Super Magician: The Magic Network Collapsed Again at the Start

Chapter 197 Dragonfly Ship

Anser woke up feeling refreshed, full of magic and energized.

The room was dimly lit, but fortunately it didn't affect his vision.

With a click, he opened his pocket watch; the hands had just passed three in the morning, and it was still dark.

'It seems like its mana regeneration speed is faster than Faerûn's.'

He knew this wasn't his imagination; the meditation time had proven it, but he didn't know why.

It's probably due to the magical environment; Blayan City is located in the starry sky, so the magical concentration is indeed higher.

He looked around and saw Maeve fast asleep, her body pressed against the headboard, with the Book of Castella beneath her.

"Maeve, get up and get down to business," he called out telepathically.

Maeve opened one eye and glanced at him, then ignored him and continued sleeping with her paws covering her head.

"Would you like to take a trip through the wilderness in a magic ship?" Anser poked her little paw with his finger.

"Meow, where's the magic ship?" Maeve immediately rolled over and got up, swatting away Anser's fingers with her paw.

Anser took out a teleportation cube, pointed to one side and said, "The people chasing us today are space pirates. This teleportation item records three coordinates, one of which marks the base."

If the magic destroyer's ship is at the dock, Ospen should be able to find it. If it's at the base, it'll be a good opportunity for him; in any case, he can't escape.

"Meow, is there a trap? Some bad guys will scheme against others even after they're dead," Maeve said suspiciously.

“Possibly, but I can send elemental creatures to scout ahead first.” Anser had this plan in mind, and with the help of the Mind Sharing technique, he was even more confident.

Theoretically speaking, there shouldn't be anyone stronger than a magic master in a space pirate's base. People in the evil faction don't trust each other, and one wrong move and their base could be raided by their own accomplices.

If that place wasn't a pirate stronghold but a trap, the elemental creatures would likely be severely injured and return to the elemental plane before dying.

In this way, Anser can easily discern the situation of the opposing side based on the state of the elemental creatures.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Maeve controlled the spellbook to float up, her ears perked up, somewhat impatient.

She doesn't like overly dangerous battles, but raiding someone's base without taking damage is still quite exciting.

Anser smiled and led Maeve to the empty eleventh floor, where he immediately began casting a spell inside the tower.

""

Elemental Summoning Spell - Air Element!
The next moment, the wind picked up in the room, growing stronger and stronger, howling, and slowly converging into a vortex in the center.

A minute later, a massive storm cloud, over four meters in size, appeared in the cyclone, swirling and extremely violently.

Anser was slightly disappointed. This air elemental was stronger, but it was not the same air elemental that had responded to his summons at the beginning.

Hello, my name is Anser, and I need your help with something.

The cloud of air around the elemental paused, seemingly not expecting the summoner to consult with him. It formed a human face on the surface of the cloud and nodded silently.

"It's like this..." Anser explained the key points of the investigation and the potential dangers to him one by one.

Once the air element passes by, the first thing to do is to determine what kind of place it is. There are only three possibilities: a space pirate base, a dangerous trap, or some unrelated place.

If it's a pirate stronghold, the air elementalist needs to fight alone, trying to kill as many enemies as possible and protect the magic ship and other property.

If it's an unknown location, try to avoid combat and wait until the summoning time ends before returning to the elemental plane...

The gas element did not refuse.

Anser immediately placed the teleportation block with the location marked on it onto the black stone ground, and a series of complex rune sequences transformed into lines of various colors that spread out and were projected onto the ground.

A minute passed quickly, and a teleportation array with a diameter of three meters quietly formed on the ground, floating above the black stone, radiating a faint magical light.

After Anser stepped out of the magic circle with the teleportation cube, the air elemental actively entered the circle and shrunk in size, trying to keep its body from being exposed outside the circle. This is why Anser summons air elementals; it not only facilitates teleportation but also makes it less likely to be restricted once inside, allowing passage through any gap.

'Ready.'

Upon seeing the air elemental nod, Anser immediately activated the magic circle.

With a flash of light and shadow, the air element disappeared, and the teleportation array also vanished in a wisp of light, leaving only a barely perceptible trace on the spot.

This trace will completely disappear after a day. If Anser generates a teleportation array here every day to reach the pirate base, then after a year, this teleportation array will become permanent, destination: pirate base.

This is also one of the characteristics of teleportation arrays.

Anser didn't have time to pay attention to these things, focusing on maintaining the summoning spell, but he couldn't sense the state of the air element no matter what he did, as the distance was too great.

The fact that the spell was not interrupted indicates that the air element was not dead, which is also an important piece of information.

A few minutes later, a message flashed through Anser's mind:
[Target dead, gain 112 combat experience]

"A fight has broken out!"

Ultimately, summoning creatures is an extension of his power, and distance does not limit the effect of the dice.

He immediately checked the battle log, and the name of the deceased was: Elite Space Pirates!
"Haha, that's it!"

He nodded to Maeve, immediately picked up the teleportation cube, placed the seal face down on the ground, maintained focus for one minute, and generated a return circle to facilitate his return.

During this time, battle logs sounded several times, all from space pirates.

He quickly created another teleportation array leading to the pirate base and took Maeve inside.

Then he patted himself, and streams of magical light enveloped him: Flight, Fire Shield, Mage Armor, False Life, Detect Good and Evil...

The next second, a flash of light and shadow, and the person and the cat disappeared into the black tower at the same time.

Anser found himself in a spacious stone room, with a stone platform engraved with teleportation arrays beneath his feet. The door was open, and next to him lay a human male covered in bruises and blood oozing from his face.

He was clad in steel armor, wielding a sword and shield, and his robe was embroidered with a demon's head, which appeared to be the Balrog.

Shouts, screams, and thunder came from outside the door, creating an unusually noisy scene.

Anser leaped out of the room, through a corridor littered with corpses, and into a magnificent hall.

Chaos had broken out. Qi elementalists wielded two long whips of cloud energy, relentlessly pursuing the crowd. Thunder rumbled wherever they went, and no one could stand against them.

Dozens of space pirates fled in disarray, lacking even the courage to fight back.

Judging from the traces of the battle, they must have organized a counterattack, but needless to say, it failed.

I overestimated you.

Anser flew straight out of the hall, then quickly ascended to a higher altitude, using the moonlight to look down at the pirate base below.

It appears to be a small island, surrounded by a vast blue ocean, with several fishing villages scattered across it, their size obscured by darkness.

There is a small castle at my feet, which occupies a considerable area, but only has three floors at most.

On the flat top of the three-story main castle, there was a huge object shaped like a dragonfly.

Its two pairs of wings are spread out in parallel and slightly raised. The blue metallic surface glitters with starlight. Its slender legs support it as it quietly lies on the roof. In the dark, it looks just like a real dragonfly.

'Dragonfly Ship!'

A small French destroyer shaped like a dragonfly, both fast and sturdy, it cannot float on water but can land safely on land.

Dragonfly ships were often used as messenger vessels, armed transports, and command ships, and were favored by explorers, pirates, and military leaders.

(End of this chapter)