Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Other frost-skinned dwarves arrived one after another, catching the surrounding apprentices off guard.

"It's them again!? This is the second time!"

"Where did you come in from this time?"

"What's going on with those two guys behind us?"

"When will the team that's out on a mission be back?!"

……

The apprentices quickly reacted and sent a group of them to attack the crazed frost-skinned dwarves. Under the apprentices' attack, the frost-skinned dwarves were quickly wiped out.

"Heh, these frost-skinned dwarves really did use frost dragon blood to forcibly boost their strength. It's a pity that the concentration of this frost dragon blood is too low, and it's all been contaminated by other magical potions."

An apprentice, unable to contain his curiosity, spoke as he dissected the Frostskin Dwarf.

"Heh, I really don't know what's gotten into these Frostskin Dwarves and Azureflame People. This will only keep wearing down their fighting strength."

An apprentice looked at the soon-to-be-annihilated Azure Flame People and said smugly.

"Ha, this is the intelligence of inferior races."

"..."

Rice watched this scene quietly from the side, a completely different person now. His skin was sickly pale, and his face no longer held its former kind smile, only a stiff expression.

Even his once brilliant golden pupils were almost filled with a dense array of purple specks, and at this moment, his gaze was fixed on the frost-skinned dwarf's corpse, the purple substance in his eyes beginning to rapidly churn in all directions...

After a long while, he closed his eyes.

"Forget it, he's just a third-class apprentice who was forcibly promoted. I shouldn't waste this opportunity," he thought to himself.

After dealing with the crazed frost-skinned dwarf, the apprentices went to the back of the stronghold to look for the hole in the energy shield. It seemed that the energy shield had weakened considerably due to the influence of the black-robed dwarf.

The eerie blue fireballs continued to rain down on the energy shield, which began to tremble slightly. Some sharp-eyed apprentices noticed this and quickly shouted:

"Speed ​​up the attack! The energy shield is shaking; it won't hold for much longer! Go and fetch Lord Thorne immediately!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the blue flame people on the mountaintop seemed to have noticed the situation of the energy shield below. A tall blue flame person walked out. He was taller than the previous blue flame people, and the flames on his body were more solid.

He slowly approached the edge of the mountaintop, looking down at the stronghold below. The sorcery fired by the apprentices couldn't harm him at all, and the various elemental missiles that flew into his body were extinguished by the blue flames on his body.

Some apprentices noticed the ghostly blue flame human and exclaimed in alarm, "A ghostly blue flame human at the ultimate apprentice level—everyone, focus your attack on him!"

Upon hearing this, the other apprentices abandoned their current targets and began to focus their attacks on the tall, dark blue flame man.

The flames on the blue flame man's chest surged violently, and the next second, countless blue fireballs shot out from his chest like Gatling guns, so dense that it was almost impossible to see the gaps between them.

"Swoosh—boom boom, clang—boom—..."

The dense barrage of fireballs collided with an equally dense barrage of level zero sorcery, exploding into colorful smoke in the air.

Taking advantage of the surrounding smoke temporarily obscuring everyone's vision, the Extreme Apprentice Azure Flame Man reached out to another Azure Flame Man beside him.

Wisps of dark blue flame emanated from the flame-man's body, as if drawn by an invisible force, slowly gathering in its palm to form a solid fireball.

The blue flame warrior, stripped of its flames, struggled violently in place. Its body shrank and dimmed at a visible speed as the flames were removed. The other blue flame warriors who witnessed this scene were frozen in place, none daring to step forward to stop it.

"Roar—clang!"

Soon, with the last weak roar of the Azure Flame Man, its body completely disintegrated, and the remaining charred rocks fell to the ground, leaving only a pile of debris.

A huge fireball appeared in the palm of the Limit Apprentice. Its entire body was a deep blue, like a flame tempered with ice. Deep within the center of the ball, the dying roar of the blue flame man could still be faintly heard.

Without the slightest hesitation, the tall, dark blue flame man suddenly raised his arm and hurled the fireball he had condensed in his palm at the energy shield. The fireball trailed a path through the air and crashed straight into the crumbling barrier with a whistling sound.

The apprentices inside the energy shield were unaware of the impending danger. Through the dissipating smoke, they glimpsed a streak of eerie blue fire shooting towards them like an arrow.

"Boom boom boom—crack!"

The next second, a deafening explosion erupted, as if the entire energy shield was trembling violently under the impact. As the fireball exploded and the energy shield was depleted of magic, it shattered completely, exposing the apprentices inside the stronghold to the enemy.

The fireball's energy wasn't exhausted; it exploded the instant it hit the energy shield. The separated, eerie blue flames rained down from the sky, carrying scorching heat, densely pelting everything below.

"Boom—Boom—Aaaaaah!!"

Some apprentices were unable to dodge in time and were struck by the flames. A small patch of blue flame immediately ignited on their bodies. Instead of spreading, the flames continued to penetrate the apprentices' flesh until their bones were burned away.

"Where is Lord Thorne? Why hasn't he arrived yet!"

"They've gone out again! Those frost-skinned dwarves must have known about this to dare to launch a surprise attack—it was the same last time!"

The Azure Flame continued to hurl fireballs, which instantly destroyed the surrounding buildings. Of course, the wizard apprentices of Everfrost Spire were not to be underestimated. They immediately activated defensive magic and, after adjusting their state, launched a counterattack against the enemies on the mountaintop.

It seemed their only goal was to destroy the energy shield, and after harassing the Blue Flame Man for a while, they prepared to leave.

"Whoosh—"

Suddenly, a freezing ray shot out from a distance of the stronghold. Although it was called a freezing ray, it was as thick as a washbasin. The freezing ray was very fast and hit the head of the extreme apprentice in one go.

Its head exploded with a bang, and the eerie blue flames on its head instantly dissipated into the air. Then the flames on its entire body gradually dissipated, leaving only a pile of charred rocks.

"Swish, swish, swish"

Immediately afterwards, countless tiny freezing rays shot out, and the remaining blue flame people were blown to pieces before they could react. In an instant, only charred black rocks remained on the ground.

The newcomer was a formal wizard, but not Thorne Callent, but Logs Meier, who had escorted Hughes and the others to the Everfrost Spire.

He is now the garrison wizard of Outpost 6, which is next to Outpost 7. When the person in charge of Outpost 7 could not contact Thorne, he had no choice but to contact the wizard Logs, who was closer.