Chapter 1227: 390.Perfect with flaws_2
Even Morster, as a combat wizard who had experienced numerous battles big and small, couldn’t help but feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave at this moment.
“Eh, we’re going to die…”
Morster and the surviving companions silently held their ground, hoping for a possible turn of events.
The ones most likely to come to their aid were the other wizards trapped in the subway.
Turning around, Morster saw that the subway entrance was once again filled with laser beams, and it seemed unlikely that any wizards could rush out in the short term.
Glancing around the battlefield, including himself, there were only two or three teams struggling to break out.
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The sense of despair grew heavier in his heart, filling Morster with sorrow.
“It’s over, there’s a metal barrier under the ground, we can’t drill our way out of here.”
A companion sobbed next to him.
“Pfft…” A laser beam pierced through one companion’s body, igniting it.
As Morster silently mourned for his fallen companion, a voice entered his mind:
“Count to 10. After 10 seconds, cast ‘Earth Travel Spell’ straight down. I will break open the metal barrier and cover your escape.”
Morster felt somewhat dazed.
He suspected he was hallucinating.
How could he possibly be hearing the voice of Noland Lee Jarvis at this time?
“10, 9, 8, 7…”
The countdown voice ringing in his ears invigorated Morster!
He hadn’t misheard, it was indeed the voice of Noland Lee Jarvis!
“Follow me, quick! Follow me!”
Morster shouted at the two remaining companions by his side.
“3, 2, 1!”
The countdown ended, and Morster grabbed his companions’ arms, casting ‘Earth Travel Spell’, diving down like taking a plunge.
Their bodies, under the spell’s influence, turned into fine sand, slipping through the soil’s crevices, rapidly flowing straight downward.
At some point, the metal barrier that was supposed to block earth rock wizards from casting ‘Earth Travel Spell’ had developed an irregular crack. Morster and the two others smoothly passed through the blockade and swam through the soil, sprinting away from the battlefield.
From above ground came the curses of the metal series wizards:
“Damn it! Who is causing trouble underneath? Why is there a hole in our metal barrier!”
“Quick! Stop those earth rock wizards, don’t let them get away!”
“When did that hole appear! This is too bizarre! One second it wasn’t there, and the next, it suddenly appeared!”
The metal series wizards shouted and sent a small group after Morster and his team, who were moving below the surface.
As long as there was soil, the escape skills of an earth vein wizard were exceptionally strong.
The metal series wizards chasing Morster and his two companions laid down several metal barriers in succession, but they couldn’t stop Morster.
Like slippery eels, Morster and his companions always managed to smoothly navigate around the metal barriers.
The chasing metal series wizards, a small squad made of sixth and seventh circle metal system wizards, not many in number, only five, were frustrated at their inability to catch Morster and the other two, and decided to go all out. No longer trying to capture them alive, they moved with lethal intentions.
The five wizards joined forces to cast a spell that turned a large swath of soil into a scalding metallic torrent, the fiery red liquid metal suddenly closing off all escape routes for Morster and his team.
This was a ninth ring metal magic spell, whose name was as indicative of its appearance as its effect, called ‘Metallic Torrent’.
Not only could it trap enemies like a cage, but it could also use the superheated liquid metal to melt the enemies within the cage.
This time Morster and his team truly had no escape… the metal series wizards laughed wildly, enjoying the sight of their trapped foes struggle.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Several thunderous explosions burst near the metal series wizards.
Almost simultaneously, the bodies of the five metal series wizards were shattered by the ferocious non-metallic shells!
The metal series wizards who had been laughing and mocking Morster and his team just a second ago, had become scattered metal fragments the next.
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The scorching liquid metal, summoned by the five Metal System Wizards, turned back into soil.
Without the time to figure out what had happened, Morster and his two companions could only speed up their pace through the soil.
After running at least ten kilometers, they finally had a brief moment to catch their breath.
“Who saved us?”
“I don’t know…”
Listening to his companions’ conversation, Morster, with a baffled look in his eyes, shook his head and said,
“I don’t know either. Forget it. Let’s not dwell on this and quickly leave the Pollution Zone to inform the Department of Magic. Otherwise, those Wizards trapped underground are surely doomed.”
Resting briefly, the three set up the ritual array to leave the Pollution Zone.
Once the array was activated and white light flashed, the figures of the three disappeared without a trace.
Meanwhile, Noland had obtained the anti-demon materials from within the ‘Shadow Pouch’ and was preparing to retreat. noveldrama
With his Magic Vision, he saw the scene of Morster and the others leaving and felt a bit relieved, yet also somewhat helpless.
To help them escape, Noland was forced to use the Non-metallic Machinery Spirits, the Sentry Mechanism to be precise.
Those Non-metallic Shells, each as large as a human head, indeed crushed the Metal System Wizards’ bodies in an instant but did not manage to kill them outright.
The metallic fragments that whirled through the air reformed into five Metal System Wizards after a brief period.
Noland promptly used the “Veil of Different Worlds (Imitation)” to conceal the Non-metallic Shells, but as the forces acted on both objects, the Non-metallic Shells also left behind some fragments when they shattered the Metal System Wizards.
These fragments, exceedingly tiny, were impossible for Noland to locate and cover accurately at the moment, and were later discovered by the Metal System Wizards.
If those five Metal System Wizards took the dust left by the Non-metallic Shells to the Scholars’ Association for identification, they might be able to analyze the material and origin of the shells.
This undoubtedly left a significant flaw in Noland’s otherwise flawless operation.
If he were to be sought out by the Metal Ancestor Dragon in the future, Morster would definitely be to blame.
“Forget it… I’m not the only one using non-metallic ore from the Suman Archipelago. At least a hundred workshops on the Archipelago have the same inventory. I can mislead the Metal System Wizards’ investigation using a few workshops. If I handle it well, there’s still a chance for remedy.
As Noland considered his options, he set up the ritual array.
He had come to steal the anti-demon material, which was very risky and could have led to a direct confrontation with Tarsali, so he did not bring Denise with him.
Once Denise advances to the Sixth Ring, she could teleport from a Sub-Dimensional Plane and take him away.
Roughly estimating, Noland could enjoy this privilege in about half a year.
Noland, standing in the center of the array, took one last look at the dark land of the Pollution Zone, then activated the array, turning into white light and leaving the area.
After Noland’s departure, Tarsali, indulging in the cat-and-mouse game, finally caught all the Shadow Fragments using the complex underground pipelines.
As the Metal Ancestor Dragon, Tarsali should not have taken so much time.
However, it had to be extremely cautious not to use excessive force and rip apart the ‘Shadow Pouch’.
If the ‘Shadow Pouch’ were destroyed, what was inside would be utterly lost when the Storage Space was destroyed.
This principle was the same as forcibly destroying a Magic Pouch.
To ensure the anti-demon material was not accidentally destroyed, Tarsali had to gently control all the Shadow Fragments.
But when Tarsali meticulously inspected each Shadow Fragment and found no trace of the ‘Shadow Pouch’, it immediately had a bad feeling.
After scanning the battlefield through the Spirit connection with the Metal System Wizards, Tarsali flew into a rage.
The voice of the Ancestral Dragon rang simultaneously in the minds of all Metal System Wizards:
“Idiots! Useless!!! You let the Wizards escape!! One of those escaping Wizards is a despicable thief!! He took my anti-demon material!!”
Quivering, the Metal System Wizards came to a halt as the Metal Magic on the battlefield stagnated.
“Tell me now!! Which Wizards left the battlefield! Quick! One of them must be a thief!”
The Metal System Wizards hurriedly responded in their minds:
“I saw two Professors from the Hotams Nature Institute leave, but they were only their Magic Avatars…”
“Two Eighth Circle Wizards from the Lightning Attractors Association left the battlefield, my lord…”
“And three Seven-Ring Flame Bull Wizards, I personally saw them teleport away in a blaze…”
While everyone hastily reported, five Metal System Wizards returned to the battlefield from afar. Their act of abandoning their positions suddenly drew Tarsali’s disapproval.
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