The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 86 The Human Trap

In the Elf Legion.

"Great, the plan was a success."

"After seeing our withdrawal, the human side believed they had won and lowered their guard."

Princess Lia, the Sun Elf, the legendary priestess Guirath Goldfleur, and the mage Serka Radiance—the three legendary elven spellcasters—looked at the scene of celebration on the human battlefield within the crystal ball, and their previously tense expressions finally relaxed.

"In the days we've been waiting, the vast majority of high-ranking mages in the human camps have already left."

"It's about time."

"At 2 a.m. tonight, we will officially take action!"

Leah reiterated the night raid plan to the two men once again:
"Using teleportation, we stormed into the human positions, destroyed several bunkers, watchtowers, and other defensive works, and quickly killed a group of low- to mid-level human mages."

"Remember to use the recording crystal to record some of the kills and destruction!"

"Then, the group teleported away."

Having finalized their strategy, the three legendary elves patiently awaited the arrival of night.

……

Twilight Quadruple.

The thick darkness of night concealed the human territory.

With the crisis resolved, more than half of the zombies and human warriors have withdrawn.

Most mid- to high-level mages have already teleported away.

The remaining battle mages who had not yet evacuated were fast asleep in the camp.

A crisp, small popping sound suddenly rang out from somewhere in the camp, followed by the emergence of three figures in the ethereal mist.

"Very good, now's the time, let's do it!"

Lia raised her hand and whispered a spell, and intense flames burst forth in her hand.

In the next instant, four fiery meteors shot out from where she was, instantly expanding into giant meteorites tens of meters in diameter in mid-air, tearing through the night sky and crashing into four different large bunkers.

"Blow them up!"

Legendary mage Serka Radiance and legendary priest Guirasser Goldfleur also raised their hands, preparing to unleash their signature spells.

At this moment, Serka was secretly delighted:

"Hahaha, I'm not good at dealing with high-level opponents. But I'm best at just casting a spell and running away, without actually fighting an evenly matched opponent."

Indeed, as a mage who regards magic as an art, Serka's few practical magical combat experiences all involved bullying opponents who had no ability to fight back.

For example, you could throw fireballs and lightning at a large group of kobolds who weren't carrying ranged weapons from the air!
Just as the four fireballs launched by Leah were about to hit the human rock bunkers, four transparent force field barriers suddenly appeared above the four bunkers.

Rumble.

The giant meteorite, engulfed in raging flames, shattered, while the sturdy bunker remained unscathed.

"What's going on? Did someone prepare this in advance?"

Leah was startled, only to see one human figure after another flashing through the air, surrounding them completely.

The closest to them was none other than Elion, the human king they had fought before.

Following closely behind were the Dragon Vein Warlock Grete, the Transmutation Archmage Helen, the Evocation Archmage Gut, the Protection Archmage Kad, and General Thor...

Five familiar faces emerged in the night, forming an outer circle, with several Ain Stones of different shapes and colors surrounding each person's head.

The outermost circle was filled with a large group of high-level spellcasters, including veteran noble mages from the old Sky City and many more new-generation spellcasters from the surface.

A quick glance revealed at least thirty or forty people.

More than a third of Eldoron's high-level combat power has gathered here! Many of the mages among them are faces that the three legendary elven spellcasters had seen in previous magic combat competitions.

Therefore, the three elven legends knew exactly how terrifying their combat power would be when this group of high-level human spellcasters teamed up and fought together!

"Oh no, what's going on?"

"Why are there so many high-level human combatants?"

Serka Radiance was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. He was stunned and at a loss for what to do.

"Protect Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Guiras Goldfleur immediately reacted, warily raising the holy emblem symbolizing the elven gods and protecting Leah in front of her.

Even the usually composed elven priest had sweat beading on his forehead.

Princess Lia, with the most practical combat experience, immediately understood the current situation and made the correct judgment:

"Damn it, we've been exposed! Abandon the plan and run!"

Lia quickly patted her two teammates on the shoulders, about to use a spell to activate the [Advanced Teleportation] model in her mind and leave this place of certain death.

However, would humanity's high-end combat capabilities possibly comply with their wishes?
At the same time that this group of humans appeared, wave after wave of emerald green waves swept across this space.

—An enhanced version of the [Space Lock]!
Archmage Kad and other high-ranking mages joined forces to seal off the surrounding space.

Each mage's incantation, when combined, resembles a tightly interlocked, heavy chain, preventing any distortion in space.

Under the experienced Elian's arrangement, the space's locking even extended underground—to prevent the three from transforming into monsters with burrowing abilities, or into the ethereal form of ghosts, and burrowing into the ground to escape!

"Oh no, we're in big trouble now."

Leah frowned as she sensed the teleportation failure.

All three present were legendary spellcasters, capable of breaking through the multiple layers of spatial blockade in a mere ten seconds.

However, these humans certainly won't give them that time!
"So what exactly happened? Why were we discovered so soon after we got here?"

The elven mage Serka Radiance was already in a state of panic:

"Could it be that these humans knew our plan all along, even the location where we teleported, and were just waiting for us to arrive!"

Bald-headed Card stood in the air, arms outstretched, speaking arrogantly:
"Hahaha, you foolish elves, is this all you're realizing now?"

"You have already fallen into the trap of our great Emperor El-Erian, and there is no way to escape!"

"His Majesty Elion and the six of us... wait, wait, Cassandra, you're in a circle with the five of us, could you please not stand so far back?"

Behind them, the somber-looking, bespectacled archmage Cassandra deliberately flew to a position further out than the other five, making her appear as one of the thirty or forty high-ranking mages...

"I, I... I'm just a support, not a main player."

Lia naturally couldn't be bothered to pay attention to the two humans' boring conversation.

"Don't be afraid, break through!"

"Take down that human king directly."

Lia roared angrily.

The sun elf princess faced Elian, who was closest to her, and quickly traced a rune with her fingertips.

A golden force field prison materialized out of thin air, sealing Elian inside.

Guiras Goldfleck immediately understood Lia's purpose and simultaneously locked onto Elian in the air, unleashing his most powerful divine magic.

Outnumbered and outgunned, their only hope of victory was—

With this surprise attack, we will capture the King of Humanity and then use that victory to threaten other high-level human combatants!
(End of this chapter)