Ashen Dragon-Chapter 250 - 175 Escape
Chapter 250: Chapter 175 Escape
Midnight, the alley was shrouded in darkness, with only the dim streetlights casting a faint glow, illuminating the dried bloodstains on the walls.
From the deeper shadows came rustling noises, hinting at the sounds of rats gnawing on scraps and the fluttering wings of bats.
A thin mist spread throughout the alley.
Olivia, dressed in a long robe, stopped in her tracks, standing still.
“Something… feels off here.”
She furrowed her brow, gripping the Magic Wand tightly in her hand.
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From the moment she entered the city, Olivia felt a strange force making the Magic Web in this area as sticky as mud, preventing her from easily casting spells.
Spatial teleportation spells, in particular, were completely restrained; it was as if the space here was forged from steel.
She knew this was a field similar to an Antimagic Field, but such a vast area left her deeply shocked and extremely wary, making her even more cautious.
For a mage, being in such a field, any carelessness could lead to horrifying consequences.
“Could it be that the dragon’s minions have already found me?”
Olivia thought of the strange behavior of the humans just now, her expression suddenly changing dramatically.
“This can’t be…”
“How could he be an accomplice of the dragon?”
She gritted her teeth, muttering to herself.
Olivia initially thought the human was merely terrified of the evil regime, but now, upon reflection, she noticed something odd.
She finally realized why she felt something was strange yet couldn’t pinpoint what—it turned out that his expression contained not only tension but also barely concealed excitement and fanaticism.
The Silver Dragon actually didn’t care about human reactions, focusing only on the information she wanted, and this arrogance had led to her downfall!
“Whoosh—”
The sound of the wind howled, like the wails of an unknown beast or the mournful cries of ghosts.
Without hesitation, Olivia pinched a pinch of Silver Powder and sprinkled it before her eyes, then whispered a spell.
Although the Magic Web here was suppressed, casting lower-tier spells was still quite easy for her.
[See Invisibility]
[Dark Vision]
A faint light emanated from her blue-gray pupils.
In an instant, Olivia’s vision became incredibly clear; she could see everything concealed in the darkness.
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—In the shadows lurked more than a dozen pale vampires, with cruel smiles on their faces, some holding daggers, others drawing short bows, or dragging chains.
They closed in from all sides, climbing the walls like spiders, as if intent on devouring the robed intruder entirely.
These “Nocturne” beings were very patient, continually creating fearsome noises, slowly approaching with eerie postures; they excelled at breaking down their enemies’ psyche, turning them into captives.
“Bad news, it’s vampires.”
“Is this the so-called ‘Nocturne’? The smell of blood here is truly nauseating.”
Olivia’s expression grew grave as she immediately recognized these evil undead creatures.
The vampires seemed to realize their presence had been detected, baring their fangs and attacking from the shadows.
“How dare you trespass in the Kingdom, Nocturne will grant you eternal rest!”
“Surrender, or you will never see tomorrow’s sun…”
“We might consider sparing your life, outsider.”
The vampires whispered hoarsely.
“How troublesome.”
Olivia waved the Magic Wand, materializing a sphere of faintly glowing light that encased her entirely.
[Wall of Good]
This spell worked on one side of the wall, preventing evil creatures from moving.
The vampires charging at her were frozen in place, unable to approach by even an inch, as if they had been cast with a Binding Spell. They could only glare at their tantalizingly close target.
Olivia lightly tapped her Magic Wand, and a bitterly cold Ice Wall rose from the ground, entombing the trapped vampires.
Encased in the Ice Wall, the vampires remained in their lunging postures, looking hideous and especially savage.
“Whoosh—”
From a distance, vampires shot arrows coated with deadly poison.
Olivia’s robe instantly shed its disguise, glowing with the light of Venus, the starlight imbued with Magical Power blocking all the arrows.
“Boom!”
However, one arrow exploded upon contact with the shield, blasting her several meters away until she crashed into a wall.
Thankfully, Olivia was protected by multiple defense spells, including Protective Energy Damage and Mage Armor, preventing her from getting injured.
Olivia leaned against the wall with a grave expression, hearing increasingly chaotic noises and seeing even more terrifying scenes:
—The Goblin Infantry Brigade marched in neat steps, ogres produced heavy footsteps, and bipedal wyverns roared as they dominated the sky.
“This can’t go on.”
“If I don’t leave now, even more enemies will come.”
Olivia instinctively tried to use the Teleportation Spell to escape the perilous enemy encampment, but she felt the space was still as rigid as a steel wall; ordinary spells couldn’t even budge it, even with all her effort.
“How could this be…”
She gritted her teeth, sweat trickling down her forehead.
Facing the endless onslaught of enemies, Olivia gripped her Magic Wand tightly, raising it high. The Demon Crystal at its tip glowed brilliantly.
[Shining Net]
Streams of light appeared on the ground, weaving amongst the vampires, gradually forming a complex, brilliant web of light.
The vampires were ensnared, their daylight-fearing bodies igniting.
Olivia gasped for breath, her face pale.
In this Magic Web-suppressing field, casting even Fourth Tier Level spells had nearly exhausted all her energy.
At that moment, a vampire used its ability to turn into a blood mist, bypassing all defenses, silently appearing behind Olivia, and viciously stabbing her unguarded back with a dagger.
With a whistling sound, the dagger, coated with Necrotic Fog, ripped through her robe and pierced her body.
“Ugh—”
Olivia winced in pain, letting out a startled cry.
As she was struck, a blinding light burst from her pupils, and a powerful sonic wave radiated from her, forcefully flinging the attacking vampire several meters away.
A dense fog appeared where Olivia had just stood, and as the vampires surged in, they found the mist had no trace of her.
“Huff, huff…”
At the alley’s end, Olivia struggled to maintain her Invisibility Technique, fleeing towards the city outskirts.
Blood continuously seeped from the wound on her back, staining her robe and dripping onto the ground, making the bloodstains appear as if they emerged from nowhere due to the Invisibility Technique.
