stonecrandall Chapter 139 On the Great Shield City
Chapter 139 On the Great Shield City
If it were a back-and-forth battle, that would be fine—if it were a back-and-forth battle, even if the guardian wizard of the Silver Ash School won, Loon could still understand.
But what about the battle described by the wizard Valennil?
The four people on the battlefield were all at the level of third-class wizard apprentices.
Then it's one against three.
—But the process of this battle was an overwhelming 'instant kill'.
A third-class wizard apprentice from one school beat up three other third-class wizard apprentices as if they were ordinary people.
Is this reasonable?
In that instant, the sense of crisis surging in Luo Ang's heart was almost explosive.
Of the spells he has learned so far, none are defensive – which means that in terms of survivability, Loon is no different from an ordinary wizard.
That third-class wizard apprentice from the Silver-Gray School could "instantly kill" three third-class wizard apprentices in one go, so he could also "instantly kill" Loon.
For Loen, this was a truly horrifying discovery, as one can imagine.
"Mechanism, or numerical value?" Instinctively, Loon began to analyze the foundation of the spell.
"It absolutely cannot be a number!" In just a moment, Loon ruled out the possibility that the spell was a 'number'.
The wizarding wars instigated by the Orchid Wizards and their ilk have only ended about two hundred years ago.
In that wizard war, the Silver Ash School belonged to the conservative faction.
If the spell that turned a third-class wizard apprentice into a silver-gray statue was a 'numerical value,' then that war could not have lasted so long or affected so widely.
During wartime, all it takes is for the Silver-Gray School wizards to walk around the battlefield and end the war!
The largest school of thought in this plane will not be the Silver-Gray School, but the Asuka School.
But what is the actual situation?
That battle for change was protracted.
The largest school of thought in this plane is the Asuka School, not the Silver Ash School.
"Most likely, it's a unique mechanism, similar to the 'first encounter kill' mechanic."
"Moreover, this mechanism is not a secret to other schools of thought—otherwise, the threat this spell poses to other schools would be too great, and other wizarding schools would definitely not sit idly by while the Silver Grey School possesses such a terrifying spell."
As he pondered, Luo Ang began to grasp the general outline of that terrifying spell.
But this did not put Luo Ang at ease; on the contrary, it made Luo Ang feel even more terrified.
If we were to categorize all mechanisms into "intensity," then without a doubt, the "first-encounter kill" type of mechanism would be among the top of all. For those who know this mechanism, avoiding it is a piece of cake, but for those who don't, this "first-encounter kill" type of mechanism is extremely terrifying.
Unfortunately, Luo Ang was one of those people who didn't understand the mechanism at that moment.
"They say a secret that two people know is no longer a secret."
"Although the Silver Ash School's special spells are known to so many people, they are still a 'secret' and can still have a 'first-time kill' effect on wild wizards."
"Are wizards so good at keeping secrets and so stingy with sharing information?" Loen blinked involuntarily, suddenly remembering that when the Orchid Wizard was instructing them, he only shared some of his own experiences and talked about the history of the war—but he didn't mention the details of the war or the spells of the various schools of thought at all.
"Or perhaps, there are unique taboos surrounding the magical knowledge of these schools of thought, preventing it from being spread casually?"
Loen believes it should be the latter.
"It seems we can't just sit here on this mountain ridge and wait for the wizards of the Silver Grey School to come knocking on our door."
"We need to take the initiative and figure out the mechanics of their spells before we officially engage with the SilverAsh School."
"Otherwise, what a terrible injustice it would be if someone were to be 'killed on their first meeting' by accident!"
Thinking about it this way, the previously confusing situation suddenly became clear.
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The capital city of the Shield Kingdom is called Great Shield City.
As its name suggests, the city is built on a massive shield.
In ancient times, when the wizards of the central plane invaded as conquerors, a very brutal war broke out between the beings of this plane and the wizards of the central plane.
The location of Giant Shield City is one of the battlefields between powerful individuals.
A giant with a shield died here. After his death, his body was taken away by the victors, but his shield, because it was too heavy, was left here.
For the strong, it would be a losing proposition to go through the trouble of carrying away this heavy shield.
However, for wizards who are not strong enough, the shield left behind by the powerful is a very valuable treasure. But wizards who are not strong enough do not have the ability to take the shield away.
So some wizards built a wizard's tower on this shield, in order to extract the mystery contained within the shield itself and to study the marks on the shield...
After a long period of time, all the mystery within the shield was extracted, and the precious shield was completely transformed into an ordinary object devoid of any mystery. The various metal materials were reduced to ordinary rocks in the wizards' research... and so the wizards all left.
After the wizards left, ordinary people from the surrounding area came here and built a city around the collapsed wizard tower, using the stone-turned shield as its foundation. Then, the city went through wars, destruction, expansion, and restoration...
That's how the Great Shield City came to be.
Giant Shield City is nestled against mountains and beside water, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack; its geographical advantages are extremely obvious.
Meanwhile, on the south side of the city, there is a large river that connects to the ocean, allowing merchant ships and warships to pass.
About ten kilometers south along the river, at the confluence of the river and the sea, lies an extremely prosperous port.
When Loon arrived here, this once extremely prosperous port had already fallen into ruin.
In the harbor, countless fragments of ships bobbed up and down with the waves; whether it was the part where merchant ships were docked or the part where warships were docked, it was all ruins.
In the harbor, the ships that had not yet sunk were all in a state of semi-submersion.
A somber, dark cloud lingered over the harbor, turning what should have been a bustling place into one of utter desolation.
Those still packing up at the port and on the ships all looked panicked and demoralized, as if they had just experienced a crushing defeat.
And that is indeed the case!
Loon used the "Scale Flea Bloodline Cultivation" experiment to leave the wizard Valennil in Forked Ridge to capture Scale Fleas and find a suitable place to use as a laboratory, while he himself followed the path of the Scarlet Wizard to find the Scarlet Wizard.
Then, on the way, they encountered an injured Andy swimming in the sea.