Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!

The mages were quite curious about the rangers around Kael, but they didn’t step forward to ask directly, as it was clearly Lord Kael’s secret.

Soon, however, their attention was drawn to the half-halflings from Muxue Castle who had been captured.

Watching those dispirited half-halflings gathered in the square, they exchanged a glance and a hint of a smile crossed their minds.

At that moment, the lord of Muxue Castle, an exquisitely dressed elderly halfling, was cursing loudly in the square.

"This is an invasion, Orean will make you pay the price!"

However, when Luxius approached the lord of Muxue Castle and looked down at him from a height, the cursing lord suddenly dared not to speak anymore.

Luxius had a mocking thought flash through his mind, shaking his head and sighing:

"We come with good intentions, believe it or not. Look, outside the port of Muxue Castle, there is a gifted iceberg hanging upside down, inscribed with special runes, ensuring it won’t melt for over a decade." Continue reading on NovelBin.Côm

The lord of Muxue Castle fell silent for a while, sighed and said, "That is an attack, a provocation against us."

"We have not harmed a single person nor destroyed any of your buildings, yet you attacked us first. It was because of your provocation that we retaliated.

"You refused to accept our goodwill and we spared your lives. If you have any complaints, you’re welcome to discuss them properly with our federation."

When Luxius spoke, there was not a trace of emotion in his words, indeed he felt no need to display the anger in his heart.

Facing Muxue Castle, he was like a giant overlooking feeble dwarfs, devoid even of the desire to strike, merely needing to coldly pronounce judgment; the rest could be handled by his fellow mages and knights.

Sparing their lives was their final act of mercy.

Indeed, the federation didn’t mind at all that they caused small-scale wars, as from the beginning, their approach was not one of friendly exchange.

Zijing Gong had even prepared to launch a direct attack.

However, they had not anticipated the defenses of the halflings’ territory to be so weak that they barely had to try to complete the blitz.

But soon, just as the last group of mages was about to quell the resistance at the Lord Mansion of Muxue Castle, a new variable emerged.

...

The Lord Mansion of Muxue Castle was a magnificent castle located at the eastern edge of the entire Muxue Castle, with two intersecting rivers passing by it and flowing into a vast moat.

The water surrounded the outer moat of the castle, flowing into it, circling the castle, with only a few stone bridges over the moat limiting the entry of ordinary melee fighters.

At the moment, around the castle, a continuous flow of water was being extracted from the moat, forming a massive water barrier above the entire castle.

At this time, the barrier was under attack by mages, with spells exploding on it nearly every second. @@novelbin@@

Suddenly, a streak of red light flashed across the top of the castle, and a deep red pillar of light burst out, alerting an old mage who was leading them to activate the protective measures of his Mage Robe immediately.

[Eternal Inscription·Mobile Castle]

A method exclusive to old mages, who, as specialists in Protection Magic, would not allow themselves to battle unprepared.

But the power of the red light was so overwhelming that his protection soon began to fail.

He did not insist on resisting, letting the impact of the red light carry him away, and soon he was out of the attack range of the red light.

"Wizz, are you alright?"

Luxius appeared in front of the old mage. If Wizz had been unable to withstand the attack, he would have intervened directly.

But now, although the old mage was panting heavily, he was not yet at the point of being wholly devastated by a single blow.

"I’m fine, just a bit drained. The range of the attack... 3.34 kilometers, close to the average damage of a seven rings Shape Power Magic."

The old mage shook his head at Luxius, took another breath, and then estimated the rough data of the attack, informing Luxius.

Luxius nodded in understanding and immediately relayed the information to other mages still besieging the area.

Upon realizing the danger, the mages instantly cast spells to leave the battlefield and moved beyond the range of the light column’s attacks.

Not everyone was as proficient in protection as Wizz, the old mage; many were better at efficient attacks. If Muxue Castle’s defense had penetrated their protective barrier and caused injuries, it would have been a severe embarrassment in front of their colleagues.

Thus, the face-saving mages quickly dispersed, significantly reducing the pressure on the attack on the Lord Mansion.

Watching this unfold, Kael, still in the square, shook his head and sighed.

The mages came from various different forces and were not as disciplined as an army, and even cooperating as effectively as rangers was difficult to achieve.

The previous rapid dissolution of the city’s resistance was partly due to the abysmal defensive forces of the city and partly because the mages and knights launched their attack so swiftly that the city had no chance to react before everything was over.