Chapter 348 Airborne Operations (VI)

The war mages covered their throats in astonishment, unable to make any sound. Every word they wanted to say was dissipated in the air.

The spell was interrupted, and the spell model collapsed and backfired.

The forced termination of the spell caused the energy to flow back, consuming the remaining power of each caster more quickly.

The explosion on the ground continued, and they could clearly hear the gunshots from the ship not far away, as well as the sound of additional armor plates falling off the hull.

At this moment, all the war mages, whether they were the mages who started to cast spells or the mages who were preparing to cast spells, lost their "language" for a short time.

Losing their voices, they could not speak.

It means that the war mages have lost most of the spells they have mastered, and language is a key part of casting spells.

They were silenced.

In this area, creatures in the spherical space with a radius of 300 meters centered on the floating command ship cannot express their thoughts through words.

Divine magic, wide-area silence.

High-ranking priests will be the agents of God, using part of God's power to exert their own power.

This is the realm of God.

So, please keep quiet.

As spellcasters, the war mages came back to their senses from the panic, and naturally focused their sights on the enemy not far away along the source.

They are war mages, whether they like it or not, war is already one of their duties.

The woman in white priest uniforms looked at them, and behind her were four small structures that split and stretched and flashed white light. There was no compassion or hostility in her eyes.

A light white ring unfolded at her waist and stabilized under the girl's outstretched palm.

But the war mages, the war mages who activated the detection spell, could see more things through their vision, such as... a larger ring formed by complex patterns extending from the ring.

A ring that can be seen/a ring that cannot be seen.

Behind her stood a humanoid enemy wearing heavy white armor, filling the open hatch of the airship. Through the reconnaissance vision, you can see that it is shining with extremely strong rune light. The light it emits only lasts for a while, and then it returns to the ordinary armored form that will not be noticed by the reconnaissance spell.

"Leave."

She said.

It was a very pleasant voice, full of the ethereal and pureness of the distant world.

The war mages pulled out the staffs that they would only use at critical moments from their backs, and held them in their palms like spears and swords.

Make your own answer with action.

The staff that solidifies the spell has a limited number of spells used per day, and can release the spells stored in the staff without chanting and preparation.

The staff is the sharpest spear and sword in the hands of the mage, and it is only unsheathed when encountering the most dangerous enemy.

The girl standing on the airship in the distance.

She is far from being as harmless as she looks.

Twenty-six mid-level war mages against a high-level spellcaster.

The spells in the staff have been solidified, and all the mages need to do is to complete the last step in a casting process, injecting energy to release the spell.

The war mages have found the enemy they are facing.

Follow the first order of the commander stationed at the portal and eliminate the enemy commander.

No one wants to die, and they will not be one of the losers who escape in disgrace.

Not today.

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Eno was running on the ground with all the troops he could find, rushing to the teleportation site to do his best to protect the operation of the portal.

While directing the actions of the ground troops, he looked up at the war mage interception group in the sky that suddenly stopped and then became extremely quiet.

The line infantry with messy clothes quickly walked along the road to the portal with the magic rifles and ammunition distributed. In the past, such a critical facility as the portal was off-limits to idle people, but when performing defense tasks, there was no need to think so much.

There are a large number of tree people stationed at the portal as material carriers. After they take root in a place, they will replace the crane to load resources.

There was no response, and the entire channel fell into a strange silence.

He observed that the war mages in the air were still maneuvering. The tracks left by the flying spell at an altitude of thousands of meters could also be observed on the ground with the help of high-level Eagle Eye Spell. Also observed were the traces of battle that looked like light pollution.

They were still fighting, and the mages were still using their own power to intercept the enemy's advance.

"Intercept the troops? What happened?"

The elf commander led the troops forward with a big breath, while continuing to communicate with the mage troops fighting above through the communication array deployed by his adjutant.

As usual, there was no reply.

The enemy's floating fleet began to cross the innermost high wall.

"Damn... How many active troops are there? Gather and go to the portal immediately."

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She was recalling the spells she had learned, thinking about choosing one or two spells that could repel the enemy.

These offensive spells of the war mages.

Fireball, lightning, arcane light stream... intertwined into a web of various colors of light.

All poured on the divine shield deployed by Alicia.

If she just stood there and got hit, she wouldn't be able to bear it for long...

They circled around the command ship like mosquitoes and attacked, while the other escort ships around tried to deflect their fire to avoid accidentally hitting the flagship where their commander was.

Priests do not always have so many divine arts that serve war, which is why the priests of the Holy City never act alone.

The high-voltage current created by the lightning spell hit the shield, making the shield's luster slightly weakened, and in response, the priest's hand appeared with a blazing white light bullet.

Three blazing white light balls streaked through the air, accurately hitting and shattering the armor of a war mage, and blood splashed on his body with the covering shotgun barrage.

But more light bullets were evaded by the war mage with a flexible posture.

The spellcasters began to fight against the background of steel.

A light arrow pierced the mage armor deployed by the war mage flying in the sky, followed by nine extremely fast identical light arrows.

Accurate and deadly, five war mages left the scene in this sudden attack.

"No need for your help..."

Alicia looked at the cathars beside her. The other party had already held the universal weapon box that was originally suspended on his back in his hand and switched to long-range attack mode to use as a shooting rifle.

She looked at the iron can in the cabin, tilting her head, and felt a hint of innocence from his emotions.

She was a little unhappy. She didn't want her role in Ji Lin to be just because she could borrow ten cathars - she was not a vase.

The mission of the cathars was to protect the accompanying priests. They could not watch a high-level priest being attacked and remain indifferent.

The interception force composed of 26 war mages left the scene in the crossfire.

The fleet also carried ten cathars in charge of war. They were born to deal with various wars, and Ji Lin also assigned them a task that belonged to them.

"Destroy the arcane focuser and treeman troops on the ground. This is the mission."

The subsequent landing troops will land along the landing site you have cleared.

In the fight, the airship fleet has arrived above the portal, and the assembled garrison troops are still rushing here.

Directly below the fleet, there is a relatively open square with a large amount of supplies placed on the open ground.

Alicia watched the Skitarii disassemble the weapon box in his hand, and reattach the disassembled structure to its armor. The precisely overlapped silver-white material made this tin can look more like a...tin can.

This was the first time she saw the Skitarii in other postures.

But the enemy mages had already retreated, what were they going to do?

She looked at Ji Lin in the corner, who was relieved to see that she was not unusual, and then slightly turned his eyes away and did not look at Alicia.

"We are about to land."

Altitude 1,200 meters.

The paratroopers are in place.