610 Genesis Part 1 (1/2)
A real giant would be over one-hundred yards tall, but giants had long disappeared from the face of the plane. A twenty yard tall fellow already could not be stopped, at least not by them.
The mages cast several Quicksand spells obstructing the several mutated soldiers. There were over a hundred soldiers who were that tall while the magic chords of a grade-3 mage could only release twelve level-3 spells. The two mages had been maintaining their battle rhythm, so they were still left with eighty percent of their magic chords, but it still was not sufficient to deal with so many gigantic enemies.
Very soon, over a hundred soldiers had been captured, then they were tossed into the white fog a distance away. These soldiers began swallowing the white fog. Gradually, their bodies started expanding.
”My God, I do not wish to use such a cruel technique anymore. I hope the enemy will retreat and stop deploying more reinforcements.” The red bishop mumbled as he put away the book in his hand.
”Hypocrite!” A black deacon suddenly appeared.
”What are you doing here?!” The red bishop was startled.
”Relax, the spell array has been completed, I have come over to see if any assistance is required. To think that you are more ruthless than us, using such a technique. The souls of those soldiers should be disintegrated.”
”Are you here to insult me? Turns out that the head inquisitors have already overridden the pope!” the red bishop lashed out as he lost his composure.
”I am not, you are the leader of this mission. I am just here to take a look. If you do not want my help, I will leave right away.”
”Help? Fine, then go break that metal house.” The red bishop pointed at the metal barrack standing amidst the sea of flames.
”Break it? Great Bishop, please look at the type of spell surrounding that house. If I am not mistaken, it is the snowkill. Given my abilities, I will be dead meat if I go over.”
”Scram if you cannot help.”
”Oh dear, you are the most devout believer, but you are starting to spout vulgarities.” The black deacon laughed as he soared into the sky and entered an even thicker fog.
This time around the inquisition had recruited two black deacons and a dozen soul reapers at the rank of a first class high priest to cooperate with the red bishop and set a trap there. The inquisition did not really have the intention to respect this red bishop. This plan was originally conceptualized by the inquisition. After the head inquisitors managed to persuade the pope the pope then ordered this red bishop who had been concealing himself in Qin for many years to execute the plan.
In the heart of the black deacons the head inquisitors reigned supreme while the pope could only govern those who were inflexible. The red bishop was one such inflexible follower. He was obviously killing people, so why was he particular about the methods used?
At the northern gates of Northtown another emblem group had been assembled. This time around this emblem group contained Black Metal Grand Swordmasters, grade-5 grand mages, grade-6 assassins, and a few large chariots which were clearly carrying intermediate size magic equipment.
More chariots were gathered following behind this emblem group. They were catapults that were able to attack from several miles away.
A grade-4 mage stood beside the commander of this emblem group. This gray-robed mage held a compass in his hands. This compass had partitions in it and there were over five-hundred tiny red dots depicted on the part indicating the northern region.
”We have lost four-hundred and thirty-two men. If we still do not go over the whole army will be exterminated,” the grade-4 mage claimed.
Qin's elite troops were permanently affixed with a level-0 spell, so their life status could be determined within a distance of one-hundred miles. Normal soldiers or peasants did not receive such treatment. The moment these people were confirmed to be killed in action, pensions would be immediately disseminated. The family members of the soldier would be arranged to enter the army and thus receive the corresponding treatment.
This was also one of the methods a general used to evaluate a battle. The one-thousand man team of elite troops had been depleted by half, while the second emblem group had to carry large appliances. There was no way to render aid quickly. There were another over three-thousand auxiliary troops at the back who were transporting components used for building large chariots.
An hour had already passed. The rescue team set off while there were two-hundred soldiers left at Green Dragon Stone. These two-hundred soldiers were above the standard of a swordmaster, there were some mages too. That was why the rescue mission had to proceed. In fact, even if these people were dead, Qin would still recover their bodies.
The emblem group commander just could not understand why the general was not willing to send more people. The general should have deployed sorcerers for the rescue. It seemed sufficient to bring along huge quantities of equipment to Green Dragon Stone even though it did not really conform to the rules.
Saleen and over two-hundred soldiers sought refuge in the metal barrack. The snowkill would continuously lower the temperature of the barrack, so the soldiers inside would not feel any discomfort. The volume of air was still adequate, as the magic installation kept providing fresh air. As long as there was a magic nucleus in this installation it could continue working until the shelf life of the equipment was up.
Since there were so many grand mages within the metal barrack, they could absorb the polluted air into their spatial equipment. Saleen even utilized the Dimension Stone. These people would have died long ago in this tiny space otherwise.