"He only gave us the route and a stone to open the door. The stone is in the old man's hand. He also said that he would escape and meet us when the time comes." Prot said, "But when we came here just now, he didn't show up, so we can only go by ourselves."
Xu Lilei asked, "Are you the only ones who escaped?"
"Well, yes, although Sir Carnot said a lot, not many people are willing to take the risk." Prot replied.
"How many people are there on Karno's side?"
"Three, himself and two attendants. They were supposed to meet us in Stonecliff Town in the east."
Just as they were talking, a fireball flew out from behind the hillside and landed about twenty meters away from the exit of the secret passage.
Seventeen or eighteen figures vaguely appeared in the smoke and dust of the fireball explosion.
The bodies of these people were translucent, and it was obvious that they had cast an invisible magic on themselves. They were caught off guard by the fireball and fell to the ground one after another. But from their attire, it could be seen that these people were warriors or mages with military power, not ordinary civilians.
Xu Lilei had long guessed that this was a trick to divert the attention of the nobles, using civilians to lure them away and then let them escape. But what surprised him was that the number of the other side far exceeded his expectations. Xu Lilei was at the peak of the low level, but judging from the skills of these people, several of them were not inferior to him, and two of them were obviously above him. On his side, only the squad leader had just mastered the fighting spirit, and Lin Lichuan and Nilia were low-level mages, and their strength was far inferior to that of the other side.
He was sweating profusely. If he wasn't careful, this battle would turn into a tragedy where the enemy would kill them. As long as those people came to their senses and launched an organized attack on them, he and his men would not be able to resist no matter what. He knew that the situation at this time did not allow him to hesitate or hesitate, so he didn't say anything more and directly ordered: "Everyone, take out grenades to attack the enemies in the smoke! Then shoot!"
Before he finished speaking, he took out his two crystal grenades and threw them at the enemies who had not yet reacted. Then he took out his lance and began to pour bullets on the heads of the enemies who were crawling up. He set his sights on the two mages in the enemy team. If they cast any shield that could resist bullets, his team would be doomed.
Fortunately, the two mages did not have any powerful protective gear, nor were they real masters. In the chaos, they had no time to cast any magic before they were hit by grenades and bullets, and fell to the ground.
Xu Lilei did not dare to relax and continued to shoot at the soldiers who were emitting strong fighting spirit.
The soldiers under his command were all quick in their movements. After his grenade, seven or eight more grenades flew over. After the flashes of those grenades' explosions, waves of bullets fell on those people's heads.
Low-level and lower-level warriors were very vulnerable to guns and cannons. They were like flames covered by heavy rain and were easily extinguished. However, the two mid-level warriors gave up on escaping and rushed towards Xu Lilei with swords in hand.
After all, Xu Lilei did not have many men under his command, and they needed to reload and inflate the magazine after emptying it, so the barrage of bullets they fired was not enough to stop the charge of two mid-level fighters.
Under the protective fighting spirit, the two men only suffered some minor injuries and retained most of their fighting power. They were about to rush into Xu Lilei's team in a few seconds.
Although Nilia released the vine spell to entangle them, this low-level spell was too fragile in front of the power of the mid-level fighting spirit. The two swung their swords and chopped fiercely, and they cut a path and continued to rush forward.
At this time Lin Lichuan took action. Due to the limitation of his realm, he could not cast more advanced magic, but his low-level spells were very different. The fireball he just cast surpassed the fireballs of ordinary mages. If it were not for the deterrent effect of his fireball, the reactions of those fallen mages and warriors would not have been so slow, allowing Xu Lilei to achieve such a result.
Facing two warriors who were at a higher level than him, Lin Lichuan was not panicked at all. He released a seemingly simple magic missile. A ball of light flashed from his fingertips, and the magic energy turned from one into ten, divided into two groups, and attacked the two warriors.
Magic missiles are basically not a big threat to mid-level warriors. The missiles cast by ordinary mages can hardly penetrate the warrior's fighting spirit, and can mostly only be used to deal with ordinary warriors who have no fighting spirit to protect them.
Karno and his companions did not take this magic seriously. But they did not expect that when the missiles hit their bodies, they would burst into different brilliance. Only then did they realize that each missile contained a different status magic. Slowdown, weakness, shock, dullness, confusion, were cast on them in an instant. Although their fighting spirit also had a certain resistance to these status magics, they were still caught in a negative state without preparation. The speed of the two people slowed down suddenly, and then they looked at each other in confusion, suddenly not knowing what to do.
The soldiers under Xu Lilei didn't feel anything yet, but the dark elf mage Nilia was in a state of panic. Only magicians know how difficult it is to change the structure of magic at will during casting. The structure of magic has its own reasons for operation. Once the original structure cycle is broken, the effect of the entire magic may be destroyed. Only those who have a deep understanding of magic have the ability to modify it during casting.
She was the only one who understood clearly on the entire battlefield that when Lin Lichuan launched the missiles, he simultaneously drew out runes with various negative effects at specific positions. Then, after the magic was generated, he tied them to each missile, which created this unexpected effect.
But how many people can modify this magic so precisely in such a short time? His mental power has reached the level of exquisiteness.
Facing the two mid-level warriors in trouble, Li Chuan released several more wind blades. Strong winds swept past the two men, completely wearing away their fighting spirit defenses. Then eight ice spears pierced their limbs, and finally two magic seals hit their backs...
When Xu Lilei's patrol team returned to the city, they happened to meet several noble representatives who were arguing with a captain guarding the city gate. It seemed that they wanted to invite people from the Temple of Nature to enter the city. The captain refused them, but they kept pestering him.
But when they saw Sir Carnot covered in blood and a group of captives, they naturally shut their mouths.