431 Mages are Afraid of Gangsters Part 1 (1/2)

The white robed mage walked over while Gurney tried to regulate his breathing. He laid on one side of his head and kept his ear close to the ground and listened to the mage's footsteps. His eyesight could not make out the symbol that was on the white robed mage, he was not sure of what level mage he was. If he was not a grade-1 mage, he could kill him instantly.

Saleen taught Gurney a couple of times, so Gurney knew that the fastest released magic would be a Wind Blade spell. It could possibly split metal instantly too. He changed his magic armor and the white robed mage that walked over could kill him a dozen times in a second.

The two pirates next to Gurney lowered their heads, showing their respect towards the mage. In actual fact, they were afraid that their enemy would catch them.

The white robed mage was satisfied with the two pirates' action. The two pirates retreated while the white robed mage came before Gurney. Gurney could feel his heart pumping.

It was too exciting to kill a mage. The white robed mage could feel the body changes of the military officer on the ground. He was an expert in anatomy of the human body and he knew that the officer had a lung injury and that was a normal response.

To save mental power, the white robed mage stood one meter before Gurney's body and released restorative water.

Unless he was prepared to release two spells beforehand, when a mage finish releasing the first magic, there would be a pause before the second spell. The time period was very short. For magic that could be released instantly, it would be less than a second.

What Saleen said rang in Gurney's mind. He knew that he only had less than a second's opportunity.

Gurney was not there to risk his life. To risk his life at such close distance, he would rather take two magic spells and hurt the mage. Then, his allies behind him could kill the mage. Gurney calculated precisely, before the restorative water slipped into his body. He sat up straight and head butted the lower body of the white robed mage.

A man's vital part being harmed, the white robe mage groaned in pain. It sounded just like a high level magic Demon's Roar.

A mage needed a stable elemental environment and stable mental state to cast magic. The mage's lifeblood was nearly broken by Gurney and his mental state would not be stable. He dared not cast any attack magic, otherwise, it was very likely that the magic would explode in his hands.

The white robed mage released an invisible shield immediately. He was terrified and dared not attack Gurney, so he retreated. If a mage did not cast the Windspeed spell, how could he be faster than a swordsman.

Gurney attacked all of a sudden and by then, there were more than twenty Barbarians that entered Fort Strand. They dashed towards the main entrance directly.

Fort Strand was not a militarized fortress, so there was no magic set up at the door. The Barbarians ran to the door and took out a paper bag that was covered in oil from their pouch. They spat and pasted it onto the door. They then took out a magic match and set the paper bag on fire.

At that season, Phoenix was so cold that the earth was frozen. Their saliva almost instantly turned into ice and froze on the door.

There was magic powder wrapped in the paper bag, used for alchemy purposes. The burning temperature was extremely high and adhesive. Unless it was put out by magic, it would never be extinguish even with water.

The six meter high wooden door was suddenly on fire. The place where the fire began burning had a big hole that was almost a person's height very quickly.

If Fort Strand had a strategic post, the city door would have broken dragon stone. With that, the city gate would be blocked by a huge rock. The city gate of Fort Strand was wrapped with metal and wood on the inside.

The wood was processed and it could not be burnt, but magic powder had dissolving power, even metal could not resist. Of course, magic powder at such level was too expensive and most mages would rather use magic a nucleus to prompt the magic array than to use such magic powder to replace alchemy.

There was a big hole at the city door and the defending soldiers could not be so stupid not know what was going on. The low level officer immediately commanded the soldiers to pounce on their enemy.

The Barbarians carried iron shields behind them and the defence soldiers flaw was that they did not notice. Why would a soldier that was escaping carry such a heavy item?

Without suitable weapons, the Barbarians might as well have swung the iron shield with one hand and held the short sword with another while they guarded the city gate. Very quickly, there were more than a hundred of Barbarians that rushed in through the small gate and formed a shield formation.

The iron shields of the Qin Empire were highly sophisticated and there were battle axe warriors among the defence soldiers. A battle axe of more than twenty pounds could ignite vigorous sparks and leave a mark on the iron shields but could not break them. As for crossbows, they could not damage the iron shields at all.

The strength of a Barbarian was too strong, they were holding their iron shield and they could even withstand the calvary rushing against them. Of course, if there was a grand mage that threw magic over, all of them would vanish. That was, unless all of them were wearing the magic armor that Saleen made. Even when they wore the magic armor, it did not mean that the magic attack was ineffective, it would most likely reduce the damage.