Chapter 18 Abyss
Looking at his results, Brian nodded with satisfaction.
The effect of the three-ring evocation spell "Flash Explosion" is, at best, blinding the enemy who fails the Will save.
But what he released was an improved version of "Flash Explosion", which not only had the original blinding properties of the spell, but also had an ignition effect like a white phosphorus bomb.
Although the burning damage of the flame cannot match the power of a normal three-ring spell, the panic effect caused by the blindness is even better than imagined.
The most important thing is that the drow who live deep in the dark area are afraid of all kinds of flash spells, so "flash burst" can directly have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
Of course, the decisive factor is Brian's use of the metamagic feat "Spell Empowerment" that can increase damage and effects by 50%.
Under normal circumstances, when a wizard wants to add "spell power" when releasing a spell, he must use a spell slot that is two levels higher than the original spell.
For example, the metamagic of his third-level spell "Flash Explosion" requires the use of fifth-level spell slots.
This means that if a wizard does not have the ability to release fifth-level magic, it is impossible to release third-level super magic.
However, for Brian, who possesses arcane fire, this restriction is not as great as imagined.
Because in addition to spell slot casting, he can also use arcane energy in arcane fire to cast spells.
The 27 points of arcane energy he possesses consume 5 points when releasing a third-level spell. If he uses metamagic to cast a spell, it will cost the same as 9 points for a fifth-level spell.
It can be seen from this that a wizard who uses blue bars to cast spells has great flexibility in spells during combat.
Seeing the priestesses in chaos from a distance, Brian grasped the hilt of the sword without hesitation and immediately activated the displacement spell of the conjuration system.
——"Second-level spell: Dimension jump!"
As dim light particles surged and rotated around him, in the blink of an eye, his body disappeared in a cloud-like halo.
The moment Brian appeared, he drew his sword quickly and slashed in a sharp arc, directly cutting off the two priestesses who were crying.
Then he heard whispers of divine magic coming from behind him.
Brian turned around suddenly, just in time to see the priestess raising her arms and chanting a spell.
He flew up and kicked her jaw, causing her to stumble away while covering her bloody mouth.
At the same time, the sword in Brian's hand was not idle. Under the brilliant and rapid sword light, streams of blood spattered, and the three priestesses who extinguished the flames fell to the ground and died screaming.
He was about to chase the fleeing priestess when he suddenly noticed the flames in the copper basin next to him. Inside, an unformed wax demon was screaming angrily and even stretched out its shining tentacles towards him.
Brian looked shocked, naturally he did not want to see the Waxmelt Demon being summoned to the material world.
After all, as the demon of the bottomless abyss and the maid of the Spider Goddess, the Waxmelt Demon's challenge level starts at level 10.
Out of his understanding of the summoning spell, he twisted around to avoid the entanglement of the tentacles, and without hesitation raised his foot to kick over the copper basin where the wax demon was condensed.
With a loud and ear-piercing bang, the green flames in the basin splashed everywhere and gradually extinguished.
Just as he guessed, the body of the Waxmelt Demon, which had not yet completely condensed and formed, was forcibly expelled back to the Demonic Pit Realm of the Bottomless Abyss with a vicious scream.
Immediately afterwards, the remaining two priestesses finally reacted and prepared for battle.
One of the priestesses raised a snake-head whip with evil magical powers, while the other took the lead in building a protective barrier for herself.
Brian leaned down to avoid the hissing snake-head whips of three snake heads, nimbly walked around behind her, and took the opportunity to swing a sword. The blood-stained sword tip protruded from the priestess's chest.
Her body was also kicked out by Brian, and she lay lifeless on the ground.
Fear appeared in the eyes of the last priestess who had just held up the shield, as if Brian was like the devil of hell in her eyes, more frightening than the devil of the bottomless abyss.
She screamed, turned and ran away without hesitation.
——"Second-level spell: Whirling Blade!"
With a thought, Brian's sword trembled and buzzed under the blessing of surging arcane energy.
With a flick of his wrist, the sword flew away from his hand, making a scream through the air. "Bang!"
The galloping sword smashed into the priestess's shield, hitting her in the back of her heart. She trembled slightly, letting blood spurt out, and flew back into the master's hand.
Brian glanced at the sword in his hand with satisfaction.
This weapon given to him by Santila met his requirements except that it was a little awkward to use.
It is a piece of magic equipment that has the three most commonly used attributes of sharpness, magic breaking and armor breaking.
At this moment, distant shouts came along the cold stone wall, getting closer and closer at an extremely fast speed.
Apparently, reinforcements were brought in by one of the fleeing priestesses.
Brian judged from the dense footsteps that the number of enemies was beyond his ability to withstand.
Moreover, he could not guarantee whether there were middle-to-high-level priestesses among this group of reinforcements.
So he immediately turned around and fled towards the deepest part of the cave.
Although there are many passages here, he knows that their end points are the same, so he is not worried about getting lost in the tunnel.
It won’t take a while.
Brian followed the criss-crossing dark paths and reached his destination: a high platform similar to a cliff, with an endless dark abyss below.
Feeling the approaching pursuers, he condensed his expression, danced spell gestures at the fastest speed, recited spells, and cast attack spells.
I saw a mid-level priestess wearing a dark red robe, leading a group of pursuers to this desperate situation.
A terrifying smile appeared on Brian's angular face, and his sonorous voice echoed on the stone wall of the cave, "I'll give you a little parting gift."
——"Three Rings Spell: Fireball! "[Powerful]
——"Arcane Explosion!"
The arcane wind raised his wild hair, and a fireball the size of an ogre's head condensed and formed from his light magic posture, hissing and bursting into high-temperature flames.
In an instant.
This flame, as dazzling as the sun, roared and hit the oncoming group of drow soldiers and priestesses.
“Get down!”
The leading priestess looked startled, and quickly raised her hands to build a magic barrier for herself as quickly as possible.
"Boom!"
With a deafening loud noise, the entire cave shook. The fireball landed and blew seven or eight drow soldiers to pieces on the spot.
High-temperature flames raged everywhere, and the impact of the explosion, bolstered by the "Arcane Explosion" characteristic, caused these drow elves to be violently blown away like withered leaves in the strong wind.
Most of the drow soldiers who survived the landing spat out blood from their mouths and collapsed on the ground dejectedly.
The bodies of two unlucky guys even hit a sharp stalagmite, penetrated through their chests, and died on the spot.
A drow standing in the last row, who was not affected by the aftermath of the explosion, just showed a gloating expression when his head was smashed by a stalactite pillar that broke due to violent shaking on the cave roof.
Before the embarrassed priestess got up and cast her magic, Brian jumped into the endless abyss behind him.
Priestess Lolth chased after her angrily, looking down at the direction where the enemy disappeared.
When she saw the bottomless darkness, a trace of undisguised fear appeared in her scarlet eyes, and she quickly turned around and left quickly with her surviving men.
(End of this chapter)