At this time, Rhodes was still observing in secret because he had not yet confirmed the location of the Necromancer.
Until now, the necromancer has only used fire wall and fire-bending magic. Both of these spells can be released directly at the target.
Since there is no exact trajectory, Rhodes cannot rely solely on the fluctuations of magic to find out where the necromancer is hiding. Therefore, Rhodes was still observing the situation on the battlefield.
As the battle progressed, the battlefield fell into a stalemate for a while. Whenever the wall of fire dissipates, the two of them will replace it in its original position, but there is no other action.
In addition to using the Slowness method on the ghosts, the mayor then stopped taking any action and just relied on the skeleton warrior to resist the ghosts in front. The necromancer wanted to break through the stalemate with the help of the four ghosts in front.
At this time, the advantage of the mayor's combat experience is reflected. At this moment of stalemate, the mayor's skeleton warrior pressed forward with his shield, pushing the ghost back.
Facing the impact of the iron shield, because the speed of the ghosts was slowed down and their cooperation with each other deteriorated, they could only be forced to retreat. And behind the ghost is where the wall of fire is.
Skeleton warriors gathered in large numbers in front of the ghost, trying to force the ghost into the wall of fire.
Just when the ghost was not far from the wall of fire, a burning fireball flew towards the skeleton warrior from behind all the undead creatures.
The fireball passed directly through the fire wall and flew towards the back of the fire wall, while the ghosts on the side received orders from the necromancer and accurately avoided the trajectory of the fireball.
The fireball passed by these ghosts and directly hit the shield held by a skeleton warrior in front.
There was only an explosion, and the shield in the skeleton warrior's hand shattered. The skeleton warrior who was directly hit by the fireball was blown away by the fireball, and fell to the ground with the skeleton warrior behind it.
Within the scope of the fireball explosion, even with a shield as a defense, the skeleton warrior suffered considerable damage. The impact caused by the fireball explosion caused the Skeleton Warriors' originally tight formation to be immediately dispersed.
In order to suppress the ghosts, almost all the skeleton warriors came to the front of the fire wall, so that they could rely on their numerical advantage to force the ghosts into the fire wall. Similarly, if it were not for the purpose of stepping forward to suppress the ghosts, even if the necromancer behind fired a fireball, it might not be able to achieve such a good effect.
Just after these skeleton warriors fell to the ground and exposed their bodies that were originally blocked by shields, these ghosts did not waste such a good opportunity. Instead, they immediately took action and killed the skeleton warriors who had lost the protection of their shields in an instant.
Just relying on the fireball he cast, the Necromancer achieved sufficient results. Coupled with the offensive of these ghosts, the mayor's skeleton warriors suffered considerable losses for a while.
However, this fireball also exposed the location of the Necromancer himself. Following the trajectory of the fireball, Rhodes found the possible location of the Necromancer at a glance.
For Rhodes, the best thing to do at this time is to continue waiting. Whether it is the mayor or the necromancer, since they have already begun to cast damaging spells, in this case, the mana will be consumed quickly.
Once a mage's mana is consumed, no matter how powerful the spells he has mastered before, they will undoubtedly lose their original effectiveness at this moment. This applies to both necromancers and orthodox mages.
However, Rhodes took action as soon as he saw the fireball shot out. He lurked himself in the darkness and started moving towards the Necromancer's position.
Rhodes knew that if he continued to wait, after the skeleton warriors in front of the mansion were cleared, the mayor would retreat directly into the mansion. Although there was a wall of fire blocking him, the mayor should have mastered the magic of fire control and could forcefully pass through the wall of fire. If you retreat to the mansion, you will only be seriously injured at most.
If Rhodes didn't detect anomalies from inside the mansion, he would definitely let the mayor retreat inside. However, according to the anomalies that Rhodes sensed from inside the mansion, it would be best to keep the mayor outside the mansion. Therefore, Rhodes must do something. action.
Rhodes walked quickly in the direction of the Necromancer for a while. Suddenly, the vampire rushed out from Rhodes and faced the ghost lurking in the darkness, preparing to launch a sneak attack on Rhodes.
The ghost was also not affected by the darkness. After noticing the lurking Rhodes, he immediately conveyed this to the necromancer who controlled it. Then he followed the necromancer's order and took advantage of the darkness to wait for an opportunity to attack. .
Due to the darkness all around, although it provided Rhodes with the convenience of lurking, it also made it impossible for Rhodes to see clearly the surrounding situation. The previous battlefield was able to see clearly due to the firelight generated by the fire wall.
If the vampire hadn't noticed Yin Hun's sneak attack first and stepped forward to attack Yin Hun first, maybe he wouldn't have noticed the abnormality until Rhodes got to Yin Hun's side.
Seeing the vampire fighting with the ghost, Rhodes was not surprised. Rhodes had predicted in advance that there would definitely be undead creatures around the necromancer for protection. What surprised Rhodes was that the necromancer controlled so many ghosts.
Counting the one he killed originally, plus the ghosts currently fighting the skeleton warrior, the necromancer controlled a total of six ghosts.
However, except for the ghosts, the number of ghosts and zombies did not change much in this attack, but the number was similar to the last time.
Rhodes realized that six ghosts, plus this large group of undead creatures, were the necromancer's capital to dare to take on this task.
If it hadn't been for Rhode's surprise attack last time, which resulted in the death of a ghost, and the ghosts had to be left behind for protection, the mayor's skeleton warriors wouldn't have been able to resist for long when six ghosts appeared together, even if they used magic.
Even so, this necromancer is only at the apprentice level and has not yet reached the level of a formal necromancer. Once he reaches the level of a formal mage, in addition to the undead creatures he controls, the spells he casts will also have a qualitative change, and will not just be what they are now.
Rhodes knew that before reaching the fourth level, mages would not master many self-protection spells. Among the low-level spells, there were only a few such as ice rings that could protect themselves.
The powerful life-saving spells of mages, such as teleportation and the like, are all of a high level, and if you want to learn them from the magic guild, you need to pay a certain price. This price is not only gold coins, but also many other things.
While Rhodes was thinking about the information about the necromancer, the vampire was fighting the ghost.
As both undead creatures, facing the attacks of vampires, Yinhun did not try to dodge, but directly traded wounds with the vampires with each move.
Due to the dim light, Rhodes could not clearly see the situation in the field, but he could vaguely see the dark light flowing on the ghost. When fighting a vampire, the ghost uses its unique recovery ability to restrain the vampire.
The ghost in front of him was obviously stronger than the ghost that Rhodes saw at the beginning. Even so, neither vampires nor ghosts can kill each other in a short time. Even if they attack with all their strength, due to their good combat experience, they still cannot tell the winner in a short time.
At this time, according to the instructions in Rhodes' spiritual mark, the vampires in the battle directly choose to transform into bats.
As a burst of black mist emerged, the bat flew out from in front of the ghost, but ignored the ghost in front of him and quickly flew in the direction of the original fireball.
Faced with the sudden changes in the vampire, the necromancer lurking on the side also realized this and quickly issued his own instructions to the ghost.
Yin Hun did not stay in place, but tried to attack the bats that were scattered around. However, Yin Hun's behavior only killed one or two bats at most, and the rest had already risen into the sky.
The bat flew in one direction, and the darkness had no effect on the bat. Not flying far, the bat discovered the exact location of the Necromancer in the darkness with rapid flight.
In an instant, as if they had received some instructions, the bats all gathered towards the Necromancer's position, preparing to attack him.
The ghost wanted to return to the Necromancer to help him deal with the bats in the sky, but was blocked by a sword blade.
When the vampire found the Necromancer's location, Rhodes originally wanted to go up and help, but in the end he decided to stay here to deal with the ghost in front of him and let the vampire fight the Necromancer alone.
Rhodes remembered that in the previous battle, the necromancer had cast fire spells many times. If nothing else happened, he should be a necromancer specializing in fire magic.
Among low-level fire magic, there is a lack of large-scale damage spells such as ice magic rings. The only range-of-range spells are fireballs.
In the previous game, as a high-level mage, Rhodes naturally knew the basic spells of each department very well.
Therefore, after judging that the necromancer majored in fire magic, Rhodes directly asked the vampire to deal with him. Lacking a wide-area damage spell, the Necromancer has trouble dealing with these bats.
Just as the bats came to the necromancer, many ghosts nearby rushed over first and blocked the bats.
Previously, the necromancer received messages from the ghosts and discovered other enemies, so he transferred many ghosts back to him.
In the view of this necromancer, the attack route in the field was blocked by the wall of fire anyway. These ghosts could not cross the wall of fire to attack the skeleton warriors for a while, which would have an adverse impact on the entire battle situation.
In the center of the battlefield, in addition to a large number of walking corpses, there are still some ghosts left. They are ready to wait until the wall of fire disappears and then immediately attack the skeleton warriors. However, the number of these ghosts is undoubtedly much smaller than before.
Although the Necromancer made many ghosts retreat, he did not withdraw all the ghosts on the battlefield. At this time, he still did not forget his main mission.
For a time, many ghosts came to the front of the necromancer and blocked these bats with their bodies.
Unlike ordinary undead creatures, ghosts have no flesh and blood on their bodies. Facing these ghosts, the bat's bite cannot achieve much effect. Instead, they are quickly killed by these ghosts.
After realizing this, the bat quickly flew into the air, trying to get past the ghost and directly attack the necromancer behind.
But the Necromancer obviously expected this. In order to avoid the bats in the sky, the Necromancer let the ghosts surround him and kept changing positions. For a while, the bats could only be blocked by these ghosts.
On the side, Rhodes also started fighting with the ghost.
As early as when the vampire began to transform into a bat, Rhodes ignored his exposed position and lit the torch in his hand in order to see clearly the enemies around him.
At this time, the torch was thrown aside by Rhodes. Although it could not completely illuminate the surroundings, it also provided Rhodes with a field of vision to deal with the enemy.
It was only when he was fighting the ghost that Rhodes felt the power of the ghost in front of him.
Although they are all the same kind of creatures, there are also differences in strength between the ghosts. Some ghosts have just been upgraded from ghosts and have just entered the third level, so their strength is naturally relatively low, while some ghosts are not much different from the fourth level. The ghost that Rhodes is facing is the latter.
Rhodes realized that in order to ensure his own safety and prevent enemies from launching a surprise attack on him, the necromancer chose to place the most powerful undead creature beside him.
Facing the Yin Hun in front of him, no matter how Rhodes swung his sword, he would be blocked by it one by one. As for the Yin Hun's attack, Rhodes also had no way to resist it. He could only dodge towards the surroundings, but he couldn't achieve anything for a while. Advantage.
Rhodes knew that he could not defeat the ghost in front of him not because of the difference in moves, but because of the difference in basic attributes.
In order to improve his spellcasting ability, Rhodes invested a lot of attribute points in the knowledge attribute. At this time, during the battle, facing the ghost that was one level higher than himself, Rhodes' melee attacks were naturally a little weak.
The ghost once again repelled Rhodes' attack. Just when Yinhun was about to attack Rhodes, Rhodes suddenly raised his hand, and a spell quickly condensed in Rhodes' hand.
Since there was only one creature around, Shadow, Rhodes chose the ice arrow that could cause the most damage.
The ice arrows were shot at Yinhun rapidly. Since the distance between the two was too close during the battle, Yinhun had no way to dodge in the face of this ice arrow that was shooting straight at him.
The ice arrow hit Yin Hun's body and then exploded, causing considerable damage to it. At the same time, Yin Hun's entire body was covered with a layer of frost.
Yin Hun trembled. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Rhodes immediately stepped forward and slashed with his sword, but was blocked by Yin Hun again.
At this time, due to the damage caused by the ice arrow, facing Rhodes in front of him, Yinhun changed his previous fighting posture and did not choose to continue attacking. Instead, he concentrated on defense. The purpose was to hold Rhodes back and prevent him from getting closer. Necromancer at the rear.
During the battle with Yin Hun, Rhodes could see through the firelight coming from the side that Yin Hun's body was flashing with blue light all the time, recovering from the injuries caused by the ice arrows. Rhodes knew that procrastinating for a long time would only be detrimental to him.
Rhodes found the right moment and took advantage of the opportunity for the ghost to resist his attack, and released another ice arrow.
This time, the ice arrow hit its original location again. Being damaged by spells one after another, Yin Hun was undoubtedly hit hard. Taking advantage of the moment when Yin Hun lost his guard, Rhodes quickly stepped forward and struck hard with the impact of the spell, directly decapitating Yin Hun.
Perhaps it would be difficult for Rhodes to kill the ghosts through close combat alone, but under the influence of spells, the ghosts were no match for Rhodes.
After getting rid of the ghost in front of him, Rhodes immediately looked in the direction of the vampire.
Rhodes noticed that the number of bats was greatly reduced under the attack of the surrounding ghosts. In comparison, the ghosts did not lose a few.
After the number of lost bats reaches a certain amount, the bats quickly leave these ghosts and gather at a not far away location.
The Necromancer on the side also discovered this and raised his hand, ready to cast a spell at any time.
Although he continued to dodge, under the bat's successive attacks, the necromancer also suffered some injuries, but the injuries were not serious. As soon as the bat came to his side, he was immediately killed by the ghost on the side. .
Just after the group of bats gathered, the vampire's figure just appeared, and he saw a fireball flying towards him.
Faced with a sudden spell attack, the vampire was also aware of the dangers in the fireball, so he had no choice but to transform into a bat again.
As a burst of black mist emerged, the fireball passed through the black mist and hit the ground not far away, blasting a small crater into the ground and sending sparks flying.
As soon as the bats emerged from the black mist, they immediately flew rapidly into the sky. All the bats were like this, and none of them stayed in place.
Through the existence of the spiritual imprint, after receiving Rhode's signal, the vampire understood that its target was no longer the necromancer in front of him.
Regarding the sudden change in the group of bats, the necromancer had not realized what had happened, but only saw Rhodes holding his sword and rushing towards his position.
(End of chapter)