Wizard Earl

Chapter 147 King vs. King!!! (Part 3)

The head Jovic was holding showed signs of being corrupted by magic, but judging from the curly brown hair and the faint melancholy on the terrified face, there was no doubt that this fine head belonged to the legendary number three figure in the secret society—Conte!

"Looks like I've arrived just in time!" Jovic, whose face was slightly pale, stood on Abidal's side and nodded slightly to Abidal as a greeting. Then he raised Conte's head, which he was holding, towards Reyes.

Looking at the head of his comrade, Reyes, who had remained remarkably composed and at ease throughout his fight with Abidal, fell silent. After a long pause, he said with a complex expression, "This is truly a headache. I never expected Conte to fall here. It seems that if I don't want to listen to the nagging from those people in the organization, I'll have no choice but to leave both of you here!"

Upon hearing Reyes's boast that he would leave both him and Jovic there, Abidal let out a cold snort and said sarcastically, "Trying to leave both of us here alone? Professor, do you think you're some third-level wizarding duke from your secret society?"

"Words are useless, let's fight!" Facing two wizards of the same rank, Jovic and Abidal, Reyes seemed to have no intention of engaging in a war of words. He slammed his Abyss Staff down beside him, and Reyes' mental array, which was trapped in the middle of Abidal's rune array, immediately condensed into countless black orbs the size of fists. These black orbs shone with a dangerous aura and broke into Abidal's rune array.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

As soon as these black orbs entered the runic array, before Abidal could even react, they all exploded in all directions like bombs.

Under the impact of such a powerful attack, Abidal's rune array visibly began to waver, as if it would collapse at any moment. Seeing this, Abidal placed his hand on the crystal ball in front of him again, frantically channeling his mana to maintain the stability of the rune array, while anxiously shouting to Jovic:

"Take action! Don't let him escape easily!"

Jovic nodded slightly upon hearing this, but from an angle where Abidal couldn't see, a playful expression appeared on his face as he looked at Reyes...

With Abidal's magical input, the rune array that had trapped Reyes gradually stopped shaking and became stable. The four majestic water elemental giants also reappeared in his rune array, and under Abidal's control, they attacked Reyes's mental array.

Meanwhile, Jovic conjured a pale blue ice bow as tall as himself. The bow was so lifelike that upon closer inspection, one could even see pale blue water flowing within its body.

Judging from this display, the spell Jovic unleashed was none other than the "Spirit-Crossing Ice Bow," a technique within the Storm Church that only high-ranking members, such as the Cardinal and the Punisher, were qualified to practice!

Holding the conjured "Spirit-Crossing Ice Bow," Jovic's expression was solemn as he aimed at Reyes within the mental array. With his movement, an extremely cold blue ice arrow quickly condensed on the ice bow.

"go!"

With a solemn expression, Jovic uttered a Byzantine word, and the ice arrow, like an ice dragon, hurtled towards Reyes.

Seeing this, Abidal, who was always cautious, seemed to have put aside all his worries and suspicions. Countless giant wind blades condensed in the rune array and, together with Jovic's attack, broke into Reyes' mental array.

In an instant, Reyes's mental array transformed into a hellish blizzard, filled with water elemental giants, ice dragons formed from ice arrows, and so on.

However, despite this favorable situation, Abidal's expression suddenly turned sour. He clearly sensed that within Reyes's mist-like, unfathomable mental array, two of the four water elemental giants he had summoned were instantly killed by some mysterious attack.

Just as Abidal frowned and quickly thought of a solution, Jovic, who was standing next to him with an expressionless face, turned around without any warning, and the "Spirit Crossing Ice Bow" in his hand was aimed at Abidal.

This sudden turn of events immediately terrified Abidal, who promptly stopped channeling mana into the runic array that was trapping Reyes. However, before he could take any further action, a maniacal smile appeared on Jovic's face. Under the light of this maniacal smile, three ice arrows transformed into ice dragons and shot out from the Spirit Crossing Ice Bow, instantly reaching Abidal's front.

"Thump!"

A thick ice wall appeared in front of Abidal, blocking the ice dragon formed by the first ice arrow. However, this ice wall seemed to be released by the automatic defensive magic item on Abidal's body. Its power was limited and it quickly collapsed under the attack of the second and third ice arrows, only buying Abidal a little time to react.

While Jovic's sudden defection was unexpected, Abidal, no matter how surprised or panicked, was still a veteran punisher of the Storm Church, a renowned second-level wizard. The time the ice wall bought him allowed him to quickly recover from his dazed state...

Abidal chanted rapidly, and as the incantation rang out, a light blue pillar of light immediately formed within a one-meter radius around him, protecting him. However, to Abidal's disappointment, his hastily cast defensive spell was no match for the carefully calculated betrayal.

The two ice arrows that broke through the ice wall struck the pillar of light hard, causing it to shake and then collapse. One of the ice arrows even hit Abidal in the chest.

"puff!"

Abidal, who had been struck in the chest by an ice arrow, immediately spat out a mouthful of bright red blood. Although the ice arrow had not pierced his chest, it had still caused his chest to cave in strangely. Not only that, but pale blue ice shards also appeared on Abidal's body.

Without a doubt, Abidal was caught off guard and seriously injured by Jovic's well-planned sneak attack!

Despite suffering severe physical injuries, Abidal, a veteran church punisher, became incredibly calm!

(End of this chapter)