Chapter 139: Magic 3
Chapter 139: Magic 3
Barnett “gently” flicked Victor’s sword to the side, then raised his leg and kicked him in the stomach.
Viktor then flew backwards in Paul’s direction like a toy doll being thrown.
The soldiers who came with the head of the guards saw how powerful the other side was, and with a look at each other, they reached a tacit agreement, and raised their swords to slash at Barnett’s body in unison.
To Barnett, the strength of an ordinary adult man may not be worth mentioning, but the combined strength of the crowd’s attack was not to be underestimated.
He avoided most of the attacks with very agile movements, but still received two or three slashes on his body.
The soldier who struck Barnett’s body felt like he had slashed on a big rock, shocking his hands and making his tiger’s mouth numb.
“Lord in heaven! What kind of monster is he!” Someone shouted in horror.
“He’s a sorcerer, using magic to enhance his strength and defense!” The female counselor beside Paul suddenly shouted, “You won’t be able to fight him up close, pull back and pester him.”
“A sorcerer? Magic?!” The female advisor’s words caused the crowd to look confused, was this monster in front of them an evil sorcerer?
Although strange stories about witches and magic had been circulating in the folklore, it was still overwhelming when things from the legends popped up in front of their eyes all at once.
The “monster”, who had received a few swords, did not seem to have suffered any damage, and he suddenly rushed towards the nearest soldier, and swung his fist in a lightning-quick manner.
The soldier’s head was like being hit by a sledgehammer, and he fell unconscious on the ground in an instant.
Barnett swung his fists left and right, almost one after the other in succession, taking down a large number of soldiers in a few breaths.
In these few seconds, he also dodged while punching, skillfully avoiding several arrows shot by the female advisor from the opposite side.
However, he gradually felt that something was wrong, the female archer’s accuracy was too terrible, almost every arrow was directed towards his eyes, if it wasn’t for his [Danger Sense], he would have been shot through his head from his eyes.
With the ability of a mortal it is impossible to achieve such a step, unless ……
……
From the time the cloaked man suddenly attacked to now just after less than a minute, the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse.
One’s prevention of unknown dangers cannot go beyond one’s usual cognizance, just as how the earthlings in Three Bodies could not have expected that they would receive a two-way foil strike.
Although there was a reminder from the female counselor, before that, whether it was Paul, Victor or the soldiers, they either didn’t believe in the existence of witches and magic, or they were stuck in the image of witches in the folklore, and didn’t anticipate the current scene.
In folklore, witches are portrayed like this:
They wore tall pointed hats, gray and tattered robes, a wooden stick called a wand, a large beard on their faces, and some were hunched over.
Wizards generally do not choose to confront people head-on, but rather hide in the shadows and quietly carry out their own intrigues, using spells, curses and magic potions to control the minds of others, interfere with the fate of others and even murder the lives of others.
When they have to confront an enemy head-on, wizards will cast illusions to confuse them, or use their wands to cast fireballs at the enemy from afar, or summon wolves, bats, and other animals to help them in battle.
But wizards also have a fatal weakness, although they can manipulate powerful magic, but the body is weak, once by the strong martial arts warriors close to them, is their doom.
But in front of the eyes of this strong body, sword and gun invulnerable, at the drop of a hat, rushed to the enemy pile of unarmed combat madman is what is going on? Everywhere is the opposite of the legendary sorcerer characteristics ah.
At any time before, no one would have thought that a large group of their own people would be blocked by a sorcerer in broad daylight.
Even after the other party showed hostility, all of them thought that this was merely a bold maniac, bare hands and empty fists not to mention that they were not wearing any defense gear, even if they were no longer armed with the best martial arts skills, in front of dozens of them, they were also sending food.
Even the female counselor, Lardy, did not expect the danger she had divined to be brought about by a sorcerer, until the other party displayed a certain aura that she was familiar with.
Paul’s brain regained its clarity after a short period of dismay, although that reminder from the female advisor gave him a sense of absurdity, but he couldn’t care less, no matter if it was a legendary sorcerer or not, the other party would never be wrong to take his life.
“Musket! Kill that bastard with a musket!”
He anxiously ordered the guards around him, ten of them were carrying muskets. Due to the limited production of muskets and gunpowder, they were prioritized to be provided to the land and sea armies that were defending against external enemies, the internal guards were only equipped with a small amount of firearms, and the main equipment was still cold weapons like swords.
So they didn’t conduct shooting training every other day like the soldiers of the land and sea armies, merely shooting a few rounds occasionally, lest they forget the operation steps.
It was also because of this that they did not think of unloading their muskets in the first place, and subconsciously relied on the more familiar pair of knives or swords in the face of such a tense situation.
And after Paul gave the order to use the musket, the action of loading ammunition did not have the same feeling of flowing water that the full-time musketeers had.
The loading of the musket was very troublesome, and even more unfortunate was the fact that the cord had to be lit in the bitter cold wind, and could go out if they were not careful.
At this time, the soldiers who followed Victor to charge up were basically all taken down by the sorcerer, and they were lying on the ground, either alive or dead, or moaning from their injuries.
The sorcerer’s cloak was also hacked to rags by the soldiers, and he took big strides towards Paul’s side.
Seeing the enemy approaching, Lardy said in a deep voice, “I’ll buy you some time, hurry up and get your muskets ready!”
She didn’t know if the guards’ muskets would be able to break through the cloaked man’s defenses, but it would have to do at this point, her own bow and arrows would either be caught or dodged, so she could only hope for faster shots.
Lardy had watched the soldiers’ shooting training, and even after casting [Total Concentration], she had never caught the trajectory of a bullet, and she was deeply impressed by that speed.
The female counselor gathered her mind, folded her hands together in front of her chest, and bellowed, “Wall Covering Technique!”
Before the words fell, with the female advisor as the center, a circle of air around her rippled visible to the human eye, and soon, Paul and the soldiers were surprised to find themselves wrapped in a semi-transparent “cover”.
“Indeed ……” Barnett who saw all this eyes lit up with rage, “My previous suspicion was really right!”
He suddenly force, almost instantly rushed to the “cover” in front of, and then ruthlessly punch on it.
The semi-transparent “cover” caused a ripple, and the casserole-sized fist immediately penetrated into it, but that was the end of it, the sorcerer’s body remained outside the “cover”, tightly “stuck” on the top but unable to move forward. The wizard’s body remained outside the “hood”, tightly “attached” to it, but could not move forward.
“Hurry up!” Paul was on the verge of tears, urging the musketeers around him.
“Hmph!” Barnett withdrew his fist, “I’d like to see how long you can last!”
He swung his arm continuously, punching the top of the “hood” with one punch after another.
“Traitor!”
“You and us are kindred spirits!”
“How dare you disregard your position to serve a mortal!”
“Helping these lowly creatures against their own kind, you’re doing your best!”
Barnett swung his fists and cursed at the same time, dirty and unpleasant utterances continuously emerging from his mouth, the female counselor had completely attracted his hatred.
Barnett’s insults didn’t bother Lardy at all, but as the Hood was attacked by her opponent’s fists over and over again, her complexion was getting worse and worse, and beads of sweat were seeping out of her face despite the cold weather.
“Everyone! Aim!”
With Paul’s command, ten soldiers with muskets aimed at Barnett in unison.
The muskets were finally all ready, and the reason why those who finished loading early didn’t fire first was because they noticed that when Squadron Leader Victor attacked the sorcerer alone, the other party surprisingly didn’t dodge and resisted hard, and later when multiple soldiers slashed their swords over in unison, he surprisingly dodged.
Therefore, in order to inflict maximum damage on the other party, they decided to fire together.
The moment to decide the final victory or defeat came ……
(End of chapter)