117 Going for War Part 2 (1/2)

For hundreds of years, the Qin Empire had not had an emperor who would personally lead troops into battle, and the imperial code had been covered in dust. But today, the code had been uncovered once more, and some traditions had also been dug out along with it. One example was tonight’s banquet inside the palace for various officials.

How many nobles were there in the imperial capital? No one knew, but Saleen and the other mages would not be participating in the banquet. All of them would stay in their rooms and practice.

Saleen asked Sika to come over to his room and stay with him and Nailisi, so that they could observe how he controlled the witcher spider.

First, Saleen cast twenty-four water shields and arranged them in front of the witcher spider in the shape of a distorted snake. Then, the witcher spider jumped before lunging at the water shields. A phantom image flashed from the front legs of the spider and silently tore down the water shields.

The witcher spider and the water shields were both controlled by Saleen. Ever since Saleen had learned the Figaro formula, he had been able to control the water shields and enable their toughest defenses against the attacks by the witcher spider. However, he could not use the Figaro formula in battle yet. In reality, the water shield had already exceeded Saleen’s grade, with its defenses being that of Grade 4.

Magic shields had their weak points, but Saleen had directed the witcher spider to attack their strong points and the spider had still been able to destroy the shields.

”That’s brilliant!” Sika drew her boomerang and threw it towards one of Saleen’s water shields. With a ”chi” sound, the boomerang slid past the bubble-like water shield. The shield shrank a little but did not break.

Saleen had not been able to calculate the angle from which the boomerang would strike the water shield, and he also had not been able to adjust the point of contact on the shield in that instant. Sika was not a puppet. To her, the water shield only had Grade 3 defenses.

The boomerang flew out and turned around in midair, striking the same water shield that had shrunk. A dim light appeared and the water shield shrank by more than half, nearly destroyed.

Saleen was astonished. Sika’s boomerang did not have the ability to counteract magic and his water shield had been transformed so it was no longer related to the original magic. The bubble-like water shield could negate most of the impact and had only absorbed less than twenty percent of that strike.

Even so, Sika could already nearly destroy a water shield with just two attacks.

Nailisi pounced on another water shield. She tried scratching the shield but her fingers simply slid past it. Nailisi stared at her fingers in shock and extended her fingernails, displeased that she had not been able to break the shield. The razor sharp nails tried to tear at the shield, but they slid past the shield once again.

Saleen was relieved. After grasping the Figaro formula, he had made changes to the water shield. Its Grade 1 defenses were now equivalent to Grade 3 defenses. This spell was Saleen’s lifeline. Testing the water shield, its effectiveness was great. Sika and Nailisi did not have the capabilities to destroy the shield.

Saleen stopped controlling the witcher spider, realizing that the witcher spider exhausted a large amount of magic nuclei. After the witcher spider had broken more than ten water shields, three out of the six magic nuclei had been used up.

Nailisi stared at the water shield levitating in front of her. The shield was larger than her face and was translucent, with mist inside of it. Under the light from the crystal lamp, there were mysterious magic patterns in the shield which looked abnormally beautiful.

Suddenly, Nailisi opened her mouth, her rosy red lips transforming into a gaping maw in that instant. She bit down on the water shield.

Kacha!

The crisp sound of the shield being broken filled the room. The shield had been destroyed by Nailisi’s teeth. Nailisi was overjoyed and reverted to her normal form, snorting her nose towards Sika proudly. Nailisi thought to herself, If I were an adult, my fingers would be stronger and wouldn’t slide past that weird thing. But even now, nothing can stop my teeth.

Sika held out her hand and told Saleen, ”Give it to me!”

Saleen took out Sika’s cudgel from his Ring of Gifts and walked over to her, giving her the cudgel. The cudgel was extremely heavy, and it was not easy for Saleen to carry it and walk. If other mages had tried it, they would have definitely fallen to the ground straightaway.

Sika took the cudgel, waved it about easily, then ferociously struck an undamaged water shield with the cudgel.

As the cudgel raced through the air, it emitted a strange whimper. This whimper was not the sound of the magic beast soul, as the beast soul had disappeared. This was the natural strength the cudgel now possessed after its transformation.

Poo…

The water shield broke, releasing a cloud of mist into the air. Saleen was stunned. Had the cudgel reached the standard of a piece of holy equipment? This was no surprise. After all, Faerun had become a sorcerer because of the cudgel’s transformation, so the cudgel definitely possessed some unique power.

What level of warrior was Sika considered to be now? She did not practice the sword aura, and all of her accomplishments relied on her inborn strength. If things continued like this, would Sika eventually reach a plateau?

”Sika, how old are you this year?” Saleen recalled that Caucasus people shared a special bloodline. In their lifetime, they would go through a few evolutions. If Sika had not evolved yet, she would experience an increase in power at least three more times.