The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 139 The Perfect Mind Thief (Second)
Crash.

The vast rain of fire instantly covered the entire wilderness and hills south of Xiyu River, engulfing the Mind Flayer slave legion and the half-dragon legion in the southern border region.

However, not a single drop of this fiery rain, which seemed like divine punishment, fell on the north side of the river or on the human territory.

This is rain to punish the enemy.

"what!"

"Fire descended from the sky."

"It's so hot! What is this?"

Flowers of crimson flame landed on the half-dragon goblins and half-dragon kobolds, burning them to ashes in the blink of an eye.

The ogres, trolls, gnolls, and giants, controlled by the mind flayers, were also set ablaze and screamed in the rain of fire.

Every second, a large number of enemies are dying.

"The war magic covering the entire battlefield has taken effect."

"Eldoran war magic has withstood the test of real combat!"

The central square of the floating city.

General Thor maintained the magical ritual in the middle of the square, and then continued to give orders:

"The fire rain that annihilates a large number of low-level combatants is activated."

"Next, the lightning strike."

"Targeted elimination of high-ranking enemy units!"

Rumble.

Golden bolts of lightning struck down from the floating city, felling giants and trolls enhanced by psionic energy, and turning powerful half-dragon commanders, who could still move normally despite the rain of fire, into charred remains.

"Very good, maintain the current offensive intensity."

"The lightning strike successfully eliminated several high-level enemy combatants. Increase the input of magic power to prepare for the next wave of lightning strikes."

"Soon, we will annihilate the invaders!"

One by one, the mages passed on instructions.

On the floating city, the many mages maintaining the ritual were overjoyed to hear the good news about the battle below.

Many wyverns, seeing that their side was about to be wiped out, made a desperate attempt to storm the floating city.

However, some battle mages had already been stationed on the outer perimeter of the floating city, easily shooting down these battered dragons.

"We're about to win..."

"Victory belongs to Eldoron!"

"Just like the war to drive out the orcs back then."

"Hahaha, this enemy is many times stronger than the orcs of back then."

Although the battle was not yet officially over, joy had already appeared on the tired faces of the human soldiers throughout the floating city.

Many have already begun singing victory songs.

With the war magic ritual completed, annihilating the enemy is only a matter of time.

At the southern fence of the floating city.

Another two-legged dragon, seemingly determined to fight to the death, let out a sharp cry and flew onto the floating city.

"Another dragon is coming. Shoot it down."

The mid-level battle mage in charge of guarding the floating city had no doubts and routinely released lightning from his fingertips, striking the dragon that flew over the fence.

However, to her surprise, the lightning seemed to encounter an invisible barrier as it approached the dragon, disappearing with a crackling sound.

Before the monk and his colleagues could react, they felt a tsunami-like surge of spiritual power rush into their minds.

The next second, several mid-level mages simultaneously lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.

This seemingly ordinary bipedal dragon flapped its wings and, accelerated by psionic energy, displayed incredible speed, reaching the main square of the floating city in just a few breaths.

On the wide plaza, hundreds of mid- to low-level mages stood in a circle, holding hands and chanting incantations together, gathering their magical power.

Lights of different colors surged from all directions, converging on the plaza—the very magic power emanating from all the city's mages. General Thor stood at the very center of the circle, the core supporter of the war magic ritual, his hands outstretched, controlling the surging magic power from the entire floating city, constructing a large-scale spell model, and transforming the magic power into rain of fire and lightning.

"What happened? Did a wyvern slip through and fly up here?"

The many mages were slightly surprised to see the flying dragon overhead.

General Thor also raised his head and looked at the peculiar two-legged dragon in the sky.

"No, that's not right. This isn't a wyvern!"

"It was a spellcaster who transformed into the form of a two-legged dragon."

In General Thor's eyes, which were enhanced with the [True Vision] spell, the creature flying in the air was no longer a dragon with a tail spike and wings, but another, more terrifying creature.

It was a humanoid creature with a head like an octopus and skin that had a purplish-red, rubbery texture.

—The Perfect Mind-Stealing Demon!

Another perfect mind flayer in the Mind Flayer City, the perfect Agudo, is right here!

The next moment, the wyvern shone with a dazzling light and transformed back into its original form amidst the radiant glow.

Within the hive of psionic networks woven by the mastermind, this perfect mind flayer, having arrived at the floating city of Eldoron, relayed its ecstatic emotions and the news of its successful mission:
"Success..."

"Everything is just as the great mastermind predicted..."

"The strongest group of seventh and eighth-ring mages on the floating city of Eldoron, as well as the only legendary mage, Elian, have all gone deep underground. The floating city is now virtually defenseless..."

"The only person who might pose even the slightest threat to me, that ninth-ring archmage general, is currently serving as the core presiding officer of the ritual array and is unable to participate in the battle!"

"On the ground below, the other three ninth-ring spellcasters have already used up most of their spells in the battle just now..."

"Now is the perfect opportunity—the best time to destroy this floating city!"

The Perfect Mind Flayer floated hundreds of meters above the plaza, its arms outstretched in front of the many mages, its palms facing upwards with only four fingers.

Then, make an upward lifting motion with both palms, as if lifting a heavy object.

Crunch.

Four unassuming, sturdy buildings in the four cardinal directions of the floating city were uprooted by terrifying psychic power, sending dust flying and bricks and tiles falling off.

Beneath the building were four strange magic circles, with crimson light flowing within them.

"It wasn't in vain that I spent half an hour searching and investigating..."

"Sure enough, they're in these four locations—"

"The levitation power hub of the floating city of Eldoron, the magical source that supports the city's levitation high in the sky!"

"If we destroy all four magic arrays, this floating city will crash, right?"

In the air, the Perfect Mind-Stealing Demon's thoughts raced, his eyes shining brightly.

—This is the mastermind's plan!
The stated purpose of sending the half-dragon legion and slave legion to conquer the human kingdom of Eldoron was to force Elion and other human forces to return to their aid.

In this way, the mastermind can convert the entire elven elf delegation into its own servants.

The AI ​​had also anticipated that Elion and the other humans would not return to help.

Then let's turn the tables and destroy Eldoron!

Of the many "destabilizing factors" mentioned in the Mastermind's grand plan that must be controlled or destroyed, the human kingdom of Eldoron is the weakest.

Thus, while the first perfect mind flayer guarded the city, the second perfect mind flayer, "Agudo," hid within the legions invading Eldoron.

He concealed himself quietly, waiting for the perfect moment, before launching this surprise attack on the floating city.

In the square, the faces of the many human mages were filled with terror:
"no!"

"This monster is trying to destroy the floating city's levitation power core; we must stop it!"

"This is our position. If the floating city crashes, I don't know how many people will die!"

One by one, the human mages unleashed their most powerful spells at the perfect mind flayer in the sky.

General Saul, in the center of the square, merely raised his head slightly, his expression serious but without fear, as if waiting for a moment that was destined to come.

"Fortunately, His Majesty El-Erian had anticipated this situation and made prior arrangements..." Thor thought.

(End of this chapter)