"Are you trying to bribe us?" a guard asked cautiously, without any accusation in his tone.
"That's right. Problems that can be solved with money are all simple problems." Tashia said calmly, "The Alonso family has always had a good reputation and will never mistreat obedient people. If you help us complete the mission, you will become heroes in the eyes of the Chinese. I don't need to say more about such benefits, right? So, can you make a decision?"
"We are willing to serve you." The two soldiers said in unison.
However, just as they finished speaking, a beam of corrosive energy from Elena hit the face of the person on the left, and behind him, Donato also took action at the same time. He pressed one of his bracelets, and a lightning bolt hit the warrior's hand, and a round object fell from his hand. The warrior who was hit fell to the ground screaming and covered his face with his hands in pain. The other warrior was horrified and wanted to draw his sword, but Tasya's rocket magic hit his wrist and opened his hand.
Elaina said, "I saw in my vision of detecting spirits that the man on the ground just had a violent fluctuation in his spirit power. He must be planning something bad."
"You are right. This thing in his hand is a reporting prop, used to report emergencies." Donato picked it up from the ground and handed it to Tasia. "My lord, I didn't expect this guy to be a die-hard fan of the Marquis. But fortunately, he didn't cause any big trouble.
However, with this communication device, we can report to the higher-ups through our personal guards that everything is normal and delay the time a little longer.
It depends on whether the remaining one can cooperate or not."
The remaining guard quickly said, "Miss Tasia, I sincerely surrender to you. This idiot wants to seek credit from the Marquis, but I know that the power you represent is much greater than that of the Marquis. Let me kill him for you."
As the other men watched, he drew his sword and chopped off his companion's head with one blow.
“It seems that the Alonso family’s methods don’t always work.” Elena said.
Tasia said, "At least it worked two-thirds of the time. As someone who controls the power of money, I feel that if everyone can be controlled by me, then this world would not be very interesting."
The soldier who stayed behind was named Charlie. Fortunately, he was also qualified to operate the reporting prop. The prop could only transmit three types of information: everything was normal, there was danger, and being processed. They sent the message "being processed" to the enemy at the center and then entered the stone gate.
At the end of the passage is a hexagonal room that is not very wide. In the middle of the room is a complex magic circle laid on the ground. The energy-supplying magic circles coming from the stone road are all connected to this magic circle. Various magical energies converge into one place, just like layers of neon lights nested together. Among the interlaced light prisms of various colors, there is a large crystal that transmits the energy generated in the magic circle directly into a circular hole on the roof.
"I feel like the hole leads directly to the ground," said Tasya.
Xiao Chen replied quickly: "You guessed right, I found the place where the light column appeared. It was disguised as a dry well in an abandoned yard. It's strange, why is there no one guarding this place."
Xiao Chen found a stone slab on the ground and tried to cover the well mouth, but found that the light column seemed to have substance. The stone slab was against the light column and could not be covered no matter what. He realized that there was no way to destroy this energy point from the outside, so there was no need for anyone to guard it. He told the following people about this discovery.
Tasia said, "Then let us destroy the lower part."
Although Donato himself was not very strong, he was someone who had truly studied and understood this city defense barrier. He said, "Ms. Tashia, I don't know how you destroyed the outer gate just now. To destroy this formation, you must use the same method. Because the formation itself is also protected by shield energy. And the protection here is stronger than the shield on the door. If I were to do it, I would have no way to destroy it at all."
Tasia said, "You don't need to come to destroy the magic circle, but there must be a few points in the magic circle that are more fragile than other parts. Can you find them?"
"Yes!" Donato walked around the room and began to point out the key points of the formation one by one. "This is the magic transformation point. The magic of different attributes undergoes a transformation and blending process in this area, so it is the most unstable part of the entire formation."
He pointed to another spot and said, "This is the point where excess magic is released. If the influx of magic exceeds the capacity of the formation, it will escape here. If this point is destroyed, magic will accumulate excessively, causing the formation to be damaged by magic.
By destroying these two points, we should be able to cause the least damage to the formation but achieve the best results."
Elena called Xiaobai and said, "Then let's get started."
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At the same time, in the open space outside the city to the west, Chinese troops were gathering and building their positions. Since the magic attacks in this world were similar to artillery fire, various fortifications and trenches were indispensable. All 36 cannons of the artillery battalions under the two regiments were deployed, except for the two that were destroyed by Garriott's attack. They were arranged in the west of Suero City. One by one, the pneumatic cannons were set up, and the artillerymen were adjusting the angle and preparing the shells.
Even the firepower company attached to the infantry battalion sent out all the mortar squads, setting up a mortar position on each side of the artillery position.
In front of the mortars were the mages who had come out in full force. In addition to Zhang Hong and a few other mages who stayed behind, Wang Jiyuan had gathered six battalion-level mages, totaling sixty low- and mid-level mages. Fortifications had been built on their positions, so the mages were all in cover. Intertwined with them were the infantry and melee positions.
Wang Jiyuan, several staff officers, and Master Gabriel were all standing in a front-line fortification. On the computer screen of a staff officer next to him, a drone was showing a picture of the inner city of Suero.
Wang Jiyuan said to Gabriel, "The battle in the afternoon seemed to have stunned them. We have been preparing here for so long, but we can't see any signs of them counterattacking. Are they just going to rely on their shields to hold on?"
Gabriel said: "I think that cavalry team is probably the strongest offensive team that the other side can bring out. A team led by a master and two high-level leaders is beyond our expectations for Suero."
"That's easy to understand. If they want to effectively attack us, they must use a much stronger force than the last one. It seems impossible." Wang Jiyuan looked at the overhead image carefully again and said, "In this case, we will start the attack in twenty minutes!"