In a small forest two or three miles away from the villa, Xia Fan was performing his best shock technique.
Under the stimulation of the strong electric field, the trees around him had become blackened and withered, and even the ground was covered with bursts of green smoke. From the perspective of Qi, there is undoubtedly a storm gathering here - a large amount of Qi is constantly pouring in, and is transformed into powerful electrical energy under the action of will. The air is also ionized, and branch-like lightning can be seen appearing out of thin air from time to time, like leaping souls.
Behind Xia Fan are two floating lampposts, which are also his main weapons.
"Another dragon is flying!" Qianyan ran towards him holding a new lamppost - for her, the street lamps in the villa were three or four as long as her, so she carried the lamppost with one hand and flew all the way. There was something indescribably weird about Ben's look. Probably no one would have thought that those street lamps that were firmly fixed on the base could be unplugged by a little girl who looked to be less than ten years old and carried to Xia Fan.
In this plan, Qian Yan is undoubtedly the most efficient "loader".
"I saw it." Xia Fan stretched out his hands and put the black shadow in the distance into the gap formed by his palm and thumb.
Seeing this, Qianzhi quickly threw the lamp post in his hand to the ground and raised his hand to block his ears.
The next moment, with a deafening roar, a lamppost was accelerated to above the speed of sound in a very short period of time, and projected towards the dragonborn who took off - in the process, the iron pole itself was also heated by the induction current. , the body showed a red-hot state, so that the moment it was launched, it dragged out an extremely bright flame trail!
The distance of two or three miles was almost instantaneous.
Before the Dragonborn could fly away from the villa, he was shot down by the sudden sharp arrow - other times, even if it was a musket, the transformed Dragonborn could withstand it for a while, but unfortunately this arrow was too big. Even if the speed of the lamp post dropped to less than half when it flew over the villa, the kinetic energy it carried could still not be underestimated. If Xia Fan hadn't deliberately avoided the body, he would have mainly targeted non-vital parts such as the wings and tail. , just taking this blow head-on may directly kill the Dragonborn.
After the two dragons were shot down one after another, no one in the villa dared to take off to pursue Olina.
The defense of St. Blainey Palace was completely suppressed by Xia Fan alone.
Even he himself was a little lucky. Fortunately, the Villa's territory was large enough so that his rescue method could be implemented.
When he learned that the Holy Palace was preparing to expel guests, Xia Fan came up with the idea of using seismic techniques to attack the main building of the villa from a distance and create chaos from the outside.
The actual territory of the Holy Palace is nearly a thousand acres, and in order to create a sense of tranquility and isolation, the place where people gather is a small area in the center, surrounded by woodlands, horse farms and artificial lakes. It is basically inaccessible at night, which also gives him the opportunity to take action. Space.
Since the Mystery Lock is similar to a formation, it means that it requires magic power to be activated and maintained. When the specific solution is not known, brute force cracking is often the most straightforward choice.
Xia Fan thought clearly that as long as he dug a hole in the wall and suppressed any enemies who tried to pursue Li, he could create an escape channel for her.
And Mysuo's defense was more fragile than he thought.
After all, it is a villa where the upper class gathers, not a fortress on the front line of the war.
Probably the founder of the Holy Palace did not expect that this manor located in the upper city of Azure Castle would be attacked by comparable heavy artillery.
Xia Fan's main purpose was to save people, so he deliberately raised the incident angle of the lamppost. Once the mystery lock was penetrated, it would directly penetrate the roof of the third floor and shoot out from the other side of the main building. However, something seemed to have happened in the middle. A lamppost was blocked in the room, and the dull roar of its shattering could be heard even from two or three places away.
It wasn't until he saw Li being taken away by Olina safely that he let out a sigh of relief.
In this era, there are not even searchlights. Once you escape into the night sky, you will be completely invisible. According to the plan, Olina will first climb to an altitude of 100 feet to completely escape the sight of the pursuer, and then find a remote dragon pillar platform in the city to land. Using normal thinking, at this time, most people would definitely think that the attacker had fled away. Even if some people guessed that the attacker might still stay in the city, it would be difficult to think of Olina.
But Li may have been seen in full, after all, the fox demon's big ears are easy to distinguish. But as long as you pay a little attention and let Li disguise himself before going out, the problem shouldn't be too big. After all, Azure Castle is a large seaport city with more than 300,000 residents, and the group of half-beasts is also quite large. It is not easy to target Li from it.
"Let's evacuate too." Qianyan said after confirming that Olina could no longer be found. "The pursuers will be searching for her later."
In fact, from the first firing to the present, it only lasted a few dozen breaths. Even if someone could notice the abnormal fire in the forest, there would be absolutely no time to intercept them.
Xia Fan nodded and followed her into the woods.
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A quarter of an hour later, Fumi Split Tooth rushed into the forest area with a large number of guards.
It didn't take long for them to search before they found a strange clearing.
"Sir, this is..." The accompanying police officer couldn't help but cover his nose.
"Well, it seems that the clues provided by the villa are correct. The attacker performed the spell here." Fumi looked around, secretly wondering. All the surrounding trees were withered, and the land exuded a rotten smell. At first glance, it looked as if it had been swept away by necromancy.
"Is it possible that the murderer is the Necromancer?" As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions suddenly became quite ugly. Not only was the Necromancy School a target of extermination by the Church of the Sun God, but it was also listed as a prohibited research field within the mages. Said to be the public enemy of all living beings. Also because of the suppression from many parties, the surviving necromancers all have extraordinary skills. They are the number one enemy of public security in any city where they are placed. If something goes wrong, it will definitely be a big deal. And it is obviously them, the guards, who bear the brunt of the threat.
"That's not necessarily the case." Fumi knelt down and dug his hands into the soil.
Even in summer, he could feel the heat contained in the soil.
After digging for a while, he pinched out a soft earthworm from under a stone. The latter's body was red, and there was no sign of life anymore, but the whole body was basically intact, and it didn't look like his flesh and blood had been drained by necromancy.
"Sure enough," Fumi got close to the earthworm and smelled it. "Rather than saying that it was killed by necromancy, it would be better to say that it was cooked by high temperature."
"Roasted?" the police officer asked in surprise, "You mean there was a fire in the woods? But according to the clues provided by the villa, only people here witnessed the flash of strange sparks, and there was no sign of fire. And... if... If it’s a wildfire, it should spread to the entire forest, rather than just being limited to a twenty-foot-wide circle.”
"That's the problem." Fumi pondered. "The heating here seems to start from the inside of the object."
"From... inside the object?" Hearing his boss's words, the police officer shuddered for no reason.