Chapter 166: Breaking through the Barrier!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“The Slaughterhouse War?”
The black-robed old man mumbled softly. At this point, it was not only rlin who focused his gaze on the black-robed old man, but the other aristocrats and Count Selin as well.
Only now did they realize that Wizard Hill was experienced and knowledgeable on the topic of montous occasions. After all, he had participated in a terrible war like ‘Slaughterhouse’ and there were not many wars more brutal than ‘Slaughterhouse’.
The black-robed old man looked at the crowd of soldiers below the city. Caught up in his mories, he spoke slowly, “The Slaughterhouse War was barbarous. Even great Spell Casters who were able to single-handedly destroy a military fort perished in countless numbers. Such Spell Casters had to be at least Fourth-level Spell Casters. This was the actual situation in the later stages of ‘Slaughterhouse’. On the whole, there was not a single soldier left, only those formidable Spell Casters.”
During the later stages of the war which the black-robed old man spoke of, every gesture and movent must have carried imnse power. As these Spell Casters, who could kill thousands upon thousands of Normies with a single spell, engaged in fierce battle, who knew how many of them were killed?
“What about the early stages of the war? What did the beginner Spell Casters do?”
rlin pressed on with his question.
“The early stages? Well, before those powerful Spell Casters intervened, so of the beginner Spell Casters followed the soldiers and slipped in amongst the massive troops, waiting for a chance to kill off the commander of the enemy troops. However, despite them being able to handle hundreds and thousands of Normie soldiers, the spells of beginner Spell Casters weren’t very powerful. Hence, when they encountered the wild torrent of arbalest bolts fired by over ten thousand soldiers, many beginner Spell Casters perished.”
The black-robed old man shook his head slightly with a trace of regret on his face. As a Spell Caster himself, the black-robed old man was like most Spell Casters who thought themselves more distinct and noble than the Normies.
To the black-robed old man, the death of a Spell Caster by the hands of Normies was a Spell Caster’s greatest tragedy!
However, that was the reality of the situation. If those Entrance-level Spell Casters did not know any Defensive spells when confronting Normies who were heavily ard with arbalests, these Spell Casters were not that much different from Normies and would be easily killed.
Nevertheless, they would be much stronger once they had acquired Defensive spells. Still, it was hazardous for them to face thousands upon thousands of well-trained troops alone. Even so of the Third-level Spell Casters would be shot dead.
“Count Selin, open the city gates. I’ll go alone.”
rlin suddenly spoke as he watched the dense throng of soldiers below.
“Huh? Baron rlin, did you say that you’re going out alone? There are tens of thousands of troops out there!”
Count Selin’s expression shifted slightly. Although he wanted to resolve the present crisis, allowing rlin to head out alone was as good as sending him to his death. Such a aningless act of throwing away one’s life was of no help to the overall war situation.
“Count Selin is right. Wizard rlin, consider this carefully – although we Spell Casters are powerful, those of us below Fourth-level could still be worn down to death by the sheer number of the Normies!”
The black-robed old man advised rlin as well. After all, it was not as if it had never happened before. During the ‘Slaughterhouse’ war, powerful Third-level Spell Casters had been worn down to death by imnse armies and their nearly endless arbalest bolts.
rlin acted noncommittal, and calmly said, “Did I say that I would confront these tens of thousands of troops? I have the use of Gale which allows to move quickly. As long as I can hold off being shot by those bolts, I’ll have a chance of reaching Longardi’s headquarters and killing him off in one blow!”
Upon hearing rlin’s words, Count Selin’s heart stirred. Even if rlin’s plan was totally insane, and from what he could tell, difficult to carry out successfully, if he really succeeded and Longardi died, the troops of Lebis would fall apart on their own.
No matter how uncertain this hope was, it was ultimately still a hope. Otherwise, considering how they were using everything they had just to defend a re city gate, it would be near impossible to defend Prakash City.
“This is a possibility indeed, but...”
The black-robed old man was about to say sothing but rlin gave a forceful wave of his hand, his expression one of determination. He said in a low voice, “Count Selin, open the gate. Don’t worry, since I’m rushing out, I’ll have ways of surviving. If I don’t stand a chance, I’ll return and we’ll think of so other plan then.”
Count Selin nodded as he gave rlin a complicated look, before softly saying, “If Baron rlin succeeds this ti around, you would be doing us a great service. At that point, I shall make the decision to promote Baron rlin’s title from baron to viscount. Furthermore, the baron’s father shall hold the title of baron as well!”
Although titles in the city-state of Prakash were simply bestowed upon by Count Selin’s, viscounts were still uncommon. Moreover, once rlin succeeded, Old Wilson would be granted the title of Baron, which ant that there would be two aristocrats in their clan at one ti, which was an extrely rare occurrence.
Evidently, Count Selin valued rlin very much!
rlin smiled but said nothing. Even though he did not care much for titles, if this would allow the addition of a viscount amongst the Wilson clan while also having a baron, it would be a huge honor.
After all, these titles were hereditary – if they had two titles, the Wilson clan’s status in the whole city-state of Prakash would truly beco indestructible!
“Open the city gate!”
Under Count Selin’s orders, the enormous city gate gradually opened, and in a flash of his figure, rlin had left Prakash City.
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Count Longardi was feeling smug now. Their attack had just overpowered Prakash City, and morale was high as the situation was favorable to them.
“My lord, look, the city gate is opening again?”
A sharp-eyed knight suddenly said as he noticed the city gate of Prakash City were slowly opening.
Count Longardi was startled. Even if it seed like he had the upper hand, he must not let down his guard as long as the battle was not over.
Seeing that the gate were opened again, Longardi had endless doubts, and muttered softly, “The city gate is opened once more. Are they thinking of attacking again?”
In a mont, everyone on the battlefield clearly saw that only a single figure walked out from the city gate.
“It’s just one guy?”
Count Longardi narrowed his eyes slightly as if he dared not believe it.
“Hmm? There’s Elental fluctuation around this person, so he’s a Spell Caster. Could it be rlin?”
Wizard Heghar, who stood beside Count Longardi, imdiately thought of rlin who was in Prakash City. However, even Wizard Heghar had trouble picturing how an Entrance-level Spell Caster would dare to confront tens of thousands of well-trained troops all by himself.
“Haha, he wants to handle my huge army alone? How stupid. Even if he really is rlin, and had really entered the Dark Magic Region, what’s so scary about an arrogant, silly person like him?”
It was as if Longardi was infuriated by rlin’s act. Was he really going to confront tens of thousands of troops all by himself? Unless he was a powerful Spell Caster who was Fourth-level or above and could destroy an entire military fort single-handedly, it was an impossible task.
“Perhaps he isn’t actually going to confront the troops, and his target is my lord!”
Wizard Heghar keenly perceived the strong Wind Elent that had erged around rlin, and instantly guessed rlin’s intentions.
“Hmm? Fight ? Humph, even if he successfully made it here, there’s still Wizard Heghar here, right? This would save you Wizards from having to search for him in Prakash City!”
Count Longardi was confident in Wizard Heghar’s abilities, so he was not worried in the slightest even after knowing rlin’s aim. Conversely, he stared at rlin in fascination. How would he break through the barrier of tens of thousands of troops?
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“Swish.”
The minute rlin walked out the city gate, vigorous fluctuations of Wind Elent imdiately arose around his body. Furthermore, he noticed that a particularly powerful stream of Mind Power was constantly scanning him, it must be a Spell Caster who was with Longardi.
“Gale!”
Without a hint of hesitation, rlin cast Gale. Instantly, his speed escalated quickly and he dashed wildly towards Longardi’s headquarters.
“Fire!”
Naturally, upon seeing rlin’s mad dash, the tens of thousands of troops took action. With that order, a wild torrent of arbalest bolts ca down like rain, their innurable points racing towards rlin.
rlin’s expression changed slightly. This myriad of bolts induced a sense of extre danger. An individual Normie, even if they were a great Elental Swordsman, could be easily killed by rlin if he wanted to.
However, once they joined forces and employed their tools, their capacity for damage beca terrifying.
“Earth Guard!”
Without a hint of hesitation, rlin cast Earth Guard frantically over a dozen tis in succession. Before him, more than a dozen solid earth walls appeared, so of which were the strengthened version. On the battlefield, facing tens of thousands of well-trained soldiers, rlin did not dare let down his guard.
“Snap snap.”
Very soon, the innurable bolts landed. The Earth Guards before rlin collapsed in an instant, one after another. Even the strengthened versions of the Earth Guard could not withstand these bolts for very long.
There was a trace of frenzy on rlin’s face. The Wind Elent around his body increased abruptly, and he accelerated at a terrifying pace.
This was the strengthened version of Gale that rlin had cast. Relying purely on this burst of speed, rlin sprinted a great distance forward, and no longer had to worry about the thousands and thousands of frightening bolts coming from above.
With so many bolts, even casting Earth Guard incessantly would not be able to hold them off. It would require a First-Level defensive spell like Guardian Monunt to hold off the nurous bolts.
Nevertheless, rlin did not want to rashly reveal that he possessed Guardian Monunt. At any rate, after rlin had broken past this defensive line of troops, he would have to face the many Spell Casters recruited by Longardi.
“He’s so fast!”
After rlin had cast the strengthened version of Gale, he beca almost twice as fast. Even the arbalists were confounded; if it was rlin’s previous speed, they were still able to sowhat fire after taking aim.
However with rlin’s current breakneck speed, they were unable to take aim at all. Moreover, the route that rlin was taking was not a fixed path but rather a zig-zag manner with no predictable pattern whatsoever.
They could only watch helplessly as rlin broke through the barrier of tens of thousands of troops and gradually approached Count Longardi.
“He did it!”
On the ramparts of Prakash, Count Selin could not help but cry out in excitent as he watched rlin withstand the first wave of attack by the troops and then increased his speed greatly to break through the barrier of tens of thousands of troops.
“Breaking through the barrier is only the first step! After all, Wizard rlin has incredible speed, so breaking through the barrier was relatively easy. However, after this, he would have to face the many Spell Casters recruited by Longardi and that’s the crucial step!”
As the black-robed old man spoke in a low voice, his gaze never left rlin’s figure. Breaking through the barrier was only the first step – the key thing was to defeat the Spell Casters recruited by Longardi.
The black-robed old man was not worried about the other Spell Casters, but the First-level Spell Caster that Longardi had recruited made the black-robed old man apprehensive. He only knew that rlin was rely an Entrance-level Spell Caster. Even if rlin had entered the Dark Magic Region, it was only for a year. He did not know whether rlin was a match for this rival First-level Spell Caster.
“Whether you succeed or not, you must co back safely!”
No one noticed that Old Wilson had quietly co onto the rampart. Looking at rlin’s madly racing figure, his face expressed a hint of worry.
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