Mage Manual
Chapter 520 - 424 Urging the All-Knowing Weaver to Release More Updates

Chapter 520: Chapter 424 Urging the All-Knowing Weaver to Release More Updates

In the Wonder of the Six Nations, only the Spider Web could perform standard teleportation effects!

Images like the Spider Tower Army’s sudden raids on the Giant Wood Fortress have been staged countless times over the past thousand years! Even Denzel himself had personally planned dozens of such raids!

The importance of the Concept Avatar lies in its ability not only to strengthen troop types but also to extend the reach of the Wonder!

In the Wars of the Six Nations without the protection of the Wonder, the Heroic Soul Army would be utterly exposed, no different from streaking. It was definitely worthwhile for Denzel to go through great pains to crush the Star Cluster Avatar because in this Seal Minister War, the Star Hall could only assemble a grand army around the remaining three concepts, which means they could fight on three fronts at most; any more would be impossible!

Each additional Concept Avatar meant one more unit that could be mobilized strategically, allowing the Wonder to interfere in one more battlefield.

Therefore, after losing the Secret Avatar, Denzel knew that under normal circumstances, there was absolutely no hope of victory—Spider Tower had only two concepts left, meaning they could only send two grand armies to fight, unable to form any strategic depth, barely managing to defend themselves.

Once the White Bull made another round, if Ash and the others still refused to quietly embrace death, Denzel would need to send elite armies to raid the Blood Tomb or Star Hall using the Spider Web to ignite the war; otherwise, by the time everyone completed their strategic Wonder, Spider Tower would only be able to watch other forces flourish like mere underlings.

Although Ash and the others did not know the true nature of the Wonder, seeing the purple halo emitted by the Soul Summoning Technique Spirit and spotting the purple streaks where the sports car had urinated along the way, how could they not know they had been exploited by the Empress during a trial period?

"Why didn’t she use this trick to capture us earlier?" Diya, who had somehow switched back again, perhaps because she had been so fiercely pursued by the Empress previously, displayed something akin to Stockholm syndrome, trying to find a trace of humanity in the Empress, "Could it be that she actually showed mercy on us?"

"It might be that using this tactic has a high cost, and it’s not worth it just to chase us," Ash said, "More likely, it’s that only once we set foot in the main city did it activate the hidden smearing function of the Secret Avatar...I’ve never seen a Technique Spirit defecate everywhere before."

"Purple, green, the interplay of concepts..." Sonia mused, "The Concept Avatar might be more important than we imagined, even affecting the outcome of wars in the Void Realm, no wonder the Empress insisted on crushing the Star Cluster Avatar, no wonder she is after us... Why don’t you know how to use the Concept Avatar, Observer?!"

"That’s a good question, I’d also like to know why after getting a girl’s contact and becoming friends, I still can’t get married," Ash said, "I have a guess, not sure if it’s right, might there need to be a process of truthful encounter?"

Buzz!

Before the Sword Maiden and Witch could respond, the sports car activated again, spouting poison mist as it fled. At this point, Denzel finally felt something was wrong—she actually had no intention of capturing Ash and the others, as the sports car was really too fast, and the Spider Tower Army could only appear behind Ash, with no possibility of intercepting them.

Thus, when she saw Ash and the others stopping, she didn’t divide her troops to capture them, until Ash ran again, she then felt something was wrong—why were those two women constantly looking back at that man? Was he performing a noodle-slurping nose act?

Although Denzel didn’t know what had happened, as an expert at harming others without benefitting herself, she keenly sensed they were under some special constraints. Within a moment, Denzel decisively decided to allocate one-seventh of her forces to pursue them—if they could take back the Secret Avatar in the process, then this operation would be completely successful!

However, right in front of Ash and the others, there happened to be a squad of the Heroic Soul Army preparing to return to the Giant Wood Fortress. The commander inside didn’t know why his small detachment had attracted the attention of the large corps, but he quickly made the right choice—to sacrifice their own side and tie up as much of the Spider Tower Army’s forces as possible!

The small squad quickly completed arming their troop types and established a defensive line on the spot to brace for the impact!

From the sky above, it looked like a sports car carrying thousands of troops charging past the small squad!

"Get down!"

Ash lowered the front seat back, instantly turning the inside of the sports car into a bed, with three people lying prone, gazing at each other wide-eyed. With the corners of their eyes, they all saw the sports car crossing through artillery fire, and any sporadic attacks that splashed their way made the car emit cries of distress, the "Refraction Curtain" was utterly shattered, and they would surely be blown away if they dared to peek.

The sports car’s "Evil Blade" had reached level 6, with the awakened special effect of "turning the friction coefficient of the struck object to 0," meaning that regardless of what it hit, even if it couldn’t slice through, the object would directly slide away and not block the sports car’s path, allowing an unrivaled passage!

Seeing the sports car about to be blown apart, Ash and the others subconsciously held hands. They looked deeply into each other’s eyes, feeling as if they were no longer so afraid of death—it was like going to the bathroom, a completely different experience when done together.

Suddenly, the sports car seemed to hit something, followed by a deafening rumble of thunder and a wisp of green smoke floated in from outside, transforming into a green light inside the Soul Summoning Technique Spirit.

"This Technique Spirit has successfully absorbed a similarly named incomplete Technique Spirit, unlocking new troop types ’Holy Temple Apprentice’ and ’Tri-Color Anchor’."

"Holy Temple Apprentice of the Oasis: +10% damage to spiritual beings in close combat, can restrict enemy’s escape, 3 layers of armor, humanoid creature, equipped with a curved sword and lasso. Each unit consumes 1 point of Soul Power."

"Tri-Color Anchor: 3 layers of armor, 40% anchoring, each unit consumes 3 points of Soul Power."

Ash was taken aback, then realized that a Commander had died nearby, perhaps not run over by him, but certainly died shortly after the car’s impact, thus allowing the Soul Summoning Technique Spirit to absorb a bit of power.

It was really just a bit, unlocking only one type of troop; Demilo had never been so stingy. However, upgrading from a dual-color to a tri-color anchor, raising the anchoring chance to 40%, provided them with greater assurance in crossing the Flowing Gold River!

But soon, Ash and his two companions knew they were safe—they were back in the reverse Golden Rain!

Seeing the familiar reverse Golden Rain streaming from the ground to the sky, they were so moved that they couldn’t help but embrace and cheer together!

This was where they, as Mages, belonged; what were the Oasis Spider Tower thinking, binding us and keeping us stuck, don’t disrupt normal Mages!

...

Inside the Oasis, Denzel watched as Ash and his companions successfully escaped back into the Rain Curtain and ordered the legion to continue their attack. She was also helpless, as an Oasis squad had appeared just along the escape route of Ash and his friends, thinking the Spider Tower was there to attack them, and set up a defense line to restrain the Spider Tower. Although the Spider Tower quickly annihilated this squad, the battered sports car miraculously shook its way to escape.

These Mages were really lucky.

Or rather, the Spider Tower’s luck was beginning to wane.

Because there were still seven holes in need of repair, the current Spider Web was incomplete, not only disabling the ultimate weapon "Fate Weaving," but also significantly reducing the other effects. If the Spider Web were complete, effects like ’Entanglement,’ ’Corrosion,’ and ’All-Knowing Curtain’ could be enhanced by 2.33 times.

More importantly, since the Spider Web was woven with threads of Fate, an incomplete web meant a deficiency in Fate itself. The more the Spider Tower utilized it, the more severe the backlash of Fate became, manifesting in a gradual decline in luck for the entire force. Commanders setting out to gather resources could be killed by a passing Mage.

Boom!

Suddenly, flames burst from the spiral structure within the Oasis Fortress, illuminating the entire battlefield instantly. All plants in the main city area began to grow wildly, as if alive, pulling at the Spider Tower soldiers; the Oasis soldiers immediately gained a significant strengthening, almost pushing the Spider Tower frontline back!

Instead of fear, Denzel wore a smile, with anticipation in her eyes!

The Oasis had finally activated their strategic wonder, the Silent Spiral!

Now, the Oasis couldn’t finish their ultimate weapon either!

Not to mention, the Spider Tower had thoroughly dragged the Oasis down with them; the next step was only to occupy this fortress, forcing the Oasis to launch the war prematurely along with the Spider Tower!

"We prematurely used the Spider Web, although the ultimate weapon cannot be completed, other effects can still be enhanced." Denzel looked at the battlefield, not knowing to whom she was speaking, "Now we can only use the information gap and local advantages to expand our successes... You must hurry to update, quickly patching the remaining seven holes, never mind the quality, it doesn’t matter if it breaks later. The decisive battle will erupt in the next few turns; as long as it works during this period, it is fine!"

After waiting a moment, Denzel seemed to hear a satisfactory response, her face flushed with joy: "Rest assured, just like the past millennia, I will continue to seize victory for you, my Light of Life, my Flame of Desire, my Original Sin, my... Yisu."