Dr. Green Dragon

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Valsaris's defeat did not involve a "higher teleportation spell", but a "return mantra" to teleport directly back to his home base.

 It’s not that she can’t do it.

If it were just a person, she could easily retreat.

 But the number of people who retreated with her was quite large.

Moreover, those who are still closely following her at this time are her confidants and her capable subordinates.

 She values ​​these close subordinates far more than those Baatezu devils.

 She was not prepared to give up these bits unless necessary.

And because Leylin Evans and others were not chasing her, there was no need for her to abandon these confidants and teleport away alone.

 That's why.

　This retreat is a bit time-consuming.

Even though they passed through several secret magic gates on the way, they did not wait for Valsaris to retreat back to her home lair.

Lismaiasa, on the other hand, has generally recovered from fatigue, exhaustion, and the state of injury.

 Although the casualties in this battle were extremely heavy, Lismaiasa's side was extremely abundant based on the preliminary preparations for war resources.

 Especially the Black Staff Tower and the Dark Maiden Corridor, the corresponding magic resources and medical resources are all prepared beyond the standard.

When the war came to an end for the time being, Leylin-Evans and the others were quickly tracking Valsharis' escape route.

Since there were people there, medical resources were immediately mobilized.

 A large number of healing potions and magical scrolls were quickly used.

 Get rid of fatigue!

 Restore your energy!

 Treat the injury!

 Release the abnormal status!

 Even the regeneration of severed limbs!

It can be said that, except for the "resurrection" that is currently restricted and requires divine intervention, which cannot be carried out directly, various magical resources are being used at all costs.

 Following this, everyone's condition and injuries recovered couldn't be faster.

Valtharis didn’t even retreat to their home base.

The warriors who had recovered, but were more and more eager for revenge, gathered around Leylin Evans and others.

However, they can be eager, Leylin Evans and Laila, but they don't have any impulse.

Although Valsaris suffered huge damage this time, they naturally did not think that there would be no defense force in her lair.

Especially, Mephistopheles is right over there.

Once they faced the Hell Demon King, they needed someone to entangle him and enough spellcasters to cooperate in performing high-magic rituals. This would be even more difficult.

Therefore, before chasing after them, it was necessary for them to have a thorough enough plan first, not only to make it difficult for Mephistopheles to call in more devils' army, but also to be in trouble. , or even prepare for failure, so as not to fall into a situation where the escape route is cut off!

 Fortunately, it is them who will attack this time.

 It will not be like the previous battle, where we must hold on and the casualties cannot be controlled.

 “Our target for this raid is only Mephistopheles.”

“As long as this Hell Demon King can be expelled back to Hell, Valsaris will have nothing to waste.”

“So, this time we can be more flexible in our advance and retreat…”

Without being covert or avoiding anything, Laila and others were observing Valsaris's escape while discussing and arranging the action plan.

 After the previous battle, it was impossible for the people around him to have any more spies or traitors.

 She will no longer take any deliberate avoidance or precautionary measures.

 “Qui Lu and I will use high magic rituals to solve Mephistopheles, but there are three major problems!”

"First of all, in order to ensure that the ceremony can proceed smoothly, we must try our best not to get into a melee. At least we must lure Mephistopheles to show up before entering the melee, so that we can have a suitable spellcasting environment and designation. The target of the spell..."

"Secondly, the ritual requires 27 spell-casting assistants, and from preparation to completion, it takes at least 10 seconds of preparation and casting time. During this period, the ritual cannot be destroyed, and the spells on the opposite side must be guarded against. Attack, but also be prepared for teleportation attacks from demons..."

“Finally, during the ceremony, for Mephistopheles, it is necessary to restrict his teleportation and retreat, or even force him to be unable to perform ‘legendary dispelling’ to resist the ceremony...”

Layla had been studying Mephistopheles for a long time, and one thing followed another.

However, in her voice, Leylin Evans, Seer Hill and others all had a frown on their expressions.

If it is said that luring Mephistopheles to show up, it is still possible.

 Create 10 seconds of preparation and operation time for the ceremony. Even if you work hard, it is not completely hopeless.

But to limit Mephistopheles’ teleportation ability, or even force it, it would be difficult to use even “Legendary Dispelling”, at least it would be difficult to use it against high magic rituals…

His eyes slightly wrinkled, after thinking about it, Leylin Evans finally shook his head: "I have some confidence in inducing Mephistopheles to show up.

 But to prevent the opponent's spell attacks and teleportation attacks, this is all we can do.

 As for restraining Mephistopheles…”

After his voice paused, he did not continue, but the deep frown said everything.

Not to mention that Mephistopheles couldn't even use the "Legendary Dispelling Technique", even if Mephistopheles' teleportation ability was restricted, he had no confidence.

Although the total professional level has reached level 29, the position of "Elf Sword Mage" has given him strong enough melee combat capabilities, and he can even guide the casting of spells through swordsmanship. Moreover, he is not like ordinary spell casters. , once the armor is equipped, some spell casting actions may be affected, and spell casting may fail. However, with the appointment of the "Elf Sword Mage", he can still equip light armor and cast spells without any influence. , it is these advantages that in the previous battle, even if he was surrounded and killed by many high-level demons, he was not afraid, and even fought back with force, but...corresponding to these advantages, "Elf Sword" The appointment of "Mage" also weakened him in some aspects.

Swordsmanship is superb, with no obvious weaknesses. If you look at it from another angle...

no doubt.

 In terms of swordsmanship alone, he is definitely not as good as a level 29 Elf Swordsman.

 In terms of spells alone, he can hardly compete with the level 29 Elf Archmage.

 Level 10 "Elf Sword Mage", he is above the caster level, but he has lost five levels!

 In other words, his actual caster level is only level 24.

 At this caster level, even if he has the "Higher Spell Penetration" feat,...

Can pose a threat to the Pit Fiends, can fight a group of them one by one, and make Valsaris escape in panic, but...

Raylin-Evans knows what’s going on.

At this caster level, his spells may not pose much of a threat to Mephistopheles.

 The same goes for swordsmanship.

 Mephistopheles is the second-ranked Lord of Cania among the Nine Lords of Hell! Faced with a great demon king of this level, Leylin Evans really didn’t have any confidence that he could pose a threat to him with pure swordsmanship, let alone restrict him!

 And all this…

At the moment when the real decisive battle was coming, he didn't have any enthusiasm and irrationality to save the impossible task!

On the contrary, Leylin-Evans is quite honest, understanding the importance of this action and the possible consequences once the high magic ritual is interrupted!

“As long as He shows up, someone will catch Him!”

“At that time, you just need to help and prevent unexpected situations as much as possible!”

Laila said this.

 Leylin-Evans and Prophet Hill were naturally moved in their hearts.

Especially Raelin-Evans.

Laila doesn’t exaggerate on purpose.

 Since Lyra said that someone would catch Mephistopheles, then this person...

With a thought in his mind, Leylin-Evans quickly thought of several names.

The two people he directly encountered during the Lost City of Earth Line were undoubtedly possible.

 There is no need to say much about the level of power, but the same goes for the purpose.

Halast still casts a spell on him, which shows that the mad mage has always paid attention to this matter.

 And that mysterious one is also unpredictable. Even now, when Leylin Evans thinks about it, he is still an archmage who cannot see the levels at all...

“It should have a close relationship with Kui Lu.”

“Given Kui Lu’s focus on this area, the possibility of her taking action may be even greater than that of Hellast!”

In addition, it is not ruled out whether Laila and Kui Lu also invited Kelben and Minnis.

With this thought, Leylin Evans put away his frown and nodded: "Since Madam has already made arrangements, it is the best. In this case, we will determine the candidates to participate in such an action!"

 But he didn’t ask who would take action.

 Leylin-Evans directly entered into the decision-making process regarding the candidates for the action and the number of people involved.

At this moment, they are not in a hurry to pursue Elsharis. This is actually because their first choice is not to pursue Valsaris along his escape route.

 The reason why this route is recorded is just an insurance policy.

 The real first choice is to use the "Mirror of Omniscient" tracking to determine the location.

 Then use "advanced teleportation" to directly drop personnel.

The record of the route is just to prevent the "advanced teleportation technique" from being hindered, even confused, and ending in teleportation failure. This is an additional insurance by the way!

And because the number of people that can be released by "Advanced Teleportation Technique" is limited, and Lismaiasa's side, whether it is to continue to defend or temporarily transfer, considering those teenagers and children who are hidden, this is obviously not possible. All require manpower arrangements.

 So, it is definitely impossible for everyone to invest in this action.

 In this regard, everyone around him is also aware of this.

　　Leila who leads the Black Staff Tower mage group.

　　Quiru and Cavatina, who led the followers of Eilistraee,

 Represents Dunant supported by Waterdeep, including Raelin Evans.

Coupled with Seer Seer who leads Lismaiasa.

 People from these aspects quickly started a discussion.

 They are making arrangements and layouts one after another in an orderly manner.

 The situation in Valsaris has always been clearly reflected. In the magic mirror, a dark, yet mysterious and magnificent city was reflected.

 The lair of Valsaris has arrived!

Everyone looked at each other in unison, and then they gathered together.

 But not before they took a closer look.

 Suddenly, in the dark scene, a blazing brilliance shone.

The next moment, the reflection of the dungeon in the magic mirror was directly interrupted.

 “Hell Demon Flame!”

 “It’s Mephistopheles!”

 “He’s aware of our tracking!”

 The first person to change color was Leylin Evans.

  Directly manipulating the "Mirror of Omniscient" to track Valsaris, he can feel the evil and scorching heat of the blazing flame, which must be the **** flame of Mephistopheles!

At this point, Isaac is also extremely certain.

 He has also been exposed to hellfire.

Whether it was in the early years, he tried to attack the green of nature, but was ambushed by him. In the end, he was the great devil who was promoted to the **** fiend that he destroyed.

 Still recently, it was the tiefling psychic Magadon who had contact.

 This is the power related to "Hell Fire" that Judu controls.

Hence, he is naturally no stranger to "Hellfire".

 The blazing brilliance reflected in the magic mirror must be "hell fire"!

However, with the power of "Hellfire", Mephistopheles may be able to forcibly block the magic mirror from detecting him personally, but this should not hinder other aspects.

At this time, even the dungeon has completely escaped the reflection of the magic mirror!

 “It should be the power of the domain!”

 “He is using the power of the ‘prophecy field’!”

“Only with the power of the ‘Prophecy Domain’, he can directly interrupt the magic mirror’s detection without anyone noticing!”

 This thought flashed through Isaac's mind.

 This judgment also verified the accuracy of the information provided by Kui Lu.

Mephistopheles has the main field of "knowledge field"!

And since the magic mirror cannot directly detect the situation in that dungeon...

“We set the teleportation point in the tunnel outside the city, so we chose that iconic stone forest area.”

 “Do you have any questions?”

 The execution of advanced teleportation requires a clear location or a clear understanding of the situation.

That stone forest area is undoubtedly impressive, making it easier to locate and teleport!

"Can!"

“In that case, let’s divide our work and see you outside the stone forest!”

Laila said, waving her hand and taking out several high-level scrolls.

Of course they are all "advanced teleportation scrolls".

 Before her trip to Lismaiasa, Laila was already quite well prepared for such resources.