shaking spells activated at the same time, even if this tower did not turn into a mound of dirt, it would still collapse halfway.
As for the Mages inside, they would be brought back as blood slaves to be tortured and sucked blood every day. He would let those bastards who looked down on him understand that the dignity of an ancient was not to be trifled with.
Marquis Mesarosh activated the Water Mirror spell on the forums and continuously pressed the "reorganize" icon in a private discussion section to refresh the page. One after another, other people left messages saying that the team had been brought to the location.
The marquis thought to himself, perhaps the tower master never thought that the magic he had researched would become the best tool in this surprise attack. As long as he could capture that damned fellow alive, he would definitely tell him about this matter and see what kind of remorseful expression that person would show.
In fact, if he had the chance to say these words to someone face to face, that person would answer him: This is why, no matter how deep their resentment, they did not create something like instant messaging. Of course, there was a reason for the vast scale of the project, but more of it was because that thing would once again overturn the world, especially in the field of war. For a transmigrator, that was an uncontrollable factor that was best avoided.
While Marquis Mesarocht waited for the allied army to move to their position and hide their tracks in the woods, Lin put on his robe and slowly walked back to the nuclear room, wiping his still wet hair as he did so. He wondered if he should learn from the Earth era and shave his hair into a buzz cut, or even straighten it out completely. That way, it would be much easier to tidy up.
The two girls sat on the specially made computer chairs at the same time, each half spinning around in boredom. After Lin entered, he asked casually, "Did that group of people leave?"
"No, they're about to surround us." The girl who stopped spinning happened to be Kaya, who was facing the surveillance map, so she pointed with her finger. Hallumi, who was standing behind him, replied with a calm tone. She did not treat the hostility outside as a threat at all.
Throwing the towel he used to dry his hair over the two girls' heads, Lin looked at the distribution of biological aura on the map. The enemy was divided into four groups, and it seemed that they wanted to surround the Tower of the Great Sage from the north, south, east, and west. The furthest group was still marching in the woods.
Because they were already at the edge of the woods, Lin turned on the surveillance screen outside the tower to see if he could identify the enemy.
The full moon in the sky was bright. But under the cover of the trees, only black shadows could be seen on the screen, and it was difficult to distinguish the identity and race of the shadows. The branches swayed gently, and there seemed to be a rustling sound. Their movements were nimble and fast, and they should not be rookies who had never been on the battlefield. It was said that the individual strength of dark creatures was higher than that of humans, and it seemed to be true.
And as the first group of light to arrive, the group of light spots that did not move anymore was the Vampire Division, which had a red warning. They occupied the east side, and it seemed that they wanted to enter the nuclear room on the third floor through the gap outside the tower.
He thought that they would move quickly and launch an attack in silence. He did not expect that after the four groups moved to the fixed points, they would not move and wait. And there was nothing strange on the surveillance screen, just like the countless nights in the past, the trees swayed with the wind, and the leaves swayed gently.
Lin stroked his stubbled chin, and thought about the enemy's intention. They knew that he would go to the observatory to observe the stars at night, so they planned to attack when he was exposed and not in front of the control panel of the nuclear room. In other words, they were confident that they could take advantage of the time difference and kill their way into the tower before he ran back to the control panel to activate the magic array, or even capture him alive?
After thinking for a while, Lin picked up the helmet that controlled the 3D imaging. After he put it on, a long list of menus ran out from the visor-like goggles. There were many pre-recorded action patterns, which were originally used to deceive the enemy, and they came in handy at this time.
While controlling the clone, the main body could also do different actions, but it was still multitasking. Lin was just a fat otaku who changed his profession to a mage, and he was not an expert like Zhou Botong, Guo Jing, or Lolidragon. The result of multitasking was that whether it was the main body or the clone, there would be some uncoordinated situations, and it was hard to avoid being seen through.
So, for some routine actions, the clone could replay them like a video. Walking out of the door on the third floor, going to the astronomical telescope to observe the stars, such actions were recorded by the clone.
Sure enough, while the tower master, Gebrash Tripwood, was focused on observing the astronomical phenomena, the enemies on all sides launched an attack. There were no howls or shouts of killing. It was just a model of a night raid. It was a beautiful attack from all sides. Lin sat in front of the control panel and watched the surveillance map and the screen, and he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
At this time, Lin saw the appearance of the other three forces on the screen. There was a short-legged gray dwarf, a hairy werewolf with a wolf head, and a black-skinned, pointy-eared race.
Looking at the leaders of the four directions, the magic aura in his hands rippled. On the surveillance map, he could see that the color of the light spots on the tips of the four directions was constantly deepening, which represented that a huge amount of magic power was condensing. Suddenly, Lin's sense of crisis increased greatly.
In any case, one couldn't let the enemy easily finish casting a spell. This was the most important rule in a battle between mages. And this rule also applied to the enemy who was about to use a magic scroll.
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Thank you to my book friend HouseManVI for the tip.
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