Arcane Lord

Just when Xia Duo thought that the matter had finally come to an end and was about to go out to send a signal for the ordinary soldiers to come and finish the matter, he suddenly noticed that the environment of the magic network around him was different.

But he almost didn't have time to make any action. He just subconsciously extracted the protective spell stored in advance from the magic network. Fortunately, he also knew that someone in Jilan City was observing, and he just extracted a spell that he promoted to level 2. [Mage Armor].

The next moment, a figure appeared not far from him.

It's the mayor who just left!

No!

Sha Duo immediately realized that this was definitely not the real mayor. If he was the real mayor, being able to teleport meant that he was at least a high-level mage. How could he be willing to stay in such a small town?

The current situation has changed. Xia Duo is not sure whether this is a test from Osk or whether he has really gone to the den of thieves, but as long as the detection spell exists, he has to maintain the persona of "Eddie".

At this moment, even if Xia Duo is already a high-level mage, he must be very alert because the opponent is not weaker than him.

When he saw the mayor appear, Xia Duo quickly retreated outside the house to prevent himself from getting lost in the small space. At the same time, he also paid close attention to the other party's reaction.

In fact, the other party also noticed him immediately. The judge's standard robe directly exposed his identity, and there was still a spiritual light left after the [Fireball Technique] exploded in the space.

At this moment, the "mayor" screamed, "Devil!"

The next moment, a short and delicate metal staff appeared in her hand, and then, a laser-like energy ray shot from one end of the staff towards Sha Duo.

However, Xia Duo has been staring at the opponent's movements since he appeared. He did not panic at all when facing the opponent's spells, because panic was meaningless. At this moment, he seemed to have withdrawn his consciousness from his body and looked at the scene from another angle. .

This is also because he was just a projection, so he had such confidence. Almost like a robot, he calmly and quickly took out the [Dispel Magic] scroll that he had prepared before.

The ray was successfully activated before it reached him. At the same time, his footsteps did not stop at all, and he quickly retreated out of the door.

At this moment, he was still in the mood to identify what spell the other party was using. Although he had never seen it, the calming field of [Dispel Magic] instantly smoothed the magic net in front of him, and the ray disappeared directly when it passed through.

Before the other party could activate the next spell, Xia Duo quickly exited the room, and then threw a magic firework into the sky. This was the signal he had agreed with the ordinary soldiers in advance.

However, ordinary people can hardly provide much help to a high-level mage, and they still have to rely on themselves.

While Xia Duo continued to stay away from the mayor's house, he was thinking about how to deal with this situation. If he ran away, unless he could teleport, how could he, a newly promoted mid-level mage, outrun a high-level mage.

What's more, the other party won't give him a chance to escape.

Sure enough, just a few seconds after he ran out of the house, the "mayor" also rushed out, but at this time, the other party's body was already flashing with aura, and he was completely different from the unprotected one just now.

Xia Duo regretted not attacking the opponent directly just now, but thinking about it, if he were the opponent, he wouldn't be attacked by an intermediate mage.

When two mages face each other, individual strength still plays a big factor. Of course, if there are several mid-level mages attacking at the same time, it is not difficult to sneak attack.

Even if there is a tacit understanding, it is not impossible to fight head-on, but if the high-level mage wants to run away, it will be difficult for the mid-level mage to stop him.

Now that Xia Duo is alone, he can actually do very little. He actually hopes that the people on the magic detection side will come over quickly to support him, rather than watching the show with any intention of testing.

"Mayor Beji, do you know how sinful it is to attack an imperial mage? If you don't stop, I can intercede with the trial court on your behalf to absolve you of the fault of harboring demons. Talents like you should not continue to stay in this place. In a small town, you can have a brighter future!”

While Xia Duo said something that he didn't believe, he slowly retreated back. At the same time, he did not forget to add a few more protective spells to himself.

But just now in the house, the "mayor" clearly said "devil" in Elvish language, and the two tribesmen may have already encountered misfortune. How could Xia Duo's words cause any wavering at this time.

"You devils! You all deserve to die!" These words were spoken in human language.

The next moment, a bright light came. Xia Duo knew it was not good, so he quickly closed his eyes, but his heart became calmer. Even if all the protection on his body was stripped away by the unknown magic hidden behind the bright light, he did not move at all.

This is not even a real attack.

But then, Xia Duo noticed that the magic net not far in front of him began to knot continuously, and several short elvish syllables came from his ears. At the same time, his magic net changed, and seemed to be interacting with the magic net. He was entangled.

"This should be a targeted attack spell!"

Xia Duo immediately made this judgment. At this time, he had given up escaping, because once locked, if it could not be released, there would be no point in running to the horizon.

This was the first time he had seen this type of magic, but the other party obviously did not cast such a spell to satisfy his curiosity and let him study it, but actually wanted his life!

A scroll of [Release Magic] was casually activated, and a calming field appeared, but the calming effect was only momentary and could not completely remove the surrounding lock.

At this moment, Xia Duo deliberately took out the [Blade of Veto] from his portable space. The [Spell Breaking] effect of that sword might be more effective. After all, they are all products of elves, so they must be able to restrain them.

Considering that the situation had not yet reached its worst, he could only suppress this idea for the time being.

Grabbing the hand crossbow from his waist, following the vague position perceived in the magic net, Xia Duo pulled the trigger. He did not hear the sound of a hit, only the sound of the arrow hitting the ground.

Seeing that the spell was about to be completed, and the people on the other side of the detection spell had not yet come to support him, Xia Duo had to reveal more "potential", and he began to compete with the "mayor" for control of the magic network strings around his body. .

The success of a spell requires the simultaneous action of multiple levels of elements involved in the magic network. In theory, as long as the lower-level elements cannot be realized, the spell can be disintegrated.

But offense and defense are all relative. Where there is destruction, there is naturally construction. Therefore, there are spells that involve the cyclic construction of low-level elements among high-level elements. That is to say -

A 3rd level spellcaster, even if he destroys elements below 3rd level in the enemy's 5th level spell, may not be able to crack the spell at all, and may even cause the spell to have a locking effect, causing more harm than gain.

Unlike elves who regard magic as an art, humans only regard magic as a tool, focusing on simplicity and ease of use. There are few of these deliberately set aside "baits", but most functions are concentrated in high-loop elements and low-loop elements. Even if the elements are destroyed, it is still elegant.

Even to the extreme, it is not impossible to omit all low-loop elements.

Although this "Mayor Beji" appears to be a human, Sha Duo is basically certain that she is an elf, not the so-called "leading party".