Chapter 591
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With one hand on the ground as support, Su stood up slowly . He was unusually astounded by the effect of that arrow . Recalling the combat method Saleen had told him and his incredulous order, Su's eyes brimmed with admiration .
This arrow had indeed traveled at maximum velocity, its offensive power had also reached that of high level magic . The mage was killed in one second, but Su still could not kill a grade-6 mage alone .
That mage did not die wrongfully . Saleen had disguised himself as a white-robed mage and charged over on a skeletal warhorse so that he could attract the black-robed mage's attention . When Saleen fully revealed his power, the black-robed mage's perception had been attracted to Saleen . There was no way the mage could have expected Su's arrow .
That split second of distraction had been calculated by Saleen with unparalleled precision .
That meant that Saleen had calculated the timing when Su's Sword Aura was the mightiest and when it had to be released . Saleen had almost fully unleashed his own abilities within a thirtieth of a second after Su fired the arrow .
The black-robed mage was only distracted for less than half a second, but in that brief moment, Su's arrow had penetrated his chest . It might seem like this mage was killed by Su, but without Saleen's precise calculations, the mage could still have fled despite being injured .
Not only did Saleen have a thorough understanding of himself, he also had clear knowledge about his enemies and subordinates .
That was how a grade-6 mage got tricked by a Silver Grand Swordmaster and another grade-6 mage .
Saleen rode his horse towards the black-robed mage . The clouds had not dispersed yet . Within those clouds, Saleen leaped off the horse and began searching the mage's body .
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He found two rings and one bangle . These three items were now in Saleen's his .
Even the meekest creature could leave behind something of value, not to mention that the enemy was a grade-6 mage . As long as there was spatial equipment, it would be worth more than one-hundred-thousand gold coins . It did not matter even if there was nothing inside the spatial equipment . Saleen gladly put these three items into his own Ring of Gifts .
The level of his Ring of Gifts was not as high as the original one . Saleen had given the previous Ring of Gifts to Sika already . At the moment, the only advantage of this ring was that spatial equipment could be stored in it, and the stored items would not be ruined .
Collecting the loot, Saleen then mounted the skeletal warhorse . Standing at the entrance of the street, he began preparing a spell . Since the enemy's strongest mage had been killed, he would not get distracted trying to protect the normal soldiers .
Saleen was preparing the Icicle spell . This complex spell created by him could engulf an area of more than one-hundred yards, while its lethal area was more than fifty yards .
The elemental vibrations in the air were extremely violent, even a grade-1 mage would be able to detect them .
The bandits who arrived afterwards did not witness the scene where the black-robed mage was killed . They only saw a cloud encompassing the center of the street .
Even though the bandits had no strategy, they were very valiant . Seeing a suspicious cloud up ahead, the over two-hundred bandits charged over without hesitation .
While in the cloud, Saleen's hands cast the spell at the same time, causing the surrounding temperature to drop drastically . When he was still a low grade mage, he had already created a ferocious attack, but he was more adept this time around . Hundreds of icicles took shape instantly, crashing down directly, enveloping all the bandits inside .
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Saleen could not direct every icicle at the enemy, but such a dense attack did not only originate from the penetrative power of the icicles . Thunderous rumbles spread throughout Cexing City, Saleen's Icicle spell had knocked these bandits off their warhorses in an instant . Those bandits who got hit accurately were dead, while those whose armor got grazed by the icicles were frozen by the low temperatures, causing them to fall to the ground .
All these outcomes still had to do with calculations . When Saleen was preparing this spell, he had calculated the attack distance and the bandits' speed . Only one area spell was used, and none of the targets managed to escape Saleen's onslaught .
Those bandits lying on the ground could not even moan, then they saw a white-robed mage emerging from the cloud . A calabash was hung around the waist of this young mage . Thereafter, a six yard long green water flow spurted out from the mage's calabash…
The water flow released from the calabash flew forward, swiftly decapitating the bandits who were not dead yet . No matter how tough the bandits' armor was, it also could not withstand the wringing of the water flow .
The bandits who arrived in succession came to this junction . When they saw this scene, they were scared out of their wits . In the eyes of these bandits, this mage had no conscience, he was a person determined to kill .
The city remained in turmoil, but Saleen had nothing else to do already . "The biggest problem has been resolved . Su and Cuisi alone can totally suppress those bandits . Sharman still has a grade-5 mage . Since I have removed this grade-6 mage, that grade-5 mage will possess an absolute advantage already . "
That grade-5 mage was at the city's entrance, standing next to Sharman . He had clearly observed the coordination between Saleen and Su, and his face turned pale .
Sharman actually began clapping, then said, "I knew that Brother Saleen had been lying all along . Fourth Brother, he is a grand mage, you should be convinced by now . "
The mage wanted to rebut, but that mage killed by Saleen could already fly with ease, which was a trademark of a grade-6 mage . The coordination between Saleen and Su had slaughtered a grade-6 mage in one second . No matter how arrogant he was, he would not feel that he was superior to Saleen anymore . Both of them were grand mages, in this abrupt battle, there was nothing to conceal .
If he and Sharman were the ones in the fight, they could only manage to escape in the best scenario .
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The battle continued, and Aini's undead soldiers arrived . The undead soldiers were originally laying an ambush outside the city, as Saleen was worried that there might be some indomitable experts in the enemy . The Berserk Undead Soldiers could stall the enemies for a while while Saleen and company would escape . At the moment, Cuisi had been darting amongst the bandits for several rounds, but he did not release any distress signal . That meant that there were really no experts among the bandits .
If this was a field battle, Saleen would be afraid of sustaining too many casualties . Now, he was in the city, and his team had seized an advantageous position, thus killing over two-thousand enemies in all that chaos . Saleen had no need to worry anymore .
After a short discussion with Aini, Aini began summoning the undead soldiers into the city . Eighty spirit wolves were still lurking outside the city . Saleen had taken into consideration the worst scenario . A spirit wolf's attack might be weaker than a grade-4 magic beast, but it could move about pretty swiftly . In a short sprint, even a grade-7 sorcerer would not be able to catch up to them .
The undead soldiers hiding outside the city were summoned by Aini's spell and at the same time, their berserk abilities were stimulated . Hundreds of soldiers stabbed the bandit gang in the back . At the moment, there were only more than one-thousand bandits outside the city . Most of the bandits had been burned to death by the phoenix . The remaining bandits were at a loss of what to do, and the appearance of the undead soldiers from the rear created even more confusion for them .
As Saleen soared in mid-air, he could observe everything, then he sighed in his heart . "The individual offensive powers of these bandits aren't weak, at the very least, their abilities are similar to the pirates which I recruited in the past . Back then, I was still planning to form a powerful army using those pirates, it was such a joke . Whenever such bandits run into a regular army, the outcome will be total destruction . There were more than ten-thousand bandits, but a third of them were massacred by less than one-thousand of my men . There were many more injured servants in this battle, but none of them died . Including the over one-thousand people who were killed by the phoenix, the bandits have already lost half their manpower . "
This was totally different from the stories told by traveling poets . At this moment, Saleen had gained an understanding . Hooligans were inferior to bandits, bandits were inferior to a normal army, a normal army was inferior to a noble's private soldiers, and these private soldiers were inferior to the swordsmen from the imperial family .
In those tales narrated by traveling poets, the powerful bandits could single handedly exterminate an entire army!
It was no wonder then that the nobles never restrained the poets' verbal freedom . Anyway, in the eyes of the nobles, the stories told by a poet were all jokes and were the lousiest of jokes . The largest fortune in this world was grasped tightly in the hands of the mages and nobles, it would be strange to see bandits getting powerful .
If the bandits were organized, disciplined and had more mages, that phoenix could not have possibly killed more than one-thousand of them . This spell might seem mighty, but it was only used against normal humans . Saleen only needed to use a spell of the same grade to destroy it . A phoenix traveled slowly after all .
There was still quite a number of bandits in the city . Over at Saleen's side, other than the servants who were in charge of firing arrows, the rest of the people were injured . The bandits existed in overwhelming numbers . The team was slowly assembled, the injured personnel were treated with the Restorative Water first, then they were issued steel crossbows . Those servants who were originally shooting arrows now wielded weapons and joined the battle .
The city gates had been thoroughly cleaned . Forces from both merchant convoys were gathered . Under Su's command, they advanced into the heart of the city .
Cexing City was not huge . The city owner's residence at the middle of the city had been conquered, but the bandit leader had learned that his men at the rear had been exterminated . This young bandit was actually very decisive . A grade-6 mage had been lost, he did not want to lose all his forces here as well .
This bandit leader ordered the remaining bandits to advance north and receive Saleen's army, while he himself led a few trusted aides and fled from the southern door .
The enemy did not have a grand mage . Saleen followed behind Su, calmly casting spells with large effective areas, causing the bandits to collapse in groups . This battle had already become meaningless, it was simply a massacre . If this was a war between two nations a mage or holy master would only take on an auxiliary function, they rarely charged at the front . The enemies were bandits, they could be killed without a judgment .
There were no laws nor moral obligations restraining a mage from slaughtering these bandits . When the bandits realized that their leader had escaped, they began dispersing . Cuisi had led twenty cavalrymen on several killing sprees in the city, he was already very satisfied and did not want to kill any more people . He also knew that Saleen was not planning to kill all the bandits, otherwise Saleen would have already laid traps outside each entrance .
One party was giving chase while the other fled . As long as there was a way out, these bandits would not fight . If the city was blockaded, the soldiers would inevitably get hurt too .
Eventually, over two-thousand bandits fled from the city . Sharman joyously led her limited manpower on a hunt for the injured bandits in the city .
Saleen asked Sharman to come back . He said, "Why are you doing that?!"
"Brother Saleen, they are bandits . Look, they all have tattoos . " Sharman picked up a human head and used a short knife to shave off the long hair, revealing tattoos on the scalp . Saleen never expected a young lady like her to be able to carry out such gruesome acts .
Seeing Saleen furrowing his brows, Sharman said, "Each head can fetch one gold coin . Since a few thousand people are dead, that means they are worth a few thousand gold coins!"