Chapter 298: The First Time to Kill a General and Capture the Flag on the Mainland (Part 2)
"Catch him, catch him! Forget about the warlock, catch the lion first!"
Duke Darcy was impatient the first time he saw Lann. He patiently shouted at his own warlock leader, Alberich, and immediately pulled him out of the teleportation gate's induction state.
Everyone can distinguish the priorities. In terms of Nilfgaard's strategy, Rann is more important than Queen Meve and Demavi III combined.
The next moment, chaotic energy surged, and several bolts of lightning shot towards Lann's direction.
"Don't kill him, idiot, I want a living lion!" Duke Darcy suddenly became anxious when he saw the attacks of these warlocks. When he turned around, he saw his own bodyguards firing their bows at Lann, shouting angrily. , "No arrows allowed!"
The warlocks naturally knew this, and they deliberately controlled the power. This level of electric shock was enough to stun and maim people, but it would never kill them.
It's just that these lightnings didn't even have such a weak effect.
A bright yellow circular shield was seen in everyone's eyes, with Lan as the center and spreading out in all directions, firmly blocking all attacks aimed at him.
"Magic protection!" Someone from the Warlock Troop exclaimed, "The Lion really knows magic! But he was an orthodox knight a year ago..."
In addition to surprise, there was also deep jealousy in that voice. At this stage, most of the people who join the warlock troops and go to the front line are Warlock Academy dropouts who are not talented enough. They know that the cycle of learning magic is long. Many people will only finish learning the book knowledge of magic after studying for several years and be able to use Apple. Just float.
The magic shield that can hold up several warlocks like this will only appear in their dreams.
And what Lan used was not a magic shield, but something more advanced.
[Active Shield]: This allows Quen's seal to be transformed into a shield form. It requires mana to resist attacks and maintain the shield. Damage absorbed by the shield restores the witcher's health. (2/5)
Many of the skills Lann pointed out in the early stage for the purpose of survival and stacking armor have not appeared for a long time, such as [Undead Clan] that can be exempted from death damage.
Using offense instead of defense and evading is always Lann's first choice. He rarely stays injured in a stupid manner.
But now, the effect of [Active Shield] is working just right.
As lightning rippled on the bright yellow shield, Lan's face, which had become pale due to the potion's toxicity, suddenly began to turn rosy; at the same time, his head cleared, and the dizziness caused by crossing the portal disappeared. Without a trace.
At the same time, although each attack will cause Lann's magic value to drop slightly by one bar, this is only a drop in the bucket of Lann's huge total magic power, and the consumed magic power will soon be added to the magic potion. The magic power is replenished at the speed of recovery.
Lann, who was in even better shape than when he had just led the team to set off, looked around and fixed his eyes on the coalition elites who had previously fought for their own recovery time. His thoughts collided in his mind, and he suddenly had a plan in mind.
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On the other side, the Nilfgaardian Warlock saw that his attack could not break through Lan's shield, and the chaotic energy around him began to surge more and more.
The blazing temperature rises in their palms. This is the most lethal and violent fire magic among the four series of magic!
With a "boom", a huge explosion suddenly sounded where Lann was, and a massive impact spread from that place.
Duke Darcy was simply more nervous than the coalition soldiers, and his heart was in his throat. But when the smoke and dust dissipated, there was only the scorched black ground with a layer of skin hanging off it. Where was the Lion of Sintra?
"Ah!"
Screams and screams sounded, and a commotion suddenly broke out in the military camp. Duke Darcy followed the sound and saw the Lion of Cintra, who had just been in the direction of the warlock's attack, suddenly crossed a distance of dozens of yards and came to the side of a coalition soldier, still carrying the blood that had not dissipated. Yingying magic light spot.
Several arcs of light passed by, and Lann easily split several black-clothed soldiers surrounding the coalition elite into two halves like chopping melons and vegetables. Then he lightly patted the coalition elite on his body, and struck a blow between Duke Darcy and Duke Darcy. Before the warlocks could react, they disappeared again.
This situation repeated many times after that, with Lann turning into a golden stream of light and beating repeatedly in Nilfgaard's center. Each time, he would resolve the danger around the coalition soldiers, and then tap the opponent lightly.
The speed of his beating and the speed of swinging his sword were so fast, everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Before the Nilfgaardians could react, Lan had already circled around all the coalition soldiers like taking a leisurely stroll, and then flashed for the last time.
This time, Lann did not appear in front of the Nilfgaardian soldiers. Instead, bright emerald light appeared on the bodies of all the coalition soldiers.
[Teleport]
...
The light in front of him went out, his vision returned, and Lann stepped onto the wall of the capital of Livia.
Taking advantage of the time-slowing effect attached to the skill, Lan quickly took stock of his surroundings. There are already troops in black on the city wall who have begun to replace Livia's soldiers, but the handover is not over yet. The number of troops in black is less than one-third of the total number of soldiers on the wall.
very good.
Before his greaves could step firmly on the city wall, Lann flashed again, and this time he rushed directly into the Nilfgaardian team.
Step forward, turn shoulders, twist waist, spin - [Swivel Sword Dance]!
The Alice scimitar was also unsheathed by Lan at this moment. He held the weapons with both hands and danced to the accompaniment of the light and shadow of the sword in the crowd. The sharp blade seemed to have eyes and bypassed all the Livia soldiers and penetrated into the black clothes. Among the gaps in the army's armor.
It was only after Lan had circled around the crowd that the Livia soldiers guarding the city reacted. Seeing the Nilfgaardians around them spraying blood on their faces and falling to the ground one after another, they looked at Lann's back and murmured to themselves: "
Is it...reinforcements?"
It was also at this time that those who were teleported by Lann The coalition soldiers on the city wall were relieved.
Lann threw a coat of arms that he had asked for from Queen Miwe in advance to a Rivia knight who followed him.
"Take over the defenders in the city and organize a counterattack. After a while, I will kill their commander and then join forces with the troops outside to defeat the Nilfgaardians. Is there any problem?" Follow
Lan to carry out this mission. They are all elites from both countries, and the one Lann chose is a member of Queen Miwe's Royal Guards. He himself has the rank of a mid-level officer, so organizing a temporary counterattack is definitely not a problem.
Before coming here, I had prepared the worst case scenario of "Livia has fallen". Now that Livia still has the power to fight back, it is natural to make the most of it.
Seeing that the Rivia people were still a little dazed, Lan frowned and suddenly shouted: "For Queen Miwe!" The
muscle memory of all Rivia people was awakened at this moment, and their bodies thought ahead and responded: "For Queen Miwe!"
"Okay, very energetic." Lann nodded with satisfaction, flicked his cloak and was about to return to the battlefield.
The Aedirians who survived and were pulled to the city wall were a little commotion. Herela shouted to Lann: "Duke Lannister, where are we? Do you want to go back to face the enemy alone?"
Lann paused and shook his head. Shaking his head: "The organization of the defeated army needs as many officers as possible, and you can play the greatest role here." "
I hate to say this, but when you are around me, you are a bit in the way."
After that, the bright emerald man The light flickered, and the lost figure of the lion was lost in front of Black Leila's eyes.
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On the other side, the soldiers in black who had lost track of Lan were on guard everywhere.
Warlock Alberich is under the supervision of Commander Duke Darcy to re-feel the teleportation fluctuations in the space, trying to locate the figure of Lan who suddenly disappeared.
"We must not let the Lannister run away like this!"
Alberich was sweating profusely, and suddenly realized something was wrong, because he could only feel the traces left by the Aedirn Warlock's portal at the beginning, and Cintra There is absolutely no trace of magic fluctuations in the lion's movements.
It's like he's never used magic to flash around here.
But Alberich definitely couldn't report like this. He just said: "Duke Darcy, since they chose to raid and paid so many lives, they must have a plan, and they will never escape like this..."
"Do you want to pin the success rate of our operation on luck and the enemy's plan?" Duke Darcy has completely lost the demeanor of a court noble. "We must take the direction into our own hands, and find it quickly!"
A A sudden sound sounded.
...
"What you two said makes sense. Are you thinking of me?"
Duke Darcy and Warlock Alberich stopped in unison. They turned around and saw the Lion of Cintra. Back again.
He was half-crouching, with bits of golden light on his body that had not yet dissipated, and he opened his left hand and faced the ground.
Surprise appeared on Duke Darcy's face, and Alberich began to grow alarmed.
Warlocks can clearly feel the surging, oppressive, and selective chaotic energy in the surrounding air!
[Alder Sign·Alder Sweep·Bearing·Magic Explosion]!
It was completely different from the power of the cavalry unit he faced before. The magic power in Lann's body dropped by half like diving, and then continued to evaporate, turning into an ancient freezing wind that swept the battlefield.
This is a severe cold that even the presence of an ice giant would find too much, and would just want to hide in the mountains and hibernate to survive the cold.
The ice and snow instantly spread to everything in sight.
Screams sounded one after another, but they all stopped abruptly after a moment. Flesh, flesh, air, and metal turned into ice at this moment, becoming fragile in the face of the power comparable to nature.
One tent after another was lifted up and swept into the sky, and the big flag of Blue Fox and Black Sun was uprooted like an old tree, waving messily in the air, and then torn into pieces.
Lann's face paled slightly. Except for the last time he killed the female siren in the Skellige group, he had never used the seal so hard before.
But soon the alchemy potions in his blood vessels began to activate his body's potential. The mixture of various magic potions and decoctions not only enhanced his normal recovery speed of mana, but the stronger the seals he cast later, the faster he returned mana. faster.
His heavy breathing could not be covered up by the roaring wind in his ears. Lann stood in the eye of the storm but did not put away the weapon held in his right hand.
There was a vast expanse of white in front of him, like a blizzard in the mountains, but Lan could sense some fluctuations of chaotic energy at work.
With trembling hands, Alberich and the warlock troops behind him tried their best to hold up the protective shield, precariously protecting the few remaining senior officers of the Eastern Group Army.
With a "boom", another wave of telekinesis slanted in front of his eyes, like the roar of a giant dragon. The powerful impact made Alberich even more precarious.
[Alder Seal·Magic Explosion]
This time the seal does not have the ability to bless the wind and snow, and it dispels the obstruction of vision, allowing everyone in the field to slightly see the surrounding scene clearly.
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Duke Darcy's face was paler than the snow-covered land. He knew that Army Group East was finished.
Even if he can survive this experience, he will definitely not be able to complete the subsequent combat missions. When he returns to the empire, a more serious reckoning is waiting for him.
Just a moment ago, the surroundings were surrounded by camps of black-clad soldiers, but now only broken ice sculptures remained.
His own escorts, his own staff, the noble allies who followed him on the expedition, the descendants of his allies, and almost half of the mid-level and senior officers who did not return to command their respective companies, were all struck by the Lion of Sintra. Turned into an innocent soul.
"Blow the trumpet...blow the trumpet..." Only his lieutenants and a few confidants were protected by the warlock's protective shield because they were inseparable from him.
At this moment, Duke Darcy was trembling and ordered to them: "Blow the trumpet! Let the troops return to support and stop the Lannister!" "
Alberich! Teleportation gate, open the teleportation gate!" The blue fox of the empire was frightened. , no one can remain rational in the face of such a scene, "This is your duty, fulfill your duty!" Alberich's face became
even more ugly. He looked at Lann who was so busy in front of him, and suddenly began to waver. A huge amount of chaotic energy. In addition to the necessary manpower to maintain the protective shield, the warlock troops behind him also began to chant magic spells at the same time.
Suddenly, five extremely huge portals appeared in front of Lan and disappeared in a flash.
Such a huge portal is difficult to maintain, but it is enough for the things on the other side to arrive. A tall rock-body monster with a height of nearly two stories appeared in front of Lan, as well as four similar monsters one size smaller than it beside it.
The body was made of granite, and fire burst out from the gaps in the chest, joints, and body, as if lava was flowing.
Fire elemental golem.
A warlock would definitely not be able to gather this level of wealth. Ever since the Battle of Sodden Hill, when the soldiers of the North, with the support of the Warlock Brotherhood, first repulsed Nilfgaard, the Emperor of the Empire has given full importance to magic.
He learned the lessons of failure and vigorously supported the domestic magic academies. These five golems are the result.
Lan raised his head slightly. Even the smaller golems were much taller than those he had seen in Thomas Moreu's laboratory, not to mention the one in the middle, which could almost be reached. The ice giant's upper abdomen.
As expected of Nilfgaard, he is indeed wealthy.
There was a flash of golden light, and Lan activated [Flash].
After passing these five demon statues and the protective shield set up by the warlock troops, Lan came to Alberich.
The warlock was supporting a real portal, but unfortunately he had no chance to step into it to escape. The golden light that was brighter than the portal in front of him was already between him and his way out.
Insurmountable.
In the warlock's horrified eyes, Lann chuckled and waved his sword.
Blood splattered.
(End of chapter)