Chapter 515 - 483: The Limit of a Mortal
Clang! Clang! The loud crashing of doors echoed throughout the prison as the dwarves, with their formidable destructive power, smashed numerous doors one after another. They surged into the cells and severed the silver chains that bound the elder mages to the walls.
Da Fei immediately approached the first elder that was rescued and urgently asked, "Can you fight? I need your help!"
The elder, gasping for breath and looking feeble, replied, "We need to wait a bit. We were imprisoned here by the evil Prince, who has been draining our Mana. Right now, I have no Mana."
Draining Mana? Holy moly, human batteries!
Da Fei then asked, "Why does the Prince want to drain your Mana?"
The elder tremblingly said, "To create a god! The Prince has imprisoned mages like us who have committed offences or have been captured from other places. He continuously drains our Mana with silver chains, channeling it non-stop to his god-making base. Hero, we must hurry, the Prince’s god might intervene, and that is not something mortals can contend with!"
Da Fei was stunned, incredulous! No way! A god appearing in a mission? This game is playing for high stakes!
Fine! Let’s see who’s greedier, me or the Prince. Recruiting a thousand dwarves isn’t enough for me; I also want to recruit all the elder mages from the prison! Even if a god appears, taking one more mage with me is still a win! Man, these are mages, no matter how weak they seem, even if they can only cast one spell, it’s still beyond what ordinary NPC citizens can achieve!
Da Fei loudly commanded, "Everyone, hurry and rescue the others!"
"Roger that!" The dwarves became even more enthusiastic. Now, 5 or 6 elders had been rescued, sitting on the ground with their eyes closed, meditating to restore their Mana.
Meanwhile, Da Fei glanced anxiously between the fiercely struggling Douglas and the elders, feeling extremely anxious. Seeing Douglas’s Life Value drop below half, he couldn’t help but yell, "Elders, have you recovered your Mana yet? We’re about to collapse here!"
The elders were startled, shook their heads and muttered, "Ah, I accidentally fell asleep just now..."
—Argh! Da Fei violently spurted a mouthful of blood! How could they sleep through such noise?
One elder then said, "I’ve recovered 5 points of Mana; I can cast a Magic Arrow."
"I have 8 points of Mana, 2 points shy of casting Lightning Skill, so let’s go with Magic Arrow."
"Alright, let’s all cast Magic Arrows together!"
"No no no, I think we should wait a bit and cast Lightning together!"
"No no no, let’s have the hero decide, whatever he says goes!"
Da Fei, tearfully, said, "Then let’s wait! Cast Lightning!"
In this game, due to balance restrictions on spells, except for a few Magic Watchtowers, magic damage is evenly distributed across the entire team. Meaning, 100 points of spell damage hitting 10 gunners each with 10 points of Life Value would precisely annihilate them. If there’s an additional gunner in the team, no one would die, but everyone would be near death (precisely, each gunner would have 0.91 points of Life Value left).
So, if the enemy’s team has a massive number of gunners, the spell wouldn’t pose much of a threat. Ultimately, the game developers still see mages as a support class and don’t want the game in its later stages to turn into a laser and magic duel like Star Wars, nor do they wish for the presence of mages making troop formations laughable and meaningless.
Of course, this also makes mages extremely weak against high Magic Resistance Level 4 creatures and elite bosses during the early to mid-game. A few spells would injure but not kill, an utterly frustrating feeling. Even more frustrating, after a battle, using up all Mana and having to sit and meditate to recover. Hence, the frustration of mage players in the early stages surpasses that of Crossbow Cannon Players. At least, Crossbow Cannon Players have a blast in battle.
Da Fei didn’t want to suffer the frustration of hitting monsters without killing them, so he just had to endure it.
Now, more and more elders were being rescued, and the first few had finally recovered their Mana—Boom!!!
Several flashes of Lightning illuminated the prison, and the nearly defeated mechanical guards attacking Douglas fell in swathes! The situation turned in an instant!
Da Fei heaved a long sigh of relief. Good! With so many mages in formation, taking turns to recover and bombarding the enemy, he couldn’t believe this wouldn’t solve these guards! As for now, there was nothing much to say, just advance quickly to the cell where the beloved female clan leader of the Dark Elf was imprisoned!
At this moment, the prison’s alarm blared, the Kingdom’s pursuers had reached the fourth layer, and Da Fei had finally met the legendary Dark Elf female clan leader, bound in chains!
Silver hair, crimson eyes, enchanting face, pale skin!
Yes! This is the legendary Dark Elf! Dark Elves and Forest Elves were originally the same tribe, but a long time ago, due to a major disagreement, an Elf Tribe broke away from the Kingdom. They fled to the underground, living a very harsh and impoverished primal life, undergoing physical mutations and gaining the ability to see in the dark. Furthermore, their social system evolved into a matriarchal society, with women holding a revered ruling position in Dark Elf society.
Of course, those who think Dark Elves have dark skin are greatly mistaken. Dark Elves aren’t dark at all; instead, due to never seeing sunlight, their skin is unusually pale, only comparable to that of a vampire.
Seeing Da Fei arrive, she gave Da Fei an incredibly enchanting smile, and the red name above her head immediately turned green!
In that instant, Da Fei was intoxicated, all his previous worries vanished! I said it, how could the female heroes in the game be tortured into ugliness, at most she is in this level 1 state right now! Brother stirred up such a big commotion, all for you, brother has made it worth it!
How many female heroes does brother have? But apart from Deirdre, who else has smiled at brother like this? For her smile alone, brother could just leave behind those thousand dwarves and let’s return to the city right away! Haha! Wahahaha!
Da Fei excitedly unlocked and removed her shackles himself. At that moment, she smiled and gazed at Da Fei, sending his heart soaring into the clouds!
All was conveyed without need for words. Even Douglas was aware, not to mention the cunning Dark Elf. Whether her intentions were true or false, it was important to rescue her first and instruct her slowly after. Haha, wahahaha!
When all her shackles were removed, she leaned weakly against Da Fei, giggling, "Hero, take Elena out, and Elena will be your most loyal subordinate."
That was exactly what he was waiting to hear! Da Fei excitedly said, "We’ll head back immediately, I’ll carry you!"
Elena giggled, "Thank you, hero! Once Elena recovers her Mana, she will also fight for the hero!"
Da Fei firmly carried Elena on his back, his spirit soaring with the beauty in his arms, and with a grand gesture, he announced, "To the Otherworld escape passage, forward!"
The entire cell block erupted in cheers!
Douglas charged ahead, rushing into the passage which led to a spacious circular hall guarded by a giant Magma Dragon, its body surging with lava, no smaller than Douglas himself.
All the shouting dwarfs fell instantly silent at the sight of this terrifying ultimate being!
Da Fei was even more shocked!
Magma Dragon, the Dwarf Clan’s pride among terrestrial 7th level soldiers, a terrifying Elemental Life born from Earth Fire Magma. Its attack, defense, and damage attributes exceed those of all other races’ 7th level soldiers. What made it even more horrifying was its splashing special skill. Whoever struck it would cause high-temperature magma to splash out, rebounding to all those nearby. Moreover, it could spit magma, inflicting massive damage to enemy troops at mid-range. This being was not something Low-level Soldiers could overwhelm with numbers!
Perhaps in a normal mission, this was a BOSS that required Stealth to bypass, but now with thousands in the group, there was no avoiding it.
The pursuers were just behind; this was the last and most critical battle for freedom. Douglas was prepared to fight to the death, and for the other dwarves, if sacrifice was inevitable, then go in peace. He would remember them!
Da Fei shouted, "Douglas, fight him! All Mages, concentrate fire!"
Initially stunned, all the dwarfs regained their courage and let out ferocious roars that shook the prison, "Charge!!!"
At that moment, the entire hall was filled with flashes and roars of thunder, as a thundering huge black hole suddenly appeared! Da Fei’s screen was also alight with red flashes continuously blinking from the Reconnaissance Skill alert!
—Boom!!!
A giant lightning bolt thundered down from the black hole, striking Douglas who was leading, and with a miserable yell, he fell to the ground!
"History... ends..."
—System Prompt: Your troop Douglas was killed by an unknown powerful being!
Da Fei’s eyes nearly popped out of his skull, Douglas was instantly killed!
All Mages cried out in panic, "Can’t cast spells!" "Forbidden Magic Domain!" "It’s a god!"
Da Fei’s eyelid twitched, a god?
A majestic and elusive voice came from the black hole, "Mortals, have limitations! Mortals must understand their capabilities, and now, you’ve reached your limit! All my servants, continue to return to your cages and contribute your strength; this is a fate you cannot escape!"
"No! No! Don’t!!!" Elena on Da Fei’s back trembled with terror!
Da Fei was even more shaken, what could he do when even a god appeared?
"As for you—"
A bolt of lightning from the black hole pointed at Da Fei, "Hand over the Douglas Divine Artifact fragment, or this prison will be your eternal home, death won’t free you. As the Child of Destiny, you’ve done well, but you’ve reached your limit. You know how to choose!"
Da Fei’s heart raced! Trapping a player in a prison? Unable to escape even by logging in and out or through death? Could he complain to the game company?
No! He had one more move! Only a Divine Artifact could counter a god, and there was still one Divine Artifact he hadn’t used. If even the Divine Artifact couldn’t get him past, he would accept it!
Da Fei clenched his teeth and pulled out the Alena Tree Branch given by the Habbit Village Chief. Though Space Teleportation was not possible here, perhaps a Plane shielding? He had used it to avoid the Demigod Eight-Headed Snake, now, let’s see if it can help him avoid this god!
—Plane Shielding!!!
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