Mage Veigar

Chapter 824: Devoured by Fear
It has been seven days since I returned to Saint Laurent City.

During these seven days, although Vega did not disclose Alysia's identity to the whole country, he still explained the situation to several core members and sent a guard to protect her safety.

At first, Vega was worried that Shia would have objections.

But later Vega discovered that Xia didn't care about this matter. Instead, she liked this well-behaved and obedient sister very much. The two simple people became very good friends in just a few days.

of course.

Vega did not tell anyone that Meru had ordered Alissa to marry him no matter what. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether Shia, who had a strong sense of possessiveness, self-esteem, and insecurity, could get along with him so happily.

Finished these chores.

Veigar could finally take out the rune page with confidence and start learning the newly acquired star shadow magic.

This magic is different from the previous ones. It belongs to the dark magic branch among the three major branches of shadow mages.

This branch of magic mainly imitates elemental mages, using range magic to attack, and looks more like traditional elemental magic used in frontal warfare.

But almost no one studies this branch.

The reason is very simple, there are too many restrictions on this branch.

Under certain conditions, shadow mages who specialize in dark arts are indeed more powerful than fire elemental mages of the same level, but there is a hard requirement, which is that they must do so in the dark.

Once in the daytime.

The shadow magic of the dark branch will be greatly weakened, and its power is even inferior to that of wind and earth mages, and it can only reach one third of the destructive power. Most frontal battles happen to take place during the day, which causes most shadow mages to choose to major in trickery or shadow magic instead of dark magic.

Of course, this is also related to the needs of the military.

Similarly, two mages used in frontal combat are standing here. Instead of choosing the dark magic branch that can only exert its full strength at night, it is better to directly choose the elemental mage who is relatively stable and can play a role in any situation around the clock.

Therefore, dark magic is generally useless, and no shadow mage is willing to major in it.

When Vega first learned that this was a branch of dark magic, he was actually a little disappointed.

But after understanding the effect of this magic, Vega was somewhat overjoyed.

This is real war magic.

The name of the magic is 'Fear Devour'.

The effect of magic inherits the mystery and weirdness of the Shadow Mage. It can absorb the fear of friendly forces on the battlefield and transfer this fear to the enemy, affecting their combat capabilities.

only……

This conversion rate is quite low, only about one percent.

But even so, it still cannot conceal the horror of this war magic.

In a war, once soldiers develop fear, they will flee and retreat without authorization, and it is impossible to stop them by relying on the warlord. But if this magic is used at that time, it can absorb all the fear of friendly troops, making them move forward like a brainwashed death squad.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this characteristic that this magic is qualified to be called a star.

need to know.

In the ancient times when magic was at its most glorious, mages from every system were working hard to develop magic for use in wars. Perhaps as soon as a powerful magic was developed, the hostile mages would develop a counter magic. It seems that at that time this magic must have had its natural enemies, but now is the end of the law era.

this means.

This magic will be utilized to the maximum extent without worrying about any countermeasures from the enemy.

As long as he uses this magic on the battlefield, even cannon fodder can be transformed into an elite army.

Indeed.

For the so-called elite troops, the overall strength is actually secondary. What is really important is the fearlessness of death.

As long as you have a heart that is not afraid of death, no enemy is invincible.

Therefore, this magic was regarded as a war treasure by Veigar. "Finally, I got another real trump card."

The moment he learned magic, the pressure that had accumulated on Vega was finally relieved a little.

This magic alone is enough to increase the chances of winning against the World Alliance by three percent next year.

Three percent is already a lot.

In Vega's previous prediction, taking all means into account, the winning rate is less than 0.01%.

----

Frost fell.

Three months later, it was late autumn.

On the border, the Jialan Army continued to build defenses over and over again, turning the border into an iron barrel.

Regarding the movements of the Jialan Army, the Imperial Army's attitude has undergone a 180-degree change, from being surprised at first, to being vigilant later, and now to being indifferent.

That's right.

Habit is a rather terrible thing.

If you have walked the same road ten thousand times, you will no longer pay attention to the scenery along the way. If you have eaten the same dish a thousand times, you will no longer look forward to the taste of this dish.

The Imperial Army had long ceased to be on guard against the Galan Army.

In addition, winter is about to come, and this time is the least suitable season for marching and fighting.

All of these made Foster and Eldir conclude that the Galan Army was not going to attack but to defend.

In the Immortal City of the Imperial Capital.

Eldir, who was almost pathologically cautious, ordered Foster and Tils to withdraw.

However, with only the withdrawal of 160 million reinforcements, there were still about to defenders in the major cities.

In Eldir's opinion, with this group of defenders, even if an accident occurs, they can probably hold out until reinforcements arrive.

After all, they were defending the city, and in such cold weather, how could the long-distance Jialan army defeat them in a short time and take the city from them? Eldir did not abandon his morbid caution after all.

But what he didn't know was.

Marching and fighting is never a one-man job. If one cannot do everything possible to convey his ideas to soldiers and officers, no one will take his almost pathological caution seriously, and they may even say he is timid.

In any case, his order was quickly conveyed to the border.

Foster, unable to wait, officially announced the withdrawal of troops half a month before the arrival of early winter.

He stood on the tower of Kaleini and looked into the distance: "Next spring, wait for me, Jialan Empire."

creak-

The city gates were reopened.

The city of Kareni, which had been closed until now, announced the lifting of the state of war, and the thick smell of gunpowder completely disappeared at this moment.

As soon as the Empire withdrew its troops, Hausman in the City of Ice and Fire finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ahem...the troops are finally withdrawing."

Hausmann seemed to be unable to bear the cold weather, but he was surprisingly energetic: "Carefully avoiding the owner to steal things in the middle of the night, specially choosing secluded alleys where no one would be discovered to kill people, and sending an army to attack unexpectedly? Such sneaky things are simply the worst of the worst, and a real general would never bother to do them."

In a tone of extreme confidence.

Hausman Christian showed a rare cruel smile: "Foster Nolan, let me tell you what the real conspiracy is. If you want to catch up with that little devil, this is just the beginning!"

(End of this chapter)