Chapter 33: Astrid's Thoughts (Please read, collect, and recommend!)
Chapter 33
The black dragon's roar shook the sky, as if a black storm was sweeping in, rendering the entire sky a deep dark ink color.
Astrid slowly stood up on the back of the black dragon, her purple eyes without any emotion. Her voice sounded like the thunder of a war drum, announcing the official start of the battle.
This attack was completely different from the previous campaign against the Kuxin Sect.
When attacking the Kuxin Sect, the opponent's defensive formation was extremely strong, and the Furnace Army had to first wage a long siege battle to break the opponent's powerful defensive witchcraft formation.
However, the defenses of Nightshade Bunker are unique.
A thin black sky curtain hung over the bunker, hiding everything.
That is the Night Shadow Bunker's unique defensive witchcraft formation, called the "Anti-Energy Formation".
The special thing about this formation is that it can effectively offset a large part of the attacks from long-range witchcraft, and the offset energy will in turn enhance the power of the formation itself.
In other words, facing this kind of formation, the effectiveness of long-range witchcraft will be greatly discounted.
However, this formation is not invulnerable.
It has strong defense against ranged attacks, but cannot withstand physical impact.
That is why the best way to break through the Night Shadow Bunker's defenses is to break into the sky with your physical body.
But this was exactly the strategy when Nightshade Bunker was designed.
As a force that excels in using the undead, the dead, and negative energy sorcery, Nightshadow Bunker had long anticipated that the enemy would try to break through the formation through their physical bodies.
For them, the more people who dare to rush into the sky, the more constant replenishment they can provide for their negative energy witchcraft.
Once these outsiders are killed, the undead aura brought by death will enhance the power of the formation, which means that the battle will become more intense and the Night Shadow Bunker will become more powerful.
Therefore, the defense of the Night Shadow Bunker is very tricky, and the cost of breaking in physically is extremely high. Many people are simply unable to resist the negative energy invasion of the formation.
"If we rush in personally, the erosion of negative energy will greatly weaken our combat effectiveness, and the loss will be too great."
Black Dragon said in a low voice, report truthfully.
Astrid's purple eyes flashed with a cold light, and she glanced at the forge apprentices below, her eyes without any emotion.
"Then let them go in first and share the invasion of negative energy with us."
There was no fluctuation in Astrid's voice. It didn't matter how many apprentices died in this war.
Because they have one and only one role, and that is to clear the obstacles for Astrid, even if the cost is their lives!
After that, she, the student of the Master of the Crucible, will become famous through this Crucible's external war and let the wizarding world know Astrid's name!
"Act according to the original plan. Select those apprentices who have their own light crystals and let them sneak in among the army of apprentices to help us neutralize the negative energy factors in the formation."
"Of course, before that, we should send some apprentices in to die and let the enemy down..."
Her voice echoed in the air:
"To die for the furnace is a worthy death. The furnace will remember them! Let's act!"
As the commander-in-chief of the current campaign, Astrid's orders were straightforward and quickly conveyed to the official wizards below.
These wizards began to carry out orders without hesitation, commanding teams of apprentices to move towards the sky of the Night Shadow Bunker, preparing to pave the way for the next attack.
Lin En and the other two mixed in the crowd and received orders from the official wizard, directing them to launch an attack on the left side of the Night Shadow Bunker.
At this moment, the witchcraft formation of the Night Shadow Bunker was still in operation, and dark light was flickering in the sky, as if there was an invisible barrier isolating it from the outside world.
However, the official wizard from the Crucible gave them an order to break through the formation by force.
Many apprentices began to feel doubt and fear. After all, rushing in directly against the enemy's witchcraft formation was tantamount to committing suicide.
However, if there is any hesitation on the battlefield, the witchcraft from the official wizards will strike like lightning and kill the hesitant apprentices directly.
Of course, killing alone is not enough to ensure that orders are carried out.
Several official wizards casually took out a special contract, the densely packed runes on it exuded a strong aura of witchcraft.
The witchcraft in the contract is extremely repressive, and once signed, the apprentices can hardly resist.
One apprentice deserted the battlefield and was instantly swallowed up by the backlash of the contract, dying a tragic death.
Therefore, no matter what the apprentices thought in their hearts, they had to carry out the wizard's tasks on the surface.
"This black dragon witch really doesn't take the lives of us apprentices seriously..."
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"Alas, after all these years of not becoming a formal wizard, I finally caught up with this kind of commander-in-chief..."
"If she continues in this way, the death toll of this Crucible Hunt will probably set an unprecedented record. But after all, she is the little princess of the Crucible... hehe..."
Sonya looked coldly at the black dragon hovering in the sky, with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.
Lin En couldn't help but nodded, but he secretly sighed in his heart.
At this moment, he finally deeply understood the true meaning of the furnace and the dark wizard realm.
Although he had teachers to look after him in the Crucible and his life was relatively stable, he was still bound by the Crucible's contract and could not escape the fate of going to the front line.
To the Crucible, the apprentice was nothing more than a pawn on the chessboard, and once dead he was nothing more than a number on the post-war checklist.
If you want to gain true freedom in the world of dark wizards, I'm afraid you'll only be qualified to talk about the word freedom if you become a formal wizard.
"Lin En, remember not to run around later. The contract curse of the furnace is more terrible than anything else. As long as you don't defect..."
At this time, Colin, who was still following the same teacher, came over and whispered to Lin En with a hint of reminder in his tone.
Lin En also keenly heard the hidden meaning in his words, because Colin put extra emphasis on the words "as long as you don't defect"...
What he meant was that as long as he didn't defect, he could avoid letting the Crucible's curse take effect? Lin En's thinking was very active, and he quickly understood Colin's hint.
Defection is the bottom line that triggers the contract. Above this bottom line, he can also take some "countermeasures".
For example, find a second-level wizard apprentice to fight, or just defend without attacking, and slack off on the battlefield! As the saying goes, "there are policies from above, and countermeasures from below", the little princess of the furnace wants these apprentices to die for her, and use their lives to build her reputation in the wizard world.
But some of the wizards' favorite students know how to avoid contracts and have ways to deal with them, like Colin.
Of course, students and teachers with a relationship like Colin and Rosalind are rare.
More apprentices, even the wizard's students, must be facing the dual pressure of being a formal wizard and having a contract at this moment, and can only rush towards the dim sky of the Night Shadow Bunker.
(End of this chapter)
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