As a mage, Benjamin knew very well that when a mage is fighting a warrior, the first important thing is to keep a distance and fly a kite.
He must not let these ten Cleaners get close.
However, after using so much magic continuously, Benjamin felt mentally exhausted, and there were waves of tingling pain in his head. When he wanted to run away and distance himself from the enemy, it felt like it was already too late.
There is no way, these Cleaners charge too fast!
Fortunately, while Benjamin was blocking the Holy Light Sword, Michelle didn't watch from the side.
Accompanied by a long and complicated spell, Michelle stretched out her hands and pointed at the ground in front of these cleansers. In an instant, the ground suddenly changed and turned into a swamp. The Cleaners stepped into it, and their charging speed suddenly slowed down by more than half.
"Swamp Technique?"
Benjamin had seen an introduction to this magic in "Introduction to Magic". This is an intermediate magic that can turn a piece of ground into a muddy swamp. This magic is already difficult to use. No wonder Michelle had no sense of presence just now. It turned out to be just casting it.
This magic is used in this situation, and it can be said to have a miraculous effect. The pace of the purgers was suddenly slowed down, and Benjamin got some breathing space.
He ran backwards, distanced himself, and at the same time manipulated the huge water ball, letting it carry the holy light and smash it towards the Cleaners.
The water balls and the Holy Light did not pose a threat to the Cleaners, but when the vortex shattered and the Holy Light fragments splashed away, it still caused a lot of trouble for the Cleaners who stepped into the mire.
They stopped advancing.
At this time, the true power of the quagmire technique emerged. In the short period of time they had to deal with the water balls and the Holy Light, the Cleaners began to slowly sink in the swamp, and some of them were even submerged to their knees in the swamp.
Seeing this, Michelle immediately added another primary magic - freezing.
Although it is just an attack magic, in the current environment, it can even exert more powerful control than the intermediate magic.
The swamp was frozen again and turned into solid mud. In addition, the water sprayed by the water ball technique also turned into ice under the influence of the freezing technique, and got stuck in the gaps in the armor. For a while, the legs of the cleaners were stuck in the mud and could not be pulled out at all.
In this way, with the simple cooperation of several magics, the Cleaners were suddenly trapped and unable to move.
Seeing this, Benjamin was completely relieved.
This is how a mage fights. Once controlled by magic, the next control will be one after another, and the enemy will never have any chance to fight back.
At this moment, the balance of victory has tipped to Benjamin's side.
The purgers were obviously aware of this, and they struggled desperately. But these magics cooperated very cleverly, and coupled with the slightly bulky armor at the moment, they couldn't break free for a while.
"Why, Christine? You have actually fallen into the role of the devil!" A purifier shouted to Michelle, sounding extremely heartbroken.
"Paladin Christine has died a long time ago." Michelle replied with an indifferent voice, "I am now the mage Michelle."
Although the purgers had experienced enough changes today, after hearing these words, expressions of incredible shock appeared on their faces again.
"Michelle... you turned out to be the degenerate. No wonder... no wonder you know us so well." The purger looked sad, "None of us expected that the most evil degenerate, the person we have been chasing for so long , actually hiding beside us all this time.”
Michelle snorted and said with some disdain: "That's because you are too slow and have never really opened your eyes to see what is happening in the world around you."
The purgers fell into silence. Michelle's identity was obviously the cruelest betrayal to them.
Benjamin was aside and didn't watch. Although he also began to wonder about the past between Michelle and the church, at the moment, the enemy had not been eliminated and it was not time to sit and chat.
After a short rest to recover his overdrawn mental power, he began to perform magic again.
After eight consecutive uses of Ice Breaking Technique, Benjamin summoned nearly a hundred sharp ice arrows. He controlled these ice arrows, letting them rise to a high place, and then, like a blizzard, they smashed down towards the immobile Cleaner.
He didn't want to kill so many people, but he couldn't let any of the Cleaners go, absolutely not.
This has long been a life-and-death battle.
Seeing this, Michelle also used an ice arrow technique, summoning ten ice arrows to join the attack.
Under such a situation, the purges still did not give up. Facing the overwhelming ice arrows, they raised their swords, and all ten of them let out a low roar in unison.
"God bless us."
Holy light burst out from their bodies again, not even weaker than when they summoned the giant sword of holy light just now. Under the holy light, the armor on their bodies seemed to be breathing, and the shadow of a shield flashed on each person's body.
The next moment, a rain of ice arrows came down.
boom! boom! boom!
There was a huge noise, ice shards flying all over the sky, white fog rising up, and a cold wind that instantly swept through the entire sewer.
Benjamin gasped for air, looking at the magic masterpiece he had performed, and couldn't help but feel a little proud. It had only been a long time since he had learned magic, and he was already able to create such an attack. Although the crystallization of elements has a greater role in fueling the flames, it is also achieved through one's own efforts!
Being able to annihilate a group of Cleaners was the result of various combinations of sneak attacks and the right time, place and people, but it also proved that he was the number one figure among mages.
"You're so cruel. These people are so pitiful, yet you froze them to death." Suddenly, the system appeared again and contradicted Benjamin.
Unexpectedly, Benjamin was not speechless to the system, but sighed in his heart:
"What's the point of being pitiful? It's just the pretentiousness of the victor. When they killed the mage, would anyone jump out and accuse them of being too cruel? Cats catch mice, weasels steal chickens. They and I are just fulfilling our obligations. It’s just my vocation.”
The system was speechless for a moment, and then said excitedly: "I'm pouring cold water on you, why don't you scold me?"
“…”
This system is toxic.
However, when the smoke cleared, Benjamin found that he was happy too early.
The Cleaners looked a little embarrassed, and their gorgeous armor was also beaten into holes. However, not one of them died in the hail of ice arrows, and not even one was seriously injured.
I'll rub it, so meaty
Controlling the Cleaners too easily made Benjamin slightly underestimate these people.
But Benjamin still wasn't worried. Although the Cleaners' defense was amazing, defense was meaningless at this time. As long as these purges cannot break free from control, they will be targeted targets and left there to be exploited.
The Cleaners were also struggling. However, after experiencing the rain of ice arrows, the armor on their bodies began to freeze, and the swamp under their feet also froze harder, like cement.
They struggled even more.
Across the sewer, Michelle looked at them as if they were looking at dead people. She rested for a while, chanted a spell, and immediately summoned a new ice arrow.
The same was true for Benjamin. After he restored the water element in his spirit and consciousness space, waves of ice arrows formed in mid-air.
A wave of ice arrows was smashed, followed by another wave of ice arrows.
Under the influence of these batches of magic, the temperature in the sewers dropped sharply, and the slowly flowing sewage began to show signs of freezing. Even Benjamin began to exhale white air, and the surrounding cold made him want to shiver.
It also shows how many ice arrows he and Michelle summoned.
"These ten people are so miserable, they might as well have been killed by a sneak attack at the beginning." The system sighed.
"...Indeed, it's really miserable." Even Benjamin had to agree.
In this way, the whole process lasted about five minutes. After being destroyed by thousands of ice arrows, the ten cleaners finally died one after another in this dark and dirty sewer.
"They... are all dead."
After confirming that no fish had slipped through the net, Benjamin let out a long breath, as if a thousand pounds of stone had been lifted off his shoulders.
He succeeded.
At this moment, after completing this incident, Benjamin suddenly felt a heartfelt shock. He killed a team of Cleaners, he really... killed a team of Cleaners.
This was something he had never dared to think about before.
Even though it was calculated deliberately and unintentionally, even though it was the result of the right time, place, and various factors...
He became stronger.
Of course, he's not strong enough. If it weren't for Michelle's sudden appearance, Benjamin would probably have suffered a serious injury today, and he might even have died here.
Michelle...still Michelle.
"I never thought that in the end, it would be you who came to save me..." Thinking like this, he looked at Michelle at the other end of the sewer.
However, as he spoke, his right hand behind his back suddenly stretched out, holding the silver pistol loaded with blessed bullets, and pointed the gun at Michelle.
The shooting interface expands rapidly.
Michelle also looked at Benjamin and smiled.
Suddenly, Benjamin’s heart sank.
At that moment, before he had time to shoot, the familiar pain came from his abdomen again and spread throughout his body. Under the severe pain, Benjamin fell to the ground. Once again, the gun in his hand lost strength due to the pain and fell to the ground.
Oh shit…
Michelle anticipated Benjamin's surprise attack.
She caused the curse to strike again.