Above the mage!

Chapter 89: Violent Bats
Seeing that everyone had already taken their positions, Li Luo clapped his hands, attracted the attention of Team 7, and gave a few more instructions:

"Say a few more words to everyone."

"The leyline creatures we will face later are dire bats, mostly 0-ring, and some powerful dire bats will reach the 1-ring level."

"We just need to ensure that no 0-ring ferocious bats can cross the wall we are defending and enter the city, and then we will complete the mission."

"If a 1st level ferocious bat appears, don't worry, there will be high level mages who will take action."

"The intensity of the underground creatures' attack on the city this time was not considered high for Bremen. The main reason was that there were too many of these ferocious bats. Most of the mages in the city were sent out to protect the surrounding villages and towns, so there was a shortage of manpower. That's why we needed to call everyone to participate in the defense."

"Try to ensure there are no casualties!"

The ferocious bats, which are at most 1 ring, can't really pose much danger to the city of Bremen.

But for ordinary people, the earth vein creatures are still extremely powerful.

Especially in the towns and villages around Bremen, there are no defensive measures that can effectively stop the ferocious bats.

The residents of nearby villages and towns can also be transferred to the city of Bremen.

The more distant towns and villages can only be protected by high-level mages sent by the Bremen city government.

As Bulai is a big city, there are a lot of villages and towns around it, so a large number of official mages in the city were sent out, and then there came the idea of ​​summoning non-official mages in the city to participate in the defense.

"Also, although the dire bat is called a bat, it is actually completely different from the common bats we see."

"This is a large earth creature. Its body is as big as a horse, and its wingspan is more than ten feet. Its body is covered with fur. Its common way of attack is to swoop down from mid-air and use its wings to flap and its teeth to bite."

"They don't possess any extraordinary powers, so as long as everyone is careful, nothing will happen."

"But be careful, the ferocious bats carry deadly diseases. Don't get scratched by them, otherwise it will definitely be your nightmare!"

"Also, we are all apprentices of mages. We have limited mana and even more limited spells. So everyone should be conservative in casting spells, and the defense should still be mainly based on the city guards."

"Our mission is mainly to fill in the gaps and carry out targeted killing of the ferocious bats that have managed to break through the city guards' defense line and approach the city wall."

"Don't waste your mana, and use every spell to the best of your ability!"

"Does everyone understand?" Li Luo asked loudly.

"I understand!" Everyone nodded.

After all, this was just an attack on the city by low-level earth creatures that did not pose much of a threat.

This kind of low-level city defense battle still relies mainly on ordinary city guards, supplemented by mages.

It is cost-effective and practical - a trained archer can at least shoot dozens of arrows in one breath, so how many spells can a mage apprentice cast?

Similarly, level 0 earth vein creatures cannot ignore immunity to damage from cold weapons.

So this time, there is actually nothing else worth noting about the attack of ferocious bats, except that the huge number of them is a bit troublesome.

"Here they come!" After everyone on the city wall had been waiting attentively for another ten minutes, Li Luo reminded loudly.

There was no need for him to remind me.

Everyone saw that at the end of their sight, the line where the forest and the sky met seemed to be sprinkled with ink.

The ink quickly spread and turned into black mist.

Thousands of black fogs poured out from the depths of the forest, accompanied by shrill screams, covering the sky like dark clouds, and rushing towards Bremen, a city located on the shore of a deep lake.

There were huge bats, one after another, so many that it was difficult to count.

With the appearance of the ferocious bats, everyone quickly entered combat mode.

The ferocious bats were getting closer and closer, their sharp screams echoing, making people feel creepy.

The archers had already lined up behind the fortifications, nocking arrows and drawing their bows.

When the swarm of bats finally approached the city wall and came within the range of the bows and arrows, the archers immediately launched an attack.

Arrows poured out like raindrops.

shhhhhh!
The sound of the arrow leaving the bow and cutting through the air continued to echo.

The ferocious bats, each as big as a horse, showed no fear at all in the face of the rain of arrows.

They flapped their feathery wings like two shields, sweeping away the arrows.

But the ferocious bats would definitely not be able to completely stop such a dense rain of arrows.

Therefore, there would always be arrows that would accurately penetrate the bodies of these bats. But even so, it did not have much impact on the movements of the bats.

"These beasts don't have much meat on their bodies. The damage caused by a single arrow is minimal. It can only be accumulated over time, or hit a vital point." Li Luo was not surprised to see this scene.

Wave after wave of arrows poured out continuously.

Accompanied by shrill wails, some ferocious bats finally couldn't withstand such an attack and fell from the sky under the city wall.

As if it was a signal, as the first ferocious bat fell, one ferocious bat after another fell like rain.

But the death of their companions did not frighten these earth creatures, but seemed to arouse their wildness.

They launched suicidal attacks on the city walls even more frantically.

Under such a crazy attack, even though arrows were raining down, there were still some fish that escaped. With the cover of their companions, they managed to break through the rain of arrows and approached the city wall.

This is when the mage takes action.

"Take action!" Li Luo shouted.

The seven teams of mage apprentices, who had been well prepared, immediately displayed their magical powers, each aiming at a target and casting their own signature spell.

Along with the fluctuation of magic power, different spell effects such as acid, transparent blades and flames appeared and attacked the ferocious bats.

These ferocious bats that escaped the net were few in number, and they still had wounds from breaking through the rain of arrows - most of them were pierced by several or even dozens of arrows, and the quality was not high.

Often just one spell is enough to completely defeat it.

This is where a mage apprentice outperforms a full-scale city guard.

Ten city guards cannot quickly kill a ferocious bat in one or two seconds, but a mage apprentice can.

Gaode, who was mixed in the crowd, also immediately activated the spell model.

As the magic power in his body surged, a dazzling red light burst out from his hands.

【Flame Arrow+】!
Under the control of his mind, the magic fluctuations turned into a beam of blazing flame that spurted out and became a deadly flaming arrow, heading straight for a ferocious bat that had a dozen arrows piercing its body.

The flaming arrow drew a perfect arc in the air and hit the bat accurately.

boom!
The explosive flames instantly engulfed it.

The already injured ferocious bat let out a sharp wail, fell from the sky, and turned into a corpse.

It's that simple!
In the suicidal siege of the ferocious bats, they hardly made any dodging movements, but just relied on their numbers to charge forward.

Gold coins +1.

Violent bat origin +1/7!

In Gaode's eyes, what fell was not a bat, but money and experience!
However, there were only seven or eight ferocious bats in the group approaching Team 7 who were responsible for defending the section of the city wall.

Some people in Team Seven didn't even have time to react, let alone take action, before all the ferocious bats were wiped out.

Gaode was able to grab a "monster", which was considered a quick reaction.

"I can only wait for the next batch." Gao De, who suddenly had "no monsters" to fight, said secretly. At the same time, he concentrated his attention and prepared to "grab monsters".

His current mana is enough for him to perform seven tricks in one breath.

If you can ensure that you can kill a ferocious bat every time you cast a spell, you can just gather the essence of the ferocious bat.

However, there is no tolerance for error.

Therefore, Gaode had to concentrate and choose to attack those with more serious injuries among the ferocious bats approaching the city wall to ensure a 100% kill rate.

There is still competition.

After all, for other people, although killing ferocious bats cannot obtain the origin like him, the extra reward of 1 gold coin is also real.

They certainly also want to use their limited spells to kill as many ferocious bats as possible.

The only difference is quick eyes and quick hands.

Fortunately, as a transmutation cantrip, [Fire Arrow] not only has outstanding destructive power, but also has the best casting distance among all cantrips.

The casting distance of 120 feet is enough to make it stand out among the cantrips.

(End of this chapter)