Chapter 887 - 157: Abhorrence and the Path of Survival

What is Magic?

In the eyes of those Legendary Casters, magic is the process of reshaping and manipulating the magical elemental energy that can be controlled in the world, combining one’s imagination with acquired knowledge.

Then, in a specific way, it manifests the magic effect in a specific area.

Therefore, even if two legendary casters release the same magic in the same region, the effects they demonstrate can be different.

As Ancestral Red Dragon Karon Gogomola puts it, the spells of these legendary casters inherently carry the caster’s thoughts, cognition, and will, a concept on an entirely different level from ordinary mages who only know how to use fixed magic techniques.

Just like the cognizance and mastery of the plane teleportation gate combined with space skills, in the hands of Legendary Mage Reito, it forms a peculiar loop.

Even the powerful alchemical weapons like ’Mordain’s Fury’ and ’Amat’s Tooth,’ fired from the watchtowers around the Dorabi City Wall to destroy and obliterate those trapped in the space loop channels created by the legendary casters, cannot break this space loop channel.

These powerful weapons instantly merge into these layers of illusory open portals, like hounds eternally chasing the bodies of adult giant dragons that perpetually fall, yet never able to touch the dragons’ bodies.

Even the few other dragons and the Imperial Guard Warriors and Storm Giants supporting the Golden Empire that descended and flattened their own watchtower can’t cause any damage to this seemingly simple spell by the legendary mage.

Buzz, buzz, buzz

Intense energy erupts from the magic core, jetting out strong streams of magic elements from the exhaust ports on the heavy armor ankle guards of the Imperial Guard Warriors, like two fierce liquid flames.

This propulsion allows those Imperial Guard Warriors, bound by heavy armor and without flying ability, to temporarily escape the gravitational pull of the earth and hover in mid-air.

The heavy magical armor, weighing several tons, is not just a thick defensive layer but also loads many complex energy transmission circuitry systems, among which is the transmission control link for individual flight power systems.

Although the Empire’s current technology cannot yet condense and load the main brain of war onto these heavy armors, allowing the Imperial Guard Warriors to more easily and freely control their armor.

Every Imperial Guard Warrior has undergone prolonged training and does not appear strained in controlling their heavy armor.

Some Imperial Guard Warriors even found their first battle after joining the guard force being taken by the commanders to small, remote military outposts established by the Golden Empire in the Abyss and Hell for training.

The coordinate planes of the Northern Plane of the Northern Continent of Icaria World and the Golden Empire are all blacklisted by the demons and devils near Icaria, but that doesn’t matter.

Demons and devils dislike coming to the Icaria World, but the Golden Empire loves venturing into the Abyss and Hell.

Although the strongholds established by these Imperial Guard Warriors are chosen in remote corners of the Abyss and Hell, they do not blindly assert that the Golden Empire’s power alone can allow them to roam freely in the Abyss and Hell.

Yet, even in the most remote parts of the Abyss and Hell, there is never a shortage of demons and devils that can serve as targets for training.

So every Imperial Guard Warrior is forged from blood and fire as part of the strongest legion, relying not just on their armor and strength.

"This is not simply a stacking of teleportation magic; pure brute force can’t solve this problem!"

The Imperial Guard Decurion hovers in the air, with magic-driven penetrating cannons on his shoulders and hand cannons on the armor’s arms emitting wisps of magical residual light.

"Call for aerial support, have the Aerial Mage Tower teleport the Empire’s Reserve Mage Corps, summon the Empire’s Mage Legions to solve this issue!"

The Imperial Guard Decurion orders his warriors, "We need to retreat temporarily; this legendary caster in the stronghold is not a target we can resolve. First, thoroughly clear the other strongholds!"

"Received! Preparing to retreat!"

"Order received! Executing tactics!"

On the ground, Imperial Guard Warriors organized in squads in formations are retreating.

A few Storm Giants wielding huge steel forks sweep away the densely packed otherworldly creatures, magic puppets, and the massive legion of clay golems serving as cannon fodder pouring out of the watchtower stronghold, beginning to follow the retreating steps of the Imperial Guard Warriors in other directions.

These otherworldly creatures summoned through the Gate of the Otherworld by Legendary Mage Reito and the alchemical constructs accumulated by this caster throughout their years of growth quickly form a true legion.

And they continue to pour out from the watchtower, with in moments having hundreds of auxiliary warriors occupying a whole section of the Dorabi City Wall defense line, surrounding the entire watchtower stronghold impenetrably.

This is merely basic operation of a legendary mage, and this is still because Reito, this legendary caster, has recently ascended to legend, lacking enough time to accumulate personal resources while exploring magic knowledge.

Moreover, Reito is skilled at space magic, and although he has proficiency in alchemical magic knowledge, it’s not his specialty.

Suppose it were before those skilled in alchemical magic and realizing a short-term inability for further progress, having ample time legendary caster before them. They only need to open their created half-plane, and they could instantly pour out many times more the cannon fodder golem legion and magical auxiliary casting puppets.