From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 246 Chase (300010000)

"Why are we going to find the elves!" Thorin shouted while riding on his galloping pony. Ivy had long discovered that he didn't like elves at all, otherwise he would not have given him such a magical weapon as the Beast Bite Sword.

"This is the route planned by Gandalf!" Ivy shouted without turning back. Although Golden Horn had a good relationship with him, the young wizard was not a qualified knight after all. The flying brooms and hippogriffs in the sky were fine, at least they flew very steadily. On land, he had only ridden the purple-horned beast Sea King, and there was no need to worry about the risk of falling on its broad back. But a divine horse like Golden Horn would not care whether Ivy on its back was comfortable or not once it started running.

"The elves are our enemies!" Thorin tried to turn his horse around, but the pony under him seemed determined to keep up with Golden Horn.

"I haven't heard of this!" Ivy bent down and put his arms around the unicorn's neck, trying to make his center of gravity coincide with that of the unicorn to reduce the amplitude of the bumps.

"Did the wizard really lead the wolf away?" Another dwarf shouted loudly. Ivy couldn't be sure who it was. He was not familiar with these dwarves and had not yet acquired the ability to identify the speaker by voice without looking at the face.

Ivy glanced around and saw many pairs of green eyes in the dark woods. He knew very well that those were the orcs' mounts.

"There are more orc hybrids than we thought!" An old voice sounded in the middle of the team. Ivy guessed it was Balin, or his brother Dwalin.

"Kili! Shoot them!" Thorin stopped trying to interfere with the ponies' direction and gave orders to his companions, "Everyone else, get your weapons ready! Bilbo! Hold on to your horse! Don't fall off!"

"Swoosh!" Ivy heard the sound of the bowstring vibrating.

"Oh——" It seemed that Qili had no experience in shooting arrows on horseback. His attack must have deviated from the original target, otherwise the dwarves would never make such a frustrated sound.

Ivy could already see that the light ahead was getting brighter and brighter. He immediately turned back and reminded, "Don't waste your arrows, Qili! We are almost out of this forest! The open terrain is good for shooting!"

As he spoke, Ivy felt the sun shining on him again. He looked up and saw a wasteland made up of rocks and sparse trees.

Fortunately, these orcs were only lightly armed sentinels without even a single long-range weapon. Otherwise, without the cover of the dense forest, the first to suffer would definitely be the Lonely Mountain Expedition, which was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers.

"I hit it!" a dwarf announced.

"Good job! Oli!"

Ivy remembered that Ori was a dwarf with a slingshot, and he really didn't know how much effect this weapon could have. He looked back and saw two orc knights falling off their horses. Perhaps a stone shot from a slingshot hit the nose of a warg, and the fallen warg tripped another companion behind it?

It was obviously much safer to move forward in the wilderness than in the woods. Ivy stood up and condensed a ball of energy that kept flashing with chaotic magic light between his hands. This was the first-level spell Chaos Arrow of the Warlock. The type of damage could only be determined after it hit the target. If you are lucky, this ball of energy will jump continuously after hitting the target, turning single damage into group damage.

The Golden Horn suddenly jumped up and leaped over a large rock. Ivy on its back was still bound by inertia, and its chest hit the saddle hard.

"Oh! Golden Horn--" The energy ball in Ivy's hand dissipated. This was the first time he failed in casting a spell.

We must have a profession related to mounted combat... or else a similar specialty... or at least a related wonder, right?
Ivy thought bitterly and rubbed his chest with his hands.

The shouts of the dwarves were heard again from behind. After all, the pony had short legs and no advantage in endurance. Moreover, it had been running wildly with Golden Horn for so long that it could no longer speed up.

The orcs, seeing an opportunity, commanded their wargs to move closer. The brothers Dwalin and Balin at the end of the team had already started fighting with the orc knights.

Ivy patted Golden Horn's neck and whispered in its ear: "Slow down, Golden Horn, your little friend is about to be eaten by the wolf! If you don't run more steadily, I can't even cast a spell."

Jinjiao's ears stood up instantly, and the next moment Ivy felt that the bumps on the horse's back became much gentler, as if the horse's legs were suspended. Ivy looked down and found that Jinjiao had changed from a jumping running style with four hooves landing one after another to a running style similar to turning.

I don’t know what the golden unicorn came up with this idea, but Ivy has enough time to cast spells.

"Give them some magic! Wizard!" shouted Thorin.

Ivy remained silent, and the chaotic energy ball flashed in his hand again, still a first-ring warlock spell, Chaos Arrow. But soon Ivy's eyes lit up with a magical aura, which was a sign of super magic.

The damage dice of Chaos Arrow is two d8 and one d6, and the damage type after hitting is determined by one of the d8 damage dice. Therefore, Ivy's professional ability to change the damage type cannot work on Chaos Arrow. After all, this thing must determine what kind of damage it will cause after hitting the target. In addition, if the points of the two d8 damage dice are the same, then Chaos Arrow will jump from the target it has hit to another target, and it is still possible to jump again, but the same target cannot be damaged twice by a Chaos Arrow.

Although Chaos Arrow is a very luck-dependent spell, Ivy's metamagic ability makes up for this flaw perfectly. [Ultimate Spell] allows all variables of a spell to take the maximum value, that is, this Chaos Arrow in Ivy's hand will inevitably bounce and cause 22 points of thunder damage. In addition, the professional characteristic of [Elemental Metamagic] will also halve the magic points consumed by Chaos Arrow when applying metamagic. Ivy's 5 magic points can complete five metamagic, which is even more than the 1st-level spell slots brought by his warlock profession.

Furious energy surged from Ivy's hands, and in the blink of an eye, it hit the wolf under the crotch of the Orc Knight behind Balin. Shoot the horse first when shooting a person, and capture the leader first when capturing a thief. Ivy certainly understood this principle, and the wolf was much larger than the Orc on its back, so it was not easy to miss.

The unfortunate wolf was about to bite the pony's butt when the orc on its back was fighting with Balin, but before it could eat the horse meat, it was hit by a thunderous chaos arrow.

Thunder damage is different from lightning damage that directly causes electric healing effects. It is more like a shock wave, so the moment it hits the wolf, it makes the giant beast stagger.

Although it was just a stumble, it was fatal to the orc on its back. The orc was originally planning to raise the black blade in his hand to block the attack from Balin's axe, but his mount stumbled and the orc was instantly shorter than the wolf. As a result, the axe, which was supposed to hit the middle of the sword, rubbed the blade and hit the orc's temple, directly splitting the unlucky guy's head.

The thunderous chaos arrow that hit the warg changed its trajectory and knocked the orc who was in a stalemate with Dwalin off the warg. This was not the end. The fluctuating light of the chaos arrow did not weaken, but bounced for the third time and hit an orc sentry who was about to flank.

Seeing a flash of light passing before their eyes, the dwarves couldn't help but follow it with their eyes.

So they witnessed with their own eyes as Ivy's chaos arrows knocked down eight orcs and nine wargs, until there were no new targets within thirty feet of the last warg rider. Only then did the manic thunder energy flicker unwillingly and extinguish its light.

"Well done, wizard!" The dwarves howled, "Eat shit, you orc bastard!"

Although Ivy's spells temporarily eased the orcs' offensive, their number was several times that of the Lonely Mountain Expedition. Even if Ivy used all of her warlock spell slots to cast chaos arrows, she might not be able to deal with them all. Therefore, the expedition's escape was not over yet.

Another problem was that although Chaos Arrows continuously dealt maximum damage with the help of [Ultimate Spell], these wolves were thick-skinned and tough, and Ivy's attacks were not enough to kill them instantly. Instead, many orcs on their backs were killed.

Without their riders, the wolf could run faster and posed a greater threat to the expedition.

Fortunately, it was Ivy's first spell casting today, so she had plenty of spell slots left.

The manic magical aura of the Extreme Chaos Arrow shone again, and the wolves left behind seven or eight corpses and no longer surrounded the expedition team tightly.

"They are trying to outflank us!" The sharp-eyed Qili was the first to see the orcs' strategy. They split into two teams of riders, trying to intercept the waist and head of the expedition. If these wolves rushed into the team, no matter how well Golden Horn could command these ponies, the expedition would be trapped in a situation where each of them fought on their own.

"We can't run anymore!" Ivy made a quick decision. "We have to stop and let these orcs lose some of their manpower. This will also give the pony a chance to catch their breath. If we are really divided and surrounded, our fate may not be good!"

"Over there!" Thorin pointed to a protruding rock not far away. "We can defend ourselves for a while with our backs against the rock! ... But there are not many warriors among my people..."

Thorin was interrupted before he could finish his words. The team consisting of doctors, cooks, toymakers, blacksmiths and merchants showed no fear at all, and each of them shouted the battle cry.

"Let them come! I'll let Hammerhead kiss their ugly heads hard!"

"Can I trust you, wizard?" Thorin pursed his lips and asked.

"I signed the contract!" Ivy said without even turning his head.

"Your magic is our only advantage, wizard!" Thorin roared. "Quick! Get under that rock! Round up the ponies!"

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