512 Black sandstorm Part 2 (2/2)
After Saleen blessed Eleanor with a Water Shield, he released another twelve ice thorns to encompass Eleanor.
The rock spear crumbled at that moment. The gigantic bubble formed by the Water Shield rocked about the twelve ice thorns a few times before freezing firmly together with them.
Eleanor nodded gratefully at Saleen. Even though such a tumble could not really hurt her, it was true that she did not have any good countermeasures for it. If she were to roll about haphazardly in front of a group of swordmasters it would be shameful.
The metal house was suspended in air for about an hour before smashing to the ground with a thud. Everyone was prepared, so no one got hurt. After the mages cast the Chunlin Spell, the swordmasters who fell in a regulated fashion soon regained their consciousness. Their fatigue was also removed.
Fortunately, none of the people vomited.
”How do we get out?” Saleen asked Lex. The metal house was built in a modular format, so it was tightly sealed, even water could not seep in. If it was not for the mages casting wind magic to create fresh air, everyone would have suffocated inside. A mysterious creature had struck the exterior of the house, deforming one side of the wall.
It was impossible to use magic to unlock the metal house anymore. Lex laughed bitterly, then said, ”It's up to you.”
The remaining people could grind the wall away, it was just that Saleen's water flow would not consume many magic chords, and was quicker. Since there might be danger outside, everyone had to maintain their offensive powers.
Saleen slapped the gourd hanging around his waist, and a green water flow flew out, and began drilling a hole in the wall. The hardness and strength of this metal wall was similar to that of the metallized steel rocks in the temple. Nevertheless, Saleen only needed half an hour to cut a one yard square opening.
Two swordmasters crawled out swiftly, followed by Wild Bear.
The mages were the last to exit. When Saleen left the metal house, he felt fortunate when he saw the situation outside the structure. The black sand particles had worn away almost half of the extremely sturdy metal wall. It would have been impossible for him to make an opening so quickly otherwise.
That also meant that everyone's calculations were wrong. The metal house had only been in the sandstorm for less than two hours, yet half of its thickness was gone by then. If the sandstorm lasted for four hours, the black sand would have definitely penetrated the house.
”Something is amiss!” Nailisi looked up to the sky, and there were clouds. The clouds were thin, but the strange thing was that the sun could not be spotted. It was not strange to see clouds in a desert because there sometimes was rainfall. It was broad daylight but there was no sun though. This caused Saleen to feel like he had returned to the hell of god's punishment. Everything around him had become unfamiliar.
The thin clouds were converging towards each other. Lex turned around to look at that colossal metal house. Saleen immediately understood that the metal was very expensive. The house was too huge, and given Lex's mental strength, she could not store the whole thing.
”I will segment it, you can calculate our bearings.”
Saleen wasted no time, he continued using the water flow to dissect this lifesaving metal house. Lex took out the magic compass, trying to determine their current position. She realized that the needle of the magic compass was turning about chaotically, it was impossible to measure a set of definite coordinates.
The warriors had scouted the surroundings, there was currently no danger. In front of them was a huge crater. The terrain there was similar to that of Gobi, the black sand was very shallow.
Lex immediately took out the magic war chariots and instructed the mages to go onboard first. Saleen also seized the opportunity to release the skeletal warhorses. Lex then took out the remaining dozen war puppets. The war puppets would act as cannon fodder, protecting everyone at the periphery.
”Our bearings cannot be calculated.”
”What do you mean by that?” Saleen's hands never stopped working, they were still segmenting the metal.
”The compass has malfunctioned as there is no sun. I can't even calculate the coordinates using the other method.”
Every mage who knew alchemy would have a magic clock. If the sun could be seen, they would be able to calculate their geographical coordinates by referring to the sun's position and the current time. There was no sun at the moment though.
”Are we lost?”
”Whether or not we are lost, we have to leave at once.” Lex looked at the yet to be segmented metal house with much pain, the pieces of armor that house could create! Even if the copper and thorium were extracted from the metal, it was still a sizeable fortune.
If everyone cooperated, the metal house could be segmented instantly. The depleted Sword Aura and magic chords could not be replenished immediately though. The clouds were gathering though, the moment it rained, there was a possibility that there were billions of fish eggs in the huge crater up ahead.
”Saleen… leave it.” Lex turned around and glanced at it with much reluctance, then she boarded the magic war chariot. Now was not the time to be stingy.
Saleen was also helpless. It was precisely because the quality of the metal was too good that he could not segment it swiftly. If it was normal raw steel, or preliminary steel ingots, his level-4 water flow could cut them like blocks of wood.
The wind brought along traces of water vapor. Saleen withdrew his water flow, then dragged Sika and Nailisi aboard the magic war chariot.
What ought to be given up, had to be given up.