Chapter 20 Shadow Mage Corps
Theoretically, the overlap of planes will basically not exceed one hour. Even if Comet passes by the earth, it will only take a few minutes. Not to mention that this is the overlap of two planes and the two worlds. It is naturally very abnormal to be able to last for two hours in a row. Although Li Lin lost most of his spell casting ability, his knowledge was not lost. It is obvious that someone deliberately did it, maintaining the overlap of the two planes and achieving their goals.
Only very powerful mages can achieve this level, and they must be proficient in plane theory. Such characters were not uncommon during the period of the Magic Empire, but it was very rare to appear in the world that was thousands of years later. However, what made Li Lin a little curious was what was in this small town that was worth attacking by the other party so much? Could it be that there was something else that the mage was determined to win?
At this moment, a wall of fire suddenly emerged from under the city wall, isolating the shadow dogs, and the two sisters quickly retreated and avoided the invasion of the flames. The scene in front of him made Li Lin's eyes look curious. It was obvious that this was a spell. Fina had not yet made it to the point where she could use the firewall technique, and she had never taught her this spell. So... Is there another mage in the town?
As if answering Li Lin's question, a huge fireball flew out from the city wall and slammed into the monsters, causing huge waves of air. In the flash and explosion, the queue of monsters that had originally continued to move forward began to panic for the first time. They slowed down again and began to slowly retreat. However, before they could evacuate to safety, lightning roared out and jumped and flew on these terrifying beasts, disappearing after dozens of corpses left behind.
“Instant, strengthened?”
Li Lin was a little surprised. This was clearly something that only high-level mages could do. Is there really a high-level mage in this town?
After succeeding with one blow, the monsters finally retreated from the safety zone, but they did not leave. For these monsters, there was only a temporary obstacle in front of them. They had to climb over the obstacles and continue to move forward until they reached their destination. The small setbacks at the moment were only temporary. Sooner or later, they would cross the obstacles, continue to move forward, or be wiped out, but they would never retreat - this is the beast tide.
So, after a brief stay, the black wave swept over again.
Although the firewall burning with flames successfully prevented the first round of attacks, by the second and third rounds, their power had gradually weakened. The shadow dogs used their corpses to weaken the fire and continued to move forward. At this moment, the two sisters were much easier than before. They only needed to kill the monsters that rushed through the firewall, and at the same time ignored the call of the old guard on the city wall - they could not escape the battlefield anyway.
Of course, facing the shadow dogs attacking again, the soldiers responsible for the defense also started to counterattack again. But the mage was abnormal and never took action again.
It was obvious that the other party also noticed the problem.
At this moment, Anjiela, who was originally sitting next to Li Lin, suddenly moved her little nose, then turned around and looked deep into the shadow dogs.
"Master, how did I smell the breath of human beings there?"
"Human?"
Li Lin looked in the direction of An Jie's finger and saw a few shadows floating in a vague way behind the group of shadow dogs. If you don't look carefully, you can easily regard them as fellow shadow dogs. However, when Li Lin casts the True Knowledge Technique, he immediately sees through the disguise of these shadows. The strong magical aura on their bodies is definitely not something that ordinary monsters can compare with. As long as you guess a little, Li Lin can get the answer.
"It's the Shadow Mage Group."
Shadow mage is also a type of mage, and it is also a symbol of mage's pursuit of immortality. Generally speaking, it is already the limit for ordinary high-level mages to live for more than 150 years. If you want to survive, you can only become an arcane mage and master the true arcane mage's immortality technique. Or become a lich to continue your life. However, both have their own shortcomings, and few people can pass the trial of an arcane mage. However, because the lich gave up his life, he will gradually lose his emotions and will.
How great would it be if there was a simple and convenient way to allow the mage to gain immortality without becoming a bone frame.
Under this idea, Shadow Mage came into being. Its creator was an excellent mage named Nilanka. But his shortcomings were that he was extremely lustful. In the years of his life, countless women were pushed down by him. Seeing that his deadline was approaching, he was reluctant to die like this. He did not have the strength to become an arcane mage, but if he became a lich, he could not find a woman again. This was better than death.
However, people always think of ways, and mages are also humans. So according to the principle of the creation of lichs, Nilanka himself created a spell that can make people assimilate with shadows forever. In his opinion, shadows are eternal and immortal like light. There is light and there is shadow. As long as it becomes a shadow, he can still survive and still be able to push down a woman gorgeously, and there will be no change.
Unfortunately, because this mage was too biased in science, he could not even get a pass score in his plane science, so he forgot the most basic plane theory - plane biological rules theory. Just as gods can only live on top and devils can only live on the bottom, elemental creatures can only live in the elemental world, and similarly, shadow creatures can only live in the shadow world.
So the tragedy arose - the moment he transformed himself into a shadow creature, the rule of position immediately played a role. Before the poor mage could even be excited, he was directly expelled from the main material plane and ran to the shadow world alone to stay.
If I had known this, I would have turned myself into a lich...
Although this spell is not perfect, there are many admirers. Among them, they choose this path because they hate lichs. Some people simply run to the shadow world to hide because they offended powerful enemies in the main material plane. Although there are only black and white colors in that place, and there is almost no people, they will be able to pass by it slowly after being used to it.
If this attack was created by the Shadow Mage Group, then it is understandable. Because these mages are not good else, they have indeed had extraordinary achievements in manipulating shadow creatures after staying in the Shadow World for such a long time. Li Lin even suspected that they deliberately induced the Shadow Dogs to go in the wrong direction. Otherwise, a group of Shadow Dogs would encounter overlapping planes during the migration, and there happened to be a small town ahead of them. This probability would be too small.
At the moment, Li Lin still didn't think about whether to help. He prefers to stay by his side to watch instead of taking the initiative to participate. However, the Shadow Magicians are not a kind person. Although they can't be called too evil, they have done little to make trouble for others. What's more, their body is in the Shadow World. As long as they don't seize the opportunity to destroy their body, they can only sigh after the shadow after they go back.
Another lightning flashed down. Apparently facing the attack of the Shadow Dog, the mage responsible for defending the town began to use more powerful spells to try to annihilate the opponent in one fell swoop. But at this moment, accompanied by a low singing, the lightning that was supposed to land in the Shadow Dog, which brought huge damage to them seemed to turn into a light breeze and completely eliminated. Then, three dark figures floated up from behind the Shadow Dog. They all looked the same, and the blurred faces were flashing with a low and cold light.
There was no extra word. After assisting the monsters to resist the lightning attack, the three mages immediately began to sing spells and cast magic. Although Li Lin was far away from them, the fierce conflict of magic power between the mages could be sensed. It was obvious that these three mages planned to consume the opponent's strength and weaken the enemy's defense step by step. From the mage's perspective, it was a very orthodox tactic.
"Master, do we want to go up and help?"
Noting that Li Lin's mood had changed, An Jie asked. But Li Lin thought for a moment and shook her head.
"Look at the situation first, things may not be that simple."
Li Lin shook his head. After discovering the existence of Master Weird, he felt that things might not be that simple. Therefore, he planned to wait and see what happened and make other plans.
Without the support of the mage, the firewall outside the town gradually began to extinguish. Many shadow dogs had already rushed over the line of fire and began to climb the wall, trying to jump over this obstacle. Some of them were blocked by Mina and Fina, but after all, they were few people and weak, and the number of shadow dogs they blocked was almost negligible. After the troops arrived at the city, vertical shooting would not have much effect on the shadow dog. This made the situation in the town worse. If the mage had not been able to take care of the defense when facing the battle between the three shadow mages, these terrible monsters would have already rushed into the town.
"Put the gap, don't let those damn things climb up!!"
The old commander who was waving the torch was also extremely tired, but when he saw the young mayor leading the militia to come in a hurry, the old commander looked very surprised.
"Master, what are you doing here?"
"You are all fighting, so how can I stand by and watch?"
Although the words were so high-sounding, the mayor's eyes were always staring at the slim figure standing on the city wall, and his motivation was naturally self-evident. Fortunately, the mayor's gaze did not stay for too long, and he immediately issued an order to his militias.
"Hurry up, get up the city wall and block these wild beasts!"
"Please wait a moment, mayor, don't........."
Hearing the order issued by the mayor, the old guard commander hurriedly stopped him, but it was too late. After receiving the order, the militia immediately rushed up to the city wall. However, this made the soldiers who were originally guarding unable to move. Originally, the place above the city wall was not big, and now the group of militia rushed up in a swarm, and soon blocked the water. The soldiers who were already far from evading and fighting lost the space for dodging. They had to hold their shields to face the monsters rushing down below. Soon, a soldier who had already lost his strength could not resist the impact of the shadow dog, and fell backwards. After seeing the terrifying monster, the militia who had been trying to help him were so scared that they could not even move their legs. Soon, the first shadow dog jumped over the city wall and rushed into the town.
The scream also distracted the woman who was originally fighting with the Shadow Mage. Just when she was surprised and looked back, one of the Shadow Mage's magic hit her body without bias, causing the defensive aura surrounding the woman to dim. The attacked woman took a step back, immediately raised the staff in her hand, and shouted loudly. Then, five huge fireballs suddenly appeared around the Shadow Mages, faintly blocking their path. Then, the five fireballs exploded violently in order, forming a huge fire cloud.
"Serial fireball explosion?"
Li Lin's expression at this moment was no longer calm, but was shocked and suspicious.
"Can you say that what's here is..."
A cloud floats by.
As three burning corpses fell from the air, a thick cloud dispelled the flames, and the biting chill made people feel extremely cold.
“Angela.”
"What are the instructions? Master?"
"Do you want to make another bet?"
The two sisters in front of me will not die, so the original bet was to be used as a waste.
Li Lin stared at the city wall in front of him and said quietly.
"Next, a very powerful guy will appear. Should I try it? Should I kill him first with my spell, or yours?"
“This is a really good idea.”
Angela stood up with a joyful smile on her face.
"Just just looking at the two guys' survival, it's really boring. Since you are in this interest, I will naturally accompany you. Of course, the bet will not change."
“That’s right.”
Chapter completed!