Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 344 - 337: Double Forbidden Curse

Chapter 344: Chapter 337: Double Forbidden Curse

The group arrived at the bottom of the city wall. Looking up at the towering walls, Luo’er signalled the three magic casters to ascend the wall while he, Hu Daoke, and Feliz stayed at the base.

After carefully observing the layout below the wall, he delegated the tasks: "Little Ke, find some high ground to set up machine guns in order to prevent the enemy from advancing as much as possible."

"Understood!" After more than a year of combat, Hu Daoke presented remarkable maturity in battle. He responded and started looking for a suitable location with his machine gun.

"Feliz, you..." Luo’er was just about to give orders when he noticed that Feliz was holding the carbine insecurely and seemed at a loss, having no idea what to do next. Seeing this, he couldn’t help but sigh and said, "You stick with me. When I tell you to shoot, you shoot. Understand?"

"I got it!" Feliz nodded heavily, though she still looked somewhat apprehensive.

After arranging his team members, Luo’er started to unload his gear and ammunition. Then, he dragged some blocks from the broken stone wall and piled them up on the ruined street, creating a makeshift barricade against the coming attack.

There was a path leading straight to the wall from this street. Although there were other routes, they were all blocked by Hu Daoke guarding from the high point. Thus, if the enemy wanted to attack, they could only charge from across the street, and Luo’er’s team would bear enormous pressure.

"Let me help!" Feliz put her carbine on the ground and ran over to help Luo’er handle the stone blocks.

As a mage and a noblewoman, she was not very strong and her help was minimal, proving to be a bit of a hindrance.

"Hide behind the barricade!" Luo’er pointed to the cover they had built, half a meter tall, and instructed her. Although Feliz was indeed a hindrance, he did not voice it out.

"Oh." Feliz nodded and took a few steps backward. Suddenly, she stepped on her carbine on the ground. The gun slipped out and hit a stone, releasing a loud gunshot.

Startled by the gunshot, Feliz let out a cry, started crying and sat on the ground, wiping away her tears.

Looking at her, Luo’er felt both amused and annoyed. It was unfair to thrust Feliz into this kind of battle, considering she hadn’t even held a gun before. Being scared by the gunfire was understandable.

After finishing the final block of the barricade, Luo’er squatted down in front of her and gently wiped away her tears. He then took out a pair of noise-cancelling earplugs from his pocket, handed it to her and said, "Hold on to these. Put them in when the gunfire starts. It won’t be so scary then, but you have to pay attention to my voice at all times. Understand?"

"Yes, thank you." Touched by Luo’er’s tenderness, Feliz recalled the first time she was moved by this half-elf, back at the academy.

After taking care of Feliz, he continued stacking the stones into a barricade. A single barrier wouldn’t be enough to withstand enemy attacks. If the enemy had something more advanced, like a rocket launcher, combined with their basic weapons, both the shield and the people behind it would face immense danger.

Tangmo and Baiyue helped Shariya onto the city wall, where a magic array had already been drawn with magic crystal powder. It wasn’t very standard, but it would do.

The first thing Tangmo did was to check whether the Output Symbols embedded in the array had been properly engraved. This was crucial for activating the magic power in the magic crystals.

She and Shariya inspected all the inserted crystals and discovered that the Output Symbols were in good order and delicately inscribed. Tangmo suspected that these symbols were engraved beforehand; otherwise, with Cheng Ziang’s overweening abilities, there would undoubtedly be flaws.

"Hmm, Good, this magic array is ready for powering!" Shariya looked at the array, nodded satisfactorily and said.

"Thank you, Dean Shariya!" Tangmo replied.

"I know, both of you should be careful not to read the symbols wrong. Make sure to maintain synchronous magic power as much as possible. Otherwise, any imbalance in magic power operation may severely harm either of you." Shariya warned emphatically.

"I understand!" Tangmo nodded solemnly.

"Sister Moumou, they’ve started attacking!" Baiyue pointed at the distant Otherworld Gate and couldn’t help but shout out loud.

By the time they ascended the city wall, the Otherworld Gate had already opened. Once they had completed setting up their defenses and preparations, their opponents had also mobilized for battle and launched an attack on the Otherworld.

"Do not invade my home!" Tangmo gritted his teeth and walked over to Baiyue. The two of them exchanged a glance and then removed their gloves. The gloves limited their flow of magic, making it difficult for them to channel it through their magic wands.

"Dean Shariya, we can begin now!" Tangmo turned and said to Shariya.

"Very well, remember not to make any mistakes. We only have one chance!" Shariya said, raising her magic wand and mumbling incantations under her breath.

Luo’er only felt an intense surge of magic disturbing him. To him, the sensation was unbearable, akin to standing in a harsh winter wind clad only in thin clothing. Magic rapidly coursed through his injured body, causing a throbbing pain in his heart.

"Luo’er, are you alright?" Seeing Luo’er’s complexion turn pale, Feliz scurried over worriedly.

"I’m fine, just old injuries acting up. Stay back, don’t hide behind cover!" Luo’er gritted his teeth and sent Feliz away. The disturbance caused by such magic was still bearable for him, but he wasn’t sure if he could withstand what was to come. With that thought, he took out his medicine and swallowed several pills at once, praying for their effects to multiply.

As the spellcasting continues, Shariya shows the strength he holds as the Dean of the Magic Academy. Tangmo and her allies could visibly see magic congregating in Shariya’s body and then transferring to the magic wand he holds as a medium. Immediately after, the transformed magic shot towards the sky, gradually forming a massive net.

Although the magic remained transparent after being transformed, Tangmo and the others could see the distorted background beyond the high concentration of transparent magic, akin to heat waves produced by a flame.

Shariya’s eyes were tightly shut, and the incantations whispered under her breath transformed into louder chants. She began to sweat profusely. Even though she held a prodigious magical capability, the high intensity of magic pouring into her body would still inevitably cause damage.

Although shield magic has been simplified to an instantaneous spell, a forbidden curse shield of this scale requires a considerable amount of lead time. As guided by Shariya, eventually, a huge transparent magic shield, with a radius of about three kilometers, completely engulfed the area.

This was a magic defense shield. Although living beings could freely enter, and it wouldn’t block bullets, it could isolate the magic inside and outside, preventing outside magic from entering.

After the shield was launched, the magic inside started to dissipate gradually. In principle, Shariya and the others could completely isolate the internal and external magic using the shield while consuming the internal magic, eventually causing the Otherworld Gate to suffocate and close.

But this was merely theoretical. As soon as this magic shield was launched, it no longer heavily relied on the internal magic. It absorbed external magic to maintain its existence, while a weak guiding magic inside guaranteed the shield’s endurance.

In other words, the shield could absorb external magic to sustain its existence. As long as the guidance inside did not cease, the shield wouldn’t vanish. Supposing the mage could continuously cast spells, then the shield would eventually disappear due to the exhaustion of internal guiding magic.

However, Shariya didn’t have the endurance to cast spells for an extended period. By the time the shield was fully deployed, he was already somewhat physically exhausted. As an elder, his body couldn’t compare to the young ones. That’s why he needed Tangmo and Baiyue to condense the magic inside the shield.

Tangmo and Baiyue gathered all the magic within the shield and stored it within a large bubble, ensuring that there was no magic around the Otherworld Gate. This could cut off the gate’s need for magic and suffocate it shut.

"Are you ready?" Turning her head to glance at Shariya, Tangmo then posed the question to Baiyue.

Facing the surge of magical turbulence, she was consistently worried about Luo’er’s physical condition. His old injuries had just healed, and now he was faced with this situation. Luo’er was beneath the city wall, and as soon as the magical turbulence began, he became the primary target. The magical disturbance caused by Shariya was strong enough, and with their additional input, it was uncertain if Luo’er could cope.

"Let’s begin!" Baiyue stretched out her hand to hold Tangmo’s, her hand slightly trembling. Though she was also worried about Luo’er at this moment, she knew that Luo’er’s most substantial desire now was for them to work together to close the Otherworld Gate.

Shaking her head, clearing her mind of distractions. The two girls looked serious. Hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, they pointed their wands at the Otherworld Gate. After a moment of hesitation, they began to concurrently recite the first half of the Light Singularity spell.

As the incantation spread in the air, magic began to pour rapidly into their bodies as if the element was sentient. Then, passing through their magic wands as mediums, it formed into a huge magic cluster in mid-air resembling a water bubble.

Since it was their first time using such a forbidden spell, the resulting magic cluster was immense, as big as a high-altitude balloon, unlike Falok who could compress the magic into a small