Chapter 480 - Alchemy Colossus
“Boom!” A burning meteor fell from the sky in the direction of the two camps before hundreds more followed, covering the earth in a thick layer as though it was never to end. The booming sounds of explosions sounded again and again, making Lin Li feel as though he was standing in the middle of a battlefield. But then again, the unending fall of the Pyroblast meteors was comparable to real cannons.
Ripples appeared in the sky above the Tower of Dusk’s camp as the invisible magical defense stopped the Pyroblast meteors from falling on them. The flying sparks immediately set the surrounding forest on fire, and all they could see was sparks flying everywhere. The fire cast a layer of red on everything, making them feel as though they were standing in a furnace.
Chaos broke out in both camps, but in the camp of the Tower of Dusk, the mages were not in panic even though they moved quickly, and they all quieted down after a while. Meanwhile, in the Malfa Family’s camp, the mages rushed around like headless chickens and caused a ruckus.
From this alone, it was evident that the quality of mages from both camps was different, and Hutton looked over at the other camp with envy in his eyes.
“Is it the Syer bandits?” Lin Li asked from where he stood in front of the tent seeing as Gerian was not far away.
Gerian stood beside Lin Li while looking in the direction of all the noise as he angrily said, “Bloody hell, it must be those bastards from the Syer bandits. They look greater in numbers now, they must have come in full force.”
“Well, they lost their patience first.” Lin Li looked into the distance where the noise and quaking was coming from. That had to be the four Alchemy Colossuses.
“Oh, thank goodness.” Hutton was influenced by Lin Li’s calmness and heaved a sigh of relief as he mopped the sweat on his forehead. But after that, he froze and his handkerchief landed on the floor before he looked up with his eyes as wide as saucers and his expression stiff. “What… What did you say? Below level-19?”
Lin Li nodded his head. “Yes, but don’t worry. I don’t think that they are of Legendary level yet, hence below level-19. Even though they may be comparable to a Legendary magical beast in terms of their combined combat prowess, it is still only comparable.”
Com-comparable to a Legendary magical beast, and four of them at once? Hutton was so scared he turned pale. He’d never thought it would be so risky prior to coming here. If it were only the 10 Archmages earlier, that would be easier as he was sure that they could defeat them even with their combined forces… though it might not be an easy fight. Now, however, they even had four Alchemy Colossuses that were comparable to a Legendary magical beast. Were they not courting death?
The mages of the Malfa Family were terrified by the appearance of the Alchemy Colossuses. This was just a small campsite and not some city, so why did they have to use such powerful weapons? Damn it, how could the Syer bandits have something like this?! They could have taken down a few cities and made their own kingdom! Why even be bandits…?
The mages from the Tower of Dusk were much calmer in comparison as they had seen much more in the last months. They had been no better than the mages from the Malfa Family at first, but after a while, they got used to it, and those who had fought these creatures were even more confident now.
The booming sounds of the steps rang in their hearts as the ground shook beneath the Colossuses, and they felt their hearts sink. They could not find it in themselves to fight back against the Alchemy Colossus, and all they felt was a sense of helplessness.
“Boom!” A large tree as thrown at them and fell heavily on their defense barrier.
“No, we can’t let them get too near. The defense barrier is limited in its ability to defend against physical attacks, and those are used to attack cities!” Gavin was from the library indeed as he knew quite a bit about the Alchemy Colossus.
No matter how well the camp was set up, it was still a temporary camp, after all, and these Alchemy Colossuses were battle machines, always on the winning side in battles. Even a blow from one of them was sure to destroy the defense barrier, much less from all four of them.
Nothing could be flawless, after all. The magical defense barrier’s main purpose was to defend against offensive spells, and it could not endure much impact from physical attacks. A mirror could deflect light, but not a blow from a hammer—since the nature of the attack was different, so was the defense.