Arcane Journey

Chapter 240 Death Veil
"Successfully hit the vital point!"

"Deals 11 points of magic damage and 23 points of piercing damage to the target!"

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The cold mechanical sound of Taling No. 2 echoed in the command room of the wizard tower, and Brian nodded slightly, quite satisfied with the damage caused.

Because this is not his full attack, but a means to test the red dragon's reality, and its purpose is to attract the opponent's attention.

Facts have proved that this plan to divert the enemy's attention was implemented very smoothly.

If someone observes carefully, he can find that the red dragon's buttocks with its tail between them are gurgling blood.

It has to be said that the excretory organs of giant dragons are actually not much different from other creatures, and they are also one of the few vital points that are not protected by dragon scales.

After all, the dung of the giant dragon is a very useful field prop, which can disperse other wild creatures, preventing them from approaching easily, and attacking traveling adventurers.

Therefore, since there are giant dragon feces, they naturally also have excretory organs.

For any creature, this location is a critical hit.

And the sapphire pulse rays from the wizard tower not only crossed the place protected by the dragon's tail from the side, penetrated his scales, but also made a gap in his vital parts.

This directly caused the ancient red dragon to feel as if it was stabbed hard by a red-hot iron, and then exploded inside. One can imagine the sour taste.

No wonder he was so angry, he would rather put aside the task of massacring the city for a while, and head straight for the wizard tower.

Obviously, he didn't want to taste that sour taste suddenly again when he was in the middle of killing himself.

The ancient red dragon roared sharply, and the roar filled the entire town.

The angry giant dragon swept past with lava-like hot wind, and his huge body flew within a hundred meters of the Wizard Tower in the blink of an eye.

On the top floor of the wizard tower, Brian calmly observed the situation on the battlefield through the spiritual three-dimensional network opened by Ms. Polaris.

At this moment, he seemed to be watching a 3D movie, being impressed by the suffocating figure of the ancient red dragon in front of him.

He could even see his own reflection in the red dragon's smoldering, angry red eyes.

It was as if the ancient red dragon was standing in front of him, so that he felt that he was too small, too fragile, too powerless and too frightened.

Even he is like this, others don't need much.

"Open the anti-dragon aura barrier!" Under the powerful coercion of the dragon, Brian took control of his body and speech in an instant, and gave the most sensible order.

In an instant, a soothing barrier of spiritual light was activated, covering the entire tower.

"The anti-dragon aura barrier has been successfully opened!" Ta Ling No. 2's cold words seemed to have poured cold water on the heads of all the participants in the wizard tower, and they suddenly regained consciousness.

At this moment, with a roar, the ancient red dragon's scale-covered long neck stretched towards the Wizard Tower, took a deep breath, and opened its fang-covered, smoky mouth.

His eyes were like erupting lava, and in his ferocious mouth, he could even see the broken bones and charred flesh remaining between the black teeth.

"Open the barrier to isolate the dragon's breath!" Realizing that the ancient red dragon was brewing a terrible dragon's breath, Brian immediately issued an order.

The moment an oval-shaped refraction barrier wrapped the entire tower, scorching dragon flames gushed out like surging waves, sweeping to the upper part of the tower.

The flame of the red dragon is known as the hottest flame among all things, not to mention that it is the dragon flame spewed out by an ancient dragon that has lived for thousands of years.

Moreover, the red dragon is also the largest, most powerful, and fiercest dragon among the five-color dragons, and its power can be imagined.

However, just as the surging dragon flames were about to sweep across the entire tower, the "Dragon's Breath Isolation Barrier" opened by the wizard tower emerged in time, and it was able to withstand the attack.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

The sound of the air waves generated by the Pentium Dragon Flame hitting the barrier was like waves hitting Jiaoyan.

But in front of the dragon's breath, the "scorched rock" of the wizard's tower surrounded by the barrier is like a majestic mountain range being hit by inconspicuous waves, without a single wave.

"Warning! Warning!"

The cold warning sound of Taling 2 sounded:
"The energy of the element pool is being consumed, and the consumed energy is 0.3%...0.6%...0.9%...1.2%..."

Seeing that the energy consumption of the element pool was finally fixed at 1.8%, Brian nodded in satisfaction.

After all, he knew a few months in advance that the crisis he was likely to face next was naturally due to his efforts in protecting the giant dragon.

Even the breath of an ancient giant dragon that has been brewing for a long time is not worth mentioning in front of the energy filled with the elemental pool.

What's more, "Isolate Dragon's Breath Barrier" is a spell that specifically targets dragon's breath. Except for the dragon's breath with various characteristics sprayed out by the giant dragon, it can't resist any damage.

It is said that one of the most spectacular uses of the spell occurred in the battle of the legendary golden dragon Otto Furn when he defeated the demon Rashi and the red dragon he rode.

As the red dragon prepares to use its breath weapon, Ottoforn casts Barrier Breath.

The flames of the red dragon surged backwards and spread all over the body. Although it did not harm the dragon, it enraged the demon and made her attack his mount.

This bought enough time for Otto Furn, allowing her to kill the demon and the red dragon together without any pressure.

Seeing that his dragon's breath didn't cause any damage, and even the barrier didn't move at all, as an ancient red dragon that had lived for thousands of years, he immediately realized that this was an energy barrier that was very specific to the dragon's breath.

The red dragon watched the wizard tower vigilantly. While preventing the other party from attacking him again, he flapped his dragon wings fiercely, roared and soared into the sky, rushing to the sky, and distanced himself from it.

A dull dragon chant sounded.

——"Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

Dozens of super-large fireballs with a diameter of about one meter spewed out from the mouth of the ancient red dragon. The fireballs hissed, dragged billowing flames, and smashed towards the wizard tower with a condescending advantage.

Looking around, dozens of big fireballs looked like scorching suns, emitting high temperatures enough to distort the air, rushing towards the soaring wizard tower.

Some civilians in Mokou Town who survived the ravages of the giant dragon couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw it, and subconsciously closed their eyes, unable to bear to look directly at this cruel scene.

"Remove the isolation dragon's breath barrier, use the topaz energy barrier!" Brian had already noticed the behavior of the ancient red dragon, and issued a new order in advance.

If an ancient red dragon didn't have its own unique skills, it would really have spent thousands of years living on pigs.

Obviously, these dozens of large fireballs released instantly, which are as powerful as the nine-ring spell "Meteor Explosion", are definitely the most powerful attack method of the ancient red dragon.

Moreover, through the observation of the mind network, he could clearly see that when the red dragon released these dozens of fireballs with a sigh of relief, the lava-colored bright pupils also dimmed a bit.

"Calculating fireball damage..."

"Calculating the consumption of the energy barrier to resist damage..."

"...The fireball damage has been calculated!"

"...The calculation of the energy barrier to offset the damage is complete!"

"Opening the topaz energy barrier..."

With an order, Taling No. 2, which assisted in the battle, began to run and calculate rapidly.

At the same time, the casters on the ninth floor of the wizard tower were all busy.

Under the data and command calculated by No. 2 tower spirit, they began to activate various spell circuits in an orderly manner.

In the blink of an eye, a dazzling earth-yellow energy ball condensed on the dark purple crystal pillar at the top of the wizard tower at a dizzying speed.

This fist-sized, solid khaki sphere was suspended in mid-air, expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye, bursting out a thick energy barrier, and tightly enveloping the entire tower.

Dozens of big fireballs fell from the sky like the sun, and the watching civilians shouted, and the soldiers defending the lizardman army on the city wall were also attracted to their attention.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of fireballs burst into dazzling white flashes at the same time, and the infinite energy sprayed out flames and engulfed the tower in anger.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

The violent explosion made the entire wizard tower tremble, as if it had been blown up from the ground, leaping forward.

As the hot smoke dissipated, everyone, including the giant dragon in the sky, could see that the grass around the Wizard Tower after being baptized by the fireball, only charred weeds and one after another were left with big, deep, braving grass. A huge crater of smoke.

The soaring Wizard Tower still stands, motionless.

"Fuck!"

The red dragon flying in the sky looked at the intact Wizard Tower, and was stunned. The overly shocked expression made his body tense, and immediately pulled a wound on the tail that hadn't fully healed, causing him to gasp in pain.

Then, the ancient red dragon roared sharply and swooped down towards the wizard tower.

"Is he planning to use physical means?"

When the shaking of the tower stopped, Brian, who stood still, saw the red dragon's actions and immediately realized his purpose.

"Open the emerald deflection barrier!" He quickly gave instructions to Ta Ling.

Magic Pulse Cannon.

Although it has a cannon in its name, it does not mean that it is really a magical device similar to a cannon.

In fact, it not only possesses powerful attack methods, but also has good defense capabilities.

Many abilities such as sapphire pulse ray, topaz energy barrier and emerald deflection barrier are all the signature means of the magic pulse cannon system.

After receiving the instruction, Taling No. 2 quickly followed Brian's request to make the entire tower work.

In just a moment, a group of emerald-colored bright energy clusters condensed on the top of the tower.

This mass of energy was trembling, like blooming flowers, pouring down towards the tower, and finally turned into a light green crystal barrier with sharp edges and corners, tightly wrapping the tower.

"boom!"

With the dive of the giant dragon, the tens of meters long dragon tail, under the blessing of more than 40 points of strength, ruthlessly pulled towards the tower.

However, when the roaring dragon's tail hit the corners of the crystal structure, it was deflected out immediately, causing the red dragon's body to almost fall due to loss of balance.

The red dragon roared angrily, flapped its wings, and hovered around the high tower, a sense of frustration kept flooding in its heart, but it was helpless.

Seeing the dragon's angry look, Brian didn't immediately choose to attack.

Because he knows very well how difficult it is to deal with an ancient red dragon.

So in order to prevent him from escaping halfway, once he makes a move, he must guarantee a one-hit kill.

At this moment, Sissy, who had been in charge of monitoring the movements of the ghost mages, opened her eyes suddenly, and said quickly, "Teacher, the ghost mages have started to move, and three of them have already drawn out their wands."

"The red dragon is ready to run!" Oak Lanke also said hastily.

"Taling No. 1 and Ta Ling No. 2, launch sapphire pulse rays to interfere with the actions of the red dragon. He must not be allowed to continue to endanger the safety of the town."

When Brian heard this, he didn't panic in the slightest. After giving the order, he calmly gave a new order to Ms. Polaris.

"Ms. Polaris, build a three-dimensional model and analyze the properties of the wand!"

At this time, Ms. Polaris, who was in charge of maintaining the spiritual network, took over the work of Taling 2 without hesitation, and presented the three-dimensional model of the wand in the minds of everyone as quickly as possible.

Although Ms. Polaris usually looks cynical, this does not ignore her identity as Tarin.

The most important thing is that the functions and functions she exhibited are higher than the fighting tower spirit and the auxiliary tower spirit, which can be more than one grade.

In the blink of an eye, the equipment models and attributes of the ghost mages were clearly presented in Brian's mind:

Greater Scepter
Explanation: This piece of magic equipment is like a container for spells, allowing the user to store any spell from level 1 to level 9.

Stored Spell: Meteor Burst.

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Seeing that it was the nine-ring spell "Meteor Burst", Brian immediately realized something, and quickly said to his apprentice Olank, "Refine and activate the brilliance."

"Received!" Oranke immediately immersed his mind in the crystal ball in front of him, and manipulated the spell circuits on the crystal panel with his ten fingers, activating them one by one.

"Roar!……"

The roar of the red dragon resounded throughout Mokou Town, mixed with howls of pain.

The sapphire pulse ray pierced a fist-sized blood hole on his dragon wing.

——"Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

He turned his head in embarrassment, and sprayed out a dozen fireballs the size of a washbasin, and smashed them towards the wizard tower.

However, under the command of Battle Tower Ling No. 1, two bursts of pulse rays were like piercing arrows, piercing the red dragon's abdomen, causing him to panic and flee in pain, flying as high as possible.

At this moment, the ancient red dragon is like a little bird fleeing in embarrassment in the sky, constantly dodging the pulse energy erupting from the wizard tower.

Even so, in order to maintain the dignity of the ancient red dragon, he did not forget to fight back against the wizard tower like a fixed target from time to time.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

More than a dozen fireballs hit the tower, bursting out clusters of magical flames, splashing ripples on the protective barrier.

Although the wizard tower was not damaged at all, the energy of the element pool was rapidly draining.

At the same time, the three ghost mages holding wands on the other side finally activated the spells stored in the wands amidst whispers.

In an instant, twelve meteorites with a diameter of two meters, which seemed to be burning with raging flames, roared and fell towards the wizard tower.

The scorching heat and flames produced by the meteor burst even reflected the bright sky as if a large cloud of fire had emerged.

"Glorious refinement activated successfully!"

Frank opened his eyes suddenly, his face was pale, and beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks.

He stopped what he was doing, and stared closely at the magic circuit on the crystal panel that was linked into a geometric pattern.

Accompanied by the dazzling brilliance erupting from the mysterious pattern, in the command room of the Wizard Tower, rows of neat and orderly crystal traces embedded on the wall, used to transmit energy, all flowed into a deep blue luster, like a stream of water, rapidly converging into the The magic center of the roof.

At this time, the violet-colored spire, many circling and dancing sparkling stones, suddenly burst into a silver light curtain, and were transformed into floating silver-white spheres.

More than a dozen spheres met the roaring meteorite, and the moment the two collided, a silver light curtain erupted, like the most essential mystery of the magic net, and instantly melted the meteorite completely.

"how is this possible?!"

The ghost mages hiding in the dark saw that the meteor burst was easily dispelled, and their gloomy faces all showed unbelievable expressions.

"Could it be the refinement of brilliance?" The leader of the Legendary Shadow Demon Net mentor, staring at the dissipated spell, muttered to himself.

He had the honor to listen to a course taught by the Supreme King Telamante at the Arcane Academy in the Floating Void City. Radiance refinement is a kind of communication magic net essence, which can forcibly refine all creation spells below legend .

It is said that this is the nine-ring spell invented by a great arcanist during the period of the Arcane Empire.

What he didn't expect was that this spell was applied to the defense of the wizard tower.

He originally thought that three meteor bursts would be enough to consume most of the energy of the wizard tower's protective barrier, but who would have thought that it would be easily dispelled.

This also means that it is difficult for them to break through the barrier of the wizard tower through violent means.

The instructor of Shadow Demon Net glanced at the ancient red dragon who was still fleeing in panic in the air, and said to his subordinates with a gloomy expression, "When you throw the gargoyle, be sure to break the protective barrier of the wizard tower."

Even if it can't be broken, at least it can consume most of the energy in the element pool, he thought.

The ghost mages heard the words and chanted spells one after another, and all the gargoyles made of obsidian were summoned.

"Teacher, the ghost mages have made new moves." Sissy, who was in charge of monitoring, hurriedly reported to Brian.

Ms. Polaris waved her hand without thinking, and the three-dimensional model and data of the gargoyle were all presented in front of Brian.

Obsidian Gargoyle
medium construct
Natural Armor: 18, Health: 87
Strength: 25, Dexterity 18, Constitution -, Intelligence -, Wisdom 20, Charisma -.

Special Attack: Magic Cone
Special Ability: Construct Traits

Other abilities: ? ? ?
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"This is an improved version of Gargoyle." Ms. Polaris said, "During the time of Netheril, they were made for the main purpose of destroying the protective barrier of the floating city."

"It seems that they are well prepared." Brian looked at the more than 20 gargoyles that had ascended into the sky, and their sharp claws made of pure gold engraved with mysterious runes, and said calmly, "But We were better prepared than they were."

"Prepare the ruby ​​cracking ray!" He quickly instructed Ms. Polaris: "This time draw energy from the element pool."

The sapphire pulse ray, ruby ​​shatter ray, topaz energy barrier and emerald deflection barrier are all means of defense of the magic pulse cannon system.

The easiest way for them to attack is to extract the natural energy inside various elemental gemstones that cost more than 1000 gold coins, and the energy consumed by the elemental pool is not much.

But this time, facing more than 20 obsidian gargoyles at the same time, enough to threaten the wizard tower's defense system, he had to increase his power.

Following his order, Ms. Polaris immediately activated the pulse cannon system of the entire tower, and the element pool boiled violently like boiling hot water due to the crazy energy extraction.

In a short while, a large mass of crimson energy gathered at the top of the wizard tower.

Immediately afterwards, the mass of energy exploded into more than 20 red rays during the expansion, and precisely hit the group of obsidian gargoyles that invaded like dark clouds.

"Crack!"

With the first cracking sound, the moment when more than 20 gargoyles were hit, all of them felt as if they had been hit hard. Under the erosion of crimson energy, a large number of cracks spread out on the body at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the end, it all turned into pieces and poured down from the sky.

"I knew it wasn't that simple." Seeing that the group of gargoyles were completely consumed without even touching the wizard tower, the face of the Shadow Demon Net instructor suddenly became more gloomy.

"Open the curtain of death!" He gave an order, and all the ghost mages around raised their staffs and pointed in the direction of the wizard tower.

As the leader, the shadow magic net mentor also took out a large pile of precious spell-casting materials and recited spells at a fast speed.

The moment Sissy of the Wizard Tower noticed the abnormality, the entire tower was covered by a suffocating black cloud.

These black clouds seem to communicate with the negative energy plane, and they are constantly absorbing the vitality around the wizard tower. The shadow aura around the tower is also clinging to the protective barrier like maggots attached to the bone, constantly using the bone-chilling shadow energy to carry out corrosion.

Inside the dark wizard tower.

"Warning! Warning!"

Tarling 2 made a cold mechanical sound, "The protective barrier is being corroded by shadow energy, and the energy of the element pool is rapidly passing away."

"Consumed energy is... 2%... 3%... 4%... 5%..."

Seeing this situation, and the unfamiliar spell, Brian immediately looked at Ms. Polaris.

"It's the death curtain of the Necromancy School!" Ms. Polaris said solemnly:

"This dreadful magic, known only to a select few elite Shadow Demon Instructors, is said to have been learned by Telamante from a mysterious, bronze-bound book from another world. , just like boiling a frog in warm water, accelerates the energy consumption of the element pool."

"It's not impossible to dispel this effect." She added: "But this is a legendary ceremony, and I'm afraid it will consume at least 50% of the energy of the Wizard Tower."

"You can't waste the energy of the element pool on this, cancel the protective circle." Brian said calmly, "then activate the evil protective circle inside the wizard tower."

The purpose of activating the protective evil circle is to prevent the people inside the tower from being affected by the negative energy emanating from the death curtain.

"You have to think about it carefully." Ms. Polaris said, "Removing the protective magic circle means that the enemy can invade the inside of the tower through teleportation spells."

"Since it's a legendary ceremony..." At this time, Sissy continued, "Why did they release it instantly without even having time to prepare.

"That's why." Hearing Sissy's doubts, Brian immediately understood the reason, and he said firmly, "Cancel the magic circle and put them all in!"

"No problem." Ms. Polaris nodded slightly, agreeing with his approach.

She waved her jade hand lightly, and the protective formation of the wizard tower disappeared immediately, leaving only the shadows and negative energy surrounding her.

In a hidden corner outside Mokou Town.

"The barrier of the wizard's tower has been removed." The instructor of Shadow Mowang said, "All of them have entered the interior of the tower. As long as this wizard's tower is under control, Mokou Town is within reach."

No one would underestimate the power of the wizard's tower, let alone the various devices and traps in it. After all, no one knows how many dangerous devices those mad wizards will install in the tower.

This point, even as a legendary spellcaster, he dare not take it lightly.

But since he dared to make such a decision, he naturally had full confidence.

"The next thing is to watch your performance." The leader of the shadow magic network instructor stared at the void, as if he was talking to himself, but also seemed to be talking to other people.

"No problem, leave it to me." Sure enough, a sinister voice came from the void, mixed with a trace of excitement beyond words.

"Notify that stupid dragon." He smiled coldly, "Let him cooperate with us in attacking the wizard tower."

A transmission channel emitting shadow energy appeared in front of everyone, and all the ghost mages stepped in without hesitation and disappeared in place.

Inside the wizard tower.

Bryan stared at the disappearance of the ghost mages, and immediately issued an order, "Activate the deflection circle, Ms. Polaris, notify Oglul as soon as possible, and cooperate with him to hold these people for a while."

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of explosions, and the whole tower suddenly shook slightly, and the suffocating figure of the ancient red dragon appeared in front of everyone.

Although his dragon body was full of scars, they were not fatal, and some wounds had even begun to heal gradually under his strong body.

At this moment, he was shaking his head and tail excitedly towards the Wizard Tower, constantly breathing out dragon breath and fireballs to vent his anger.

"Get rid of the red dragon that is in the way first, and then deal with the group of intruders." Brian said coldly, slamming his fist on the table.

(End of this chapter)