Six Ring Wizard - Chapter 223
Chapter 223: Bow of the World Tree
“The Bow of the World Tree!” Milanra and his companion exclaimed in unison.
They immediately recognized the longbow in Helag’s hand.
Exchanging glances, they quickly cast green shields around themselves.
They knew the Bow of the World Tree well; its arrows had no flight path and could appear directly before them.
Boom!
The arrows exploded, pushing Milanra and his companion back several meters.
“The Bow of the World Tree? So that’s its name,” Helag said in Elvish, his voice deep.
Milanra and his companion remained silent, clearly unwilling to engage in conversation with Helag.
They quickly gathered magic, preparing to attack Helag.
But Helag drew the Bow of the World Tree, firing two more arrows.
Milanra and his companion couldn’t release their spells in time, forced to interrupt and cast two more shields.
The previous arrows had shattered their shields, leaving them in tatters, necessitating new ones.
This left them unable to counter Helag.
The three arrows forced Milanra and his companion to evade.
Helag gave them no respite, shooting arrows relentlessly as if they cost nothing.
Under this barrage, Milanra and his companion found themselves scrambling to escape.
Despite being high-level spellcasters, they were driven to such a state by someone nearing mid-level, feeling utterly frustrated.
“Damn! Is his bloodline power really this strong, allowing him to use the Bow of the World Tree like this?” Milanra cursed under his breath.
The Bow of the World Tree demanded high bloodline power from its user; the stronger the bloodline, the easier it was to use, only consuming stamina.
Without sufficient bloodline power, using the Bow of the World Tree would cost life force, reducing lifespan.
Helag, with his powerful bloodline, thought it merely drained stamina.
Among the elves, only royal elves could wield the Bow of the World Tree.
Only they had the strong bloodline needed to wield it.
The Bow of the World Tree was crafted from the branches of the World Tree, imbued with its mystical power.
Such bows were rare; Milanra had seen few, never expecting this wizard to have one.
Helag stood by the Shadow Altar, firing the Bow of the World Tree, turning Milanra and his companion into prey, fleeing in all directions.
“We can’t do this; we need to retreat,” Milanra realized they couldn’t approach Helag and decided to flee.
Simultaneously, sounds of fighting and spell blasts came from two other locations.
Helag glanced over, suspecting elves were causing trouble there too.
It seemed the situation wasn’t going well.
Helag merely observed, not intending to assist.
He wasn’t familiar with those people, and few respected his team.
Guarding his Shadow Altar was challenging enough.
Soon, a group of figures flew in from Base 27, all second-level wizards by their aura.
Cain landed by Helag, asking, “Where are they?”
Helag replied, “I drove them off.”
Cain checked the altar, still intact, and nodded, “Well done. I’ll check the other areas.”
Helag remained in combat mode.
In case the elves returned.
And he couldn’t be sure if more elves were hidden elsewhere.
The Lim Mountains were vast, and Deep Blue’s scan covered only a small area, insufficient.
Helag detected Milanra and his companion only when they entered his thousand-meter range, allowing Deep Blue to sense them.
“The Bow of the World Tree…” Helag looked at the longbow, realizing it might be more extraordinary than he thought.
From the elves’ reactions, it was clearly special.
Helag wondered how Cole, a mid-level spellcaster, obtained it.
He could only marvel at Cole’s luck in acquiring such a treasure.
Meanwhile, as Milanra and his companion retreated, they saw reinforcements approaching, knowing wizards were coming.
On their flanks, two teams were working to destroy altars.
Milanra chose the closer one, shouting, “Retreat!” after concealing himself.
The two elves were battling a wizard, having destroyed the altar.
They wanted to finish off the wizard.
But the wizard was also high-level, not easily defeated.
With Milanra’s call to retreat, they suspected something was amiss and followed him.
***
The next day, Helag silently observed the two elves shackled with anti-magic cuffs.
Six elves had infiltrated to destroy altars, with four escaping and two captured.
Of the three attacked altars, only Helag’s remained intact.
The other two were either completely destroyed or partially damaged.
Those guarding the damaged altars looked grim.
They hailed from various factions in the Land of Dawn, and this failure would be noted.
In future resource allocations, this would be a point of contention, reducing their share.
They’d be seen as failures.
Visiting the elven plane, they gained nothing and made mistakes.
Of course, Helag’s team received no rewards.
Guarding was expected; failure was their fault.
Parker glared at those who lost their altars, then smiled at the elves, “These elves are bold. I guess I’ve been too lenient. Let’s make them bleed.”
He clapped, “Let’s send those little darlings out to test the waters, show these elves we’re not to be trifled with.”
Elves dared to infiltrate and destroy altars, so Parker retaliated.
As he clapped, all creatures in the Lim Mountains paused, then turned towards Oberstein.
The creatures began charging towards Oberstein.
A massive wave of creatures surged from the Lim Mountains, raising clouds of dust.
Gray-yellow dust billowed, sweeping the land.
The creature army charged out of the Lim Mountains, heading straight for Oberstein’s border forces.
Roars of various creatures echoed, creating a formidable presence.
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