Above the mage!

Chapter 409 Surprise discovery
It was cloudy and rainy with mottled dark clouds.

Tyrrell Town.

Zuo Wen Burns was riding on a flame-maned horse. His hair was completely wet with rain and sweat, sticking to his face, making him look somewhat disheveled.

But he usually cares a lot about his image, but at this moment he doesn't care about these things.

And behind him, Wuer arrived late.

"Master Zuo Wen, what's wrong?"

He wondered why Zuo Wen Burns suddenly stopped, even though they had already reached the town.

Zuo Wen Burns sat on the flame-maned horse, looking towards the pier, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's go to the town hall first."

It turns out that he was thinking about the sequence of actions.

"it is good."

The two of them walked quickly along the fairly wide road, and at the end, the town hall came into view.

Zuo Wen Burns jumped off the horse without tying the reins. The Flame Mane Horse's outstanding wisdom and spirituality would wait for him.

He walked towards the town hall gate without stopping.

A staff member stopped him and wanted to ask about his origins, but Zuo Wen Burns just said without looking away, "The Sea Sentinel Mage is here to help with the disaster," and ignored the other party's report and went straight into the town hall.

Ur followed closely behind.

As soon as he walked in, Zuo Wen Burns found that the entire town hall was busy, and there were many people who looked like businessmen coming in and out.

Seeing this situation, he frowned subconsciously. Somehow, he had a bad premonition in his heart.

With this bad premonition, Zuo Wen Burns came to the mayor's office.

The other party did not close the door and was concentrating on writing something in the office.

He just walked in.

Mayor Tyrell, who was sitting at the desk, heard the footsteps and said without raising his head, "I've told you before, before a natural disaster, you must unconditionally respond to the official order to borrow a ship. But if your ship is damaged during the disaster relief process, we will provide compensation afterwards."

One could clearly hear the strong impatience in Mayor Tyrell's words.

Then, he found that after he finished speaking, the footsteps suddenly stopped, neither leaving nor moving forward.

Mayor Tyrael looked up in surprise and saw the Sea Sentinel Mage uniform on Zuo Wen Burns at a glance.

His face changed and he quickly stood up, "I didn't know it was the Sea Sentinel Mage who was visiting. I'm sorry."

Zuo Wen Burns waved his hand, signaling that the other party did not need to be too polite. "The situation is urgent, so there is no need for unnecessary courtesy. What does the ship loan order mean? Have you already asked merchants to collect ships for disaster relief?"

"That's right," Mayor Tyrell nodded. "Tens of thousands of disaster victims in the upstream Yaxi Town are trapped on the high ground. They are short of food and clothing and need to be evacuated urgently."

"This was discovered by another wizard from your Sea Sentinel, who instructed me to requisition ships as soon as possible and form a fleet for disaster relief." He boasted subtly.

Zuo Wen Burns raised his eyebrows. There was actually someone faster than him?
How can this be?

"Another mage of the Sea Sentinel?" he asked.

"That's right," Mayor Tyrell nodded. "Your sea sentinels are really efficient. Today is only the third day since the catfish landed. He arrived at Tyrell Town yesterday and asked two residents who happened to be on the shore to come back and inform me to form a fleet as soon as possible."

"He went upstream to survey the disaster situation upstream, found the victims in Yaxi Town, and sent people to our town, leading the fleet upstream to evacuate the victims."

After hearing what Mayor Tyrell said, Zuo Wen Burns' face tightened, and even Ur behind him became nervous and looked at Zuo Wen's facial expression carefully.

"This is the ship borrowing order and ship information statistics." Mayor Tyrell handed the booklet he had just painstakingly written to Zuo Wen Burns.

He took the booklet and quickly flipped through it.

Then Zuo Wen's heart sank.

All the idle boats in the town that could carry people were transferred to the upstream to provide disaster relief.

Which sea sentinel mage is so much faster than him?

It arrived yesterday, which means it was half a day faster than me.

Even if it was the first group of mages who set out, they would have only set out an hour earlier than him. Could it be that three-ring mage?
A third-ring mage, why doesn't he rush to Oakland City to do big work instead of picking up these scraps?

"Your Sea Sentinel Mages are indeed incredibly efficient. According to what those two residents said, the Sea Sentinel Mage yesterday was just an apprentice mage."

Mayor Tyrell sighed at that moment, whether intentionally or unintentionally, "We were able to find out the extent of the disaster in Yaxi Town in just one night."

Zuo Wen Burns had a blank expression on his face, but he was horrified in his heart.

He set off immediately after receiving the order, riding the Flamemane Horse with excellent legs. How could an apprentice wizard be so much faster than him?
Unless the other party is taking the water route.

The distance by water is much shorter than that by land.

But the question is, given the dangerous water conditions we saw along the way, how could an apprentice wizard reach the town of Tyrael so quickly and safely? Did he really want to live?
Also, who exactly is this trainee wizard?
While thinking about a lot of things in his mind, Zuo Wen Burns took out the map.

One step at a time, one step at a time.

It is sad and frustrating that I missed the opportunity to catch up with Tyrrell Town, but now is not the time to be depressed.

It is the so-called golden three days.

The first three days after the cyclone made landfall were the golden time for rescue. In other words, for him as a sea sentinel mage, it was also the best time to perform meritorious service.

Now, we must choose the next target and make the most of this last day.

However, Zuo Wen Burns was conflicted when he realized that someone was half a day faster than him.

The opponent's route is also Tyrrell Town-Yaxi Town. Now that this is over, there is a possibility that his next target will collide with me.

After all, there are only a few small towns surrounding Tyrrell Town and Yaxi Town, and everyone is smart, so the targets they choose in the end will definitely be similar.

Therefore, if I continue to follow the conventional thinking, I will most likely repeat the same mistake this time and will end up following behind others without getting any benefits.

Not to mention a great merit, I'm afraid I won't even get a third-class merit.

Zuo Wen Burns unconsciously exerted force with his hands while holding the map, causing large wrinkles on the edges of the map.

No, you can't rely on luck.

If this happens again, this disaster relief operation will be a complete failure.

"The disaster is urgent, so I won't stay any longer." He maintained his dignity, said goodbye to Mayor Tyrel, and strode out of the town hall.

Ur hurried to follow.

As soon as he left the town hall, Zuo Wen Burns jumped on his horse.

"Master Zuo Wen, where are we going next?" Wuer also mounted his horse.

"Auckland City." Zuo Wen said.

"Ah?" Ur was puzzled. Zuo Wen Burns had clearly said before that with his ability, he could only do odd jobs in Oakland City and should focus on these small towns.

"No one knows which town this powerful trainee wizard will go to next after resolving the disaster in Yaxi Town. If I continue to rush to the town according to the original plan and bump into his destination again, my trip will be in vain."

"Going to Oakland City, even if it's just doing odd jobs, is better than getting nothing!" Zuo Wen Burns said gritting his teeth.

Hearing Zuo Wen Burns say this, Wuerl immediately nodded sincerely. What he said did make sense.

"Hurry up, we've wasted a lot of time on this trip." Zuo Wen Burns said coldly, and he squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and left Wu Er behind, and rode away. Looking at the other party's figure going away quickly, Wu Er had no choice but to grit his teeth and chase after the other party's splashing water.

Whoohoo!
The salty and fierce sea breeze carried rain and scratched the canvas.

The sound of the swelling canvas continued for nearly five hours.

The rough ropes on the mast creaked, and every shake of the rain-soaked hull was accompanied by the sound of the deck planks squeezing.
In sharp contrast to the loud noise was the unusually solemn atmosphere on every ship.

The sudden call to assemble, the bad weather, the impending dangerous war with uncertain life and death, and the extremely unfamiliar sea battle scene made all the mages feel extremely heavy and depressed, and they had no mood to chat.

And this repression is contagious.

The warship rode the wind and waves, ruthlessly splitting the sea surface and stirring up piles of white foam on the bow.

Before the water drops completely fell, they were torn into fine mist by the strong wind and merged into the vast rain curtain.

Gao De stood on the second deck, staring at the sea ahead and looking left and right.

One hundred and eighty kilometers.

With the speed of the warship, it should have arrived by now.

However, the closer you get to your destination, the faster and stronger the wind will blow towards Auckland City from the wind path.

In other words, the warships have been sailing against the wind all the way here, and even if they have other power sources besides sails, their moving speed is greatly reduced.

Gaode was thinking about the upcoming war.

The secondary plane of wind element is not a material plane, but a pure energy plane.

Apart from the strong and raging wind elemental power, there is nothing else.

Therefore, the creatures existing in this secondary plane are all the purest wind element creatures.

The most common wind elemental creatures are the Air Spirit, the Wind Giant, and the Lurking Ghost.

The good news for him is that ice elemental spells are one of the spell types that are most effective against wind elemental creatures.

Gao De, what he is best at is ice element spells, and he also has a magic weapon made of ice.

It can be said that it is a perfect match for the professions.

At this moment, Gao De's face suddenly changed.

"There's something!" He focused his eyes to the side.

There was nothing there, nothing at all.

But this is not the case in Gaode's view.

When Mandola's Demonic Eye opened, he clearly saw a slight flow of energy in the empty space.

"There may be an ambush." ​​Having made a discovery, Gao De immediately found the temporary commander of his ship.

This was a wizard with a very rough appearance. After hearing Gaode's report, his instinctive reaction was that it was impossible.

The Crown of Thorns was leading the way. How could Gaode discover the ambush that even the high-level mages on board hadn't noticed?

Even though he was a Sea Sentinel Mage, that didn't make sense.

"They came from the side and just approached, so the Crown of Thorns didn't notice them." God knew that the other party might not believe him, so he explained the reason before the other party raised any questions.

Being able to become a high-level wizard and hold a high position, the possibility of being a fool is very low.

Therefore, even though there were still some doubts in his heart, as the commander-in-chief he still treated it as if it were true.

If it is a false alarm, it will only cause some trouble at most. But if it is true and you don’t take it seriously, the price you pay will be high.

He still knows what is more important.

"Everyone be on alert, there may be an ambush. Launch spells to attack on the left and right sides!" The chief wizard gave the order immediately with unquestionable majesty.

He himself immediately cast a spell in the direction pointed by Gaode.

He bent his index finger slightly, and a blue light burst out.

Zizizi!
The blue light turned into a series of electric arcs, extending countless lightning branches, and smashed down heavily at that space.

It was clearly an empty space, but the moment the lightning branch fell, there was a bang, as if it had hit something real.

Then, a ball of white mist suddenly appeared and exploded.

Before the fog appeared, Gao De heard an extremely shrill hissing sound.

"Lurking ghost!" Seeing this scene, the chief commander wizard reacted quickly.

This is a wind elemental creature that is extremely good at hiding and can blend into the gas. Even if it is higher level than it, it may not be able to detect its existence.

At this time, other mages on the ship also launched an attack according to the location pointed out by Gode.

There were several more explosions.

Nearly a dozen clouds of fog exploded in the air, like a dozen fireworks blooming.

Afterwards, the mist seemed to be floating in the air with nowhere to go, and the wisps were like tiny fish. The sky was the ocean, spreading out everywhere.

They are the origin of wind element creatures, namely, wind element energy.

There are not many lurking ghosts, only about a dozen or so, and they are all one-ring creatures, so they can be said to pose no threat at all.

But the commander-in-chief mage's face did not look good.

The reason is also very simple.

These wind elemental creatures must come from that wind elemental secondary plane.

The fact that they appear here at this time means that the wind network has become much more stable, enough to allow first-level wind elemental creatures to pass through.

And when the wind network can allow the highest-level wind elemental creatures in this plane to pass through safely, this wind network will be completely finalized.

"Time is indeed running out." The chief mage said secretly, and at the same time took out the alchemy machine and quickly reported the findings here to the high-level mage on the Crown of Thorns.

On the other side, Gao De's expression also looked strange.

However, he did not care about the appearance of wind elemental creatures.

What Gaode was concerned about was the white mist that was dispersing rapidly.

That's all wind element energy.

Pure wind elemental creatures will not leave corpses like earth vein creatures after death.

Because wind elemental creatures are just a collection of energy, while earth vein creatures are real matter.

And these wind element energies will dissipate in a very short time and merge into the vast magician plane.

In other words, this battle is a fight of life and death, and there will be no spoils of war.

Gaode was also mentally prepared for this.

It was not until just now, when he was looking at the overflowing wind element energy, that he suddenly remembered something, something that he had temporarily ignored.

(End of this chapter)