Magicians never make wishes

Chapter 103 You're simply a genius!

Barnes bent down, picked up the severed head he had shaken off from the ground, and was slightly dazed.

He turned to look at the other crew members.

Everyone ignored this completely, and didn't even pause their movements in controlling the flying boat.

Looking at the alchemical skull in his hand, Barnes's expression darkened slightly, and his fingers unconsciously tightened, squeezing the skull until it was dented and deformed.

The crew members in the captain's cabin were all alchemical puppets.

It's important to know that while alchemical golems are not comparable to alchemical puppets of different classes, their value far surpasses that of ordinary equipment.

Alchemy golems are various types of constructs and labor carriers, each with its own form depending on its purpose.

As the only apprentice in Secret Star City to be admitted, Barnes had only seen two guard-type alchemical golems in the city lord's mansion.

The two alchemical golems were clad in complete sets of mithril heavy armor, and their bodies were burly and heavy.

They usually guard the city lord's mansion like two cold statues.

However, once it senses a threat, it instantly transforms into a terrifying killing machine, its combat power alone enough to rival an entire elite adventurer squad.

The alchemical golems in the captain's cabin are clearly functional, their main purpose being to control the flying boat.

Each alchemical golem has a different responsibility.

There are specialists who control flight trajectories, those who maintain the airship's performance, and those who are responsible for magical shields —

It can be said that the alchemical golems in the captain's cabin form a complete system, and none of them can be missing.

At this moment, the magic shield is under attack.

The alchemical golem whose neck was broken by Barnes was responsible for maintaining the magical shield.

Without the alchemical golem, the airship's magical shield quickly developed a gap under the onslaught of lightning from the horde of Flash-Eating Wyverns.

It wasn't until a smaller Pteranodon flew in that everyone realized what was happening.

"Prepare for battle!"

The various groups immediately separated and launched attacks on the small, flash-eating pterosaurs hovering above the deck.

The magical energy surged, but most of it failed to hit the nimble pterosaur.

However, amidst the onslaught, two sharp attacks suddenly appeared simultaneously, overwhelming all the magic and slamming into the pterosaur.

The small, nimble pterosaur was severely injured and fell directly from the sky.

Ronan looked over and saw that they were two other apprentices who had qualified for admission and were now the leaders of the two groups.

It seems that apprentices who are qualified to enroll have a certain level of ability.

The Pteranodon crashed onto the deck, prompting cheers from the crowd.

But Ronan's expression didn't change at all.

He noticed that the gap in the magic shield was widening, and some of the larger Flash-eating Pteranodons had squeezed into the shield, causing an uproar among the crowd.

"Everyone, stand behind me and raise your shields!" a dark-skinned boy shouted, conjuring a giant shield in front of him. He then said, "Attack together, prioritizing the closest targets."

His giant shield spell can self-renew based on the number of people within a specified range.

The more people standing behind him, the stronger the defensive power of the giant shield.

It was through this magic that he became the leader of the small group.

Soon, several people stood behind him, all looking up to observe the increasing number of Flash-eating Pteranodons in the air.

The others did the same, immediately dividing themselves into zones, banding together for mutual support, and joining hands to fight against the attacking Flash-eating Pteranodon.

Two of these figures were isolated from their original group.

"I apologize, both of you. Iank and our leader have a good relationship, so—"

These two were the same two from Moonless City: the tall boy Wyatt and the short boy Zane.

They were originally members of a group, but unexpectedly, they were expelled from the group because of a verbal conflict with the green-haired, smirking man.

In an instant, the three from Moonless City, including Ronan, became independent and free individuals.

Faced with the attack of the Flash-eating Pteranodon, the two could only stand back to back and cooperate with each other to barely cope.

At first, there weren't many Pteranodons that crawled in, and several groups were able to team up to attack the same Pteranodon, giving the impression that there were too many monks and not enough porridge.

As the number of Flash-eating Pteranodons increased, some groups began to struggle against the increasingly dense lightning attacks.

Faced with the continuous barrage of red lightning, the giant shield erected by the dark-skinned youth had dimmed and was on the verge of completely collapsing.

The people behind him were terrified, as if they could see themselves being captured by a pterosaur and devoured alive.

Before the shield could shatter, the group abandoned the dark-skinned boy and scattered in all directions.

"Don't go, come back!" the dark-skinned boy shouted.

Without the support of these people, the shield simply wouldn't hold.

Sure enough, after only a moment, the giant shield supported by magic exploded.

The dark-skinned boy was blasted into the air, and before he could land, he was snatched up by a flying pterosaur and swallowed whole.

Faced with the fierce offensive, one group after another collapsed.

The scattered apprentices could not organize an effective resistance and quickly became food for the pterosaurs.

The same applies to the duo from Wuyue City.

Their initial act of self-defense has escalated into a frantic escape for their lives.

"Zane, what are the weaknesses of these monstrous things?!" the tall boy Wyatt asked as he ran.

The short boy Zane dodged a pounce from a small pterosaur and replied, "Adult Flash-Eating Pterosaurs feed on lightning, have tough skin, and possess strong magic resistance—"

"Weakness, weakness!"

Wyatt exclaimed in surprise; he had just been nearly hit by the red lightning.

"Pterodactyls are dragons too, use ice magic! It'll be somewhat effective against them," Zane shouted. "Quickly use your 'Frost Ray'!"

"I...I...I haven't mastered it yet!"

Wyatt panicked; his magical construct was still one step away from completion.

"At this point, let's give it a try first," Zain said, looking at the other person with a determined gaze, offering encouragement.

"good!"

Wyatt gritted his teeth and decided to ignore everything else, disregarding the complex connections between dots and lines and the overall structure, focusing only on ensuring the stability of the structure, and directly completing the final step of constructing the magical configuration.

Without time to verify, he immediately aimed at a pterosaur charging towards him, pointed his finger, and shouted, "Freezing Ray!"

The blue and white light on my finger lit up and then quickly dimmed.

Wyatt's expression immediately changed.

"We did it!" Zane shouted excitedly.

They thought they had nothing to lose and let Wyatt take a gamble, but unexpectedly, the spell actually succeeded.

He saw Wyatt raise his hand to cast a spell, and then the head of the winged dragon that was rushing towards him was instantly pierced through.

Its body instantly solidified into a giant block of ice in mid-air, crashing to the ground and shattering into a pile of ice crystals.

"Wyatt, you're a genius!" Zane praised without reservation.

"Me—am I?"

Wyatt stared blankly at his fingers, which had failed to cast the spell.