162. War Mage (1)
War Wizard.
This was the first time seeing it in person, but Oliver knew.
Why are veterans subconsciously afraid of war wizards?
It was unknown whether it was due to talent or hard work, but the amount of magical power of the wizard that appeared in front of him was quite high among the wizards Oliver had seen so far.
‘More than a magician Mattel, less than an elder Merlin.’
And his ability to handle that magic was also unusual.
While emitting vast magical powers from his body rather than his hands, he delicately manipulated his magic without any gestures.
That delicate flow of magic is quite impressive for Oliver as well.
Instead of controlling only the main flow like a normal wizard, she controlled all the detailed flows.
aa!!
With the magical powers and precise control of the red-skinned wizard, the surrounding flames moved like living creatures, blocking all escape routes.
In addition, the firepower of the flame was also increased by magic power, and the party was atrophied.
Wallace and the war wizard in front of him.
I got a rough idea of what the flame wizard’s fighting style was like.
By adding magic to the existing flame, it creates a powerful flame, and then reuses that flame to exert unbelievable power. It was literally magic for war.
It wasn’t a good match for a long time.
Pah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Perhaps it was the same thought, Wallace’s men quickly brought the flames around them, condensed them on their swords, and then combined their forces and slammed them down to the ground.
The flames mixed with the magical power of three wizards rushed down the ground and collided with the enemy warlords.
A huge explosion like an active volcano erupted, and a huge pillar of fire erupted into the sky.
A huge flame that would fade even the starry night sky was like a disaster that descended on the earth,
The heat storm generated by its power ironically put out the surrounding flames.
It was really great. It’s a fire that puts out fire.
But what was even more remarkable was the war mage who did nothing despite being hit head-on.
“What a crazy…!”
“Oh God.”
“Nonsense.”
Wallace’s subordinates, Arthur’s group, and everyone else in the group, murmured, getting tired of blue.
That’s right, even after blocking more magic than bombardment, he stood still. At best, only the cloak flaps.
The emotions of the allies, who had been on the same level as the attack until recently, were shaken.
Irritability, fear, fear.
Feelings that were not good for fighting slowly rose and took over the body.
It wasn’t good. this flow.
Soo!
Wallace, the leader of the Kell Free Independence Army and provisional ally, cut through the air with his red-hot sword.
Fire spewed out of the sword that cut through the smoke, enveloping Wallace’s whole body like a piece of armor.
“I’ll take care of it, so run away with the rest.”
Wallace’s men stopped him in surprise, but Wallace was determined.
“Do what you are told…. Not your typical war mage. And you too… Things got messed up. Put off the balance for now and think about getting out.”
Wallace said to Arthur.
It was really frustrating.
Only Wallace knows the information Hewitt found out, but he had to break up with him.
But it wasn’t even worth asking.
As Wallace said, the war mage in front of him was not an ordinary bet, even by pretending to be.
The problem wasn’t the balance, it was getting out of here safely.
If you are caught, you will be branded as a rebel by tying up with the Kell Free Independence Army without any complaints.
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No, I didn’t know that maybe I was caught as a weakness that threatened the city and would go out of the city’s eyes, be used as much as I could, and then be executed.Whatever the situation, you want to avoid.
So Arthur had no choice but to go for it.
His expression was indeed serious, in the midst of that seriousness, Oliver asked.
“If we don’t even listen to the information, isn’t our mission a failure?”
“It’s like that.”
“Hmm·····. okay.”
Oliver cleared his mind and tightened the black suit he wore. Then—
– Faba Baba Baba!
Raising the power on the bridge, he ran past Wallace and rushed to the war mage.
“···!!”
“what····!”
At Oliver’s sudden action, Arthur, Wallace, and even the war wizard tilted their heads.
With that or not, Oliver jumped high, grabbing a long black-suited quarter-staff, and rushing in with the momentum to slam it down.
“… stupid.”
The war mage muttered to Oliver, who was too open-minded. The disappointment shone brightly.
With him, he drew magic from his entire body, condensed in the air, and ignited the flames with will and magic.
Pot-! Pot-! Pot-! Pot-! Pot-! Pot-!
Six fireballs created in less than a second.
Although it was small on the surface, it could be seen that a tremendous amount of magical power had been condensed that could not be compared with its size.
As the war wizard snapped his fingers to attack Oliver, as if he sensed something, the war wizard turned his head to the ground and threw a fireball at him.
The fireball that flew in a red line collided with the six shadow stakes that quietly extended and exploded.
Bubbly Bubbly!!
Oliver’s attempt to pretend to make a big attack and draw attention and end it with a shadow spike was thwarted.
It wasn’t sad though. I didn’t expect to get it done with this in the first place.
Oliver shot down the War Wizard as a quarterstaff.
“·······Well.”
The war mage used up all the flame bullets, but without panicking, he enchanted the ground with his feet and built a huge wall of dirt to block Oliver’s attack.
Puck-!!
wall made of clay. As the magic power was added, its strength far exceeded the normal level.
It felt more like hitting the ground than simply being steel. The outside is soft and the inside is hard and dense…
Thanks to this, Oliver’s attack was dispersed and did not enter properly.
there-
“Oh·····.”
The earthen wall that blocked Oliver’s attack suddenly hardened like a rock without swallowing the Quarter Staff like a swamp.
Right-!
A war wizard who snaps his fingers.
At that sound, the earthen wall exploded.
In that short time, the inside of the earth wall was emptied, causing an explosion inside.
Fragments of the hard earthen wall spun sporadically in all directions, striking Oliver’s body indiscriminately.
Head, sides chest, arms, knees, etc.
The black suit barely prevented direct damage, but it didn’t absorb the shock, and Oliver just fell out.
But this was fine too.
I was able to catch the war mage.
Oliver, in a collapsed state, drew his disenchanted hand to the ground and grabbed the leg of the warlord’s mage.
The soil clings to him like cement and holds him like a tough tree root.
“like·····. Are you magic?”
“Yes.”
At the same time as the answer, the ground around the war wizard shook and rumbled, and a huge earthen wall erupted, attacking the war wizard in all directions and devouring it.
Oliver clenched his fists.
Awkward…!
The soil was so strong that it was audible to the ear, and it pressured the war wizard.
Strong enough to become a meat dumpling for ordinary people.
Oliver stood up with his magical hand on the ground.
“It is now. Everyone run away.”
“What?! Then you…!”
Oliver answered Arthur’s question.
“I will follow soon. I’ll just grab your ankles, so run away first. Isn’t this the original plan?”
Everyone hesitated as if it was unbelievable that this was happening, and they couldn’t do anything.
At that moment, the earthen ball surrounding the war wizard shook slightly.
The crumbling grains of soil.
Surprisingly, despite the utmost pressure by investing a considerable amount of mana, the war mage not only persisted, but conversely tried to invade the mana under Oliver’s control.
It was pretty awesome. I saw the wizard who lost control, but no one wanted to take Oliver’s.
Oliver felt personal curiosity along with a sense of duty to work, and stopped the wizard’s invasion, increasing the intensity of the pressure.
Tsuzuzuzuzu…
With a small but dense sound, the lump of earth shrunk to the point of noticeably.
With that in mind, Oliver looked at Arthur and said.
“Work····. won’t you? And Mr. Wallace?”
Oliver looked at Wallace.
“Isn’t Wallace in a position to relax too? Everyone, including Mr. Hammersh, died trusting only Mr. Wallace, can I stay like this?”
Wallace’s eyes widened at those words. as if in shock.
Arthur and Wallace, awakened by Oliver’s words, looked at each other, and then left the place with their companions.
Wallace said passing Oliver.
“Thank you.”
“We’ll talk later.”
Wallace looked at Oliver with a very strange expression on his face and left.
step by step
people leaving.
In that dark midnight, Oliver and the war mage were left alone on the mountain.
“Okay, I admit…”
Said the war mage, who was trapped in a lump of dirt.
His voice was calm.
“…you can’t take away the magic you control. Very interesting.”
With those words, the lump of dirt that had been pressing hard like a rock exploded like a rotten can.
With an intense explosion, something flew from the high-temperature flames that were hard to see straight through.
A spear made of stone, earth, and flames contained an enormous amount of magical power.
Enough to pierce a black suit.
Oliver quickly moved his head to the side to avoid the javelin, and the javelin flew forward and collided with a tree, causing a huge explosion and burning the surroundings.
“In addition to manipulating magical powers, he also has good reflexes. Do you have a lot of practical experience?”
A war wizard who walks leisurely from the bright red flames.
Even though the flames licked his body, there was no soot, let alone a fire.
This action is possible because we control the surrounding flames one by one.
It was similar to the flame wizard Hammersh who fought in an abandoned incinerator, but the scale and level were not comparable.
‘There seems to be a lot of talent there.’
Oliver thought as he looked up at the huge stone pillars that soared all around him.
It was not just stones that rose up, but each of them had magical power, so they were sharing and exchanging magic power with other stone pillars around them.
Magical powers mixed with blue and red were connected to each other around the pillars and wrapped around Oliver like a huge fence, separating the inside and outside space.
It seemed quite dangerous, but at the same time it felt familiar.
Dispersing vast amounts of magical power using a medium. And share it, exchange it again. I’ve seen it somewhere
‘Where was it?’
The war wizard, backlit by the burning flames behind his back, pulled out a communication device from his arms.
“ah. oh can you hear me ·····The rebel was lost due to the enemy warlock. He is a powerful warlock. Requests the chase of the remaining remnants of the fleeing party. Please refer to D-12 for the route.”
A bewildered voice came from the communication device, but the war wizard ignored it and turned it off and trampled the communication device with his foot.
A communication device that breaks with a crackling sound.
Oliver tilted his head.
“Is that okay?”
“…it’s not something I like to do in the first place. I also found something more interesting.”
The red-skinned war mage answered by flipping her thick black hair behind her back.
Like his expression, his tone was stiff.
“So you deliberately waited until everyone ran away? Are you kind?”
“Let’s call it curiosity as a scholar.”
“Is it because of the magical powers?”
Oliver asked, remembering that a warlock that manipulates magical powers is a rare case.
Because of this, only Rothburn was kidnapped by Mattel. It wasn’t very pleasant.
But did I get it wrong? The war mage shook his head.
“No, it’s because my magic control doesn’t work at all… There was no such thing except Master. What talent did you use?”
Whether it was a proper fight or not, his feelings shone with sincerity and determination.
As if reacting to that emotion, the body of the war wizard and the stone pillars that surrounded him spurted out magical power, making the surrounding fire stronger.
said the war mage.
“If possible, don’t die. Warlock.”