The Divine Emissary KaIgnas wasted no more words, raising his right claw slightly, and an invisible ripple instantly spread, covering the entire plaza!
Six-ring Divine Spell [True Sight]!
"Pop—!"
A soft sound, like a bubble bursting.
The illusionary disguises on the two "trolls" disintegrated and dissipated in response!
Their true forms were thus exposed without reservation!
The rough blue skin and tusks receded, revealing pale, delicate skin with an unhealthy sheen.
Wild hairstyles were replaced by long, silver-white hair.
Their figures became slender and graceful, clad in soft, enchanted silk robes embroidered with the emblems of stars and crescent moons.
At this moment, horror and despair completely twisted their elegant faces.
"High Elf?!" Priestess Siye exclaimed, her voice lost, as the platinum gem at the tip of her dragonbone staff suddenly flared with dazzling light.
Gollon almost simultaneously drew the spare short axe from his waist, stepping forward sharply to shield Skala, a low growl rumbling from his throat: "It's the rats from the western forest!"
"Damn it! We've been exposed!" The male elf shrieked, his previous feigned terror instantly turning into a ferocious sneer.
He thrust both hands forward violently, and the elven incantation on his lips rapidly unleashed!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!"
Nearly a hundred arcane missiles, composed purely of violet energy, burst from his palms like a furious swarm of bees!
Their target was not the Divine Emissary—he knew that would be a death wish—but precisely aimed at the core believers in the center of the plaza!
His intention was clear: to create chaos and casualties, forcing the Divine Emissary to divert attention to protection, buying time for an escape!
The outspoken Gollon bore the brunt, dozens of missiles tearing through the air, hurtling directly at him, who stood in front of Skala!
The rest scattered towards Siye, Gulen, and the nearby Paladins and priests!
"Gollon!" Skala cried out, instinctively wanting to push the old soldier away from in front of him.
Just as the arcane missiles were about to strike the crowd, Siye's divine spell was ready!
She wielded her staff, rapidly chanting: "Great Emberglow Dragon, protect your servants!"
Centered on her, dozens of trolls instantly glowed with a circle of platinum-white light shields—a mass [Protection Spell]!
This shield could deflect all targeted attacks or spells, unless the attacker forcibly broke through with powerful mental focus—
That is, by passing a Perception save.
Clearly, the male elf had not focused his mind on every single missile.
Most missiles deflected upon contact with the shield, exploding uselessly on the ground, scattering gravel and dust.
Gollon had also initially thought he would escape unscathed.
But he keenly noticed that the male elf's resentful gaze remained fixed on him, and he immediately became alert!
Indeed! Among the missiles shot at him, nearly half were not fully deflected!
Deadly violet light rushed towards him!
The old soldier's pupils constricted, and his battle-hardened instincts instantly took over his body—he charged forward instead of retreating!
With a roar, he tightly guarded his chest and abdomen with his short axe, while simultaneously twisting his body with all his might, attempting to meet the impact with his shoulder armor!
In a flash of lightning!
Beside him, a quick-reacting Paladin's palm flashed with a faint yellow light, and a divine barrier of [Protection from Chaos] timely enveloped Gollon!
In that instant, the missiles subtly deviated at the last moment before hitting Gollon!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Dense, popping sounds of impact exploded!
In the roar, Gollon was violently slammed backward by the enormous impact, finally stopping only when he heavily crashed into Skala.
The blocking short axe's blade was blasted with several deep dents, and blue smoke billowed from it;
His leather armor was torn, revealing scorched and bleeding burns beneath;
The most severe was his shoulder armor, which was directly hit by a missile, leaving a horrifyingly large crater!
Had it not been for that divine spell and his own tough physique, he would have been dead by now!
The intense pain made Gollon's vision blur, but he didn't even have time to catch his breath.
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