* Boom! *
Along with the sound of the explosion, the latest attack was the landslide that fell with the momentum of mountains and seas.
Using his advantage in vision and information, Slater calculated the timing and completed his incantation the instant that several thousand Lightning Beasts passed by.
* Boom! *
* Boom! *
A series of explosions directly blew up half of the mountain. Dirt and rocks became the vanguard of the attack.
The newly born elemental creatures that didn't have much experience were directly split in half by the landslide.
Some of the more agile Lightning Beasts instinctively dodged the danger. They used the lightning elemental creatures' innate speed to run even faster than the natural landslide.
However, Slater's carefully chosen first wave of attack wasn't completely fruitless.
At least one-third of the Lightning Beasts within Slater's attack range simply stood there in a daze as they watched themselves being swallowed up by the landslide. This included two gigantic Lightning Snakes and Lightning Tigers.
Living creatures needed time to accumulate wisdom and experience. Elemental creatures' growth cycles were even slower. The prerequisite for avoiding danger was that they would first have to experience danger. These newly born Lightning Beasts didn't even know what was happening, not to mention how to deal with it.
And this was only the beginning of Slater's attack.
"Elemental Command – Lightning."
Slater activated a six-circle Elemental Axis spell. Numerous summoned elemental creatures entered the battlefield from the magic spell formation on the mountain.
Using summoned elemental creatures to make up for the difference in numbers was a textbook choice. Yet, in less than ten minutes, Slater had already prepared several dozen strategic-level magic spells. Rorschach, who had just become a mage, was astonished to see this.
But …
"Why are they all summoning lightning elemental creatures? Is there any meaning to this?"
More than a dozen elemental cannon fodder kept spitting out from the magic spell formations. They accumulated in a single magic spell formation and started attacking under their master's will. However, even Rorschach felt that this was completely meaningless.
"… As expected, this is the Tortoise Fist."
The lightning elemental creatures and Lightning Beasts from both sides clashed together and started fighting. They then clashed and tore at each other, just like street thugs fighting each other.
Just like how fire elemental creatures' most common and strongest attacks were all kinds of fire damage, but they were immune to most fire damage, lightning elemental creatures were the same.
In a fight between elemental creatures of the same species, especially between low-level elemental creatures, most of the spell-like abilities of both sides would be reduced by their resistance. In the end, the fight would be extremely time-consuming and unsightly. Now that the environment had given both sides a super powerful regeneration ability and mana supply, the fight would be even less effective.
Rorschach, who was lurking in the shadows, observed the situation on the battlefield. Although he was a little confused at first, judging from the development of the situation, Slater's choice was very suitable.
"From the perspective of defeating an opponent, summoning a thunder elemental creature is meaningless. But from the perspective of stalling for time, this is indeed the best choice."
However, Rorschach also knew that in a sense, this was the most helpless choice.
In order to ensure survival in this thunder elemental world, the first batch of adventurers would all need to have a certain level of mastery over the thunder element. But when they arrived at the battlefield, they discovered that their unexpected enemies were actually Lightning Beasts formed from lightning elemental creatures. They were naturally immune to most thunder elemental abilities.
And so, some pure thunder elemental job classes were basically completely useless in combat. For example, the snakeman Kouka specialized in his God's Thunder Domain. With the help of his divine power, he had incredible control over and the ability to summon thunder and lightning. In the Aishi Empire, he could be viewed as a powerful mage and priest … but now, he could only be used as a healer, and a very mediocre healer at that.
Mages weren't completely helpless against elemental creatures of the same element. It was possible to use fire to injure fire elemental creatures, but that required the fire to be stronger than the enemy's fire. In other words, the mage's control over the elements had to be superior.
Archmage Slater of Team A1 should be able to do this, but the cost would still far outweigh the benefits. Meanwhile, Kouka was only able to control thunder and lightning with divine power, so his control over the elements was far too crude. Attacking a thunder elemental creature would only be equivalent to healing it.
Actually, the other two job classes in Team A were also powerful individuals who were at least Level 4. It would be quite a waste for them to die here. They hadn't even had the time to get used to this environment yet.
"… He's probably going to be the next one to attack."
This didn't require much understanding of his teammates. Team A1 had just finished the first wave of attacks, and he was a traditional long-range mage. It was unlikely that he would be able to face the barbarians head-on. Team A5 Naga priests were basically trash in this environment. In that case, there was only one choice left for Team A5 to send someone to intercept the elite enemy.
Purple lightning streaked across the sky. The barbarian roared furiously as he jumped up and directly attacked the creature he suspected to be an Elemental Lord.
"Very good, very strong, very barbarian … I'll do my best to help you collect your corpse."
Although it would be rather difficult for the team leader to summon low-level elemental creatures to intercept the large thunder beasts, and he would need someone to intercept the high-level elemental creatures in the enemy's elemental army, it was likely that he truly didn't consider how he would survive this battle.
However, Rorschach didn't have time to praise the barbarian's "courage." No matter how he looked at it, it would be a good thing to have a sandbag that actively attracted the enemy's firepower. His job as a spectator was also nearing its end.
“BOOK！”
An ancient tome that was bound to Rorschach's soul suddenly appeared in front of him. The bronze tome slowly flipped open as Rorschach searched for the page he needed.
From a certain standpoint, Rorschach was already a multi-faceted player and a part-time maniac. Compared to his companions who specialized in only one element, his combat strength was still quite complete. However, there were still many limitations.
Rorschach still wasn't mature enough as a mage. In this environment, it would be quite difficult to use ordinary elemental magic. Rorschach didn't even have a record of successfully summoning other elements. Also, he barely passed the lowest-level test for lightning magic. In this environment, the damage he could deal would likely be even worse than Kuka's.
This heavy magical armor completely sealed off Rorschach's mobility as a ranger. If he used this magical armor in melee combat, Rorschach was quite worried that the slightest bit of damage would cause him to mysteriously die to this damned Lei Ji.
It wasn't without reason that lightning magic mages were prioritized. Apart from a freak like Haru who was immune to lightning, ordinary melee combat job classes and agility job classes wouldn't be able to use more than half of their combat strength.
However, Rorschach still managed to obtain a certain amount of authority in this team. He even achieved astonishing results because of this trump card in his hand.
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