Chapter 142 A surprise attack across time, the battle begins
Real life-and-death combat is far more complex and more realistic than what the poor minds of so-called duelists who have never had the chance to experience it can imagine. The foil sword is exquisite and elegant, and nine out of ten city nobles will choose it when dueling, but very few people are willing to use it in tragic wars. Not just simple swords and spells, being able to use the surrounding environment and use every possible means is the norm for adventurers when fighting.
The boy deliberately left this insulting word on the tree trunk, but it was not just to laugh at his enemies.
In this dark forest, since neither of them planned to turn on the lights and become each other's targets, if they wanted to see clearly the traces they left, they had to get as close to the tree trunks as possible. In this way, Sebastian can estimate to a large extent where the enemy may be standing. Of course, this is also after the opponent has repeatedly confirmed that there is no one hiding nearby.
In a parallel medieval plane, there was a genius master named "Young Phoenix". In a moment of carelessness, he accidentally fell into the enemy's plan and exposed his true identity. As a result, he was killed by the locals there. The hillside called "Phoenix Falls" was surrounded by a large number of enemies who shot through the heart with magic-breaking arrows.
As for Sebastian, he is just learning and applying it. However, in order to successfully surprise the enemy, he did not hesitate to use one of the most powerful psychic powers he currently has - "Time Jump".
This new spiritual power did not disappoint the young man's expectations at all. As Sebastian grew, as he continued to examine himself and carefully pondered the crystal in the sea of ????mind, more and more powers were gradually revealed. He discovered it, stronger and more comprehensive. However, the third-level psychic ability has given the young man limited power to manipulate time. You must know that there are very few arcane spells that involve time elements, "Time Stop", but it is an out-and-out ninth-level magic. It is completely patented by a handful of the most powerful magicians. Although the effects of the two are significantly different, after all, they involve one of the basic laws of the world, and I am afraid it is the most important one.
Sebastian burned the silver mist in the sea of ??soul and jumped as far as possible into the future for tens of seconds. As a subject, he will not feel any discomfort due to the change of timeline. When the silver flash lit up, the boy crossed the river of time. For him, it was just a blink of an eye. With another flash of light, the enemy appeared in front of him without knowing when.
The sudden encounter is shocking to either party in the battle. However, compared to Kesol who believed too much in his reconnaissance ability, and many of his thoughts were attracted to the message on the tree trunk at the moment, Sebastian was already mentally prepared. Therefore, it is not surprising that the latter attacked first.
"Ding-" Sebastian pointed his right hand towards Kesol, using only one simple word to quickly activate the spell that had been prepared. At the same time, he used a magic weapon that he had held on the fingertips of his left hand. As a consumed casting material, the iron nails raised a column of smoke and vaporized and disappeared.
The power of magic swept through Kesol's will in an instant before he could fully react. First, his mind was dizzy, and then almost at the same time, his body no longer obeyed the orders of his brain.
"Oops, I got hit." Kesol didn't faint. He could still feel everything happening around him, but he couldn't move at all, even if he just struggled hard and tried to speak and make a little sound. Can't do it.
Being unable to make sounds or make movements is almost equivalent to death in battle. Kesol controlled his own will and impacted the restraints caused by the human body-holding technique again and again. The only thing that made him happy was that the wolverine he had charmed earlier might really have a connection with its owner. Relying on his sensitivity, Its sense of smell identified its target, and after a brief moment of stupefaction, it roared and pounced on the sudden appearance of the young man without hesitation.
The appearance of animal companions beside druids is not a surprise, even for those members of the Order of Scourge. In other words, this was part of Sebastian's calculations, and the violent wolverine didn't even move his expression in the slightest. The deep crystal sword that had been recharged and was making a slight "crackling" sound was already in his hand, and the young man rushed straight towards his target without hesitation.
Sneak attack - restraint - fatal blow. Although the routines are old-fashioned and nothing new, in fierce battles, often the most effective attack routines are actually the simplest and most direct. Regarding the so-called ideal battle between spellcasters, ?The flexible combination of spells in magician duels is of course highly praised, but according to the few true records, ordinary magicians often only have time to use two or three spells or even more in actual life-and-death encounters. If not, the situation has already been resolved. Those spell combinations that look beautiful, but rarely come into use.
Two rows of messy sharp teeth bit Sebastian's thigh, but the bite was inexplicably empty, which only made the wolverine's own teeth ache. The young man's body was like an ethereal mirage, there but not there. Only by looking very intently can one notice that the light around his body seems to have an indescribable distortion, as if it is vibrating at an extremely fast frequency, disappearing and repeating without interruption. Appear in place.
If Kesol¡¯s mind had not been entirely devoted to breaking free from the shackles of human immobilization, with his knowledge and spell recognition ability, he would have noticed that the young magician had already used the defensive flashing technique on himself in advance. It's a pity that he has too much time to take care of himself at the moment, so how can he take care of a mere little thing that he has casually charmed.
The counter-attack spell cast on himself in advance was activated almost at the same time as the wolverine attacked. The nearby water vapor condensed into solid ice in an instant, sealing the wolverine that was half a man tall into it without any resistance. . The wolverine in the ice almost lost consciousness the moment it was frozen, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Although he failed to stop Sebastian even a step, the heroic wolverine dutifully helped his master in another form by some combination of circumstances. Since the wolverine has lost consciousness, some "technical" problems inevitably arise in the emotional connection between it and Xor. And Xor is no less a senior Bard who is only one step away from the real "Druid". In this fleeting opportunity of less than one second, he miraculously seizes the opportunity and gathers momentum. The powerful mental power that had been waiting for a long time suddenly burst out, and in one fell swoop, he got rid of the restraint that had been imposed on the depths of his consciousness.
At this time, the distance between the two was less than five meters.
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Perhaps because he felt the threat of death after a long absence, Kesol's hidden potential that he couldn't usually find all burst out at the same time, at the tip of the sword at a speed much faster than normal. He desperately completed the magic before kissing his own throat.
A dark green light flashed, and the vegetation within a few hundred meters of the two people's feet grew at an incredible speed. Almost in just one breath, the surrounding environment had completely changed. One second it was an ordinary forest in a hilly area, and the next second it turned into a prehistoric forest that no one had ever been to. The fragile grass, moss, shrubs and even plant roots that were originally seen everywhere on the ground are now like sharp swords piercing the ground and standing proudly upright towards the sky. Looking from a distance, it looks like a messy and strange sword tomb, a green sword tomb full of vitality
????????????????????????????? Sebastian had to forcefully stop his forward movement to avoid running into several oncoming spikes. Although the flash technique he blessed himself can escape into the etheric plane in an instant and avoid attacks, it has little effect against such sustained large-scale attacks.
The footsteps staggered rapidly, avoiding one after another sharp thorns that shot out without warning. The deep crystal sword waved in the young man's hand accurately blocked a thorn branch that suddenly appeared next to him. There was a harsh metal friction sound. Obviously, although the appearance is not particularly different from the original form, the actual material hardness of these plants at this moment is probably comparable to fine steel.
The effects of vegetation growth come and go quickly. Although the surrounding environment can still last for at least half a day, the thorn bushes within the range no longer grow at the alarming and terrifying speed.
Thanks to Isabel's earlier series of physical training for the boy, even though he was in this large green movable sword mound, Sebastian's agility allowed him to only suffer some minor scratches. Not much blood was shed.
Of course, Kesol¡¯s original goal was not to expect to really hurt the opponent with this magic that was closer to a field control type. In fact, if he can stop the opponent, his goal has been achieved. As a druid, in this natural environment - especially the supernatural one forcibly created by himself, it is naturally much easier for him to move than Sebastian, who is the first to bear the brunt of the spell and is completely at the center of the spell.
Although he is wearing strong armor and holding a sharp blade, that is not his duty as a spell caster. Seeing the young man on the opposite side pull out a crystal-like long sword and rush towards him without hesitation, he must be quite confident in close combat. Kesol is not willing to use his own sword.He used sword skills, which were not his strong point, to see if there was any mystery hidden in the opponent's weird weapon.
So he chose to retreat, retreating desperately, even if his body was cut by thorns, he didn't care.