At this moment, outside the rift, elite knights of the city guards dressed in snow-white armor were standing ready for battle. A high-level wizard was hanging in the air with a staff in his hand. It was obvious that the crack in the ground just now was caused by him. There were also two other spellcasters standing alert beside him.
"You have nowhere to escape, you pathetic fellows. Daring to take that thing is the biggest mistake of your life!"
The leading spellcaster spoke in a cold voice, and pointed his staff in the direction of the basement. As an invisible ripple spread out, all hidden objects became visible, and the concealment cloaks on the team members were all overloaded and scrapped with a crackling sound.
"Arrest everyone here. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot!"
As he waved his hand downwards, many soldiers rushed forward, and several soldiers went straight to Fiona, treating the girl as an accomplice of the thieves and preparing to arrest her as well.
The sudden change in the situation made the girl stunned for a moment, but she suddenly realized that at this time even if she said that she had nothing to do with these thieves, it would probably be hard for people to believe her.
"Don't just stand there! Go!"
Seeing this, as if wanting to confirm Fiona's identity, a member of the team suddenly shouted to the girl, and at the same time tore open the random teleportation scroll in his hand, intending to escape in the chaos.
But what alarmed him was that just as the surrounding space was slightly distorted by the magic of the scroll, it was immediately smoothed out again under the suppression of some powerful force.
"Space blockade?! When?"
"Do you think that after you escaped the blockade of the City Lord's Mansion through the teleportation spell, I would still be defenseless?"
The high-level wizard who was the leader of the team spoke sinisterly, staring at the captain of the adventurer team, and at the same time glanced at a space ring on his hand, but he never took action himself.
According to Fiona's perception, the source of the surrounding space blockade force seemed to be on several soldiers whose armor looked no different from that of other city guards.
The upper limit of this space blockade power is not high. If she shows her true realm, she can break it by force.
But the girl became curious about this matter at this time. She wanted to know what these people got from the City Lord's Mansion.
But if she takes action now, her identity may be exposed, so it is better to wait and see how things develop.
"ah--"
When everyone present with different thoughts were preparing to be captured by the soldiers, suddenly, a dazzling blue beam of light came from an unexpected direction. A soldier who was secretly responsible for maintaining the space blockade was hit by this beam and was silently decomposed into dust in an instant.
As a corner of the formation was missing, the originally stable space blockade suddenly began to fluctuate and was about to collapse.
At the critical moment, the resistance forces' reinforcements finally arrived.
A spellcaster wearing a dark blue star robe, whose appearance and aura had been changed by magic, stood far away on the tower at the top of the airship airport with a staff in hand, his back to the sun, facing the City Lord's Mansion Mage Corps and many city guards present.
"Enemy attack! Be on alert!"
This sudden change immediately shocked the city guards. Under the sharp roar of the knight captain, some soldiers raised their shields and switched to a defensive formation, while other soldiers increased their offensive, preparing to use their numerical advantage to forcibly capture everyone in the basement.
"It's reinforcements, reinforcements are coming!"
Seeing this, the rebel team was overjoyed. After suddenly seeing hope, their resistance began to grow stronger.
"Now that you're here, there's no need to be so secretive, Rakri. We know each other's signature spells very well!"
Looking at the spellcaster who launched a sneak attack, the leading mage of the City Lord's Mansion sneered, and an invisible magic protective force field was opened, covering his own soldiers.
"Which eye of yours saw me being secretive, Famo?"
In the distance, the voice of a mysterious spellcaster could be heard faintly on the wind.
"Could it be the eye in the middle of your butt?"
After a few words from the two, the atmosphere suddenly became extremely confrontational.
"Haha, since you're here, then stay with us, Lacre! Today I'm going to help my teacher get rid of you, the traitor of the school who betrayed the empire and joined the rebels!"
The leading mage of the City Lord's Mansion named Famo laughed in anger. He pointed his staff at the attacker on the distant tower spire. He temporarily ignored everyone in the field and focused his attention on the attacking mysterious mage.
"I just don't want to sink into the abyss with a broken ship that is destined to be destroyed, and I don't want to associate with fools who jump from one broken ship to another!"
The attacking spellcaster, Lacre, was not to be outdone. He also raised his staff and blatantly began to gather magic power, as if he was preparing some powerful spell.
But in secret, the captain of the rebel team, Silver Wolf, received a secret message from Lacre, which pointed out that the key to the space blockade was not the spellcaster pretending to be with Famo, but those soldiers.
While Famo's attention is drawn to Lacre, he immediately kills him and escapes through random teleportation. This is the only chance of survival.
After hearing the news, the team leader's eyes focused, he glanced at the situation on the battlefield, and took action immediately.
He dared to take on such an extremely dangerous task, so he naturally had his own trump card.
A pendant hidden in the clothes around his neck lit up, and the enhanced aura of secondary time acceleration was added to his body, so in his perception, the whole world around him slowed down instantly.
This state can last for three seconds. With the help of the acceleration effect, he suddenly moved and temporarily broke free from the blockade of the soldiers.
The next second, a magic gem on the ring on his right finger shattered, and three directed malicious transformation spells instantly hit three spellcasters disguised as soldiers who were responsible for space blockade.
Except for one person who successfully resisted, the other two turned into two sheep with a bleating sound, and the space blockade that was originally maintained suddenly collapsed.
Before the soldiers around him could react, he took advantage of the last second of the time acceleration effect, returned to his team members, and tore open a group teleportation scroll that landed in a safe area outside the city.
This operation was done quickly and smoothly. When the transmission ripples lit up, the army's magician group noticed something was wrong and wanted to stop it, but space magic was not so easy to intercept after all.
Moreover, at this moment, Lakri in the distance seemed to have the same idea and simultaneously sent out multiple ray spells with different effects to several spellcasters, successfully delaying several mages for a moment.
Then, as the teleportation magic took effect, the people surrounded by the soldiers disappeared instantly.
"Hey, personally help them delay time, and use that inferior time-accelerating accessory. Is this your plan, Lamori?"
However, when he saw the target disappear, the high-level wizard Famo's expression became strangely calm, without any sign of anxiety or regret.
"That's none of your business, Famo."
Realizing that something was not right, Lamori's tone turned cold. His mission of covering had been completed, and the next step was to find a chance to escape.
"It's a pity that you don't understand how important 'that thing' they stole is."
As he spoke, a huge binding magic circle suddenly lit up with Lamori standing at the airport terminal as the center, trapping Lamori, whose expression suddenly changed.
"Do you think I am the ultimate force responsible for protecting the treasure house this time?"
Seeing Lamori trapped in the trap, Famo's face suddenly showed a mocking look.
"Unfortunately, the safety of that thing is personally in the charge of another important figure in the Glory Alliance. I am just taking this opportunity to set a trap and force you out!"
"What?"
Feeling the strong sense of restraint and oppression coming from all around, Lamori's heart gradually sank to the bottom.
Normal combat between spellcasters and falling into a trap carefully prepared by other spellcasters of the same level are two completely different concepts.
This time, even if he could escape successfully, he would probably lose a lot of his cards.
Moreover, it's not just him. Judging from the message conveyed by Famo's words, the team that had just escaped from the city and thought they were safe is probably in greater danger now!
"Instead of worrying about other people, why not worry about yourself first!"
As if he knew what Lamori was thinking, Famo sneered and quickly surrounded him with several mages and the city guards. . ….…. "Huh - finally escaped!"
"I was so scared. When I saw that dog wizard just now, I thought I was going to die right there."
At this moment, the team of thieves that were teleported outside the city were unaware of the conversation between the two mages. They thought they were finally safe and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't let your guard down, our mission is not yet complete!"
After checking the surroundings, the team leader Silver Wolf breathed a sigh of relief. Although they had successfully broken through the space blockade and teleported out, the teleportation point was still disturbed to a certain extent, so they landed in the courtyard of a noble manor more than ten miles away from the original location.
This distance was not a problem for the professionals. Just as they were about to continue their journey, a strange voice suddenly rang out.
"Excuse me, what did you take?"
Everyone was startled when they heard the words and turned around instantly. Then they found that the person who spoke was the female mage who had walked into the basement before. She appeared here at some point.
Why did the captain bring this female mage with him? Did he want to drag her into the rebel camp as well? Everyone in the team was stunned for a moment, and then they all looked at the captain Silver Wolf who had just used the scroll, only to find that the latter looked as if he had seen a ghost.
"I'm sorry, what I mean is, what did you take from the City Lord's Mansion that caused you to be wanted by the City Guards? Can you tell me?"
Seeing that no one in the team said anything for a while, Fiona thought for a moment and believed that her question was not specific enough, so she spoke again in a polite manner.
"Wait, why are you here?!"
At this time, the team leader Silver Wolf finally reacted, drew his sword and pointed it at Fiona, and shouted vigilantly.
"This is my home too, of course I can be here."
The girl tilted her head and didn't care about the vigilance and hostility of the few people. After all, they were the ones who broke into her house first, so there was no problem for her to follow them along the teleportation traces.
“…”
Silver Wolf looked at the manor beside him and was speechless for a moment.
Then you have quite a lot at home.
No, how did she follow here? ! Having grasped the crux of the problem, Silver Wolf signaled the team members to disperse and be on guard, while secretly worrying about how to deal with this matter.
After all, they actually had no conflicts with the female mage. It was rather that their actions accidentally involved her, causing her to become a suspect of "colluding with the rebels" for no reason. She was probably already wanted by now.
"It's a long story about what we gained in the City Lord's Mansion. If you want to know the details, you must join us, otherwise I can't tell you."
After thinking for a moment, Silver Wolf decided to try to see if he could lure Fiona to join the Starfire Rebellion. After all, a fifth-level spellcaster was considered to have considerable combat power.
"You can't escape."
But at this moment, a huge momentum suddenly descended and enveloped the manor.
A young nobleman dressed in gold and red aristocratic attire, with purple eyes and golden curly hair, holding a slender and gorgeous silver-white rapier in one hand, appeared silently in front of the fence gate of the manor and walked towards the crowd with an elegant gait.
As he walked, he swung his sword twice to the left and right as if casually, and the space in the manor was instantly cut apart by some force, becoming independent from the main material world, completely blocking the chances of everyone escaping by teleportation again.
Although there was only one person coming, the sense of oppression he brought was much stronger than any enemy everyone had seen before.
"Honorary Earl of the Glorious Alliance, 'Starfall Swordsman' Aixix, please die."
With a smile that showed everything was under control, Aishix pointed the tip of his sword at everyone. Although there was still some distance, the sharp aura had already locked onto everyone.
An eighth-rank expert! The hearts of the team members sank. This was far beyond what they could handle. Unless a miracle happened, they had already reached the end of their road.
Fiona's expression also became solemn. This was an enemy she also had to face seriously.
Since she is borrowing the body of this world, and the original body of "Fiona's Adventures in Wonderland" that is integrated with the core of the dream inheritance land is not at hand, the strength she can exert now may not be much stronger than the other party.
“Stop it!”
However, it seems that everyone is not destined to die today.
At the critical moment, a being wearing a fluttering blue cloak and surrounded by blue and vibrant magic suddenly rushed over from a distance and blocked Aishks.
Only level seven?
Fiona was a little confused when she sensed the power of the person who came. Then she suddenly felt that the person looked familiar.
"Mr. Deputy Commander!"
"Mr. Roach!"
Seeing the person coming, hope suddenly burst into the eyes of the team members, as if this figure could bring them a great sense of security that was enough to resist an eighth-level powerful enemy.
But Roche? Hearing this vaguely familiar name, Fiona quickly recalled some memories of her time in Karlas City and Pamir College.
The grandson of the old lady who sold straw weavings, and the shy boy who later gave him a straw owl on the academy's airship.
But afterwards, thanks to her fourth brother's teaching, she understood what would happen if Roach got too close to her, and Roach never came to see her again, so she gradually forgot about it.
"The Blue Demon Swordsman, Roche, is a lucky civilian who has encountered a fortuitous event. He is the deputy commander of the Spark Resistance Army stationed in the province of Karlas. Although his strength is only at the seventh level, he has the reputation of being able to challenge the eighth level..."
Looking at the young man who was blocking his way with a determined look on his face, Aishix raised his hand and lightly pressed the tip of the sword. In the solemn atmosphere, he spoke slowly and unhurriedly about Roche's identity and honor.
"Now, I'm curious about how far you can go."
"You lackey of the Glorious Alliance, I will not lose to you! Even if it costs your life, don't even think about harming my subordinates!"
Staring at the powerful swordsman in front of him vigilantly, Roche drew out two strange black swords, one long and one short, which he found in the ruins, and suddenly blocked the tip of the sword that had been stabbed at him at some point.
"I'll stop him, you guys go! Make sure to bring back what you got and give it to Commander Leo!"
During the fierce battle, Roach did not forget to yell and urge everyone to escape.
“The struggle of an ant.”
Aishks completely ignored everyone and launched a violent attack on Roach, not worrying at all that anyone might escape.
His sword moves carried the elegance peculiar to that of aristocrats. The tip of the silver rapier transformed into cold stars that streaked down like a dazzling meteor shower, enveloping Roche's body. The dreamlike beauty contained a deadly murderous intent.
Roche, who was one level lower than him, was in danger under the attack, with blood spurting out of his body, but he still stood tenaciously, his eyes always firmly searching for Aishks's flaws.
Deep inside Roche's body, there surged a rich life force that was as endless as a towering tree. Even if he had suffered an injury that would be almost fatal to an ordinary person in the previous second, he could recover directly in the next moment.
This allowed Roach, whose hard power was far inferior to Aishikes, to entangle him, and if nothing unexpected happened, he could even delay the fight for a long time.
The team also wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to break the space blockade and escape, but they could not find a way.
After all, it was a blockade set up personally by an eighth-level being, and it was almost unsolvable for the team members whose average strength was less than sixth level.
At this moment, all the changes in and outside the city had fallen into the observation of Avis who had rushed over.
Although Aishix is very strong, he appears here alone at this time and is destined to be defeated by Roche, the son of destiny.
In the trajectory of fate, Avis has seen that although he was seriously injured, Roche still relied on the unique ability of the Son of Destiny to burst into life with low health, and forced Aishix to retreat.
As if it were some kind of ritual, Ashicks, as the 'supporting role' at this moment, highlighted the power of the 'protagonist' Roach in front of Fiona and other audiences.
According to the originally arranged fate, if he did not intervene, Fiona would continue to join the "Starfire" resistance army with the help of her current disguised identity due to Roach's existence, and continue to develop a series of subsequent stories.
Although this behavior sounds a bit like a fugitive princess turning to bandit, it is not a problem considering the current situation of the Olivendi family which is almost dead in name only.
However, Anvis no longer intends to allow this script to continue to develop.
Since everyone likes to guide fate and make up stories, how about adding him in as well?
Then, the next moment, a mysterious knight shrouded in heavy black armor and several meters tall fell from the sky and crashed into the center of the battlefield like a meteorite.
The space blockade previously set by Aishix was instantly broken, and the terrifying aura emanating from under the armor caused the fierce battle between the two sides to be urgently stopped.
The Knight of Original Sin, from the external armor, demonized flesh and blood to the core of the structure, was all created by Avis himself. After implanting the Seed of Original Sin and absorbing a large amount of Original Sin power from the battlefield, its strength has reached the limit of the eighth level.
At the same time, as a creation of the ninth-level prophet, it has a strong anti-prophecy ability. Coupled with the unique chaotic characteristics of the power of original sin, it can reduce the fate suppression caused by the child of destiny to the minimum.
"It's time to end it."
Under the horrified and vigilant gazes of Aeschylus and Roche, the Black Knight raised the dark heavy sword in his hand, and the hoarse sound like the grinding of a heavy stone mill resounded throughout the battlefield.
The next moment, he slashed at Aishix through the air with a sword, and the dark half-moon sword light instantly slashed towards the young nobleman who was ready for battle.
"Stardust!"
The tip of the latter's rapier glowed like a comet, and he hit the weak point of the sword light, trying to break it. But the next moment, he was chopped away hundreds of meters by the terrifying power contained in the sword light. His breath was also fluctuating, and he was injured by the sword.
"Who is that?!"
This terrifying sword shocked everyone present, and the previous members of the thieves' team felt bitter.
Although the space blockade was broken by the black knight of unknown camp, they could feel that they had been locked by a huge aura like a natural disaster or a ferocious beast. If they dared to move, they would be met with a thundering sword.
Even the eighth-rank Starfall Swordsman Aishix was injured by a single sword strike, not to mention their small bodies.
"I am here to arrest the remnants of the rebels on the orders of His Majesty Beshim, the high-ranking official of the Alliance of Glory. They stole what His Majesty was determined to obtain. If you retreat now, I can still pretend that what happened today did not happen!"
At this time, the injured Aishks also realized the terrifying nature of the enemy. He stared at the mysterious black knight in the field and threatened him in a harsh voice.
"I said...it's time to end!"
But what frightened Aishix was that even though he mentioned the title of His Majesty Beshim behind him, the mysterious black knight's gaze remained indifferent, and he instead slashed at him with a second, stronger sword.
He wanted to dodge, but under this sword, he only felt the sky and the earth dark, as if the whole world had isolated him and he had nowhere to hide. He could only take the dark sword light that was slowly coming at him.
The result was beyond doubt. Even though he gritted his teeth and took the second sword, his own condition was equally tragic, with blood all over his body.
Moreover, the support from the Alliance of Glory that was supposed to arrive had not yet arrived due to some unknown mishap.
After secretly gritting his teeth and assessing the current strength of both sides, Aishks decisively admitted defeat and fled without even saying a harsh word.
As Aishix left, the Black Knight turned slightly, and his dead and indifferent eyes met the trembling Roach's body.
"Thank you for your help. If necessary, we, Spark, are willing to join forces with the forces behind you...!!"
The latter gritted his teeth and was about to say thank you, but was horrified to find that the terrifying black knight also slashed at him with a sword.
Then, he experienced what Aishix had just felt.
The dim sword light contained an extreme and pure attributeless magic power, as if it was deliberately concealing the aura of its own power, but because the total amount of magic power was too huge, it gave people a feeling of despair and oppression like a mountain pressing down on their heads.
With a "puff" sound, a huge crack dozens of meters long appeared on the ground of the manor behind Roche. Roche, who faced the sword head-on, was directly stuck in the center of the crack.
The power of this sword instantly exceeded the limit of the restorative power in his body. Roche didn't even have time to grunt before blood burst out of his body and he fainted directly in the crack.
"Your Excellency, Deputy Commander!"
The mood of the people in the surrounding resistance team was like a roller coaster at this moment. They went from being hopeful to being hopeless.
Even the famous 'Spark' rookie in the empire, the blue magic swordsman Roche, couldn't take that sword, so how could they struggle?
Seeing the silent gaze of the black knight turning to them, two of them even felt their legs go limp and they collapsed to the ground.
Fiona was also nervous, but she couldn't bear to watch Roche die in front of her. The little girl tried to stay calm and stared at the Black Knight's movements. At the same time, she prepared spells in secret, intending to try to escape with these people.
"Take out the things and save your life."
As the Black Knight's hoarse voice rang out, the team leader Silver Wolf resigned himself to taking off the space ring and throwing it to the other party. After all, even if he chose to resist, the other party would take it from his body.
Somewhat to everyone's surprise, after the Black Knight got the ring, he did not directly check the items inside, but leaned on the sword with both hands and fell into silence.
Before the team members could react, a group of professionals suddenly emerged from the surroundings.
"We are from the Hualuotianxia Guild. That Knight over there is also one of ours. Everyone, including this lady, please follow me. The president invites you."
An elf ranger spoke with a smile, as if nothing had happened, and extended an invitation to everyone in a sincere tone.
After looking at each other, they realized that they had no choice but to follow him helplessly.
Fiona also dispersed the ultra-long-distance teleportation magic that she had prepared secretly at this moment. Now that her former acquaintances were no longer in danger of their lives, it seemed that she did not need to run away and risk exposing her identity for the time being.
As the group of people below walked further and further away, from Avis's perspective of fate, the sky had changed color, the web of fate was in turmoil, and the original trajectory had changed drastically at this moment.
At the same time, the space ring that the Black Knight had just obtained now appeared in Avis's hands.
Avis opened it casually, and the things inside appeared in the air in front of him.
"Is this... some kind of magic circle?"
Without looking at the boxes of magic crystals, Avis examined the strange cylindrical metal device covered with magic inscriptions in front of him with a curious look.
"No... Rather than calling it a magic circle, it's more like a magic node, a part of a larger magic circle." (End of this chapter)
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