Chapter 489
Consideration
Chapter 489 Consideration
All the surviving wizards stood frozen in place, their faces filled with extreme fear and despair.
Attack, ineffective.
In close combat, you'll be instantly killed.
Even the most insidious curses were "absorbed" by the opponent in some bizarre way, and then instantly turned against the caster...
How are we supposed to fight like this?!
This is not a fight at all!
This is... a massacre!
A one-sided, predictable, and utter massacre!
"Strange...monster..."
"Run...run away quickly..."
"Split up and spread the word about this guy!"
Finally, one of the wizards broke down.
He turned around and frantically activated all his life-saving magic, trying to escape this hellish place.
but……
hum.
The dark golden light shone again.
This time, Jemin no longer used a fan-shaped firing pattern.
Instead, it targets each dispersed flying target with precise "spot kill".
Puff, puff, puff, puff...
Soft sounds, like the footsteps of death, echoed across the wasteland.
Each soft sound represents the complete annihilation of a level five wizard.
A few seconds later.
The light faded.
Jemin slowly withdrew his hand, the dark golden light at his fingertips fading away.
All thirteen level-five wizards were wiped out.
There wasn't even a body left.
Jemin stood there, silent for a moment.
Then, she sighed softly.
"These guys are weaker than I expected."
The one-sided "battle"—if it could still be called a battle—replayed repeatedly in his mind.
A hunting party of thirteen level-five wizards, with all their professions, seemed perfect, but was wiped out in an instant.
"Am I misunderstanding the level of fifth-level wizards, or... are these people just mediocre fifth-level wizards?"
He frowned slightly, sensing that the reason was most likely the latter.
The wizards' teamwork was quite good, but they clearly lacked the combat skills to deal with strong enemies, and still relied on the method of bullying the weak or the many against the few.
In fact, many wizards have this problem. After all, most wizards often face native creatures that are weaker than themselves, and they do not have combat experience in dealing with strong enemies.
However, elite combat units, in order to gain more benefits, will always take on more dangers than wizards of the same level, and will also have more experience in fighting powerful enemies.
More importantly, true elite wizards rarely travel in such groups—the path of a wizard is inherently solitary, and only those who share the same ideals can walk side by side.
But the number of like-minded people like this is definitely not very large.
The fact that these wizards are sticking together for warmth seems to suggest that they know they are not strong enough and are trying to make up for it with numbers.
"The fact that so many people are willing to hunt together is not something that elites would do."
Jemin sighed softly.
He voluntarily joined the perimeter reconnaissance, intending to hone his combat system through real-world experience.
After all, once you reach Level 5, many things are newly developed, and simulations alone are far from enough; you must rely on actual combat to verify them firsthand.
But if all the opponents are of this caliber...
"It seems... there's no point in verifying it."
It's like bombarding a primitive tribe with a starship; all you gain is the known conclusion that you "can win."
Suddenly, he remembered the words of the wizard with the monocle: "...A level six wizard will be here soon..." Jemin's eyes flickered slightly.
"Is there a Level 6 expert stationed nearby?"
That makes sense. Since it's a hunting zone formed by so many wizards working together, there naturally needs to be a high-ranking wizard in charge.
"So... are we going to fight a level six opponent?"
The moment this thought arose, Jemin's heart skipped a beat—not out of fear, but out of an instinctive excitement at the prospect of facing an unknown and formidable foe.
But the next moment, reason prevailed over impulse, and he couldn't help but shake his head.
"No."
Jemin recalled the level six wizards he had encountered. Even excluding the anomaly that was Mentor Clark, even Viola, a level six wizard who was often criticized by her mentor as being too weak, still left Jemin without any confidence in winning.
After all, there is a qualitative difference between a level 5 wizard and a level 6 wizard.
Level 6 has begun to solidify its rules, moving from "borrowing" to "controlling".
There is a chasm-like gap in the level of technical knowledge mastery between the two sides.
"With my current combat strength, if I were to face a level 6 opponent in full condition head-on... I would most likely die a horrible death."
Even if they manage to hold their own with the Guixu Armor and the Li Huo Extinction Divine Light, the final outcome will likely be severe injuries and escape, or even mutual destruction.
It would be too unwise to challenge someone rashly without gathering enough intelligence, understanding their main laws, expertise in witchcraft, fighting style, and forbidden methods.
Besides, who said there's only one level six wizard around here?
The first principle of a wizard is reason.
Using limited resources to engage in high-risk battles with uncertain returns?
That's not bravery, that's foolishness.
"but……"
Jemin looked down at the two data crystals in his inner cave, which were the reward given to him by the two wizards from the Norren Workshop.
"This time it wasn't all for nothing."
The core knowledge of the two level-five wizards is the foundation upon which they have built their lives over thousands of years.
This kind of "unique" knowledge is often a non-saleable commodity that cannot be bought even with military merit.
“Go back and analyze it carefully. The multi-layered barrier nesting optimization algorithm might allow the Ruins Armor to add another layer of defense; the ‘compression’ concept in the water element shaping and energy compression technology might improve the energy storage efficiency of the Extinction Light of Fire…”
Thinking of this, he felt a little relieved.
Looking up at the boundless gray wasteland, he made a hand seal, and his figure faded away like ink drops into water, completely disappearing.
Tai Xu Step; at this moment, Jieming is in stealth mode.
Flying openly on such a battlefield is tantamount to being a sitting duck, with various enemies lurking in the shadows ready to claim your life at any moment.
About a minute after Jemin disappeared from sight.
Above the lava basin where Jemin had just fought, the space rippled slightly.
A figure in a dark purple robe and wearing a silver mask appeared.
He hovered in mid-air, his gray eyes scanning the environment below.
Lava surged, fragments of the sorcerer's artifact were charred, and several pools of cursed liquid were evaporating and emitting a foul stench, but apart from that, there was no further information.
"Total annihilation? In such a short time?"
He raised his hand and pressed down lightly, feeling the ripples spread out.
High-level battlefield reversal magic analyzes the remaining energy traces, law fragments, and information echoes.
A moment later, his brows furrowed beneath the mask.
"At least eighteen level-five energy signatures. Judging from the elemental decay, there must have been two rounds of battle. The first round involved only four people, and the second round involved fourteen. The first round was relatively normal, but the second round... ended too quickly."
Based on the analysis of the residual elemental energy spectrum, the total duration from the first attack to the disappearance of the last energy signature was alarmingly short.
The fact that most of the remaining energy was "violently erased" indicates that the enemy's destructive power was overwhelming.
"The energy intensity is like level six... but the energy fluctuation is essentially a level five pattern."
"A level 5 individual instantly killed thirteen elite warriors of the same level? Noren Workshop actually has such a genius?"
He remained silent for a moment, then his figure twisted and disappeared again.
"We need to get the message back to headquarters."
(End of this chapter)