Elizabeth's side.
After the "barrier" left by the dragon disappeared, the enemy tried to attack again. It has to be said that the emperor's standing army is indeed a strong army trained in the Southwest War, so it can still maintain morale.
In the melee, Elizabeth fired the last magic missile and watched as the missile hit a swordsman. One of the missiles hit the swordsman's face and penetrated through the gap in the mask.
The swordsman exclaimed and pushed away his mask, only to have one of his eyeballs roll out of his socket - the missile was like a heavy punch, literally blowing out his eye.
The next moment, the catman's crossbow arrow hit the swordsman's open face, stuck in his nose, and instantly broke the cartilage on the bridge of his nose, going straight into his brain.
The swordsman fell backward.
Cat Man shouted to Elizabeth: "Well done, Your Highness!"
Elizabeth hesitated and fired the last scorching ray, targeting a captain with a feather on his helmet. The ray accurately hit the captain's arm, causing the sword he raised to freeze in mid-air. It was probably because the shoulder was carbonized and lost mobility.
The militiamen who confronted the captain immediately stabbed the captain with a spear under his helmet.
This full-body armor had a neck guard, but the force of the spear thrust still pushed the captain backward.
Another militiaman holding a blacksmith's hammer immediately stepped forward and banged twice!
Elizabeth did not see how the militiamen fought. She only knew that the feathers on the captain's helmet disappeared from her sight.
After casting the spell, Elizabeth squatted down, picked up the crossbow at her feet, and strenuously loaded the crossbow.
At this moment, a brisk horn sounded.
Elizabeth looked around and saw a group of cavalry rushing into the battlefield.
The leading knight raised his sword high, and the blade glowed with dazzling light due to the sacred weapon covenant.
Paladin!
The sudden appearance of the cavalry became the straw that broke the camel's back, and the morale of the Styrian people collapsed. They rushed to the nearby dark alley, trying to escape the pursuit and trampling of the cavalry.
Elizabeth fired a crossbow at the retreating enemy, then threw the crossbow to her feet and gasped for air.
Misha Sara reached her side in a few jumps and carefully checked her body: "Very good, no injuries. Let me tell you good news, Your Highness, you survived the fierce battle."
Elizabeth showed a pale smile: "Thank you. I have finished all the spells, and I am a little tired now. If there is another battle, I will have to shoot crossbows."
Just as the catman was about to reply, a paladin riding a tall horse came over.
Wayne Langdon pushed open the visor of his helmet and looked at his sister with concern: "Are you okay? Bruce sent me to wipe out the Rogue Guild. When I arrived, I found a large number of Steyr standing troops coming out of the Rogue Guild.
"Then I remembered that you were still in Gallows Square, so I hurried over. Only when I arrived did I realize that you were gone."
Elizabeth stood up and looked at her brother: "I was originally going to retreat to the castle, but when I saw the tragedy on the road, I decided to fulfill my noble obligations and protect my people!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the children, women and elderly people who were being protected all around said in unison: "Your Highness the Princess has protected us!"
"I will always be loyal to His Highness!"
Wayne smiled: "You see, your efforts have been recognized by the people. I am proud of you."
At this time, Elizabeth suddenly remembered: "By the way, a dragon just helped us. Without that dragon, we would definitely be dead. Where did the dragon come from?"
"It was the mage brother you like who changed it." Bruce's voice came from the other side.
Elizabeth turned around and saw Bruce leading a group of soldiers into the square.
Bruce: "The priest treats the wounded immediately! The soldiers continue to track the enemies who fled into the alley! This is the neighborhood where you grew up. You are more familiar with the terrain than they are. Don't let a Styrian go!"
The soldiers responded loudly and their morale was high.
After dispatching the soldiers, Bruce led several followers on horseback to the barricade where Elizabeth was. In addition to Cassander, his entourage also includes the Langdon family's archmage and mage apprentices.
Elizabeth: "He's just a third-level mage, how can he transform into a dragon? I don't think that's a spell that a third-level mage can cast."
The great mage of the Langdon family said: "In fact, dragon shape is a seven-ring spell. It is said that there is also a spell called secondary dragon shape, which can be cast with six rings."
Bruce: "You are also a seven-ring mage. Why can't I see you transform into a dragon?"
The archmage looked embarrassed: "Dragon form, even the basic dragon form with seven rings, is a very rare magic. I have been collecting scrolls or spell books with this magic for so many years, but I have found nothing. Let alone the advanced dragon with eight rings. Shape, the ultimate dragon shape of nine rings.
"As for the secondary dragon form of the sixth ring, it is a legendary spell that no one has ever seen before."
Bruce: "Wait a minute, the mage brother has an infinite book. He should have seven rings of dragon-shaped magic. If he shows it to you, can you turn into a dragon?"
The archmage shook his head: "All transformation magic requires the caster to be very familiar with the creature to be transformed. Even if the mage allowed me to copy the pages from his book, I would not be able to master it so quickly. I have to find another book. Maybe many books to learn about the ecology of dragons and the structure of their bodies. (*)"
At this moment, a messenger rushed into the square on a fast horse: "Your Majesty the Duke! The army of the Valley Territory over the port has collapsed! Baron Willy, who was commanding the scene, reported that the dragon you sent was injured. Priests I don’t know if I can treat it!”
Elizabeth was shocked: "He is injured? I'll go right away!"
Bruce held his sister down and said, "Don't get excited. You look like your magic has been exhausted and you are very tired. It's such a mess now, and if you run around, you might add to the chaos. Brother, do you still have holy healing?"
Wayne responded to the lord's attitude: "There is one more, my lord."
"Take the troops and go have a look, and drive all the people in the river valley back to their broken boats."
Wayne made a fist with his right hand and slapped his left chest, turned the horse's head and ran away, his soldiers following closely behind.
Bruce looked at Elizabeth: "You did a good job, leave the other things to us tonight."
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The giant dragon that the king turned into lay on the ground, breathing heavily.
The River Valley Army has been defeated, and now he is surrounded by the mercenaries of the Port Chamber of Commerce from a distance.
The cleric hired by the Chamber of Commerce argued: "I don't want to be near a seriously injured dragon."
"Yes, our healing magic may be of little use to him."
"Oh my God, it smells so bad! Are all dragons that smelly?"
Suddenly, light bursts out from the king: it's time for the ultimate dragon-shaped magic.
He transformed back into the mage in a burst of light, but the injuries he suffered while in dragon form were basically inherited by the mage. His left shoulder was basically completely decomposed, leaving only the bones exposed.
Fortunately, he was in dragon form when he was hit by the dissociation spell. If the humanoid were to eat it, he would probably turn into powder and disappear.
"Hey, it's a man!" the mercenaries exclaimed.
Someone immediately noticed the dragon-headed scepter in the king's hand. Because the king had passed out, the scepter no longer glowed, but under the light of the surrounding torches, it could be seen that the head of the scepter was a dragon head carved from a transparent, crystal-like thing.
"This thing looks very valuable!" A bold mercenary couldn't restrain his greed and walked over to pick up the scepter. "Now it belongs to me!"
The next moment, he was ejected by the huge force and jumped over the human wall surrounding the king. His head hit the big stone on the roadside, and his neck was immediately broken.
The scepter flew back to the fallen mage on its own, and fell to the ground motionless.
When everyone saw this, they took a step back in horror.
At this moment, a ham fell from the sky! It landed next to the mage who fell to the ground with a bang, creating a cloud of smoke and dust.
This ham made everyone take another step back.
The werewolf girl landed lightly next to Ham, and when she raised her hand, the magic was already in action. Several giant wolves responded and surrounded him with their backs to the mage. This is one of the special abilities of the Druid. It can temporarily transform the magical spell prepared today into summoning an animal companion.
Then the werewolf girl checked the mage's injuries, and then cast the rejuvenation spell.
The mage's injuries stabilized immediately, and all wounds stopped bleeding. The girl turned around and shouted to the priest of the Chamber of Commerce: "You are priests! Get over here! Give him the most powerful healing skills! There are also restoration skills. If his hand cannot regenerate, I will bite off your hand and give it to him." He takes it!"
The girl paused, then thought of something again, and shouted: "Disease removal scroll, bring the disease removal scroll!"
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(*) The knowledge required to obtain spells in this book has been significantly increased. This is also a kind of balance. In the world setting of this book, the number of divine spellcasters is obviously more than that of arcane spellcasters, because as long as the divine spellcasters are pious enough, they will be granted all the next level of divine spells by various gods or nature. Arcane spell casters either need to have blood and become a warlock, or they need to master a lot of knowledge and spend a lot of time studying arcane spells.
In the world of this book, it is very difficult to obtain a new arcane spell, especially a high-level arcane spell. Of course, mages will also use associations to share spells, such as the Arcane Association that will appear later. But mages who have not joined this organization can only rely on their teachers or take risks on their own to acquire new knowledge and magic.
In addition, there is Xiaobai's combat power. My original intention was to learn "Dungeons and Dragons: Rogue Glory" and let the druid change freely, but I didn't expect that after I let go of my imagination, she was a bit too strong. It just so happened that someone mentioned in this chapter that there is a module for Druid that specializes in transformation. I looked at it and decided to use that module. From now on, Xiaobai will be a transformed and specialized druid, and she will lose her ability to cast high-level spells.
Originally, I wanted to let her use the nine-ring druid magic in the future. Forget it, all dogs need to be castrated. This is the dog's fate.
