Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 110 At the End of Defense Lies Magic

The Pegasus Spellcasters, with the superior mindset of a level 4 soldier, slashed at the shieldbearers, only to find that the situation was completely different from what they had expected.

After gaining the single defense bonus from the Governing spell, Argyle already has a defense of up to 13, providing 60% physical resistance.

At the same time, Su Mu also buffed all troop types with Advanced Protective Stone Skin and Advanced Protective Divine Shield to enhance their defensive capabilities.

With the added 20 attack power and 7-11 damage, the Pegasus Spellcaster should have easily killed a shield soldier, but now he has encountered a problem.

The scimitar struck the giant shield, but instead of cutting through it like mud as expected, it became stuck awkwardly in the shield and was even bounced back by a tremendous force, shattering the silver shield and causing considerable damage.

As for the shield bearer himself, he only felt a little numbness in his arm, that was all.

The Earthbows also began to attack, but they were only used as support units. They maximized their attacks by hitting the Great Elf within their range and dealing maximum damage, and used the swamp to slow it down. Instead, they did not deal much damage.

The opposing team was all shielded by the Great Shield, which seemed to be effective.

The stalemate on the main battlefield infuriated the Pegasus Archers. Their dignified Tier 4 unit was trapped within a Tier 1 shield infantry formation—it was utterly humiliating. Moreover, they couldn't even flank; the shield infantry completely enveloped the Earth Bow, making a surprise attack impossible.

"What the hell?"

"How come we can't even beat a group of low-level soldiers!"

Levin roared as he watched the defeated Pegasus Lawbringers.

The entire opposing team was affected by Weakness and Powerlessness. With the shieldbearer's pitiful attack power, it was almost reduced to 0. How could we still lose?

Seeing that the dwarf troops had also arrived at the front line, Levin continued to increase the intensity, directly casting Holy Spirit Blessing on all troops to amplify their lethality.

Comparatively speaking, high-level units like the Pegasus Lawbringers have larger fluctuation values, resulting in a better boost. However, units like the Dwarves, whose base damage is nearly doubled, essentially achieving a stable double damage, are extremely powerful.

"The number of Silver Pegasus is a bit small. Let's see how you resist this time."

As the dwarven army began their charge, the shield bearers faced significantly increased pressure. After all, water magic is known for its powerful offensive capabilities, especially advanced mages like Levin, who can provide the strongest support.

Despite the overwhelming pressure from the enemy, Maggie remained calm and unhurried in casting her magic.

She first dispelled the weakness of the Earth Bow, then used her water manipulation magic on the shield soldiers, and even after seeing the Holy Spirit Youzuo, she directly used the mutually exclusive magic curse to possess him, minimizing the destructive power of the dwarf army.

This unhurried and deliberate maneuver left the opponent dumbfounded. After all, with the Pegasus Spellcaster present, each spellcasting consumed an additional 2 mana points, and water-based dispels even consumed an extra 4 mana points. Even Su Mu used earth magic cautiously, not daring to cast other low-priority spells.

This was only because he wore the Dragon Wing Robe and his Knowledge Points were increased to 8 during the battle, which gave him the courage to use advanced magic.

Otherwise, they would have already set up slowing spells and quicksand traps. It must be said that the presence of the Pegasus Spellbinder has a strong deterrent effect on the heroes.

However, for Maggie, 4 points of increased mana cost was a gross underestimation of her.

After being strengthened by governance, her knowledge attribute reaches a terrifying 17 points. With the intermediate intelligence bonus after governance, she will have 425 magic points.

To put it simply, if Maggie casts her Magic Arrow, she can unleash 85 bolts of lightning. Even with the Pegasus Spellcaster present, she can still cast 47 arrows. This is roughly the energy expenditure of ordinary basic magic, so casting spells repeatedly is practically effortless for her.

The saying "knowledge is as vast as the sea" probably describes someone like Maggie.

With abundant magical power gathering within her body, Maggie couldn't even feel the Pegasus Ring user's energy expenditure. She simply stacked buffs with a blank expression, dispelling enemy buffs, like a machine.

The weakened dwarf army crashed into the shieldbearers as if they had hit an iron wall. The powerful earth-based recoil instantly took half their lives, leaving their heads buzzing.

The Earthbow no longer concealed its power; after releasing its slowing effect, it fired directly at the nearby enemy, the twin arrows inflicting considerable damage, slaying the dwarves crippled by the shockwave. Within just a few volleys, it had wiped out over 200 dwarves. Meanwhile, the Pegasus Lawbringers, after managing to kill several dozen shield bearers, suffered even greater losses themselves—it was simply unbelievable.

The current situation is that no matter how many dwarves come, they're all wiped out. The Pegasus Lawbringers can barely hold their own, but the casualty ratio is far higher than 1:1, and they can't even out-trade level 1 shield infantry. The already scarce Elemental Baptism units will probably all be wiped out if this continues.

Moreover, the Burning Crusaders broke through the encirclement and arrived in front of the sealed Ivan. Like burning war gods, they rampaged through endless explosions and moved freely through flames, slaughtering enemies like pigs.

The sealed Ivan possesses formidable magic resistance and impressive life-saving abilities, but unfortunately, he's encountered a natural enemy: the Burning Crusade under Ivan's command. Forget about life-saving; dozens of self-destruction attempts have barely managed to char the Crusaders' armor. This battle is truly unwinnable.

But if Evan doesn't self-destruct, with their consistent 1 point of damage, they really can't even beat a level 1 soldier, and can only be slaughtered at will.

Nelly was indeed dutiful, having already cast a medium-level atmospheric shield on all troops; given her level of knowledge, she was nearing the limit. However, the enemy's Earth Bow barely fired any arrows, at most only dealing minor damage to the dwarves and Pegasus Orderers; its destructive power wasn't that great.

All preparations were made to guard against the enemy's ranged abilities, but the enemy unexpectedly changed tactics, and the key point is that they are so powerful. How can we fight against this?
Levin was so angry that his hands were trembling. He never expected that his army would be defeated by a group of level 1 soldiers.

"No! Kill them!"

The great elf pressed forward, unleashing a barrage of heavy arrows.

The Archeel forces were also a major focus for Levin. The original tactic was for the Pegasus Archers to use their Earth Bows close to the Archers, who, blessed with perfect accuracy, would quickly eliminate the archers.

The Archmage could no longer afford to worry about ranged archers and switched his focus to firing at the approaching Burning Crusaders. However, Intermediate Defense spells resist all physical abilities, and even ranged archers could only inflict minimal damage on the Burning Crusaders' shields, failing to stop this ferocious force reborn from the ashes.

Seeing that there was no other way, Levin had no choice but to personally use his trump card magic, the Frost Ring.

【Frost Ring (Level 3 Magic, Water Element): Casts a powerful frost freeze on everyone within a ring-shaped area, dealing a certain amount of damage.】

Benefiting from Advanced Water Elemental Mastery: Deals area damage equal to 10 + 60 Spell Power, and has a chance to freeze enemies.

The Frost Ring struck the center of the Burning Crusade, instantly freezing nearly ten warriors and shattering them into dust.

The other soldiers were also affected to varying degrees, but not to the point of losing their fighting ability.

As a level 4 unit, their high health allows them to withstand most magic attacks. In addition, their dense formation increases the intensity of magic damage they can absorb within the area.

Upon seeing that the Burning Crusaders were damaged, Sumu immediately directed the healing tents to treat them. Maggie also frequently cast healing spells to heal the wounded soldiers and remove the freezing effect.

[Healing: Removes the negative effects of magic on the selected friendly unit and restores a certain number of health points. Cannot be resurrected.]

Unaffected by Water Elemental Mastery bonus: Healing amount is Cursed Power × 5 + 10.

Thus, the Burning Crusaders, braving the Frost Ring and the Archmage's fire, managed to hold off the ranged force, forcing them into melee combat.

In this way, Levin was also unable to cast Frost Ring on the Crusaders, because it was an area-of-effect spell that would also be effective against his own troops, and he didn't want to kill all his own men first.

Left with no other choice, Levin angrily unleashed his Frost Ring on the shieldbearer.

At this moment, Maggie's water manipulation technique demonstrated its power. Although it lacked the bonus of water mastery, it was still very effective.

[Water Manipulation Technique: Reduces damage taken from water magic by 30% for selected friendly units. Duration is affected by spell power.]

After such a long tug-of-war, even with Levin's mana, he was about to run out after bombarding the shieldbearers several times. But Maggie seemed unaffected, continuing to cast spells despite the negative effects of the Pegasus Spellcaster.

Even considering the full coverage effect of advanced magic, Maggie applied even more buffs, indicating how many times she cast the spell.

By the way, the Pegasus Spellcasters are about to be wiped out, so Maggie can save some magic, although it's not important to her anyway.

Levin even had the crazy idea of ​​performing a full-scale exorcism, but that would render the previous Weakness and Atmosphere Shield useless, leaving him in a real dilemma.

Faced with the stalemate, Kyle was naturally the first to realize something was wrong.

He had dealt with Su Mu so much that Kyle noticed something was amiss when he saw a large number of shield soldiers.

If Levin is reminded but doesn't take it seriously, then there's no reason to blame him.

Just a few minutes earlier, he had handed over command to an ambitious young nomadic leader.

"Brother, you lead the army to charge that ranged force. If you can crush them, Lord Levin will definitely reward you!"

The commander led his cavalry in a charge. Although no one cast spells on them, he felt the cool wind blowing past his ears and began to fantasize about his glorious path to becoming a high-ranking hero.

The lack of rapid acceleration caused them to be slightly slower, which led to the dramatic shift in attack and defense.

My mind suddenly went blank.

"Is this a battle I can fight?"

He turned back to look for Lord Kyle, only to find that the man had already scaled the city wall and disappeared.

Soon, they were restrained by Maggie's Slow spell, becoming targets for the Earth Bow, and a chorus of wails filled the air.

Silver Pegasus, centaurs, nomads, and wolf riders—those who charged fast died even faster. As for the dwarven legions, the fate was even more tragic; they were almost completely trapped in the shield infantry phalanx and slowly annihilated.

The Great Elf, whose only ranged attack was being relentlessly attacked by the Burning Crusaders, was already outmatched by ranged archery, let alone melee combat.

Although Ivan had thought that Sumu could help him withstand the siege, he did not expect it to turn out like this.

At the same time, he also looked at Maggie, the heir to the marquisate. He hadn't expected this little girl to have such powerful magical abilities. If she could master all four elements in the future, what would that be like?

Regarding this battle, he had only one word in his mind.

"Cool!"

(End of this chapter)