Chapter 400: At the City Gates (3)

“Haah! Haah! Haah!”

The mysterious man was actually intimidated. He frowned, and without a word, deployed his Magic Shield.

As a Magic Mentor, this move alone showed he was already backing down—raising his shield that quickly.

And his Magic Shield was far more obvious than Black Mimi’s. It took the form of a solid ice shield.

“Frost Magic. Finally, not Fire Magic.”

Samimi sat inside the city wall’s tower, observing everything in secret. She crossed her legs elegantly, smiling softly as she muttered to herself.

Controlling Black Mimi was like driving a toy car.

She had encountered Frost Magic before. It was a superior Mutated Natural Element, excellent for both offense and defense, versatile, and inherently a cut above the rest.

Its only true weakness was a lack of area damage.

Its defensive performance was stronger than fire or lightning, and its attack power was deadlier than wind or earth.

In essence, it was exactly like Briar Magic—just erecting a thick, powerful Magic Wall, and attacking by summoning Magic Flying Swords or arrows to shoot at people. A pure nuisance.

Briar Magic had the [Erosion] effect; Frost Magic had the [Freeze] effect.

No wonder this guy dared to speak so arrogantly. He had some real skills.

But Samimi had already seen through everything.

If Frost Magic was so strong, why hadn’t it claimed the dominant position?

Why was its status so awkward among the Elemental Factions?

The reason was simple.

The theoretical data for Frost Magic was indeed impressive, but there was one element that severely countered it.

That element was the swarm-like Fire Mages.

High temperatures caused a [Melting Effect] on ice, making Frost Magic lose control.

So even though Frost Magic was powerful—almost an invincible force against ordinary warriors with no weaknesses—its status among Magic Users was a bit awkward because Fire Mages were everywhere.

This made Samimi think that the man’s claim of avenging his Fire Mage senior brother sounded utterly fake.

It felt like an excuse.

He probably wanted to snatch back the Fire Old Man’s Black Staff.

That staff was an extraordinary Purple Weapon with the passive Skill [Mana Enhancement], which boosted spell intensity.

A very ordinary effect, but the more ordinary, the more versatile.

It was essentially a Skill that activated whenever she cast a Magic Formula.

Even her Support Technique had no spell for enhancing spell intensity. Its rarity wasn’t low.

“[Multiple Ice Arrows].”

The Compassionate Ice Man waved a short staff, rapidly condensing dozens of Ice Arrows, testing the waters first. They shot toward the Deep Red Shield.

The next moment, the Ice Arrows pierced straight through the Deep Red Shield, drawing cheers from the crowd.

But the Compassionate Ice Man couldn’t smile.

Because when he looked closely, all the Ice Arrows were merely stuck in the Deep Red Shield, not hitting the mage inside.

“This black-haired Pastoralist’s Magic Shield is the weirdest shield I’ve ever seen.”

It felt like soft rubber. His attacks seemed to sink into a quagmire.

Could this little Pastoralist really have such abundant Magic Power?

No, impossible.

This must be a Magic effect—definitely not her Mana value overpowering his.

It had to be her heretical Talent acting up.

The Compassionate Ice Man summoned even more Ice Arrows, turning the Deep Red Shield into a pincushion, but he still couldn’t break through the enemy’s defense.

Of course, he hadn’t used his true strength yet. This was still the probing phase, trying to figure out the enemy’s magic style.

But the warm-up round ended in his complete defeat.

He had learned nothing, and instead, he had consumed a considerable amount of Magic Power.

The enemy’s Deep Red Shield had stronger defensive properties than his Ice Shield.

“Don’t underestimate me. I’m different from my senior brother.”

No choice.

It might consume a lot of Magic Power, but he had to use a strong technique to break through this girl’s Magic Formula.

“[Iceberg].”

The Compassionate Ice Man instantly expended a massive amount of Magic Power, activating his ultimate Magic Formula.

In the blink of an eye, surging Frost Magic gathered in the sky, condensing into an enormous block of ice. It crashed straight down onto Black Mimi’s head.

A killing move right from the start.

Truly Unstoppable, ruthless, merciless—intent on crushing the beautiful girl into a meat patty.

The Iceberg’s descent was extremely fast, and its attack range was vast.

No martial arts expert could escape its range.

“BOOM!”

Black Mimi stood there like a fool and was hit by the Iceberg.

The massive iceberg smashed the ground into a crater!

“A fine kill!”

Count Perry and his Elite Knights immediately cheered.

Too strong!

And this Demon Monk was also the murderer of his son.

Little did they know, this battle was anything but fair.

Everyone had been deceived, including the Compassionate Ice Mage.

Even now, he didn’t know he was fighting only a puppet.

The despicable Mimi hiding behind the scenes had already seen through the enemy’s weakness.

The equation for victory had been calculated.

She would defeat the enemy with the strongest, most dazzling means.

“[Ooh! Sun, grant me power.]”

Samimi pulled out the legendary Human Emperor Relic, the Sun Gold Sutra, hid in the dark tower, and chanted a lofty incantation with no emotion.

The effect of this Magic Ritual was to apply a Sunlight Enchantment to her Magic Formula, making the Enchantment no longer limited to weapons.

To be honest, this shouldn’t really be called Enchantment—she just didn’t know what else to call it.

True Magic upon Magic.

Black Mimi was her Magic Formula.

As long as she activated the Sun Gold Sutra’s Skill, even the Doppelganger could be enchanted.

Let’s return to the battle situation outside the city.

“CRACK!”

Huge cracks appeared in the Iceberg, then it shattered violently, scattering into ice pieces on the ground.

The laughter among Count Perry’s troops froze, cut off abruptly.

They stared wide-eyed and saw the black-haired Demon Monk completely unharmed.

The ground around her had caved in a circle, but the spot where she stood remained flat.

Because Black Mimi was ablaze!

She had transformed into a dazzling, sun-fire human torch!

But this wasn’t actually burning Black Mimi.

Samimi had feelings for her Doppelganger; she wouldn’t recklessly damage it.

Besides, this thing looked exactly like her.

Burning her would be like burning herself!

Bad luck!

This was actually a kind of camouflage.

What was burning there wasn’t Black Mimi, but the Magic Shield.

This was Samimi’s latest invention: the [Armor Magic Shield].

In short, it made the defensive Magic flow close to the body, like wearing a suit of Magic Armor.

No choice.

Again, the same old saying—Samimi loved researching these shady little tricks when she was bored.

And again, the same old saying—this Armor Magic Shield, was it useful? Not really.

Because the body and the Magic Shield were so close, when an attack hit the shield, the body still had to absorb the impact.

Internal organs would definitely be damaged.

The correct approach was to keep the Magic Shield at a distance from the body, so the shockwave wouldn’t affect the caster.