"Lord Yadra, the scouts have sent a message that the group of lizardmen are coming!"
A middle-aged man in armor walked into the hall outside, glanced at Athir, and then reported to Yadra.
"here we go again."
Upon hearing the news, Yadra frowned at first, then looked at Athir who was standing beside him: "Lord Athir, do you want to go and take a look together?"
"Of course." Athir nodded: "It is also my duty to help defend the city."
They said a few words there and then walked outside.
On the narrow and dilapidated city wall, the cold wind was blowing violently.
It was not until several hours later that some figures appeared outside.
They were lizardman warriors wearing special green leather armor, generally shorter than ordinary people, and holding simple weapons in their hands.
These lizardmen warriors are very strong. Although they are generally not as tall as human warriors, they are generally much stronger. The skin that has not yet completely shed also has good defensive capabilities. Overall, their combat effectiveness is very good.
However, neither Athir nor Yadra took these ordinary lizardmen seriously.
Looking at the lizardmen gathering in the distance, they looked back and clearly sensed the aura of magic there, and a trace of solemnity appeared in their eyes.
"Here it comes!"
Looking at the scene in the distance, Yadra uttered a whisper.
A violent whistling sound came from afar, like the buzzing of insects, and was getting closer and closer to the original place.
After a while, Athir also saw those things clearly.
They were four-legged bugs that looked like mosquitoes. They were red all over and each one was the size of a baby's fist.
Countless insects gathered together, making low chirping sounds while flying in the air, carrying a low-frequency sound wave vibration that made people feel a little nauseous.
"These are swamp bloodworms that are a specialty of the Swamp Kingdom. They are full of toxins and it's a bit troublesome to gather them together."
Looking at the sky in the distance covered in red, Yadra lowered his head and explained to Athir.
He stood on the city wall, his magic power surged out quickly, emitting a black light in front of him and directly splashing out.
The black light rushed to the sky, colliding with the red light formed by the gathering of insects, canceling each other out.
The corpses of bloodworms kept falling down, and they lost their lives immediately after being touched by the black light.
A whistling sound came from the distance, like the sound of an arrow breaking through the air.
Under Athir's gaze, a light green arrow shot rapidly from a distance. It was covered with a thick blood color and was obviously not an ordinary arrow.
Yadra waved his hand, and a large amount of shadow particles were released, forming a shadow curtain in front of his eyes. It collided with the arrow and suddenly made a violent explosion.
At this time, other wizards around also reacted. They began to mobilize their magic power and each used their own methods to attack outside.
After all, this is where a wizard family is stationed. In addition to the head of the family, Yadra, who is a formal wizard, there are also many apprentices and knights, which is also considered a considerable combat force at this time.
In addition, with the activation of the defensive magic formation, the city walls were covered by the effects of the magic formation, which also brought them a lot of advantages.
Roar!
A violent roar came from a distance.
Under the gaze of Athir and the other man, a giant beast with three horns and a body length of four or five meters walked out from the lizardman army in the distance, its body covered with a layer of light yellow scales.
This is a swamp beast, a very ferocious monster in the swamp kingdom that is rarely seen outside.
On the back of the giant beast, a lizardman wearing a skin robe was standing there. Although he was thin, his eyes were cold. He was staring at Yadra on the top of the city wall.
"Official wizards of the Lizardmen, and two of them?"
Looking at the lizardman wizard on the back of the giant beast and feeling the message coming from afar, Athir nodded, with a flash of understanding in his eyes.
In addition to the official wizard on the back of the swamp beast, there were also fluctuations of magic power coming from the official wizard among the lizardmen in the distance, and it was obvious that there was another official wizard.
Sure enough, not long after, another lizardman wearing a linen robe and looking much taller than ordinary lizardmen walked out, escorted by several lizardman guards. He exuded a powerful aura of magic and was clearly felt by Athir and Yadra who were standing on the city wall in the distance.
"These two lizardmen are both very powerful, and each one is no weaker than me."
On the side, watching the people in the distance gather, Yadra also explained: "The reason why this city was able to be defended in the past half month was mostly due to the existence of this defensive magic formation, which allowed me to barely hold on."
"But now that Lord Athir is here, we can try to fight back."
Listening to his words, Athir nodded: "No problem."
The number of official wizards on both sides is equal, and there is also the existence of the guardian wizard formation. To a certain extent, Athir actually has a certain advantage.
"Then go ahead."
Yadra nodded, and the spiritual power originally hidden in his body slowly dissipated, attracting the surrounding energy particles.
He waved his hands, and as his magic power dissipated, several shadow fireballs rushed towards the distance and directly hit the lizardman army.
There were bursts of low roars mixed with screams, along with a smell of heat and burning, and residual flesh and blood on the ground.
The language of the lizardmen is naturally not the same as that of humans. The vocal organs of the two races are different, causing the screams of these lizardmen to sound more like miserable hisses to Athir.
The next moment, several arrows shot out quickly, heading towards Adra, making exploding sounds on him.
At the side, another lizardman in a linen robe also took the opportunity to rush out, took out a scepter from somewhere in his hand, and swung it fiercely, creating a storm that hit the city wall directly.
boom!!
The sound of flesh and blood being torn came from a distance, startling the lizardman wizard.
He subconsciously turned and looked to the side, just in time to see a shadow rushing towards him quickly from a distance, with a blood-red scimitar in his hand flashing by.
In an instant, Athir, holding a scimitar, rushed in front of the opponent before the opponent noticed it, raised his arm high, and prepared to chop down.
Boom! Boom!
The sound of flesh and blood smashing together quickly rang out. When he was about to chop down the opponent, an inexplicable force field appeared, which forcibly deviated the direction of Athir's chop. Finally, he chopped at another lizardman apprentice, breaking the scales on his body in an instant, causing the flesh and blood on his body to explode.
Although the attack missed, Athir didn't care and just turned and looked aside.
In an instant, the lizardman wizard reacted, and an ice blade appeared in front of him, blowing towards Athir accompanied by gusts of cold wind.
At such a short distance, with the speed of this spell, it would be difficult to dodge even with Athir's speed.
Feeling the ice blade attacking him, Athir waved his hand. A ray of moonlight appeared on his hand, gradually becoming thicker and pressing down in front of him.
The silver light illuminated the surrounding area for several meters, and the power like moonlight enveloped the place, colliding with the cold wind in front of it and gradually canceling it out.
This is the light of the Moon Goddess, a spell obtained during the trip to the ruins. It is also the only offensive spell that Athir currently masters, and it is extremely powerful.
The cold wind and the moonlight were constantly colliding. Under the control of two official wizards, the two spells canceled each other out and almost covered the surroundings.
By the time the effect of the spell wore off, the land within several meters around was completely in a mess. The people who were originally standing were either crushed on the spot or thrown out by the power of the spell. Only Athir and the lizard wizard were left in a stalemate.
Under Athir's gaze, the lizard wizard in a linen robe roared, and the scepter in his hand emitted a faint blue light with the support of magic power, and a spell within it was directly detonated.
"High-level enchanted items?"
In an instant, this thought flashed through Athir's mind, and then he pushed his body back violently.
A stream of black swamp gas with a strong corrosive smell erupted at the spot, covering the original lizard wizard, seemingly trying to trap Athir.
This black gas is highly radioactive. In addition, it seems to contain some kind of severe toxin, which is even more terrifying when activated by magic power. If you stay in it for a long time, even a formal wizard will not have an easy time.
After realizing this, Athir flashed and rushed through the obstruction of several lizardmen warriors behind him, and continued to retreat backwards.
Observing the situation in front of him, he had no intention of rushing forward again. He just sensed the breath of the wizard in front of him and prepared to hold him back.
Official wizards are not so easy to deal with. With physical attributes far superior to those of official wizards, if Athir is willing to pay the price, he may be able to defeat the official wizard in front of him, but it is not so easy to really kill him.
This is not the ruins of the Elf King whose magic power is suppressed. With the ability of a formal wizard, even if he is defeated, it will be very troublesome to really kill him unless the difference between them is too big.
Athir's mission this time is only to help guard this area. He has no obligation to fight on the battlefield. It is already good enough to help delay a formal wizard. There is no need to fight with others.
In the distance, on the other side, the battle between Yadra and another lizard wizard was still beginning.
The blood and the cold wind continued to collide. With the blessing of the protective wizard formation, Yadra's power suppressed the lizard wizard on the opposite side and firmly gained the upper hand.
Even so, as time went on, they also reached a stalemate.
I don't know how much time has passed.
When the Lizardman army evacuated, there were many more corpses on the spot, including Lizardman warriors and ordinary soldiers defending the city.
There was a strong smell of blood, and occasionally one could see some surviving swamp bloodworms lying on the corpses, sucking blood, leaving a hint of purple on the bodies.
"This time, it's all thanks to Lord Athir."
Leaving the city wall and returning to the previous hall, looking at Athir beside him, Yadra expressed his gratitude very sincerely.
"You're welcome. It's the right thing to do."
Athir smiled and said politely to Yadra in front of him.
Compared to before, after the experience of fighting on the battlefield together, the two official wizards were less unfamiliar with each other and spoke more naturally.
After chatting about the current situation for a while, Athir left the living room and, led by a servant, walked around to familiarize himself with the environment.
This city was previously ruled by Yadra's family. There were many complete laboratories in it, which made Athir very satisfied.
Halfway through, walking on the streets of the inner city, a young man suddenly rushed towards me from the front.
"Bold!!"
Seeing the figure rushing towards them, the two guards in front of Athir suddenly changed their expressions. One of them stretched out a hand, grabbed the young man rushing towards him, and pressed him hard against the wall.
Only at this moment did Atier see the young man's appearance clearly.
This was a fairly handsome young man, perhaps fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a patched coarse cloth coat and he seemed to come from a poor family.
He was holding a small piece of purple stone in his hand, with a look of deep fear on his face, as if he had seen something horrible.
It wasn't until he was pinned against the wall by two guards that he reacted. His face, which was originally full of fear, actually relaxed a little, and then he reacted: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you!"
"Put him down."
Without waiting for the guards to speak, Athir's voice came from the side.
He looked at the young man and had no intention of arguing with a child.
Hearing Athir's order, the two armored guards looked at each other, slowly released the force in their hands, put the young man down, and then walked to Athir's side, ready to leave.
Not paying attention to this little episode, Athir continued to move forward accompanied by his guards.
"Phew...Luckily I met a good person."
Looking at Athir's receding back, the young man finally breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest with some fear.
As a man with rich experience, he knew how difficult these guards were to deal with. If Athir had not spoken up this time, the outcome would have been very bad.
Before he could recover from his fear, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
"It's too quiet!"
Feeling the atmosphere around him, this thought arose in his mind.
Before he had time to think about it, a burning sensation came from his chest, causing his eyes to widen suddenly.
A chill rose from behind him. Feeling this, fear appeared on the boy's face and he rushed forward without hesitation.
As if something was chasing him from behind, he ran very fast, even faster than some knight apprentices.
From the perspective of others, one can see that behind the young man, several dark shadows were standing quietly, following him all the time. No matter how hard the other party ran, the distance between them did not change much, and was even getting shorter.
"What should I do? What should I do?!"
Feeling the coldness behind him getting closer and the burning sensation in his chest becoming more obvious, the young man roared in his heart, almost in despair.
He rushed forward desperately, and finally saw a familiar figure in a corner.
"What are you doing here?" A gentle voice sounded in my ears, with a hint of familiarity.
In an instant, the young man felt the cold feeling coming from behind him disappear, his eyes blurred, and he fell heavily to the ground.
(End of this chapter)