The lookout at Costa Fortress.
"Gudong, Gudong! Ah! It tastes really good!"
"Hey! Give me a bite too!" A guard said to his companion while standing guard. It was already early autumn, and it was still a bit cold in Fortress Costa at night, so he wanted to take a few bites to warm up his body.
"Only one sip! This wine is a good product collected by the bar owner himself. I spent a lot of money to get this small pot!" Although the companion felt a little distressed, he still handed over the wine pot.
"I know, next time I get something good, I will definitely need you." The guard nodded, and then drank greedily.
"Hey! I told you that you can only take one bite!" His companion quickly snatched it back.
"Hiccup!" The guard burped: "It tastes really good. I want to have two more sips."
"What if you get too drunk?" The companion said reluctantly, "I heard that some of the guards we sent out to patrol the valley recently reported that there was something going on in the valley. It seems like something might be going on."
"That's true." The guard nodded: "I heard that General Tamro also feels that something is not right. He has already requested support from the rear, but I don't know if he can catch up in time."
"Huh? What do you think that is?" The companion pointed forward.
There was a slightly bright orange-red light spot floating in the air more than a thousand meters away from the fortress' observation deck. At first they all thought it was someone's bonfire, so they didn't pay much attention to it, but now they found that the light spot seemed to be getting closer and closer to them. It's actually moving here!
"That's..." The guard also narrowed his eyes.
The point of light was getting closer, and its speed was getting faster and faster. When they saw clearly what the light spot was, the two guards couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
"That's...that's a person!" the guard yelled in horror.
The man was floating gently in the air dozens of meters away from them. His whole body was emitting an orange-red light, and he was waving his hands as if he was doing something.
"Alarm..." the companion murmured, and then suddenly shouted loudly: "Quick! Sound the alarm!"
"What's the alarm level?" The guard didn't seem to understand what the man was here for.
"Level 1 alarm! There is an enemy attack! That is..." The companion said in horror: "That is the red flame magician Saron! Hurry! Sound the alarm!"
"Okay..." The guard was shocked when he heard the name. He hurried over and rang the alarm bell next to him at a rapid and consistent frequency.
But the alarm only sounded for three seconds before it stopped abruptly, and was replaced by another earth-shaking loud noise.
"I didn't intend to be sneaky at all, so you don't need to exert any effort." Saron waved his hand to disperse the flames remaining on his fingertips. He had just blasted away the watchtower with a fireball.
"Then..." Saron rose to a certain height again, looking down at the people in Costa Fortress like a god. Then the Scarlet Flame Magician took out two fist-sized gems engraved with magic lines from his space pocket. It was the thunderbolt used by the Stoke Intelligence Bureau in the sneak attack on Annelotte's alchemy laboratory.
"The fireworks show has begun." Saron injected a trace of magic power into the two thunderbolts to activate the magic circle, and then threw them casually into the Costa Fortress.
boom! boom!
The power of the two thunderbolts is really not small. Saron felt that even if he was still a fireball, he would not be much stronger than these thunderbolts. Listening to the violent explosions coming from the ground, Saron was even more in awe of his teacher.
This thing was successfully developed by my teacher a month ago and is a type of magic weapon. The specific principle is to use gems that store fire element energy as raw materials, and inscribe magic circles on them. When the user injects a little bit of magic power into Hongtianlei, the magic circle on Hongtianlei will be activated, releasing all the fire energy contained in the gem in an instant to achieve an explosion effect.
Although it seems that the production principle of Hongtian Lei is not complicated, Saron knows how exquisitely the formation is set up. If it simply causes the magic power of the gem to be released, then basically any mid-level mage who is proficient in the magic circle can do it. However, this slow energy dispersion has no destructive power at all, so only a momentary violent release can have destructive power. And this is the most critical and difficult part of making Hongtianlei.
Of course, this powerful magic weapon is not without its shortcomings. First of all, the production cost is high. This thing is made of molten fire crystals. Although the molten flame crystals are not as precious as the Heart of the Ocean, they are not even comparable to regular magic storage crystals. But it is also a magic reserve item after all, so a thunderbolt requires more than 300 gold coins in terms of materials alone, plus fine processing such as the magic circle. The cost of Hongtianlei is about five hundred gold coins.
In addition, the applicability of Hongtianlei is not particularly wide. As mentioned before, Hong Tianlei's magic circle must be guided by magic power before it can be activated. Even if it only takes a little bit, this little bit of magic is destined to only be used by mages. Therefore, Hongtianlei can usually only be used in key tactical strikes and cannot be used as a conventional weapon on the battlefield.
Now, it's time for Saron to carry out a tactical strike.
Saron first threw two thunderbolts to test their power, and then flew towards the military camp.
Although if the attack on the military camp was carried out silently and directly, the effect would be greater. But with Salon's character, he didn't want to carry out a sneak attack like this! That was a method that only a weak guy like Regnar would use. Saron, on the other hand, likes to attack openly and openly, because he believes that he can defeat any enemy openly!
Boom boom boom!
"Anyway, it's all the money that the old immortal got. I won't feel bad about it!" Saron threw out the Hong Tian Lei in his space pocket as if he didn't want any money. The two countries have been at war for some years. Not to mention that the Hawke Empire's treasury has been empty these years, the Stoke Empire has not been doing too well either. But seeing the army retreating steadily on the battlefield, Kilroan began to become anxious.
Then the old king developed an unprecedented hatred for the fat and oily arms dealers in the thousand-year-old capital. In a frenzy, Kilroon mobilized some means to investigate a small arms dealer in the imperial capital, confiscated all the poor guy's property, and then replenished all the wealth into the treasury.
It has to be said that those arms dealers did make a lot of money because of the war. Even a second-rate arms dealer provided the Stoker Empire with wealth of hundreds of thousands of gold coins. In a sense, the thunderous thunder that Saron threw out this time was actually throwing the poor arms dealer's gold coins.
Seeing that the empire's financial problems were alleviated by his own methods, Kilroan couldn't help but admire his own wisdom. He even began to think about who to operate next.
But after knowing this, Larvin sneered a few times full of contempt. He didn't expect that Kilroan would be such an idiot after living for nearly a hundred years. Perhaps it is indeed easy to use the power of the state to murder a wealthy businessman, but this approach is absolutely undesirable.
Maybe this time's incident is not enough to attract any attention, but if that old guy Kilroan dares to come two more times. Hey, if your home is raided today, and his home is raided tomorrow, the wealthy businessmen will definitely be in a state of panic because of this kind of thing. Continue doing business with the Empire? Forget it! It will be good if they don’t run away with their property by then! At that time, let's see who else is willing to do business with his Stoke empire!
In order to seek temporary benefits, this old guy has done things that shake the foundation of the country! Larvin knew this truth well, so he had no intention of imitating Kilroan. Instead, Andrew took this opportunity to entertain many wealthy businessmen in Melinder. Andrew clearly expressed His Majesty the King's disapproval of Kilroan's approach to the wealthy businessmen present. At the same time, it was also revealed that the empire would find ways to pay off the debts of various chambers of commerce as soon as possible. In the end, the finance minister licked his face and continued to borrow money from the wealthy businessmen present...
Although there is a certain gap in the current financial resources between the two empires, Larvin believes that this gap is only temporary. If that old guy Kilroan continues to seek death, then Larvin believes that his Stoke Empire will not last long.
But financial resources are a very obvious advantage on the battlefield. Just like now, Saron is throwing thunderbolts of five hundred gold coins all over the street without any scruples. The Hawke Empire soldiers below were hesitating whether to shoot the arrows with five silver coins in their hands into the sky. Wouldn't it be a waste if it didn't hit? The empire now has a limited number of arrows!
A fireball flew towards Saron, who smiled disdainfully, and then let the magic that was enough to kill an intermediate warrior hit him.
boom!
The fireball exploded, and Saron opened his mouth and swallowed all the flames.
"The temperature is still a little low, but the quantity is quite sufficient!" Saron pretended to wipe his mouth and said to the old man not far away.
"Are you the Red Flame Magician Saron from the Stoke Empire?" The old man was the high-level mage who had been following Tamro. He is responsible for guarding the Costa Fortress. Since a mage is attacking, he will naturally come forward.
"Yes, it's me." Saron nodded.
The old man made a mage's salute to Saron, and then prepared to introduce himself: "I..."
"No need to talk nonsense, I am not interested in the names of dead people." Saron shook his head, and then threw another thunderbolt.
The mage couldn't help but get angry when he saw Saron being so arrogant: "Are you so confident that you can beat me?"
"Your level is not as high as mine, and I am still an attribute ability user. How can you fight me?" Saron curled his lips.
"Hmph! First it was that Kordak team, and then you. There are quite a lot of arrogant young people these days! That's all! It's useless to talk more! Let our subordinates see the real deal!" After the old mage finished speaking, he took the He took out his staff and assumed a fighting stance.