Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Meanwhile, the guards, led by Vok, had already taken up positions at the very front of the city walls.

"Strange, how come even those orc warriors... have become wizards?"

Upon noticing this anomaly, Vok's expression immediately turned grim.

Because most orcs are warriors as strong as magical beasts, in the early days when the wasteland hunters attacked, they would use war artifacts to launch a concentrated bombardment at the enemy from a distance.

This barrage will wipe out a large portion of the orcs who are not proficient in defensive magic.

However, now that the other side has become a wizard, they are very likely to be able to intercept their attacks.

"Lord Vock, these war beasts are coming fast! What should we do?"

At this moment, a wizard standing nearby spoke up.

"They're running so fast, it might be too late if we don't make a decision soon."

Upon hearing this, Vok's brow furrowed sharply, and he immediately made a decision.

However, at that moment, someone suddenly shouted from behind:

"Look up at the sky! Look up at the sky!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked up.

In the pitch-black sky, countless ice-blue specks of light appeared one after another.

The blue dots rapidly enlarged, and a sharp whooshing sound followed, reaching everyone's ears—they were giant arrows formed from ice crystals.

Those orcs actually launched a ranged attack!

Upon seeing this, Volker's pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately shouted:

"Fire the Barrier Arrows! Activate all war artifacts! Quickly!"

Upon hearing this, the guards on one side rushed towards the crossbows next to the battlements.

Those ballistae were entirely black, and the guards quickly loaded them with giant arrows with crystalline arrowheads, specifically designed to intercept aerial attacks.

Meanwhile, the guards on the other side immediately flew to other locations, where war artifacts specifically designed to attack large magical beasts were placed.

As for Hughes and the others who came to provide support, they had already flown to the outer city, waiting for the war behemoths to arrive at the city gates.

"put!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"

At Vok's command, all the crossbows shook simultaneously, and dozens of giant arrows burst out at the same time, rushing out of the barrier in the blink of an eye.

As they soared into the sky, the arrowheads of those giant arrows suddenly exploded, and the shattered crystals instantly transformed into magical barriers.

At the same time, the giant ice crystal arrows in the sky, trailing long frost tails, crashed into the magic barrier that was suspended in mid-air.

"Crack!! Bang bang—bang!!!..."

With several loud bangs, the magic barrier shattered one after another, but it also successfully blocked all the giant ice crystal arrows.

At the same moment, the war artifacts on the other side of the city wall also roared.

In an instant, hundreds of purple beams of light shot out from the cannon muzzle in succession, covering a kilometer in the blink of an eye, and heading straight for the war behemoth that was as large as a mountain.

...Boom! Boom boom boom!!!

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"

These powerful beams of pure, compressed magic exploded so violently that the city walls trembled noticeably.

"Rumble..."

However, directly ahead, once the smoke and dust stirred up by the beams completely dissipated, the war behemoths reappeared.

Suddenly, a thick layer of bone plates appeared on their bodies.

This allowed them to block the beam's bombardment, and once the bone fragments were disintegrated by the beam, they suddenly accelerated and rushed directly to the city wall of the outer city.

As the massive body of the war behemoth was about to crash down, another group of wizards in the air did not hesitate and immediately activated the spells they had prepared.

"Buzz! Buzz!!"

In an instant, dozens of beams of light simultaneously lit up the sky above the outer city, weaving together to form a dazzling light curtain.

"Whoosh whoosh!! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"

The next second, all sorts of witchcraft poured down like a torrential rain, with large amounts of flames, ice crystals, and electric arcs frequently exploding on the giant beast's body.

"roar!!!"

Upon being struck, the behemoth immediately unleashed a thunderous roar.

But they did not stop at all; instead, they resisted the attack and charged forward even more violently.

"Thump! Thump!! Thump!!!"

"boom--!!!"

Soon, the scene that everyone least wanted to see unfolded.

After just a few rounds of impacts, the city wall of the lower city collapsed, smashing a large number of houses on the spot.

The war behemoth has officially entered the lower city!

At that moment, Volker's shout came from behind:

"The next round of magic cannons is charging! Whatever you do—don't let them hit the barrier!"

Upon hearing this, several wizards from the Moss Crystal Tower flew into the city below, attempting to cultivate vines at the feet of the giant beast.

Even vines as thick as tree trunks could not stop the beast's frenzied advance. After only a few exertions, the vines wrapped around its legs snapped.

Some even planned to eliminate the orc wizard on the giant beast's back, but the beast launched a counterattack first...

"..."

Meanwhile, Hughes landed alone in the city.

"roar!!"

Just then, a war behemoth was charging straight toward him.

But the next second, an ice wall suddenly rose from the ground, forcefully stopping the giant beast's descending foot.

Immediately afterwards, wisps of cold air rose from the ice wall, climbing up the giant beast's feet and up its entire leg.

"Click—"

The next second, thick ice crystals rapidly condensed on its surface, freezing the giant hoof that was standing on the ice wall firmly in place.

"Thump! Thump!!"

"roar--!"

"Thump! Thump!!"

The giant beast roared and immediately began to kick wildly with its three legs, trying to pull out the frozen leg.

However, this layer of ice crystals was exceptionally strong, and no matter how hard it tried, it could not break free of its restraints.

In desperation, it could only keep tilting its head back, trying to warn the orc on its back who was fighting fiercely with the wizard above.

Meanwhile, below, Hughes watched the giant beast struggling desperately before him, but slowly withdrew the chilling aura emanating from his palm.

In fact, with his current strength, he could freeze the entire war behemoth firmly.

However, he did not do that...

"..."

The next second, Hughes' eyes narrowed and several strands of spiritual energy instantly shot out.

Because they were created by wizards, some of these mutated creatures can be controlled by humans, and the War Beast is one of them.

Because they participated in the breeding of the war behemoths, the Noron family secretly kept a secret in their early years, leaving some "locks" in the other's bloodline.

By using the "key" to unlock these "locks," one can forcibly seize control of the giant beasts and... discover their hidden weaknesses.

Not long ago, Noron had already told him all of this...

"Heh, not bad luck. It seems this war behemoth was bred by the Noron family."

After Norron's family moved to the center of the continent, the Wasteland Hunters also bred their own war beasts, so some of these beasts now have "locks" while others do not.

Fortunately, Hughes soon found the "locks" in the symbolic blood of the giant beast before him.

He then reached into his storage bag and pulled out the "key".