Above the mage!

Chapter 283 The Right Path

"Forbidden necromancy!" Sunaifa's already cold expression turned even colder after seeing this scene.

Necromancer spells that resurrect the dead as skeletons or zombies are considered a red line that cannot be crossed, both inside and outside the North. They are absolutely taboo spells.

In fact, necromancy spells, especially offensive necromancy spells, are mostly based on "evil and weird" effects such as absorbing life and creating undead creatures.

Xia uses force to break the ban.

Although people with evil intentions may use what they have learned for evil purposes no matter what school of magic they master.

But necromancy spells are undoubtedly more potentially harmful.

Therefore, after discussion, the high-level mages standing at the top of the pyramid decided to take a one-size-fits-all approach and list all these necromancy spells as taboos, not allowing mages to learn and master them.

This is also the reason why necromancy spells have always been extremely weak among the eight major spell schools - the powerful necromancy school spells have all been banned.

But history has proven time and again that "forbidden techniques" are just like "forbidden books" and will only persist despite repeated bans.

Therefore, even though the forbidden necromancy has fallen to the point where everyone is shouting and beating it, it still survives tenaciously like weeds and cannot be eradicated despite repeated bans.

Skeletons are the lowest level group of undead creatures, but are further subdivided into different types and strengths.

The most common ones are skeleton warriors made up of the skeletons of ordinary humans or other humanoid creatures, usually equipped with simple weapons and shields made of bones.

This kind of skeleton looks scary, but it is actually clumsy and fragile. Even a well-trained militiaman can defeat multiple skeleton warriors.

Skeletons of this level can only pose a certain threat by relying on their numerical advantage.

A higher level skeleton monster is the skeleton mage.

The corpse of a former wizard will become a skeleton wizard after being resurrected by necromancy.

In addition to possessing greater strength and tougher bones than Skeleton Warriors, Skeleton Mages are also able to release some basic spells that the corpse mastered during its lifetime, and even possess different special abilities depending on the mage's practice method.

The skeletons that appeared in the camp at the moment were all skeleton mages, and they were all "derived" from the Iceborn mages of the North.

With the naked eye, one can see dots of blue light representing frost on the pale bones of these skeleton mages.

This makes them more resistant to ice elemental spells.

It may be said that the discipline of the Iceborn Mages who hunt on the snowfields all year round cannot be compared with that of the military mages who have undergone rigorous training all year round.

However, in terms of combat proficiency and the ability to deal with emergencies, they are not inferior, especially in encounter battles.

After all, it is common to encounter sudden attacks from underground creatures when hunting in the snowfields.

So after the initial panic, rapid and exciting trumpet sounds immediately rang out in the temporary camp of the entire Zhenbing tribe.

The Iceborn mages who were not attacked reacted quickly, began casting their spells, and entered combat mode.

For a moment, the camp was filled with ice and snow, strong winds blew, and all kinds of blue magical lights flashed.

Various ice element spells poured down like a rainstorm, launching a fierce attack on the skeleton mages.

A three-ringed Iceborn mage standing in the center of the skeleton group danced his hands rapidly.

In an instant, a huge ice wall rose from the ground, isolating a large part of the skeleton mages and buying precious casting time for other ice mages.

The other ice mages protected by the ice wall no longer had any worries and quickly cast attack spells.

Where the skeleton mages were densely clustered, ice cones suddenly rose from the ground, inserted into the gaps between the skeleton mages' bones, and strung them together.

Then, many sharp ice cones shot towards the group of skeleton mages like arrows.

Although these skeleton mages have a high resistance to ice elemental spells, they are ultimately unable to resist such an intensive attack.

The skeletal body shattered and disintegrated, and the dark green phosphorescent fire flickering in the eye sockets also went out.

"The casting distance of necromancy is limited. The necromancer who controls these skeletons must be hiding nearby."

Here, Sunaifah did not participate in the battle to eliminate the Skeleton Mage, but decisively began to look for the location of the Necromancer.

Even though the Necromancer can create a sea of ​​skeletons and cause a huge threat, once the Necromancer is killed, all the skeletons he created will be like bodies without souls, and will quickly collapse into piles of scattered bones, no longer posing a threat.

The distance at which the Necromancer can manipulate the skeletons is limited.

This means that the necromancer who controls these gloomy skeleton armies must be hiding in a dark corner not far from the battlefield.

Sunaifa knew this clearly, so his goal was clear. Instead of slowly eliminating these large numbers of Skeleton Mages, it would be more practical to directly kill the Necromancer behind the scenes.

This is the quickest way to end this battle.

Gao De turned around and looked around when he heard this.

It is night now, the night is as dark as ink, and the light is dim, making everything hazy and difficult to recognize.

But for Sunaifah, this is definitely nothing, a second-level spell [Dark Vision] can solve the problem.

The problem was that right now, in their camp, the Ice Mages and the Skeleton Mages were fighting each other and the situation was extremely chaotic.

Moreover, the vast snow all around provided perfect shelter for the lurkers.

As long as the other party is slightly disguised, it would undoubtedly be extremely difficult to quickly and accurately locate the necromancer in such an environment in a short period of time.

But Sunaifa is not worried about that.

Jue~~~
The next moment, a loud and passionate cry was heard from her tent.

Then, a silver-white light suddenly shot out from the gap in the tent like lightning that cut through the night sky, at an astonishing speed.

The light and shadow instantly drew a graceful arc in the air and circled towards the higher and farther sky.

That is Sunaifah's magical falcon, Canglan.

Falcons are good at reconnaissance.

And Canglan is an alien species with terrifyingly strong reconnaissance capabilities, able to capture the slightest fluctuations and anomalies.

It flies high into the sky and overlooks the battlefield. From its high vantage point, it can ignore the interference of the chaotic environment and find the target faster.

Just as Canglan began to search, a deep voice came from the abyss, and it was still clearly audible even in the noisy and chaotic camp:

"Sunaifa, don't bother looking for me."

Gao De and Sunaifa turned their heads almost at the same time, their eyes fixed on the direction where the sound came from.

A large cloud of black mist was swirling there.

"There's a big thing!" The Iceborn mages at the edge of the black mist shouted, their voices trembling slightly, but they still tried their best to warn. As soon as their voices fell, the black mist seemed to be torn apart by an invisible force, and a terrifying behemoth suddenly rushed out from it.

It was huge in size, like a galloping prehistoric elephant, but its skin was shriveled and covered with grayish-white rotten flesh. It was emitting smoke and a disgusting stench.

The beast's eyes were hollow and lifeless, but its speed and momentum were terrifying.

With just a loud bang, the ice wall constructed by the three-ring wizard was smashed into pieces by the impact of this behemoth, turning into countless flying ice chips.

However, the speed of this huge monster was not affected at all, and it continued to rush towards Sunaifa's position with unstoppable momentum.

Every step it takes creates a vibrating rhythm on the snow.

Logically speaking, given its huge size and terrifying weight, it should have sunk into the snow.

But on its four paws formed of rotten flesh, there was a layer of light blue magical light flickering.

It has been blessed with a buff spell, so it can walk on snow as if it were flat ground.

Any Iceborn mage who stood in the way of the giant beast, no matter what spell he cast, would be so small and powerless when bombarding the beast, like an egg hitting a rock, in vain, and would not cause any ripples at all.

Then, the giant beast knocked them away.

Some mages rolled in the air, accompanied by screams of broken bones; others were thrown directly into the distance and fell heavily to the ground, their life or death uncertain.

"Zombie monster!" Sunaifa's eyes turned cold and he said softly.

Zombies are undead creatures one level higher than skeletons.

The zombie behemoth is an extremely powerful type of zombie, possessing amazing strength, defense and recovery capabilities, making it a very troublesome existence on the battlefield.

Above the zombie monster, a figure in a black robe stood proudly, with a strange smile on his face, as if everything was under control: "Sunaifa, if I kill you, the main force of your Zhenbing tribe should retreat."

"Ryan." Sunaifa's eyes narrowed slightly, fixed on the figure above the zombie monster's head.

"Are you the only one here? Where are the other four-ring mages?" Inquisitor Ryan stood on top of the rapidly charging beast, looking down at it and said coldly.

After Donald's death, there were only four fourth-ringed ice mages left in the Zhenbing tribe.

However, this time when troops were dispatched to the Icefield Temple, only one, Sunafa, came out of the four fourth-ringed Ice Mages.

This was Sunaifa’s decision.

According to her, there are only three fourth-ring mages among the Snowfield Guardians, and not all of them are necessarily in the Icefield Temple.

As for her, even if there were three fourth-ring mages, or even double that number, she could easily suppress them.

This is the confidence of a pure-blooded Iceborn.

"My king, you step back first." Sunaifa did not answer Ryan's question, but while instructing Gaode, he took off the huge ice bow [Blizzard] behind him.

The next moment, she took a deep breath, held the bow tightly with one hand, and pulled the bowstring with the other.

Then, a faint blue light appeared above the bowstring.

The faint blue light quickly turned into tiny ice crystals, shining like bright stars in the night sky.

These ice crystals rotated and condensed in the air, eventually turning into a crystal clear ice arrow that emitted a biting chill.

call out!
With a crisp sound of breaking through the air, the ice arrow shot towards Ryan like an arrow shot from a bow, cutting through the sky.

Seeing this, Ryan curled up a calm smile, as if he was not afraid at all of the attack launched by the magic weapon wielded by Boreas himself.

The hot and bright flames, as if summoned by some mysterious force, suddenly surged out from his body, quickly surrounding him and forming a flame shield shining with orange-red light.

Sunaifah used the ice crystal arrow shot by [Blizzard] to accurately lock onto Ryan, but at the moment when it was about to touch the fire shield, it seemed to encounter an insurmountable barrier.

The ice arrow collided with the flame shield, making a "hissing" sound, just like ice and snow encountering hot lava, starting from the arrow head and quickly melting, turning into a wisp of light smoke and dissipating into the air.

However, after blocking the ice arrow, the fire shield was completely extinguished.

boom!
Ryan was actually controlling the zombie beast and suddenly stopped.

The violent movement immediately created a small snowstorm.

"It's worthy of being called [Blizzard]." Ryan stopped charging and looked at Sunaifa. His expression had changed slightly. He was surprised by Sunaifa's attack just now.

Compared to Ryan's surprise, Sunaifa's expression became extremely solemn: "【Flame Shield】 is only a fourth-level spell, it can't block the True Ice Arrow."

"Indeed, you are much stronger than I thought. Sunaifah. The [Fire Shield] that has been upgraded can only block one of your arrows." Ryan's eyes moved back and forth between Sunaifah's face and the [Blizzard] in her hand, with a hint of "admiration" in his tone.

"Upgrade your rings and cast spells." Sunaifa took a deep breath. After hearing this, he understood everything. "You are already a five-ring mage."

Looking around, I couldn't see anyone else except Ryan.

This shows that Ryan came alone.

A person dares to break into the camp of the Zhenbing tribe. Ryan’s confidence comes from his five-ring mage level.

"You never thought about it," Ryan smiled at Sunaifa, feeling extremely proud, "The first and only five-ring mage in the North is actually me."

"You have changed your cultivation method." As a pure-blooded Ice Descendant, Sunaifa has an extremely keen sense of the ice element, but now, she can no longer sense the slightest presence of the power of the ice element in Ryan.

This doesn't make sense, because even the mages of the Snowfield Guardian basically have Iceborn blood, and their powers are closely related to the ice element.

"Yes," Ryan nodded, without any hesitation or reluctance on his face, "I am currently practicing the Ritual of the Dead, and it is this that helped me break through to the fifth ring."

"He has the blood of the Iceborn, but became a necromancer." There was a hint of coldness in Sunaifah's voice. Ryan had not only betrayed the teachings of the Guardian of the Snowfield, but also his own bloodline.

"What do you know?! Sunaifa, the Iceborn bloodline is useless!" Ryan's voice was filled with excitement. He seemed to be touched by Sunaifa's doubts. "The path I have chosen is the most correct path!"

"You are the last pure-blooded Iceborn of the modern era. You should know that in the past, with the power of the Iceborn bloodline, the minimum limit for a pure-blooded Iceborn should be at least five rings."

There was a hint of regret in Ryan's words, as if he thought of the former glory of the Iceborn. "After you fully awakened your Iceborn bloodline, your mage level was raised to the fourth ring in just two years. But three full years have passed, and you are still at the fourth ring."

"What does this mean? This means that the power of the Iceborn bloodline has decayed to the point where the upper limit is only four rings!"

"The Iceborn bloodline was indeed powerful in ancient times. It reached its peak and created the powerful Iceborn clan. However, since ancient times, the Iceborn bloodline has begun to decline."

"At this point, the Iceborn bloodline is a dead end. If you want to make further progress, you must give up the Iceborn bloodline and find another way."

Ryan's words were full of sarcasm, mocking Sunaifa's stubbornness and ignorance: "It's just that you are used to the powerful strength of the Iceborn bloodline, and you can't make up your mind to give up everything you have now, so you can only stay where you are."

"If you want to move forward, you have to give up something."

(End of this chapter)