Chapter 0039 Escort Mission

"What? Escort mission? ”

Li Xun exclaimed in surprise for a while, he never thought that the Principality Mage Association would give him such a task. Escort the Duchy's envoy to Eliad City, the only surviving important city in the Mojoll Kingdom, to have a secret meeting with the royal family, the team is led by the 16th level ** division Andoris Dilaso and the Marquis of Algptek, accompanied by the 8th level mage Casas and the 6th level mage Li Xun, and escorted by 15 members of the Principality's Iron Fist Knights.

As the war continues, it is almost impossible to pass through the 3,200-mile occupied area of the Council of the Dead from the Thundering Fortress; The safer route is to take the sea route to reach the kingdom of Sereen near the sea, from there to the city of Eliad, although you can avoid several major forces, but the journey is long, but it takes nearly 2 months before and after, and when you arrive, I am afraid that the situation has changed unexpectedly, so it is also excluded; It is more feasible to cross the west side of the Avili Mountains, and then pass through the range of nearly 600 miles of undead forces, and turn southeast and take the waterway to reach the city of Eliad directly in 20 days. The only danger on the way is the 200-mile undead area, but after all, it is only the newly occupied area of the Undead Council, and there is still a large gap that can be directly crossed without alarming the undead forces.

The Principality Mage Guild has given generous rewards for the mission out of the consideration of the danger of the mission. Accompanying mages like Li Xun can be freed as long as they complete the task, and they are no longer restricted by the compulsory recruitment of contract mages, but they still enjoy the treatment of contract mages in the principality; can choose 50 miles of unclaimed land as their fief and become a local noble; You can choose a suitable unique spell in the Duchy Mage Guild.

Sure enough, the wealth is moving, and the several task rewards given by the Principality Mage Association, each of which Li Xun is looking forward to, it seems that this escort trip is a must.

After taking over this task, Li Xun immediately needed to go to the Principality Mage Association with the knight who came to inform him to sign a formal contract document. Before leaving, Miguel grabbed Master Li Xun and stuffed a letter to him, which was actually asked by His Royal Highness the Prince to pass it on to Princess Chillis Bremila of the Mojoll Headed Kingdom. Could it be that His Royal Highness also likes to send small notes to girls? Li Xun, who was full of black lines, took the letter with a strange face, secretly thinking that his ability to join this team should be related to His Royal Highness the Prince.

Li Xunshun, who rushed to the Principality Mage Association, signed the mission contract, and immediately teleported to the nearest city of Avelli through the teleportation array set up in the association. The whole team was assembled here, and in less than a day, the team set off under the escort of cavalry, which had always consisted of only 200 men.

His Excellency Master Andoris Dilaso is a gray-haired and kind elder, not as difficult to get close to as the mages he met before, seeing that Li Xun has become a middle-level mage at such a young age, he nodded in admiration again and again, and pulled Casas and Li Xun to discuss spell-casting skills in the carriage. said that it was a discussion, but in fact, most of the time it was His Excellency the ** Master who explained his experience and precautions in detail, and Casas occasionally asked some questions for advice, while Li Xun only pricked up his ears to listen. After all, he is just a newcomer who has been in contact with magic for less than a year, and he even knows a lot of basic spell principles, if it is not a soul special, as long as he learns it, it will be automatically optimized, and it is a question whether Li Xun can release a level 3 spell in 10 seconds now! Instead of repeatedly releasing spells to hone proficiency, and figuring out spells to shorten the casting time, Li Xun only needs to figure out how to release a spell to systematize it, which is really against the sky.

Of course, this convenience also brought a great consequence, that is, Li Xun's spell-casting skills were not even as good as a mage apprentice. When to release what spell can achieve the maximum effect, these Li Xun never considered, that is, he blindly used his most powerful spell to throw it at the enemy in the shortest time, a typical nouveau riche mage. So every time he fights, Li Xun waits until the enemy is entangled by his own men before he goes up to sneak attack, punches randomly, and runs away after the fight, which is extremely shameless.

Now listening to the orthodox mage's explanation of spell casting, and comparing his previous behavior, Li Xun couldn't help blushing and feeling dry, and hurriedly sat down and listened respectfully to this valuable knowledge impartation, completely unaware that his knowledge points had quietly risen a little.

Li Xun's good attitude also made His Excellency the ** Master very satisfied, knowing that Li Xun planned to become a battle mage, he deliberately explained the combination effect of low-level spells and some taboos when casting spells in close quarters. Master Casas also talked about his past combat experience with great interest, and asked the ** master to comment, and he was happy for a while.

After two days of non-stop travel, when he arrived at the entrance of the mountain forest on the west side of the Aveli Mountains, Li Xun's knowledge points had risen by a total of 3 points, and it was already 14 points.

The trail behind was all rugged mountain roads, and the cavalry was no longer passable, so they had to return the way they came. The 21-member mission team has officially embarked on its journey.

From the outside, the Aveli Mountains are tall and tall, and there are extremely dense forests growing everywhere, and the depths of the trees are thick with fog all year round, so it is impossible to see what is in the forest from outside the forest. However, it is also a bit strange, although there are a large number of ferocious demonic beasts in the Aveli Mountains, these demonic beasts have never broken out of the dense fog to attack the surrounding towns, and it is precisely because of this that several areas around the Aveli Mountains can be developed.

In other words, Li Xun has never encountered a Warcraft yet. Most of the areas he set foot in were shallow edge of the forest, and only a few large and small beasts lived, and according to legend, only some places that were inaccessible would have a large number of magical beasts. This time, you may be able to encounter the legendary beasts when you travel through the Aveli Mountains!

The Marquis of Algptek, who was full of stiff beard, was in the prime of life, dressed in a light purple-black hunting suit, and even a hooded cloak could not cover his burly figure, with a soldier's composure, commanding 15 iron fist knights in light armor to set up a defensive formation and protect the three mages and himself in the middle. The rangers who accompanied the team walked in front as the leader to guide the way, and the team silently walked through the dense forest.

As a mage, of course, his physique cannot be compared with that of knights, but tenacity and light spirit are ...... After the spell blessing is completed, it is enough to match the magic items on the body to keep up with the speed of the team. From time to time, the sound of wild beasts walking could be heard from the bushes, but no one who had not opened their eyes dared to come out and attack such a heavily armed team.

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The starry sky brings an unexpected sense of tranquility, and the two bright moons hanging high above the night sky are getting rounder and rounder.

The pale blue fluorescence that was originally like a firefly gradually became brighter at this time, and when these fluorescences were connected, it looked like a blue band of light; And the young grasses of the forest, which were like fluffs, were growing at an incomprehensible rate, and they not only became hard, but even began to grow taller; As for the trees in the forest, I don't know if they are illusions or real ones, as if overnight, these big trees, which require several people to hug each other, have also grown taller.

The night in the Aveli Mountains is changing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

Li Xun stood on a boulder, using his soul vision to look at the mountains and forests near and far under the cover of night, red dots could be seen everywhere, and there was vitality hidden under the silence on the surface. In the small valley behind him, several bonfires were faintly visible through the gaps in the trees, and the figures around the campfires were swaying, as the knights were preparing for the first day's dinner. Li Xun lightly jumped off the boulder, tightened his cloak, and lightly recited a spell to place magic alarms in several critical positions before returning to the temporary camp.

Stepping into the camp and greeting a few knights as he walked, Li Xun walked directly to the bonfire in the middle, where the Marquis of Algptek and His Excellency the Andoris Dilaso were sitting by the fire and whispering something.

Li Xun bowed and saluted: "Your Excellency, the magic guards on the periphery have all been placed. ”

"It's hard work, eat something and take a break to get some time!" **The teacher nodded and instructed.

Li Xun came to another campfire nearby, where Master Casas, who had finished his dinner, was reading a magic book by the light of the fire. Dinner had already been prepared by the knights, a large piece of wolf hind leg meat was grilled just right, a piece of hot roasted white bread, a pot of vegetable soup, and half a glass of red wine, although it was not sumptuous, it was very suitable for Li Xun's appetite. Li Xun simply said hello to Master Casas, and began to feast, after all, he was only 17 years old, and he needed the most food and drink.

After eating and drinking, the camp slowly began to quiet down, and His Excellency ** Master and Master Casas both got into the prepared tent one after another and began their daily routine meditation, Li Xun didn't dare to be too conspicuous, so he had to go back to the tent he had prepared for himself, and began to look through some rare historical books borrowed from His Excellency ** Master. Meditation is a rough job, to be honest, Li Xun only persisted curiously for a few days when he first learned magic, and he smacked his tongue at the slow accumulation and growth of magic power, no wonder this world is such a high-magic environment, the number of human mages is still so scarce, and the level is also promoted slowly, and the root of one qiē lies in the inefficiency of meditation.

Some people with low magic affinity may not be able to accumulate enough magic power to become a level 1 mage even if they meditate continuously without interruption, so only those with high magic affinity have the opportunity to be cultivated, enjoy good resources, and become the controller of power. Even in the mage team, there is a distinction between high and low, of course, people in this world do not have sophisticated instruments to quantify, so the magic affinity is collectively referred to as talent or bloodline. And stubbornly believe that the good bloodline of the parents will directly affect the offspring and improve the magic affinity of the offspring, although this understanding is inaccurate in Li Xun's opinion, but it is very practical.

There are many races in this world, and there are many individuals who are hybrid, and the talent of human beings in it is not significant, if it is not supported by a large population base, it is impossible to give birth to so many mages, and it is impossible to become the ruler of the Crane Continent, driving other races to the periphery or underground.

Li Xun has read a magic biography dedicated to talent, in which it is calculated that 10-20 mage apprentices will be screened out of 10,000 people in the average human society, but only 2-3 people will eventually grow into mages. The scarcity of mages and the huge power of mages have caused the world to respect mages, making the mage profession completely crush other professions, and the only thing that can compete with spells is divine magic. Don't forget about jì, this is a world with gods, and of course if you ask a mage, he will say that a god is just a strong enough person. This ungodly attitude also led to fierce clashes between the mages and the believers in the gods, leading the religiously dominant kingdoms to exterminate and besiege the mages, and the power occupied by the mages would never allow the missionaries to enter.

With Li Xun's current status, the combing of mainland history is still very shallow, and can only be traced back to the end-French war 3,000 years ago. 3,000 years ago, the magicians developed to the extreme, calling themselves arcanists, not believing in gods, only in knowledge, creating all kinds of incredible arcane civilizations, and preparing to establish an arcane empire that encompassed this world. Of course, this move completely angered the high gods, and a war between gods and mages broke out, and Li Xun didn't know how it was, only that after the end of the war, a large number of gods fell, and all the arcanists also lost their traces, and the remaining gods commanded the believers to erase the traces left by the arcanists in the world, and the human magic power once lost its inheritance. It wasn't until 2,000 years ago that a new generation of magical power was slowly cultivated, and the human spellcasters who survived in the cracks called themselves mages, and gradually had their own organization, the Mage Guild, which has continued to this day.

The bloody history of the development of this mage made Li Xun say that the wage earner had the ability to rebel against the boss, but he turned the plate over. I don't care much about other Li Xun, except for the Arcane Tower that can fly in the air described in the historical books. The Arcane Tower developed during the Franco-French War is not comparable to the mage tower imitated by later generations, an Arcane Tower is like a small country, completely self-sufficient, or self-propelled. The Grand Arcanist travels around the world with the Arcane Tower, and the top Grand Arcanist can even drive the Arcane Tower through the space barrier, travel to the outer dimension and occupy other worlds, loot the local resources, enslave many strange races, and even capture a low-level god in a small space, which is probably the trigger for the end of the war!

Li Xun, who was watching the legendary story, was speechless again and again, Niu, these arcanists have already reached this point, and it is impossible to say that they will be completely destroyed if they are destroyed. The lair was taken over by the local gods, but won't all the different dimensions they rule turn over, right? Is it very likely that the remaining Arcanists are hiding in some different dimensions to recuperate? But it's been 3,000 years, why haven't there been any news and moves, they can't live so long, right? At most, leave some descendants or something, and tell them to return to take revenge or something when they have the ability!

It's also not normal to say that my own storage zài is also abnormal. Paired with the words of xenospace in the historical books, Li Xun always felt a little meaningful, could it be that he inexplicably appeared in this strange world, and he could also have something to do with those arcane masters? Forget it, the information is incomplete, it has been swept away by the gods for nearly a thousand years, and most of the ones that can survive are just a few words, the outline is there, and most of the details rely on guessing, and there is not much credibility.

Looking at the historical books, Li Xun, who was imaginative, fell asleep in a haze.

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