strokinit Chapter 101 The Spirit of Ember
Chapter 101 The Spirit of Ember
Chapter 101 The Spirit of Ember
The Fireball Wizard suddenly abandoned his defense, taking the stellar ray that struck Rolin's shoulder and the ice spike that grazed Heinz's ribs. He chanted a rapid incantation and pointed his staff at the center of the magic circle that was about to be frozen.
"With blood as the catalyst and soul as the fuel, the spirit of embers descends upon this crumbling body!"
The apprentice corpses at the center of the magic circle suddenly burst into flames, not ordinary flames, but a weak, flickering dark red spiritual fire!
Within the spirit fire, a blurry, twisted humanoid figure, composed of flames and resentment, struggles to coalesce.
"He's forcibly summoning an incomplete Ember Spirit! Interrupt him!"
Heinz's expression changed, and even stronger frost energy surged forth, attempting to completely freeze the entire magic circle and the ball of spirit fire.
Realizing the urgency of the situation, Luo Lin no longer held back and mobilized the power of the Molten Core within the [Myriad Stars Cycle].
But this time, instead of releasing it externally, it attempts to use its explosive properties to interfere with and ignite that unstable spiritual fire composed of negative energy and flames!
A beam of dark red light, condensed to its fullest extent and seemingly containing flowing lava, arrived first, striking precisely into the core of the flickering dark red spirit fire before Heinz's frost could completely cover it.
The explosive source of the Molten Core collided directly with the incomplete Ember Spirit.
There was no loud noise, only a sickening hiss and annihilation sound that seemed to reach the depths of the soul.
The dark red spiritual flame, like charcoal doused with cold water, twisted and struggled violently before suddenly collapsing inward.
dissipate.
The forced summoning was interrupted, and the backlash flowed back along the spell's connection!
puff! ! !
The fireball wizard who had forcibly cast the spell was struck as if by a heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with sparks. He slumped down, his aura plummeting.
The magic array completely failed, and the light went out.
Seeing this, the wizard maintaining the magic circle knew that things were hopeless. A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes, and he slammed his staff into the ground. A powerful shockwave of fire erupted from him, attempting to force Vena back. At the same time, he turned and crashed into the window, trying to jump off the tower and escape.
Vena reacted extremely quickly, ducking to avoid the main direction of the shockwave, while simultaneously sending a short sword flying from her hand, striking her opponent's back like lightning.
The moment the wizard smashed through the window, the dagger also pierced deeply into his vest.
He let out a short scream, his figure disappeared outside the window, and he fell downwards.
The Fireball Wizard tried to struggle, but Heinz finished him off with an ice spike that pierced his heart.
The battle is over.
The room was a mess, filled with the smell of burnt food, blood, and cold.
Ignoring their exhaustion, the three immediately inspected the iron cage in the corner.
The five Shadow Raven Tower apprentices inside the cage were still breathing, but they were all injured to varying degrees and were listless, clearly having had a lot of their life force and mental energy drained for the ritual.
Heinz and Vena began emergency treatment using healing potions and spells.
Roland carefully inspected the room and the remains of the magic circle to ensure that no dangers were overlooked.
"There shouldn't be any other enemies in the tower."
"Their main force may have left ahead of time with the data or items they looted from the tower, leaving these two guys to complete this evil ritual."
Vena said as she bandaged an apprentice's wound.
"This Ember Spirit Summoning Circle is a rather vicious battlefield spell from the Ash Ring, which forcibly summons a fire spirit using the flesh and soul of the enemy."
"Although the summoned creatures are not completely controllable and have a short lifespan, they are very destructive and can severely damage our morale."
Heinz explained, his expression still grim.
Rowling nodded. Although the mission was successfully completed, with the situation clarified and the survivors rescued, the process was far from easy, and they had witnessed the cruelty of war and the ruthlessness of the enemy.
"Clean up the area, take the survivors and valuable loot, mainly the staffs of the two first-ring wizards, the dimensional bag, and the more detailed map. We need to get out of here as soon as possible."
"It's not safe here."
Rowling made the suggestion.
Heinz and Werner agreed.
After carefully settling the five wounded apprentices, the three of them, carrying the spoils and the survivors, quickly left the death-filled watchtower and returned to the teleportation point they had come from.
We encountered no further obstacles on the way back.
After safely delivering the survivors to the teleportation point and having them taken over by other personnel, Luo Lin and his two companions were finally considered to have completed their emergency support mission.
Upon returning to headquarters and submitting the mission report and loot, the team tallied up 150 battle merits for each member. With the additional reward of killing two enemy first-ring wizards, Roland gained another 80 battle merits.
The harvest was pretty good.
But Rowling was not in a good mood.
On his first official frontline mission, he faced this bloody sacrificial ritual head-on.
The cruelty of war far exceeded what we had imagined in Blackrock Town.
Meanwhile, during the battle, I tried to manipulate the properties of that dark purple energy. Although it enhanced the interference effect of the starlight rays, I could feel afterwards that the entanglement between the mutation and that dark purple energy seemed to have deepened slightly, albeit very slightly.
"We must accelerate our research into our own problems."
"Before the next, more dangerous mission arrives, we must at least find a preliminary method of control, or prepare stronger suppression measures."
Luo Lin felt an even greater sense of urgency.
Back at his residence, he didn't rest but immediately threw himself into the research that had been interrupted.
The experience of his first frontline mission made Rolin more acutely aware of the cruelty of war and the urgent need to improve his own capabilities.
The battle merits earned from the settlement were reinvested into resource accumulation. In addition to replenishing consumables, a copy of "Detailed Explanation of the Basic Sealing Rune Principles" and several portions of Soul Condensing Grass Essence, a first-tier material used to stabilize soul energy, were also specially exchanged.
In the days that followed, life became highly intense and routine.
During the day, Rowling spent most of his time in the library and in a temporary, rented quiet room.
He was juggling three core tasks simultaneously:
Deepen your understanding and fine-tune the [Starflow Water Field].
Systematically study the theories of sealing runes and energy isolation.
Proceed cautiously with the research into the anomaly of its own [Myriad Stars Cycle].
The practical application theory of the [Starflow Water Field] is mature; what is needed now is proficiency.
Luo Lin frequently applied to use the simulated environment testing room, not only in shallow seas, but also in various complex underwater environments such as deep-sea high pressure, turbulent undercurrents, and turbid waters, constantly adjusting the detailed parameters of the field and optimizing the balance between energy consumption and performance.
His mastery of this self-created spell improved rapidly, and his proficiency level on the panel steadily increased.
He also did not forget the other spells he originally possessed; these were not to be neglected.