Chapter 412

Continuous rain, mottled dark clouds.

Taireier Town.

Zuowen Burns rode on the Flame-Mane Horse, his hair already soaked by rainwater and sweat, sticking to his face, making him look somewhat disheveled.

It's just that he, who usually cares about his image, couldn't care about these at this moment.

And behind him, Uer arrived late.

"Young Master Zuowen, what's wrong?"

He wondered why Zuowen Burns suddenly stopped, when they had clearly arrived in the town.

Zuowen Burns sat on the back of the Flame-Mane Horse, looking into the distance toward the wharf, thought for a moment, and said: "Go to the Town Hall first."

It turned out he was thinking about the order of action.

"Okay."

The two moved rapidly along the still-wide road, and in the end, the Town Hall came into view.

Zuowen Burns jumped off the horse's back, and there was no need to tie the reins; the Flame-Mane Horse's outstanding intelligence and spirituality would naturally wait on the side.

He walked toward the gate of the Town Hall without stopping.

A staff member stopped him, wanting to ask about his background; Zuowen Burns just said "Sea Hai Shao Bing mage here for disaster relief" without looking sideways, ignored the other party's reporting method, and walked straight into the Town Hall.

Uer followed closely behind.

As a result, just after walking in, Zuowen Burns discovered that the entire Town Hall was full of busy signs, and there were many people who looked like merchants coming in and out.

Seeing this situation, his brows wrinkled subconsciously; for some reason, a bad premonition actually arose in his heart.

Carrying this bad premonition, Zuowen Burns came to the front of the Mayor's office.

The other party did not close the door and was burying his head in writing something in the office.

He walked straight in.

The Mayor of Taireier Town in front of the desk heard footsteps and said without raising his head: "I have told you, before a natural disaster, you must unconditionally respond to the official ship-borrowing order, but if your ships are damaged during the disaster relief process, we will provide compensation afterward."

It could be clearly heard that the Mayor of Taireier Town's words carried heavy impatience.

Then, he discovered that after he finished speaking, the footsteps suddenly paused, neither leaving nor moving forward again.

The Mayor of Taireier Town looked up in surprise and saw the Sea Hai Shao Bing mage uniform on Zuowen Burns at a glance.

His expression changed, and he quickly stood up, "I don't know that it's a Sea Hai Shao Bing mage lord visiting; excuse me."

Zuowen Burns waved his hand, signaling the other party not to have too many etiquette, "The situation is urgent; unnecessary politeness is not needed... What does the ship-borrowing order mean? Have you already collected ships from merchants for disaster relief?"

"That's right," the Mayor of Taireier Town nodded, "Tens of thousands of disaster victims in Yaxi Town upstream are trapped on high ground, lacking food and clothing, and need to be transferred urgently."

"This was also discovered by another mage of your Sea Hai Shao Bing who took the first step to scout the situation, and he intended for me to summon ships as soon as possible to organize a fleet for disaster relief." He blew up without a trace.

Zuowen Burns raised his eyebrows; there was actually someone faster than him?

How could this be possible?

"Another mage of the Sea Hai Shao Bing?" He asked.

"That's right," the Mayor of Taireier Town nodded, "The actions and efficiency of your Sea Hai Shao Bing are truly high; Catfish landed only on the third day today; he arrived at our Taireier Town yesterday, letting two residents who happened to be on the shore come back to notify me to organize a fleet to stand by as soon as possible."

"He himself continued to travel upstream, scouted the disaster situation upstream, found the location of the Yaxi Town disaster victims, and sent manpower to our town, taking the fleet to go upstream to transfer the disaster victims."

Hearing what the Mayor of Taireier Town said, Zuowen Burns' expression tightened, and even Uer behind him became nervous, carefully looking at Zuowen's facial expression.

"This is the ship-borrowing order and the statistical information of the ships." The Mayor of Taireier Town handed the booklet he had just been writing to Zuowen Burns.

He took the booklet and flipped through it quickly.

Immediately after, Zuowen's heart turned cold.

All the idle ships in the town that could carry people were actually all transferred away to go upstream for disaster relief.

Who on earth was the Sea Hai Shao Bing mage who could be so much faster than him?

Arrived yesterday, that was half a day faster than himself.

Even if it was the first batch of mages to set off, they only set off an hour earlier than him; could it be that third-circle mage?

A third-circle mage, not rushing to Auckland City to do big work, picking up these scraps?

"Your Sea Hai Shao Bing mages are indeed surprisingly efficient; that Sea Hai Shao Bing mage yesterday, according to what those two residents said, was just an apprentice mage."

The Mayor of Taireier Town happened to sigh again, whether intentionally or unintentionally: "To be able to scout the disaster situation of Yaxi Town clearly within one night."

Zuowen Burns was expressionless, but his heart was already terrified.

He set off immediately after receiving the order, riding a Flame-Mane Horse with excellent foot speed; how could an apprentice mage be so much faster than him?

Unless... the other party took the water route.

The distance of the water route is much shorter than the land route.

But the problem is, looking at the danger of the water force seen all the way here, how could an apprentice mage arrive at Taireier Town so quickly and safely; was the other party not wanting their life?

Also, who is this apprentice mage?

Thinking about it with a thousand thoughts in his heart, Zuowen Burns took out the map.

One step slow, every step slow.

Taireier Town was missed, which was certainly uncomfortable and stifling, but now was not the time to be stifled.

As the saying goes, the golden three days.

The first three days after the cyclone lands are the golden time for rescue; in other words, for him as a Sea Hai Shao Bing mage, it is also the best time to earn merit.

Now, he must select the next target and seize this last day of time.

It's just that Zuowen Burns, who knew that someone had been half a day faster than him, fell into entanglement.

The other party's route was also Taireier Town-Yaxi Town; if this matter was finished, would his next target possibly collide with his own.

After all, there are only a few small towns around Taireier Town and Yaxi Town; everyone is a smart person, and the targets they finally choose are basically the same.

Therefore, if he continues to follow the conventional thinking, it is very likely that he will repeat the same mistakes and won't be able to eat anything hot behind others.

Not to mention great merit, it's afraid that he won't even be able to get a third-class merit.

Zuowen Burns' hands gripping the map exerted force unconsciously, so much so that the edges of the map wrinkled in large areas.

No, he cannot hold a fluke mentality.

If there is another one like this, his disaster relief operation this time will truly be empty-handed.

"The disaster situation is urgent, so I won't stay long." He maintained his decency on the surface, said goodbye to the Mayor of Taireier Town, and walked toward the outside of the Town Hall with big strides.

Uer followed closely.

As soon as he left the Town Hall, Zuowen Burns leaped onto his horse.

"Young Master Zuowen, where are we going next?" Uer also got on his horse.

"Auckland City." Zuowen said.

"Ah?" Uer didn't understand; Zuowen Burns had clearly been saying earlier that with his ability, going to Auckland City could only be doing odd jobs, and he had to put his focus on these small towns.

"No one knows which small town this omnipotent apprentice mage will go to after solving the disaster situation in Yaxi Town; if I continue to follow the original plan to provide relief to the small towns, if my destination collides with his again, this trip of mine will be in vain."

"Going to Auckland City, even if it's doing odd jobs, is better than coming back empty-handed!" Zuowen Burns gritted his teeth and said.

Hearing Zuowen Burns say this, Uer nodded genuinely; if he put it that way, it really made a lot of sense.

"Go faster; our trip here has already wasted a lot of time." Zuowen Burns said coldly, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and didn't care about Uer anymore, heading straight away.

Looking at the figure of the other party moving away quickly, Uer had no choice but to grit his teeth and follow the water spray splashed by the other party.

Hu hu hu!

The salty and violent sea wind mixed with rainwater scraped the canvas.

The sound of the continuous undulating canvas bulging had been ringing for nearly five hours.

The coarse ropes made a creaking sound on the mast, and every time the boat soaked in rainwater shook, it was accompanied by the squeezing sound of the deck planks.

In sharp contrast to this loud sound was the exceptionally solemn atmosphere on every boat.

The sudden assembly call, the bad weather, the dangerous war about to be welcomed with unknown life and death, the very unaccustomed sea battle scene, made all the mages feel exceptionally heavy and suppressed in their hearts, so they had no mind to chat.

And this suppression is contagious.

The warship rode the wind and waves, ruthlessly splitting the sea surface, stirring up piles of white water foam at the bow.

These water foams hadn't completely fallen yet when they were torn into tiny water mists by the violent wind, merging into the vast rain curtain.

Gao De stood on the second-layer deck, staring at the sea surface ahead, observing left and right.

180 kilometers.

With the speed of the warship, it should have actually arrived.

However, the closer to the destination, the more urgent and violent the wind blowing from the Fengluo direction toward Auckland City became.

That is to say, all the way here, the warship was sailing against the wind; even if it was equipped with other power sources besides sails, the moving speed was greatly discounted.

Gao De was thinking and calculating the upcoming war in his heart.

Wind-element secondary plane, not a material plane, but a pure energy plane.

Besides the rich wind-element power raging everywhere, nothing else exists.

Therefore, the creatures existing in this secondary plane are also the purest wind-element creatures.

The most common wind-element creatures are air elementals, wind genies, and lurking ghosts.

For him, one piece of good news is that ice-element spells are one of the most restraining spell types for wind-element creatures.

Gao De, what he is most proficient in is ice-element spells, and he also has a Enduring Zhenbing magic weapon.

It can be said that it is completely professional.

Just at this moment, Gao De's expression suddenly changed.

"There's something!" His gaze fixed on the side.

Looking over there, it was empty, with nothing at all.

But in Gao De's field of vision, it was not the case.

Under the deployment of the Mandora Magic Eye, he clearly saw slight energy flow in the void space.

"There might be an ambush." Since he had discovered it, Gao De immediately found the temporary commander-in-chief of the boat he was on.

This was a mage who looked very rough; hearing Gao De's report, his instinctive reaction was impossible.

The Thorn Crown was clearing the way in front; how could an ambush not discovered by the high-circle mages on it be discovered by Gao De?

Even if he was a Sea Hai Shao Bing mage, that made no sense.

"They came from the side and only just approached now, so the Thorn Crown didn't discover them." Gao De knew that the other party might not believe him, so without waiting for the other party to raise doubts, he first explained the reason.

Being able to become a high-circle mage and holding a high position, the possibility of being a fool is very low.

Therefore, even if there was still some doubt in his heart, as the commander-in-chief, he still treated it as true.

If it was a false report, it would at most be a bit of a toss, but if it was true, the price he would pay for not taking it seriously would be huge.

He still understood which was lighter and which was heavier.

"Everyone be on alert; there might be an ambush; launch attacks with spells toward the left and right sides!" At the first moment, the commander-in-chief mage issued an order with unquestionable majesty.

And he himself was the first to cast a spell toward the direction Gao De pointed out.

His index finger bent slightly, and a blue light shot out.

Zzzzz!

The blue light turned into a large string of arcs, expanding countless lightning branches, and smashed heavily toward that space.

It was clearly an empty space, but the moment the lightning branches fell, it actually made a bang, as if it had hit some solid object.

Following that, a mass of white mist suddenly appeared and exploded.

Before the mist appeared, Gao De also heard an extremely ear-piercing hiss.

"Lurking Ghost!" Seeing this scene, the commander-in-chief mage reacted quickly.

This is a wind-element creature extremely good at lurking, which can merge with gas; even if the level is higher than it, it is not necessarily able to discover its existence.

At this time, other mages on the boat also launched attacks according to the position Gao De pointed out.

There were several more explosion sounds.

Nearly a dozen masses of mist exploded in the air, just like a dozen fireworks blooming.

Afterward, those mists were all like fish swimming in the sky, with nowhere to rely on; the sky was the ocean, overflowing and spreading out everywhere.

They are the source that constitutes wind-element creatures, namely wind-element energy.

The number of lurking ghosts was not large, just these dozen or so, and they were all first-circle creatures, which could be said to be completely harmless.

But the commander-in-chief mage's expression was not good.

The reason was also very simple.

These wind-element creatures must have come from that wind-element secondary plane.

At this time, they would appear here, which meant that Fengluo had already stabilized a lot, enough to allow first-rank wind-element creatures to pass through.

And until Fengluo could allow the highest-level wind-element creatures of that plane to pass through safely, this Fengluo could be considered completely fixed.

"Sure enough, time is tight." The commander-in-chief mage said secretly, while taking out an alchemy machine, quickly reporting the discovery here to the high-circle mages on the Thorn Crown.

On the other side, Gao De's expression was also different.

However, he was not concerned about the appearance of wind-element creatures.

Gao De's point of concern was the white mist that was rapidly dispersing.

That was all wind-element energy.

Pure wind-element creatures, after death, will not have corpses like earth-vein creatures.

Because wind-element creatures are just a collection of energy, while earth-vein creatures are real material existences.

And this wind-element energy, in a very short time, will dissipate completely and merge into the vast mage plane.

That is to say, this battle is only about fighting for one's life; there will be no spoils of war to speak of.

Gao De also had psychological preparation for this.

Until just now, looking at this overflowing wind-element energy, he suddenly remembered one thing, remembered one thing that had been temporarily ignored by himself.

(End of chapter)