From Village Chief to Emperor of the Strongest Empire

Chapter 14: Glimmer Knights

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After Owen tore apart the level-3 [ice blade] magic scroll, seeing that the spell had been successfully activated, his heart sank. A useless mayor and an unrated warrior would never be able to break through this Level-3 killing spell.

However, just as he was about to announce to the butler that the castle gates would be closed and persuade the hundred or so knights and guards outside to surrender, the shining and mighty knights who were outside suddenly appeared within the range of the Ice Blade’s spell, he raised his knight’s shield and began to jointly defend Su Chen and the butler against the surging magic.

He wondered if he had seen wrongly. He rubbed his eyes hard and saw that the butler standing beside him also had a shocked expression on his face.

“How is this possible? Are these contract knights?”

Owen felt that his worldview had been shattered. He did not understand how so many knights were summoned. Since these knights could be summoned into his castle at will, the defenses outside were useless. He immediately felt the pressure multiply.

“That’s not right. Normally, this kind of summoning will disappear after the master dies. Therefore, killing the summoner is enough!” Owen thought to himself when he saw the rapidly rotating ice blades quickly cut the layer of knights outside into light dust with ease. His heart could not help but calm down a little. He began to condense the water shield spell. He put on a layer of protection for himself.

“Inform Gerrard to gather all the knights in the castle urgently and surround and kill them!” Ian ordered the butler coldly.

As a precaution, he did not stop what he was doing and began to gather water spears. Owen had to nip the danger in the bud.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Su Chen, who was under the close protection of the Glimmer Knights, was also looking for an opportunity to break through.

The Glimmer Knights in the inner circle were still holding the giant shield in their hands. The knight’s shield was also beginning to wear down rapidly. However, Su Chen also noticed that the power of the ice blades was gradually weakening, the Glimmer Knight in the inner circle might not be able to last long enough to completely weaken the ice blade.

Currently, the space in the middle could no longer be filled by another Glimmer Knight. Under the critical situation, Su Chen began to quickly think about his trump card.

‘Oh, right! There was still one more skill upgrade point.’ An idea flashed through Su Chen’s mind.

He immediately focused his mind and entered the system space. He immediately entered the skill tree area and roughly glanced at it. A level 1 skill consumed one skill point, a level 2 skill required two skill points, and a level 3 skill required four skill points.

He could only learn level 1 skills. Level 1 fire-type defensive skills only had one ring of fire resistance, which could push away enemies around him. However, it was not suitable for the current situation. Even the strongest earth-type spell could not withstand the continuous onslaught of ice blades.

Suddenly, he saw a level 1 wood-type spell. He had already learned a healing spell. Next to it was an enemy-controlling skill, [Vine Cage]. One of the characteristics of this skill was that the vine cage formed by the summoned vines was as tough as ironwood. Normal attacks would take a long time to break through them.

Could the healing spell be cast on the vines? Logically speaking, the vines were also plant creatures. The healing spell itself was also a life spell that injected life force. If he could use the healing spell to continuously heal the damaged vine, the durability of the vine prison skill would be doubled.

Especially when faced with such a long attack, would he be able to continuously recover without an instant burst of power?

Thinking of this, Su Chen decided to take a gamble. He immediately invested the last of his skill points into the [Vine cage] skill. Then, he quickly exited the system space. It only took Su Chen a few breaths of time to enter and exit the system to choose a good skill.

The shield in the Glimmer Knight’s hand was about to explode. Su Chen immediately released the vine cage on the spot. A circle of green light instantly enveloped them, vines as thick as trunks quickly grew out from the floor below. They quickly interweaved and formed a square prison. Just when the knight could not hold on any longer, the top of the prison was finally sealed, and it withstood the attack of the sharp ice blades.

“This… This is a wood-type vine cage!” Ian exclaimed.

The tough outer skin of the vines was cut off by the sharp ice blades, spewing layer after layer of thick wood shavings. The thick and strong vines could be seen getting thinner and thinner.

Su Chen silently cast a healing spell on the vines. The light green life force instantly entered the thick and strong vines. The damaged vines began to rapidly repair the wounds, becoming even thicker and stronger.

Su Chen was delighted. His guess was indeed correct, so he continued to cast healing spells on the vines. After casting two or three spells consecutively, Su Chen found that the recovery speed of the vines had only increased by a little, the ice blades were still being consumed, but the rate of consumption had slowed down.

At this time, after the ice blades broke through two layers of defense, the power of the ice blades was also continuously decreasing. It seemed that in less than a few seconds, the ice blades would be completely exhausted.

At this moment, the side of the vine prison suddenly suffered a violent impact. A long spear condensed from water elements stabbed into the vine prison. The sharp tip of the spear broke through the thick and sturdy vine, and the tip of the spear stopped inside the vine, then, it turned into water and flowed all over the ground.

Owen’s eyes were wide open as he stared at the sturdy vine in disbelief. Even his strongest single-target spell could only penetrate and not pierce through.

Moreover, the hole that had been pierced through was still slowly recovering. He could not see the situation inside at all. Therefore, he did not know who had cast this spell.

No matter who had cast it, Owen felt that it was impossible. How could an unrated warrior and a young man without talent cast a wood-type spell, this wood element vine cage was far tougher than the wood element vine cage cast by other junior mages he had seen?

Was it also a magic scroll? Owen could not figure it out. He condensed the water spear again and continued to attack. However, after he attacked three times, he realized that it was futile. He realized that he could actually wait for the spell of the vine prison to disappear before attacking again.

Therefore, Owen stopped wasting his spiritual power and began to wait for the moment when the spell disappeared. He was ready to condense a spell at any time. Not long after the ice blade was worn out, Owen saw that the vine showed signs of loosening, then, he began to cast a spell.

The moment the vine disappeared, he was about to release the water spear in his hand when a lightning ball flashed out from the vine and flew straight toward his face..