Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 232 - 16 Escape from Death

Chapter 232: Chapter 16 Escape from Death

“Damn it, how could these Fire Lizards be here?”

As he saw the Fire Lizards appear on the horizon, Iyad cursed and immediately began to adjust the turret of the Magic Support Vehicle.

There were over a hundred attackers, and each one was riding a Dragon Beast, which looked like camels and moved with incredible speed, even faster than the Magic Support Vehicle under the control of the Fire Lizards.

“What are those four things ahead?”

The leading Black Corner Fire Lizard was somewhat confused as he watched the four Magic Support Vehicles speeding towards them. He glanced at the compass in his hand, which indicated that one of those iron beasts had attacked the Silver Horned Nobles.

“A new weapon of the Wizards? No matter!”

The Black Corner Fire Lizard let out a piercing screech, and hearing the call, the Fire Lizards quickly adjusted their formation – the flanking Fire Lizard Knights sped up, while those in the middle took down their giant bows, as tall as a man.

The limbs of the great bows were pitch-black but still revealed faint golden patterns – they were all products of Giant Dragon Alchemy.

The Fire Lizards took out equally jet-black arrows from the quivers on their waists. The shaft of each arrow was as wide as two fingers, and their razor-sharp tips could tear apart any enemy standing in their way.

The members of the Red Soil Prairie patrol team were all hunters, and aside from patrolling, they also hunted the Flame Giant Beasts that emerged from the Magma Network.

Both sides, the Fire Lizard Knights and the Wizards, drew their bows and poised their arrows.

“Spread out! Number One, head thirty degrees northeast; Number Two, fifteen degrees northeast; Number Four, thirty degrees northwest. At a distance of three kilometers, fire at will!”

Following Iyad’s order through the mental network, the Magic Support Vehicles adjusted their formation.

The turret let out a silent roar, and again, the sky was filled with the devastating firestorm that had obliterated Cliff’s team.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The patrol team was caught off guard by the barrage.

When confronted with the Wizards’ Magic Concentrated Fire, the Fire Lizards’ first thought was of a fortress. Hence, their initial response was to encircle, not to break through head-on.

No fortress was without flaws; given enough circling, they could always find the weakness.

But they learned a lesson from the Magic Support Vehicles’ Magic Concentrated Fire.

“Spread out! Spread out!”

While cleaving a flaming Fireball headed his way with a Scimitar, the Black Corner Fire Lizard then rhythmically blew into the Bone Whistle hanging around his neck.

The piercing sound of the Bone Whistle cut through the blast roar and reached the ears of every Fire Lizard.

The Fire Lizard patrol quickly dispersed.

“Never mind them; push the speed to the max and charge straight through!” Richard communicated to Iyad via a Spiritual Message, “This thing has excellent impact resistance; don’t bother with those Fire Lizards!”

A metal construction weighing tens of tons speeding at 120 kilometers per hour was something even third-level creatures like the Fire Lizards would avoid.

Without an Energy Barrier or a refined Physique, even third-level creatures could be crushed by a construction truck.

Upon hearing this, Iyad immediately issued a command through the mental network, and the engines of all four Magic Support Vehicles roared and their speed surged.

The distant Fire Lizards had also recovered from the Magic Concentrated Fire by now. As their formation was quite loose from the start, they had only lost a quarter of their group to the barrage.

This loss was bearable for the Fire Lizard patrol.

“Release arrows!”

The Black Corner Fire Lizard roared in anger as the crisp sound of the bowstrings echoed in the air.

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But that was just the beginning.

Draw, shoot… Draw, shoot… Each Fire Lizard Knight was an expert at mounted archery. With moon-shaped bows and thunder-like strings, they emptied a quiver in just a minute or two.

Each arrow, imbued with unstoppable sharpness, struck the armored plates of the Magic Support Vehicles, igniting flashes of Runes.

The windshield of the Magic Support Vehicle, seemingly the most fragile part of the machine, was where Richard had purposefully installed the most intricate Defense Magic Array.

Where arrows would spark and dent the armored plates, they didn’t even leave a mark on the windshield, which deflected them all without a trace of harm.

In an instant, the two forces collided.

Agilely avoiding the vehicles, the Fire Lizard Knights hacked wildly at the Magic Support Vehicles with their Scimitars as they passed by.

The Fire Lizards were no fools; being hit by such contraptions would certainly mean certain death.

Bang!

One Fire Lizard Knight failed to dodge in time and was grazed on the thigh by a Magic Support Vehicle. His body flew through the air, with half of it turned to a bloody pulp.

After the collision, the Fire Lizard Knights turned around and began to chase the convoy from behind.

Arrows struck the Magic Support Vehicles, sparking off them as the leading Fire Lizard Captain angrily shouted:

“Damn it, aim for my Identification Arrow!”

After saying that, the Fire Lizard Captain drew his bow and nocked an arrow, whose tip blazed with ferocious flames.

Whoosh! Bang!

The arrow struck the armored plate of the Magic Support Vehicle, leaving behind a flaming mark.

Soon, several arrows concentrated on the fiery spot, immediately creating a massive dent, as the glow of the Runes began to dim.

“Concentrating their fire on one point? These Fire Lizards have quite the eyesight.”

Richard noticed the Fire Lizards’ tactics and his brow furrowed in an instant.

Indeed, this method could breach the armor plating of a Magic Support Vehicle; once there was a gap in the armor, a collapse was only a matter of time.

But, with the Fire Lizards so close, the turret was useless even if repaired.

“Iyad, tell all Wizards except the driver to come out, we need to deal with these Fire Lizards!”

Iyad immediately issued commands through the spiritual network upon hearing the order. He had long been wanting his team members to come out and face the enemy, but since Richard was fiddling with the turret, he thought the Magic Support Vehicle might still have some unexpected uses.

The armored plates around the turret began to open, and the squad members inside started to attack the nearby Fire Lizards with spells.

“Richard, you drive, I’ll take command.”

Richard erected a Magic Barrier and flew out from behind the armored plate. The moment he showed himself, three black arrows flew toward him.

Buzz!

The arrows struck the Magic Barrier, causing ripples to spread across its surface, as Richard responded with two casts of the Fireball Technique.

Boom!

The Fireball Technique exploded, instantly engulfing a Fire Lizard Knight.

Upon entering the Stance Room, Richard immediately took over the Magic Support Vehicle, and Iyad likewise left the Stance Room to begin directing the squad members in battle.

However, the Magic Support Vehicle was a new weapon, and the White Wizard Army had not yet designed a corresponding combat method.

This made Iyad’s command quite awkward.

But fortunately, the armored plates of the Magic Support Vehicle provided good cover. Relying on several armored plates, the squad quickly finished off the approaching Fire Lizard Knights, and the remaining Fire Lizard Knights also kept a considerable distance from them.

The situation seemed to be improving…

Bang!

When an arrow struck the connecting point of a track, the Magic Support Vehicle, which was moving quickly, immediately tipped over.

That arrow had successfully severed the track of the Magic Support Vehicle.

Seeing the Number Three vehicle in such a state, the other three stopped as well.

“Damn it!”

Richard cursed and immediately informed Iyad that the track was destroyed.

“Can it be fixed?” Iyad asked.

“It can, but there’s no need now, we can also…”

Richard didn’t finish his sentence when a batch of black arrows started flying towards the tracks of the Magic Support Vehicle.

Clearly, the Fire Lizard Knights had discovered the weakness of the Magic Support Vehicle.

“What about now?”

Iyad swung out a whirlwind stitch, and the high-speed rotating air currents instantly severed the hooves of two Dragon Beasts.

“…Let’s wipe out this group of Fire Lizards,” Richard said somewhat helplessly.

Now they either had to kill all these Fire Lizards or abandon the vehicle and flee.

But the number of these Fire Lizards was still far from enough for them to abandon the vehicle and escape…

Suddenly, a faint rumbling sound came from the Red Soil Plain. On the path that Richard and his team had passed, it seemed something was coming their way.

Richard narrowed his eyes and cast the Eagle Eye Technique on himself.

Upon seeing clearly what was making the noise, Richard’s face turned ashen.

“Abandon the vehicle! Abandon the vehicle! The main force of the Fire Lizards is coming!”

As soon as Richard’s words fell, a dark cloud swiftly approached, and upon closer inspection, the cloud turned out to be a swarm of black arrows.

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The rain of arrows fell, and Magic Barriers shattered in response, while over half of the squad members were turned into a mist of blood by the arrow storm.

And the few remaining Wizards, aside from Richard, Iyad, and Savo, all turned pale with fear. Sampo, the most injured among them, had one side of his body gruesomely mangled, and his writhing flesh kept squeezing the black arrows out of his insides.

“Run! Split up and run!” Iyad immediately made the decision.

Now that the squad had lost more than half its members, the formation could still be used, but a few more waves of arrow storms, and even with a combined Magic Shield, they would die.

It was better to disperse their forces and make the Fire Lizards lose interest.

Deploying too many troops for one or two Wizards was clearly not worth it.

Upon hearing this, Richard rapidly flew to the Magic Support Vehicle without hesitation, and deftly tampered with something underneath the turret.

After fiddling around, Richard sent a spiritual message to Iyad:

“I’ve turned these vehicles into bombs; they should buy us some time.”

Then, without any hesitation, Richard swiftly flew into the distance.

The remaining members of the squad, aside from the Kor brothers, all fled in separate directions.

Within a few minutes, the Fire Lizard Army arrived at the Magic Support Vehicle.

“Do you think these Wizards managed to create the effect of Magic Concentrated Fire with this machine?” A Silver Horned Fire Lizard walked up to the Magic Support Vehicle, speaking incredulously.

“Yes sir, we saw with our own eyes how this thing here launched a Fireball that could compare to Magic Concentrated Fire,” a Black Corner Fire Lizard replied.

“Well, this certainly is a valuable item. Wrap up these chunks of iron and send them to the rear for the craftsmen to study…”

The Silver Horned Fire Lizard had not finished speaking when it suddenly changed color as if sensing something, and quickly moved backwards.

Boom!

A white light burst into the sky, but like a shooting star, vanished rapidly.

Near the Magic Support Vehicle, the Silver Horned Fire Lizard got up from the ground, continuously spitting out golden blood. Around him, several of the patrol leaders had been reduced to pieces.

The Silver Horned Fire Lizard issued orders in a furious rage: “Chase them down! Not a single one of these Wizards can be spared! I will feed them all to the Dragon Beasts!”