Chapter 529: Grisly State and Arrival

Lady Kali took a light breath, steadying her ragged breathing.

A faint glow flickered across her slender, verdant fingers, and a bracelet given to her by some forester shimmered beneath the magical light.

With the high-level magical coordination of 【Two-Hand Casting】, she cast at speed, hurling a healing spell onto Number Thirteen.

In her peripheral vision.

The piercing wound on Number Thirteen's abdomen still dripped blood as if it didn't care whether she lived or died.

The healing power of magic-constructed spells wasn't much better; to avoid exposing a weakness, she had only used a simple healing spell just now.

Lady Kali stared fixedly at the silver rapier in the dark elf's hand.

A weapon that could be said to be designed specifically for countering mages.

She had seen related records before.

It was a profession that had appeared at the dawn of magic's flourishing, called the "Mage Hunter," dedicated to hunting those spellcasters who abused magic.

And a rapier possessing the 【Magic Penetration】 effect was one of the standards of this ancient profession.

Only the one in this fellow's hand right now—

was clearly far stronger than an ordinary mage hunter's rapier.

Besides the classic 【Magic Penetration】—

it also had 【Spell Suppression】, forcibly interrupting spellcasting;

【Silence Blood Blade】, which after dealing damage forces a saving throw—on failure, the target cannot cast spells for 30 seconds;

【Spell Absorption】, used in tandem with 【Spell Suppression】—when a spell is successfully interrupted, the energy of that spell is absorbed, making the rapier even more powerful.

This was already a treasure-grade weapon.

Lady Kali suspected that the rapier in the dark elf's hand before her might very well be the prototype of the mage hunter's rapier.

She had already forcibly endured two rounds of 【Silence Blood Blade】, leaving her with almost no options.

Worse still—

there were far too many mages on both the Shi Ying town side and the forest side.

Once this fellow entered the main battlefield, with the strength of a peak Eighth-Tier, he could very likely deal devastating blows to our side.

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Lady Kali understood.

Coral Bay's mid- and high-tier combat power was truly not lacking, and on top of that they possessed the trait of being able to resurrect.

On the current battlefield, because of our side's surprise attack, we only held a slight advantage.

When the dog-kin brought the mind flayer Hart inside to cause chaos, pulling combat power away from the battlefield could erode even that slight edge.

This also meant—

she had to keep stalling the dark elf in front of her until the mind flayer Hart could make his move, before she could formally call for reinforcements.

The glow of magic flickered once more.

【Lively Step】 was boosted onto Number Thirteen.

"Keep at it, Number Thirteen."

Lady Kali continued casting at speed; after an efficient incantation—

the not-very-high-tier triple spell combo of 【Blindness】 + 【Freezing Fog】 + 【Greasy Ground】 was unleashed.

The dark elf opposite neither defended nor dodged, so the Blindness took effect directly.

"Woman, I can sense your will. Interested in coming to work under me?"

Lady Kali couldn't be bothered to talk to him mid-combat.

While Number Thirteen rushed in close, she cast 【Mirror Image】 to create three illusory clones around her, trying to confuse the opponent.

At the same time, she was rapidly chanting the incantation for her next spell.

"General Oreo, I must remind you—this is a traditional elf; your kind are born mortal enemies of theirs."

The tall half-deer-man standing motionless in the rear warned.

"Is that so? I don't care about any of that."

Rat-woman Number Thirteen's combat style was agility-based, a short blade in each hand, while the spike at the tip of her steel tail could also serve as a means of attack.

Her full, firm thighs granted her explosive power, so whenever she flipped and twisted nimbly, she could always slip in attacks from unexpected angles.

But the dark elf called General Oreo—

even while taking the Blindness head-on, his superb combat skill combined with the dark elves' innate high perception still let him steadily keep a slight edge over Number Thirteen.

Even though Number Thirteen, as a new rat-person, possessed very high talent—

a peak Eighth-Tier was not something a rat-woman at the early stage of Seventh-Tier could hope to contest.

General Oreo's attacks were ferocious and precise.

The sharp qi-blade of the rapier tore open the air, piercing through the distant illusory clones one after another.

He then twisted his head to dodge the steel tail-tip thrusting at his face, and landed a precise kick right on the piercing wound in Number Thirteen's abdomen.

"Ngh—"

The rat-woman let out a pained grunt and was sent flying.

Mid-air, she watched General Oreo skirt the Greasy Ground zone in one smooth motion and rush at Lady Kali at full speed.

She flailed her limbs in panic, but there was nothing to push off from in mid-air.

She could only watch helplessly as Lady Kali's spell was forcibly interrupted by 【Spell Suppression】, and the elf pulled out a short blade with a cold face to fight back.

The short blade, along with half of Lady Kali's left ear and a lock of golden hair, was severed.

Before the blood had even finished scattering to the ground—

the rapier thrust again; the elf desperately twisted her body to avoid the vital point.

But it still pierced through her abdomen.

Lady Kali trembled in agony, her cold expression barely changing.

Aurelio showed a hint of surprise that she had managed to dodge her heart.

"Honestly, you are far stronger than my current deputy. If you agree, I can spare your life and even let you choose ten people from Shi Ying Town who can survive. Believe me, you are worth that much."

Before he could finish speaking.

Scorching magic suddenly struck in from the side, piercing through his armor.

He forcibly negated the blindness, glanced down.

He found the other pale hand of his opponent glowing with magic, apparently unaffected by the interruption effect of 【Spell Constraint】.

"Using 【Spell Constraint】 to interrupt only one of a dual-cast spell? Interesting."

At the same time, a sharp, unbearable, piercing scream suddenly erupted between the two.

【Nip's Stern Rebuke】!

Aurelio grunted, yanking his rapier out with a tearing sound.

Forced to burst backward, he instantly pierced the hand Lady Kali had just used to cast the spell.

"Hmph!"

Just as he created distance, the scorching magic injected into the armor earlier exploded with a roar.

The firepower surged, instantly turning into a fireball.

【Delayed Explosive Fireball】!

The fireball's power was not weak.

It shattered the armor on Aurelio's body in an instant and burned a patch of the dark elf's hardened skin.

He frowned, tearing the tattered cloth from his body.

"So what? Just that little injury?"

Being hurt by a Chu Duan De Fa mage of the seventh tier was a blow to his pride.

After taking two steps, he kicked against a transparent wall with a thud.

Aurelio looked up and around, immediately confirming he had unknowingly entered a magic prison.

"【Magic Prison】? Not a bad strategy. 【Magic Penetration】 takes some time to break, about ten seconds or so. So what?"

Lady Kali knelt weakly on the ground.

Her un-pierced hand weakly covered the abdomen where blood gushed forth.

Her face was terrifyingly pale; her once bright emerald-green eyes showed faint signs of fading.

Number Thirteen hurriedly ran over, took out a magic potion, and fed it to her.

"So? So... he has come..."

Lady Kali spoke her first words of the battle, her voice weak.

"He?"

Aurelio paused for a moment, then suddenly felt a mighty, booming roar coming from the half-sky.

He turned to look.

He saw a figure in the sky, trailing a white wake, rushing forward at a speed exceeding the limit of the Flight Spell.

In the blink of an eye.

The white wake exploded with a booming roar.

It made an absurd turn downward as if ignoring inertia, then crashed toward the ground like a meteor.

Boom!

The ranger named Rod collapsed the ground, sending dust flying, yet his posture remained steady as Mount Tai.

(End of Chapter)