The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 80, Section 76: The Alamir Rescue Team!
"Great! Everyone's attention is on this magic competition, no one has noticed me!"

A bird with emerald green eyes flew through the air, silently approaching the enormous and magnificent floating city of Eldoron.

The base of the floating city of Eldoron is a cut-open, inverted mountain peak.

In order to provide timely support during the battle, the floating city is currently hovering at a very low altitude.

The bird flew to the inverted mountain peak at the bottom of the floating city without much effort and landed in a small cave.

"Successfully arrived at the floating city of Eldoron. Mission halfway complete!"

"Next, we need to consider how to rescue Alamir."

This bird was none other than Seymour Moon Whisper, the legendary moon elf mage who had come to rescue Alamir on Her Majesty's orders!
Seymour, in his bird form, paced back and forth in the cave, contemplating his next infiltration plan:

Infiltrating the floating city of Eldoron is no easy task.

After all, there are quite a few high-level mages in the floating city.

They may possess a "true vision" effect, giving them a chance to see through invisibility, shapeshifting, and illusion disguises!

Of course, "real vision" also has its own limitations, namely, the observation range is limited, generally only a few tens of meters.

Beyond this range, the corresponding disguise cannot be detected.

Therefore, during his flight as a bird, Seymour deliberately maintained a considerable distance from the ground.

However, the original method cannot be used to infiltrate the floating city.

However, this was no challenge for Seymour!
Inside the cave on the inverted mountain peak, the bird turned around and changed its appearance again amidst a cloud of mist, transforming into a stone man more than three meters tall.

—Nine-ring [Body Transformation] spell!
"Transformation: Elemental Creature - Earth Elemental".

Seymour, now an earth elemental, pressed his massive, heavy body against the rock wall, and then his entire body naturally merged into the rock without causing any damage to the rock.

This is the earth element's ability to burrow underground!

It can freely pass through rocks and soil without leaving a visible path.

Seymour, who was in a burrowed state, "swam" upwards through the inverted mountain peak.

Soon.

The southern edge of the floating city. In front of the house where Alamir is being held captive.

Seymour, who had turned into a stone, emerged from behind the house.

At this time, there were few people nearby. The human mages around had all run to the west side of the floating city to watch the confrontation between the two armies and the magical battle.

In the shadows behind the house, Seymour reverted to his original form, moved his head to the window, and gently tapped on the glass.

"Alamir, I've come to save you!"

Inside the house, Alamir Goldfleck listened to the shouts of the two armies below and knew that the Sun Elf army had arrived. He was filled with excitement and even believed that the Sun Elves would soon be able to rescue him.

He was even able to meet his sister, Guillaume Kingpetal.

Just then, Alamir heard a knocking sound at the window, turned around and saw Seymour standing there, raising an eyebrow:
"Seymour, what are you doing here, you moon elf?"

……

The magical battle between humans and elves continues.

Next up are Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5...

Teams of mages from both sides took turns marching onto the open field between the two armies, engaging in round after round of magical combat.

The level of spellcasters participating in the battles is also getting higher and higher.

Compared to the first round of battle where everyone followed the rules, the two sides fought increasingly fiercely.

After a battle, although no one died, bloodshed was inevitable.

What the elves found hard to accept was that, apart from one round where the elves won by a narrow margin, the humans won in the remaining rounds, the only difference being whether it was a big or small victory.

In the eighth match, General Thor, a ninth-ring mage, even proposed to personally take to the field, bringing with him six sixth-ring high-ranking mages.

Unfortunately, because most of the elven ninth-ring mages were in seclusion in the towers awaiting their ascension to legendary status, the allied forces lacked a ninth-ring mage capable of matching General Thor. Two eighth-ring mages were used as substitutes. The final result, unsurprisingly, was another resounding victory for the humans.

On the human side, the voices mocking the elves grew louder and louder.

"All that magical practice was for nothing; this is the level of my opponent."

"When I went up there just now, I was so nervous, my heart was pounding, and I was worried about what would happen if I really lost. Then, I did what we taught in class, and I won?"

……

"Why is it happening like that!"

Leah slammed her hand on the table.

The obvious fact is that, whether it's the basic soldiers or the spellcasters' combat skills, they are the weaker side.

Not to mention the defensive advantage the defenders already possessed.

As for top-tier combat power, Leah believes:
They have three novice legendary spellcasters on their side, including himself, a young magical combat genius among the Sun Elf race. They definitely have the upper hand!

But after witnessing the magical prowess of that human king and the seamless teamwork of the two near-legendary humans in the previous projection, Leah doubted that the advantage of top-tier combat power was also minimal.

"Are we just going to turn back and return to our family like this?"

"Wouldn't we lose all face in that case!"

Lia and the other elven commanders all looked embarrassed.

Before they set out, their people were full of expectations as they sent them off, convinced that the human kingdoms would be easily defeated and terrified.

Did I not expect that we would have to return empty-handed?

They've mobilized so much manpower and resources; if they go back empty-handed with no results, they'll have no way to explain themselves.

The Sun Elves are a race that values ​​their reputation highly!

"Yes, I have a solution!"

"To resist us, the floating city of Eldoron has just flown over, and the mages in the city seem to be focused on the magical duel between the two sides..."

Leah suddenly had an idea:
"We will continue to send people to engage in magical battles against humans."

"Then, while both sides' attention is focused on the magical combat match, two of us will infiltrate the floating city of Eldoron and rescue Alamir!"

The two legendary spellcasters, Guiras Goldfleur and Serka, immediately thought it was a brilliant idea after hearing Lia's suggestion.

“Rescue my brother directly, instead of engaging in direct combat with the humans?” Guiraser said. “That is indeed a good idea.”

Although failing to force humans to apologize, compensate, and hand over Alamir through force is still a great humiliation for the face-conscious Sun Elves!

But at least we successfully brought Alamir back, so the goal can be considered achieved.

"It's settled then. We'll organize the next wave of mage battles immediately. Their combat skills are irrelevant, but they're required to cast spells with the best visual effects."

“Seka Radiance, you are responsible for holding the line behind the elven army.”

Lia spoke to Serka, who had a refined and strategist-like appearance.

If it is confirmed that the enemy spellcaster has stronger combat skills, in order to maintain the balance of power, it is best to have a legendary spellcaster guarding the elven position and keeping an eye on the two near-legendary spellcasters and one normal nine-ring spellcaster in the sky above the human position!
"I will handle it."

Serka spoke calmly, standing with her hands behind her back, looking confident.

The sun elf princess then turned to the priestess beside her:

“Giraser Goldflake, come with me to save Alamir.”

Leah quickly assigned tasks and then began the operation.

In the open field between the two armies, both sides dispatched new teams of spellcasters.

Serka Radiance flew in the air, standing alone behind the elven position, forming a standoff with the three elven forces in the air: the dragon vein sorcerer Gret, the energy mage Gut, and the spellcaster General Thor.

Inside the elf's tent, Lia Sunshine took Guirasser Goldflakes' hand, and the two disappeared in a series of rapid flashes and explosions.

(End of this chapter)