Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 563 Air Combat Mage
More beams of blazing white light shot out from a cluster of airships in the distance, each one hitting a Winged Lizardman hovering above the Ice Castle outpost with incredible precision. Although they were not always accurate to the point of hitting the enemy's head with every shot, the Magic Barrett's extremely high kinetic energy was enough to cause the enemy to explode like a ripe watermelon even if it just grazed a part of the body.

For a moment, it seemed as if a hellish rain of blood and flesh fragments was falling from the sky, and the scarlet drops fell to the ground, blooming flowers of death in the white snow.

A high-level spellcaster with gray hair and beard and a semi-metallic body came rushing in like a cannonball. His heavy mechanical body slammed into the ground, directly knocking away several enemies who were still resisting stubbornly in the snow. He was none other than the Emperor's chief magical advisor, the high-level shapeshifter Sir Duncan.

Duncan folded his long metal wings that shone with sharp silver light, raised his hand and held the magic revolver, and shot the demon lizardman who was struggling to get up not far away to death with one shot. Then he swung out an instant arcane storm, wrapped the enemy who was flapping his wings to escape into a violent magic tornado, and tore it into pieces.

Thanks to the fact that magical weapons do not require the guidance of magic power in advance, and there is no need to waste a long time chanting spells and matching the corresponding casting materials, the shapeshifter can maintain the transformed state while still using instant spells without restraint, launching a combat strategy with almost perfect coordination of long-range and close combat against the target... This combat method, which is different from the previous one, makes Duncan feel more and more at ease.

The Eye of Illusion, which also inherited his lifelong learning, launched an even purer attack on the Demon Lizardmen... He even directly abandoned the tradition of close combat with the enemy in an illusory state. With the help of magic synchronization, the magic power continuously poured into his body by the Astrologer allowed him to use Barrett's high-frequency shooting almost without interruption and launch a fatal blow to the enemy without a break.

The spellcasters from the rest of the airship team followed suit, but were limited by the amount of magic power they could hold. They had to be replaced immediately after each shot, and then take out the corresponding magic stones to replenish their magic power.

When Benny led the wounded soldiers out of the bunker trench, he found that the enemies outside had been completely wiped out. The battlefield was in a bloody mess, and it was difficult to even find the complete bodies of the dead lizardmen.

"Your Excellency, Chief Advisor!" Benny recognized the distinguished old wizard before him and quickly bowed to him. "The reconnaissance airship was suddenly attacked by the floating island. Those winged monsters chased us all the way here. We had no choice but to request reinforcements from the base."

But he never expected that not only did the base send out such a terrifying scale of air reinforcements, but these fighters who came to reinforce... were all elegant spellcasters wearing robes!
In addition to Lord Duncan, who stood behind the Emperor during his coronation ceremony, there are also two senior officers who are active in the army on a daily basis - special operations advisor Mr. Illusion Eye and Ms. Astrologer. The robes of the others are embroidered with the emblems of the Magic Academy and the Spellcaster Academy, which is enough to prove that they are at least mid-level spellcasters.

Oh! That gentleman with a pale, blue face and even a few spots of decay on his skin, Benny had met him before. He was Mr. Black, the necromancer who often appeared at the River Valley Outpost and was keen on picking up the corpses of evil orcs!
Why did such a large group of spellcasters suddenly appear at the Ice Sea Exploration Base?
If they had not come to support in time, their garrison team, which was small in number and lacked ammunition supplies, would probably not have survived the disaster at the hands of the Winged Demon Lizardmen today.

"Originally, the Spellcaster Academy and the Magical Academy were conducting a battle drill and had chosen the Ice Sea Base as the location. Unexpectedly, upon arrival, we received your request for assistance."

Duncan frowned as he gazed at the scattered alien corpses. He said gravely, "We've truly arrived at the right time. The Lizardmen truly possess hidden combat capabilities. These individual combat units, capable of flight, have never been seen in previous skirmishes."

Subsequent airships landed one after another. Seeing the "treasures everywhere," the necromancers were overjoyed and immediately began to pick up and collect them. White and Black pulled a few soldiers aside for a brief questioning, then stepped forward to discuss with Duncan. "Sir Duncan, could these demon lizardmen, who possess both flight and the ability to control both black water and red light, be the... evolved forms that Your Majesty mentioned?" The old mage pondered for a moment, then said, "That depends on the results of subsequent autopsies on their corpses. Whether it's the floating island's sudden emergence of air defenses or these new winged beings, we were caught off guard. I'm worried the enemy has more tricks up their sleeves."

He then turned to Benny, who was cowering on the spot, suppressed by the aura of the spellcasters, and patiently instructed, "We will take you back to base immediately. You must immediately submit a detailed report of everything that happened in today's battle to His Majesty. Don't miss a single detail!"

Benny nodded repeatedly. He had just escaped death and now had to face a more severe test of his cultural level, which made his face wrinkled and distorted even more than when he was injured.

Then he suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly, "Your Excellencies! Please immediately dispatch airship teams to the remaining Ice Castle outposts! I suspect they have also been attacked by the Winged Enemy!"

When the battle just broke out, they used the alchemical communicator to send distress signals to the surrounding fortresses, but there was no response... Benny had every reason to believe that this targeted attack was not just aimed at them.

Duncan nodded and immediately ordered the Eye of Illusion and the Astrologer to regroup the battle mages. They controlled nearly half of the airships to take off again and quickly rushed to the locations of the remaining fortress outposts.

"If all the soldiers stationed at the sentry fortresses evacuate...how are we going to monitor the movements of Floating Island No. 2?"

Benny glanced angrily at the wound on his shoulder and the numerous casualties among his subordinates. "A small reconnaissance airship can only carry five ordinary scouts. Even if everyone was armed and had ammunition, there's no way they could escape the extremely fast swarm of Winged Lizardmen... Two of the three airships on patrol today were killed and crashed."

Duncan chuckled and said calmly, "They plan to use the Winged Ones to attack like a swarm of insects, harassing and sweeping our defenses. Shouldn't we follow suit and send out a similarly sized aerial combat unit?"

In this regard, Duncan had to admire Harvey's strategic foresight and foresight - before the enemy's winged creatures showed up, he was already making intensive preparations...how to deploy the intermediate wizards of the Spellcaster College and the Magical Science Academy into the battlefield in the form of combat clusters, so that the spellcasters could also participate in the battle against the alien enemies.

As extraordinary beings who control magical powers, it has been their responsibility and obligation to fight against alien races and guard the tribes together with mortal soldiers for thousands of years!
(End of this chapter)