Chapter 26: Greed is Original Sin
One after another, arm-thick icicles shot out from the sky, from the earth, and from all eight directions!
The Tri-Ring Fire Mage is nowhere to be seen, and this is one of the most notorious attack spells in the Ice System, the Ice Spear Blast.
A blast of ice shards shattered the withered and worn-out fire shield that protected the Fire Mage, as well as the second fire shield he hastily conjured.
“SARULAWEIYA”
The emaciated fire mage was too late to add the third layer of flame shield, for he finally heard the incantation of the magic tool being activated, and the second wave of ice spears that followed the incantation easily pierced his body from front to back like a human-shaped sieve at the same time as his third layer of flame shield was formed.
The magic ice spear dispersed after maintaining for three breaths, and the fire magician who was full of holes all over his body fell to the ground due to loss of support. The blood vessels that were rapidly frozen by the cold ice did not even flow out a single drop of blood after the fire magician fell to the ground.
"Finished off!"
On a rooftop not far from the Running Bull Tavern, Rovin satisfied the magic "Ice Spear Shot" that had been solidified by the Black Ice Necklace's activation, and without hesitation, he released two consecutive Ice Spear Shots at the shortest casting distance, then lay down on the ground and let out a long sigh.
"The one who can kill a spellcaster is another spellcaster."
This extreme proverb of Aitern is at least very suitable for Rovi's current situation - among the Defeated Blood Blade thieves who attacked the Bull Inn, the one that poses the greatest threat to Rovi is this fire magician.
If it wasn't for Lovi's quick wit at the beginning, or if the sudden attack by the slave traders hadn't consumed the Fire Magician's Flame Mirror, Lovi would have definitely ended up in a terrible situation!
Even with the Black Ice Necklace, Luo Wei was just a fake spellcaster. If he were to clash head-on and exhaust the stored magic in the Black Ice Necklace, Luo Wei would instantly become a useless scholar who couldn't even truss a chicken, completely at the mercy of others!
So, after determining that the opponent's caster level was as high as third-tier through the split fireball released by the Flame Mage Palimel, Rovy would turn around and run without hesitation instead of staying in place to die-fight hard.
As soon as Luo Wei ran past the intersection, he unhesitatingly utilized his body's ice element affinity to summon a four-sided ring of icy crystal shields in the shortest time possible.
Palime's Splitting Fireball is indeed a Third Circle magic, but the three fireballs formed after splitting have a power equivalent to only one First Circle fireball spell, and can be easily blocked by the Four-Faced Ice Crystal Shield.
The above magical defense experience undoubtedly came from magician Salo, and Rovi chose to believe it.
It turned out that the quadruple overlapping ice crystal shield could indeed easily withstand the split fireball of the three-ring magic Palimel.
Those flames that shot up to the sky were just Palime's split fireballs superimposed on each other, creating a sonic and visual effect. For Rovy, who was maintaining the last layer of his ice crystal shield, it was really just a sonic and visual effect, and would not cause him any actual harm.
Braving the raging flames, Luo Wei ran up to the roof of the house at top speed and then approached the Running Bull Tavern in a roundabout way by jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
In the process, Rovin did not witness the confrontation between Sakraddin of the Wolf Blood and Slayn, the leader of the Defiled Blade thieves, but he witnessed the uprising of the fat slave trader Colen Wyr against the fire mage, as well as Cynthia's sneak attack on Slayn.
And Rovin seized the opportunity and underestimated his fire mage, who is now a corpse.
The corpse of a three-ring magician means what?
For the loved ones of the mages, this means extreme sorrow, but for Luo Wei, a necromancer who happens to have sufficient materials to summon the spirits in his hands, it means great opportunities! It means... three-ring rank... zombie pyromancers!
He attempted to possess the Three-Ringed Corpse Flame Mage, causing Luo Wei to quietly stick out his head. He pulled out a tube of pre-configured Soul Awakening spell materials from the waistband of his robe and bit open the soft wooden stopper on the test tube.
A low, cold chant flowed from Rove's mouth, and the pipe that awakened the spirit of the dead quickly dissolved into a black, foul-smelling liquid as if it had encountered high temperatures.
The incantation to awaken the undead was not long, at least shorter than the magic spell that the fire mage couldn't finish before he died, so Lovi succeeded!
The originally fallen and unable to get up fire mage, with a pale zombie face slowly crawled up from the ground, his eyes shining with a faint green ghostly light.
Found himself surrounded by living people, the revived fire mage raised his hand and threw out a burst of small fireballs, then he didn't even look at the outcome and rushed straight to the nearest bandit, and started biting his neck!
This scene made Rove, who was lying on the roof, change his expression from extreme joy to chagrin, because he realized that although he had successfully awakened the dead fire mage as an undead, he didn't have the materials needed to cast a spell to turn the undead fire mage into a lich.
This finally made Rove understand why the slaver, Colonel Wyle, had noticed that he wasn't wearing a spell component pouch - carrying one was really important for casters!
"Ah! Mr. Rovi be careful!"
Felicia's warning voice suddenly rang out at the moment when Luo Wei was filled with regret.
Luo Wei subconsciously looked towards the direction of Ben Niu Wine House, but he didn't see Felicia warning him, instead he saw... a pair of silver-white giant swords rapidly approaching!
This rapidly approaching silver-white giant sword, should have been tightly grasped in the hands of Slareld, the leader of the defeated Blood Blade thieves, but Lovi's greedy awakening of the corpse of a fire mage allowed him to discover Lovi's hiding position and silently threw out the giant sword like a javelin!
The silver upper-tier warrior's throwing attack caused the Black Ice Skull Necklace to automatically activate, forming a thick ice shield emitting dense cold air about half a meter in front of Roviel.
But the triple-ring magic shield of solid ice that was cast to block the giant sword's onslaught only managed to slightly impede its momentum before shattering into countless shards of ice.
In this brief process, Luo Wei only had time to roll less than ten centimeters to the side.
Ten centimeters were not enough for Luo Wei to escape the arrival of death.
"No!!!"
Obviously witnessing this scene, Felicia let out a cry of surprise again.
And the miracle occurred along with Felicia's exclamation -
A slender, snow-white, small, and delicate unicorn suddenly appeared in front of Rovi and transformed into a kite shield with an image of a unicorn painted on it.
The silver-white giant sword struck the unicorn kite shield, and although it pierced more than ten centimeters into the back of the unicorn kite shield, it ultimately failed to break through the defense of this illusory shield.
"This... this can't be... the Unicorn Guardian Seal?!" Kolenweil, the slave trader, looked up with a shocked expression: "That little girl actually has the bloodline of the unicorn?!"
No sooner had the words of Koronwi, the slave trader, fallen than the roof of the house where Rovi was hiding collapsed under the heavy pressure, and all seven orifices were bleeding as Rovi tumbled down.
Estimating the distance, slave trader Colenwil suddenly exerted his remaining strength and rushed out, catching Rovi in a princess carry just as she was about to hit the ground without any buffering.
Hey! Alright! Finally got Mr. Luo Wei, the wizard, to owe me a favor of sufficient weight!
His heart was filled with joyful slave traders, pretending to be exhausted and slumped on the ground, but he carefully avoided letting Rovie's body suffer from any internal or external injuries that would affect his combat strength due to his own acting.
Next, as long as we take down that Silver Rank Upper's Bloodedge leader, the battle should be completely over!
Without the oppression of the fire mage, Mr. Lovi's witch could freely release various curses and weakening magic, and with Cynthia's stealthy assassination attacks, this damned fallen knight who dared to attack my merchant caravan would soon become a corpse!
"Ah, right! This guy's head seems like it can still be exchanged for a considerable bounty?"
The slave trader Corwin was thinking to himself, and then the slave trader Corwin saw his guardian leader Cynthia... flying over.
