Chapter 1093 - 846 Initiative Attack

At this moment, all the warriors were brimming with morale. Being able to dominate the battle against the Ancient Mage Tower provided an immeasurable boost to their spirits. Upon hearing Long Yi’s orders, all the warriors howled and unleashed their full power without any restraint, casting a variety of magic combinations.

In the blink of an eye, two Mages from the Ancient Mage Tower were blasted out of the sky!

Long Yi, quick with both his eyes and hands, reached out and caught one in mid-air. The other fell to the ground and was immediately subdued by another Divine Armor warrior.

"I’m the captain! We’ve brought down two enemies!" Long Yi was so excited that he almost blurted out that they had taken down two enemy planes, but he quickly corrected himself.

"Reporting to the captain! We’ve brought down three!" someone shouted through the magical communication device.

"Reporting to the captain! We have four!"

"Reporting to the captain! We also have three!"

For a moment, good news came pouring in.

The envoy realized the situation was out of control. These seemingly useless iron shells were much sturdier and more powerful than he had assumed, and there was now no need to continue the fight.

"Retreat!"

At the order, the envoy turned and ran!

"Reporting to the captain! The enemy is retreating! Shall we pursue?" the queries kept coming.

"No need to pursue. Secure the captives and begin the interrogation!" Long Yi said.

The Divine Armor was specifically designed with a side panel that featured a Forbidden Magic cuff, which Long Yi had prepared especially for these Sanctuary Mages. Once their hands were shackled, they immediately became as powerless as ordinary people.

The captives were herded together and brought before Long Yi.

Long Yi did not leave his armor, although he had taken on another person’s appearance. He believed that the Divine Armor itself had a more deterring effect.

"I ask, you answer; answer wrong, I kill. Understood?" Long Yi’s words were extremely succinct.

"Understood! We understand!" Over thirty people had been captured, and without their magic, they were even weaker than ordinary people. What they noticed was not that Long Yi said "kill," but that the subtext suggested they might not die.

"Who gave the orders for this battle?" Long Yi asked.

"The envoy gave the orders!" the group said in a rush.

"The envoy? An envoy from the Mage Tower?"

"Yes!"

"So what orders did he come here to deliver?"

"This... we do not know." The group began to twitch.

"Hm?" came Long Yi’s displeased voice, causing the thirty-odd people to shudder.

"I know! I heard it from my friend! The envoy wanted the Thundercloud Empire to produce Runes for the Ancient Mage Tower!" someone shouted out loud, then gasped for breath as if those few words had drained all his energy.

"What does the Ancient Mage Tower need these Runes for?" Long Yi pressed again.

This time, the thirty faces were solemn, looking at each other in dismay—an indication that truly nobody knew.

Long Yi concluded that the knowledge of these captives was definitely limited. To truly understand the inner workings, one would have to capture the envoy or Mora.

After assigning a few warriors to guard the thirty-odd captives, Long Yi decided to take the offensive.

All Divine Armor warriors received Long Yi’s orders and advanced towards the Imperial Palace. The scouts confirmed that the envoy, Mora, and the majority of the remaining Mages from the Ancient Mage Tower were all within the Imperial Palace.

At this moment, the envoy’s complexion was extremely poor.

Mora still sat opposite him, head lowered, not uttering a single word, and the envoy didn’t know what to say either. The remaining four hundred and sixty-some people were almost unanimously downcast. At first, they believed they were only going to fight against a bunch of clumsy stationary targets in a battle they thought would surely be without Long Yi. Almost everyone was relaxed, feeling emboldened for the first time in ages, keen to vent the fury that had been suppressed within them.

However, the Divine Armor warriors proved with their strength that these clumsy targets not only could fight back but also possessed extremely astonishing power!

More than thirty people were knocked down, captured, and the rest escaped back in a sorry state; such a battle record was definitely not a pretty sight.

"You lazy bastards, you didn’t fight with all your strength!" the messenger blurted out suddenly. Obviously, he had decided to pin the primary responsibility for this battle’s failure on everyone present.

Hearing what the messenger said, the mages, who were already depressed due to their defeat, immediately became angry.

"The orders were forcefully given by you, the mission was distributed by force by you, and now that we’ve lost, you’re blaming us?" a mage whispered.

"Who said that? Stand up!" The messenger had sharp ears and immediately caught the remark.

The mage suddenly steeled himself and said, "I said it!"

With one leading by example, a few more mages stood up: "This was all because of your wrong judgment! We should not have initiated conflict with the adversary in the first place! This Divine Armor is clearly Long Yi’s work! How is this different from Long Yi personally coming? We all said we would not fight, but you threatened and enticed us over and over to come here, and what was the result? We lost, right?"

These people’s words resonated with everyone, and more than four hundred people almost simultaneously began accusing the messenger.

"You all!" The messenger tried to say something, but facing the collective anger, he lost the nerve to do so.

"Fine, fine, fine! You really think you’re something! Disobeying my orders! The laxity in battle leading to defeat! I’m going straight back to the Ancient Mage Tower, I want to see if you’ll still have good days ahead!" The messenger couldn’t handle it and pulled out a Teleportation Scroll. This was equipment every messenger would carry before setting off, ensuring the messenger could always return accurately to the Ancient Mage Tower, whose whereabouts were unknown.

But just as he was about to activate the scroll, Mora, who had been silent and looking down, suddenly raised his hand and cast an Electric Shock Technique. The messenger’s body convulsed, and the scroll dropped to the ground.

Then Mora walked over, picked up the scroll, which was locked to the messenger himself, making it unusable by anyone else. Mora simply destroyed the scroll and then looked down at the messenger.

The messenger had not expected that the usually timid Mora would make such a move out of the blue.

"What are you doing! Have you gone mad, you bastard!" The messenger charged at Mora and quickly subdued him.

Yet, a smile crept onto Mora’s fearful face: "My lord Messenger, you stirred up this mess, and one way or another, if you can’t resolve this chaos and just leave, all of us will be heartbroken... And moreover, if you just leave like that, leaving us behind, and Long Yi comes and kills us, even if we become spectres, we won’t forget you!"

The messenger was on the verge of insanity; the cowardly bastard Mora actually planned to drag him down with him!

"Get the hell out of my sight! It’s your own damn fault for being worthless, and yet you have the nerve to come to me for help! If you want to die, die here by yourselves! Don’t fucking drag me down with you!" The envoy said, preparing to leave. But Mora took a step ahead and raised his hand to cast two spells, immobilizing the envoy, "Lord Envoy, as you said, since we’re going to die anyway, why not just deliver you into the hands of those warriors? After all, since I arrived on this planet, I haven’t offended anyone. They might not lay a hand on me."

Seeing the craziness in Mora’s eyes, the envoy immediately realized that if he couldn’t deal with this properly, he was very likely to end up being tied up and delivered to the enemy by his own people! And he believed that these cowards, who were terrified of death, would definitely do something like that!

"Don’t panic! I have a plan!" the envoy shouted loudly.

"Oh? What plan?" A hint of joy appeared in Mora’s eyes.

The envoy glared at Mora harshly. This Mora was ultimately a coward; he simply wanted the envoy to take all the responsibility. At this moment, the envoy wished he could just slap Mora to death and be done with it. But the biggest problem was Mora’s strength was not weak; the envoy might not necessarily be his match.

The envoy could only sigh and take out a bottle of elixir from his private space.

"This is a Mana Enhancement Elixir that can be diluted for us all to inject and use. It can let us unleash tremendous power in a short time. This was supposed to be for saving my own life, but now I’m offering it up. Everyone give it your all for one round. Those so-called Divine Armor warriors have strong defense but are not very agile. This time we’ll attack from a great distance and not give them a chance to surround us; they are definitely not our match. Moreover, those large armors must be powered by an energy source, and this energy is definitely not unlimited. So, as long as we can delay them long enough, they will ultimately be the ones to fail!"

The envoy felt as if his brain cells were burning out. He really didn’t have any good ideas, but to the group of people who were almost scared to death, this all seemed perfect. As members of the Ancient Mage Tower, they had spent their lives following orders. In such a crisis, they instinctively just wanted to find someone to give commands. They didn’t even care if the order was truly appropriate, as long as it sounded reasonable.

Anyway, the envoy believed he had done his best. He had even offered up his treasured Enhancement Elixir which was produced by the Ancient Mage Tower Research Institute. If it hadn’t been for his friend helping him sneak some out, he probably would never have had the chance to possess it, and he had paid a lot for it. Although it pained him to part with it, it was better than being killed by a mob of angry people, right?

At this moment, Long Yi had already led all the Divine Armor warriors to surround the Imperial Palace, and there were no outsiders left inside the palace. All the staff and workers who originally worked inside had received the news and stealthily slipped away.

"Everyone, pay attention to the readings of the Mana Indicator. If there are any abnormal spikes, there might be Mages hiding nearby. Don’t hesitate, hit them with a few spells to probe the area first," Long Yi communicated via the Mana Communicator, and immediately a burst of laughter came through the earpiece.

The heavy footsteps of the massive Divine Armors echoed throughout the Imperial Palace, making the usually bustling palace eerily quiet. All the Mages from the Ancient Mage Tower were hiding, unsure of where to go.

"Attention, thieves hiding in the Imperial Palace! Attention, thieves hiding in the Imperial Palace! I am the overall commander of this operation! You are now completely surrounded by us! With just your Sanctuary-level strength, you have no way to escape! Let me announce our policy to you! Our policy is: leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist, and those who stubbornly resist to the end will have no way out but death! Stop being delusional! Raise your hands high above your head, leave the Imperial Palace, and we promise to treat our prisoners generously!"

Long Yi shouted his orders, imitating the style from his previous life. Though the actual effectiveness was usually minimal, this kind of procedure usually had to be done. Unfortunately, Long Yi’s voice, after processing and being played through the Divine Armor, sounded significantly more ferocious and lacked any warmth or friendliness.

At this time, all the Mages from the Ancient Mage Tower were hiding nearby, afraid to use their Mana for fear of exposing themselves.

Suddenly, a group of three people appeared to be unable to withstand the pressure, raised their Mana to the maximum, and were about to rush out of their cover. Instantly, a few lightning spells descended from the sky, striking them to the ground and causing convulsions, followed by several exploding flame spells. The high heat combined with the shockwave from the explosions knocked them unconscious. Without the protection of a Mana shield, even Sanctuary powerhouses were as vulnerable as ordinary people. Therefore, these three individuals were immediately locked in Forbidden Magic restraints and thrown to the back. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)