In the banquet hall, almost all the guests except Ordaz have arrived. Bread and fruit have been placed on the two long tables for the banquet. However, everyone has not yet officially taken their seats. They are standing or sitting in the lounge or the main hall, gathering in groups of three or four to rest and chat.
Earl Green and Arus, the deputy master of the Tower of Thousand Thoughts, sat on chairs against the wall of the main hall. Arus had just arrived yesterday, and today's banquet was also held for him.
Count Green raised his glass and gently clinked it with the magician in front of him. Then he said, "Sir Arus, Matos's mistake is that he does not understand the power of the Tower of China. You will agree that every magician has some hidden abilities, right?"
Arus nodded and said, "Of course, the fear of magic lies in its mystery. Especially when the inheritance of this magic tower is unclear, it is even more difficult for us to judge what their trump card is. Over the years, most magic towers have been separated from the original magic towers. Of course, there are also amazing geniuses who have built magic towers from scratch. I can't see the source of the inheritance of this Chinese Tower. Maybe it is really the latter case."
"Before, I sent people to collect as much intelligence as possible and came to a conclusion: the Chinese are very good at fighting with the help of magic props. Their thinking is very different from ours. If our thinking is to train strong people and then give them the best weapons and equipment, then their thinking is to make a large number of magic weapons and magic props that ordinary people can use, and then overwhelm us with numbers. You know, whether it is a warrior or a magician, when they don't mobilize their strength, their bodies are not much stronger than ordinary people. If they use this weapon to attack us when we are unprepared or lack strength, even if we have more warriors and magicians, we may still fail." Earl Green said with some sighs, "Matos was killed in this way, and I think Rivas will also die in this unpreparedness."
"I didn't expect you to see it this way. I don't know how the Tower of China fights, but I have met their strong men in the capital. They are all very talented and powerful magicians. One of their high-level female magicians even defeated a master in battle! I was also defeated in the battle with Xiao Chen. I'm afraid his strength in all aspects is not inferior to mine."
Upon hearing this, Earl Green's expression became more serious: "If that's true, our estimation of them may still be insufficient. Your Excellency the Duke underestimated them. Perhaps I should be more fully prepared before fighting them."
However, Arus, who was sitting opposite him, was suddenly stunned. He looked towards the door and saw orange-red leaves floating in from outside. These leaves were like fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind, twisting and turning in the air, dancing with the wind. Hundreds of fire leaves, shining brightly in the dim room, were very beautiful.
Arus was surprised and asked, "Is this a trick played by Ordaz? Isn't this a bit too grand?"
It's not that there aren't any mages who like to play tricks like flowers blooming and rays of light falling from the sky, but these are usually used when big shots appear. Ordaz used such a method in front of a high-ranking person, which seemed a bit ungrateful.
Count Green stood up cautiously and asked, "Do these fire leaves have magical fluctuations?"
"Very small. What's wrong?" Arus touched a fire leaf with a trace of mental power and found that the outer layer of the leaf was actually covered with mental power, as if... as if the magic power was wrapped and squeezed in the middle. He tried to poke it with mental power, and immediately his eyes widened.
"Oops! It's fake!" With Arus's roar, the spiritual power that was wrapped around the fire leaves that had been floating all over the room was removed at the same time, and violent magic fluctuations suddenly filled the entire room. The leaves were like exploding fireworks, bursting out with dazzling light. The people in the main hall were just immersed in the romantic atmosphere, and in the blink of an eye, they were thrown into the purgatory of raging flames.
Fire snakes raged, fire trees grew, and the room was engulfed by the explosion in an instant.
The moment Arus sensed that power, he destroyed a magic ring on his hand and erected a shield for himself and Earl Green. However, even so, several leaves were still trapped in the shield and then exploded inside the shield, burning the two of them black.
"What kind of method is this? Ordas can never do it! Only a very, very powerful high-level mage can use mental power to wrap so many leaves at the same time, and compress the energy to such a degree..." Arus lay on the ground. He was still injured in the previous explosion. Although it was not serious, his burned hands greatly reduced his ability to cast spells. The shield released before barely resisted the fire waves burning from outside. In addition to the fire waves, a few people except the mid-level knights could still move, and there were basically no living people in the main hall. Even the low-level mage brought by Arus was burned to charcoal in this blow.
His disciple, the intermediate mage Sachio, rushed in from the side hall with a few knights and was stunned by the scene. The whole room, the table, the curtains, and the carpet were all burning, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger. Green and Arus huddled in a corner.
"My Lord Earl!" The knights tried to use their fighting spirit to resist the flames approaching them.
"Teacher." Sachio put up a shield and cast his not-so-proficient water magic to try to control the fire.
"Sachio! Be careful, there are powerful enemies..." Arus was halfway through shouting when three huge fireballs flew in from the door one after another. One after another, they exploded around these people.
After the fire, only Sachio in the shield was standing alone, and the knights around him were blown to the ground and their lives or deaths were unknown.
In the flames and smoke, Sachio randomly released several counterattack magics in the direction of the fireball. However, at this time, a gray beam of light hit his shield. The light contained a strong corrosive force, like hot water poured on ice. The shield quickly melted, and then a silver-white shadow broke through the fire in front of him at an extremely fast speed and rushed over.
When he got closer, he saw that it was a rabbit golem that was only as tall as his calf. When the rabbit opened its mouth, two bolts of lightning shot out from its buck teeth, hitting Sachio's chest directly. After being hit by the lightning, he collapsed with paralysis all over his body, and the defensive magic he was casting was also interrupted. The rabbit jumped directly onto his chest and stabbed a claw into his chest. A mid-level mage died without any resistance in less than a minute of fighting.