1373 Ambush Part 2 (2/2)

Ding...

A needle flew at him, banging the Mirror of Fate. The needle rattled for a second before letting out a shrill noise. Then it turned around and flew away. Fycro pulled the mirror, which was flying in front of him, with fright. Taking it in his hand, he saw the mirror was so tangled with starlight he could barely make out any images.

The constellation power Saleen had cast from the Star Gathering Needle muddled the mirror's ability to see fate.

The godly item in Fycro's possession was still powerful though. The constellation power Saleen had cast was gradually absorbed by the Mirror of Fate.

But then again, constellation power, which possessed the ability to affect fate, would have robbed part of the godly item's functions before they were absorbed.

Saleen intended to break the mirror, but the needle he had used with not a level-19, so it was impossible for him to destroy Fycro's godly item. Through that trial alone, Saleen knew that his teacher was right: If he used his family badge, Fycro might reflect his lightning attack back at him.

That action would have temporarily damaged Fycro's godly item; not even magic towers could withstand a reflected lightning attack.

Jason's judgment was still stronger than Saleen's. Saleen inspected the Star Gathering Needle in his hand and noticed its damaged tip. That was a level-18 Star Gathering Needle. That Mirror of Fate did indeed possess the ability to reflect attacks.

By virtue of the strength of its material alone, the level-18 Star Gathering Needle would not have been damaged; it would have remained intact.

The ability to reflect an attack was a terrifying thought. Saleen wondered what would happen if he cast the Crystal Finger onto the mirror instead of Fycro and concluded it would have ended up killing him. He thanked his teacher for reminding him of this important detail.

There was another problem then: If I can't attack Fycro, will I ever be able to kill him?

Jason got an answer when Saleen was still pondering this question. Hundreds of mages began to cast magic attacks aimed at Fycro trapped inside Endless Night.

The size of the mirror in Fycro's hand expanded tenfold, thereby blocking his whole body. Those magic attacks, regardless of type, were all reflected back to where they came from.

Fycro wasn't tracking where the magic attacks had originated at that time. He knew that the starlight Saleen had cast earlier was also a trap.

Without the protection of that powerful godly item, that thin needle might have injected constellation power into Fycro's body…and that definitely would have been problematic for his divine fire to dispel in time.

The truth was, all Saleen's equipment and skills would have posed a threat to him. Fycro developed a colossal headache just thinking about it.

But he still refused to leave. While the Endless Night was definitely powerful, it was impossible to trap him. Until he could pinpoint Saleen's location, Fycro was determined to stay put.

Even if he used the mirror to break through the Endless Night, the magic tower would have recorded everything, enabling his enemies to peer into the secrets of his godly item.

If Saleen wanted to tap into this information, the mage would have to pay the price one way or another.

Fycro decided he didn't have to kill Saleen right away. Saleen's teacher, the mage called Jason, was actually capable of casting level-13 magic attacks. Worse still, that level-13 magic attack was powerful enough to morph into a level-14 magic attack.

The difference between each level after level-13 was comparable to that between one whole rank before level-9, which was essentially a difference of three levels.

After hundreds of magic attacks were reflected, hundreds more came. All those spells were extremely complex and did not seem to repeat. Jason was using this type of attack to learn which forms of magic were most effective in deflecting Fycro's attacks.

After several rounds of attacks, Jason was able to make that determination, more or less. Dark elemental magic was the toughest one to reflect among all types of elemental magic. Magic spells that were not categorized by elemental types were even harder to resist.

”Violet Angel!”

The Violet Angel heeded Saleen's order and began beating the War Drum of Fear. The sound went straight into Fycro's ear and mind. The Mirror of Fate couldn't reflect that.

It was impossible to reflect such skills, and even if someone succeeded in doing so, Saleen wouldn't have been harmed. Because the War Drum of Fear was selective in its attacks, it was not possible for Saleen to use area-of-effect attacks that were indiscriminate in a battlefield setting.

That would have ended up killing all his soldiers.

Fycro continued casting over a dozen divine skills that only served to weaken the drum's attacks instead of completely shutting out the attacks.

Fycro could wait no longer. Saleen's skill and edge in numbers were too much for him. Fycro had resisted over 1000 attacks in less than 20 seconds. Even though they were essentially harmless, he just couldn't ignore them.

The Endless Night was still eating away at his body, forcing him to take out a scroll.

That scroll had no holy prose on it and was sealed using a rune charm array. Fycro undid the seal and unraveled it. Intense light spread out with him at the center, nullifying the Endless Night around him.

The very reason Fycro wasted his most powerful level-13 scroll was that he didn't want to use the Mirror of Fate. That mirror would have been the key to killing Saleen; wasting the scroll was an act of desperation.

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