The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 158 How can we fight a good war with such insects?

"What the hell is that thing!" Ivan roared in the mental network.

In the distance, a giant mutant transport worm was slowly approaching the war fortress. Every step it took was like a hammer in the wizard's heart.

Even in the war fortress, Richard could vaguely feel that with every step this behemoth took, the fortress beneath his feet trembled.

This bug is somewhat similar to the transport bug in the hive, but its size is unknown how many times larger. The war fortress that is more than 20 meters high is only one tip taller than it.

It has a thick shell on its body and a huge horn on its head, like a rhinoceros beetle.

"Ulysses, do you have any way to deal with such a big guy?" Richard communicated with Ulysses through mental messages.

"Ha, if it was just this big bug, it wouldn't be a big deal. You wizards can deal with it alone. It's just a sitting duck. But now this bug is used as a war machine. It's surrounded by bugs. You can't kill it by going through the swarm of bugs. I can't do that either, at least not without using the power of faith."

Compared with the wizard's panic, Ulysses was extremely calm when he saw the insect. Being well-informed, he was not surprised by the big insect in front of him. He was even a little curious why he had only seen this war behemoth now.

He had seen too much of this kind of thing.

"That's troublesome." Richard rubbed his brows with a headache, "If we don't get rid of this bug, we will definitely not be able to defend this fortress."

The giant war insect's horn is definitely not for fun. Once it gets close, no matter how strong the magic circle of the war fortress is, it will be pierced by its horn.

"Gah, then we won't defend." Ulises said calmly, "They must have prepared more than one of these war monsters. In front of these bugs, if you can hold out for a little longer, you'll be considered brave.

Normally, when you see this war beast, you should run away immediately."

I have to say that what Ulises said is very correct.

After thinking for a moment, Richard immediately went to the command room and wanted to persuade Ivan to retreat.

In this situation, if we don’t retreat, we will be doomed.

But as soon as he arrived at the command room, he saw Ivan staring at the crystal ball with a livid face, and then he replied calmly, "I received an order." Then the light of the crystal ball disappeared, and Ivan grabbed the crystal ball and smashed it hard on the ground.

"Damn you, those old bastards at the command center want us to hold out for another six hours and wait for the support of the war airship!"

"What the hell!" Richard's voice suddenly rose. "Six hours! In six hours, even if the bug was a cricket, it would have reached our door!"

Ivan sat down on a chair beside him weakly, took out a cigarette from his pocket with his left hand, and put it into his mouth tremblingly.

"We retreated too damn late. The fort next door retreated three hours ago. In order to prevent the gap in the defense line from expanding, the command center gave us a death order.

Not a second less in six hours!"

"Oh my god! Ha!"

Richard was so angry that he even laughed. His dedicated duty had become their death warrant.

"Did we encounter this kind of war monster next door?"

Ivan shook his head helplessly. "No, the commander of the fortress next door is the grandson of an old guy in our Third War Zone Command. This guy has always been afraid of death. This time, he probably saw that the Zerg were about to launch a general attack, so he just ran away."

"Third War Zone Command?" Richard noticed this special word. "Aren't we under the command of the General Command?"

Ivan smiled bitterly: "The General Command is now busy commanding the First War Zone to fight against 20 million fucking bugs, so how can they care about our secondary battlefields?

We are now under the command of the Third War Zone Sub-Command, which is composed of some high-ranking members of the White Wizard Corps I am in. These old guys gave such a strict order, probably because the mess that the bastard next door has made is too big, and we must hold on.

Otherwise, the entire defense line will be broken like a snowball."

"Damn it!" Richard cursed, "This bastard! Isn't he afraid of being court-martialed for running away like this?"

"Martial court?" Ivan finished the cigarette in his hand. "He ran at a good time. If we can survive this time, he didn't make any big mistakes, and a slight punishment will be enough. If we can't hold on, then the mistake can be put on us. Who made us not hold out for the time required by the headquarters?

That kid has a good grandfather. Unless the headquarters investigates, that kid will be fine anyway."

Ivan exhaled the smoke from his lungs.
“But the information received by the headquarters was provided by these old guys. Unless we report it ourselves, no one will know the truth.

Even if we go there in person, which big shot will stand up for us little guys?"

"White Wizard Legion, can the old guy you mentioned cover the world with one hand?" Richard suddenly asked.

"Covering everything with one hand?" Ivan laughed sarcastically, "If that old guy is allowed to cover everything with one hand, the legion will be finished. That old guy has lived a long time and has a high seniority. Now the high-ranking officials of the legion will give him some face."

"Then there is!"

As soon as Ivan finished speaking, he saw Richard uttering something with a cruel look on his face.

"As long as we are alive, there will be big shots who will help us! My teacher is the head of the War Beast Department, my girlfriend is the disciple of the Black Tower Wizard, and her teacher Susanna is now a member of the General Command!
And the Great Wizard of the Black Tower remembers me!

As long as we are alive, someone from the headquarters will definitely help us!"

"Um?!"

Ivan looked at the dark wizard in front of him in a daze, his mouth unconsciously opened wide.

He didn't expect that the dark wizard he had been bragging about these days had such a relationship.

Buddy, why are you so awesome staying on the front line with a filler like me?

"Richard, you are kidding, right?" Ivan said stutteringly. But seeing Richard's serious face, he couldn't help but gasp.

"Fuck it, bro, are you serious?"

Ivan felt like he was hallucinating from smoking. There was such an awesome person around him.

But after being happy, Ivan's face drooped again.

"But brother, your powerful background will only be useful if we hold on. If we die, that old guy in the command center will definitely put all the blame on us.

The dead can't speak.

But if we retreat now, the old man can still blame us, and disobeying orders is a big accusation."

Richard took a deep breath and suppressed his anger.

What's more disgusting than a bug leader? That's encountering a bug leader on the battlefield!
Richard said in a firm tone: "Ivan, we still have a chance! This big bug is obviously a newly created thing, and it must have various imperfect defects. As long as this bug can have some problems, we can stop these small bugs and win!" After that, Richard turned and left the command room.

"Huh, are you going to let me use the power of faith?" Ulysses, who had been on Richard's shoulder, suddenly spoke.

Richard responded firmly, "I will not be able to bear this unless I bring that bastard to court-martial."

"Ha, alright. But the power of faith we have is limited. I'll immobilize the big bug, and we'd better deal with the remaining small bugs by ourselves."

Richard nodded and then took out two golden crystals from his pocket.

"It should be done in a concealed way, so that the bug will look like it has a problem."

"Gah, don't worry, I guarantee that these little guys won't be able to see any traces."

……

Ulysses' use of the power of faith was not as brilliant as the Queen Insect God's. After obtaining the power of faith, his body did not even undergo any changes. But for Richard, who was familiar with him, Ulysses now had a more unfathomable feeling.

Ulysses flapped his wings and flew towards the giant insect like lightning.

During the flight, Ulises seemed to be invisible. On the battlefield, no matter whether it was the insects or the wizards, they did not notice that such a crow was approaching the war giant insect.

Ulysses landed lightly on the giant insect without being discovered by any of them.

He looked at the big bug under his feet and muttered, "Gah, what should I use? Divine Words, maybe."

After that, Ulysses whispered a word to the giant insect.

"stop."

The next moment, the giant insect that was moving forward really stopped and stood there without moving.

"Huh, it's a bit rusty." Ulises said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

Soon the insects discovered that their war beast suddenly became motionless. No matter how they drove it away, the giant insect was like a stone.

Richard saw that the giant insect was motionless and he couldn't help but feel certain.

As long as this giant insect doesn't come over, the war fortress can still hold.

Boom!

The roar of spells resounded throughout the battlefield, and fireballs and thunder continued to explode on the battlefield.

Although the stopping of the war worm temporarily halted the swarm's progress, it did not stop the swarm.

A tidal wave of insects swarmed towards the war fortress like a sea of ​​​​insects.

At this moment, all the white wizards in the war fortress had fierce expressions on their faces. The actions of the command center filled their hearts with anger. However, they had no way to vent their anger, so they could only give all their anger to the insect swarm.

Richard stood at the shooting point, and the staff in his hand almost left an afterimage.

"Cool down! Richard!" shouted a white wizard who was controlling the magic stone cannon.

The magic stone cannon in front of him was already emitting an astonishingly high temperature at this moment. The magic circuit had not been rebuilt for a long time, resulting in astonishing heat loss for the magic stone cannon.

If you don't use magic to cool it down in ten seconds, it will reach the melting point.

Richard pointed with his left hand, and a ball of icy air floated onto the magic stone cannon. At the same time, Richard swung his staff with his right hand, threw out a fireball to force a bug close to the fortress aside, and then a light blue metal fist smashed the bug's head.

Now the swarm of insects was approaching the fortress, and the wizards who were not operating the magic stone cannon had to start clearing out the approaching insects.

Ulysses and the Alchemical Golem were also among those being cleaned up.

But now there are only ten minutes left until six hours, and they can retreat in another ten minutes.

Suddenly, Richard noticed that the faces of the white wizards around him changed, and the anger in their hearts seemed to burst out of their eyes.

Seeing this, Richard walked over to the command room and found Ivan cursing.

"Those bastards at the command center asked us to hold on for another three hours!" Ivan roared.

Richard felt a surge of blood rushing to his head when he heard this.

Another three hours? This is a deliberate attempt to kill them!

"No, if we stay for another three hours, we will definitely be doomed!" Richard said resolutely, "Take everyone and retreat. If we stay any longer, we will only die."

“Hahahaha…” Ivan laughed miserably, “Richard, go away. You can survive if you retreat, but we can’t.

You have people who can protect you, but if we retreat, it would be disobeying orders. Even if we bring the matter to the headquarters, we will still lose.

There are always missions on the battlefield where one must die. If we don’t hold on, not only will we die, but our property will also be confiscated by the Legion, and the students will also be burdened with an indelible bad reputation.”

Ivan stood up and put a crystal ball in Richard's hand. He whispered, "All the information about this battle is recorded here. If possible, spread this information. If not, forget it."

There was determination in Ivan's eyes, and at this moment he was determined to die.

Richard held the crystal ball and felt that it was heavier than the golden statue.

He wanted to say something else, but saw Ivan shook his head slightly.

Richard put the crystal ball into his pocket and nodded vigorously:

"Don't worry, I will definitely..."

Before Richard could finish his words, he heard a voice coming from his communication crystal ball.

He was very familiar with this voice; it was the voice of Ellie's teacher, Susanna.

"Attention all wizards in the third war zone, attention all wizards in the third war zone, all wizards, black and white, retreat to the floating city.

All wizards, black and white, retreat to the floating city!"

(End of this chapter)