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"We'll have to cast a spell to identify it." Wang shrugged, "Considering we have to fight today, I didn't prepare any spells like identification."
Mark asked anxiously, "How much is this ring worth?"
Wang: "I estimate... 4000 gold lira."
Mark gasped, then emphasized: "I found this!"
King: "But, the sponsor of our adventure is Her Royal Highness the Princess, so Her Royal Highness the Princess is the owner of the spoils, and she has the final say on who gets the spoils. This is called the spirit of the contract."
From now on, I will use the symbol "(*)" to mark the settings that I made up. I will not explain them one by one later.
Chapter 22 Don’t come over!
Mark: “Uh, miss…”
Elizabeth: "The king needs it more. He wants to use it to counter magic missiles. And if I give it to you, once it takes effect, you will have to find the king to replenish the magic."
Mark was surprised: "Miss, can't you also fill it?"
"I'm a warlock, I don't know how to do this. Mages should know how to copy scrolls and how to charge items."
"In fact, I haven't reached the stage where I can charge high-level items yet." Wang interrupted, "But if I just fill it with the magic missile spell, I can do it."
Mark frowned at the wizard, but the cat-man said, "Okay, don't you understand him? He's probably stating the facts and has no intention of robbing you of your treasure."
Elizabeth continued, "I will give Mark, who found the ring, 4500 gold coins, five hundred more than the king's estimate, as a reward for your discovery of the ring."
Mark's brows immediately relaxed and he gave a thumbs up.
The king also gave a thumbs up and said admiringly: "This is the art of controlling subordinates. It's great, really great."
Elizabeth's ears turned red. "That's nothing! I still have a lot to learn."
Wang: “I think so.”
Elizabeth was stunned for a moment, then stared at the wizard with wide eyes.
The wizard rarely noticed this and looked down suspiciously: "What's wrong with me? Oh, there's a spider here, I just noticed it."
Elizabeth screamed, "Spider! Aaaaaah!"
Amid the girl's screams, Wang skillfully caught the spider and accurately squeezed its abdomen, killing the spider while extracting the spider silk that had not yet been ejected from the gland.
"Don't be so surprised. This is the material for the Spider Web spell. This little bit of sticky liquid can be used to cast the Spider Web spell twice. (*)" the wizard said happily.
Elizabeth: "This is what I use to cast the web spell?? Do I have to use a spider?"
"No, the spell material is this slime. I took the spider with me so it's easier to store. Just roll up the spider's legs and wrap them around the slime, and then..."
The king said as he tried to show the princess at a closer distance.
Princess: "Don't come over here!"
Marika: "It seems that our young lady may never master the secret of spider web magic in the future."
Wang: "This should be related to bloodline. Maybe her bloodline comes from Ross, the main god of the drow..."
"My bloodline comes from a red dragon." Elizabeth swore, "My family's court wizard has detected it."
Wang nodded: "Red Dragon Bloodline, the first spell mastered by the second ring is the Scorching Ray, which makes sense."
Elizabeth was about to say something else when the cat-man suddenly shushed her.
When everyone was silent, the cat-man pricked up his ears.
"Someone is coming, a team. I heard four different pairs of footsteps, and one of them was wearing heavy armor." The cat man said, looking in a certain direction.
No one heard the sound at all, so they could only look in the direction the cat man was looking.
The dwarf silently turned off the torch.
However, the raging fire behind them was still burning, and extinguishing the torches would not help the hiding team at all.
The king was about to give an order when he discovered that the drow had hidden in the shadows.
Damn it, it turns out that you should never mess with the drow wanderers in the underground, or you won’t even know how you died.
The light of a torch appeared at the other end of the tunnel.
The next moment, a voice was heard: "Who set the fire! Damn it, in the name of the Duke, lay down your weapons and surrender!"
Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to step forward, Wang grabbed her shoulders and pulled her back. "Use your brain. We are deep underground. There is no way the security team will come down so quickly! In this situation, I suspect that this is the mastermind behind the scenes."
Elizabeth suddenly realized what was going on and immediately raised her hand, ready to cast a spell.
Wang: "Don't cast the spell! You only have one last scorching ray left."
"Two! I'm a warlock!"
"What? Oh. But still save it! How many magic missiles are there?"
Elizabeth reminded quietly: "I am a warlock. I don't need to prepare spells. As long as it is a first-level spell that I know and has one-level casting times, I can use it."
The king was shocked: "I have read this in a book, but I have never traveled with a warlock, so I forgot."
At this time, the fire in the distance was close enough for Wang to see the person coming clearly.
The man walking in front was wearing shiny armor, but there was no holy emblem on the armor, instead it was the family crest, so he was probably not a holy warrior but an ordinary knight. Behind the knight should be his squire, who looked like an experienced archer.
Further behind was the spellcaster who was hiding his face with a hood, and he had the spell materials in his hands.
Wang squinted his eyes and found that it was a small carrot.
Wang immediately made a judgment based on the spell materials: "(The enemy's) spellcaster is preparing to cast Dark Vision, which will allow anyone he touches to gain dark vision within a range of 60 feet. This is an inappropriate choice because the fire behind us now illuminates most of the space."
After he finished speaking, the other spellcaster spoke up: "We didn't know it would be so bright here until we turned the last corner."
The knight spoke again, in the same arrogant voice as before: "In the name of Lord Langdon, state your name!"
Elizabeth: "You haven't reacted to seeing my silver-white hair?"
"Your Highness, your hair is covered in oil." The king, who was closest to the princess, reminded her.
"Ah? Oh, my God! It's all your fault!" The princess glared at the wizard, then coughed a few times and put on airs, "I am the daughter of the Duke of Langdon, the Viscount of Berwick Castle, Elizabeth Langdon!"
The knight showed no sign of relaxing. "Damn you evil witch! The princess has beautiful silver hair. I saw it with my own eyes! How dare you pretend to be the princess? Go to hell!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the knight's squire had already shot the first arrow. With the sound of breaking through the air, a phantom hit the princess' chest - and then bounced off!
Wang: "I'll just say this bulletproof!"
Before he finished speaking, the cat-man counterattacked, but the enemy's squire just slid and easily dodged the arrow. Then the two rangers ran, using irregular movements to disrupt the opponent's aim, and shot arrows at the fastest speed.
Elizabeth was casting a spell, and her eyes were tracking the ranger who was shooting at the cat-man. The king, noticing this, shouted, "Attack the mage!"
Elizabeth's eyes immediately turned to the enemy mage.
However, the enemy also completed the spell, and five mirror images appeared around him -
Elizabeth finished casting the spell, but before the spell was cast, she shifted the direction of her finger and aimed it at the oncoming knight.
The fiery red ray directly hit the knight's armor, burning the area that was hit red. The knight screamed in pain and slashed at the dwarf who was blocking his way with his sword.
The dwarf's shield blocked the attack firmly.
"Only Mithril can be on my armor... Oh!" The dwarf's words were interrupted by the knight's kick.
Obviously the knight intended to kick the short guy away, but he clearly lacked experience in fighting dwarves: because dwarves have a much lower center of gravity than humans, but weigh the same as adult humans, and they can wear heavy armor, so they are really, really stable on the stone floor!
It is almost impossible to kick them down or use throws and trips on them!
The knight tried to kick the dwarf's head but failed, so he kept stepping on the dwarf's head.
"Carlisle Newman! Die, Elongated Man!" The dwarf roared, and rushed forward, pushing the knight whose center of balance was disturbed forward.
The knight fell to the ground.
The barbarian rushed forward, ready to hit the knight's helmet.
At this time, Wang shouted: "The enemy wizard is casting a fireball! Stop him!"
Dwarf: "Go!"
The barbarian immediately turned and rushed towards the mage—
However, the ranger who was shooting at the cat-man suddenly changed his target and shot the barbarian in the knee with a feather arrow!
"Gottrik!" The barbarian shouted his own name, and staggered in pain.
Elizabeth completed her second spell, this time a magic missile, and two missiles rushed towards the enemy who was casting the fireball spell! The magic missiles ignored the lifeless mirror image and went straight to the real body.
However, the enemy already has a shield!
At this time, Wang took action.
“Scorching ray!” he shouted, pointing at the enemy that the magic missile had just hit (*).
The ray hit the mage accurately - but because the mage was concentrating on casting a spell, he didn't notice it at all!
Or maybe he trusted the mirror technique too much.
The fireball spell failed immediately, and the already formed fireball exploded in the caster's hand - because the spell had reached the final stage and only needed to be thrown out. (*)
There was a loud bang, and everyone's vision was temporarily blinded by the bright light.
When the vision was restored, all that remained of the enemy caster was a dark footprint on the ground.
Wang: "The caster is invincible, kill the others! Leave one alive!"
Catman: "What I just heard were four footsteps! And there's a thief!"
Chapter 23: The boss always has a second phase
After hearing the cat man's words, Wang immediately began to use the mirror technique. The moment he uttered the second syllable, a long sword suddenly pierced into his abdomen from behind.
“As I recall, as long as there is no malicious intent, you can’t give any warning, right?” Mark laughed (*).
However, Wang still completed the spell, and six phantoms appeared around him in an instant.
Mark was amazed: "What an amazing wizard, but I know the one with my sword is the real one!"
As he said this, he kicked the king's butt hard and pulled out the sword - at this time the wizard fell to the ground and rolled continuously, and the rolling action made the phantom and his real body mixed into one ball.
Mark: "It's useless, the real body will bleed!"