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Chapter 305 - Chapter 305 Chapter 304 Guarding Fiercely No Escape Even if

Chapter 305: Chapter 304: Guarding Fiercely, No Escape Even if There’s a Way Chapter 305: Chapter 304: Guarding Fiercely, No Escape Even if There’s a Way The battle continued relentlessly…

Richard, who acted as a spectator in a corner, watched the battle, his thoughts churning.

To be honest, wizard-level battles, compared to apprentice-level battles, though improved, were no longer just about standing and outputting spells. There was dodging and interaction, but the essence of the difference was not very significant.

It still followed the “You attack, I defend; I defend, you attack” turn-based cycle. Perhaps a bit faster, gaining the upper hand in combat could give a slight advantage. However, relying on this advantage to kill an equally powerful opponent in a short time was nearly impossible.

In summary, in the current Wizard World, all battles were conservatively biased, with defense being greater than offense, which was the exact opposite of modern Earth–where offense outweighed defense.

On modern Earth, theoretically, there are no indestructible hostile targets.

In the age of cold weapons, an enemy, no matter how sturdy their armor, would still fall to the sharp two-handed sword or the heavy warhammer.

In the era of firearms, an enemy wearing ordinary bullet-proof vests couldn’t withstand the bullets fired from high-powered rifles, let alone bullets from anti-material sniper rifles.

With the power of advanced mature firearms, it only took one bullet to land on a person, and even if they wore double-layered bullet-proof vests and a heavy bullet-proof helmet, they would still be penetrated, severely injured, or even killed. Even if the bullet couldn’t penetrate the bullet-proof vest and helmet, the released kinetic energy would still shatter bones and break necks. At that point, the body would be intact, but the person would be dead.

From a certain perspective, the primary function of bullet-proof vests, helmets, and undergarments wasn’t to defend against direct bullet hits but to protect against shrapnel flying unpredictably on the battlefield.

Offense over defense was evident.

Elevate infantry by one level to tanks, fighter jets, or battleships, and the situation was similar. The attacks issued by tanks, jets, and battleships, if they hit, had a great chance of destroying targets of equivalent level.

This led to combat on modern Earth being especially focused on the “spot and destroy first” principle, where obtaining the initiative likely meant winning the battle.

Currently, wizard world battles, when considered in the context of modern Earth, seemed somewhat magical: It was like both sides were fighting with weapons outdated by generations.

Apprentice battles were like two people in armor, each wielding a wooden stick and bashing each other until exhausted, struggling to determine a victor.

The ongoing battle between Eva and Suo Men was more like two people sitting in tanks, each controlling a fire gun or small-caliber mortar, firing at each other. Even hitting each other dozens of times, they were still protected by several hundred millimeters of metal armor. Unless a miracle happened, like exploiting an unnoticed fatal flaw, it was difficult to end the fight quickly.

This manner of fighting might not be stupid but likely evolved from hundreds, even thousands of years of development in the wizard world, a result of the collective influence among wizards.

Perhaps precisely because of this, wizards were able to proliferate in numbers; otherwise, like on modern Earth where “offense outweighs defense,” the high mortality rate in wizard battles would drastically reduce their numbers. Then, whether wizards could have become the dominant force at the current time would be questionable–they might have been bound to fire racks and burned like in the medieval times of Earth.

But coming back to it, such a method of fighting might be rational and suitable for most in the current world, yet it wasn’t the most powerful and had much room for improvement.

For Richard, if he were to fight, he certainly wouldn’t do it this way.

As Richard thought this, the battle between Eva and Suo Men had gone through numerous exchanges, clashing in countless dazzling spells, leaving the courtyard ground a mess, pitted and covered with burns from flames and cuts from wind blades.

And in this process, Eva had surprisingly gained the upper hand.

What Angel had mentioned earlier, that Eva had killed a teacher from the White Stone Tower, must be true–Eva indeed had the capability.

Eva was clearly no ordinary first-level wizard, likely a high peak existence among them, stronger in combat power than Dempsey from the Giants’ Crew.

Richard thought.

At that moment, Eva released a new spell, causing a multitude of air to gather around her once again and then shape into slender whips. These weren’t just one or two, seven or eight, or even a dozen whips, but dozens of them.

The attack was nearly overwhelming, continuously lashing at Suo Men.

“Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!”

Shape Energy Wind Magic*First Circle High Order*Wind Frenzy Dance!

Faced with this attack, Suo Men was forced to re-establish the Flame Shield he had previously used, struggling to defend himself while retreating.

Eva’s momentum was growing stronger, and her attacks became increasingly intense, slowly pushing Suo Men back into a corner.

Suo Men appeared somewhat disheveled, while Mu Konni had dodged far away, wearing an indifferent expression.

Eva glanced at Suo Men and Mu Konni, her eyes bursting with a fierce light. Suddenly, she abandoned her attack on Suo Men, stamped her foot furiously, and with the aid of a Flying Spell, her body surged towards the sky, ready to escape.

From the beginning, Eva did not really trust what Mu Konni had said, after all, watching a comrade being killed without saying a word, who would believe that? And she was sure to lose if it came to a two against one.

Actually, even though she had a certain advantage against Suo Men alone, defeating him was still very difficult. Even if she did truly defeat and kill Suo Men, because of the excessive consumption of her power, she would lack the strength to confront Mu Konni. Therefore, she had been planning to break out, and now seemed to be the best opportunity.

In an instance, Eva’s body had risen dozens of meters into the air, about to escape far away when suddenly she seemed to crash into some protective shield. She let out a cry as her body plummeted like a bird with broken wings.

Despite taking some protective measures while falling, she still made a “bang” sound when she hit the ground, creating a crater in the courtyard.

“Ah!”

Eva spat out a mouthful of blood and slowly walked out of the dirt pit, glaring at Suo Men and Mu Konni: “You! You bastards!”

Suo Men remained expressionless, while Mu Konni let out a cold laugh and mocked, “Hey, I told you, fighting honestly against Suo Men was your only way out. But you had to try to escape, well then, sorry.

You should know, unseen by you, I’ve taken quite a few precautions, prepared for your escape, prepared for your call for help, and prepared for you making a loud noise to attract the White Stone Tower flies.

In any case, you were never going to successfully escape.

Besides, I really want to ask you, are you stupid? Even without my precautions, we two wizards are right here. You trying to use a Flying Spell to escape right under our noses? Hah, we would just need to react in time and it would be too easy to shoot you down. Do you really not know what death is?”

Mu Konni’s words were not an exaggeration, but the truth.

In the present Wizard World, although wizards can engage in flight combat, most of the time, they avoid flying if possible.

The reason is simple, flying in the air increases mana consumption, and dodging and moving are somewhat restricted, thereby reducing their power.

Thus, only when there is an absolute power advantage, under the premise of overwhelming power, would one opt for aerial attacks. In a fight against someone of the same level under normal circumstances, unnecessary ascension exposes many flaws, dragging the combat into a terribly unfavorable situation.

Eva of course knew these things, but just now, she thought that Suo Men and Mu Konni would not react in time, which is why she risked using the Flying Spell to break out. Little did she know, Mu Konni had been wary all along.

Truly deserving of death!