Abe the Wizard

Chapter 1159: Combat

From what these two mad knights understood, the 16 law-defying wizards should’ve dodged with teleportation as soon as they were shot with the freezing ripple. That was how wizards should fight… with cowardly and cunning methods.

Wizard Charlie had a resolute look on his face. He did not send any commands, and nor did the 15 law-defying wizards with him doing anything. All of them were fending off the attacks with their “Freezing armors” and “energy barriers.” No, they did not stop casting the “lightning chains.”

Wizard Charlie knew very clearly himself. Although they had an overwhelming advantage over the mad knights that were within the fort, as long as these mad knights were prepared to get more of them to make a battle formation, it would be much more difficult to break through the fort’s defensive circle. Because of this, Wizard Charlie chose to not dodge. He chose a very rare form of responding, which was to just try to hold against the sacred freezing. Of course, he wouldn’t be doing this without the “power potion” on him.

Due to the many resources on the frontline, the standards for constructing the forts just became a whole lot higher. This was especially the case for the defensive circles, as they were made with rare materials that would make them surpass what would normally be used on the continents.

In most cases, the only way to break through the defense of the fort was to attack nonstop until there was no barrier in place. This time, however, what the wizards were launching was a surprise attack on a massive scale. They got enough numbers to attack one spot, so they wouldn’t have to worry that they’d be so slow that the Nation of God would be able to call reinforcement.

Wizard Charlie didn’t care. As long as there he wouldn’t die, the defense of the fort would just be broken through. The impact of the “sacred freezing” was rushing towards the 16 law-defying wizards. The defensive spells on them were all starting to get dimmer, and they were all starting to move slower as the ice frosts started getting harder on their bodies. The 16 law-defying wizards didn’t care, though. Their casting speed was not affected. They could still cast spells. They would cast spells with both of their hands to launch a third wave of the lightning chain. Soon, a fourth wave was activated.

The mad knight screamed, “Formation! These wizards are insane! There are sixteen of them just here! They are trying to have a full-scale war with us!”

The trained knights were already gathering up to form a battle formation. The one that just shouted wasn’t looking so good. The appearance of 16 wizards was making him very uncomfortable. He had never seen so many of them all in one location, and this location they were at was a pretty important resource point. They did have six mad knights inside to defend, but that was just not going to match sixteen law-defying wizards. Also, it was never seen before that a law-defying wizard would just go defend against sacred freezing. It could be said that the shock wave of the sacred freezing was once every second. As long as the attack could be initiated non-stop, being affected was always guaranteed.

Although the attack damage of the “sacred freezing” wasn’t so high, it did possess the slowing effect and the freezing element damage. It wouldn’t feel good to get hit by it, that was sure.

Meanwhile, the 16 law-defying wizards were already launching their fifth wave of the lightning chain. They just received two sacred freezing hits. Each and everyone one of them was injured to some degree. Half of them had frost on their bodies. Their faces paled as their body temperature dropped significantly, but they gritted their teeth to continue casting the “lightning chain.”

Wizard Charlie said, “Last hit!”

At the same time, a streak of “sacred freezing” that was much stronger than the previous wave was hit. The sixth lightning chain was also activated. As soon as the lightning chain was unleashed, the shockwave of the sacred wave was also hitting the 16 law-defying wizards. Ten of them had their defensive spells destroyed immediately. Their bodies were sent flying by the hit.

The mad knight couldn’t believe it, “Are they fine with dying?”

He never remembered seeing law-defying wizards like these. It was almost like they were risking their lives just to break through the defensive circle faster. If there weren’t 16 of them, actually, the mad knight might just come out to fight them on his own.

Something even more shocking happened. Whether it was the severely injured wizards or the ones that were just slightly injured, they all came back to full health after they drank a potion. They were just coming back to hit the circles like nothing ever happened.

The mad knight screamed, “Get out and fight!”

Soon, the defensive circle would be destroyed. There wouldn’t be much of a use for the fort then. Also, given how little space there was inside the fort, that was definitely going to affect how the formation of the sacred knight was going to turn out. Of course, he wasn’t going to believe that the law-defying wizards would just fight inside the fort. The fort was too narrow, so the chance of them injuring themselves was actually very high.

Before the gate of the fort was opened, the sixteen law-defying wizards teleported inside the battle fort and activated their lightning chains. Wizard Charlie was just inside the battle fort. He didn’t care if there were any sacred knights nearby. There were several dozen middle-high tiers sacred knights near him, but as soon as he went in, he was already reactivating the defensive to defend against any melee attacks. What he needed to do was to intercept the mad knights from activating their spiritual qi light rings. Otherwise, they would’ve had to keep themselves going with the potions.

It was not difficult at all to focus on the six mad knights that were among the thousands of sacred knights. The sixteen law-defying wizards were locked onto them almost immediately. 32 streaks of the lightning chain drowned them to death without much time at all. Of course, the sixteen law-defying wizards were receiving counterattacks at the same time. These attacks included “sacred freezing” and some attacks from the sacred knights that were nearby. Five of the law-defying wizards had weak defenses, so they were quickly injured by the attacks of the advanced sacred knights. Two wizards were actually fainted by the shield attacks, but the freezing armor did respond quickly enough to prevent the advanced knights from advancing. While the freezing armors did not receive a buff from the “command freezing,” the counter-hits of the command ice bolts could still help the law-defying wizards face the advanced sacred knights.

Again, the injured law-defying wizards would recover their wounds by consuming the power potion. They would then continue to launch their lightning attacks. It really showed how scary the lightning wizards could be. The six mad knights “rescued” the spirit lightning ring to protect themselves, but the light ring could only reduce some of the lightning attack power and not the side effects. Very quickly, they lost the ability to continue fighting after having their entire bodies zapped.

At the same time, 200 advanced wizards were bringing ten orc priests, along with the summon creatures of these orc priests, to teleport inside the battle fort. A very messy fight was what took place next. The law-defying wizards were attacking a bunch of sacred knights every single time. Even under the protection of the “rescue” spirit qi light ring, the advanced knights would not be able to last after two or three hits. It was even worse for the middle-low tier knights, as they would just die immediately.

The sacred knights started going into a frenzy They continued to charge to attempt killing the wizards. They were not targeting the law-defying wizards, because law-defying wizards were too strong for them. Due to the difference in their levels, these knights didn’t even dare to get close to the law-defying wizards. They had no way to resist the presence of law-defying wizards without assistance from the battle formation.

Wizard Charlie brought five of his law-defying wizards to hold against the attacks of six mad knights. The mad knights were just too powerful. They were still holding on even when they lost the ability to retaliate. However, death was very imminent for them. They could only make a last stand in a very futile manner.

The archpriests continued to cast an “aging” curse, which greatly reduced the charging speed of the sacred knights. The summon creatures of the orc priests would split up and act as meat shields in front of the advanced wizards to defend against attacks of the knights. Still, there were a lot of sacred knights so, again, the wizards had very limited spots to dodge. As many of them were accidentally hit by the attacks as they tried to cast the “instantaneous movement,” the sacred knights would get their way and slay them down. Streaks of soul lights would rise up the fort. Each one would represent the death of a figure of at least advanced ranking.

Wizard Charlie stopped casting any lightning chain after five minutes. He drank another bottle of the mana potions. He had drunk twenty bottles by now. Without doing this, he would’ve not been able to keep up on unleashing the potions. He was starting at the fort. Six mad knights had fallen. There were only ten-something sacred knights remaining inside the fort, and they were all trying to resist as hard as they could.

“My honor is my life!”

Among the remaining ten sacred knights, the one that was leading had several wounds on him. His left arm was already gone, and it was just his right hand that was holding onto the long sword as he was screaming. The sacred knights behind him were forming a smaller circle. The wizards that were several times more powerful than them were already re-activating “charge.”

“No!” Wizard Charlie shook his hand and activated the “lightning chain” in his hand. Following that, two streaks of lightning chains jumped around the sacred knights and killed them. The advanced knights dropped on the ground as sou lights flashed out of them. During this time, on one side of the fort, a white light was flashing across the teleportation circle. An advanced knight was just teleporting over here. The first thing he saw when he came here was the piles of corpses on the ground and the streaks of soul light that were rising up. He didn’t leave again through the teleportation circle because he knew that the time needed for him to activate it was more than enough for the wizards to kill him. Actually, he was just a scout. As long as he was not sending any messages back to the Nation of God, there just wouldn’t be any more reinforcements. In a sense, his mission was already completed.

“My honour is my life!” he screamed, then charged towards the wizards nearby. Amidst the countless spells that were unleashed, his charge became a soul light before he was even halfway done.

Wizard Charlie felt something complicated as he watched these mad knights. All it took was five minutes for the fight to end today. The enemy reinforcement never came because they just had too many on their sides. More importantly, they were changing the method that they were fighting. They were going from the original guerilla tactic to a more stationary, on-post strategy. Basically, as the law-defying wizards continued to launch highly concentrated hits in one specific location, they were able to bring down the entire enemy squad just by remaining in one spot. Of course, this could only be accomplished with the potions that the wizards were bringing with them.

Wizard Charlie ordered loudly, “Reset the teleportation circle! Connect to the teleportation circle of the Howling Castle! Let them know how far we’re progressing!”

An advanced wizard came over as he did some operation on the teleportation circle.

Charlie looked towards an advanced wizard from the lightning clan, “How are the losses on our side?”

Things were quite chaotic inside the battle fort. As there were just so many soul lights flying out everywhere, it was very difficult to tell which ones belonged to advanced wizards or which ones belonged to the advanced sacred knights.

The advanced wizards spoke, “We lost 23 advanced wizards, Master! There are 57 that were injured!”

Wizard Charlie spoke, “Treat the ones that were injured!”

As a matter of fact, as long as they were wizards of the lightning clan, all the wizards that were participating in the mission would get their own power potions distributed by the lightning clan. This was not including the power potions of the Wizard Union. Those would only get to the law-defying wizards, although the advanced wizards didn’t really suffer that much because of it. Only one advanced wizard died instantly because he didn’t even get to use the power potion. Still, for an assault like this, the benefits really outweighed the losses for these wizards.