Chapter 280: Chapter 261: Leisurely Strolling Terence_1
White mist rose from Wei Bulun’s feet. The ground began to ice over, and glistening snowflakes scattered about.
A trail of blood flowed along the cracks in the road, staining the icy surface and the snow that fell upon it red.
Wei Bulun refused to surrender despite his opponent’s persuasion.
"Letting us go?" Wei Bulun sneered. "And you aren’t afraid the Orcs will come after your boss if you let us go?"
The Mage blocking the way asked, "I don’t know what you mean... but I really don’t want to kill too many people. Leave the Gold behind, and the rest of you can leave alive."
"You can’t fool me. I know how you ’Shortgun’ operate. You’d make sure to leave no survivors. You just want us to give up resisting to minimize your losses, then you would strike when we let our guard down," Wei Bulun accused.
"You’ve guessed who we are?"
Wei Bulun continued to gather water elements, ready to put up a desperate fight.
"Besides you, I can’t think of anyone who could have found me so quickly. And you even spread rumors about the Orc Treasury within Nuta City. Only if we all die can there be no evidence to incriminate you. Later, when the Orcs investigate, you will have an excuse to stay out of it. Since aligning with the wilderness, we humans have been as good as dead. If you want to get your hands on this batch of Gold, you must be prepared to die for it."
At this moment, the previously expanding fog instantly contracted, turning the mixed-in snowflakes into blocks of ice.
Ice locked around Wei Bulun’s body, rapidly forming a suit of icy armor. The transparent ice, filled with hexagonal snowflake patterns, made the armor look dreamlike.
Then Wei Bulun extended his hand, in which lay an ice-aspected gemstone.
With a pull of his hands, he grasped an Ice scepter embedded with a gemstone.
As Wei Bulun chanted a spell, the temperature dropped sharply, and rime condensed.
The gemstone on the scepter shone with a dazzling blue light. Wei Bulun, clad in icy armor like a knight, walked toward the Mage blocking his way.
It was do or die.
Facing Wei Bulun, who was prepared to fight to the death, the Mage blocking the road knew that this matter wouldn’t be easily resolved.
It seemed they would not be able to complete their mission without losing a few of their own.
Quicksand...
An Earth System spell was completed. The cobblestones around the Mage turned into sand, which then combined to form two sand figures.
The two sand figures, once formed, immediately charged towards Wei Bulun.
Wei Bulun used his magic scepter to smash one of the sand figures to pieces. Then, a torrent of water cascaded from above, blasting the other sand figure apart.
Having easily disposed of the two sand figures, Wei Bulun continued to move forward, but a mound of sand wrapped around his ankle at that moment. The sand gathered, and the sand figure reassembled itself.
Just as the newly-formed sand figure prepared to grab Wei Bulun’s foot and flip him to the ground, a wall of water rushed over and dispersed the sand figure once again.
While Wei Bulun was entangled by the two sand figures, the Mage blocking the way donned a layer of stone armor and, wielding a stone warhammer, charged at Wei Bulun.
Yan Xing, observing the battle from not far away, was somewhat taken aback.
At the start, he thought both Wei Bulun and the one blocking the convoy were Mages.
The clash of magic was indeed very thrilling to watch. He found it very enlightening.
However, in the blink of an eye, both of them had donned armor and were swinging heavy blunt weapons at each other.
Are you Mages or Knights after all?
Yan Xing recalled what Count Theodore had said to him when he became his apprentice.
As a Mage, the Earl, when he was young, had enjoyed wearing heavy armor to rush into the enemy’s midst and cast Icy Magic Rings.
So Count Theodore wasn’t the only one with such a penchant.
During the time Yan Xing studied magic with Count Theodore, he had come to understand how battles unfolded in the Magic World.
Close combatants and spellcasters, while specializing in their respective arts, also focused on shoring up their weaknesses.
A spellcaster must have close combat skills when engaged at close quarters.
Close combatants must have long-range attack capabilities when kited by opponents.
Only then could one avoid being targeted at their weak points and killed during battle.
Thus, typical battles between heroes were like this, with combatants switching between close combat and spellcasting modes at any time.
This was Yan Xing’s first time witnessing such a battle, and naturally, he felt surprised.
"Master..." Chui Chui, dressed like an electrician, reported from the consciousness space, "the power line layout is complete, and drones have set up an aerial electric grid in the combat airspace. Generator One is running at full power, and twenty percent of the embassy’s power equipment has been shut down."
While tracking the Jufeng Mercenary Group who were robbing the Gold, Yan Xing had issued commands to the embassy.
A team of bionic robots, carrying wires, transformers, and the necessary equipment, hurried towards this location. They moved across the rooftops in the city area, laying power lines along the way to the vicinity.
Then they connected the transformers and other equipment, assembled them, and branched off several lines to completely enclose the area.
Finally, drones carrying the wires constructed a huge electrical grid in the sky.
Current from the embassy was transmitted over. After voltage regulation, current distribution, and the creation of fluctuations, an electromagnetic field emerged in this region.
"Well done..." Hearing that Chui Chui had set up the electromagnetic field, Yan Xing became more confident about the upcoming fight.
After seeing the battle within the Silence Barrier, Yan Xing was apprehensive.
After all, having only been exposed to magic and combat skills for half a year, he had no real battle experience. Even during practice sessions, he hadn’t managed any truly proper training. This was either because he himself was busy, or because Count Theodore and Hibel were.