Chapter 253 A series of preparations
In the morning, the mages just had some breakfast and gathered outside the city. Nearly 200 fifth-level Blizzard Legion mages participated in this revenge. Although they do not have the strength to snipe in the city, the defenders outside the city will not make things difficult for the Blizzard Legion, after all, they are all of the same kind of existence.
Stationed on the road where he was only three magical distances from the Imperial Capital, and here, there were already mages from the Death Mage Group gathered here. One hundred death mages wrapped in black robes and one hundred burning flame staff. After Shaoke's detailed identification, he turned on the flames of the staff on his back and took out a crystal ball to show his command identity.
After a few simple syllables, the transparent crystal ball suddenly emitted a dark light, which twisted in the air, and finally formed a pattern that emitted strange fluctuations. The death mages also recognized Shaoke's command behavior. They were all death mages composed of fourth-level mages, which made Shaoke a little excited. Although their level was not high, the magic power they mastered was much stronger than that of ordinary military mages. Moreover, the hunting mages above level has become the basic ability of every death mage.
Because the two commanders were very familiar with each other, after a brief discussion, the two teams of mages decided that the mages of the Blizzard Legion would be maneuvered around to encircle the fog merchant team, while the mages of the Death Mages were stationed on the road to the North Gate. After all, these death mages did not like to drive horses.
According to the Death Mage Group and the Blizzard Legion, there will definitely be a group of mist merchants passing by here today, which will make the mages excited. After all, many mages here have hunted some large merchant groups in their own country for the first time. However, Mage Iser did not control them all, but quietly rested with his eyes closed.
The crystal ball suddenly vibrated slightly. Shaoke hurriedly checked, and then said to the wizard Iser standing beside him: "They have left the city, but there is a seventh-level mage following him, and most of the others are warriors." As he said that, he had an estimate for a while, "We still have a lot of time to rest, so we will let the two of us rob and kill the seventh-level mage!"
"The Blizzard Legion has sent 16th-level mages this time. With their help, I think the speed will be faster." Mage Iser shook his head and rejected Shaoko's suggestion. "The delay will be smaller, what do you think?" As he said that, he turned his eyes on Shaoko, quietly waiting for the other party's answer.
"Well!" Without Jewish long time, Shaoko knew that it was not a single battle with rules, but a complete battle of destruction. "Do you need to communicate with them?" After saying that, he looked at several other sixth-level mages, who knew most of them. These mages had been in the 33rd Regiment and formed a team with Shaoko.
"Do you think it's necessary?" The female mage laughed softly: she hadn't experienced this kind of battle for a long time, which made her a little nervous. So she wanted to use a smile to relieve her emotions. As soon as she finished speaking, the message from the Blizzard Legion also passed on her. A line of handwriting appeared on the small disc. The content inside was not much different from the content of the Death Mage, but the number of people was estimated to be inaccurate.
Their mages stood on both sides of the road without any concealment. After distinguishing that this was a large mage team composed of the mages of the Blizzard Legion and other mages, they all panicked and accelerated their progress. This form made it easy to notice that something was wrong.
A small-scale team of nobles came out of the imperial capital and passed by here. A middle-aged nobleman with gray hair saw the death wizards standing quietly by the side through the car window. He frowned tightly. Finally, he ordered the guards on the side to strengthen their guards and ignore the gathering of these wizards. And under his command, the convoy also accelerated the speed of advancement.
Sitting next to the nobleman was a young girl. The girl whispered to ask about the situation outside the middle-aged nobleman. However, the other party shook his head and did not answer. Finally, he handed the other party a book and said, "Read more books. When you get there, you must have a good relationship with others. After all, it is not our place. If an accident occurs, it will be difficult for me to help you in the imperial capital." After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Shaoke and the team. He whispered to the girl: "The situation in the imperial capital is very complicated now. This time when you arrive in Xuefu City, don't have the idea of returning to the imperial capital in the last ten years. If you miss your mother's words, you will let her go over and see you." At this point, he frowned and relaxed. These death mages did not express any meaning to them.
The girl just nodded obediently. She learned through some friends that now some families in the imperial capital are often wiped out by the royal joint military headquarters. A large number of young noble children have disappeared. This situation has been delayed since the end of the large-scale war.
Today, all this news made her feel dangerous. After all, their domestic location is still a bit awkward.
"It's another noble convoy. I really don't understand why they have so much time to go out for fun." Mage Iser looked at the convoy just now with some dissatisfaction. "A Duke's convoy? It's strange. That kind of family seal looks very old. But I can't remember the specific name of it."
"Sword, rose, snowflake, staff." Shaoko just saw the badge, so he said in more detail what was drawn on it. There were some other things. He did not identify them in detail. After all, that was not within the scope of the things that should be done today. "The most important thing is that there is a crown logo in the former Empire. I believe that the duke family must have something to do with the former Empire royal family." After saying that, he shook his head. He didn't understand why the former Empire royal family still existed in the territory of the Blue Feather Empire. After all, such things rarely appear on the earth.
"Yeah!" Master Iser nodded and ignored the convoy that had just passed. Then the mages continued to stand quietly here, waiting for the appearance of the Mist Merchant Group.
After nearly two magic times passed, a huge merchant regiment came from the direction of the imperial capital. The leader was a cavalry of the Blizzard Legion. The cavalry all put down their armor, so they could not see any expressions. Behind were hundreds of four-wheeled carriages, which carried some luxury goods to the Mist Forest for some rich people to consume. After all, in the northernmost part, there were still many rich people, not to mention that they had to go over and buy a large number of specialties.
A paper roll was delivered to the Iser mage by a fifth-level mage in the caravan, and then returned to the team to move forward silently. Soon, the caravan belonging to the Blizzard Legion disappeared from Shaoko and the others' sight.
"There is still half a magic time." Master Iser read out the text information above and finally mobilized the mages to prepare for battle. "When the detection is carried out later, a team of warriors and mages in the team are our priority targets. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be a seventh-level mage in the team, but Master Xueye and I will handle him." After that, he closed his eyes and quietly rested.
"The target team, a large caravan with 3,000 people, has a large number of soldiers." Shaoke simply gave a reminder to the death mages. As for the accidental injury, it was not something the mages considered. After all, there were still many caravans on this road, so some accidental injuries could not be avoided.
After a little rest, Shaoke took out a lilac crystal ball to detect the situation on the road. His powerful mental power searched the road again and again without any concealment, and carefully identified the unique information left by the Death Mage Group on the caravan to facilitate accurate locking.
Some of the guards in the caravans clearly felt this mental power detection, so they reported to their employers in panic. The caravans who planned to enter the imperial capital were not very panic. They knew that this was the mage team I just saw was conducting detection.
However, those caravans who had just left the imperial capital did not understand the situation ahead. Some caravans with smaller forces quickly stopped moving forward and instead moved the caravans to the side of the road to wait for the subsequent development.
This detection did not last long. Then Shaoke stopped the detection and quickly led the mage team to the direction of the Mist Forest according to the previous plan. They had to go forward for about a day, and there was a suitable point where they carried out this sniper operation.
No mage complained about the temporary change of orders. After all, they encountered this situation on the battlefield. The death wizards did not have any resistance. Obeying orders was the most basic requirement for them to participate in the task this time. Even if they were dissatisfied, they would not say it here. Perfect completion of the task is what they considered.
Although the Death Mages have no horses, under the influence of auxiliary spells, the mage team is still very fast, at least three to five times faster than the caravan carrying a large number of objects.
This time, Shaoko and the others did not make any pauses. Even if the fog merchant group noticed the ambush of the Blizzard Legion in front of them, they had to move forward, otherwise a large amount of goods would not be transported to the fog forest, and the losses here were huge. Because within a short distance, there was no other road leading to the direction of the fog forest.
The long journey did not make those death mages without mounts feel too tired. After all, this is just a normal journey, not a crazy escape by being chased by the enemy. Therefore, they can still adjust their breathing and slow down physical energy consumption in their unique way.
Chapter completed!