Chapter 96 Gray Sting Swarm
The team is still moving forward to explore.
If a mage apprentice is injured in an attack, it will not affect the actions of the entire team.
And this is also expected.
How can there be no casualties in land reclamation?
...
In fact, if there were no new earth veins, within the two-kilometer area on both sides of the official road, after rounds of sweeps by mages over the years, almost no earth vein creatures would appear.
But now, everything is different.
The leyline creatures that emerge from the new leylines are not like those that have almost become aborigines. They know that the vicinity of the official road is human "territory" and should not be approached.
And the territory deep in the mountains and forests far away from the official roads is basically occupied by "old earth-line creatures".
In comparison, these cleared "transition zones" have instead become unclaimed lands in the eyes of "new earth-line creatures".
Therefore, it has become the best place to stay in the eyes of these "new earth-line creatures".
"There!" The leading middle-aged mage's eyes flashed with light. This time, he discovered the earth-line creatures first.
Everyone in the team looked in the direction he indicated.
A towering tree stands in the distance, estimated to be more than ten meters thick. The tree body is as black as iron and full of cracks.
In the cracks, black insects like wasps can be seen clinging to the naked eye.
These black insects lie motionless on the tree trunks, and their color is integrated with the bark of the tree. It would be difficult to notice it unless the middle-aged mage indicated it.
"The Gray Stinging Bee is a 0-level leyline creature. The spikes on its tail can be fired. The Gray Stinging Bee is not a big threat individually, but they appear in groups and are extremely afraid of fire." The middle-aged mage quickly said the bugs information.
"Raise your hand if you master the fire attack spell." He whispered.
Seven or eight hands were raised sparsely, including Gaode.
Of the more than twenty mage apprentices, only about one-third have mastered fire attack spells.
“Come with me and try to wipe out most of these Gray Stinging Bees in the first wave.”
“Among the remaining people, those who master range attack spells should be prepared. We are done. You immediately launch the second wave of offensive and carry out the mopping up." The middle-aged mage simply gave the battle order.
I can only issue such simple combat instructions.
First, everyone is a temporary team, and they don’t know their respective strengths and the spells they master.
The second is that the battle plan is too complicated and everyone cannot cooperate.
In this case, monotonous and straightforward tactics are the most suitable.
Everyone nodded.
So, following the middle-aged mage’s order, the mages who had mastered the fire attack spell quickly activated the spell model.
Gothe took a deep breath and suppressed the excitement in his heart - the Gray Stinging Bee was his favorite gregarious earth-line creature!
He also activates the [Fire Arrow+] spell model.
The surrounding air was immediately filled with a fiery aura.
Everyone cast their own fire spells.
Several groups of spell flames with inappropriate shapes intertwined into a small sea of fire in the air, roaring towards the Ash Stinger Bee swarm attached to the tree trunk.
The most powerful among them is the spell released by the leading middle-aged mage.
What surprised Gao Dewei was that the fire attack spell released by the middle-aged mage was actually [Fire Arrow], exactly the same as him.
Of course, both in terms of power and momentum, they are more than one step ahead of him.
“High-level mages can still use low-level spells. At the same time, as the level of the mage increases, the power of the spells will also increase.”
These thoughts quickly flashed through Gaode's mind.
Boom!
Fire attacks come one after another, and once they hit a real object, they will cause a slight explosion.
The Ash Stinger Swarm was disturbed by this sudden fire attack.
They flew in panic, but the flames spread too fast, swallowing up a large number of Gray Stinging Bees in an instant, making a sizzling sound.
The Gray Sting Bee Swarm obviously has nothing special about it. Under the scorching flames, they turned into ashes without much struggle.
With just this wave of offensive, the Gray Sting Bee swarm attached to the towering tree has been reduced by half.
The remaining Gray Stinging Bees flew out from the trunk immediately under the disturbance.
Even after a round of cleaning, the remaining gray stinging bees are still densely packed, looking like several gray clouds flying above the tree trunks.
Buzz buzz!
These dark clouds, with an annoying buzzing sound, crossed the line of fire that had gradually subsided and rushed towards Gothe, seeming to be preparing for revenge.
However, the mage apprentices who had not taken action in the first wave of attacks and had mastered range attack spells began to cast the spells they had prepared.
Among them were the [acid splash] that Gothe was extremely familiar with, as well as poison gas attacks, and one person even cast a thunder and lightning spell, which made Gothe look slightly sideways.
However, most of the mages in the team are wild mages, so the methods they master are very simple.
Counting carefully, there were only six people who cast spells in the second round.
In other words, the entire temporary team was composed of specially selected wild mages who mastered attack spells, but half of them did not have the means of ranged attack spells.
Don't you want to?
Definitely not, it’s just that I can’t learn.
The spell formulas sold publicly by the Mage Association are all functional spells.
It has always been extremely difficult for wild mages to learn and master attack spells.
This makes Gothe lament once again how difficult the living environment of wild mages is under the monopoly of knowledge.
After the second round of spells, most of the approaching gray clouds were gone.
Gaode and other people who mastered fire spells have already cast a second round of spells to attack.
The flames burst out in an instant, and a large area was cleared in an instant. I don’t know how many Gray Stinging Bees were eliminated.
It’s just
After two rounds of involvement, a small number of Gray Stinging Bees finally approached.
Whoosh!
The next moment, these gray stinging bees raised their tails.
Tail thorns shot out like raindrops, towards the mages in the team.
These gray stinging bees are no bigger than a thumb individually, but the power of their tail stings cannot be ignored.
It is not a problem to penetrate at least a few layers of clothing, and there are too many and densely packed.
Gothe's heart skipped a beat, and in the sea of spell stars, another spell model flashed with mana.
No movement was seen from him, but a layer of gray light flashed across Gothe's skin at this moment.
【Blade Protection+】!
Bang bang bang!
About twenty tail spines were shot at Gaode.
But when these tail thorns hit Gothe's skin at this moment, they bounced away as if they had hit a layer of extremely elastic cowhide.
Others were not so lucky. They either did not master defensive spells or failed to react in time, and were more or less injured by the tail sting shot by the Gray Stinging Bee.
Some people who reacted very slowly did not have time to cover their faces, and small stab wounds suddenly appeared on their faces, with blood beads oozing out from them, making them look extremely ferocious.
Seeing this scene, Gothe couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had focused the origin of the dire bat on [Blade Protection].
After adding points, a casting action is eliminated, allowing his [Blade Protection +] casting speed to be almost as fast as one consciousness.
Most of the 0-level leyline creatures do not have extraordinary power, they are just stronger beasts.
In this case, [Blade Protection], which increases "physical resistance", is far more practical than [Increase Resistance], which increases "magic resistance".
Fortunately, after these rounds of cleaning, the number of Gray Stinging Bees has been greatly reduced, and the tail stings ejected by the remaining Gray Stinging Bees have not yet reached the level of qualitative change caused by quantitative changes.
So although many people were injured, most of them were minor injuries and no one's life was in danger.
The mage apprentices gritted their teeth, temporarily ignoring the pain and numbness coming from the wounds, and once again cast spells to sweep away the remaining Gray Stinging Bees.
Acid gas, lightning and lightning burst out one after another.
After this wave of offensive, the bee swarm could no longer form a swarm, only a small sparse patch remained, retreating in all directions amidst the buzzing sound, and disappeared into the dense forest.
"If the Gray Stinging Bees don't swarm, they won't pose much of a threat." When the leading middle-aged mage saw this, he didn't pursue them.
(End of this chapter)