my armed maid

Chapter 91 88 Spell Absorption

Under Julius' desperate gaze, Xia Huilong tossed his head, and the cyan thunder god sword cut through the sky and slashed towards him.

After fighting with Xia Huilong for a long time, his arm shield and knight armor were already scarred, and his physical strength was at the bottom. At this time, he could not run away or block it. He could only watch the cyan beam of light heading towards him. Swing it yourself.

At this moment, Yuna, who had been waiting for a long time, seized this opportunity, aimed at Xia Huilong and pulled the trigger.

"Soon-"

A pure white beam of light streaked across the sky and hit Xia Huilong's chest.

The torrent of light elements melted the dark green scales on its chest, burning the area around the wound into a scorched black. Xiahuilong howled in pain, and the Thunder God's Sword on its crown suddenly deflected and swept aside. of mountain peaks.

With a "swish" sound, wherever the cyan beam of light went, trees and rocks were split into two, making Julius break into a cold sweat.

The next moment, Ryan had rushed to his side, raised his arm shield and shouted in a deep voice: "Retreat!"

He had been watching the battle with a cold eye just now, but when he felt something was wrong, he rushed over in time.

Even if the White Raven didn't take action, he still had time to save Julius.

"retreat!"

The mages raised the magic barrier, the knights threw smoke bombs one after another, and the group quickly got into the woods and disappeared.

"You can retreat."

Nolen said to Yuna through the soul link, "We have obtained enough intelligence."

The knights on the battlefield may not understand what just happened, but through Yuna's overlooking perspective in the sky, he can clearly observe it.

Before the high-level spell hit Xia Huilong, Xia Huilong spread its glazed wings and completely wrapped his body inside.

The Book of All Knowledge then reveals the spell it casts:

The seventh-level special spell "Spell Absorption" has been recorded.

Knowledge points +192.

Effect: Absorb spell energy not exceeding level seven and convert it into your own magic power.

It is precisely by relying on this magical spell that Xia Huilong can survive the full attack of the five high-level mages, and it can also replenish its own magic power and enter the charged and strengthened state again.

On this side, Yuna received the order and followed the team into the woods and retreated.

Xia Huilong recovered from the beam cannon and waved its wings to disperse the nearby smoke and spell barriers, but found no trace of the enemy again.

It roared angrily, and the thunder in the sky didn't stop for a long time.

"But, a special spell?"

Looking at the Xia Huilong hovering in the sky, Nolen was thoughtful.

"Spell Absorption" can not only block spell attacks, but also replenish one's magic power. It is simply the most perfect defensive spell.

However, just because it is more powerful than defensive spells of the same level, it is not an ordinary elemental spell, but a special spell.

The so-called special spells are spells that are independent of the regular spell system and often need to meet special conditions to take effect.

For example, some races can rely on the power of blood to cast special spells, so one of the necessary conditions for casting such special spells is the blood of that race.

"Spell Absorption" is a special spell unique to Xia Huilong. According to the book of omniscience, in addition to the magic circle that needs to be engraved with the spell, two conditions need to be met to cast this spell:

1. Requires Xia Huilong's Glazed Armor.

2. Requires Xia Huilong's magic bag.

Among them, the glazed armor is responsible for absorbing magic power, and the magic bag is responsible for storing magic power.

Without the assistance of these two organs, "Spell Absorption" will not be able to activate normally.

This also explains very well why Yuna's beam cannon was able to successfully damage Kasumi Dragon.

Because only the Xia Huilong's wings were covered with glazed armor, the beam cannon hit the ordinary scale armor on its chest, so it did not trigger the magic absorption effect.

On the contrary, if you obtain Xia Huilong's glazed armor and magic bag, process them into a shield, and engrave a magic circle on it...

Does this mean that I can also reproduce the effect of "spell absorption"?

Since the Book of Omniscient Knowledge specifically marked the conditions for casting spells, this idea should be feasible!

Thinking of this, his mind couldn't help but become more active.

I originally thought I was just going to defeat a difficult monster, but I didn't expect there would be a surprise.

If the White Raven can be equipped with a shield equipped with "Spell Absorption", his strength will be greatly improved.

Because "Spell Absorption" can not only completely resist spells, but also replenish magic power, the White Raven's survivability and battery life will be greatly improved!

"The battle is over?"

In the conference room of the City Lord's Mansion, Evelin brought him a cup of tea and asked, "How is the situation? Is there any way to deal with it?"

"Well, the team has evacuated safely, and we have basically figured out its attack method." Nolen took off his black raven mask, took a sip of tea, and briefly explained the situation to her.

It is known that Xia Huilong has two states. Under normal circumstances, its wings are glazed in color and can absorb all spell energy below level six and convert it into its own magic power.

When the magic power is full, Xia Huilong will enter an enhanced state where the whole body is electrified. At this time, its wings will change color to dark green, becoming an indestructible melee weapon.

At the same time, his power will increase explosively. Even with the support of several knights of the same level and mages, the battle situation once became unsustainable.

In this case, even if Ryan, an eighth-level knight, fights hard, he probably won't get much benefit.

Even if you can gain the upper hand, you can't kill it or prevent it from flapping its wings and escaping.

"No spells can work on it?"

Evelin opened her eyes wide in surprise when she heard that Xia Huilong could face several high-level spells without any harm.

She is a high-level earth mage. If Xia Huilong is really so powerful, then it can be called a mage killer.

"It's not that I'm completely immune to magic." Nolen shook his head.

"It cannot block spell energy above level seven. Theoretically, if you use a spell above level seven to attack it, you can actually cause damage to it."

Of course, to put it simply, there are no mages above the seventh level in Linfeng City, so this method will not work for them.

"…Then there is no other way."

Evelin frowned, "It is so powerful in melee combat and is immune to spell attacks below level seven, so it deserves to be called a dragon monster. It's really a bit difficult to deal with.

"After much thought, we can only let the knights attack the enemy head-on. Fortunately, the enhanced state seems to consume a lot of magic power. "As long as you don't cast spells on it, it will not be able to absorb spell energy, and the magic power will be exhausted soon. Change it back to its normal state and ask Captain Ryan to kill it. "

Nolen was lost in thought and did not express his position for a while. Evelin couldn't help but said: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?"

"In terms of a war of attrition, we can indeed defeat it. After all, no matter how powerful it is, it cannot escape the category of a seventh-level monster."

Nolen said slowly, "However, defeating it, repelling it, and completely conquering it are two different things.

"If the opponent is a little bit thoughtful, he will not waste all his magic power in the fight. If he sees that the situation is not right, he will most likely leave the battle midway.

"But we currently don't have a trump card against it. I'm worried that a war of attrition won't actually kill it."

“There is no need to insist on conquering it.” Evelin hesitated, “mining the veins in the cave is the top priority right now. Didn’t you say that this is the vein of magic crystal raw ore that we need most at the moment?

"As long as you can combine your technology with the energy of the magic crystal veins, the strength of Linfeng City will increase by leaps and bounds. If Xia Huilong dares to come back by then, we must have the ability to keep it."

Her ideas are pragmatic and not unreasonable.

Since Linfeng City is currently not sure of eating this prey, it is better to drive it away first and use the resources in this area to develop itself.

But for Nolen, killing Xiahuilong is not only to solve this threat once and for all, but also to use the materials on it to create alchemical weapons, thereby gaining the ability of "spell absorption".

He was really hungry for "magic absorption", so he didn't want to let this prey go so easily.

What if it knows the current situation well and doesn't come back for revenge? Linfeng Mountain Range is so big, if you miss it, it will be difficult to see!

"Its flaws...actually do exist."

Nolen thought for a while and said, "Its wings have two forms, one is a solid dark green form, and the other is a glazed form that can absorb magic energy."

“Although the glazed form is immune to spells, its physical defense is not as strong as the dark green form.

"So I was wondering if I could use magic attacks to induce its wings to enter the glazed form, and then mix in physical attacks to destroy its wings in one fell swoop.

"Once its wings are injured, Xiahuilong will become a turtle in the urn and cannot escape the fate of being attacked by us."

"So that's it." Evelin's eyes lit up, "During today's battle, did our knights cause any damage to the mage while he was casting spells?"

"No." Nolen shook his head, "High-level attack spells will destroy all objects within the attack range regardless of friend or foe. The knight cannot get close at this time, and even the arrows will be broken in the elemental turbulence. Bar."

Not only that, the power of "Spell Absorption" is that it is not only immune to spells below the seventh level, but also has a certain degree of defense against physical attacks.

This is a special spell shield with a magic absorption effect.

Even if a perfect arrow were to hit its wings in this form, it would probably only be scratched at most, not enough to cause it to immediately lose its ability to fly.

"Then what are you talking about?" Evelin's eyes darkened, "Isn't there still nothing you can do about it in the end?"

"Aren't you thinking about it now?"

Nolen touched his chin, "As long as your thoughts don't slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties. Alchemy is a miraculous art that exists to solve various difficulties and needs."

"Huh? Have you thought of a solution?"

"I thought of it, we can replace the original arrow material with an alchemical material that is better at penetrating spell shields."

Nolen smiled and said, "For example - holy silver."

Of course Evelin knew something about the material Holy Silver, and couldn't help but wonder: "Can arrows made of Holy Silver really cause harm to Xiahui Dragon?"

Since there are metals like mithril in this world that have a high affinity for magic, there are also special materials that can repel magic and penetrate spell shields.

Holy silver is one of the representative metals. Although it and mithril both have the word "silver" in them, their characteristics are completely different.

Mithril is hard and is compatible with magic, while holy silver is soft and repels magic.

Because of its properties, mithril is often used as a weapon for extraordinary people, most of which is forged into knight steel.

Holy silver is mostly made into prayer and evil-proof props such as crosses and ornaments. It can effectively protect the wearer from curse spells.

However, the soft nature of holy silver makes it difficult to become a qualified general-purpose weapon. Its strength is not as strong as ordinary iron, and it will be deflected and bent by ordinary armor.

There was also a magic-breaking silver sword made of holy silver in the Roland Empire, but it was mainly used as a secondary weapon.

After the user breaks the magic shield with the Demon Breaking Silver Sword, he must immediately switch to a harder knight sword to deliver a fatal blow to the opponent.

Even if an arrow made of only holy silver can penetrate Xia Huilong's spell shield, how much damage can it cause to its body?

Although the glazed wings have worse physical defense than the dark green form, they are not embroidered pillows that can be broken with just one poke!

"If the material is not good, just optimize the formula."

Nolen smiled, "Isn't alchemy progressing through generations of research and optimization?"

"You really always say powerful things." Evelin held up her forehead, "I don't know you alchemists very well. Is it so easy to optimize the formula or something...?"

"Of course it's not easy, so I'm a genius."

Nolen waved his hand with a smile, stood up and walked out, "Okay, I'm going to work on a new invention today, so just wait with anticipation!"

"Hey, how long will that take?"

Evelin chased after him and asked, "Linfeng City has concentrated most of its power on Xia Huilong and this cave. Are you going to make everyone wait for you for a year and a half?"

"Don't worry, don't you still believe my speed?"

Nolen looked back and smiled, "I am a man who can build five new city defense cannons in one day!"

Optimizing the formula of holy silver is only the first step. Not only will he make arrows from the improved holy silver and distribute them to the knights participating in the crusade, he also plans to use this to test the possibility of live ammunition weapons.

That's right, he's going to make a live magic blunderbuss for White Raven.

Due to the factors of the weapon medium, the arrows cannot be made too thick. If the caliber is required, the lethality will be limited.

But switching to using a magic gun to launch does not have this problem.

In his vision, the live-fire magic gun will be equipped with a large-caliber holy silver crossbow. As the trigger is pulled, the crossbow will be shot out through layers of accelerating arrays in the long barrel, like an armor-piercing bullet. Xia Huilong's key blow.

If successful, this will be a successful breakthrough into the unknown realm of magic weapons.

Thinking of this, he immersed himself in his thoughts and said silently:

"The book of omniscience, optimize it for me!"

(End of this chapter)