1063 Eerie Divine Spell Part 1 (1/2)
Outside the mountains, the winged skeleton, Jola, and Nicholas led the spirits to search for enemies. The terrain was complex, but spirits searched for humans by sensing their presence. Thousands of spirits weaved between the rocks in the dark. Red soul flames lit up, shining light on the land nearby.
At times, there were Tanggulasians discovered. They soon had tens of spirits gang up on them. Regardless of if the Tanggulasians resisted or surrendered, the spirits killed anyone they were able to find per the Soldier's orders.
The army that Saleen attacked was only a quarter of that was deployed into the mountains. The army was near Daliang City and had professionals to back them. The other three divisions only had about 20 thousand each, and there were hardly any level-9 professionals to lead them.
After taking that particular army out, he waited for Tanggulasian reinforcements to show.
The moon hung high in the sky and the air was cold. Screams were heard from the mountain every now and then. The shrieks and prayers for mercy were abruptly cut off, signaling the loss of a life.
Saleen realized that he must seem like the devil from their scriptures to those who were in the Holy See.
They were however, not wrong to think so. Even if the Holy See had no intentions of invading Qin, the army of Metatrin would invade the Tanggulasi Empire sooner or later. There was no right or wrong in it. No one cared what conventional troops thought about things in turbulent times.
The moon in the sky shone with blinding light, as if a red sun was hanging in the sky instead. Hundreds of shapes flew from Daliang City. They were all wrapped in that ball of light as they headed for Saleen's Magical Element Tower.
Saleen's pupils dilated. ”Someone is capable of taking hundreds with them in flight?” To do such a thing one would have to have a very powerful godly item or be of grade-10.
Regardless of which it was, Saleen knew that the upcoming battle was one where he needed help from equipment.
Saleen's Magical Element Tower was masked by Lex's illusion. Lex had created a large-scale illusion of a specter of her. There was also an 'enemy' before her in the illusion. Both sides fought a fierce battle in the illusion. Divine and magic spells flew about all over the place. The huge specter of Lex seemed to be on the losing side, as the illusion magic cast became increasingly weak.
Saleen looked at that ball of light and saw a middle-aged holy master in it, taking 240 black-robed holy masters with them. Saleen had never seen anything like that.
There were thousands of mages in the Kingdom of Metatrin, but only a few dozens were deployed that time. Their battles were mostly fought using warriors. The number of holy masters was somewhat higher than mages, but high-level holy masters were definitely fewer than high level mages.
All of those 240 black-robed holy masters had to be over grade-4 four and below grade-8. The middle-aged holy master who took the lead shone with light so bright that it was rather painful for the Elemental Eye to look at.
Saleen was able to tell clearly that the 240 holy masters were channeling powers to the one who took the lead, as if the middle-aged holy master was a god of some kind, taking in the power of faith from their adherents.
”Eleanor, can you lock on to that fellow?” Saleen shared his senses with Eleanor. His mental powers were beyond level-10, yet he dared not stay in contact with Eleanor like that. He had to because the holy master was ten miles away and Eleanor was unable to see so far herself.
Eleanor sensed the enemy's presence in an instant and said to Saleen, ”I can't do it. That fellow is armed with some very powerful equipment. I need to advance to the next level before I can even try.”
Saleen hesitated as he opened the window of the Magical Element Tower and raised his left hand. Star charts spun slowly on the Starline Bangle, summoning the Thunder Dragon Blaster. Four dragon claws wrapped around Saleen's hand and the mouth of the thunder dragon opened, ready to fire icicles wrapped in lightning rules.
Saleen equipped his Starline Mask. The holy light swirling about the holy master's body was completely bypassed, turning it into energy flow under the observation of his left eye.
The holy master rose sharply and increased their speed, shaking away the targeting of the Thunder Dragon Blaster in an instant.
Saleen had no choice but to put his equipment away. The holy master was not exceptionally powerful; it was their equipment that was notable. The distance between them was too far. Even if Saleen was able to lock on to the holy master in an instant again, the holy master would simply shake the attack off again when the icicle flew close.
Having gathered powers from more than 200 subordinates, Saleen had no certainty of being able to end them with one shot, regardless of how powerful his equipment was. Saleen had done a thorough analysis, determining that the holy master was simply using their subordinates as scapegoats. If his attack was unable to lock onto them alone, even if the shot was a hit, the subordinates would take the brunt.
While the Thunder Dragon Blaster was powerful, there was no telling how many attacks it would take to kill. Even if there were just 30 of them, six consecutive attacks would have been less than enough to kill all of them.
Saleen had never expected to face such a problem. He came to understand why Nicholas had turned his back on the Holy See in such a clear-cut manner. When Nicholas was of a high-level, so he definitely had seen some inner workings. The internal classifications of the Holy See were far more brutal than that of nobles.
”Bing, back off. Do not tangle with those people.” Saleen contacted the winged skeleton in a hurry. Regardless of how powerful the winged skeleton had gotten, he was still a spirit, and holy masters' spells worked against spirits.