Chapter 283 The Right Path
"Forbidden Necromancy!" Sunaifa's already cold expression turned colder after seeing this.
Necromantic spells that resurrect the dead and turn them into skeletons or zombies, whether within or outside the North, are regarded as an untouchable red line and are an absolute taboo spell.
In fact, necromancy spells, especially offensive necromancy spells, mostly have "evil and weird" effects such as draining life and creating undead creatures.
Xia violated the prohibition with force.
Although people with evil intentions, no matter what school of magic they master, they may use what they have learned for wrong purposes.
But the necromantic school spells are undoubtedly more potentially harmful
Therefore, after deliberation among the high-level mages standing at the top of the pyramid, they simply made a one-size-fits-all decision and listed these necromancy school spells as taboo, and mages were not allowed to learn and master them.
This is also the reason why necromancy spells have always been extremely weak among the eight major magic schools - the powerful necromancy school spells have all been banned.
But history has proven over and over again that "forbidden arts" are just like "forbidden books", they will only be banned repeatedly.
Hence, even though the forbidden necromancy has been reduced to the point where everyone shouts and beats rats crossing the street, it still survives as tenaciously as weeds and is banned repeatedly.
Skeletons are the lowest level of undead creature group, but they are further subdivided according to different types and strengths.
The most common ones are skeleton warriors composed of the bones of ordinary humans or other humanoid creatures. They are usually equipped with simple weapons and shields made of white bones.
This kind of skeleton looks intimidating, but it is actually clumsy and fragile. Even a well-trained militiaman may defeat multiple skeleton warriors.
Skeletons of this level can only pose a certain threat by relying on their numerical advantage.
The higher-level skeleton monster is the skeleton mage.
The corpse that was once a mage will become a skeleton mage after being revived by necromancy.
Skeleton Mage has greater strength and tougher bones than Skeleton Warriors. At the same time, he can also release some basic spells that the corpse mastered during his lifetime, and even have different specialities according to the mage's practice method.
The skeletons that appear in the camp now are all skeleton mages, and they are all "based" on the northern ice wizards.
With the naked eye, you can see that the pale bones of these skeleton mages are still glowing with blue light representing frost.
This makes them highly resistant to ice element spells.
It may be said that the discipline of Iceborn mages who hunt in the snowy fields all year round cannot be compared with that of military mages who undergo strict training all year round.
But in terms of combat literacy and ability to deal with emergencies, they are not inferior, especially in encounters.
After all, when hunting in the snowfield, it is common to encounter attacks from earth-line creatures.
所以在经历最初的慌乱之后，整个臻冰部落大部队的临时营地当中立刻是响起了急促且激昂的号角声。
未被袭击的冰裔法师们迅速反应过来，开始施放各自的法术，进入战斗状态。
一时间，营地中冰雪交加，狂风大作，各种蓝色魔法灵光闪烁而起。
各式各样的冰元素法术如暴雨般倾泻，向那些骷髅法师发起了猛烈的攻击。
位于骷髅群中心处的一位三环的冰裔法师，双手快速舞动。
In an instant, a huge ice wall rose from the ground, isolating most of the skeleton mages, and bought precious casting time for other ice mages.
Other ice wizards protected by the ice wall no longer have any worries and can quickly cast attack spells.
Where the skeleton mages gather densely, ice picks suddenly rise from the ground, inserting into the gaps in the bones of the skeleton mages, stringing them together.
Then, many sharp ice picks were shot at the group of skeleton mages like arrows.
Although these skeleton mages are highly resistant to ice elemental spells, they are ultimately unable to resist such a dense offensive.
The body composed of bones shattered and disintegrated, and the green phosphorus fire running in the eye sockets was extinguished.
"The casting distance of necromancy spells is limited, and the necromancer who controls these skeletons must be hidden nearby."
Here, Sunaifa did not participate in the battle to destroy the Skeleton Mage, but decisively began to search for the Necromancer's location.
Although the Necromancer can create a sea of skeletons with great momentum, as long as the Necromancer is killed, all the skeletons he creates will be like a body that has lost its soul, quickly collapsing into piles of scattered bones, no longer posing a threat.
The distance the Necromancer can control skeletons is limited.
This means that the Necromancer who controls these gloomy skeleton armies must be lurking in a dark corner not far from the battlefield.
Sunaifa knew this, so his goal was clear. Rather than slowly annihilating these large numbers of skeleton mages, it would be more practical to directly kill the necromancers behind the scenes.
This is the fastest way to end this battle.
Gaode turned his head and looked around after hearing this.
It is now night, the night is like ink, and the light is dim, making everything hazy and difficult to recognize.
But for Sunaifa, this is definitely nothing, a problem that can be solved by a second-level spell [Dark Vision].
The problem is that the ice mage and the skeleton mage are currently fighting in their camp, and it is extremely chaotic.
And the vast white snow all around provides perfect shelter for lurkers.
As long as the opponent is slightly disguised, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to quickly and accurately locate the Necromancer in such an environment in a short period of time.
But Sunaifa is not worried about this.
The next moment, a high-pitched and passionate sound came from her tent.
Subsequently, a silvery-white light and shadow, like lightning piercing the night sky, suddenly burst out from the gap in the tent at a staggering speed.
The light and shadow instantly drew a beautiful arc in the sky, spiraling higher and farther into the sky.
That is Sunaifa's magical falcon, Canglan.
Falcons are good at reconnaissance.
And Cang Lan is an alien species, with terrifyingly strong detection ability, able to capture the faintest fluctuations and anomalies.
It flies to a high altitude and overlooks the battlefield. While being condescending, it can ignore the interference of the chaotic environment and find the target faster.
Just when Cang Lan started to search, a deep voice came from the abyss, which was still clearly audible even in the noisy and chaotic camp:
"Sunaifa, there is no need to trouble you to find me."
Gothe and Sunaifa turned their heads almost at the same time, their eyes were like torches, locking the direction of the sound
A large group of black mist was rolling there.
"There's something big!" The ice-born mages on the edge of the black mist shouted, their voices trembling slightly, but they still tried their best to warn.
Their voices had just fallen when the black mist seemed to be torn apart by an invisible force, and a terrifying behemoth rushed out of it.
It is huge in size, like a galloping prehistoric elephant, but its skin is shriveled and covered with gray-white rotten flesh. It is covered in green smoke and exudes a disgusting stench.
The giant beast's eyes are empty and lifeless, but its speed and momentum are frightening.
With just a loud bang, the ice wall constructed by the third-ring mage's spell was shattered under the impact of this giant, turning into countless flying ice shards.
But the speed of this behemoth was not affected at all, and continued to gallop towards Sunaifa's position with an unstoppable momentum.
Every step it takes can create a trembling rhythm on the snow.
Logically speaking, with its huge size and terrifying weight, it should sink into the snow.
But on the soles of its feet formed by its four rotten flesh, there was a layer of light blue magic light flickering.
It has been blessed with buffing spells, so it can walk smoothly on the snow.
Any spell cast by an Iceborn mage who blocks the path of this giant beast, no matter what spells they cast, are so small and weak when they hit the giant beast. It is like hitting an egg against a stone, in vain, and can not cause any waves at all.
Subsequently, the giant beast knocked them away.
Some mages rolled in the air, accompanied by screams of broken bones; some were thrown directly into the distance and fell heavily to the ground, with their lives and deaths uncertain.
"Zombie monster!" Sunaifa's eyes turned cold and he said softly.
Zombies are undead creatures one level higher than skeletons.
The zombie behemoth is an extremely powerful type of zombie. It has amazing strength, defense and recovery capabilities, and is an extremely troublesome existence on the battlefield.
On the top of the zombie beast, a figure in black robes stood proudly, with a strange smile on his face, as if everything was under control: "Sunaifa, if I kill you, your Zhenbing tribe's army should retreat."
"Ryan." Sunaifa's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was firmly locked on the figure above the zombie beast.
"Are you the only one? Where are the other fourth-ring mages?" Ruian Holy Inquisitor stood on top of the charging beast, condescendingly saying coldly.
After the death of Donald, the Zhenbing Tribe still has four four-ring ice wizards.
However, this time when we sent troops to the Ice Plains Temple, only one of the four fourth-ring ice-born mages came, Sunaifa.
This is Sunaifa’s decision.
According to her, there are only three fourth-ring mages in the Snowfield Guardians, and they may not all be in the Icefield Temple.
As for her, even if three fourth-ring mages were present, or even doubled, she could easily suppress them.
This is the self-confidence of a pure-blood Iceman.
"My king, please step back first." Sunaifa did not answer Ryan's question, but told Gothe to take down the huge ice bow [Blizzard] from behind.
The next moment, she took a deep breath, held the bow tightly with one hand, and pulled the bowstring with the other.
Subsequently, a faint blue light lit up on the bowstring.
The faint blue light quickly turned into fine ice crystals, glowing like shining stars in the night sky.
These ice crystals rotated and condensed in the air, eventually turning into a crystal clear ice arrow that exuded a biting coldness.
Phew!
With a crisp sound breaking through the air, the ice arrow cut through the sky like an arrow from a string and shot towards Ruian.
When Ruian saw this, a calm smile appeared on his lips, as if he was not afraid of the attack launched by the magic weapon held by Boreas himself.
The hot and bright flames, as if summoned by some mysterious power, suddenly surged out of his body and quickly surrounded him, forming a flame shield shining with orange-red light.
Sunaifa used the ice crystal arrow shot by [Blizzard] to accurately target Ryan. The moment he was about to touch the flame shield, he seemed to encounter an insurmountable barrier.
The ice arrow collided with the flame shield, making a "chichi" sound, just like ice and snow meeting hot lava, melting rapidly from the arrowhead, turning into a wisp of smoke, dissipating in the air.
However, the flame shield was completely extinguished after blocking the ice arrow.
Boom!
Ryan actually controlled the zombie beast to stop suddenly.
That fierce movement immediately created a small snow storm.
"As expected of [Blizzard]." Ryan, who stopped charging, looked at Sunaifa, his face had changed slightly, and he was surprised by Sunaifa's blow just now.
Compared with Ruian's surprise, Sunaifa's face became extremely solemn: "[Fire Shield] is only a fourth-level spell, so it cannot block the arrow of perfect ice."
"That's true. , you are far more powerful than I thought, Sunaifa. The [Fire Shield] that was raised and cast can only block one of your arrows." Ryan's eyes moved back and forth between Sunaifa's face and the [Blizzard] in her hand, with a hint of "appreciation" in her tone.
"Raise the ring to cast a spell." Sunaifa took a deep breath. Hearing this, he understood everything, "You are already a fifth-ring mage."
Looking around, he could not see anyone else except Ruian.
This shows that Ruian came alone.
If a person dares to force his way into the Zhenbing Tribe’s camp, his fifth-ring mage level is Ruian’s confidence.
"Unexpectedly," Ruian looked at Sunaifa with a smile, feeling very proud, "The first and only fifth-ring mage in the contemporary era in the North is actually me."
"You have changed your practice." As a pure-blood ice descendant, Sunaifa has an extremely keen perception of the ice element, but now, she can no longer feel the power of the ice element in Ryan.
This is unreasonable, because even the mages of the Snowfield Guardian basically have ice blood, and their power is closely related to the ice element.
"Yes," Ryan nodded, without the slightest hesitation or reluctance on his face, "What I practice now is the "Rite of the Dead", which helped me break through to the fifth ring."
"Having the blood of the Iceborn, I became a Necromancer." There was a hint of coldness in Sunaifa's voice. Ryan had not only betrayed the teachings of the Snowfield Guardian, but also betrayed his own bloodline.
"What do you know?! Sunaifa, Iceborn blood is just useless!" There was a hint of excitement in Ryan's voice, and he seemed to be touched by Sunaifa's doubt, "The path I chose is the most correct path!"
"You are the last pure-blooded Iceborn in the contemporary era. You must know that in the past, with the power of Iceborn blood, the lower limit of pure-blooded Iceborn should be at least five rings."
There was a hint of regret in Ryan's words, as if he was thinking of the glory of the Iceborn clan, "After you fully awakened the Iceborn bloodline, your mage level was raised to the fourth level in just two years, but three full years have passed, and you are still the fourth level." !"
"The Iceborn bloodline was indeed powerful in ancient times, reaching its peak and creating a powerful Iceborn clan, but since ancient times, the Iceborn bloodline has begun to decline."
"Today, the Iceborn bloodline is a complete dead end. If you want to go further, you must give up the Iceborn bloodline and find another way."
There was a hint of irony in Ryan's words, mocking Sunaifa's stubbornness and ignorance: "It's just that you are accustomed to the powerful power of the Iceborn bloodline and cannot make up your mind to give up everything you have now, so you can only stay where you are."
"Wanting to take a step forward means that you must give up something."
(End of this chapter)